Search Results: Authors starting with T from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911. First Edition, Fifth Impression Fifth Printing. Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very attractive tree calf binding. Four gilt-decorated, raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and leather gilt title label to compartments. Prize binding from Clifton College, Bristol, with their insignia in gilt to upper board, and 1916 prize label to front pastedown. Pretty gilt borders to both boards, blind-stamped turn-ins, marbled endpapers and page edges. Ribbon bookmarker present but detached. Minor wear to binding. Joints a little rubbed but firm, and hinges intact. A few minor marks to marbled page edges. Minor spotting to front and back matter and a couple of marked pages but contents o/w clean. A lovely copy. Text mostly printed in two columns per page. viii, 647 pp. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Additional photos available on request. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Printed for Smith, Elder, & Company, 1852. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Half Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete three volume set. First edition, first impression, 1852. Bindings a little shabby but internally very good. Half black calf with raised bands and gilt ruling to spines. Vol. II retains its morocco title label but I and III are left with only the imprint of theirs. Rubbing to spine, joints, edges and corners; a little fading. Hinges cracked in Vols. I and III. Marbled paper boards with light wear. Marbled page edges and plain endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Buchanan-Hamilton, Laird of Leny, Scotland, to front pastedown of Vol. I and his signature to each ffep. A few very minor marks and spots to front and back matter but contents o/w clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. A good set despite the outer wear, and the fine internal condition makes this a great candidate for rebinding. Additional photos… Read More

London: Croom Helm, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket with fading to spine and top edge; minor rubbing/creasing but no chips or tears. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 209 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Chapters on: Ratepayers and Social Policy; The Later Years of the Workhouse 1890-1929; 'Popularism' 1894-1930; Non-Contributory Versus Insurance Pensions 1878-1908; Employers' Attitudes to Social Policy and the Concept of Social Control, 1900-1920; 'Social Control' and the Modernisation of Social Policy, 1890-1929; Unemployment and Unemployment Policies in Glasgow 1890-1905; Family Allowances and Less Eligibility. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Buckhurst Hill, Essex: Self-published, 2000. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Softcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce. No other copies found online. Self-published by Capt. L. J. (Jimmy) Thompson. Inscription to 'Louis' from 'Jim' to title page. Printed and illustrated card wrappers. Handwritten titling on paper stuck to spine. A clean, tight copy. The book would be graded 'very good' if not for an inch long split to the tail end of the front joint, between the spine and front cover; and a couple of marginal annotations to the appendix. 122 pp; b/w photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Willoughby and Co., 1845. Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date or imprint but believed to have been published c.1845-1850. 1845 is written in pencil to the title page and could be correct. Attractive binding of red morocco leather with five raised bands to spine, ornate gilt decoration to boards and spine, and gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. The luxurious binding is somewhat rubbed and marked; the joints are worn but holding; the gilt page edges are lightly dust-soiled. Gift inscription and signatures to feps with what looks like a date of 1891. Another signature to verso of portrait frontispiece. In between, there is a page missing, presumably the half-title. Light spotting and staining to front and back matter. Contents generally clean with a few marks here and there. Tear to page 257/8. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Preface; Contents; XX Chapters; Nelson Monument in London; The Nelson Monument, Erected at Montreal, Upper Canada; Anecdotes,… Read More