Search Results: Authors starting with T from Dephen Rare Books

First Edition. 1790. Newcastle upon Tyne (see images).
Very scarce.
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was an English wood engraver and natural history author. He is much admired today for the quality of his wood engravings and is usually considered as the founder of wood engravings. This book contains many examples of such wood engraving.
This History is comprehensive dealing with 260 mammals from across the world and is particularly thorough on domestic animals.
Binding very good. Later half calf green morocco over marbled boards with morocco label on spine. Raised bands on spine with gilt tooling and lettering.Light wear with a little scuffing to leather, mainly one corner. Spine lightly sunned.
Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Text block good. Some damp staining mainly leaves 1 to 20 (not greatly significant) and occasional finger marks. Discreet repair to page 5 which had a tear. In general, leaves are clean.
No markings except for old sale price and "first edition" in pencil on first blank.
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Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, Easter 1916.
Compiled by the Weekly Irish Times. The second edition which appeared in 1917 with a price of sixpence net.
Binding is contemporary half calf over cloth bound boards. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition showing little wear. 248 pages including advertisements. Leaves are browned due to quality of paper. No markings or inscriptions except for name and address of a previous owner on first blank. There is a bookplate of a previous owner on front pastedown and a small stamp of bookseller.Some fading of boards.
Published in 1917 and based on articles published in the Irish Times in 1916, it provides a fascinating insight into the 1916 Easter Rising. It contains a wealth of information including photographs, an official list of casualties, names of prisoners etc (see images for summary of contents).
A very scarce volume in very good condition and in an attractive and durable binding.
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First Edition. First Printing. London 2004.
Fictionalised take on the life of American writer Henry James. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Winner of the Dublin Impac Literary Award.
Book is Near Fine with black boards clean. Gilt lettering on spine.Binding tight. No inscriptions or markings. Slight age to toning to edges, mainly top edge.
DJ is complete. No tears, chipping or edge wear. Not price clipped. In a protective removeable sleeve.
Overall, a lovely copy in highly collectible condition.

Chatto and Windus, London 1927
First edition with an interesting provenance.
Book is from the library of Grace,Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston the second wife of UK Conservative statesman Lord Curzon who, among other positions, was Foreign Secretary until 1924. Grace was a wealthy 32 year old widow when she married Lord Curzon and acquired 3 stepdaughters one of who married UK facsist leader Oswald Mosley. Grace is reputed to have had an affair with Mosley. The book contains the signature and bookplate of Grace.
Boords are clean and binding tight. Spine ends pinched with a tiny tear at end of bottom spine. One corner bumped. Slight spotting on early leaves and to a lesser extent final few leaves. Light spotting to edge of text block. Lower edge untrimmed.Minor inscription of a previous owner on first blank and also previous sale price and comment in pencil. Very small label of a Buenos Aires bookshop on front pastedown. Grace's first husband was an Irish Argentinian.
A very good copy.

First Thus. Viking. London 1991
Published in 1991 also under the title Two Lives with the novella My House in Umbria it's complimentary novella.
This is the scarcer edition with the single novella Reading Turgenev. Described as one of the most beautiful and memorable things Trevor has written it tells the story of a young Irish girl who marries in haste only to discover despair and desolation. She finds consolation in a brief love affair with a boy in poor health.
Book is near Fine. Boards clean. Binding tight. Slight browning to top edge of text block. Previous owner name with words Christmas 1991 in pencil on first blank.
DJ is Fine. Not price clipped with no loss. In a protective removeable sleeve.
Lovely copy in highly collectible condition.

New York 1894. The Irish National Invincible Publishing Co.
Very scarce US edition of this book on The National Invincibles which was a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and best known for carrying out what became known as the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin in 1882.
Book was written by a leading member of the Invincibles and was first published in USA as a revolutionary document. The later UK edition of 1894 was toned down for the British market.
Book is sound. Boards somewhat faded with some discolouring to lower part of rear board. Head and tail of spine showing sign of slight wear. Corners somewhat bumped with a tiny tear at one corner. Lower fore edge of text block is stained, perhaps water spill, with staining spreading to some leaves but this is not greatly significant.
A strong solid copy.
Provenance: First blank contains the name and address of previous owner, Sean O Lúing, who was Head of Translation section in the Irish Parliament. He was a poet, linguist and produced a… Read More