Search Results: Authors starting with T from Bibliodditiques

Wakefield: William Nicholson and Sons. Hardcover. Very Good. Maroon cloth-covered boards with bevelled edges and gilt embossed title on front and spine. Some bubbling of cloth on front boards and general wear. Previous owner's name on reverse side of frontis. Rear hinge partially exposed though binding is secure. No chips/tears on pages other than a 2" tear on one page. Slight lean. Small watermark on bottom corner of text block bit does not affect surface of pages. Four pages of ads for other publications at rear of book. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 364 pp.

New York: The Platt & Peck Co.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Names inscribed in pencil on Front endpaper. Light foxing on page edges. Spine slightly cocked. Black and white frontis. Paste-down illustration on front board. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. Edward Shenton. Author chronicles life in a 17th century farmhouse on 40 acres in Connecticut. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Some foxing on edge of text block. Size: 8vo ( 8" to 9"). 282 pp.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. George E. Tait.. Story of a young boy growing up in northern Ontario, based on the life of Tom Thomson, the reknown Group of Seven painter. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. A few small tears around edges of jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Red coverboards with blue printing. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 158 pp.

London: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 109 pp.

New York Boston London: Little, Brown & Co., 2013. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Stated first edition; later printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 771 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. The 5th title in the Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess series. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small chips/tears around edges, and is clear, archival sleeve. Blue tweed coverboards. Slight lean. Copyright date 1950. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 211 pp

Garden City: Doubleday, 1977. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good +. Tight binding. No chips or tears on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Illustrated with photos. Usual library markings. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 297 pp.

Toronto: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very scarce title. A collection of 37 West Indian short stories for children with 18 illustrations. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Green coverboards with black lettering. Some light soiling of coverboards. Tape residue on front endpaper. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. A couple of light ripples on the cloth covering the coverboards. Some spots on a few pages. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 414 pp.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2004. Fourth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Remainder mark on tail of book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. 259 pp.

New York: Atheneum, 1992. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Ed Young. Illustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Ed Young. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some light wear and curling on top edge of jacket. Previous owner's name/address stamped on front endpaper but is barely visible due to dark purple colour of paper. Half-title page is preceded by a an onion-skin type of page. Small damp mark at top edge of text block, but is not very noticeable. Size: 4to (9" to 11").

Toronto New York London: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. , 1949. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +. A collection of stories and articles about yachting. Tight binding. No chips, tears, or creases. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Frontis is a collage of 8 black and white photos of sailing yachts. The more technical entries cover such topics a meeting emergencies, night sailing, squaresails and spinnakers, knots and hitches, anchors and anchoring, making repairs, engine trouble shooting. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 505 pp.

Glascow London Montreal: Houlston & Sons and N. T. League; F. E. Grafton & Son, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good. No chips, tears to pages. Hinges partially visible, but binding is secure. Collection of the 12 monthly editions from 1896. Some foxing. Some of illustrations neatly coloured by previous owner. Previous owner's name in pencil on front endpaper.140 pp plus two pages of advertisements for other publications. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1915. Hardcover. Very Good +. A series of nine Philosophy lectures given at Oxford University in 1910 covering such topics as Materialism, Agnosticism, Rights and Duties, The Will and its Freedom, Original Sin and Moral Duty, Duty and Society, Personality, Personality of God and more. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Blue coverboards with gilt lettering on darkened spine. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 120 pp.

Chicago: Van Kampen Press. Hardcover. Good. Pictorial endpapers. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Spine cover is missing but binding is secure. Some edgewear to coverboards. Copyright date 1946. Good reading copy. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

New York, Evanston, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Author makes his case for the traditional Christian view of the Resurrection and demonstrates that Christ's conquest of death has prime significance for the spiritual and intellectual concerns of our age. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has fading on spine, a chip at bottom right corner of front panel and some tears around edges. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 221 pp.

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1958. First edition thus. Paperback. Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Spotting along edge of text block. Light wear to cover. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 223 pp

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Orchard Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Maurice Sendak. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Maurice Sendak. A collector's condition copy. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with minimal edgewear. Pictorial endpapers. Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 185 pp. Mississauga Symphony Sale, Sept. 18/14