SWINNERTON, Frank.
A Brood of Ducklings.
Toronto: Doubleday, Doran & Gundy, 1928. First Canadian edition. Fine in a lightly soiled, price clipped but o/w near fine d/w.
Toronto: Doubleday, Doran & Gundy, 1928. First Canadian edition. Fine in a lightly soiled, price clipped but o/w near fine d/w.
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SYME, Ronald.
Isles of the Frigate Bird. London: Michael Joseph, (1975). First edition. Cloth, 235pp. Fine in d/w. About Raratonga in the Cook Islands, where the author resided for twenty years.
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SYNGE, M.B.
A Book of Discovery. The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times To the Finding of the South Pole. London: Thomas Nelson, nd. (190-?) Sm. 4to., orig. blue pictorial cloth, xxvii, 554pp. Some rubbing but certainly very good.
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(TAINTER, Helen).
The Reveries of a Spinster. By Helen Davies. (pseud).
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1897. First edition. 12mo., orig. blue dec. cloth, 216pp. Name, upper cover has some light staining but this is still a very good copy.
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1897. First edition. 12mo., orig. blue dec. cloth, 216pp. Name, upper cover has some light staining but this is still a very good copy.
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TALBOT, D. Amaury.
Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People. The Ibibios of Southern Nigeria.
London: Cassell, 1915. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (252)pp. Bookplate, some rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
An account of the authors' ten months among the Ibibios tribe and provides an in depth description of the society and culture of the tribe; including marriage, childhood, domestic life, witchcraft, jujus, woman, burial customs, etc.
London: Cassell, 1915. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (252)pp. Bookplate, some rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
An account of the authors' ten months among the Ibibios tribe and provides an in depth description of the society and culture of the tribe; including marriage, childhood, domestic life, witchcraft, jujus, woman, burial customs, etc.
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TALFOURD, T.N.
Vacation Rambles And Thoughts; Comprising The Recollections of Three Continental Tours. In the Vacations of 1841, 1842 and 1843.
London: Edward Moxon, 1845. In two volumes First edition. 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xiv), 256; (viii), 267pp. Binding rubbed with some wear to heads of spines o/w very good.
An account of the authors journey to France and Switzerland.
London: Edward Moxon, 1845. In two volumes First edition. 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xiv), 256; (viii), 267pp. Binding rubbed with some wear to heads of spines o/w very good.
An account of the authors journey to France and Switzerland.
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(TALLIEN, Madame). GASTINE, L.
Madam Tallien Notre Dame De Thermidor From the last Days of the French Revolution Until Her Death as Princess de Chimay.....Translated from the French by J. Lewis May, With Seventeen Illustrations.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1913. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half blue morocco, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G., ix, 348pp. Bookplate else fine.
This work traces the colourful life and activities of Madame Tallien, wife of French revolutionary Jean Lambert Tallien, through the last days of the revolution. After the death of her husband, she married Prince de Chimay.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1913. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half blue morocco, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G., ix, 348pp. Bookplate else fine.
This work traces the colourful life and activities of Madame Tallien, wife of French revolutionary Jean Lambert Tallien, through the last days of the revolution. After the death of her husband, she married Prince de Chimay.
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(TAMARIN, Alfred).
Voyaging to Cathay: Americans in the China Trade. (New York: Viking, 1976). First edition. Oblong 8vo., cloth, 202pp. Fine in a nice d/w. A book on American traders in China (after 1783) written for "young readers."
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TANNER, Anodyne.
The Life of the Late Celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Wisebourn, Vulgarly Call'd Mother Wybourn, Containing Secret Memoirs of Several Ladies of the First Q_____y who held an Assembly at her House; Together With Her Last Will and Testament. London: Printed for A. Moore, nd. (1885). 8vo., cont. leather spine, marble boards, 43pp. A fine copy.
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TANNER, Henry.
Successful Emigration To Canada.
Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, 1886. Later edition, first published 1884. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, 32pp. With a map. Wrappers rebacked with heavy paper, chipping to edges, a good copy.
Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, 1886. Later edition, first published 1884. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, 32pp. With a map. Wrappers rebacked with heavy paper, chipping to edges, a good copy.
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TANNER, Thomas.
Notitia Monastica: Or, An Account of all the Abbies, Priories, And Houses of Friers, Heretofore in England and Wales; and Also Of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL by...........
London: William bowyer, ..... 1744. Second edition, expanded. (first publishe 1695). Folio, full contemporary calf, professionally rebacked (in the 19th century) with a calf spine, leather label, single gilt decoration in compartments (after the period), (4), i-xliv, (10), 722, (54)pp.index. [ 2 leaves, a-n2, o1, B-9L2] This copy has been rebacked as described above, some rubbing to boards but still a near fine copy.
Thomas Tanner [1674-1735] English antiquary and prelate, educated at Queen's College Oxford. He became chaplain to John Moore, Bishop of Norwich and in 1713 a canon at Ely, 1424 a canon at Christ Church and in 1732 a bishop at St. Asaph. Tanner's chief work was the above title, a short account of all the religious houses in England and Wales, first published in 1695. It was reprinted in the edition above in 1744 with additions by the author's brother, John Tanner.
