Search Results: Titles starting with T from Wykeham Books

D.G. Disbury, Egham, first edition, 1972. Tape-backed printed wrappers, small 4to,. 78 pp. 396 entries. Part I : The writings of T.E. Lawrence Part II : The writings of T.E. Lawrence reviewed Part III : Books on and about T.E. Lawrence. "An ambitious attempt to cover work by and about Lawrence" - O'Brien. Good.

D.G. Disbury, Egham, first edition, 1972. Tape-backed printed wrappers, small 4to,. 78 pp. 396 entries. Part I : The writings of T.E. Lawrence Part II : The writings of T.E. Lawrence reviewed Part III : Books on and about T.E. Lawrence. "An ambitious attempt to cover work by and about Lawrence" - O'Brien. Backstrip slightly torn, otherwise Good.

Garland Publishing, New York, first edition, 1974. Cloth, small 8vo,. 48 pp. Garland reference library of the humanities v. 5. Fine.

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, second revised and expanded edition, 2000. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. x, 894 pp. From the blurb: "This second edition of T. E. Lawrence, A Bibliography is a revised and expanded edition of the 1989 Besterman Medal winner, awarded by The Library Association for the best bibliography published in Great Britain each year. This new edition covers not only the canon of Lawrence's work, but as much of the literature about him, in all languages, times, and places, as has been identified to date. The steady flow of materials that led up to the first edition has continued unabated up to the present. Every effort has been made to bring all materials related to Lawrence together in one comprehensive source. As a reference tool, this expanded bibliography provides researchers, librarians, book dealers, and collectors with almost double the number of entries through which to approach the vast literature on Lawrence." Principal contents- PART 1 THE LAWRENCE CANON: A Books by… Read More

St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1988. Cloth, 8vo,. xii, 724 pp, plates. First edition of O'Brien's comprehensive bibliography of Lawrence. Very Good in slightly creased and used dustwrapper.

Garland Publishing, New York, first edition, 1974. Cloth, small 8vo,. 48 pp. Garland reference library of the humanities v. 5. Very Good.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo,. 208 pp. A useful descriptive bibliography of Lawrence's writings and of books and articles about him, with annotations for the more significant works commenting on their content and significance. Contents include Section A: Works by T. E. Lawrence, J. H. Ross and T. E. Shaw, including contributions to newspapers and periodicals; Section B: Miscellaneous writings by T. E. Lawrence and works written in collaboration with others, including material in the Public Record Office; Section C: Works about T. E. Lawrence; Section D: Articles about T. E. Lawrence; Section E: General works on the Middle East War, with relevant references to Lawrence; Section F: Arabic sources on Lawrence; Section G: Miscellaneous Items; Appendix: Notes on the writing and publication of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom". Indexed. Near Very Good in dustwrapper with slightly faded spine-panel.

Greenwood Press, New York, first edition, 1992. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xii, 314 pp. This sourcebook surveys the entire dramaturgical and critical discourse surrounding Eliot's plays. ,A separate chapter for each play provides characters, synopsis, detailed production history, critical overview of both performance reviews and scholarly response, textual notes and influences, and publishing history. The comprehensive bibliography is divided into sections for primary works, including Eliot's plays and essays on drama plus interviews and archival materials, and secondary sources, including scholarly and review criticism in general and of single plays. Also featured are a chronology of major career events, an introductory analysis, and an appendix of additional performance adaptations. Two other appendixes offer chronological access to all secondary sources and succinct data on major productions and their credits. Contents : Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Plays: Summaries, Production… Read More

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1952. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 177 pp. 977 entries. A pioneering descriptive bibliography of Eliot's writings in prose and verse. An ex-library copy, with a stamp on the front free endpaper and traces of a removed label on the front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Good.

Sotheby's, Paris, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21st June 2018. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 216 pp, colour ills. 203 lots. One lot number ringed and nted on title-page, otherwise Very Good.

Editions Medicina Rara, n.p., undated [c.1976] reprint of the 1714 edition. One of 2300 copies bound in half leather from a total edition of 2800. Leather-backed boards, silver cover title, folio,. xliv, 115, [11, 5] pp, plates. The plates for this printing were made from a copy of the 1714 Lancisi edition belonging to the Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Copy No. 2038. Fine in lightly soiled plain slipcase.

Fraser Press, London, first edition, 1970. Limited edition of 1560 copies, of which 1500 were for sale. Full leather, blind-ruled cover decoration, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, tall 8vo, 26 cm,. 198, [2] pp. Copy No. 352. Fine.

Library Association, London, first edition, 1961. Cloth, 8vo,. 165 pp, ills,. Approximately 1,200 entries. From the blurb - "The Tale of the Future. the tale of tomorrow, the future in fiction, the romance of the future - these are terms used to describe a literary device that the work of Wells, Huxley and Orwell has made immediately recognisable. This annotated chronological Iist includes all tales of the future (so far discovered) that have been published in the United Kingdom between 1644, the date of the earliest specimen as far as is known. and 1960. The list is preceded by an essay on the origin and development of this brand of fiction and its three main types - the utopian, the political and the scientific romance. A list with particular reference to contemporary literature, for it may well be asked whether the scientific romance is the natural literary product of an age of anxiety. Good in browned and chipped dustwrapper with old tape-repair.

Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1969 reprint of 1893 edition. 10 vols, cloth, gilt cover title, 8vo,. xxii, 4705 pp, 38 ills. A reprint of the 1893 edition. With a bibliographical note by Edgar Mertner, The set comprises: v. 1. Moral tales; v.2. Popular tales; v.3. Belinda; v.4. Castle Rackrent; Irish bulls. Ennui, a tale of fashionable life; v.5. Manoeuvring; Almeria; and Vivian; tales of fashinable life; v.6. The absentee, a tale of fashionable life; madame de Fleury; Emilie de Coulanges; The modern Griselda; v.7. Patronage; v.8. Patronage (concluded); Comic dramas; Leonora; and Letters; v.9. Harrington; Thoughts on bores; and Ormond; v.10. Helen. Fine set.

Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1916. Editions of 70 copies for private distribution. 3 vols, printed wrappers,. various paginations. A complete set of the three pamphlets about the submarine service produced to secure American copyright and being the true first editions, preceding the newspaper publication of the articles in The Times (London) and other English newspapers in June 1916. The articles were composed by Kipling from secret reports to the British Admiralty made available to him for propaganda purposes, and comprise: I Some Work in the Baltic; II Business in the Sea of Marmora; and III Ravages and Repairs. The first pamphlet is introduced by Kipling's poem "The Trade": "They bear, in place of classic names / Letters and numbers on their skin. / They play their grisly blindfold games / In little boxes made of tin / Sometimes they stalk the Zeppelin, / Sometimes they learn where mines are laid, / Or where the Baltic ice is… Read More

Oxford University Press, New York, first edition, 1986. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 28 cm,. xx, 267 pp, [16] pp of plates, ills (some colour). Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title, Very Good.

Lutterworth Press, London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. 191, [1] pp. The story of a bookshop and library founded towards the end of World War II in a village on the south coast. Good in used dustwrapper.

Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition, 1952. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII The Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. Good in a slightly edgeworn and price-clipped dustwrapper.

Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition, 1952. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII The Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. Rubbed at spine-ends, worn and sunned at head of spine, otherwise Good in browned and worn dustwrapper.

Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition, 1952. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII The Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. Very Good in slightly used and slightly browned dustwrapper.