Titles starting with T from Bauman Rare Books

1955. FIRST EDITION. HIGHSMITH, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley. New York: Coward-McMann, (1955). Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $4500. First edition of the first and most famous book in Highsmith's acclaimed series about Tom Ripley, her infamous "young man with a psychopathic streak." Adapted to film in 1999 by the award-winning director of The English Patient, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley introduces "Tom Ripley, a young man with a psychopath... more information

1858. (BLACKWOOD MAGAZINE). Tales of Blackwood. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons (1858-61). Twelve volumes. Small octavo, later three-quarter black calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled boards, speckled edges. $1500. Finely bound set of stories and essays from "Blackwood's Magazine." William Blackwood's "maga," first issued in 1817, was one of the leading political and literary journals of Victorian England. The mouthpiece of the Scotti... more information

1806. GENLIS, Countess de. Tales of the Castle: Or Stories of Instruction and Delight. London: G. Robinson, R. Phillips, et al., 1837. Five volumes. Small octavo, contemporary full marbled calf gilt, green and red morocco spine labels. $875. Early (eighth) English edition, in lovely contemporary marbled calf bindings, with engraved frontispiece illustration in each volume. Thomas Holcroft first published his translation of Genlis' early collection of tales (originally Les Veillées du Châ... more information

1853. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales, For Girls and Boys: Being a Second Wonder-Book. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. 12mo, late 19th-century full brown morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. $1650. First American edition, first printing, of Hawthorne's versions of myths for children, with engraved additional title page and six engraved plates, handsomely bound by the Grolier Club bindery with the original cloth bound in. Although... more information

1977. ADAMS, Ansel and AUSTIN, Mary. Taos Pueblo. Facsimile edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Tall folio, original half tan calf, orange cloth boards, marbled endpapers, original matching slipcase. $3100. Signed limited edition, number 147 of 950 copies signed by Adams of this work exploring the fluid relationship between the architecture of Pueblo buildings and the Southwestern landscape. A fine facsimile of the very rare original 1930 edition, with 12 finely screened duotones by Ansel Ada... more information

1680. (HEBREW BIBLE). Targum shel Divrei ha-Yamim. Paraphrasis Chaldaica I[-II] Libri Chronicorum. Augsburg: Theoph. Goebelius, 1680-83. Two volumes. Small quarto, contemporary full calf, gilt-tooled spines, raised bands, red morocco spine labels. $3500. First edition of the Targum on Chronicles, printed from an Erfurt manuscript, edited with a Latin translation by Matthias Friedrich Beck. With two in-text engravings and engraved vignettes on title pages by Melchior Haffner. A handsome copy in contemporar... more information

1900. FIRST EDITION. MURRAY, A.S. Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes, and Flowers. Australia: George Robertson, and London: H. Virtue, 1900. Oblong folio, original pebbled green cloth gilt; pp. (56). $1500. First edition, with 17 beautiful folio chromolithographs of Tasmanian scenery and flora. Tasmania's "rugged and mountainous lake scenery compares favorable with that of England and Scotland," with its own Lake District and Rivers Derwent and Esk depicted in this collection. Ferguson 12973. Stamp of... more information

1710. FIRST EDITION. (STEELE, Richard). (The Tatler). The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. London: Charles Lillie and John Morphew, 1710-11. Four volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan polished calf gilt, raised bands. $2000. First collected edition of the famous early 18th-century periodical, containing the complete run of all 271 issues. A periodical founded by Richard Steele, and often featuring the contributions of Addison, Swift and others, The Tatler was published three times weekly from Apr... more information

1846. ROBERTS, David. Original lithograph plate, Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia. [London: F.G. Moon, 1842-49]. Hand-colored lithograph on onionskin, measuring 9-7/8 by 13-3/4 inches, on original mount, measuring 16-1/2 by 23-5/8 inches. $3000. Beautiful original hand-colored lithograph of the Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia, from the superb large format first issue of Roberts' landmark work, Egypt and Nubia (only the first issue is hand-colored on onionskin and mounted on heavier card). Famed lithographer L... more information

1846. ROBERTS, David. Original lithograph plate, Temple at Tafa in Nubia. [London: F.G. Moon, 1842-49]. Hand-colored lithograph on onionskin, measuring 9-5/8 by 13-3/4 inches, on original mount, measuring 16-7/8 by 23-3/4 inches. $2500. Beautiful original hand-colored lithograph of the Temple at Tafa in Nubia from the superb large format first issue of Roberts' landmark work, Egypt and Nubia (only the first issue is hand-colored on onionskin and mounted on heavier card). Famed lithographer Louis Hagh... more information

