Favorite Colored Picture Book
by C.E.B. [C. E. Bowen]. Uncredited are William Wordsworth and Jane Taylor
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1876. First Edition presumed. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1876. (Bearing an inscription from this date plus a single copy on OCLC dated as such.) [35] pages, paginated by sections, and with sixteen full pages of colored plates, some with two illustrations, other with one. Wordsworth wrote "Lucy Gray" contained herein. "Little Ann and her mamma", by Ann and Jane Taylor, is adapted from London to New York. Other poems included are "Hector... Read More
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Illustri Josepho Cesario Religionis Christi Militi
by Tempesta, Antonio
Rome: Ioannes Orlandi [Giovanni Orlandi], 1600. Very Good. Antonio Tempesta. A whirlwind of action so teeming with combatants, their mounts, their long spears and other weapons it captures the blur of actual combat in this battle scene between the Greeks and Amazons. 30 by 39 cm. (Our copy is original, but original margins were cut away. There is no loss of the illustration nor of the caption, nor the printed line demarcating the margins from the rest. Mounting... Read More
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![[Framed Etched Print] Dancing Peasants in Front of an Inn](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/733/460/1728460733.0.l.jpg)
[Framed Etched Print] Dancing Peasants in Front of an Inn
by Teniers, David the Younger. Hollar, Wenceslaus, printer
Antwerp (?): Unknown, 1649. Framed. Very Good. Based on a Teniers painting, this is the original 1649 etching by Wenceslaus Hollar. One could suspect slight trimming of the margin, but we will note that our measurements are the same as those of the Metropolitan Museum's copy. The print is floating on the backing, and thus the entirety of the print revealed, and attractively surrounded by tasteful matting and an appropriate, complimentary gilt frame. Publisher unknown, although it is... Read More
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Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology
by Tenner, Edward
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2003. Hardcover. New/New Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾.
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Locksley Hall, Sixty Years After and the Promise of May
by Tennyson, Alfred
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾. 201 pp. Clean, pages age toned. Slight bumping to corners of green cloth.
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[Illuminated Manuscript] Break, Break, Break, Illuminated
by Tennyson, Lord Alfred. Leonard Charles Price, probable artist and illuminator
Full Morocco. Very Good. An unusual subject for illuminated manuscript treatment, and pulled off with panache. Ten leaves of fine watercolor and ink illustrations, calligraphy and sublime ornament in the tradition of Victorian illuminated manuscripts, all with ship or boating interest. Oblong, 8.5 by 14 inches, 22 by 36 cm. Some artwork mounted, most done directly on card, all by the same hand, and presumably of Price, whose bookplate is mounted onto the FEP. Shelfwear to leather, heavy... Read More
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The National Heraldry of the United Kingdom
by Terry, Major Astley, of The Army Service Corp
Colombo (Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), 1903. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 18.5 by 14.5 cm. iv, 44 pp., the leaves made of heavy card stock. The author, a colonial officer for the British army, would later publish "The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps," which contained his color illustrations of uniforms, arms and equipment, and other works. From this work, it is clear he had artistic aptitude, and as an officer in Ceylon, undoubtedly a lot of... Read More
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Del Regno D'Italia Sotto I Barbari
by Tesauro, D. Emanuel; Annotations of D. Valeriano Castiglione
Venetia (Venice): Giacomo Hertz, 1680. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. [24], 732 pp + [72] unpaginated index. 58 engraved plates, 3 folding maps. Libreria Vinciana (Autori Italiani del 1600) 499. History of Italian monarchs during darkest of the Dark Ages, or the period following the fall of the Roman Empire til around 1000 A.D., a period obscure to even most ardent history buffs and scholars. Consulted by Manzoni in his research of Longobardi, or the Lombards. Each of the... Read More
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Wallpaper, a History
by Teynac, Francoise; Nolot, Pierre; Vivien, Jean-Denis
Italy: Rizzoli, 1982. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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The Four Georges (Four volumes bound in two)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1866. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Extra-illustrated, with autographs of George I through George IV. 8vo. [5], 105, 105-226 pp., with 92 and 108 additional illustrations in the two volumes, respectively. Signatures of George I and II in the first volume, III and IV, in the second.
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The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century (Two Volumes)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1859. First Edition. Half Morocco, Marbled Paper Boards. Very Good. 8vo. Occasional light foxing, with plates more heavily toned and soiled, as a function of the paper stock used. Rubbing of the morocco along the joints and edges, with mild darkening of the spine.
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Etchings by the late William Makepeace Thackeray while at Cambridge Illustrative of University Life, etc., etc.; Now First Published from the Original Plates
by Thackeray, William Makepeace, as the artist
London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1878. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. Title leaf, table of contents, then eleven etchings, each given in two states, one hand-colored, the other, without color, and in each of these etchings is presented on eight leaves, for a total of sixteen plates. Following the plates are many blank leaves which allowed for the binding to have some thickness and a title label on the spine. Thackeray was... Read More
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![Set of the Six "Christmas Books" or Satiric Novellas Thackeray Both Wrote and Illustrated, using the pseudonym T. A. Titmarsh, [including] Mrs. Perkin's Ball (1847), Our Street (1848), Doctor Birch (1849), Rebecca and Rowena (1850), The Kickleburys on the Rhine (1850) and The Rose and the Ring (1855)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/140/150/810150140.0.l.jpg)
Set of the Six "Christmas Books" or Satiric Novellas Thackeray Both Wrote and Illustrated, using the pseudonym T. A. Titmarsh, [including] Mrs. Perkin's Ball (1847), Our Street (1848), Doctor Birch (1849), Rebecca and Rowena (1850), The Kickleburys on the Rhine (1850) and The Rose and the Ring (1855)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace [pseudonym used was T. A. Titmarsh]
First Edition. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Bound uniformly by Zaehnsdorf in red morocco with ruled borders, raised bands and gilt spine decoration, gilt turn-ins, etc. All the works are first editions with the original covers bound in. All but the final novella, The Rose and the Ring, have hand-coloring applied to the plates.
