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THE TRIBULATIONS OF A CHINAMAN. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. Illustrated by L. Benett.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. viii, 262, [2], 32 ad’s dated April 1880] pages. 49 illustrations. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Octavo. First U.K. edition. Spine a little faded as usual; very slight wear to head of spine; else a very good, clean copy. .
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THE TRICKS OF MASTER FOX. By J. E. O. E. Dean's Infantile Oil-Colour Toy Book. 6d Coloured.
London: Dean & Son, No date [1860's]. 8 leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated in colours throughout with a verse beneath in illustration. Original printed covers. 28.8 x 22.7 cm. Spine expertly repaired; else very good. Scarce.
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THE TRIUMPH OF GOODNATURE, exhibited in the History of Master Harry Fairborn, and Master Trueworth. Interspersed with Tales and Fables. Embellished with elegant cuts.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, No date (circa 1818-20). Price sixpence. [1-5] 6-70 + [2 blank] pages. Illustrated with woodcut frontispiece and thirteen other full-page cuts throughout. The illustrations are based on those by John Bewick in the Newbery editions. Original red stiff paper wrappers with an engraved pink label on the upper wrapper. 136 x 88 mm. Roscoe & Brimmell 133. Spine expertly restored; else a fine of a scarce book.
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THE TRIUMPH OF THE MACHINE. Drawings by Althea Willoughby.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930. Large paper edition, limited to 400 copies, this being number 143. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. A near fine copy.
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The True and Interesting History of FAIR ROSAMOND, otherwise Eleanor Clifford, and her royal paramour, Henry the Second, King of England.
Devonport: Printed and Published by S. & J. Keys, No date [ circa 1850s/60s]. 12 pages. Illustrated with three woodcuts. Original printed pictorial wrappers. 179 x 106 mm. Spine just spitting at heel of spine; else a very good copy of a scarce provincial printing.
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The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Corners very lightly bumped; else a fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine. Inscribed on front endpaper, ‘To George Cowan with best wishes from Noel Langley 1951.’
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The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine.
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THE TRUE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY WHO CHEATED HIMSELF: Founded on Fact By a Young Naval Officer.
London: Tabart and Co, 1809. Title; 12 pages of verse; and 12 full-page engravings. Lacks original wrappers, but is nicely bound in quarter red roan gilt over marbled paper-covered boards with vellum tips. First edition. Three leaves have been cropped with the loss, or slight loss, of the initial letters of text, though the sense is easily made out. Else, a very good, clean copy. See Moon 179. The story concerns a boy who steals a cake from a sleeping man, and later finds out that it was intended as a present for himself. When he tries to retrieve the cake, he finds that it has been eaten by a ploughboy.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT MYSELF
THE TRUTH ABOUT MYSELF, contained in The Strand Magazine, for January 1936. Also contains, Kipling's story, "Teem" – A treasure Hunter. Original pictorial wrappers. Slight wear to heel of spine,with small loss and a short tear; light wear to head of spine; old crease mark to lower outer corner of upper wrapper. A very good copy, complete with the original loosely laid-in insert for the National Trust.
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THE TRYAL BETWEEN HENRY DUKE OF NORFOLK, Plaintiff, and John Jermaine Defendant, in an Action of Trespass on the Cale, at the Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster, on the 24th of November, 1652. By the Direction of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
London: Printed by H. Hills, and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1692. 20 pages. Folio. Soiled and marked; title has a short tear and small loss; else good plus.
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THE TRYAL OF ADMIRAL BYNG, For Cowardice; on Board the Prince George in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday the 27th of December 1756; and for not throwing Succours into the Island of Minorca, when the same was commanded by General now Lord Blakeney; which trial was brought on before Vice-Admiral Smith, President, of the Court Martial.
London.E. Moore. 1757. Assisted by the Admiral Holbourne, Norris, and Broderick, the Captains Holmes, Geary, Boys, Moore, Simcoe, Douglass, Bently, Kepple, and Dennis; and continued by several Adjournments, untill the same was concluded. 24pp. Bound in recent full morocco gilt. Bookplate. A very good copy.
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THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDE or An account of the ancient & present state of that place with a particular description of all the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient and Modern Seats, Founderies &.c. within the circumference of sixteen Miles, with accurate Views of the principal Objects.
Tunbridge Wells.J. Clifford. No date (Circa 1830). [4], viii, 188pp. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and fourteen wood-engraved vignettes within the text. Contemporary half calf, gilt over marbled boards. 12mo. Previous owner's note dated 1832 on front free endpaper; binding a little rubbed; else a very handsome copy.
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THE TUNNEL CALAMITY. Unexpected appearance of the Uluus (thought to have been extinct for over a century) in the tunnel connecting East Shoetree and West Radish. St Frumble’s Day, 1892.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984. A peepshow of eight die-cut sections, view from a peephole in the front pictorial board through to the rear pictorial board. Folded: 165 x 175 mm. Gorey’s printed name crossed though and signed by Gorey. Price erased from rear board; just a little marked on the back board also; else a very good copy.
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THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY GOES VISITING. The story of an island holiday. Illustrated by George Altendorf.
London.J. M. Dent and Sons. Ltd. 1935. viii, 229 pages. With four colour illustrations and sixteen black & white. Original white cloth with blue pictorial design and lettering. Original pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated in colour. Octavo. First edition. Slight creasing to wrapper at head of spine; light dust-soiling of wrapper; else a near fine copy in a very good wrapper. Copies in the original dust-wrapper are extremely scarce.
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THE TURRET with illustrations by Garth Williams.
London.Collins. 1964. 142pp. Vignette on title and numerous black & white illustrations throughout. Original boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Top edges a little foxed; wrapper a trifle browned at spine and top edges; An excellent, bright copy in a very good, unprice-clipped wrapper.
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THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT; Being a Compendium of Arithmetic, and a complete question-book. The whole being adapted with er a Question-Book for the Use of Schools, or as a Remembrance and Instructor to such as have some Knowledge therein. A New edition corrected, and every question worked anew, by T. Crosby, Head-master of the Charity-School, York.
York.T. Wilson and R. Spence. 1802. 192pp. Folding engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full plain sheep. 12mo. in sixes. Two early ownership names on front fixed endpaper; remnants of wax seals on endpapers; spine just cracking; few old creased corners; else a very good, clean copy.
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THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT; or comic figures of arithmetic: slightly altered and elucidtaed from Walking-game, by Alfred Crowquill.[pseud].
London.J. and F. Harwood, Whittaker and Co. 1843. xiv, 128 pp. Numerous text illustrations in black and white. Original publishers blue cloth covers illustrated in gilt. All edges gilt. 6to. First edition. One signature sprung. Small split to head and bumping to heel; else a very good copy.Text illustrations are engraved by Percy Cruickshank after Alfred Crowquill, pseudonym for Arthur Forrester.
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS [Correspondence]. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Doubleday, 1998. Hardback; dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. First edition. A fine/mint copy, signed by Quentin Blake on the front free endpaper.
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THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES, Son of Jupiter and Alcmena.
London: Didier & Tebbett, 1808 or 1811. 13 leaves each printed on one side only, and each bearing an engraving with text beneath. Lacks original wrappers; bound in later half calf gilt over marbled boards. 126 x 115 mm. Imprint partly shaved, with loss of date; some slight cropping to headlines; else a very good copy of rare title.
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THE TWELVE MONETHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM ‘FANTASTICKES’ by Nicolas Breton.
New York: Clarke & Way, 1951. Designs by Bruce Rogers. Original pictorial buckram; red card slipcase. First edition, one of a thousand copies. Slipcase worn, with a small piece missing from the spine; else fine.
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