Titles starting with T from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

1903. first edition. First Published Edition of “The Tailor of Gloucester,”in the Rare Original Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903.First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 85, [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Seventeen illustrations ar... more information

1930. first edition. First Edition of “Little Pig Robinson” in the Original Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [n.d., 1930].First edition, first printing. Small quarto (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 201 x 158 mm.). 96 pp. Inserted color frontispiece and five inserted color plates. Black and white vignette on title-page and twenty-two full-page black and white illustrations in the text.Original blue cloth with front cover lettered in gilt and da... more information

1904. first edition. First Edition of “Benjamin Bunny,”in the Original Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904.First edition. Twelvemo (5 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches; 140 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original tan boards ruled and lettered in dark green on front cover and lettered in dark green on spine... more information

1904. first edition. First Edition of “The Tale of Two Bad Mice,”in the Original Deluxe Cloth Binding and Plain Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Two Bad Mice. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904.First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page (expertly hand-colored in this copy).Original deluxe binding in maroon ... more information

1908. first edition. A Fine First Edition of “Jemima Puddle-Duck”POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908.First edition, later issue. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label ... more information

1911. first edition. First Edition of “Timmy Tiptoes,”in the Original Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911.First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original dark green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white spine. Cover pictorial label ... more information

1904. first edition. First Edition of “Benjamin Bunny,”in the Original Deluxe Cloth BindingPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904.First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 138 x 104 mm.). 84, [1], [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original deluxe binding of tan fine diagonally-ribbed cloth. Front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in... more information

1859. first edition. A Spectacular Copy in the Original Green Cloth with the 1859 Title-PageDICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.First edition, second state with title-page still dated 1859 but with corrected pagination on page 213 and no signature "b" on the list of plates. Octavo. [i-vii]viii[ix-x], [1]2-254 pp. Sixteen inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Browne ['Phiz'].Publisher’s seco... more information

1911. First Edition of “Timmy Tiptoes”POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911.First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original dark green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white spine. Cover pictorial label (measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches; 67 x 57 mm.) on front cover... more information

1910. first edition. First EditionPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1910.First edition. Twelvemo (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in; 137 x 103 mm). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. Quinby Plate X endpapers as called for.Original cream boards with color pictorial label on front cover. 1 3/4 inch abrasion to front cover. Light soiling to boards.Otherwise a near fin... more information

1904. first edition. First EditionPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. First edition. Twelvemo ( 5 7/16 x 4 1/16 in; 138 x 105 mm). 84, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates. Black and white vignette on title-page. Quinby Plate II endpapers as called for.Original tan boards lettered in green with color pictorial label on front cover, ruled and lettered in dark green on front cover and lettered in dark g... more information

1913. first edition. First EditionPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1913. First edition. Twelvemo (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in; 137 x 103 mm). 93, [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page and thirty-seven black and white vignettes in the text. Quinby Plate XII endpapers as called for.Original light green boards stamped in brown. Color pictorial label on front cover. Spine mildly... more information

1904. A Fine Early 'Tale of Peter Rabbit' Inscribed at the Time of Publication by Beatrix PotterIn the Exceptionally Rare Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., April or October, 1904]. Second published edition with double page colored endpapers (i.e. seventh or eighth printing). A Presentation Copy, with a contemporary inscription "Violet Medcalfe / from Miss Potter / Xmas 1904." Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 13... more information

1909. One of 750 Copies, Signed by Arthur Rackham[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909.Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy being No. 728), signed by the artist. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 5/16 inches; 286 x 211 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], xii, 304 pp. Thirteen mounted color plates, including frontispiece (with tissue guard) and the additional plate not present in the trade edition. Two full-page i... more information

1935. One of Ten Special Copies with anOriginal Watercolor Drawing[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery & Imagination. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1935].Limited to 460 numbered copies (of which 450 are for sale), signed by the artist. One of ten special copies (this copy being No. 5) containing an original watercolor drawing (on an inserted leaf between the half-title and the frontispiece), signed and dated at lower right: “Arthu... more information

1820. first edition. By The Actual "Obscure But Remarkable Author"[LESTER, Elizabeth B. ]. [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of The Bachelor and the Married Man, The Physioignomist, and Hesitation…In Three Volumes. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (6 13/16 x 4 in; 173 x 103 mm). [4. blank], [2], 227, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 261, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 252, [4, blank] ... more information

1853. first edition. The Scarce True First EditionHAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales, For Girls and Boys: Being a Second Wonder-Book. London: Chapman and Hall, 1853. True First edition, preceding the American edition by ten days. Octavo (6 11/16 x 4 1/16 in; 170 x 102 mm). [4], 251, [1, blank] pp. Engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates. Extra-engraved title page.Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered and ornamented spine. Yellow-coated end papers. Spine head with neat repair. Hinges s... more information

1914. first edition. The Rarest Tarzan Edition of All An Astonishing Copy In the Scarce First State BindingBURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1914. True first Canadian edition, first printing (with canceled title), in the first state binding without acorn above the U.S. publisher's slug on spine, and the rarest of all editions; Burroughs's bibliographer, Robert B. Zeuschner, in an interview with us, estimates that were likely only 200-500 copie... more information

1926. Amongst Gettings' Survey of Rackham's Best Book IllustrationsA Fine Copy, in the Original Dust Jacket[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd. [and] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1926].First trade edition. Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches; 249 x 183 mm.). [2, blank] ix, [1], 185, [3, blank] pp. Twenty mounted color plates (including frontispiece) and twenty-five drawings in black and white.Origin... more information

1848. first edition. No. 1 on Sadleir’s list of “Comparative Scarcities”"A Portrait of Debauchery That Is Remarkable"[BRONTË, Anne]. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell. In Three Volumes. London: T.C. Newby, 1848.First edition, first issue, of Anne Brontë’s second novel, with all of the flaws noted by Smith. Three twelvemo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [4], 358; [2], 366; [2], 342 pp. Complete with the excessively rare half-title in Volume ... more information