1846. ROBERTS, David. Original lithograph plate, Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera. [London: F.G. Moon, 1842-49]. Hand-colored lithograph on onionskin, measuring 9-7/8 by 13-7/8 inches, on original mount, measuring 16-1/2 by 23-1/2 inches. $3000. Beautiful original hand-colored lithograph of the Temple of Isis on the roof of the Great Temple of Dendera, from the superb large format first issue of Roberts' landmark work, Egypt and Nubia (only the first issue is hand-colored on o... more information

1842. ROBERTS, David. Original lithograph plate, Temple on Gebel Garabe, called Surabit el Khadim. [London: F.G. Moon, 1842]. Hand-colored lithograph on onionskin, measuring 9-7/8 by 13-3/4 inches, on original mount, measuring 16-7/8 by 23-7/8 inches. $3000. Beautiful original hand-colored lithograph of the Temple on Gebel Garabe, called Surabit el Khadim, from the superb large format first issue of Roberts' landmark work, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia (only the first issue is ... more information

1846. ROBERTS, David. Original lithograph, Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia. [London: F.G. Moon, 1846]. Hand-colored lithograph on onionskin, measuring 10 by 13-3/4 inches, on original mount, measuring 16-3/4 by 23-3/4 inches. $3000. Beautiful original hand-colored lithograph of the Temple of Wady Saboua in Nubia from the superb large format first issue of Roberts' landmark work, Egypt and Nubia (only the first issue is hand-colored on onionskin and mounted on heavier card). Famed lithographer Louis Hagh... more information

1755. FIRST EDITION. (MASSACHUSETTS). Temporary Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston: Sold by S. Kneeland, 1755. Small folio, modern full brown calf gilt, green morocco spine label. $4200. First edition of the laws of the province of Massachusetts-Bay from May 26, 1736 to March 31, 1755. With signature of colonial physician Cotton Tufts. "Here in Massachusetts the civil law laid its hand upon the citizen in his business and social relations; it ... more information

1784. (JUDAICA—BROADSIDE). Prayer Leaf. Tephilah Ne'estah poh Mantua. Mantua: no publisher, 1784. Quarto (measures 8 inches by 10 1/2 inches), single leaf, printed on one side. $3500. Prayer composed in Mantua in relation to the outbreak of plague in the town of Isspalatro (Split in present-day Croatia). This printed broadside indicates that Jews in Italy were praying for the welfare of their brethren across the Adriatic, though the plague does not seem to be directly threatening the town of Man... more information

2003. FIRST EDITION. BANKA, Pavel. Terezín-Mansfield/Mansfield-Terezín. Prague: The National Gallery, 2003. Oblong quarto, original heavy pictorial paper wrappers. $125. First edition of this souvenir booklet from Ba?ka's 2003 expedition at the National Gallery in Prague, with 25 full-page photographs, 13 in color. In these photographs, Ba?ka documents the concentration camp Terezín and the children's hospital Mansfield, depicting "empty rooms that hold the memory of hum... more information

1975. FIRST EDITION. MCMURTRY, Larry. Terms of Endearment. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1975). Full set of galley proofs (7 by 21-1/2 inches). Housed in custom clamshell box. $4200. Galley proofs of McMurtry's novel, designated "For Sophie Sorkin" in pencil on the verso of the last leaf, with 67 of her minor changes. "She couldn't remember, looking at him, what the terms of endearment had been, or how they had been lost for so long." One of McMurtry's best and most popul... more information

1986. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. KASPAROV, Garry. The Test of Time. Oxford: Pergamon, 1986. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards. $500. First English edition of the Russian chess champion's first book, a combination of game analysis and autobiography, with chess diagrams and black-and-white photographs, signed by Kasparov on the title page and dated 05/12/04. Chess prodigy Kasparov was tapped by the Soviet Union at an early age: "At the age of 12, much the youngest competitor, Kasparov wo... more information

1895. FIRST EDITION. JAGO, William. A Text-Book on the Science and Art of Bread-Making. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1895. Thick octavo, original burgundy cloth. $175. First edition of "the first scientific treatise on the art of bread-making" (Bitting, 244). "Treats of the chemistry of baking, the design of bakeries, machinery used, processes of commercial bread-making, technical and chemical testing of materials, etc. A thorough, practical work for technical chemists and ba... more information