The Life and Works of Thomas Graham, D.C.L., F.R.S. Illustrated by 64 Unpublished letters
by [Thomas Graham] R. Angus Smith; J.J. Coleman [ed.]
Glasgow: John Smith & Sons, 1884. Very Good. Glasgow: John Smith & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); publisher's dark brown-black gilt- and blind-embossed cloth, yellow coated endpapers; vi,[7]-114pp.; mounted photographic portrait frontispiece. Cloth margins rubbed with small chip near spine crown, uneven browning to half title page, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary presentation ex libris from the Society of Apothecaries to front pastedown, as well as 20th century ex libris of the late chemist and... Read More
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The Three Wayfarers
by Thomas Hardy; William Cotton [illus.]
The Fountain Press: New York, 1930. Very Good. New York: The Fountain Press, 1930. Limited Edition, numbered 140 of 542 copies on colophon at back. Quarto (10" x 7.5"); 34pp. Four full-color illustrations including frontis, all present. Blue cloth-covered boards with red faux leather spine and gilt lettering. Publisher's printed slip on the play's prior printing and revision history laid in. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and more heavily down joints and at spine ends, with chipping to... Read More
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![Red Dragon [Artist Edition, Signed by Mowry]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/838/344/1767344838.0.l.jpg)
Red Dragon [Artist Edition, Signed by Mowry]
by Thomas Harris; Jason Mowry [illus.]
Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2020. Near Fine. Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2020. Artist Gift Edition, Limited to 1000 copies signed by Jason Mowry at colophon. Tall octavo; illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in gilt with spine label; illustrated endpapers; 393pp. Color plates, including William Blake's "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With The Sun" and the 14th Century diagram, "Wound Man." Two bookmarks laid in. Housed in publisher's embossed slipcase. Very light shelfwear to... Read More
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Hannibal Rising [Artist Edition, Signed by Bagshaw]
by Thomas Harris; Tom Bagshaw [illus.]
Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2023. Fine/Near Fine. Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2023. Publisher's Artist Edition, one of 1000 copies signed by Tom Bagshaw at colophon. Octavo; dust jacket with reversible wrap-around illustrations; full dark blue cloth with title label to spine; purple endpapers; 274pp. Color plates; publisher's bookmark laid in. Housed in original illustrated slipcase. Mild rubbing to dust jacket; tight in binding; a Near Fine copy.
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The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California
by Thomas Hardy; Thomas Pinney [ed. & intro.]; Robert Mondavi [fwd.]
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1994. Near Fine. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1994. Limited Edition of 450 unnumbered copies. Folio (32.5cm); [xxvi],64pp. Color photos & illus. Publisher's decorated boards with purple cloth spine and paper spine label. Housed in gray slipcase. Boards are sturdy and square with light rubbing at spine ends. Binding is tight and pages unmarked. Slipcase very lightly faded at edges but sturdy and solid with no splits. Publisher's prospectus... Read More
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![The Works of Thomas Hood [Six Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/593/259/1579259593.0.l.jpg)
The Works of Thomas Hood [Six Volume Set]
by Thomas Hood; Epes Sargent [ed.]
New York: George P. Putnam, 1862. Very Good+. New York: George P. Putnam, 1862. First American Edition. Six volumes; octavos; publisher's brown gilt-stamped cloth, marbed endpapers; engraved frontispiece at head of five volumes, four volumes with added engraved title pages, woodcut illus. throughout. Minor shelf wear mostly affecting spine ends, textblocks a shade toned, else a Very Good, quite brilliant set, uncommon in the publisher's cloth.
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A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina: Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1778
by Thomas Hutchins; Frederick Charles Hicks [ed.]
Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Very Good. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Limited Edition of 245 numbered copies, this being #14. Tall octavo. 143 pp. Black and white plates, complete; folding map to rear. Maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Boards lightly edgeworn and patchy discoloration to spine. Binding is sound. Smudging to endpapers; envelope housing for map at rear torn but present; pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good. Reprint of... Read More
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G.T.T. Gone to Texas: Letters From Our Boys
by Thomas Hughes [ed.]
