Search Results: Titles starting with T from Cornish Books

London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 3rd impression of the 1934 first edition. Frontis illus. a portrait of Lawrence from a drawing by Augustus John. Complete with Maps, including Fold-Outs. Red cloth cover with bright gilt ltitle on front and bright gilt lettering on spine. 454 p.pages, 9" tall, 930g. From the library of Professor Charles Thomas, Cornish Author and Historian, his illustrated bookplate is on the endpaper. Name on ffep dated 1934. No other inscriptions. Weighs over 1 kilo packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

London: Printed By Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited for William Richard Codling.the King's Printer of Acts of Parliament, 1925. Half-Leather. Very Good. Title Continues " Being the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Individual Acts are Headed Acts with the Royal Coat of Arms. Acts include; Anglo-Italian Treaty, Law of property, Housing Act, Church of Scotland, Northern Ireland Land Act, and much more. Contemporary Brown Half-Leather Binding with Marbled Paper-covered Boards (Combed Pattern) and Leather Corners. Gilt Title on Black Ground to spine and some Gilt Decoration. The book is over 4" thick. 10" Tall, 3.2 Kilos. Penciled note on title page, No other inscriptions. Some. occasional spots of foxing. Heavy book, weighs 3.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. ( Other similar Volumes in the same Binding available ( mostly George V & VI ), I'm happy to give a quantity discount on 2 or more ). If you… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892. Half-Leather. Very Good +. Collection of utterances by the Historian and Antiquary, John Selden, 1584 - 1654. Later Brown-Calf Half-Leather Binding with bright gilt title on black ground to spine. XXV (25) preliminary pages, Main Text 220 p.pages + 72 pages of Publisher's adverts. 9" tall, 670g. No inscriptions except penciled bookseller note on endpaper.

Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, 1810. Hardcover. Fair. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Title Continues; "With TABLES for Calculating Exchange and Commission." Preceding the Title is tated "On a New and Improved Plan". Genuine Copy with the Author's Signature on reverse of Title Page. 392 Pages. 8 1/2" Tall, 490g. Front Board is missing. Closed tear to cloth down left side of spine. Text Block firmly bound. Antique inscription "Hunt" on ffep. Dark brown stain to margin at bottom corner on most pages (probably an old ink stain). Some faint foxing on first and last few pages but only an occasional spot elsewhere. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1981. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Includes the CalusTribe of the Southwest Florida coast, the Tocobagas of Tampa Bay region, the Timucuans of northern Florida and Southeastern Georgia, the Guale of the Georgia coast and the Seminoles migration into Florida, 217 p.pages, 9 1/4" tall. No inscriptions. Bottom fore core of front board bumped. Some edge wear and a few nicks to jacket.

London: T. Cadell (The Tailors) ; J. Limbird (the Other 5), 1788. Half-Leather. Good+. 2 Plays and 5 Novels bound in one Volume: "THE TAILORS, a Tragedy for Warm Weather, in Three Acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket. 1788. Printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, in the Strand. Prolugue written by DAVID GARRICK, spoken by Mr Foote. 47 Pages"; "LOVE IN A VILLAGE, a Comic Opera of Five Acts, Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, written by Mr Bickerstaff. Published by W. Lowndes 1814. Engraved Frontispiece. 76 Pages. "THE ROMANCE IN THE FOREST: Interspersed with some Pieces of Poetry, by the Authoress of the Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe), Published by J. Limbird 1826 9 In-Text Wood Engravings. "A SICILIAN ROMANCE", by Mrs Ann Radcliffe 1827. 73 Pages. 2 Engravings; "THE TALES OF THE GENII" Translated from the Persian by Sir Charles Morrell. (9 Fabulous Tales rather like the Arabian Nights. Includes The Dervise Alfouran… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1982. Paperback. Near Very Good. the greatest Masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative" written in the 11th Century by a lady of the Helan Court. Complete and scrupulously faithful Translation. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts taken from a 1650 Japanese Edition. 1090 Pages, 9 1/4" Tall, 1.5 Kilos. Very small closed tear to top of cover (1/4" long, repaired with clear tape from the back). Slight edge wear & tiny creases to tips of top corners. Some age darkening around page margins. pages in very good, clean condition, No inscriptions. Weighs 1.5 kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cross Keys, Fleet Street, London: Charles Bathurst, 1743. Full-Leather. Good. Tenth Edition, 1743. Title Page Printed in Red & Black. Frontis has an engraved illustration of a Ship, a Dolphin and a Barrel. Book commences with the Author's Apology, xvi Pages followed by a lengthy Dedication to "Prince Posterity", preface & introduction, 35 Pages. The Tale of a Tub is illustrated by 5 Plates and continues the Pagination to 152. "The Battle of the Books" has a Full-page Frontis illustration of Knights fighting in the Library with books flying in all directions, opposite its Title Page. Pagination continues to 190. Followed by a "Discourse Concerning the Mechanical operation of the Spirit.", continuing Pagination to 220 and concluding the volume. Contemporary Brown Tree Full-Leather Binding. 250g, 6 3/4" Tall. Surface Leather missing from spine and front board detached but present. Text Block firm. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good condition,… Read More

