Kachi-Kachi Yama
by Thomson, David, transl
Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1885. Wraps. Very good. Japanerse Fairy Tales No. 15. Plain paper edition, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout with color woodcuts, silk ties. One corner has been beautifully restored else this is a very good copy.
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The 2 Little Injuns
by (Thomson, Peter G.)
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1883. Wraps. Very good plus. Thin folio (9 by 11 inches). 10 leaves, including the wrappers. Illustrated through in full color of two shade chromolithograph. The leaves appear to have been guarded at an early date, with a new spine and a lower corner repair with the same card used for the spine. Ownership name on the front cove margin. One page lacks marginal corner else this is in very good condition with light... Read More
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Cape Cod
by Thoreau, Henry D.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (6),252pp. followed by 24pp publisher's catalog dated December 1864. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine title, and with the boards blocked in blind. Chocolate coated endpaper. Spine tips and corners worn, cloth rubbed, spine and inner hinges neatly mended, else a very good copy. BAL20115. .
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Scrap Book of Proofs and Original Etchings for 'Candide'
by Tice, Clara
n.p.: n.p., 1927. Hardcover. Folio-sized scrap book of light brown laid paper over boards, pages tied by three ribbons to the boards. Paste-ons to the upper board and front pastedown on silver card with hand-lettering identifying it as the Clara TIce Scrap Book of Engravers Proofs of 10 printed illustrations and 18 hand colored original etchings, each signed by Tice. There are also two paste-on of what appear to be original drawings likely by Tice herself. The etchings are... Read More
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Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys
by (Tobin, Edgar)
San Antonio: n.p., 1929. Wraps. Very good. Oblong folio. Printed stiff orange wraps. Printed introductory page followed by nineteen stiff pages with mounted original photographs. The photographs range in size form 6½ by 8 to 7½ by 9 inches. Some are of testimonial letters the rest are pictures of the Tobin shops and labs, aerial photographs of Texas, and one of the dirigible "Los Angeles" flying over San Antonio. Covers soiled and worn else this is in very... Read More
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Sir Gawain & The Green Knight
by Tolkien, J. R. R., and E. V. Gordon
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Corners and spine tips with light wear, else this is a very good copy. It is remarkable free from underlining or notes so often seen in this title. Seldom found in such nice shape. The errata slip is present at page vii. .
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A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland
by Tomkinson, G. S.
First Edition Club, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to, pp. xxiv, [2], 238; 28 facsimiles. Llinen-backed blue paper-covered boards, morocco label on spine, t.e.g. A near fine copy with light wear at corners and edges. Bibliography and notes on 82 presses both in England and America. One of 100 copies. .
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All Our Yesterdays
by Tomlinson, H. M.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 539pp. eige buckram block in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Percy Smith. Ribbon marker. Trace of foxing on the fore edge else this is a fine copy in a very good publisher's slipcase. One of 1025 copies signed by the author and numbered. This is copy 22. .
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A Confederacy of Dunces
by Toole, John Kennedy
Baton Rouge: Lousiana State University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 3rd printing. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and show the price of $12.95 and the Chicago Sun-Times blurb on the rear panel. A trace of creasing and soil near the upper spine tip, else is near fine. .
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Peplus Italiae; Cryptae Massiliacensis Topographia
by Toscano, Giovanni Matteo
Lutetiae (Paris): Fédéric Morel, 1578. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. (16),118,(8 blanks). Recent full brown leather spine in six compartments, gilt; antique marbled paper in a non-pareil design inlaid on the boards; double marbled endpapers. A fine copy. With Toscano's tribute to Marcilhac-sur-Célé, the Cryptae Massiliacensis Topographia, present at pp. 119-124. In Latin Blank pages at the end, apparently added later, are an index of authors in a contemporary hand. One leaf seems to be excised. ... Read More
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Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c
by Townsend, John K.
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (8)-352pp. Half green leather, spine in six compartments, gilt, marbled paper boards and endpapers in a non-pareil design. Occasional light foxing else a fine copy, with only light rubbing to the binding. Howes T319, Wagner-Camp 79 -1. .
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Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp Pantomime Toybook
by (Pantomime Toybook)
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Aladdin as described in the text and as a stage production. Light... Read More
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Cinderella
by (Pantomime Toybook)
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Cinderella as described in the text and as a stage production. Light... Read More
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Dyes Made in America 1915-1980: The Calco Chemical Company, American Cyanamid, and the Raritan River
by Travis, Anthony S.
Jerusalem: The Hexagon Press, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo. xiv,582pp. Glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated. Index. A fine copy. Inscribed: "To Herb, with best wishes, Tony Travis, 12 July 2004." Issued without dustwrapper.
