Search Results: Authors starting with T from BookMangos

London: Michael O'Mara, 2008. Very Good. This is all the facts and figures we learnt at scholl, which are going round in our heads but which we have forgotton. Nice patterned boards with titile to front and on spine. Some bumping to corners. Nice tight binding and clean pages. AB24

London: Sampson, Low Marston and Co., 1940. Very Good/very good. A book with drawings and descriptions of the ships of the worlds battlefleets. Pale blue boards with writing to spine and front cover. Rubbed and bumped. Binding a little loose and pages a bit foxed. Dj mylar covered, bottom right front is torn and the piece is missing. back is torn and top of spine missing. First Edition AB58

London: Virago Press, 1991. Very Good/very good. A revolutionary approach to banishing the misunderstandings that haunt our relationships.The question is asked Why is it so hard for men and women to talk to each other?? Blue boards with writing to spine. Dj some shelfwear and bumping, not price clipped. Nice tight binding and clean pages. First Edition AB58

Leeds, glasgow,belfast: E J Arnold, undated. Good. A bright story reader series book, japanese fairy stories, not often found. Bumped and torn, but a copy not often found. School stamped. AB29

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. Very Good +/very good +. The text translated in The New English Bible, 1961, edited with Introduction, Textual Notes and Appendix by R.V.G. Tasker. This book gives the Greek text adopted for translation in the N.E.B. Quotations from the O.T. have been indicated in the text by square half-brackets and references given in footnotes. There is a short introduction explaining the principles followed by the translators in deciding the text, and a list of main textual witnesses. All variants alluded to in the footnotes to N.E.B. are discussed briefly in the Appendix. Mylar cover;red boards with writing to spine. some fading and bumping and rubbing. dj not price clipped.heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly.clean pages and tight binding.owner inscription in ink. First Edition AB71

New York: Ecco press, 1979. first published. Very Good/very good. James Tate an american poet noted for his surreal imagery and ironic stance of his poetry. Cream boards with writing to spine and insignia to front cover. Dj mylar covered, not price clipped.Some shelf wear and rubbing and staining. Nice tight binding and very clean pages. First Edition AB61

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1961. twelfth. Very Good/very good. The history of Japanese gardening through the cultural and aesthetic development of the life of the Japanese, taking as examples the different types of gardens, such as those belonging to private mansions, villas, shrines, temples, castles, teahouses etc. Light brown cloth boards with black writing to spine. Dj quite torn but pretty. First Edition AB8

Oxford: Taunt & Co., 1912. First edition. Very Good +. Blenheim Palace, the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, has beyond the grandeur of its architecture, such a wealth of beaty bestowed upon it by nature as to make it one of the loveliest of the 'stately homes of England'. This book describes the Palace, Woodstock and surrounding area in detail at the turn of the 20th century. Cloth bound with slight water damage to cover and edges.binding a little loose. many black and white photos throughout/ inside covers have some advertising. A wonderful book for those who also appreciate epehemera. AB69

London: Methuen & Co., 1901. Very Good +. In this book the author deals with the subject of Jesuits only so far as they belong to English history - from 1580 to1773 - and has little to do with their purely domestic affairs, and only touches upon them as far as it may be necessary to to understand the formation and ideals of men who set out to accomplish a definite work. The scope of this work attempts to discover the endthey aimed at and the means they employed to advance it. The subject of English Jesuits demands study. It is necessary for a full understanding of certain episodes in English history; and the bearing on the general subject of what may at first seem to be despicable ecclesiastical squabbles - that is to say, the struggles between the Jesuits and the Clergy - is seen to be profoundly important when the principle beneath the dispute is laid bare. The Jesuits, as a body, stood for the Catholic Reaction, from first to last, a political expedient. The Clergy, on the other hand,… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1870. Paperback. Fair. A story in verse by the childrens author who lived from 1782-1866, she was the sister of Jane Taylor the poet who wrote twinkile twinkle. Paperback booklet with beautiful illustrations accompanying the story. The spine is very worn and there are two creases to the cover. Shelf worn and rubbed. no date but estimated at 1870. AB82

London: Chatto and Windus, 2006. First published. Very Good/very good. Madness, greed, love, obession, Machiavellian plotting and a great train robbery, in a captivating Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get and keep what they want. Black boards with writing to spine. Some marks. Dj bumped on top of spine. Some shelf wear. Nice tight binding and clean pages. Not price clipped. First Edition AB24

London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Very Good/very good. A book in two parts, first the science of colour and second the technique of colour. Red quarter bound boards with yellow spine and writing to spine, very nice, minor bumping tp spine.Dj mylar covered, some rubbing and a little dirty but minor shelf wear. Not price clipped.Colour plates. Tight binding and clean pages. First Edition AB66

London: Macmillan, 1967. Second edition. Fine/fine. The presentation to students of a method of geographical analysis and interpretation of the British Daily Weather Report, in addition to which the authors have incorporated a large amount of new material. Blue boards with writing to spine. Some fading and bumping. Dj some bumping and shelf wear. Tight binding and clean pages. First Edition AB51

London: Fourth Estate Ltd., 1994. First published. Near Fine/near fine. The finest male dancer alive today, crowned successor to Nureyev. Since he defected from Russia in 1990 he has been principal dancer with the royal ballet. This relates in intimate detail the life of Irek bringing it right upto date with his rebirth in England. Black boards with writing to spine. Dj mylar covered, not price clipped. Minor shelf wear. The inside pages are a little marked and the bottom of the back cover of the Dj. Many photographs. First Edition AB60

middlesex: frederick warne, 1986. Very Good/very good. The story of the storyteller and artist. Brown boards with writing to spine. Very nice condition. Clean pages and tight binding. owner bookplate.Dj pric clipped, minor bumping and rubbing. Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. First Edition AB67

Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1999. First edition. As New/as new. This volume contains a fascinating selection of photographs which illustrate the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in the East End over the last 100 years. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during this century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of the East End's recent history are covered, famous occasions and individuals are remembered and the impact of national and intrnational events is witnessed. The book provides a striking account of the changes that have so altered the East End's appearance and records the process of transformation. Large book; postage to be adjusted.black boards with writing to spine.dj not price clipped. very minor wear. First Edition AB72

London: Whittaker and Co., 1855. 44th. Good. The well known volume outlining the history of england with useful and correct genealogical tables of the sovereigns of england from egbert to victoria.Tables of contemporary sovereigns and eminent persons. Brown boards with writing to spine.Spine damaged and loose. Corner of boards worn. Pages some water damage and brown.Owner inscribed in ink on inside front board. AB12

London: Hutchinson, 1970. Hardback. Good/Good. This is a selection of whaat the victorian child was brought up on. Robbed of childhood and given tracts instead of fun stories. This is an anthology of some of these with many of their magnificent pictures. Burgundy cloth boards with some bumping and rubbing.Dj is mylar covered and price clipped, slight chipping to the bottom of the spine. Some shelf wear. Tight binding and clean pages. Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. AB81

London: Collins. Very Good. A beautiful collection of poetry. A gorgeous little leather book with handcut pages and inside the front cover illustrated with a saying and drawing, these my solace and my refuge these my firmest friends. Slight wear to the spine and bumping to the corners. AB12

New York: Mason Charter, 1976. Very Good/very good. This is not just about the morning and afternoon in which Nelson and Collingwood smashed the combined fleets of France and Spain, it is the story of a complex campaign of which Trafalgar was the climax. Red boards with writing to spine. Minor shelf wear, nice tight binding and clean pages. Dj mylar covered, very minor shelf wear. Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. First Edition AB66