Wine and Wine Countries; A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers
by Charles Tovey
London: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1862. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. A solid, presentable copy of the 1862 1st edition. Tight and VG in its pebbled, blindstamped, olive-green cloth, with still mostly-bright gilt-titling along the spine. 2 very small paper-stains to the panels, light splotching and soiling along the rear panel. Still though very presentable. Internally, minor soiling at the rear pastedown, mild spotting to the preliminaries, small, neat former owner name at the top of the title page.... Read More
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The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York -- From the Beginnings of New England Through the Early Days of the Republic
by R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower
Garden City, Long Island: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1925. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful marbled boards. And in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. "Illustrated with many elegant plates" (a number of them in rich color).
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Dinsmore's Thirty Miles Around New York, by Railroad, Stage, Steamboat, Express and Telegraph: or, How to Get in and out of the Metropolis; Comprising the Name of Every City, Town, Village, Hamlet, Hotel and Country Seat of Note, Place of Resort, Public Work and Institution, within Thirty Miles of the New York City Hall
by Compiled and Edited by T. Towndrow
1856. The uncommon 1856 1st edition of one of the great early surveys of New York City and its environs, with 2 large fold-out maps in addition to many full-page engravings and hand-colored maps. Bound (in a contemporary-to-the-period 1/4 leather over dark boards) with the 1855 1st edition of "Springs, Water-Falls, Sea-Bathing Resorts, and Mountain Scenery of The United States and Canada; Giving an Analysis of the Principal Mineral Springs with a Brief Description of the Most Fashionable Water-Places,... Read More
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The Glass Room
by Mary Towne
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY MARY TOWNE on the half-title, A very sharp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1972 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely-illustrated by Richard Cuffari. Signed by Author.
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First Annual Report of the Forest Commission of the State of New York, For the Year 1885
by Townsend Cox, Commissioner
Albany, NY: The State of New York, 1886. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon maiden annual report (1885) of New York State's Forest Commission. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with light wear and spotting along the top-edges and the fore-edges. Internally very sharp, with no writing or markings to speak of. Tipped-in strip at the front free endpaper ("Compliments of Townsend Cox, Commissioner"). Octavo, also includes large fold-out color map ("Map of the Adirondack Plateau Showing the... Read More
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The Motor Way: My Travels Through Europe By Motor In 1925
by Jane A. Tracy
Jane A. Tracy. Uncommon travel journal by American Jane A. Tracy recording her extensive travels through Europe (BY CAR) in 1925. Privately published by the author, printed by the Rumford Press of Concord, New Hampshire. 1/4 dark cloth over bevelled beige boards. Including mounted photo of vintage car (likely the one used on Jane Tracy's journey) at the front panel. Light soiling and rubbing to the boards, a degree of scratching to the photo. Lovely former owner bookplate (vintage)... Read More
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Photographs of Architecture
by Philip Trager
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY PHILIP TRAGER on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the panel edges and one small chip (smaller than a dime) at the spine. Square quarto, crisp reproductions of Trager's highly-skillful black-and-white photography thruout.
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Philip Trager: New York (The Signed/Limited, in Slipcase)
by Philip Trager
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1980. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. The 1980 signed/limited. #31 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY PHILIP TRAGER at the limitation. FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY IS ALSO WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PHILIP TRAGER on the title page. (It's lacking "the original photograph printed and signed by the photographer" though). Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. And housed in a sturdy, very clean example of the chocolate-brown, linen slipcase. Foreword by the redoubtable Louis Auchincloss.... Read More
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Making Mother Happy (In Dustjacket)
by Bertha Baldwin Tralle
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1927. Mary LaFetra Russell. The 1927 1st edition of this lovely children's tale, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and VG to VG+ (very light soiling at the spine) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends and the tips, and a bit of mild creasing and offsetting to the rear panel's edges. Still though, very presentable and uncommon as such, in the fragile dustjacket. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated... Read More
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Odes of Anacreon
by , Trans
Hugh Maxwell, Philadelphia, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition, 1804. In its original brown calf with modest flaking along upper edges of the front panel, minor fraying to outer hinges and a bit of rubbing to the spine and a small amount of scufffing to the back panel. 12mo, 301 pgs. A solid VG- and nicely-preserved. 2 beautiful engraved portraits of Thomas Moore on the verso and Anacreon, the 1st century BC poet, on the recto by David Edwin.... Read More
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A Book of Old Irish Monastic Prayer Poems (8thC.--12thC.)
by Translations, Design and Illustrations by Malachi McCormick
New York: The Stone Street Press, 1986. Wrappers. Fine. A lovely copy of this 1986 fine press poetry offering. #428 OF 495 COPIES OF THIS STATED 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT, who translated, designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its hand-sewn beige wrappers.