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English Precedent for Modern Brickwork. Plates and Measured Drawings of English Tudor and Georgian Brickwork, with a few recent versions by American Architects in the spirit of the old work
by The Architectural Forum, edited by
New York and Chicago, respectively: The Architectural Forum and The American Face Brick Association, 1924. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 97, [2] pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly with photos, many full page, but also plenty of line drawn diagrams. One color plate -- a drawn illustration -- plus a colorized photo mounted on the front cover. A very satisfying overview of the beauty of Tudor and Georgian architecture, and an attractively produced trade association publication, with real care... Read More
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The Why's and Wherefore's
by Therefore Do So, Esq
Chicago: William Deering & Co, 1891. First Edition presumed. Wraps. Good. Scarce and unusual trade promotion by the manufacturer of farm equipment and implements, with much of the contents targeting children! 4to. 23 by 20.5 cm. Unpaginated, 32 pp., plus wraps. The tone is set by the chromolithographic cover, which shows children sitting on a branch with elves and gnomes raptly listening to a wizard. On the back cover is another chromo of a child wearing a mortalboard... Read More
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La Merveilleuse Histoire du Cirque (3 volumes/tomes)
by Thetard, Henry
France (unspecified where): Prisma, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Varied Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rare 3 volume version, of which this is numbered 212 of 500 so issued. 271, 335, 42 pp. (3rd volume not fully paginated). Profusely illustrated, with five color plates as well, and comprehensive history of all aspects of the circus, from its inception to the mid-twentieth century, taking in all the various acts and covering everywhere in Europe and the... Read More
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La Musiques de la Guerre. Hymnes Allies
by Thevenaz, Paulet, illustrator
Paris: Tolmer & Cie, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Cloth spine. Good Plus. 4to. 31 by 30 cm. Unpaginated, 28 pp. With 14 mounted pochoir illustrations. Anthems include "La Marseillaise", "L'Hymne Russe", "La Brabanconne", "L'Hymne de Mameli", "God Save the King", "L'Hymne Japonais" and "L'Hymne Serbe". The illustrations are done with a disarming naivete. Also additional vignettes. Moderate wear and soiling to cover, with some writing in ink on the front cover. A few marginal closed tears... Read More
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Militaer Album
by Thoeny, E.
Munchen: Verlag Albert Langen. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1900. Folio-sized, measuring 40 by 30 cm, 16 by 11.75 inches. With 32 large color plates, all using one or two colors besides black and white. The captions poke light fun at the Prussian, and German, military and militarism, as well as the common attitudes of the ranks and file at the time. Much of the humor is now somewhat obscure, which is part of its... Read More
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Album of 61 Hand-colored Carriage Plates
by Thomas, Brice. Lithography by [Andre] and [Charles] Fernique
Full Morocco. Good. Decorative bookplate of Rudolph Valentino. Oblong, 18 by 27 cm. Plates come from several sources, most prominently "Le Guide du Carrossier", published in Paris. This title is embossed in gilt, now heavily faded, on the spine. The matinee idol and quintessential Latin lover Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was a notable book collector during his brief career as a top flight movie star, which ended with his untimely death. The bookplate was designed by film director and... Read More
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Gebett Bücht
by Thoma, Johann Joseph
Hardeck, Bavaria, 1817. Full Morocco. Very Good. A magnificent example of Folk Art and Peasant Rococo decoration. 12mo. 17.5 by 10 cm. 246 pp. Created by Thoma of Hardeck, in Bavaria, for his betrothed, Maria Dorothea Zeidlerin of Maiersreith. Hardeck is now a district of Bad Neualbenreuth which is by the Czech border, and we assume that Maierreith was a nearby village now also absorbed by a larger municipality. This manuscript prayer book abounds in art. It is... Read More
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Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages
by Thomas, Joseph B., Introduction By the Earl of Londsdale
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1928. First Edition. Three Quarters Morocco. Fine. Folio. xviii + 272 pp. First Limited Edition, three quarters red morocco, with five raised bands on spine. Beautiful, flawless copy.
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The Poetical Magazine (4 volumes); Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse
by Thomas Rowlandson, William Combe, etc.
London: R. Ackermann, 1810. First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. The original appearance of Doctor Syntax and much more, including lovely views of Italy, Spain and elsewhere. 8vo. 52 aquatint plates, 50 of which are hand-colored. The majority of plates are by Rowlandson. The morocco is scuffed and rubbed but as a set, remains attractive. The boards are otherwise covered with a pebbled cloth that quite convincingly looks like morocco. Interior-wise, the pages are toned to varying degrees,... Read More
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Eloise in Moscow
by Thompson, Kay
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Knight, Hilary. 4to. First printing. The Plaza brat goes behind the Iron Curtain with nannie. Short inked inscription on FFEP, a bit of toning of the DJ, now protected by mylar. Overall, a fine copy.
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Eloise in Moscow
by Thompson, Kay
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Knight, Hilary. 4to. First printing. The Plaza brat goes behind the Iron Curtain with nannie. Dust jacket darkened on spine. Trivial light soiling on rear DJ. Neat price clipping in lower corner front fold. Otherwise, a thoroughly clean copy.
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Eloise in Paris
by Thompson, Kay
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Knight, Hilary. 4to. First printing. Probably the wittiest of the original four Eloise books. DJ, now protected by mylar, has soilage and then a few trivial chips, but it is all intact. Book itself is tight but has some stray soilage.
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