Taffrail, Signed (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 316 Pages. 12 x 19cms. Ex-Library. Covers poor. Grubby. Spine weak. First Edition. A novel of the Navy in Peace & War. Unsigned.

Condition: Good. 1932. Cheaper Edition. 451 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Includes a signed letter from the author. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. binding remains reasonably firm. binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying and splits. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. INSCRIBED 'For Frank & Rita - from Rell - Feb 13 1939'. Good with some spotting tp page edges and prelims. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. INSCRIBED at ffep 'Father - from Rell - 11/12/17'. Good only with page tanning and some softening to corners. Part-split hinge at ffep. No jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. INSCRIBED 'Father from Rell - April 26 : 1934'. Some mottling to front board and some light spotting to page edges. No jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Good+ with some very light spotting to page edges and some darkening to spine. SIGNED at ffe Taprell Dorling - Captain R.N. - Christmas 1943'. Also comes with tipped-in Christmas wishes note from the Hodder family. No jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression, INSCRIBED by the author at ffep. 'Father - from Rell - 21 February 1935'. Good with vertical creases to both endpapers and a few small marks to boards. No jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback book in good to very good condition,inscribed on first blank page,christmas 1908, hard to tell author ?? Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with light blue titles to front board and spine. Spine is slightly faded some rubbing to boards. Probably inscribed by author (see photograph). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. Signed By Author. Signed "The day of publication". DESCRIPTION: Dark blue cloth Language: English. Book Condition: Good+: Light wear to pushed corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly tubbed cloth with minor marks to boards. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Author signature to ffep with minor pencil annotation. Lightly toned pages with minor partial marks to extreme page margins from toned and finely spotted text block edge DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 310. Size: 8vo 19cm by 13cm. Signed By Author.

PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED by the Author. Reprint of the Cheaper Edition. 8vo., pale blue buckram-bound hardback; 451pp, indexed., colour frontis + b/w plates and maps throughout. Author's ink presentation inscription and signature, dated May 28 1937, to ffep. Foxing to edges, endpapers, first and last few pages, and occasionally throughout to varying degrees of heaviness, endpapers beginning to split along hinge, slight soiling and a few handling marks to boards, short split to foot of spine. A Good, Sound copy overall. (SHELF 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, 1937. 1st edition. 12mo. 320pp. Signed by author on front free endpage. Book Good. No dust jacket. Spine ends worn. Back joint broken. Boards edgeworn, corners bent. (Spanish Civil War, arms running, adventure) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1917, First Edition. Half leather binding by Bickers & Son, gilt titles, raised bands, gilt edged compartments, top page edges gilt, signed by Taprell Dorling, includes the original front page of the dust jacket which has been pasted onto one of the free end papers. A wonderful anthology of six short stories: A Minor Operation, Morrison's Mines, The "Wilhelmina" Affair, Thornton's Revolution, The Real Thing, and The Mystery of the "Cormoran". 120pp. Approximately 7 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, 5 raised bands, gilt edged compartments, the outer tips of the spine are also gilt. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition half blue leather boards bound by Bickers & Son, gilt fillets. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain. End papers good condition plain with offsetting to the edges, signed by Taprell Dorling on the front end paper, the book binders name is printed along the top edge on the reverse of the front end paper, the front cover of the original dust jacket has been pasted to one of the front free end papers, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed. Title good condition heavily tanned and foxed. Pages good condition half title present, heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1917 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1932, SIGNED First Edition. Full polished calf leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles, gilt edged compartments. Author's own copy inscribed by him to the front end paper, with a signed letter from Ralph and Percy Hodder-Williams, the publishers affixed to the next free end paper. Typed letter pasted onto one of the front end papers signed by Hodder & Stoughton, foreword by Taffrail dated 1932. The original full colour dust jacket is pasted into the rear of the book. Pagination: 310pp. Approximately 7 ĵ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 3 raised gilt bands, gilt edged compartments, the outer tips of the spine are also decorated in gilt, sun faded. Joints good condition sound. Corners good condition. Boards good condition full polished calf red leather boards bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt borders to both, the outer edges of the boards are also gilt. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain grey with gilt dentelles, the book binder's name is printed in gilt along the bottom edge of the rear past down. End papers good condition plain grey, there is a personal inscription by the author to the front end paper, there is a signed letter from Hodder & Stoughton pasted on the first free end paper. Title good condition black text within a black linear border, lightly tanned. Pages good condition the original full colour dust jacket is bound in at the rear of the book which is in excellent condition, lightly tanned throughout with some foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Wartime adventure] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.352. