Titles starting with T from The Book Block

Basel C. F. Beck, 1852. Sm. 4to. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), quarter brown morocco over marbled sides; spine with four raised bands and gilt titling. Publisher's original front and rear wrapper bound in (short tear in the rear wrapper mended; small light tide line in the upper margin of the first seven leaves and occasional minor offsetting). One in a long tradition of tri-lingual Dances of Death, the wood-engraved illustrations for which are based on the famous Basel Church wall paintings which ... more information

Philadelphia J. Clarke, Printer, 1829. 8vo., full tan sheep with plain sides; spine with a black morocco label and gilt decoration. Light occasional foxing. First American edition, reprinted from the last London edition. The frontispiece, a Rowlandsonesque engraving, shows the good doctor astride his horse setting out in search of a wife. First published in England in 1821, this tour of the clergyman-schoolmaster was Combe's third Syntax parody of those popular books and picturesque travels of the day ... more information

N.p. , 1980. Watercolor on paper (22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches), matted, framed and glazed. Signed and dated, Baskin 1980, lower center; signed and dated ind inscribed "Lament" on the verso. The work consists of seven heads in three rows, forming an inverted triangle, with Hebrew calligraphy separating the rows. It illustrates verse 3:34 from The Book of Lamentations. The watercolor has been reproduced on the dust jacket of The Six Days of Destruction by Elie Wiesel & Albert H. Friedlander (Paulist... more information

London R. Ackermann, V.d. [1812, 1820 & [1821]. Three vols. 8vo. (9 x 5 1/2 inches), full burgundy chagrin morocco with double gilt fillet borders on the covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt titling within two of the six compartments, barely lightened; board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. Signed by Riviere & Son on the verso of the marbled free endleaf.First edition of all three volumes. The Tour is the second issue with the text beginning with “Canto I” not &... more information

[Antwerp] , 1642. 8vo. (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches), full straight grained navy morocco with a single gilt fillet border surrounding four diamond-shaped floral corner pieces; spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration and titling. Board edges gilt, inner gilt fillets; a.e.g. Signed on the front turn-in: R. de Coverly.An elegant album of 24 numbered engravings tipped onto bound leaves, the edges of which have some light foxing (not affecting the prints), plus an historated title-page an... more information

Small 8vo. (7 ¾ x 5 inches), second edition,original front wrapper; new back wrapper, slight stains, blank portion of last leaf restored. From C. G. Littell Library with his bookplate. ¼ morocco clamshell case.Joseph Field was a physician living in Texas when the Texas Revolution began. He joined the army, serving as both doctor and soldier. In 1836, Field was captured along with many others, most of whom ultimately were slain by their Mexican captors. Field, however, was spared to treat wounded Mexican s... more information

New York Mitchell Kennerely, 1913. 8vo., crimson publisher's cloth; tiny piece missing from the bottom of the free end leaf, and a sketch (of a stage from above) in one margin. First edition of this one-act play set in New York near Times Square. Bynner was also known for his poetry and translations, some of which were from the Chinese. ONE OF HIS EARLIEST PUBLISHED BOOKS ... more information

Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. 8vo., original tan printed wrappers. One in a series of Anthropological Leaflets of the Field Museum designed to give brief, non-technical accounts of the more interesting beliefs, habits and customs of the races whose life is illustrated in the Museum's exhibits. This study concentrates on conditions as they prevailed in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is illustrated with 10 full-page photographs of pipes, snuff bottles, etc. FINE. THE ORIGINAL ... more information

New York C. S. Van Winkle, 1821. Tall 8vo., original bluish gray boards with white paper spine, worn with two small pieces wanting; original paper spine label; quite a tall, sound, uncut copy. With bookbinder's ticket of T. Garson, at the same Greenwich Street address as the printer.Arden, a counselor at law and a great admirer of John Jay ("...a firm patriot, an enlightened statesman, an upright man, and sincere Christian."), says in his Preface that he has attempted to fill "... more information

N.p. Privately Printed, 1856. Two vols., sm. 4to., full black grained cloth over beveled boards; spine and covers heavily ornamented with gilt and blind relief decoration, far too elaborate to describe. At the top and bottom (on the edge of the outer border), are two gilt lines: To•the•Memory•of•Elizabeth Strachey• and *Coelum * Non * Animum*. Elizabeth Strachey was born 14 February 1810, the eldest daughter of R. W. Wilkinson of Woodbury Hall, Bedfordshire. She married... more information