Excursions
by Henry D. Thoreau
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1863 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its dark-green, bevelled cloth, with still-bright gilt-titling along the spine and blindstamped bordering and devices at the panels. Just a bit of light wear along the spine crown, else very sharp. Small, neat 1889 inscription at the top of the front free endpaper, (same) former owner name to the top of the title... Read More
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Dogs: An album of drawings
by Diana Thorne
New York: Julian Messner, 1944. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Benjamin Rabier. A very solid copy of this 1944 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine base and the lower front tip, and several small closed tears along the panel edges. Folio, wonderful collection of drawings (almost all in rich color), lovingly executed by Diana Thorne.
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Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One
by Edward O. Thorp
New York: Blaisdell Publishing Company (Random House), 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The uncommon 1962 correct 1st edition, the stated 1st edition, of this classic in "blackjack" strategy, published by Blaisdell of New York. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), VG+ dustjacket, with one small chip and several tiny closed tears along the uper edges and mild soiling at the panels. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of.... Read More
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Laws of Connecticut Relating to Intoxicating Liquors, Gambling, Duties of Officials. Etc.
by Compiled by S.P. Thrasher
New Haven: The Citizens' Law and Order League of Connecticut, 1894. Cloth. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1894 1st edition of this late 19th century piece of Connecticut "temperance" literature. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. Light soiling and spotting to the panels, clean as could be internally, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo, also takes on gambling, the corruptibility of state officials, etc.... Read More
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Les Quatre Graveurs du Mans
by Paul Entenac et Emmanuel de Thubert
Paris: Editions de la Douce France, 1922. Original wraps. Very Good. Aristide Maillol. #127 of 400 copies issued in this original 1922 limitation out of Paris. Crisp and VG in its off-white wrappers, with light soiling to the panels. Lovely woodcuts and woodblock flourishes throughout by the French sculptor and painter Aristide Maillol (1861-1944).
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A Thurber Garland (In the Publisher's Original Box)
by Jmes Thurber
London: Hamilton Hamish, 1955. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. James Thurber. A handsome copy of the 1955 1st edition, housed in the publisher's uncommon pictorial box. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. Oblong 12mo. 28 drawings by Thurber which orginally appeared in The New Yorker, here collected with a Foreword by Thurber and issued as a keepsake by his English publisher, Hamilton Hamish. There was no equivalent American edition; Hamilton Hamish issued "A Thurber Garland" without a... Read More
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The Crooked & Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston 1630-1822
by Annie H. Thwing
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1920. 1/4 cloth. Very Good. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-brown boards over 1/4 dark cloth. Mild wear along the tips (notably the rear panel's upper tip), light scuffing and creasing at the rear panel. Octavo, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Includes 24 full-page illustrations and 7 fold-out maps. Several lines about the book from a former owner inconspicuously at the rear endpaper.
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Urban Romantic: The Photographs of George Tice
by George Tice
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1982. Cloth. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY GEORGE TICE on the half-title. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1982 1st trade edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Tice's wonderful black-and-white photography thruout.
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Paterson
by George A. Tice
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. SIGNED BY GEORGE TICE along the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Tight and Near Fine (small, neat former owner bindstamp at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bot of light soiling along the panels. Square quarto, superb black-and-white photos throughout, reminiscent of the urban... Read More
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Shaft
by Ernest Tidyman
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An exceptional copy of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($4.95), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of slight fading to the 'S' in "Shaft" along the front panel. Octavo, the original title that inspired the Richard Roundtree film and spawned the "Shaft" franchise.
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A Boy Named John
by Ruth & Roland Tiemann
New York: The Platt & Munk Co, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Ruth & Roland Tiemann. The 1948 1st edition of this charming children's book exploring the name "John" around the world. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with wear along the flap-folds and chipping to the panel edges (including the spine crown). Still though, a very preentable copy. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Ruth & Roland Tiemann.
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Dwards and Jesters in Art
by E. Tietze-Conrat
London: Phaidon Publishers, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1957 1st UK edition, translated from the original German. A clean, well-preserved copy. Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket with one very small closed tear near the spine crown. Quarto, 111 pgs., including 90 illustrations.