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Annales Sex Regum Angliae, Qui a Comitibus Andegavensibus Originam Traxerunt (A.D. M.C.XXXVI.-M.CCC.VII); Ad FIdem Codicum Manuscriptorum Recensuit Thomas Hog
by Triveti, F. Nicholai (Nicholas Trivet)
Londini: Sumptibus Societatis, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. xxxiii,(1),434pp. Vellum paper boards. English Historical Society Publication. The author was a Dominican friar and an English Anglo-Norman Chronicler. His most noted work is the Annales,an important historical source for the period between 1135 and 1307, containing a specially valuable account of the reign of Edward I, who was his contemporary. They also are considered an important source for the reign of Stephen, as well as the Plantagenets... Read More
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The Family Dyer and Scourer: Being a Complete Treatise on the Arts of Dyeing and Cleaning ...
by Tucker, William
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1831. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition, revised and corrected. xvi,(1),123pp. preceded by 12pp publisher's catalogue. Contemporary red cloth spine, gray boards, printed title label. Index. A fairly comprehensive (for the period) guide to dyeing and cleaning nearly every kind of cloth article "whether made of flax, silk, cotton, wool, or hair". Lightly foxed, as is typical for the period, edges of label perished, some wear to edges else a very good... Read More
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Twain, Mark; Barry Moser
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Barry Moser.. Folio. One of 350 copiesl this is copy number 56. signed by Moser. Bound in full green morocco by Gray Parrot, gilt spine title and gilt decoration on the boards. Paste-paper endpapers. Printed on Mohawk Letterpress in Centaur and Arrighi hand composition by P. Chase Twitchell. Title page calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge. Forward by Henry Nash Smith. Issued in commemoration of the centenary of the... Read More
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The Clock Winder
by Tyler, Anne
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 8vo. Green cloth. Gilt titles on spine and upper board. The cloth is lightly faded from age else this is a fine copy. Stated first edition The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is lightly darkened, ore so on the spine, else in near fine condition. Author's fourth book, and not easy to find in nice condition .
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Twelve Woodcut Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture
by Utamaro, Kitagawa
San Francisco: Book Club of California; Grabhorn Press, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. [i-xiv] [1-22] pp. Quarter parchment with green and light-green decorated paper boards, title in gilt on spine, title-page in black, green and yellow, opening initial letter of the introductory essay in green and yellow, twelve numbered color plates (not included in pagination) from the collection of Edwin and Irma Grabhorn. Finely printed letterpress in handset Goudy Modern type, machine made paper. One of... Read More
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Select Pieces of Early Popular Poetry: Re-published Principally from Early Printed Copies in the Black Letter
by Utterson, Edward Vernon
London: T. Davison for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo. Half leather, marbled paper boards and endpapers. Spines with gilt titles. Top edges gilt. Contains: Syr Tryamour, Syr Isenbras, Syr Degore, Syr Gowghter, The Hye Way to the Spyttell Hous, The Schole House of Women, The Defence of Women, The Proude Wyues Pater Noster and The Wife Lapped in Morels Skin. The first couple... Read More
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Le Patriarcale Basilica Lateranense Illustrata per cura di Agostino Valentini, Descritta da Filippo Gerardi
by Valentini, Agostino; Filippo Gerardi
Roma (Rome): Agostino Valentini, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large folio 13 by 19 inches. Two volumes in one. Separate engraved title pages to each volume. Complete with 56 full page engraved plates in volume 1 and 80 full page engraved plates in volume 2. Notable for its very large linear engravings which provide extensive coverage of the numerous sculptures and wall paintings in the interior of the building, as well as ground plans and perspective views. Gerardi’s... Read More
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The "Canary" Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
by Van Dine, S. S.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 8vo. x,(2),343,(1) pp. plus advertisement for the Benson Murder Case. Black cloth printed in green. A near fine copy. The dustwrapper is first state, with "Taxicab" listed on the rear flap and the closing quotes on the upper panel extending beyond the 'E' of 'CASE'. It is not price clipped, but is rough along the top edge. .
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The Story of the Other Wise Man
by Van Dyke, Henry; Enrico Monetti
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Printed in black, red and blue throughout with decorated initial letters and flourishes by Enrico Monetti, and with a full color full page frontispiece. Full nave morocco; spine in six compartments, gilt, gilt rules on the boards, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, decorated endpapers, for Bretano's probably by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Trace of rubbing but essentially a fine copy in a fine binding. . ... Read More
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Memoirs Of Don Juan Van Halen; Comprising The Narrative Of His Imprisonment In The Dungeons Of The Inquisition At Madrid. And Of His Escape, His Journey To Russia, His Campaign With The Army Of The Caucasus
by Van Halen, Don Juan
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo. xix,(1),380; xvi, (1), 496pp. Illustrated, including a large folding map of Georgia and the Caucasus. Contemporary full calf boards nicely rebacked, the spines tooled in blind and with lettering labels, gilt. Gilt dulled else a very good set. Palau 351701 .
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The Magical Wiritings of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes): A Verbatim Reprint of His First Four Treatises: Anthroposophia Theomagica, Anima Magica Abscondita, Magia Adamica, and the True Coelum Terrae
by Vaughan, Thomas; Arthur Edward Waite
London: George Redway, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xxxi(1), 164pp. Original tan bookcloth printed in red. The cloth is well worn, mostly along the edges and spine,else this is a very good copy with the textblock in near fine condition. Vaughan was a disciple of Cornelius Agrippa, His works were first published in the mid-seventeenth century. After the Restoration, he enjoyed the patronage of Sir Robert Moray, first president of the Royal Society. He accompanied... Read More
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