London: Macmillan and Co, 1884. Very Good. London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 228 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Missing printer's notice on final page. Boards lightly worn along edges, corners bumped, and light spotting and scuffing. Binding is sound. Foxing to preliminaries but overall pages clean and unmarked. A series of letters dating from 1878 to 1883 describing life ranching and farming in Texas. [Basic Texas... Read More
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![Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd: Or, the Folly of their Teaching Discover'd, from their Books, Sermons, and Prayers: And some Remarks on Mr. Rule's late Vindication of the Kirk, Interspers'd with Some genuine Adventures, in Love &c. [with] English Presbyterian Eloquence: or, Dissenters Sayings Ancient and Modern](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/884/688/1582688884.0.l.jpg)
Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd: Or, the Folly of their Teaching Discover'd, from their Books, Sermons, and Prayers: And some Remarks on Mr. Rule's late Vindication of the Kirk, Interspers'd with Some genuine Adventures, in Love &c. [with] English Presbyterian Eloquence: or, Dissenters Sayings Ancient and Modern
by Jacob Curate [pseud. Gilbert Crokatt & John Monroe]; Lewis Thomas
London: Printed for J. Johnson in Rotterdam, and Sold by J. Cooper in the Fleet-Street / Printed for T. Bickerton, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row, 1738. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Johnson in Rotterdam, and Sold by J. Cooper in the Fleet-Street / Printed for T. Bickerton, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row, 1738 & 1722. Two octavo volumes. 152; 143 pp.; second volume lacking half title. Frontispiece. Bound in modern quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards; five... Read More
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Pembrokeshire
by Thomas Lloyd et al.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Very Good +/Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. First Edition. Thick, narrow octavo; publisher's leatherette in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 549pp.; thirty-two (32) leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, many in color, maps throughout text. Minor wear to jacket extremiites from handling, brief bubbling to rear jacket panel lamination, corners tapped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Forms part of the Buildings of Wales series.
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Protocol for a Kidnapping
by Oliver Bleeck [pseud. of Ross Thomas]
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1971. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; boards in cream paper and rouge cloth with white and black lettering to spine; 254pp. Jacket lightly shelfworn with bumping at spine ends, a bit of fading to spine, and some dust soiling to rear panel. Boards nudged at corners; spine cocked and bumped at ends. Scattered foxing to... Read More
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![Vetustiora Latinorum Scriptorium Chronica [Two Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/747/634/1640634747.0.l.jpg)
Vetustiora Latinorum Scriptorium Chronica [Two Volume Set]
by Thomas Roncallius [ed.]
Patavii [Padua]: Apud Jo. Baptistam, et Filios Penada, 1787. Very Good. Patavii [Padua]: Apud Jo. Baptistam, et Filios Penada, 1787. First Edition. Two volumes; large quartos (29cm.); contemporary parchment over block-printed paper-covered boards, tan gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled red; collated complete; text printed in double columns. Ex-St. Charles Seminary Library with spine shelf labels and rather extensive rubber-stamping throughout text blocks, parchment quite dust-soiled, boards a bit scuffed at margins, else a Very Good, internally fresh... Read More
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Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films
by Thomas Weisser and Yuko Mihara Weisser; Naomi Tan [intro.]
Miami, FL: Vital Books Inc. / Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 1998. Very Good-. Miami, FL: Vital Books Inc. / Asian Cult Cinema Publications, [1998]. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's black photo-illustrated card wrappers; 637pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. Wrappers rather rubbed, spine creased, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Comprehensive guide to the Japanese sex film genre with a bilingual introduction by S&M film star Naomi Tani, promising that this is "an indispensable... Read More
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Dorothy Thompson's Political Guide: A Study of American Liberalism and Its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States
by Dorothy Thompson
New York: Stackpole Sons, 1938. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Stackpole Sons, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); publishers cloth in original dust jacket retaining $1.25 price; 120pp. Dust jacket worn on edges with some small chips and tears. Boards bumped on corners with some shelfwear. Binding sound. Top edge foxed. Some underlining in light pencil on first few pages and eraser mark on top edge of front free endpaper. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.... Read More
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![The Works of Francis Thompson [Vols. I & II: Poems / Vol. III: Prose]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/726/087/1486087726.0.l.jpg)
The Works of Francis Thompson [Vols. I & II: Poems / Vol. III: Prose]
by Francis Thompson
London: Burns & Oates Ltd, 1913. Very Good. London: Burns & Oates Ltd, 1913. First Edition. Three volumes; octavo; full contemporary polished calf by Riviere, gilt-tooled margins, gilt spines in six compartments with crimson and tan spine labels, marbled endpapers; engraved portrait frontispieces (tissue-guards). Leather rather rubbed and dried at margins, small loss at spine crown of Vol. I, raised bands scuffed and front joint of Vol. III starting; internally sound, with light foxing and finger-soil to preliminaries,... Read More
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The Prison Bard: or Poems on Various Subjects
by George Thompson
Hartford, [CT]: Printed by William H. Burleigh, 1848. Very Good. Hartford, [CT]: Printed by William H. Burleigh, 1848. First Edition. Octavo. 215pp. Bound in contemporary black leather spine over navy speckled paper-covered boards with "Prison Bard" in gilt to spine; peach endpapers. Boards worn with exposure to edges and general scuffing. Binding sound. Contemporary female ownership inscription to preliminaries; spotting and toning to pages but overall unmarked and legible throughout. A Very Good copy of this collection of... Read More
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Military Assistance: An Operational Perspective
by William H. Mott IV; W. Scott Thompson
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. Very Good. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. 360 pages. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No. 170 in the Contributions to Military Studies series. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A touch of shelfwear to boards. Sturdy and square in binding. Pages unmarked. A very good, sound copy of a scarce title.