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A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois
by Christina Holmes Tillson
Chicago: The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.), 1919. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1919 1st thus. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-rule and design at the front panel and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Very light wear at the spine ends, a touch of light scuffing to the panels. Decorative former owner bookplate as well to the front pastedown, his neat signature opposite at the front free endpaper. 16mo,... Read More
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Along the Malibu
by Reeves D. Templeman (Editor/Publisher of The Malibu Times)
The Malibu Times, 1972. Decorative Wrappers. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR REEVES TEMPLEMAN along the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 stated 1st printing of this uncommon history of Malibu, California. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its decorated wrappers, with just a touch of light wear and curling along the lower-tips. Quarto, wonderful snippets gleaned from The Malibu Times over the years, followed by dozens of black-and-white photographs at the... Read More
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The Hippies: Who They Are/Where They Are/Why They Act That Way/How They May Affect Our Society
by The Correspondents of TIME
New York: Time Incorporated, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition, in its uncommon original hardback. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel and a small, neat ink notation (3 lines) along the top of the rear panel. Octavo, edited by Joe David Brown. With 16 pages of color and black-and-white photos supplementing the text.
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Justice Mexican Style or Should You Drive in Mexico
by Wm. L. Timmons
El Paso, TX: Self-published, 1970. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon re-issue, circa 1970, of this well-researched, well-documented warning to American drivers concerning driving in Mexico. The author makes very clear he has no bone to pick with the country or the people of Mexico (as he notes, he and his wife seriously considered moving there in the mid 1960s); rather, it's the rampant corruption within the seemingly arbitrary traffic laws (or lack thereof) he's trying to warn... Read More
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The Graphic Art of Edvard Munch
by Werner Timm
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1972 second US edition, translated from the original German. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 314 pgs. Internally immaculate as well.
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Beautiful Thoughts
by Tiny Tim
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1969. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Frazier-Haugue. Wonderful 1969 Tiny Tim meditation. Presumed 1st edition, though no edition is stated. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with fading along the spine. 12mo, nicely illustrated thoughout (including pasted-on collage work) by Frazier-Haugue.
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La Petite Jeanne Pale (Suivi de La Petite Sirene du Pont des Arts)
by Jean de Tinan
Paris: Editions Leo Delteil, 1922. Original wraps. Near Fine. Edouard Chimot. A very sharp copy of this 1922 1st edition, with 8 original erotic etchings, each in 2 states (black & white and hand-colored). One of only 125 copies on Hollande de Van Gelder paper. A 4-line inscription by the artist Edouard Chimot to Madeleine Jouffreau at the foot of the limitation page. Clean and Near Fine in its printed, off-white wrappers. Quarto, deckled fore and bottom-edges, "Illustre... Read More
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The Cult of the Gaucho and the Creation of a Literature
by Edward Larocque Tinker
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1947 reprint of the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, for October, 1947. VG in its beige wrappers, with very light scuffing at the front panel. Octavo, 42 pgs.
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The Story of Oklahoma (With Publisher's Ephmera)
by Lon Tinkle
New York: Random House, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A very impressive copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the endpapers) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Ocavo, nicely illustrated thoughout by Lorence Bjorklund. Also includes a signed letter from Random House, addressed to Lorence Bjorklund, discussing the rates and financial terms of... Read More
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Tacitus and the Tacitean Tradition
by T.J. Luce and A.J. Woodman, eds
Princeton University Press, 1993. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 205 pgs. Fine.
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AMPER&AND
by T.L. Kryss & R. Wolter, Eds
San Francisco, 1969. Original wraps. Very Good. The March 1969 printing of "AMPERS&ND", an impressive poetry journal with contributions from Charles Bukowski, Doug Blazek, T.L. Kryss, D.r. Wagner, etc. Tight and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with even offsetting along the spine (where a plastic binder had once been). Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind.
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Basketball Officiating
by Dave Tobey
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1943. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. An unusually crisp copy of the 1943 1st edition. Part of the wonderful "Barnes Dollar Sports Library". Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with fading along the spine and just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, a significantly above-average copy, elusive in this condition. Octavo, dozens of black-and-white photos and diagrams complementing the text.... Read More
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Hosie's Zoo
by Tobias, Hosea, Lucretia and Lisa Baskin
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Leonard Baskin. SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling along the rear panel. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Leonard Baskin.
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