Published Privately, 1921. Original Wraps. Very Good. Delightful Ballad about Foxhunting in 1810, written by A. J.Munnings with the intention of later illustrating it. John Masefield pronounced it "very good" and encouraged Munnings to publish it. Scarce item. Original grey thick paper cover illustrated with a mounted Fox Mask on the front. Stitched binding. Paper deckle edged. 8" Tall, 35g, 16 Pages. Penciled initials on titkle page. No inscriptions. Very slight wear to cover and a very small dent, by corner of fox mask, which shows on first 3 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1922. Cloth Spine and Boards. Good/No Jacket. Farnshaw, Harold & Adams, Frank & Anderson, Anne & Appleton, Honor C & Others. Delightful illustrated Short Stories. Many Full-Page Clolour Plates, Artists include; Harold Farnshaw, Anne Anderson, Frank, Adams, Honor C. Appleton & Frank Hart. Also many B&W In-Text illustrations. First Verses "A Game of Tennis" and First Story, "The Family Sees the Sights". Brown cloth spine & Paper-Covered Boards. Front illustrated with a Boy & Girl Reading. Unpaginated, book is nearly 3/4" Thick.10 1/4" Tall, 550g. Some edge wear and a little chipping to cover. Previous owner's name penciled on endpaper. Front hinge cracked. A little pencil scribble on one page, and 1 B&W illustration has a little colouring in. Occasional finger mark or spot of browning. One page has a small piece tor from corner (not touching picture. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London: Blackie and Son, 1840. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Hill, D. O. Complete Set of 11 Volumes. Complete Set of Vols. I to VI of the Tales and Sketches, each Volume beautifully illustrated by D. O. Hill, with a Full-Page Frontis Plate and an extra Title Page illustrated with a large Vignette illustration. And a Complete Set of Vols I to V of the Poems. Frontis of Vol I illustrated with an Engraved Portrait of James Hogg, with Facsimilie Signature beneath. Next is an illustrated Title Page with a Vignette of Fingall's Cave, followed by a Printed Title Page. 2 Further Full-Page Engraved Plates. Vols II, III, IV & V each have an illustrated Frontis, Vignette illustrated Title Page and another Full-Page Plate. So the 11 Volumes combined have 12 Full-Page Frontis Plates, 11 Title Pages with Vignette illustration and 6 other Full-Page Plates. Beautiful Contemporary Purple Ribbed Cloth covers with bright Gilt and blind stamped Lyre and Mistletoe Design covwering fronts… Read More

London: Pavilion Books, 1986. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Foreman, Michael. Wonderful Tales of early CXelts, Illustrated in Colour by Michael Foreman. Includes the Giant Finn, Cuchulainn, The Hound of Ulder and Troublesome Fairies called the Shee. Brown cloth Cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 125 Pages, 740g, 11" Tall. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1902. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Fourth Edition, 1902. Frontis illustrated with a fine Monochrome Portrait of Maxim Gorky, protected by tissue guard. Title Page Printed in Red & Black. 9 "Tales" including "In the Steppe", "Twenty-Six of Us and One Other" & "Chelkash". Blue cloth cover with Black Designs to front & spine. Gilt Lettering to spine & Brown Lettering to front. Beveled Edges. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. 285 Pages + Adverts. 7 1/2" Tall, 620g. Slight edge wear with a little fraying at spine ends. Spine colour a little faded. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paternoster Square, London: T Fisher Unwin Limited, 1904. Full-Leather. Very Good. Wilson, Cecil. Beautiful copy in contemporary Brown "Tree" Full-Leather Binding, with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Title in 2nd compartment and Gilt Floral Decoration in others. Gilt Linear Border to front and rear. "Parkfield" in gilt on front. Marbled Endpapers and Page edges. Frontispiece Illustrated with Alcibiades. Title Page printed in Ted with a pale olive decorative surround. Illustrated with 7 other Plates by Cecil Wilson. Initials and Tailpiece Illustrations by Amy B. Schulz. The 4 "Tales" are of Theseus, Romulus, Hannibal's Schoolmaster, Fabius Maximus and Alcibiades. Nice antique Illustrated bookplate on endpaper "Vincent Julius Seligman." Undated Edition, Engraved Illustrations dated 1904, Mr Seligman's inscription on blank preliminary page dated 1908. 308 Pages, 800g, 7 1/2" Tall. Very slight edge wear. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Nice clean… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/Good+. Rackham, Arthur. Charles and Mary Lamb's lovely rewriting of the stories, for Children, from 20 of Shakespeare's Plays, ILLUSTRATED with 8 Full-Page Coloured Plates. Also full-page and In-Text Line Drawings by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece has a Plate from "the Tempest". Buff cloth cover covered with Blue design of Bottom with Donkey head and Titania. Green Lettering on front & spine. 304 pages, 600g, 8 1/2" Tall. Undated edition, probably 1950s. Ffep removed. No inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket with tiny bits missing from top edge at the front, small bits missing at spine ends and a small closed tear in bottom fore corner ( 1/2" long ) repaired from inside with clear tape. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

