Search Results: Authors starting with B from Tarrington Books

Boston: William Hyde and Co, 1832. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Original publisher's cloth binding with paper title label to spine. Marking and light staining to boards. Chipping to ends of spine, wear to corners of boards. Early owner's inscription to front pastedown endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, heavy browning to some of the plates. Page 279-286 are slightly loose but fully attached. Plate facing page 332 is loose and held by a single cord only. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 431

London: Penguin Books, 1942. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Overall book condition is Very Good Plus International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1942. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Volume I. Green buckram binding. Spine has red morocco title and volume labels plus gilt decoration. Top page edge gilt, foxing to page edges and endpapers, a few occasional spots to text. Contains catalogue numbers: 7638, 644, 667, 681, 695, 700, 706, 710, 714 and 719. Original wraps bound in at rear. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (C.A.O. Fox). The first of Maggs' bound travel volumes. Scarce, especially in this condition. Includes the original receipt from Maggs (15s/7d). Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxxix, 402

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1962. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Volume V. Salmon buckram binding. Spine has green morocco title and volume labels plus gilt decoration. Top page edge gilt. Rubbing to spine labels. Very clean text throughout. Contains catalogue numbers 803, 813, 818, 824, 827, 833, 842, 847, 853 and 867. Original wraps bound in at rear. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (C.A.O. Fox). The fifth of Maggs' bound travel volumes. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xciii, 860

London: Pelican Books / Penguin Books, 1939. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 184

London: Samuel French Limited, 1953. 1st Edition . Fine. 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Card wraps, first class condition throughout. Overall condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 23

London: Samuel French Limited, 1953. 1st Edition . Fine. 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Card wraps, first class condition throughout. Overall condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 23

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (16 x 22.5 cm). Complete two volume set. Blue cloth bindings. Light marking to boards, slight light bumping to head of spines. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Good solid bindings. Very clean text throughout. Three owner's inscription's to front free endpaper in both volumes. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £18.85; USA £35.40; Oceania £37.55; Rest of World £30.85. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches (16 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xiv, 290, 2 (ads); vi, 293-616

Cambridge: University Press, 1923. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Red buckram binding with gilt illustration to front board. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Fading and a few light stains to spine. A few parks to upper page edge. Browning and foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. A few occasional spots of foxing to text. Previous owner's embossed name stamp to front free endpaper. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xxx, [2], 585, [3], [4] (ads)

Hellerau: Jakob Hegner Verlag, 1925. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.75 x 8 inches (12 x 20 cm). First German language edition. Green flexible cloth binding with gilt panel to front board. Fading to spine, a few light marks to boards. A few spots of light foxing to page edges and endpapers, very clean text throughout. Very scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.75 x 8 inches (12 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 96

London: Chatto and Windus, 1958. 1st Edition . Good. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19 cm). Lacking jacket. Ex-library copy in green leatherette library binding. A few light marks to boards. Library label and barcode to front free endpaper. Small stamp to half title page and title page, library markings to verso of title page. Loss to lower margin of four pages (with new archival tape repairs). One or two small marks to text but overall a good solid example of the scarce first edition. Overall condition is Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 256

Cambridge: J. Deighton; Macmillan and Co.; Rivingtons, London; J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1849. 1st Edition . Good. 5.75 x 9 inches (14.5 x 23 cm). Quarter brown cloth with plain paper covered boards, paper title label to spine, page edges untrimmed. Wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Spine faded and title label browned. Marking and staining to boards. Small paper label to front board and previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown endpaper (John William Willis Bund, Worcestershire lawyer, historian and MP). Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to endpaper joints but securely bound. A few pencilled margin markings, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 9 inches (14.5 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed… Read More

London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1843. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, blind and gilt decoration, red morocco title label. Fading to spin. Ex-library book with small stamp to top page edge, title page and a few text pages. Text block strained at p270 but very securely bound. Complete with the 15 plates, several illustrations within the text and three large fold-out maps. Foxing to plates, clean text throughout. Maps have some tears, creasing and light foxing. First map has a library stamp to upper margin. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xviii, 560, cxliv

Painswick: Privately Published, 1922. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.75 x 8.5 inches (17 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Blue buckram binding. Tanning to free endpapers. Ex library book with call number to foot of spine, labels and stamp to front pastedown endpaper (including attractive Bingham Library woodcut bookplate), slight label residue to front free endpaper, stamp to title page and a few margins within the text. Presentation copy, inscribed by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley to the front free endpaper: 'The Bingham Public Library, from the author 1922.' Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.75 x 8.5 inches (17 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 96

Painswick: Privately Published, 1922. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.75 x 8.5 inches (17 x 22 cm). Blue buckram binding. Slight tanning to free endpapers. Ex library book with label and stamp to front pastedown endpaper. Stamps to verso of title page and to last page of text, otherwise very clean throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.75 x 8.5 inches (17 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 96

Gloucester: John Bellows, 1907. 1st Edition . Very Good. 9 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27.5 cm). Quarter brown morocco leather with brown cloth covered boards. Marbled endpapers and speckled page edges. Spine has five raised bands and green morocco title label. Foxing to half title page and index pages, occasional patches of foxing to text. Includes a hand written letter from W.H. Seddon, who was vicar of the parish at the time of publication. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.65; USA £27.60; Oceania £30.50; Rest of World £25.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 9 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vii, 250

Denver, Colorado, USA: Revive Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Unread copy. Fading to spine, otherwise excellent. Overall condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 0965429946. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 210

Denver, USA: Revive Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition . Fine/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Slight rubbing to edges. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing. Brown leatherette binding. First class condition throughout. A sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0965429903. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 284

Paris: Emile-Paul Editeur, 1909. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Half parchment binding with decorative paper covered boards. Leather title label to spine. Repaired split to top of rear joint. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers. Patches of foxing to text, heavy in places. Original front wrapper bound in. Old bookseller's label to front pastedown endpaper. The first three chapters have pencilled underlining and margin notes. Illustrated. French language. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. x, 574

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding, page edges untrimmed. School prize binding with gilt armorial to front board and prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn). Light rubbing to boards. Slight browning to free endpapers. A few spots of foxing to page edges, very clean text throughout. . Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 512