Search Results: Titles starting with T from Bibliodditiques

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1949. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tght binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $2.75 on rear flap. Dust jacket has some wear around edges; most significant being a 1" tear on rear panel near bottom of spine. A few spots on rear panel of jacket. Red coverboards with silver lettering on spine. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 248 pp.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1949. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tght binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $2.75 on rear flap. Dust jacket is toned and has small tears/chips around edges. A few spots/streaks on rear panel of jacket. Red coverboards with silver lettering on spine. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 248 pp.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1949. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tght binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $2.75 on rear flap. Some discolouration of two adjoining pages, likely caused by newspaper clipping being laid in the book for awhile. Dust jacket is in a clear, archival, removable cover and has light wear at head/tail of spine. Red coverboards with silver lettering on spine. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 248 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Author discusses 33 different identifiable types of trout pools and provides drawings showing typical currents, boulders, runs, eddies, deeps and shallows. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has light wear around edges. Includes three appendices - Equipment; Casts: and, Working the Flies. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 327 pp.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Carol H. Little. A booki written for the racing sailor. The book is a collection of racing experiences. "Each chapter is a narrative based on a particular incident, or a group of related incidents, analyzing the causes of the situation faced and the techniques required to meet it successfully." Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a few small tears, creasing on front panel near top edge and on front flap. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 333 pp.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Tasha Tudor. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has a few small tears and a couple of small spots of surface wear. One tear is tape-repaired on inside of dust jacket. Price-clipped. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine . A collection of poems, carols, stories, legends, and Christmas recipes and decorations selected, edited and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Number line reads "1 2 3 4 5 70 69 68 67 66". 157 pp.

Oxford University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Author provides examination of aviation history, stressing its global roots, making reference to journals, diaries and memoirs of the pioneers in the field. Well-illustrated with black and white photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 531 pp.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. The book is signed by Gregory Clark on the front free endpaper. His bookplate is on the front pastedown endpaper. I suspect this is the Gregory Clark who was a Canadian war veteran, journalist, and humourist. "A reporter for the Toronto Star from 1911 through 1946, Clark gained fame in Canada for his coverage of various news events of the 1920s and 1930s, and particularly for his front-line coverage of World War II." The book plate has a hunting/fishing motif, and Clark was known to be an avid outdoorsman. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Erasure of the number 10 on front free endpaper has left an impression mark. Brown coverboards with gilt embossed lettering. Black and white photograph on frontis showing author fishing. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 143 pp.

London New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.. Very Good. Red coverboards with paste-down colour illustration on front. Lig Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear to boards. Full colour frontis illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Some soiling. Slight lean to binding. No date of publications indicated but likely 1950s. Size: 24mo (5" to 6"). 75 pp.

London New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears or creases. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some edgewear to jacket. Full colour frontis illustration. Pastedown illustration on front board. Illustrated endpapers. Size: 24mo (5" to 6"). 59 pp.

London New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Beige coverboards with paste-down colour illustration on front. Light edgewear to boards. Full colour frontis illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Some soiling. Slight lean to binding. No date of publications indicated but likely 1950s. Size: 24mo (5" to 6"). 75 pp.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good. Anton Lock. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Slight lean. Some wear to coverboard edges. Illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pp.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Irene Lieblich. Tight binding. Previous owner's name and address on page preceding title page. Pages are clean and without tears, chips or creases. Dust jacket is price clipped and has some soiling and edge wear.and a price sticker shadow on front panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dutton & New York: Lodestar Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Leo & Diane Dillon. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has some edgewear, mainly along top edge, including a small missing piece at top right corner. Black remainder mark and some wear along bottom edge of coverboards. Illustrators were receipients of 1976 and 1977 Caldecott medal. Pictorial endpapers. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

Frederick Warne, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quentin Blake. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 69 pp.

London New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1986. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears or creases. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Full colour frontis illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Size: 24mo (5" to 6"). 58 pp.

London New York: F. Warne & Co. Ltd.. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Beatrix Potter. Tight binding. No chips or tears to pages. Gift inscription and light crease on front endpaper. Early printing with circular paste-down illustration of Samuel Whiskers on front coverboards. Full colour frontis with 15 colour plates. Some light wear to coverboards. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 75 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Masha. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pags. Coverboards have wear around edges and top edge of spine has some paper loss. Paper on gutter of spine is split in a few places. Charming illustrations.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Corinne Malvern. Book follows the adventures of Timothy Brown as he goes to a pet shop to buy a puppy, watches new neighbors move into the house nexgt door, visits the zoo, and goes on a picnic. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. A label on front free paper on which is typed "To: John Moss on his 7th birthday, 1946". Boards have some edgewear. Dust jacket is NOT clipped and has some chips, tears, creases and a 1.5" x 1.0" piece missing front front top left corner. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: David R Godine Pub, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. Anges Newton Keith. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket with small tear at top of spine. Stated First Edition. Author won a Newberry Honor for the book "What Time of Night Is It?" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 100 pp.