Selection by Tessimond (16 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (fictions, poems, poetry) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Still colorful teal cloth over boards, with still sharp and distinct black lettering to spine. Printed, illustrated paper dust wrapper protected by Brodart, chipping along bottom edge, price-clipped, else still quite attractive and graced with a fine borrowing from Thomas Bewick's The History of British Birds. Introduction by Phyllis Barclay-Smith, then 181 pp. of text including a one-page Index of all the birds about which are waxed lyrical, the Bittern to the Stormy Petrel. The quarter-page and half-page woodcuts are quite fine; more than 70 of them and their descriptions from Bewick's History of British Birds are accompanied by a short verse by "Tessimond," the pseudonym of the British poet, Arthur Seymour John Tessimond. The author of the Foreword, Phyllis Barclay-Smith, was then the Hon. Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Oil Pollution of the Sea, and she says that she has edited Bewick's descriptions "to retain his original text as far as possible, merely bringing certain information up to date in view of ore recent ornithological knowledge."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Generally Good. First Edition. Verses by Tessimond. Turquoise cloth, single name inscription to upper free ep. Jacket is clipped, some minor edge wear, generally sound. Contents very clean and tight. A nice copy.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brown boards firm and clean, gilt bright; Binding tight; Pages bit age toned but still relatively bright, no ownership markings or annotations, internally clean. ; 32 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1958 3rd imp, no dustjacket, sporadic foxing to contents, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. 181pp. Illustrated. Index. Top-edge lightly spotted, few spots of foxing to fore-edge, V.g. in slightly tanned dustwrapper with a few spots of light foxing, few nicks to top-edge of rear panel. Over seventy of Bewick's bird drawings accompanied by verses from Tessimond. Edited and with imformation updated by Phyllis Barclay-Smith.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good clean copy of this book. Dust jacket is protected by a plastic cover. clean inside.

Not specified. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket has very little shelf-wear, no rips or tears, but appears slightly soiled or dirtied. Book itself is tight, clean and in great condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 32pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper spine and front panel edge faded, two small closed tears; price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper has two small closed tears. It is now protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Putman 1958. Condition: Very Good. Tight hardcover binding with clear and complete text. Includes a good original Dust Jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 31pp. Cloth-backed marbled paper boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge lightly spotted and with some fairly light fox-spotting throughout. A good, bright copy in lightly spotted, faded and rubbed non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper. Thirty-three poems, the third and final collection of verse published in the author's lifetime.

First edition. Octavo. 32 pages. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Thirty-three poems. The relevant Poetry Book Society Bulletin is loosely inserted. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper very slightly creased at the edges.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor Plus. First Edition. Jacket has some heavy wear, inlcuding chipping, rubbing, loss and tanning. Price clipped. PP are in excellent clean condition Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner name, printed stamps on FEP. 1 inch closed tear at top of rear panel.

1905. Hutchinson. Hardback. Book - VG. Ex-lib.