Titles 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

Small broadsheet, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, describing seven Tableaux, including "Fame crowns the bust of Lincoln", "Virginia Dare", "Justice isBlind" , and "The marriage of Pocahontas." At the end of the sheet is a quote from Abraham Lincoln. Issued in support of the recently freed slaves. ... more information

Nuremberg: Joh. Bapt. Homann, circa 1720. Hand colored copperplate engraving, measuring 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Dissected and linen backed, folding to 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches; paper label on map verso. ... more information

London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. 237 pages. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches); publishers purple cloth; spine lightly faded. First edition, Nelson Doubleday's copy, with his bookplate. Includes the story THE BODY-SNATCHER. ... more information

Vienna: F. J. Mechtler, (1840). Frontispiece, engraved title plus four engraved plates. With text for three stories: Das Adventeuer im Bade; Bertha; and Die Furstapsen des Lowen. 4 1/2 x 3 inches. Gilt decorated light green boards; new end papers; covers rubbed; ex-libris stamp. ... more information

Mexico, 1954-1959. Four volumes. Texts in English and illustrated with full page reproductions of Varona's photographs. 8 x 5 1/2 inches. All with pictorial dust jackets; some minor chipping. Translated from the Spanish by Leonard Cooper. Picturesque renditions of Mexican cities. ... more information

Mexico: Editorial "Cultura, 1931. 244 pages. Illustrated. 12 x 7 3/4 inches. cloth backed marbled boards; pictorial label. With the bookplate of Mario Oropesa. A fine, bright copy. Illustrations include reproductions of six drawings by William Spratling, watercolors by Juan O'Gorman and Justino Fernandez and photographs by Enrique Cervantes. ... 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

Buenos Aires: Editorial Guillermo Kraft Limitada, (1949). 174 pages of text in Spanish and 280 photographic plates, some in color. Small folio, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Pictorial boards; previous owners inscription of free end-paper. A fine bright copy. First edition. Still the predominant work on ancient and modern South American textiles. ... more information

14 pages. Octavo, 9 1/4 x 6 inches. Printed wrappers with advertisements; a hole in upper spine for hanging; minor staining on rear cover. ... more information

London: Jonathan Cape, (1954).. 288 pages. Illustrated from photographs in richly printed gravure. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Gray pictorial cloth, with lightly soiled dust jacket; spine of jacket faded. Some light spotting to fore-edge. ... more information

New York: Hastings House, (1948). 124 pages. Illustrated in rich gravure from Miss Gilpin's photographs. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches); gilt-stamped turquoise cloth with chipped dust jacket; small piece of masking tape at the bottom of the jacket spine. First edition, this copy signed by the author / photogapher "Cordially, Laura Gilpin, May, 1948." The copy comes from the library of Alice Bullock, with her blind stamp and pencil signature. Bullock was a Santa Fe writer and published a... more information

Kansas City: Western Paving Brick Manufacturers Association, 1917. 126 pages. Illustrated with halftone photographic reproductions. Octavo, 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Green cloth with title in gilt. Hand stamp of Fred C. Nichols on title-page. The paving of roads for the quickly developing automobile craze in the United States. ... more information

Spanish textile label "Holanda Navio/ Numero 100". C. 1920. 5 1/4 x 9 inches. Fine. The industrialized textile production of the first half of the 19th century gave birth to the printed textile label (sometimes referred to as a "linen label"), which appeared in a number of formats and had three functions. It was used to identify bales of material in bulk, in bolts, and in individual fabric lengths. The fabric label was smaller that the bale and bolt label and was often heavil... more information

Barcelona, Spain. "Fabricas Berenguer." 5 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Tiny tear at top of label, almost indiscernible. <p> The industrialized textile production of the first half of the 19th century gave birth to the printed textile label (sometimes referred to as a "linen label"), which appeared in a number of formats and had three functions. It was used to identify bales of material in bulk, in bolts, and in individual fabric lengths. The fabric label was smaller that the bale and ... more information

Spanish textile label. "Holanda Mallorquina./ Fabricacion Especial De La Casa." C. 1920. 5 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Fine <p> The industrialized textile production of the first half of the 19th century gave birth to the printed textile label (sometimes referred to as a "linen label"), which appeared in a number of formats and had three functions. It was used to identify bales of material in bulk, in bolts, and in individual fabric lengths. The fabric label was smaller that the bale... more information

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1945. 319 pages of text, 75 pages of drawings by Lucretial Nelson and 130 photographic illustrations. 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Printed wrappers; minor creases to spine. With the signature of W. W. Hill on the front cover. First edition, in original condition. The premier study on the textile designs of this modern Maya culture. In 1936, O'Neale spent four and a half months in Guatemala. In this seminal work she describes the dress of men, wome... more information

New York: Knopf, (1953). 8vo, cloth with rubbed and chipped dust jacket First edition. Nathan was a major American drama critic from the twenties to the fifties. The above is an insightful overview of post-war American theater. ... more information

Norman: University of Oklahoma, (1971). 317 pages. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo, purple cloth with torn dust jacket; hand stamp on fly leaf First edition. From settlement-house productions for immigrant children at the turn of the century to modern professional companies, the above is a well written and documented history. With an eighteen page bibliography. ... more information

Cambridge: Hart, 1956. 329 pages. 8vo, cloth with chipped dust jacket Mr. Felheim's account rescues from undeserved eclipse one of the outstanding figures in American life during the post-Civil War years." - Jacket blurb. ... more information