Tyrrell james r (30 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 219pp, large octavo hardcover in dj. board lightly worn along edges, boards clean, binding tight and solid, bookplate, interior text clean. DJ covers lightly worn but clean, no tears, in mylar cover.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. xiv, 219pp, index, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Very light egde wear to jacket. Originally published in 1952 this new edition includes a portion of Postscript, a book published by Tyrrell in 1957. Not just a history of bookselling and booksellers, this is a social hisotry of a smaller, more intimate Sydney. Size: Small 4to.…

hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 219 pages, b/w photos, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Reprint. 219 pages. Illustrated.

Soft Covers. Zustand: Very Good. 1st published. Together with the poems of james Lionel Michael as transcribed by Henry Kendall, Edition limited no.131 in 500 copies and signed by author: 95 pages. illustrated. Stapled green card wrappers, a small lightly stained on front cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. MEMOIRS OF THE SYDNEY BOOK SCENE IN THE LAST YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. FEATURES THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES, THE IMPORTANT BOOKSHOPS, AND THE MANY CHARACTERS IN THAT SCENE.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good in rubbed wraps. Reminiscences and anecdotes from the booktrade by pioneering Australian bookseller James Tyrrell, along with a collection of poems by James Lionel Michael (as transcribed by Henry Kendall, who served for a time as Michael's clerk; No. 258 of 500 copies Signed by Tyrrell; from the library of esteemed book collector Gavin Semple (Semple's name-stamp to front endpaper); b&w frontispiece and 7 b&w plates; printed self-wraps over card; bookshop label to reverse side of front cover, minor knock top text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and foxed, minor stain to front, wear (with some loss) along spine. . 95pp. 8vo. Very Good in rubbed wraps. b&w illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.xii+193. 24.5cm. Frontispiece & 64 black and white illustrations. End papers street plan of Sydney. Index. Hard cover. Good clean copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. pp.xii+194 (last blank). 24.5cm. Frontispiece. 64 black and white illustrations. List of booksellers in Sydney, 1889. Index. End paper street plans. Hard cover in defective dust jacket. A good clean copy ' . reminiscences of seventy years . ' The world of books, authors, street characters . nostalgia and the history of Sydney. [802g].…

(rep) 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 219pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. @Few men were better known in the Australian book world during the first half of this century than James Tyrrell. Starting as a newspaper boy, then a shop boy at Angus & Robertsons, then his own shop.@.

Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos & drawings (some full-page), faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 219 pp. The memoirs of iconic Sydney bookseller James R. Tyrrell. The most readable of Australian bookseller reminiscences. Plenty of detail about social life, literary figures, book collectors and booksellers of the early 20th century in Sydney. Originally published 1952, and here with a postscript added (shortened from an earlier postscript published separately).…

4to, 193pp, with black and white illustrations, endpaper map. A good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket. Foxed, toned fore edges. Toning to prelims.

xii+194pp. 8vo. B/w plates. Original cloth, a very good copy. First edition. Signed slip from James Tyryrell tipped-in. From the collection of Australian graphic artist and scholar, Vane Lindesay with signature.

xii+194pp. 8vo. B/w plates. Original cloth, a very good copy. First edition.

xiv+219pp. Lg. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, a little rubbed. B&w illustrations. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Near Fine No 370 Of 500 Copies Signed By The Author Pp 95 Frontis, Illustrations. Signed by Author(s).

96pp. 8vo. Original stapled wrappers in stiffened dustwrapper. Black and white frontispiece and plates. A near fine copy. Limited edition of 500 signed copies. Scarce.

Orig. Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Wrapper Good. pp. 193. Plates (including portraits), plans on end papers. Very good in good dustwrapper.

HARDCOVER. 1952. First edition. A very good copy with light tanning to the edges and endpapers. The half title page has a previous owners signature and a contemporary review affixed. No d/w.

1st edition orig. cloth Nice copy large octavo 193pp., b/w pls. & ills., frontis., plans.

xii+194pp. 8vo. Original cloth in defective dustwrapper, no spine. Black and white frontispiece and plates. Map endpapers. A very good copy. First edition.

8vo; pp. (viii), 96; frontispiece, 10 b/w. plates; Original wrappers, backstrip chipped at head and foot. Signed and inscribed by author. A very good copy. Limited edition of 500 signed copies. First edition.

Dust Jacket Good + (Now protected) 9.75" x 7.25" Cloth Fine Biscuit cloth, black name-label and gilt titles to spine, map eps, pp. [i-xii] 1- 193 incl. Index, illustrated by b&w photographs, front pastedown inscribed by the author to Sydney journalist and author Gilbert Mant: "To Gilbert Mant with the regards/ of the author/ James R. Tyrrell/ 12/11/52". Dw unclipped but corners, edges and head & tail of backstrip worn, and 15mm x 25mm hole in dw backstrip.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine large octavo 219pp., frontis., b/w pls., index, The fascinating reminiscences of a Sydney bookseller.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 5th print. Faded at spine, small teat at bottom of back cover, otherwise clean and well stitched with no inscriptions.

18pp. 8vo. Original ribbon bound wrappers, a little faded. Tipped-in, black and white plates. A very good copy. Limited edition, signed by the author.

xii+194pp. 8vo. Original cloth, dustwrapper repaired but still one of the best, least faded examples we have had of a dustwrapper which notoriously wears out completely. Black and white frontispiece and plates. A very good copy. First edition.

Octavo, 96 pages, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy. First edition, limited to 500 copies.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy large octavo 193pp., b/w pls. & ills., frontis., plans.

First Edition. Pp. [vi]+96, frontispiece plus 7 plates, appendix; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, split at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Tyrrells, Sydney, 1957. First edition, being number 163 of 500 copies signed by the author. *James Lionel Michael was born in London in 1824. He was a friend of Millais and Ruskin, and wrote a pamphlet supporting the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. He came to New South Wales in 1853 and practised as a lawyer in Sydney and then at Grafton, on the Clarence River, where on April 26 1868, his body was found floating in the river. An open verdict was pronounced by the coroner. While in Sydney, Michael employed the poet Henry Kendall, giving him friendship and encouragement. Signed.…