Search Results: Authors starting with T from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Michael Joseph, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG. TANGYE, JEAN. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 14.1 x 22.2cm claret boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 189 (1) pp, with original unclipped dust jacket priced at �1.75. With a gift inscription from the author and also signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper. A very good plus book with a little pushing to the spine tips. Internally, there is a hint of spotting to the edge of the text block and a hint of toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown in our images), is a little toned to the rear and has dust staining to the edges of the rear flap. The bottom edge has a little shelf wear and the laminate has rolled away slightly at the bottom corner of the rear panel. There is a 1.5 cm closed tear on the top corner of the rear panel. All in all a well presented 1st edition signed copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you… Read More

George Routledge and Sons, nd [1882] 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. GREENAWAY, Kate. 1st Edition. 15.5 x 23.5 cm Green half cloth, all edges bright blue, bright yellow endpapers, [iv] 64pp with colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway throughout. The book is very good noting a little dust staining and light marking to the boards. Internally clean and bright and without name inscription or book plate but printer's dots visible on a number of pages and with a W H Smith and Son blind library stamp on the front free endpaper. A very presentable copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Rocket Press, 1988. Limited Edition. F. Limited edition No. 214/250. 10.5 x 10 cm in a glazed frame measuring 27.6 x 21.5 cm. The print is numbered and has an embossed stamp of authentication. A lovely example of one of Tenniel's most memorable illustrations from Lewis Carroll's classic work. Provenance: Goldmark Gallery Uppingham. The Dalziel brothers were commissioned to engrave the boxwood blocks on which Tenniel had made his drawings for Alice in Wonderland. The engravers advised Lewis Carroll that the engraved blocks should not be used for printing the illustrations in the books but instead they would act as the masters from which electrotype copies would be made. It was from these electrotypes that all the illustration in the Alice books were printed with a resultant loss in definition. In 1985 the original wood engraved blocks were discovered in deed boxes belonging to MacMillan, the original publishers. Jonathon Stephenson at the Rocket Press was awarded the prestigious job of… Read More

Vizetelly, 1888 & [1889] 1888. Hardcover. VG+. Volumes I & III are 2nd states of the 3rd Edition published [1889] at Henrietta Street. Volume II is the Fourth Edition published in 1888 at Catherine Street, The Strand. 12.3 x 19cm brown decorative paper covered boards, all rebacked with original spines laid down. Yellow coated endpapers; Volume I vii[i] 429[1]pp, Volume II 360pp; Volume III 387[1] The delicate bindings are in a much better state than is usually found with most of the spines having been preserved. There is some rubbing to the edges and the War and Peace title on the spines is very faded but the titles of each individual volume on the front covers is clear and bright. The binding is firm. Internally, there is a gift inscription on the front free endpaper of each volume,' R. G. Bury from B. L. May 1898'. There is a little, very light spotting to the margins first few and last few pages of each volume. All in all a surprisingly well preserved Vizetelly set. We were not… Read More

Methuen, 1993. 1st Edition. VG+. HOLDEN, Caroline. Original illustration by Caroline Holden in pen and ink for the frontispiece Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, with mount, and a first edition copy of the book 20.5 x 13 cm red boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine 182(2)pp with original unclipped jacket priced at �8.99. The Illustration is in very good plus condition with a hint of spotting. The book is very good minus with a small bruise to one corner, a little uniform toning to pages and a tide mark from previous water damage to a number of pages on the bottom corner. The book is now protected in a clear removable cover (not shown). Artwork in box 1 Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Pavanu Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F. 15.3 x 11 cm cloth covered boards with 8 concertina pages printed on one side only consisting of the title page and seven full page dry points with hand colouring. One of an unknown limited edition produced after a visit to Brighton beach where the author photographed the Gallopers being dismantled for their winter clean. The coloured version being scarce. Signed by the author on the rear pastedown. A lovely book with with some hauntingly beautiful images. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Parvanu Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. A miniature version of the original large format, leather bound, limited edition of Gawain produced by the same press in 1997 and which won the Society of Bookbinders competition for the complete book in that year. This much smaller concertina book measures 13.5 x 17.5 cm, having green paper covered boards with a wood cut image to the front and 40 concertina sections containing 20 woodcut images on hand made Nepalese lokta paper with accompanying computer generated text. Signed by the artist on the final leaf. The book is housed in a dark green cloth solander box with a gold embossed image to the front and lined with green and gold marbled paper. A lovely copy of this beautifully produced signed limited edition in a very lightly rubbed solander box Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Macmillan, 1957. 1st Edition, Later printing. Hardcover. NF/VG. 1st Edition,2nd Impression. 13 x 19.5 cm bright blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, (iv) 320(2)pp. In original unclipped jacket designed by Eric Fraser and priced at 15s. net. Signed and inscribed by the author to fellow writer Jill Paton Walsh on the front free endpaper. Clean bright boards with just a touch of shelf-wear. Internally the book is very clean with just Trease's signed dated inscription and some faint marking to the half title page. The dust jacket has a little toning to the spine, rear panel and top edge of the flaps. There is a tiny 3mm x 8mm chip to the foot of the dust jacket and a similar one to the top corner on the rear panel. All in all a very nice signed 2nd Impression of one of Trease's few novels written for adults. From the collection of John Rowe Townsend and Jill Paton Walsh. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any… Read More

