Search Results: Titles starting with T from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: A. B. Mitford.Title: TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By A. B. Mitford, Second Secretary to the British Legation in Japan. With illustrations, drawn and cut on wood by Japanese Artists.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1871. First Edition. Complete set of 2 volumes.Language: Text in English.Size: 8" X 5.5".Pages: xii-277, 272 pages.Binding: Attractive and near fine blue half-morocco leather binding, finely bound by Riviere and Son for Sotheran with gilt titles and decoration to spines (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt. A beautiful set!Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, very rare light foxing - as shown, nice ex-libris of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey on the first endpaper of both volumes - as shown, original pictorial black cloth front covers bound at rear of each volume - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the 31 illustrations, drawn and cut on wood by Japanese Artists..
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The books: A scarce first edition of Tales of Old Japan by A. B.… Read More

Author: Robert Bridges.Title: The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.Publisher: Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1941.Language: Text in English.Size : 7" X 5".Pages: 191 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine, navy half morocco leather binding with raised bands, gilt titles to spine finely bound by Hatchards (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt. A very nice binding by Hatchards bindery!Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).
The book: Attractive and rare example bound by Hatchards. Containing the long philosophical poem The Testament of Beauty (1929), for which Robert Bridges was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Author: Sir Thomas Smith.Title: Thomae Smithi Angli De republica Anglorum libri tres:quibus accesserunt chorographica illius descriptio, aliique politici tractatus.Publisher: Lvg. Batavorum (Leiden), Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1630.Language: Text in Latin.Size: 4,5" X 2,5".Pages: 404 pages + Index.Binding: Very good contemporary full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous owner on upper margin of the title page - as shown).Illustration: Complete with the nice engraved title page.
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The book: Rare and nice 17th-century edition of Sir Thomas Smith's book De Republica Anglorum: the Maner of Government or Police of the Realme of England, written between 1562 and 1565, was first published in 1583. In it, he described England as a mixed government and a commonwealth and stated that all commonwealths are of mixed character.

Author: Thomas Hughes. Percy Tarrant, illustrator.Title: Tom Brown's School Days.Publisher: Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs and Company, no date (circa 1923). First thus.Language: Text in English.Size: 8 " X 6 ". Pages: 311 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Good to very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown, chip to the upper corner of frontispiece - as shown, ex-libris of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the color frontispiece and the beautiful 6 full-page illustrations in color by Percy Tarrant.
The book: A cherished edition of TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS, this classic tale by Thomas Hughes captures the essence of school life, camaraderie, and the challenges and triumphs of growing up. This particular edition, beautifully illustrated by Percy Tarrant, offers… Read More

Author: Lemuel Gulliver. Jonathan Swift.Title: Travels of Lemuel Gulliver Into Several Remote Regions of the World.Publisher: New York, The American News Company, no date (circa 1880). Language: Text in English.Size: 7.5 " X 5.5 ".Pages: viii-383 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the 6 nice full-page illustrations.
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The book: "Travels of Lemuel Gulliver Into Several Remote Regions of the World," more commonly known as "Gulliver's Travels," is a classic work of satire by Jonathan Swift, published under the pseudonym Lemuel Gulliver. This edition, produced by The American News Company around 1880, offers readers a journey through the imaginative worlds Swift created to critique and satirize the society, politics, and human nature of… Read More

Author: Holme Lee (pseudonym of Harriet Parr).Title: Tuflongbo's Life and Adventures: And How His Shoes Got Worn Out. With Illustrations.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co., no date (circa 1890).Language: Text in English.Size: 7" X 5".Pages: vii-240 + publisher's catalog.Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!Content: Good to very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the nice 6 full-page illustrations.Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies in this binding variant for sale worldwide).
The book: A scarce Victorian edition of "Tuflongbo's Life and Adventures: And How his Shoes Got Worn Out" by Holme Lee, a pseudonym for Harriet Parr, published around 1890 by Frederick Warne & Co. This enchanting fairy tale, beautifully bound in decorated full-cloth, is a… Read More