Search Results: Titles starting with T from Richard Beaton

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blue cloth with oval picture on paper inset on front board. Spine lightly soiled, white spots along spine edge of front board, lightly marked on rear board: fair/good..

London: Skeffington & Son, 1919. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original pale blue cloth, lettered and decorated in black. Spine a little sunned, light stain on corner of front free endpaper and following blank page, endpapers browned, good+. A collection of mostly humorous short stories in three sections: For Married People, For Sentimental People & For Sleepy People. Scarce.

London: Methuen & Co., 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. This translation of the first part of Les Deux Diane first appeared in 1909. This is a volume in the 1920 reprint "The Novels of Alexandre Dumas". original glazed red cloth. Post-war paper lightly browned throughout, otherwise a good copy. Methuen issued the rest of Les Deux Diane in two further volumes entitled The Chatelet & The Comte de Montgomery. Uncommon..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New and Revised Edition: Chapman & Hall, 1884. Frontispiece. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine; black endpapers. A few light marks, otherwise very good. Another of Mrs Bray's "historical tales"..

George Routledge & Sons, 1884. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. YELLOWBACK. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Paper rubbed on board edges and hinges, spine creased with small losses on tips, contents tight and in good order, fair/ good. A collection of seven short stories (oddly only the first six are listed on the contents page), mostly sporting in nature. Topp [I, p. 350].

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition: George Routledge & Sons. Frontispiece (see note below). Late C19th brown leather over brown cloth, raised bands on spine. Light scuffing, some browning on endpapers, very good. Note: once a yellowback -- the pictorial paper from the original front board has been mounted to make the frontispiece for this rebound volume..

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original undecorated dark olive green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine tips scuffed, light foxing/browning on endpapers, inner joint paper cracking, otherwise good. Sadleir [1704a]. A collection of three novellas: the first and last had previously appeared independently in America..

London: Methuen & Co., 1901. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine quite sunned and with small hole below title, pink staining on edges of endpapers, fair. A collection of six stories by these Scottish writers: four by Mary and two by her sister Jane helen..

London: S. P. C. K. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. A collection in two volumes comprising: Jemima's Brooch or Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (1861); Lottie Ashley. A Story of the Seventh Commandment (1865); Ascension Day; or The Skylark's Lesson (1868); Katie's Lessons. A True Story by S. C. S (1865); Truthfulness (1861); Nelly Wort; or "I Can't Depend Upon Her" by the author of Hester Blake (1868); Milly Fenton. A Tale for Girls (1867); The Orphans (1867); BUNBURY, Miss S[elina]: Little Dora Playfair; or "I Won't Go to School" (1851); Ellen and Lizzie; or If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments (1859); ADAMS, Charlotte: Mamma's Little Friend (?); [BUNGENER, Felix]: Two Christmas Days and Two Christmas Trees (1863); Amy's Watchword; or, The First Mission of Love (1862); Plain Thoughts for Holy Days by L. K. (1867); Margaret's Godmothers (1866); Patty Milner's Savings (1865); The Shepherd and His Family by… Read More

Manchester & London: Abel Heywood (Manchester)/Simpkin Etc (London), 1884. Book. Good. Hardcover. Tinted frontispiece. Original aple blu cloth, lettered and decorated in black. A light scuffing, a few marks on cloth, some spotting/foxing in the text, good+.

Manchester & London: Abel Heywood (Manchester)/Simpkin Etc (London), 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. Green-tinted frontispiece. Original aple blu cloth, lettered and decorated in black. A light scuffing, a few marks on cloth, some spotting/foxing in the text, good+.

Manchester/London: Abel Heywood/Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1884. Book. Good. Hardcover. [Reprint]. Tinted frontispiece. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black. Spine lightly sunned, a few light marks, inner joint papers lightly cracked (joints tight), signature on front free endpaper, good..

London: Warne & Co., 1866. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Thus.. "With Coloured Illustrations". Later rebinding in pinky-brown binder's cloth. Light scuffing, faint foxing. Only 2 illustrations present in text: others (including frontispiece) presumed missing. "These tales and stories, originally selected by Miss Mitford, have been carefully revised, re-edited, and gathered into a single volume. When first published they obtained great and deserved popularity; it is hoped that in their new form they will prove equally attractive, and afford much pleasure to the young readers of the present, as they formerly did to the children of the past." Preface..

London: Ward and Lock, 1855. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. First British Edition. Mid C19th black leather and grey marbled boards. Boards grazed, extremities rubbed, some soiling and brown spotting throughout; bookplate of Cooper's West End Circulating Library, Reading, on front pastedown and Cooper's Library in gilt at foot of spine, good. Tales of naval derring-do told by a Lieutenant to his young nephew. First published in Boston, Mass. in 1855. This edition was issued as a yellowback : see Sadleir [3639]..

London: Richard Bentley, 1860. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: [III]: Father Mathew & Irish Invention by P. MACTEAGUE, The Double-Bedded Room by BON GAULTIER, The Contrabandista & Pasquale A Tale of Italy by Captain MEDWIN, Les Poissons d'Avril by Father PROUT, plus the following anonymous stories: The Handsome Clear Starcher, Marie de Villemare, Bonomye the Usurer, The Man in the Spanish Cloak Scenes in the Life of a Gambler, The Deathbed Confession & Mrs Jenning. [IV]: Darby the Swift by J. Augustine WADE, An Excellent Offer by Marmaduke BLAKE, The Quarantine by Captain MEDWIN, The Father A Story from Real Life [by Joseph DOWNES], Paddy Flynn by John SHEEHAN, The Phantom Funeral [by G. R. GLEIG], The Narrative of John Ward Gibson by Charles WHITEHEAD, plus the following anonymous items: Richelieu [poem, parody of Bulwer Lytton] & The Duel. Mid C19th blindstamped maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on front board and spine. Boards and endpapers worn and… Read More

Leipzig, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original brown cloth, lettered and framed in black. Undated but with a tipped in announcement for the publication of George Eliot's "new novel", The Mill on the Floss (1860). Corners bumped and scuffed, a little foxing, good. Contains: The Surveyor's Tale by W. E. Aytoun, The Forest Race Romance [by Sir Sam Ferguson], Dr Vasari by Chas Edwards, Sigismund Fatello [by Frederick Hardman], The Boxes [by J. Forbes Dalton].

London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1890. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint, undated, c1890. Original decorated red cloth. Bumped and scuffed, spine ends nicked, lacks front free endpaper, good. Contains five long stories: Without Further Delay & The Manor House at Milford by Frederick Talbot; The Arab Wife by R. E. Garczynstic, The Story of a Foundling by Miss E. J. Arkell and A Strange Clue (author unknown). All stories anonymous and identified in Chambers's Journal 1954 - 1920 by Sue Thomas. This books is one of a series, which bear the same title but have different contents..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original light maroon cloth, with blindstamped flowers on boards, lettered in gilt. Spine and top edge of rear board lightly sunned, faint inscription (1913) on front free endpaper, good. Collection consisting of alternating stories and poems. Scarce. Publisher's catalogue for September 1897 bound in at end..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1921. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated. Rebound in late C20th blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Ex-Sandwell Public library with there stamps and numbers on title page (recto & verso), and occasional circular stamp on corners in text; library name stamped on fore-edges. No shelf-marks, no pockets. Light foxing, good reading copy..

London.: King, Bell & Olding, 1906. Book. Illus. by The Author and His Grandson. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original red buckram, lettered in gilt. Lightly sunned on board edges and spine, some foxing post, good+.