Album of W. Thorp
by Thorp, William
1830. Full Morocco. Fine. All the imagery and verse in this manuscript album was done by one accomplished hand -- that of William Thorp. The pencil and watercolor sketches and drawings are delightful, whether depicting architectural detail, landscape, animal or human subjects. There are 26 pages of illustrations, many dated between 1832 and 1836. Twenty are black and white, six in color. Architecture is the most prevalent subject, with much drawn from rural England. Perhaps the most winsome... Read More
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The Jingle of a Jap
by Thurston, Clara Bell
Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. With both the scarce three dimensional doll attached to the binding and the original box. 8vo. 23 by 18 cm. Unpaginated, with 23 chapters, each a page or two, with lovely color illustrations throughout. Beautiful silk fabric boards with minor soilage and then wear in lower corner. Light wear to the fabric binding and book. The doll itself isin a superb state of preservation. The box... Read More
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The Jingle of a Jap
by Thurston, Clara Bell
Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated, with 23 chapters, each a page or two, with lovely color illustrations throughout. Beautiful silk fabric boards with minor soilage and then wear in lower corner. Missing the three dimensional doll that was attached to front board originally. Pages clean. Slight shake to hinge.
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The Jingle of a Jap
by Thurston, Clara Bell
Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Box. Very Good Plus. With both the scarce three dimensional doll attached to the binding and the original box. 8vo. 23 by 18 cm. Unpaginated, with 23 chapters, each a page or two, with lovely color illustrations throughout. Condition: one side of box lid -- lower side -- detached, with closed tearing by other edges. Soil on the paper pastedown of the box. Doll on front cover is... Read More
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Carrousels et Baraques
by Tijtgat, Edgard
London: Cyril Beaumont, 1919. First Limited Edition. Folder. Very Good. No. 107 of 150 limitation, on Papier de chine. Oblong, 23 by 27 cm. 7 pp. 6 mounted color plates, representing fairs in Belgium and England (three each. The palette is the artwork is tenebrous like pre-Provincal van Gogh, and the style is deliberately primitive as one finds with other post-Impressionists, among them Vlaminck, Vuillard, etc. Through these means Tijtgat conveys a sense of nostalgia, distance and loss... Read More
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Barbichon Le Roi des Caniches; Illustre de Huit Magnifiques Chromos
by Tilleuls, A. des
Paris: Bernardin-Bechet & Fils. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. N.d., circa 1890. 4to. 30.5 by 22. 32 pp. With seven chromolithographic plates in text, and eighth one referred to in title appearing on front cover (this can be deduced by lack of offsetting anywhere else, thus showing no plate was removed). Scarce. Stories of small boy and his dog. Heavy age toning, with foxing on first few pages. Wear to cover.
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The Ship that Sailed to Mars
by Timlin, William M.
London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. First Edition. Quarter Vellum over Boards. Very Good/Good. A futuristic journey that was from its very conception sweetly moored in the misty past! 4to. 31 by 24 cm. 48 pp and 48 tipped-in (or mounted) color plates. The singular story and its illustrations are truly sui generis; the fabulous concoction of fantasy rendered here draws equally from both the text and illustrations. Condition: corners bumped, with paper pastedown a bit... Read More
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The Ship that Sailed to Mars
by Timlin, William M.
London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. First Edition. Quarter Vellum over Boards. Very Good/Good. A futuristic journey that was from its very conception sweetly moored in the misty past! 4to. 31 by 24 cm. 48 pp and 48 tipped-in (or mounted) color plates. The singular story and its illustrations are truly sui generis; the fabulous concoction of fantasy rendered here draws equally from both the text and illustrations. Condition: Short closed tear, upper spine extremity. Touches... Read More
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English Gardens
by Tipping, H. Avray
London: Country Life, LTD, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. lxiv + 375 pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos of grounds surrounding both great country seats as well as more bucolic thatched cottages. Like the other Country Life books authored by Tipping, this one captures a vanishing way of life, and there is a beauty and satisfaction to the black and white photos that can elude color photos. Above all else there is a meticulousness... Read More
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Diana Durbin y Su Equipo Completo
by Tiroz (?)
Barcelona: Administracion Aribau. Leporellos. Near Fine. N.d., circa 1940. Four panels, each 17 by 26 cm, with cut-out dress to be applied to the two Durbin paper dolls. Deanna Durbin (1921 - 2013) was the operatic counterpart of Judy Garland, with whom she was paired in a two-reeler at the start of their respective careers. There are conflicting versions of whether MGM wanted to drop Durbin's contract after that, but in any case, Durbin went on to huge... Read More
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Unknown Switzerland. Reminiscences of Travel.; Illustrated with Photogravures
by Tissot, Victor
New York: James Pott & Co, 1901. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo. 371 pp. Fold-out map in back. Beautiful Art Nouveau floral design on cover, with framed illustration of Matterhorn. Light rubbing to the color on cover. Clean within.
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Our Street
by Titmarsh, M. A., pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray
London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. First edition. Full Morocco Box housing book with publisher's pastedown paper over boards. Very Good. 8vo, 54, [2] pp. (7.5 by 5.5".) With 16 hand-colored plates with illustrations by Thackeray. With bookplate of Henry Van Duzer, the Thackeray scholar and bibliographer who wrote "The Thackeray Library", the standard reference on Thackeray. Housed in a stunning custom full morocco box which functions similar to a type of cigar box in which the top half... Read More
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Mrs. Perkins's Ball
by Titmarsh, M. A., pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray
London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo. (21 by 16 cm.) 46 pp. With 22 hand-colored plates, including one fold-out and title page, with illustrations by Thackeray. Contemporary calf with rebacking. Some dryness and cracking around the perimeter of the boards, with this being more pronounced by joints where also chipping and staining. Clean generally within.
