Search Results: Titles starting with T from Goldring Books

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire: The Kensal Press, 1987. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. A celebration of dogs, noble and heroic, inspiration to authors and artists and in this work we have a chance to identify with and meet the celebrities from history to the present. Profusely illustrations, detailed research and interviews makes this a revealing and amusing reflection on people's love for, relationships with and likeness to those canine companions. C3E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. A Very Good+ cleand and unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The veteran golfer provides invaluable advice, one point at a time, with every action in the golf swing made crystal clear. Illustrations are pointed up by the use of arrows and contrasting colours that exphasise aspects of the lessons. B2A. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Golden, Francis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Routledge, 1895. Gilt titles and decoration on blue cloth boards which have a touch of wear to spine head and tail and a crease to back. Internally page edges are age darkened else a clean, tight copy. viii + 501 pages. Top edge gilt. From Routledge's florin novels series. Sequel to 'The Queen's Necklace'. B2C. Hard Cover. Good TEG/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1901. Cream titles with cream and blue/grey pictorial and decoration on blue/grey cloth boards. Boards have some wear to spine side, head and tail and corner tips with a few light marks to front and back. Internally there is the remnant of a prize bookplate to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and the odd mark to a few pages else clean and unmarked. Not dated but British Library has this as 1901. Illustrated by Victor Prout. A1B. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Prout, Victor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Geneva: Edito-Service, 1967. The Centennial Edition. Gold title and decoration on green leatherette boards which has a mark to front else unmarked. Page marker bound in. Decorative green endpapers. 14 Illustrations by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) and Seymour. Introduction by Sir John Shuckburgh. xxv + 437 pages. 14. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz (Browne, Hablot K.) And Seymour. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman Hall, 1894. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is light foxing to some pages, age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Most pages are unopened and therefore this is AN UNREAD COPY. 220 pages. Translated from the German by Thomas Carlyle.Two volumes in one. Separately paginated. Publisher's 40 page catalogue unopened bound in at rear dated July 1894 which is becoming loose. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Michael Joseph, 1979. A Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket which is complete. Sir Osbert's famous five volume autobiography 'Left Hand,Right Hand!' covered his life and that of his eccentric but gifted father Sir George Sitwell but there were several memories that had to be omitted and this book remedies that and recounts more anecdotes of famous people. A reprint of a work first published in 1962 but unavailable for many years. 12 illustrations. *** NOT A BOOK CLUB COPY *** 12. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1993. A Fine unmarked copy. North Yorkshire has a great tradition of stories from a bygone age and a fascinating folklore and the author has compiled 25 curious tales including what is the story behind the first aeroplane flight 50 years before the Wright brothers? How did a hanged man rise again from the grave? Who are the 12 knights who slumber beneath Richmond Castle waiting to be brought back to life? Great Yorkshire characters such as Old Mother Shipton, a man who taught his pig to race, Agatha Christie, Lewis Carroll and Mary Stuart. Illustrations by Don Osmond. 51. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Osmond, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1986. Sussex has a great wealth of stories from its long history and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from its rich treasury. Some are legends of dragons and magic. Others tell of piracy and smuggling. The old seasonal customs have their place too, as have the famous and infamous characters from the past. 51. First. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Osmond, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chancellor Press, 1993. A near Fine unmarked copy with age darkening to page edges in pictorial laminated boards. A fascinating collection of tales from around the world which has been compiled from the records of state and county archives as well as the memories of those who recall characters and incidents related by their forebears. Illustrated with over 50 woodcuts and drawings. D4A. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1963. Dark blue title on grey cloth boards which have a few specks to front. Internally very clean and unmarked. SIGNED BY CONSTANCE YOUNG with the dedication 'J.I.H. - Thought you might be interested in this book - and pleased about the last stay - ears back, eyes forward - just made it! Best wishes. 1963 '. *** Constance Young is the author of the last story in this anthology ' Dark Moment' *** Other authors are Francis Brett Young, Francis Cary Slater, Pauline Smith, Uys Krige, Stuart Cloete, Herman C. Bosman, Nadine Gordimer, Jack Cope, Rodney Gedye, Daphne Rooke, Joy Packer, P.J. Schoeman, Alan Paton. With a preface by Prof. F.E.J. Malherbe. B2A. