Essays, Letters & Tracts from Tarrington Books

(Naples): Nella Stamperia Muziana, 1743. 1st Edition . Good. 7 x 9 inches (17.5 x 23 cm). Half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Joints cracked, front board is held by a single cord only. Tears and wear to boards. Spine with five raised bands and leather title label. Wear to ends of spine and corners of boards.… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21 cm). Dust jacket: Original jacket by John Piper. Fading to spine. Spots of foxing to rear cover and flaps. Slight wear to ends of spine. Short tear to upper edge of front cover. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, 1896. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). First printing. Brown buckram binding. Page edges untrimmed. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Small stain to lower edge of front board. Foxing to endpapers. Light browning to pages, text is otherwise clean throughout. Small bookseller's label and recent owner's… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). First printing, limited edition of 550 copies. Brown buckram binding. Page edges untrimmed. Browning to spine and board edges. A little light marking to boards. Browning to page edges and endpapers. Newspaper clipping about Meynell pasted to rear… Read more about this item

Manchester: W.T. Johnson, 1884. Facsimile . Very Good Minus. 4 x 6.5 inches (16 x 16.5 cm). Facsimile reprint of the 1836 first edition. Paper wraps, illustrated to front cover. Loss to head of spine and short split to top of front joint. Spotting and creasing to covers. Illustrated title page (with foxing and crease to upper corner)… Read more about this item

London: Privately printed for the author by Charles Skilton, 1968. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 8.75 x 13 inches (22.5 x 33 cm). Signed by Author. Slipcase: Rubbing and light marking. Overall case condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Limited edition, number 97 of 525 copies, signed by the author to colophon. Quarter black morocco with white… Read more about this item

Kirkstall: Henry Jenkinson Ltd. , 1939. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Quarter black cloth with paper covered boards, illustrated to front board. Slight insect damage to cloth on rear board. Light marking to boards. Slight foxing to page edges, very clean text throughout. Illustrated. Overall condition is Very Good… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978-1979. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Shelf wear and rubbing. Fading to spines and edges of covers. Creasing to Volume IV. Preserved in removable jacket protectors. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: First six volumes of the 16 volume set. These volumes… Read more about this item

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Limited edition, number 7 of 850 copies, of which 780 are for sale. The low number would indicate this is a non trade copy. Lacking jacket. Quarter beige buckram binding with paper covered boards. Slight wear to corners of… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24.5 cm). Signed by Author. Slipcase: Light foxing and marking to side, end and top panels. Heavy foxing to lower panel. Overall case condition is Good. Book: Limited edition of 1000 copies, 500 of which printed for Great Britain. Two volume… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1974-1994. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Shelf wear and light rubbing. Some volumes have browning to the flaps. Preserved in removable jacket protectors. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Twelve volume set containing the complete letters and journals in 11 volumes issued between… Read more about this item

London: The Foundling Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22 cm). Limited edition, number 176 of 350 copies. Flexible card binding with paper title label to front board. Page edges untrimmed. Two tipped-in photographic portraits. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less… Read more about this item

London: Noel Douglas, 1928. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7 x 9 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm). Limited edition number 480 of 1500 copies. Beige buckram binding. Browning to spine and board edges. Outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Browning to page edges, foxing to top page edge. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Later gift inscription… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co., 1908. 1st Edition . Fair. 6.5 x 8.5 inches (16.5 x 21.5 cm). First printing. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Cream buckram binding. Spine heavily browned. Marking and soiling to boards. Top page edge gilt, but dulled, other edges untrimmed and browned. Foxing and a couple of small stains to endpapers. 12 leaves within… Read more about this item

Padova (Padua): Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1769-1771. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Complete two volume set. Contemporary full vellum bindings. Volume I has wear to head of spine and top edge of front board. Red mottled page edges. Foxing to endpapers, browning to some pages. A few pencilled notes to margins,… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm). Slipcase: Title label to side panel. Slight fading and a few light marks. No splits or tears. . Overall case condition is Very Good. Book: The first complete reprint of Coleridge's short lived political periodical, originally… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1910. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm). Blue-grey buckram binding with red panelled front board and spine. Short tear to head of spine, a few small marks to rear board. Good solid binding. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Clean text throughout. Portrait frontis with… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1884. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm). Complete three volume set. Brown cloth bindings with gilt armorial to front boards. Page edges untrimmed. Spines have slight wrinkling, a few light marks to boards. Scuff to outer page edges of Volume II. Good solid bindings. Foxing to blanks, very… Read more about this item

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1899. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). First printing. Red buckram binding. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Light foxing to page edges. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm).… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author. Complete two volume set. Green cloth bindings with bevelled board edges. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spines darkened and have wear to head. Good solid bindings. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, scattered… Read more about this item