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Narodnyy Tanets
by Tkachenko, T.
Moscow: Godudarstvennoye Izdatelstvo, 1954. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. 26.5 by 21 cm. 681, [3] pp. With seventeen color plates depicting folk dances in traditional costume.
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To Her Royal Highness, the Princess Amelia, This Book Representing the Birth-Day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers Cut by a Lady
by Tomkins, P.W. [Peltro William Tomkins]
London: I. Girtin, 1796. First Edition. Wraps. Cloth spine. Custom quarter morocco clamshell box. Near Fine or Fine. Utterly charming tale told in seven pictures of a little girl mothering a doll. Oblong 8vo. 21 by 28.5 cm. Takes us through the day the doll is received as the princess play-acts as the mother or caregiver to the doll. Engraved title, followed by seven engraved plates. Each of the plates has a decorative surround. The title is bounded... Read More
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The Life & Art of Henry Fuseli with 267 plates 13 in colour
by Tomory, Peter
London: Thames and Hudson, 1972. Hardcover. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to. 30 by 21.5 cm. 255 pp. But for some light fox marks on the fore-edge, very light edge wear of the lower edges, and a few light pencil check marks (and one short note) on the Bibliography pages, this is a Fine copy. The DJ has light dusty soiling on the rear, a very short closed tear there, and browning at its fold. Still very well preserved and... Read More
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Max The Mouse who Made the Met
by Tom Yakutis (1929 - 2002)
This is an early home-made book by an eighteen year old (or 17) Tom Yakutis, who went on to a highly successful career as an animator. His later credits include Popeye (1978 - 1981), Challenge of the SuperFriends, and many stints as director, designer, or artist on episodes of such beloved cartoons as the Jetsens, the Flintstones, etc. He began his career at Disney and worked at many of the major animation studios subsequently, including Hanna and Barbera, Warner... Read More
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Laid Poulet (les poulets)
by Topor, Roland
Paris: Chez Yves Rivière, 1978. Limited First Edition. Wraps. Fine. 12mo. 145 by 93 mm. Unpaginated, 32 leaves, including title and colophon, all with color illustrations by Topor, printing only on rectos. A book of oblique rebuses, many incorporating letters in the illustration and/or solution. The drawings have a whimsicality, and could be categorized as surrealistic without accompanying angst. Colorful and fun. A touch of soiling on the blue wraps. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy. ... Read More
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Inscribed Photograph of Arturo Toscanini, Christmas 1944
by Toscanini, Arturo
1944. Near Fine. The four line inscription beneath a large photo of the great conductor is written and signed by Arturo Toscanini and dated Natale 1944, which is Christmas, 1944. The photo is large, measuring 19 by 16.5 cm, not counting margins or the space below with the inscription. Including the matting, the object is 37.5 by 28 cm. We don't know to whom the inscription was dedicated, and part of the cursive script is utterly indecipherable to... Read More
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Sanju-rokkasen [36 Immortals of Poetry]
by Toshikata
1893. Cloth on boards. Very Good. 35 by 24 cm. 38 color plates, including title, which is double paged. Genre scenes -- depictions of daily life in Japan, of people from all walks of life. Helpfully a prior owner created small cards with English translations of the picture titles. These are loose but all present. Some scattered light foxing. Moderate wear to fabric of binding. A tape repair to inside of binding, front board. Still, the images are... Read More
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Le Roy Soleil
by Toudouze, Gustave
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie, 1904. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Leloir, Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 92 pp. Lavishly illustrated, luscious, folio sized (14.75 by 11.75 inches) children's and/or young adult biography, part of series of such covering monarchs and towering figures of French history, this being of Louis XIV, the "Sun King". Virtually every other page has bright color illustrations, some illustrations cover two pages, and some are underlay to... Read More
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La Sultane Daoulah
by Toussaint, Franz
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1923. First Editiion. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thomas, A. H.. 8vo. Limited edition, #320 of 950. 230 pp. Four brightly colored plates (like pochoir) illustrate the text. Original wraps bound into gorgeous full mottled calf binding, with four raised bands on spine, four pages of lush marbled paper both in the front and rear, and exquisite dentelle work around borders of inside boards. Exotic tales of Arab world is set off throughout by Islamic ornamentation, the... Read More
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Lits & Sommiers Métalliques. Meubles de Jardins. Album No. 6
by Rey & Tramblay
Montpelier, 1926. Hardcover. Fair. 1920s. 4to. 32 by 24.5 cm. 61 pp. (Plus single sheet price list and two 12 page price lists, all slightly smaller in size.) Most of the pages have color pictures of brass and metal beds, including canopy beds and bassinets, and four pages devoted to other garden furnishings -- folding chairs, benches, small or incidental tables, tray tables, racks. With the color component, this is a most handsome catalogue. No copies found on... Read More
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Sammelband Bilderbögen
by Trautner, Joh. [Johann] [Junger, or Jr.]
Nürnberg: Trautner. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on slightly limp boards. Very Good. Early depiction of General Washington in Germany -- possibly the first such. N.d., circa late 1780s. (We can date these generally to the late 1780s because Frederick the Great's death in 1786 is noted but Joseph II is still presented as alive, but he died in early 1790.) Folio, 32 by 20 cm. 33 pages with mounted content, including 15 double paged plates measuring 32 by 38.5... Read More
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Die Weisse Rose
by Traven, B.
Berlin: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1933. 206 pp. Discreet repair to lower spine. Tight and clean inside. Some soiling of boards.
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