Search Results: Authors starting with T from Ripping Yarns

London: Sylvan Press, 1944. 1st Edition. . Orange cloth boards with gold motif on front. Uncredited b&w illustrations. Inscriptions on front endpaper and half-title page; boards slightly bumped at edges, slightly marked. 1st hinge tender but otherwise good.

Paris: C. Marpon & E. Flammarion. Hardback. Good. Dark covers with black line design. Corners and spine bumped. 'Tous droits reserves' to title page. French. No date C. 1900. Pages tanned. Some scattered foxing. Size: 6 x 4 Inches

London: Cape Golliard Press, 1969. Soft cover. G+. Paper covers, unpaginated. Approx 10 inches high. Single long poem with notes to rear. Graphics by Verifax Collage. Covers a little scuffed and bumped at edges with a crease to rear cover. Good+ tight copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardback. VG/VG-. Brown paper-covered boards, black cloth spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. 64pp. Dustwrapper rubbed at edges.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968. 1st Edition . Good+. First edition, signed by author and dedicatedi n March 1968.This is second book of poetry. Large (9½ x 6½ inches) turquoise softback. High quality paper. Features beautifully reproduced illustrations. Front cover and spine very slightly scuffed. Very slight tanning to cover. A few upturned corners. Otherwise very good.

Paris: Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres, 1854. Hardback. Good. Cream vellum, gilt title on green leather label to spine, 558pp plus 10pp publisher's list. Text in Italian. Handwritten letter dated 1867 offering the book as a gift, affixed to 1st free endpaper and neat ink initials of previous owner to next page. Marbled endpapers with stamp of 19th century Oxford bookseller to 1st pastedown. Boards a little bumped at edges, slightly grubby in places. Light occasional scattered foxing to some pages. Good tight copy.

Singapore: SNP Editions [SNP International], 2004. Paperback. Good+. Corners and spine bumped. Signed by author: 'Dear Howard, Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge about voice with me while I was in London. I hope you will enjoy reading my book. Merry Christmas, Verena.' Contents: 'Words,' 'Preface,' 'Effort and Chance,' 'Living on Java,' 'Love, Food and Babies,' 'The Perfect Shoe,' 'Silent Man,' 'Good Girls Don't Wait,' 'Cotton and Jade,' 'Promises,' 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Prosperity.' Size: 8 x 5 Inches

London: Duckworth, 1998. Hardback in Dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good-. Black cloth boards, 6 x 9½ inches, gilt title to spine. 223 pp. Very good with no inscriptions. Illustrated dustwrapper slightly bumped at top edge but otherwise very good and not price-clipped.

London: Humphrey Milford, 1925. Cloth Board. Good/No Jacket. Edited by F.V. Barry. Green cloth boards with gillt decorated spine, gilt ornament front cover and blind embossing rear cover. Light wear and bumps to spine and cover corners. Text block clean, tight and bright. Charming letter to reviewers inside, implying this was a press copy, dated 1926 from The Manchester Guardian. 177pp.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Good. Charles Folkard. Green cloth-covered boards with coloured plate mounted to front board, showing boy at door of house. B&w illust. within. 32 pp. Neat ink name to fep. Boards a little faded at edges otherwise a good tight copy.

London: Basement Writers, 1992. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Good ++. 62pp. Dedicated to the late poet Adrian Mitchell ( whose comment forms the blurb on the front cover) and signed 'To Adrian, May the sky never fall on your head! love Sean'. From the private collection of the late Mitchell, provenance assured. Also includes letter from Taylor to Mitchell found within. Externally slightly sunned but otherwise very good, clean and tight.

London: Turret Books/Bernard Stone, 1987. 1st Limited Edition. . Paper Covers in Dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good. Pale green marbled-effect wrappers and pages, unpaginated. Frontis by Norman Stevens. VG.

London: Collins. Hardback. Good. C. E. And H. M. Brock. Red boards, corners and spine bumped. No date. FFEP missing, but rest complete. Name written to frontispiece. Contains many colour illustrated plates. Size: 10 x 12 Inches Approx

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1919. Good+. Pictorial green cloth boards, 5 x 7 inches, 101 pp. Boards bumped at corners, and very lightly marked; page edges foxed. A good tight copy.

London: SPCK. Green clothn decorated with floral design, gilt title to front and spine, 159 pp plus 4 pp publisher's list. 1st free endpaper missing; exterior darkened with age. Good tight copy.

London: Cassell. Hardback. Good+. Red, pink and gilt cloth boards, 5 x 7 inches approx. Eight thousand. 224 pp plus publisher's lists. Illustrated at chapter headings, title page and throughout the text; decorated endpapers; frontispiece with tissue guard. Boards slightly dusty; spine slightly darkened with some wear to top and base of spine; prize inscription to ffep dated 1892; otherwise very good. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: William Heinemann, 1900. 1st Edition. . Hardback. Good. Red cloth boards, gilt title, 208pp plus 32pp 'Mr Heinemann's Catalogue MCM'. Externally a little bumped and scuffed, spine darkened. Inside, free endpapers tanned. A tight, clean and good copy.

London: Oxford Univeristy Press, 1954. Hardback. Good. Blue leather boards with gilt design. Corners and spine bumped. Some damage and scuffing to top of spine. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: William Heinemann, 1927. 1st Edition. . Hardback. Good. Grey cloth boards, 162pp. Decorated maps to endpapers, b&w frontis and illustrations within. Externally a little bumped at corners and edns of spine, a few faint marks to front board. Endpapers tanned, a little faint scattered foxing to prelim pages. Otherwise good tight and unmarked.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1885. Good. Green cloth hardback, gilt borders & lettering. Dark green endpapers. 214pp. 6½ x 4 inches. Author not credited. Boards bumped at edges, slightly marked. Hinges cracked. Bookplate to front paste-down endpaper. Neat inscription to reverse of half-title.