Viking, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/MF. Black boards with silver stamped titles to the spine. (vi) 375pp (3). Signed by the author to the title page with original dust jacket priced at �13.99. This book is a review copy with publisher's slip and press release laid in. A near fine book in a near fine jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG-. STUBLEY, Trevor. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 22 x 28.5 cm paper covered pictorial boards, purple endpapers unpaginated (32)pp. Signed by Nicholas Tucker and Trevor Stubley to the front free endpaper. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at �1.25 net. A really lovely book with a little dust staining to the top edge of the rear board and a hint of shelfwear. Internally the book is clean and bright with just the author and illustrator's signatures. The dust jacket has light dust staining to the edges. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) presents very well. It has a little light toning and there is a 4cm closed tear to the top of the rear fore edge with marks from an old tape repair and some associated creasing to the top edge. All in all a very good looking brightly illustrated book with the desirable addition of both the author's and illustrator's signatures. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes… Read More

Hamish Hamilton, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. STUBLEY, Trevor. 1st Printing. 21.5 x 28.2 cm orange cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Unpaginated (32)pp with Trevor Stubley's really distinctive illustrations. Signed by both Nicholas Tucker and Trevor Stubley to the front free endpaper. In an original unclipped dust jacket priced at �1.60 net A near fine book, clean and bright with just a hint of pushing to the top corners in a near fine dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), with the addition of both author and illustrator's signatures. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Leadenhall Press, 1897. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG++. 2nd Edition, 19.3 x 25.8 bevelled cloth with black titles and gilt decoration to the front and a brown label with a gilt stamped titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, with other edges uncut. 486pp (4)publisher's adverts, title page with hand coloured vignette, 48 full page black and white illustrations including one double pate and two folding plates and numerous illustrations within the text. With rear pocket containing 3 facsimile hornbooks including one not included in the first edition. The book is signed and inscribed to the archaeologist Sir John Evans by the author and also enclosed is a signed letter from Tuer on Leadenhall Press headed paper. An excellent association copy with light rubbing and some dust marking to the boards. There are a couple of tiny 2mm holes in the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally there is a bookplate for Car. Jac. Longman on the front pastedown. There is a hint of toning to the front free endpaper and… Read More

Chatto & Windus, 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-. First Edition, First Printing, First State, with one hundred and ninety illustrations. Precedes the 1882 American First Edition. First state points include: "couple of devils" on page 8 [later changed to a couple of fiends] and the 32pp of publisher's ads in dated November 1881 the rear. 12.5 x 19.2 cm red cloth with black stamped decoration and gilt titles to the front and spine and publisher's device printed in black to the rear. Green leaf endpapers, ppxv[i] 391[1] [32]ads with numerous black and white illustrations. The books has been re-cased and the spine strengthened and repaired. There is fading to the spine and marking to both boards with a significant tide mark on the rear board. The corners are lightly rubbed. Internally, there is a small bookseller's stamp in the top corner of the front pastedown and the verso of the front free endpaper has a later gift inscription. The pages are generally clean with occasional light usage marks… Read More