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I Was That Masked Man [Signed]
by Clayton Moore; Frank Thompson
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1996. First Edition. Signed by Moore with inscription "To Lisa," to front free endpaper. Octavo. 266 pp. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Red boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with some slight chipping. Boards roughly worn along edges with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone. A biographical sketch, with documentary testimony, translations of the original papers of the inventor, and contemporary publications
by Silvanus P. Thompson
London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1883. Very Good. London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1883. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth, brown glazed endpapers; ix,[1],182,[15](ads)pp.; engraved frontispiece and two leaves of plates bound in rear, text illus. throughout. Moderate wear to cloth margins, old private library spine label, hairline crack to rear hinge; Very Good and sound overall. Ownership ex libris to front pastedown of the English electrical engineer Alfred Still (1869-1963) and the later... Read More
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Chronicles of the Great Rebellion Against the United States of America. Being a concise record and digest of the events connected with the struggle--civil, political, military and naval--with the dates, victories, losses and results--embracing the period between April 23, 1860, and October 31, 1865
by Thompson Westcott [attr.]
Philadelphia: A. Winch, 1867. Good. Philadelphia: A. Winch, [1867]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth, brown glazed endpapers; 136pp.; text in double columns. Margins quite rubbed at extremities, top quarter of spine cloth missing with additional smaller loss at spine foot and rather extensive exposure at corners, textblock uniformly toned, ownership signature of a member of the U.S. Army to front flyleaf and title page with their occasional manuscript checkmarks throughout. A Good copy overall, exceptionally hard... Read More
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![A Dying Fall [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/901/963/1656963901.0.l.jpg)
A Dying Fall [Signed]
by June Thomson
London: Constable & Company, 1985. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Constable & Company, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 224pp. Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine in publisher's unclipped illustrated dust jacket (£7.95). Jacket generally scuffed with light scratches, bumping to margins, and sticker residue to front panel top corner. Boards lightly rubbed and scuffed with minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Edges foxed. Pages clean. A Very Good or better... Read More
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Recollections and Reflections
by J.J. Thomson
New York: Macmillan Company, 1937. Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth, grayish topstain; viii,[2],451pp.; portrait frontispiece, nine leaves of halftone plates. Corners bumped, spine gilt a bit flaky, ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Memoirs of the physicist J.J. Thomson (1856-1940), awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 after discovering the... Read More
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![The Writings of Henry David Thoreau with Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes [Riverside Edition] [Eleven Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/924/844/1740844924.0.l.jpg)
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau with Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes [Riverside Edition] [Eleven Volume Set]
by Henry David Thoreau
Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1894. Very Good. Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1894. First Collected Edition. Eleven volumes; octavos (20cm); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt. Light shelf wear, textblocks a bit foxed and toned, most volumes with the contemporary pictorial ex libris of a J.M. Perret to front pastedowns with offsetting to facing leaf, else a Very Good, bright and sound set. The first... Read More
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Vision and Rhetoric in Shakespeare: Looking Through Language
by Alison Thorne
London: MacMillan Press, 2000. Very Good/Very Good. London: MacMillan Press, 2000. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (22.2cm); illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; xvi,290pp; b&w illus. Jacket shelfworn with a few scratches and impressions to front panel, some general dust-soiling, and sticker residue over UPC on rear. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends. A couple pages towards rear creased from hasty closure. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Not... Read More
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Cutter and Bone
by Newton Thornburg
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. Very Good +/Very Good +. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (21.5 cm); publisher's white illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($8.95); boards quarter bound in two thicknesses of black paper with silver stamping on spine and blind stamping on front; endsheets bright red; [viii],313pp. Jacket edgeworn with a closed tear at top rear and and small chip at tail, along with some general light toning and smudging. Boards... Read More
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