Authors starting with T from Margolis & Moss

circa 1885. A beautiful album of 60 mounted albumen photographs by Isaiah West Taber, issued by his studio. The images measure 5 x 8 inches (127 x 203 mm.) or the reverse, on stiff, tinted mounts, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (241 x 292 mm.). Each image includes a numbered caption and Taber's logotype along the bottom edge. There are 23 photographs of San Francisco, 20 of Yosemite Valley and 17 other photographs of northern and central California. Oblong quarto, 10 x 12 inches ( 254 x 305 mm.). Half brown mor... more information

Denver, 1901. 101 pages. Small portrait of author on preface page. Octavo, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Flexible blue cloth with gilt border and text; inner hinge starting. A series of temperance sermons by this Denver Quaker. The inside rear cover shows a chart of moneys spent in the United States, with the amount on intoxicating liquors easily outspending all other categories ... more information

Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co., 1874. 253 pages + 4 pages of book ads. Octavo, Green pictorial publishers cloth; lettering and vignette of a train in gilt; a bright clean copy First edition and the first of three travel books written by Taylor. This humorous series of essays describes the various modes of transportation of the day. Benjamin Franklin Taylor (1819 - 1887) was a successful war correspondent during the Civil War, later he worked freelance journalist and writer, but is best remember... more information

Santa Fe: Press of the Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico, 1990. 61 pages. Illustrated. Large octavo, 10 x 7 inches. Cloth backed boards of decorative paper. One of 165 numbered copies, signed by Maurice and Marceil Taylor and Pamala Smith, the printer of this fine edition. Laid in is a folded map of Seton Village and the original prospectus. ... more information

N.p., circa 1875. Group of nine mounted albumen photographs on card stock, with gold borders. The unidentified photographer has reproduced engravings by Gustave Dore. Each mount has a section of Tennyson's poem printed in black. The nine photographs are housed in a red leatherette slipcase, with the words "Enid. Dore" printed in gold. The images measure 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. The photographs and case are in fine condition. Inside the case is the inscription "From Will, Xmas 1879." Th... more information

Venice, circa 1890. A catalog of 58 large albumen photographs of lace mounted to coated linen pages. The image size averages 9 x 8 inches ( 229 x 203 mm.), though there are 6 folding photographs, measuring 12 ½ x 10 inches ( 318 x 254 mm.). Folio, 13 ¼ x 9 ½ inches ( 337 x 241 mm.). Leather backed pebbled cloth with gilt text on cover; old repairs to spine and tips; light wear. Splendid examples of lace (merletti in Italian) in the form of bed and chair canopies, parasols, fans, table... more information

Lincoln, Neb.: J. H. Miller, 1897. 130 pages. Illustrated. Octavo, 8 x 5 1/4 inches; blue cloth backed printed boards; boards rubbed. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Ms. Tew was the "Supervisor of Drawing in Public Schools, Beatrice, Nebraska. ... more information

London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 54 pages, plus a leaf of publisher's advertisements. Hand colored frontispiece, title and 14 colored plates. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine. First edition. A satire on English gentrification. ... more information

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 304 pages. Small octavo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Quarter brown calf over marbled boards; edges worn and hinges starting; private bookplate partially removed. First edition. "As American Minister to Mexico from 1842 - 1844, Thompson concluded a successful mission. He reached an agreement with the Mexicans which freed several groups of Texans who had undertaken military expeditions against Mexico; he persuaded the Mexican government to continue to allow American im... more information

Stockholm: KF:s Bokforlag, (1949). 46 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white by Ollie Eksell. Quarto (12 x 8 1/2 inches) pictorial boards with linen spine; inner hinges cracked, moderate wear and soiling to boards, still a very good copy. A Swedish edition of Thuber's scarce children's book, first published in the United States in 1944, with illustrations by Doris Lee. ... more information

n.p. From September 1911 to February 1912." Printed portfolio and 14 black and white plates tipped to printed mounts. Some wear to paper portfolio. A rare Jugendstil portfolio, this copy stamped #33 of an undisclosed edition. Thylmann was born in Darmstadt in 1888 and died twenty-eight years later (1916). He was a painter, printmaker and poet. Gulistan, his first book, boldly illustrates tales of Ancient Persia. ... more information

Newport: Ceramic Book Company, (1957). 135 pages + 67 plates containing over 200 illustrations, ten in color. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches); red buckram with gilt lettering and design; spine a bit sun bleached. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Inscribed "For 'Kay' Howell, in deep appreciation of her vast ceramic knowledge and enthusiasm. Frank Tilley." ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. 251 pages. 8vo, original embossed brown cloth; light wear to head of spine and two small holes on spine; light stain on title-page. Twelfth edition of this popular work, originally issued the previous year. Titcomb was the pseudonym for Josiah Gilbert Holland. Dr. Holland's "hopeful, somewhat sentimental philosophy grew out of his knowledge of the ordinary problems of ordinary people, and a helphful interest in his fellow men. He achieved his first marked success ... more information

New York: Charles Scribener's sons, (1943). 456 pages. Illustrated from photographs. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Red cloth with very fine dust jacket. First edition. "An authority famous in two hemispheres for his lectures, books and broadcasts on Inter-American topics here writes an informal and vividly informative book about the countries to the south of the United States." - Jacket blurb. ... more information

Mexico, 1932. [54] pages. Illustrated. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Diego Rivera; front cover rehinged with archival tape. The bilingual periodical edited by Francis Toor, with Diego Rivera as art editor. This issue contains articles on "The Discoveries at Monte Alban" by Alfonso Caso, "Maria Izquierdo" by Javier Villaurrutia, "Carlos Merida's New Watercolors" by Howard Parker and "Mexican Music and Musicians" by Angel E. Salas. ... more information

Mexico, 1932. 54 pages. Illustrated. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Diego Rivera; some chipping to front cover. The bilingual periodical edited by Francis Toor, with Diego Rivera as art editor. This issue contains articles on the "400th anniversary of Guadalupe" by Francis Toor, "The New Diego Rivera" by Howard Parker, and a book review by Carleton Beals of William Spratling's "Little Mexico. ... more information

Mexico, 1932. [54] pages. Illustrated. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Diego Rivera; damp staining with some pages torn in margins where pages stuck together; all text intact. The bilingual periodical edited by Francis Toor, with Diego Rivera as art editor. This issue contains articles on "Huapangos (a Mexican dance) by Francis Toor; some examples of Huapangos with music and text, "The Huapango in Weddings" by Jesus Tellez, and "Carlos Orozco Romero" by Hector Perez M... more information

Mexico, 1932. [54] pages. Illustrated. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Diego Rivera; one small chip at head of spine. A fine, bright copy. The bilingual periodical edited by Francis Toor, with Diego Rivera as art editor. This issue contains articles on "Ancient Games" by Alfonso Caso, "Children's Games" by Francis Toor, "Rufino Tamayo" by Howard Parker, and the picture lotteries by Jose Nunez y Dominguez. ... more information

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, (1880). 521 pages + book ads. 8vo, pictorial olive green cltoh; small tears at head of spine; small stain on rear cover. First edition, by this writer of southern reconstruction. BAL 20349. ... more information

Boston: Raymond-Whitcomb Tours, 1916. 32 pages. Illustrated from photographs. Octavo, 9 1/4 x 6 inches. Pictorial wrappers; light soiling to covers. Extensive descriptions of various itineraries for touring the American west ... more information