Thomson, George (Editor), Burns, Robert, Scott Sir Walter et al.

Thomson’s Collection of the Songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Bart. And other eminent lyric Poets Ancient and Modern. United to the Select Melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales. With Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Piano Forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. The Whole composed for & collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edinburgh.

Volumes 1, 3 & 5 bound together in one volume. London, Printed and Sold by Preston, Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1822. 25 x 17 cm. Each volume contains 50 song lyrics with accompanying musical notation, and a leaf of index at the end. Vol.1 also a Preface (ii) and a 19 page ‘Dissertation concerning the National Melodies of Scotland’. Contemporary hald calf over paper covered boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Some damage to top of spine (see images). Front free end paper missing. Internally agae darkened.

Thornton, Robert John.

Practical Botany. Being a New Illustration of the Genera of Plants, containing … The Whole arranged after the Reformed Sexual System.

First Edition. Volume 1 only. It appears that no other volumes were published. London, H.D. Symonds, J. White and J. Stockdale, 1807. 24 x 15 cm. Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, Engraved Portrait of James Edward Smith, xviii, 85 text pages (see comments below), eight folding Tables and 102 engraved Plates. New (2022) half Buckram over marbled paper boards. Black morroco label with gilt title and author’s name. New plain end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, otherwise clean. Edge of one folding Table age darkened and frayed. Some Plates appear to be trimmed (actual page size is 23.8 cm x 15 cm). A very nice copy of this scarce Thornton publication. See images.

Thornton, J.H. (Editor).

Textbook of Footwear Manufacture.

[First Edition]. London, The National Trade Press Ltd., 1953. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 582 pages. Illustrated in B&W. With a section of advertisements. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ownership stamp on front free end paper and title page (‘P.P. The Reliable Shoe Co. Ltd’) Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Thorpe, Benjamin (Editor).

Yule-Tide Stories. A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions, from the Swedish, Danish, and German.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1892. 18 x 12 cm. xv, 504 pages plus 32 pages of publisher’s list. New (2018) red cloth with gilt title and line decorations on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally a little age darkened, but clean.

Thucydidis [Thucydides].

Thucydidis De Bello Peloponnesiaco. Libri Octo. Graece et Latine. Ad Editionem Ios. Wasse et Car. Andr. Dukeri. Accurate Expressi Cum Varietate Lectionis et Annotationibus.

Six Volumes – Complete. Biponti [Zweibrücken], Studiis Societatis Bipontinae. Ex Typographia Societatis, 1788-89. 21 x 12 cm. Vol.1: civ, 411, (2) / Vol.2: 578 / Vol.3: 568 / Vol.4: 527 / Vol.5: 596 / Vol.6: 288 plus c. 250 pages Index [Indices]. Volumes 1-5 with a small title page engraving. Speckled calf boards. Later matching and uniform spines? with gilt decorations & titles. Gilt dentelles. Very good to near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing/browning, mainly to end papers and first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. A lovely complete set.

Tielke, J.K. / Craufurd, R. & C. (translators).

An Account of Some of the Remarkable Events of the War between the Prussians, Austrians, and Russians from 1756 to 1763: and a Treatise on Several Branches of the Military Art, with Plans and Maps. Volume II: The Campaign of the Prussian and Russian Armies in the Year 1758; Including the Battle of Zornsdorf, and The Siege of Colberg, also A Plan proposed by The Author for Taking Colberg by Surprise and Storm the Following Winter, with Plans.

First Edition. Volume 2 of 2 only. London, Printed for the Translators, 1788. 22 x 14.5 cm. xvi, 414 pages (2). Complete with 10 Plates as listed. (Note Plates 5-8 printed on one sheet). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title, volume number and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Some of the maps with closed tears. Internally clean. Scarce.

Tierney, Mark.

On nGorta Anall. Eire 1850 – 1969. Translated by Micheal O Suilleabhain.

Dublin, Oifig An tSolathair, 1982. 21 x 13 cm. 267 pages. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling.

Tipp, J.E.

and out of the darkness…

First Edition. Self published by the Author, ND. 20 x 14 cm. iii, 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed and Inscribed by the Author on verso of front cover.

Tipping, H. Avray.

The Story of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

First Edition. London, The Offices of ‘Country Life’, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xii, 281 pages plus ten pages publishers list. Complete with all Plates and Illustrations, as listed. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some fading and staining (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Tisdall, Arthur Walderne St. Claire / H. Montagu Butler (foreword).

Verses, Letters, & Remembrances of Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall, V.C. Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. Scholar of Trinity College and Chancellor’s Gold Medallist in the University of Cambridge. With a Foreword by the Master of Trinity.

First Edition. London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1916. 19 x 13 cm. 158 pages. Complete with a tissue-guarded frontispiece, plates and illustrations in text, as listed. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Paper spine label. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Part of spine label worn off. Inscription by previous owner, dated 1917, on front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.