59 Pall Mall: Harrison & Sons. Cloth. Very Good. Jellicoe, John & Prince, Val. Volume III ( of 3 volumes published ). Frontis monochrome illus. of a Maiden being abducted by armed men, protected by tissue guard. Opposite is an illustrated Title Page followed by the Printed Title page. Several other Full-Page Plates by John jellicoe and Val Prince, after Designs by the Author. Preface viii Pages followed by a Play "The Gipsy Queen", paginated from 299 - 528 ( the pagination is continuing from the other volumes ). The book ends with the "Conclusion", page 662. Brown clloth cover with cross-hatch texture. Bright Gilt "all rights reserved" in the style of a signature, on front and Gilt Lettering on spine. 7 3/4" Tall, 450g. Floral design on Endpapers. No inscriptions. Slight edge wear. Faint marginal tanning to paper. Undated Edition, circa Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

Edinburgh: Cadell and Co, 1829. Quarter Leather. Good+. 3 Volume Set. History of Scotland from James I to the Union of Scotland and England. Each volume illustrated with an Engraved Frontispiece Portrait and and Vignette illustration on Title page. All proted with tissue guards. Printed title pages follow the illustrated ones. Frontis of Vol. I illustrated with engraved portrait of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. Contemporary Brown Quarter-Leather Bindings with Brown boards. Spines have Gilt Lettering and Horizontal Divisions. Vol. I, 320 pages, Vol. II, 304 pages, Vol III, 332 pages. 5 3/4" Tall. Some edge wear and wear to spines. Gilt lettering worn. 2 vols have a closed tear to leather on right side of spine, just over 1" long. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Minerva Press, 1971. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Fair. Clarke, Harry. 29 Macabre stories illustrated with B&W Full-Page Plates and In-Text illustrations by Harry Clarke. First published in 1919. Blue cloth cover with Bright Gilt Designs on front and spine. 382 p.pages, 1.6 Kilos, 10 3/4" Tall. Small gift inscription on ffep, dated 1973. No other inscriptions. Jacket has about habout half the lower portion of back and spine torn away but the illustration on the back and skull on spine have survived. Several small edge tears on front and a small piece missing from top fore corner, but the large illustration on front is intact. Weight, 1.6 Kilos so shipping Outside UK may be extra.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 0. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Gotch T. C. (Frontispiece). Contenets include, the Body, Digestion, Circulation, Skin, Nervous system, and much more. Frontispiece Illustration by T. C. Gotch "Torchbearers". Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Nice old Bookplate pasted to endpaper. "Cornwall County Record Office" stamped on ffep and white Library Ref. No on spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by 96 Photographs and with Drawings Reproduced from the Original Scale-Plans of the Barque." Introduction by Basil Lubbock. Volume divided into 2 parts; "Book 1" includes accounts of "The Erikson Fleet", Grain from Australia, The Sailor etc. Book 2 is "The Description and History of the Herzogin Cecile" and includes a fine Fold-Out Plate with a Scale Drawing "Profile of the Hull & Plan of the Sail & Rigging." as in 1902. Blue cloth cover with bright Gilt central "Figurehead" on front. Gilt Lettering to spine. Top page edges Blue, other edges untrimmed. 415 Pages, 1.6 kilos, 10 1/4" Tall. Small closed tear to cloth (1" long) on left side of spine. No inscriptions. A little light foxing to some pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall