Thistleton Dyer (13 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VOLUME 1 ONLY (of 2). viii, 337pp, index. Green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Both hinges crackedoccasional light toning/foxing. The leisure pursuits of hundreds of 'great men' of the day. Sections include games, recreations, card-playing, field sports, the turf, gambling, horsemanship, angling, walking, musical taste, gardening and agriculture, and hobbies. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer discusses the love lives well-known writers, philosophers, and political figures in this scarce work. A first edition copy of Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer's volumes interesting work on the marriages of eminent persons. Drawing on anecdotes, Thiselton-Dyer shares tales of early love, courtship, unhappy or happy marriages, separation, and unmarried life of a broad range of writers, philosophers, and political figures such as Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, George Elliot, and William Pitt. The reverence Thiselton-Dyer was considered a master of popular historical writing, and published several well-received non-fiction books such as Strange Pages from Family Papers. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the spine, a little more so to the joints. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a closed tear in the cloth to the head of volume I. With some light wear to the extremities. The front hinge is starting, but firm to volume II. Internally, generally firmly bound, although the gutter is visible between pages 96 and 97 of volume I. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.

pp. xiii, (i), 229, (i). Printed rectos only. Lacks rear wrapper, front wrapper with a couple of chips and loss at top edge and gutter, else a good copy. *No copy of this edition listed on COPAC.

Hardcover. F. 8vo. 1st ed. 179mm x 120mm. Gilt and black stamped cloth, top edge gilt. Corners slightly rubbed, spine end slightly frayed. With it the author's exercise books of press cuttings for this and two other works, approximately 80pp including to ms letters. Very worn with spine defective.

A MISCELLANEOUS SET COMPRISING VOLUMES 2 TO 8, WITH BOTH SECTIONS FOR VOLUMES 4 AND 6. THUS, 9 BOOKS IN BLUE CLOTH IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. VOLUMES 2 AND 3 APPEAR TO BE FIRST EDITIONS, THE REST ARE REPRINTS FROM THE 1950s AND 60s. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FOUR PARTS IN THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS - VOLUME 9, PARTS 1, 5 AND 6 AND VOLUME 10 PART 1. THIS MASSIVE PROJECT STARTED IN 1868 AND ENDED IN 1933. THESE BOOKS WEIGH 7Kg. SO POSTAGE AT COST.

Royal Gardens, Kew, 13 August 1886. W.T.Thistleton Dyer (1843-1928), English botanist, assistant director and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. English Folk-Lore (LARGE PRINT EDITION) | T. F. Thistleton Dyer | Buch | Englisch | 2011 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781169916609 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - (LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.