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The Pleasures of Irish Nature Poetry (9th-18th C.)
by Translations, Design and Illustrations by Malachi McCormick
New York: The Stone Street Press, 1984. Wrappers. Fine. Malachi McCourt. A lovely copy of this 1984 fine press poetry offering. SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT, who translated, designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-green hand-sewn wrappers.
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Night Vision
by Tomas Transtromer
London Magazine Editions, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1972 1st UK edition and 1st English language edition in its less common hardback. Translated from its original Swedish by the poet Robert Bly. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the edges. An early work by the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in literature.
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I'm a Little Teapot
by Iza Trapani
Dallas, TX: Whispering Coyote Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Iza Trapani. WONDERFULLY SIGNED BY IZA TRAPANI (AND INCLUDING ORIGINAL ARTWORK NEXT TO HER SIGNATURE). A pristine copy to boot of the 1996 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine example of the printed glassine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the author herself.
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A Synopsis of the Diseases of the Eye, and Their Treatment (With 3 Hand-Colored Plates)
by Benjamin Travers
New York and Philadelphia: E. Bliss and E. White, and H.C. Carey (NY), I. Lea (Philly), 1825. 1/4 leather. Very Good +. The 1825 1st American edition, "from the 3rd London edition", of this seminal, early 19th century study of "the diseases of the eye". Written by Benjamin Travers, "surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital" (London) and including "notes and addtions by Edward Delafield, M.D., surgeon to the New York Eye Infirmary, and Lecturer on Dieases of the Eye".... Read More
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Sam. Foote, Comedian (1720-1777)
by Simon Trefman
New York University Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR SIMON TREFMAN in pencil on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1971 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with minor scuffing and rubbing to the panels and several very small closed tears along their edges. A number of full-page illustrations (mostly capturing Foote in performance) complementing the scholarly text.
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Space Calculated in Seconds: The Philips Collection, Le Corbusier, Edgar Varese
by Marc Treib
Princeton University Press, 1996. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 282 pgs., richly-illustrated thruout. Music analysis by Richard Feliciano.
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The Wind and Peter
by Alvin Tresselt
New York: Oxford University Press, 1948. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. Garry MacKenzie. The 1948 1st edition of this pretty "Oxford Book for Boys and Girls". Solid and VG (with light soiling at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear to the front panel's top-edge. 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout by Garry MacKenzie.
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Practical Directions for Armature and Field-Magnet Winding
by Edward Trevert
Lynn, MA: Bubier Publishing Co, 1892. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1892 1st edition. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with light soiling at the front panel and mild rubbing and scuffing to the rear panel. 16mo, handsome steel engravings throughout. (Continung from the title page: "Containing Working Directions for Winding Dynamos and Motors, with Additional Descriptions of Some Apparatus Made by the Several Leading Electric Companies in the United States"). Charming ads at the rear of... Read More
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Apollodoros the Son of Pasion
by Jeremy Trevett
Oxford University Press, 1992. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1992 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 209 pgs.
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The Old Boys
by William Trevor
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. A bright, presentable copy of the 1964 true 1st edition of William Trevor's 2nd published book (following his 1958 "A Standard of Behaviour"). Solid and VG+ (light spotting and soiling along the edges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with one smal closed tear at the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, dustjackjet design by Charles Raymond.
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The Most Excellent Historie of MacHamlet Hys Handycap or As You Swipe It
by Paul Triefus
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd, 1922. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. Sidney Rogerson. The 1922 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial beige boards, with small, neat former owner inscription at the front pastedown and one light stain to the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Sidney Rogerson.
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Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason from Mother Goose
by Mother Goose (Compiled by Wallace Tripp)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1976. Pictorial cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Wallace Tripp. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (light spotting at the pictorial cloth) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping along the flap-folds and the rear panel's top-edge. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated in color by Wallace Tripp.
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Bruin Furryball in the Puppet Theatre
by Trnka-Menzel
London: Andrew Dakers, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. A handsome copy of this wonderful children's puppet book, "designed and produced by Artia" of Czechoslovakia. Circa 1950. VG in its pictorial boadrs, with light scuffing to the panels and tender (but still perfectly sturdy) front hinge. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout in rich color.
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The Claverings (2 Vols.)
by Anthony Trollope
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. The 1867 true 1st edition, in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG in a contermporary-to-the-period half-calf over chocolate-brown boards. Light wear at the tips and along the hinges, light scuffing to the spine and wear at the spine ends. Intermittent foxing as well to the text. Still though, well-preserved and very presentable. Octavos, 622 pgs. all told, 15 of the 16 engraved plates present.
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