Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Tarrington Books

New York: Ruder Finn Press, 2008. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine. 7.75 x 10.25 inches (20 x 26 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: Signed (with dedication) by the author to the title page. Excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 1932646477. Size: 7.75 x 10.25 inches (20 x 26 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 118

London: The New Leader, 1925. 1st Edition . Good. 10.25 x 15 inches (26 x 38 cm). Includes articles: The Boy Who Wouldn't Have a Gun - Christmas Memories (Yaffle); In the Good Old Days - Christmas in a Sussex Village (Henry W. Nevinson); The Twelve Days of Christmas - What Shall we Play and Sing? (Frank Howes); A Man Who Could Not Grow Up - The Laughter of Mark Twain (C.E.M. Joad). Soiling and light staining to front cover, some chipping to edges, small section missing from top edge of last page. A few pencilled margin markings. Overall condition is Good. Size: 10.25 x 15 inches (26 x 38 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 12

Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, 1991. 1st Edition . Very Good. 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27 cm). Signed by Author. Complete two volume set: Main volume plus supplement. No jacket, as issued. Light marking to boards. Slight bumping to corners. A couple of light marks to half title page of main volume. Very clean text throughout. From the private collection of renowned British archaeologist Sinclair Hood. Inscribed to Hood and signed by the author to card attached to front free endpaper of the supplement volume. 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 £16.05; USA £30.20; Oceania £32.85; Rest of World £27.05. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. ISBN: 9654400006. Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: x, 361; viii, 84

London: A. and C. Black Ltd, 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21.5 cm). First printing of Elizabeth Yate's first book. Lacking jacket. Green buckram binding with light vertical crease to spine. Light marking and foxing to spine. Pages browned but otherwise clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and a gift inscription to front free endpaper. A nice solid example. The book was reissued in the 1990s as 'Swiss Holiday'. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 250

London: George Philip and Sons, 1887. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Ex-library book in half leather library binding. Library label and stamp to front endpaper, stamp and library markings to half title page, title page and dedication page, text is clean throughout. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxviii, 527

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1967. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24.5 cm). Dust jacket: Rubbing and light marking. Slight edge wear, light browning. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Brown cloth binding. Slight rubbing to top page edge, otherwise excellent. Overall book condition is Near Fine. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 256

London: Penguin Books, 1958. First Penguin Edition . Near Fine. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Faraday Penguin Collection label and number in ink to title page. Overall condition is Near 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: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 188 + [4]

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Lacking jacket. Green cloth binding. Fading to spine. Light foxing to page edges. Tanning to free endpapers. Good solid binding, clean text throughout. Uncommon account of the Dominici Affair, an investigation into the murder of Sir Jack Drummond together with his wife and young daughter in France in 1952. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 192

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Spine faded, gilt lettering to front cover rubbed, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Small marks to front board. Light foxing to page edges. Inscribed (with dedication) and signed by author to page facing title page. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0340356847. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 216

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826. 1st Edition . Very Good. 27 x 33 inches (10.5 x 13 cm). First printing. Later maroon calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands, gilt titles and decoration. Panelled boards with gilt and black decoration. Blind tooled board edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers, page edges untrimmed. Scuffing and slight rubbing to covers. Excellent solid binding with no cracking to joints. Heavy foxing to the engraved title page and map frontis. A little scattered foxing and few small marks to text and plates, but overall a very pleasing example. Lacking the plate of Montpellier Baths at p44 as expected (it was never issued). All other plates are present and correct, including the fold-out map. Includes 5 additional plates not called for plus 23 engraved trade plates at the end of the volume. A nice sturdy volume with wide margins. Contains more engravings and trade plates than we have seen in any other example. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 27 x… Read More

London: Puffin Books, 2003. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Minor creasing to top edge. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by both authors to half title page: Louisa Young (as Zizou Corder) and Isabel Adomakoh Young (as IAY). Minor spots of foxing to top page edge, otherwise first class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 0141380241. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 336

London: Puffin Books, 2003. 1st Edition . Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by both authors to half title page: Louisa Young (as Zizou Corder and also as ALY) and Isabel Adomakoh Young (as IAY). Includes a promotional bookmark. First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0141380241. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 336

London: Puffin Books, 2003. 1st Edition . Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by both authors to title page: Louisa Young (as Zizou Corder) and Isabel Adomakoh Young (as IAY). First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0141380241. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 336

London: Puffin Books, 2004. 1st Edition . Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by both authors to title page: Louisa Young (as Zizou Corder) and Isabel Adomakoh Young (as IAY). First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0141380527. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 320

London: Puffin Books, 2004. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by both authors to half title page: Louisa Young (as Zizou Corder and also as ALY) and Isabel Adomakoh Young (as IAY). Includes a promotional bookmark. Excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 0141380527. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 320

North Carolina, USA: University of North Carolina Press, 2016. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Small light mark to rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Green cloth binding with small bumps to ends of spine. Unread copy in first class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN: 9781469630052. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 306

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1891. 1st Edition . Very Good. 10 x 12 inches (26 x 31.5 cm). Limited edition of 550 copies. This is number 495, one of 150 copies printed on Simili Japon. Half leather binding with marbled endpapers. Spine with five raised bands. Some tears and marking to leather. Slight cracking to ends of joints but securely bound. Slight toning to pages. A few occasional spots of foxing but overall a nice clean example. Numerous illustrations within the text plus 18 plates, including three in colour. French language. 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 £23.05; USA £43.20; Oceania £44.60; Rest of World £36.55. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 10 x 12 inches (26 x 31.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: viii, 220

Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1912. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11.5 x 19 cm). Quarter red leather binding with marbled boards. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Spine has gilt decoration and lettering. Very slight marking to spine. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Previous owner's name to half title page. Very clean text throughout. French language. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 281