Search Results: Authors starting with B from Truffle Books

London: Sphere Books Ltd. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Paperback. The book is tightly bound, slightly bumped corners. Internally the book is generally clean, free of markings and foxing.; 291 pages .

London: Duckworth. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is reasonably tightly bound. Dust jacket is lightly worn to the extremities; Unclipped. Internally the book is clean; generally free of markings and foxing. ; 628 pages .

W B Yeats PoemsLondon T Fisher Unwin 1913Third edition. Esme Wynne-Tyson's copy, signed by her in red to the half-title page. The blue embossed boards are worn to the extremities, corners bumped. The spine is faded, the top edge is damaged, worn along the edges. The pages are rough-cut and browned. The endpapers are foxed; the text block is generally clean with only sporadic spotting. The frontispiece of Yeats is intact as is the tissue guard. Dusty.From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson.Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism.

London: T Fisher Unwin. Very Good. 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover. The blue embossed boards are worn to the extremities, corners bumped. The spine is faded, top edge is damaged, worn along the edges. The pages are rough-cut and browned. The endpapers are foxed; the text block is generally clean with only sporadic spotting. ; Esme Wynne-Tyson’s copy, signed by her in red to the half-title page. The frontispiece of Yeats is intact as is the tissue guard. Dusty. From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson. Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism. [ref: 82486 ] .

Dublin: The Cuala Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Second Edition. Card Covers. A very good copy with some chipping and short edge tears to the yapped wrapper edges. Paper browned; text block clean and free of markings and foxing. ; Yeats last prose work; he completed revising the proofs but never saw the finished book. The first edition was ready in July 1939, but Yeats' family, who ran the Cuala Press, were unhappy with the print quality; they pulped the edition and had it reprinted. .

Moscow: Planeta Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is clean, free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of Harold & Mary Wilson. Inscribed to The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, Prime-Minister of Great Britain Vladimir F Promyslov Chaiman of the Moscow City Council 17.02.1975" Promyslov was Mayor of Moscow between 1963-1976. Also included are 3 photographs from Wilson's earlier visit to Moscow in 1966; the photos appear to be original press prints and are captioned and labelled in Russian on the back of the photos. The man with the stick in the pictures is Promyslov. The book contains numerous colour and monochrome pictures. ; 270 x 350; 207 pages .

London: The Menard Press. Very Good. 1999. Reprint. Paperback. The book appears to be unread and is very good condition. ; Translated with an essay by Anthony Rudolf. From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge. ; Signed by Author .

London: Folio Society. As New. 2007. Hardcover. The book is an excellent condition and appears to be unread. ; 512 pages .

London: Tate. Very Good. 2016. First Edition. Card Covers. 1849764034 . The book Is tightly bound. Clean, free of markings and foxing. ; First published on the occasion of the exhibition in the Tate Modern London 6 July -30 October 2016. Subsequent exhibitions in Austria and Canada. ; 232 x 285; 271 pages .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. The dust jacket is complete with only minor shelf wear; unclipped. Internally the book is generally clean and free of foxing; occasional pencil marks made by Lodge. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Signed by Lodge on the endpapers. .

London: The Alison Press/Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. Edges light markings. The dust jacket Is complete, worn to the extremities, spine faded/sunned; unclipped £4.90. There are pencil marks and notes in the margin, I assume from the time Lodge was reviewing the book. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Signed by Lodge on the endpapers. ; 487 pages .

Barcelona: Tusquet Editores. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. The book appears to be unread and is in very good condition. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge with a covering letter. ; 271 pages; Signed by Author .

London: John Murray. Very Good. 1962. Paperback. The covers are grubby. The gap between the cover and the title page is cracking; the text block is clean, light foxing along the page edges. ; Selected for the young by Irene Slade, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Inscribed by Wynne Tyson to his daughter Tilly, giving his opinion on Betjeman and poetry more generally in October 1967. With a later humorous poem about Betjeman from April 1973. This exchange by father and daughter about John Betjeman is rather charming. Enclosed in the book are a number of newspaper cuttings on Betjeman. From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson. Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism. [ref: 82514 ] ; Signed by Illustrator .

Selected for the young by Irene Slade, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.Inscribed by Wynne Tyson to his daughter Tilly, given his opinion on Betjeman and poetry more generally in October 1967. With a later humorous poem about Betjeman from April 1973. This exchange by father and daughter about John Betjeman is rather charming.Enclosed in the book are a number of newspaper cuttings on Betjeman. The covers are grubby. The gap between the cover and the title page is cracking; the text block is clean, with light foxing along the page edges.From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson.Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism.

London: Robert Hale & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. Dust jacket is complete with some wear on extremities, 1 cm closed tear on top edge: unclipped showing £3.00 net.; Presented to “Mary and Harold with best wishes from Carlisle C. L. P”. , and signed by the committee officials. .

Presented to "Mary and Harold with best wishes from Carlisle C.L.P"., and signed by the committee officials. The book is tightly bound. Dust jacket is complete with some wear on extremities, 1 cm closed tear on the top edge: unclipped showing £3.00 net.

London: William Heinemann. Good. 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. The top edge of the front board is damaged. Markings on the boards. The spine is sunned/faded. Top edge greyed; edges browned. Hinge weak between pages 48 & 49. End papers are foxed. Text block generally clean and free of markings and foxing. ; Translated by M Eden Paul. ; ; 790 pages .

Translated by M Eden Paul The book is reasonably firmly bound, cloth boards are worn to the extremities with damage to the front top edge, spine is faded. The endpapers are foxed with a slight scratch on one. The text block is in good condition with sporadic markings generally free of foxing.

London: Folio Society. Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Spine faded/sunned with a little wear. ; The book appears to be unread, in very good condition, tightly bound. Internally clean and free of markings. The slipcase is complete with minor shelf wear. ; Numerous illustrations; 237 pages .