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blocked in white, in full-colour dust-wrapper illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 7/6. Author's presentation note in green ink to the title page "Signed for my friend / Eileen Cond / by 'Taffrail' / Taprell Dorling (underlined) / August 27th 1953." Edges lightly spotted, jacket a trifle edgeworn. Near fine. Another of Taffrail's naval-based thrillers, based in the South Pacific. This copy belonged to a prominent collector of modern firsts Miss Eileen M. Cond, a correspondent of Ian Fleming and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club. Presented a few months after publication of the first Bond novel Casino Royale. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. First editions of two informative works of naval history from Taffrail, with his account of the WWI minesweepers inscribed to his secretary, who typed out the work herself. The first editions, first impressions of two non-fiction works by British sailor, author, and journalist Captain Henry Taprell Dorling, who wrote under the name Taffrail.The first work is 'Swept Channels, Being an Account of the Work of the Minesweepers in the Great War' (1935), with the inscription 'for Mrs Mitchell, she typed it with much patience, from the author Taprell Dorling, 19 September 1935'. Mrs. Mitchell was Taffrail's secretary for many years, typing out many of his published works.Illustrated with twenty-four plates, and eleven maps and diagrams. Collated, complete.The original dust wrapper of 'Swept Channels' is pasted to the rear pastedown and free endpaper.The second work is the historical account 'Western Mediterranean 1942-1945' (1947), in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, and with a loosely inserted typed slip reading 'With the author's compliments'.Illustrated with fourteen plates and eleven maps. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper to 'Western'. Bumps to back strip head and tail of 'Channels', with light fraying to back strip head and joint head starting, but board firmly held. Instances of light fading to cloth of 'Western'. Inscription to front free endpaper of 'Channels'. Dust wrapper divided into two parts with a tear to the back strip. Losses of paper to back strip head and tail, and to centre of back strip. Internally, firmly bound. 'Western' pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot, and with instances of foxing to 'Channels'. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Signed By Author. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to pushed corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly rubbed cloth with DJ tape residue upper and lower margins. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Toned and shadowed endpapers with DJ tape marks. Author signature to ffep dated 1943 DJ Condition: Good+: Light wear, creasing and chipping to upper and lower edges. Missing thin edge to upper rear fold over flap Pages 280. Size: 8vo 21.5cm by 14cm. Signed By Author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Signed association copies of the first editions of nine thrilling novels from Taffrail, each inscribed to the author's secretary, Mrs. Mitchell, who typed up the author's handwritten manuscripts and offered editorial advice. The first editions, first impressions of nine thrilling naval novels by British sailor, author, and journalist Captain Henry Taprell Dorling, who wrote under the name Taffrail.Each of these works of fiction is inscribed to Mrs. Mitchell, Taffrail's long-serving secretary who typed up a great many of his works, something he frequently mentions in his inscriptions to her.Each volume features the front wrap of the publisher's original dust wrapper pasted to the rear pastedown, and portraits of the author and newspaper reviews tipped in to the rear free endpaper.With a signed photograph of two men standing on the deck of a ship, signed by the author and dated 1940. The man on the left of the photograph, smoking a pipe, is the author.Present here are:'The Man from Scapa Flow' (1933), 'for Mrs Mitchell who typed it from Taprell Dorling who wrote it, 18 Oct 1933'. With a handwritten note from the author to Mitchell to the rear free endpaper, reading 'thank you so much for the last two chapters. I have sent off the whole book to the publisher. It will be out in the autumn with the name 'The Man from Scapa Flow'. You shall have a copy in due course'.'Seventy North' (1934), 'to the lady who typed it and saw it through the press - Mrs Mitchell from the grateful author'.'Second Officer' (1935), 'to Mrs Mitchell who typed it & made many helpful suggestions'.'Mid-Atlantic' (1936), 'for Mrs Mitchell who typed and revised it, from the grateful author'.'Mystery at Milford Haven' (1936), 'Mrs Mitchell from the author'. A very scarce and highly desirable first edition.'Mystery Cruise' (1937), 'Mrs Mitchell who typed it'.'Operation M.O.' (1938), 'for Mrs Mitchell, who typed it & gave it much good advice, from the author'.'The Shetland Plan' (1939), 'signed by the author Taprell Dorling 'Taffrail'.'Fred Travis, A.B,' (1939), 'for Mrs Mitchell, who typed it'.With the bookplate of "The Mitchell's - Nithsdale" to a number of volumes. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Light edgewear to back strip tails. Bumps to head of four volumes, with one back strip significantly age toned, and instances of fading to cloth, such as to back strip and front board of 'Scapa Flow'. Front hinge of 'MO' strained but firmly held. Front wrap of the publisher's original dust wrapper pasted to the rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Inscribed to title pages. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good. signed by author. book.