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy. Down through the centuries Berkshire has produced many famous people whose stories have passed into folklore and are now dulled by time. The author, an authority on the county, presents such stories as how could a Lambourn man travel to London by land, sea and air as early as 1607? What peril awaited a Reverend after his gas filled balloon had been launched to observe a meteor shower in 1899 and 21 other curious tales. Illustrations by Don Osmond. 51. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Osmond, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harrap, 1979. Illustrated boards have minor marks but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 328 pages. 12 illustrations in colour, 17 line drawings and illustrated endpapers by Arthur Rackham. A large format volume. 25 tales from the master of hooror. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF OVER 1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Westerham, Kent: Froglets , 1999. An As New copy in an As New Dustjacket. 160 pages printed on glossy paper. Illustrated throughout. Period advertisement endpapers. The book selects a story here, a picture there, from a famous town's long river of memories, just as Mrs. Humphreys dipped that first cup into a bubbling stream to restore an ailing lord. A fascinating selection of stories from the past of Tunbridge Wells. A1A. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Max Reinhardt, 1982. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. First UK edition. An anthology from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine contains stories by 29 authors, and in these pages you will find the most dastardly of plots, the most suspicious of circumstances and the strangest of fiction, each of them calculated to startle, shock, dismay and leave you breathless. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1894. The Deluxe Border Edition of The Waverley Novels. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have minor marks but no wear. Top edge gilt. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge which is uncut else very clean, tight and unmarked. xxx + 468 pages including Glossary. 5 etchings by Herbert Dicksee, H. Manesse, V. Focillon, L. Kratke, J. Dobie. Introductory essays and notes by Andrew Lang. Andrew Lang was given access to the original manuscripts and other materials at Abbotsford by the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott of Abbotsford (the great-granddaughter of Sir Walter), so that new points of interest relative to the production of each of the novels could be incorporated into his essays and notes. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY volume OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1D. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Dicksee and Others. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Bodley Head, 1969. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has two small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped. Alistair Cooke's 'Letter from America' was a familiar weekly pleasure for millions of listeners in Britain and elsewherefor a great many years. A first collection of his broadcasts was published in 1952 and in 1968 he celebrated the 1,000th radio broadcast. He has compiled from 1952 a representative selection, which covers many subjects, many places, many people, which make up a brilliant portrait of America. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1E. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Souvenir Press, 1975. AVery Good+ unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author is one of those rare men who have an almost miraculous gift with horses, he can literally think like a horseand think with a horse and this gift has given him an understanding of his animals that is almost certainly unique. All his life he has used his ability in practical ways and developed a revolutionary way of handling horses which he calls 'gentling'. His dictionary of horse language, published in part in this book, is in itself a venture never before successfully attempted. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. ix + 286 pages. In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Professor Burling not only presents the most convincing account of the origins of language yet published: he sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other. He gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself. Tracing language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago, he charts its growth to the time of our recent human ancestors. He offers a new account of the route by which we acquired our defining characteristic and explores the nature of language as it developed throughout the course of our evolution. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Allen Lane, 1980. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with dedication. Gold title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is price clipped. First published in 1954 and reprinted by Barbara Woodhouse in 1970. 30 photographs. This is the autobiography of the well known dog trainer, full of affectionate tales and tips, and having trained over 17,000 dogs has earned her a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Born in an Irish public school where her father was headmaster, in the 1930's she spent four years breaking wild horses in the Argentine, where she learnt her famous breathing trick from a Guarani Indian. B2E. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.