London: William bowyer, ..... 1744. Second edition, expanded. (first publishe 1695). Folio, full contemporary calf, professionally rebacked (in the 19th century) with a calf spine, leather label, single gilt decoration in compartments (after the period), (4), i-xliv, (10), 722, (54)pp.index. [ 2 leaves, a-n2, o1, B-9L2] This copy has been rebacked as described above, some rubbing to boards but still a near fine copy.
Thomas Tanner [1674-1735] English antiquary and prelate, educated at Queen's College Oxford. He became chaplain to John Moore, Bishop of Norwich and in 1713 a canon at Ely, 1424 a canon at Christ Church and in 1732 a bishop at St. Asaph. Tanner's chief work was the above title, a short account of all the religious houses in England and Wales, first published in 1695. It was reprinted in the edition above in 1744 with additions by the author's brother, John Tanner.
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TASSO.
L'Aminta Di Torquato Tasso Difeso, e Illustrato Da Guisto Fontanini........
In Venezia: Per Sebastiano Coleti, 1730. 8vo., full contemporary full vellum, 391pp. Some light, scattered foxing o/w near fine.
In Venezia: Per Sebastiano Coleti, 1730. 8vo., full contemporary full vellum, 391pp. Some light, scattered foxing o/w near fine.
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TAYLER, Charles.
Legends and Records, Chiefly Historical.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. Fourth edition, illustrated. This copy is extra-illustrated with an additional twenty illustrations. 8vo., cont. red half morocco, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G. by Zaehnsdorf, (vi), 352pp. Frontis foxed o/w a fine copy.
Charles Tayler [1797-1875] English writer for children. Talyer's numerous books and tracts consisted of either warnings against the errors of Catholicism, or manuals of religious instruction for the young. The above title includes chapters on "Ann of Cleves," "George III," "Earl of Stratford," and "Joan of Kent," among others.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. Fourth edition, illustrated. This copy is extra-illustrated with an additional twenty illustrations. 8vo., cont. red half morocco, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G. by Zaehnsdorf, (vi), 352pp. Frontis foxed o/w a fine copy.
Charles Tayler [1797-1875] English writer for children. Talyer's numerous books and tracts consisted of either warnings against the errors of Catholicism, or manuals of religious instruction for the young. The above title includes chapters on "Ann of Cleves," "George III," "Earl of Stratford," and "Joan of Kent," among others.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Central Asia Travels in Cashmere, Little Thibet and Central Asia. Compiled and Arranged by.....Revised by Thomas Stevens.
New York: Scribner's, 1892. Cloth, vii, 294pp. A fine copy.
New York: Scribner's, 1892. Cloth, vii, 294pp. A fine copy.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Egypt and Iceland In The Year 1874. New York: Putnam's, 1874. First edition, printing B. (no sequence determined.) 8vo., orig. rust cloth, 282, (2)pp.ads. Ex-library with trace of marking on spine, library stamps and pockets on front and rear pastedowns, some rubbing o/w a good copy. Part I deals with Egypt and includes descriptions of Cairo, the Pyramids, antiquities at Boolak. Part II pp.153 to the end covers the authors journey to Iceland and includes chapters on the Orkneys, Shetlands and Faroe Islands, as well as several chapters on Iceland.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Travels In Arabia. Compiled and Arranged by ....Revised Thomas Stevens. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Cloth, 296pp. Wear to foot of spine o/w a nice copy.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Travels In Arabia. Compiled and Arranged by ....Revised Thomas Stevens. New York: Scribner, Armstrong And Co., 1874. 8vo., orig. rust cloth dec. in black and gilt, 325pp. Near fine.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Travels In Greece and Russia, With An Excursion To Crete.
New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1870. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 426pp. A fine copy.
In the preface Taylor writes, "the reader will observe that in describing Greece, I have devoted myself to the physical aspects of the country, the character and habits of its present population, rather than to its past history and classic associations.......The chapters relating to Russia must be considered as studies rather than finished pictures. They are an attempt to sketch the gay, bizarre, incongruous external forms of Russian life....."
New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1870. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 426pp. A fine copy.
In the preface Taylor writes, "the reader will observe that in describing Greece, I have devoted myself to the physical aspects of the country, the character and habits of its present population, rather than to its past history and classic associations.......The chapters relating to Russia must be considered as studies rather than finished pictures. They are an attempt to sketch the gay, bizarre, incongruous external forms of Russian life....."
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
View A-Foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knap-Sack and Staff by......With a Preface by N.P. Willis. New York: John P. Alden, 1889. 8vo., orig. purple cloth, (484)pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, spine a bit faded o/w near fine.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Views A-Foot: Or, Europe Seen with a Knapsack and Staff. New York: John B. Alden, 1889. Reprint. 8vo., orig. rust cloth, 481pp. Name, lower corner slightly bumped o/w near fine.
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