Out On The Rim (Uncorrected Bound Manuscript)
by Thomas, Ross
New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 419 pp.. Solid Bound Manuscript. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild edge-wear and a touch of toning to the spine. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Cast a Yellow Shadow
by Thomas, Ross
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256p. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for by Morrow prior to 1973. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but minor. Board edges mildly toning as is common to the yellow paper. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($4.50), has some mild toning/rubbing but... Read More
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The Money Harvest (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Thomas, Ross
New York: William Morrow, 1975. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 311 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Poison Mysteries in History, Romance and Crime
by Thompson, C.J.S.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1924. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 412pp. Beautiful First US Edition of this remarkably well-researched chronicle of the origins, composition and use of poisons throughout history both in literature, nature and criminal use. Bound in red cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black on front board and spine. brown cloth with titles in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with very minor wear to spine ends and tips. No toning or... Read More
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Pinter: The Players Playwright
by Thompson, David T.
New York: Schocken, 1985. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 152pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Biography of the playwright as well as an analysis of career, Bound in orange cloth with titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch at the heel. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket has a hint of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no... Read More
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The Comic-Book Book
by Thompson, Don & Dick Lupoff; Editors (Sigened First Edition)
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 360pp. Beautiful First Edition. of this terrific anthology of essays by various authors, on the history of great comic book features. Bound in orange paper-covered boards with lettering in yellow on spine. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild wear to spine ends and top front edge. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95) , has a hint of toning to flap edges and a faint crease... Read More
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Ironside
by Thompson, Jim
New York: Popular Library, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. Vintage Paperback PBO TV Tie-In Popular Library 60-2244. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original based on the TV show of the same name. No month, 1969. $.60 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Only flaw is that the previous owner has written neatly on the copyright page, the four main characters, and the actors who portrayed them, on the... Read More
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The Undefeated
by Thompson, Jim
New York: Popular Library, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine Minus. Vintage Paperback PBO Popular Library 60-8104. Sharp Unread 1st Printing of this Paperback Original based on the Screenplay written by James Lee Barrett for the film of the same name starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. No month, 1969. $.60 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of toning on the inside front cover edges and a bit on the spine as is... Read More
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King Blood
by Jim Thompson
London: Corgi, 1989. Soft cover. Very Fine. Vintage Paperback. Small 8vo., 221pp. Beautiful Unread First Corgi Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A simply gorgeous collectable copy of an uncommon title in this condition.
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Celebrity (Signed Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Thompson, Thomas
New York: Doubleday, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine. Tall 8vo., Wraps 405 pp.. Solid Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a tiny dog-ear to front cover and first couple of pages. Edges mildly toned. No chipping or tears. Generically inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis
by Thompson, William Irwin
Garden City, NY: Dial Press / Doubleday, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 222pp. Sharp Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch of softness and toning to the crown. Remainder spray on bottom edge. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($16.95 ), has some minor wear to the spine ends and a tiny nick on the top rear edge. Still fresh and bright with no creases, toning or tears.... Read More
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Practical Treatise on the Grape Vine
by Thomson, William
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1879. 5th or later Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Tall, slim 8vo., x(1) 99pp. plus 24pp. publisher's catalog in rear. Sharp 9th Edition, Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles in gilt on front board. Decorative embossed borders. Numerous illustrations of wine-growing equipment and vines. Square and solid with moderate wear to edges and tips. Some wear to the spine ends with about a half-inch loss cloth to the crown. Board edges toned.... Read More
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Chance in Chains
by Thorne, Guy
New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1914. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 180pp. Beautiful First US Edition. Original green cloth with titles in white on spine and front board though mostly faded on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of toning. Minute wear to spine ends and tips but barely noticeable. Attractive and quite scarce wrapper with $1.00 price on the spine, ($1.10 postpaid), has some soiling, tiny nicks at the spine... Read More
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Giants and Heroes: A Daughter's Memories of Y. A. Tittle (Signed First Edition)
by Tittle De Laet, Dianne
New York: Steerforth, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 261pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket ($25.00), has a touch of wear with a tiny closed tear at the bottom front edge but still fresh and bright. Signed "Y.A. Tittle #14 H.O.F 1971" the title page as well as by his daughter, the author. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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The Children of Húrin
by Tolkien, J.R.R.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 313pp. plus fold-out map. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($26.00), is fresh and bright with no chippings, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
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The War With the South: A History of the Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc.
by Tomes, Robert, M.D.
New York: Virtue & Torston, 1862. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three Volumes, Large 4to., 664, 680, 738pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in contemporary three quarter black leather over purple pebble-cloth covered boards. Gilt borders. Gilt raised bands on spine. Title in gilt upon a red leather label in 2nd compartment; Vol. # in gilt in 4th; gilt decorations in all others. Marbled fore-edges and end-papers. Dozens of in-text and full-page illustrations, maps and portraits. Square and tight... Read More
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The Day of the Brown Horde
by Tooker, Richard
New York: Payson & Clark, Ltd, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, First Printing of the author's first book. Near Fine with some light shelf-wear and a bit of pulling at the spine extremities but no tears. Text is clean throughout. The beautiful Art Deco, unclipped wrapper is about Near Fine with some nicks and darkening but really in tremendous shape and uncommon thus.
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The Codicil
by Topor, Tom
Tucson, AZ: Hyperion, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 338pp. Beautiful First Printing of the Trade Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($21.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Vertical wrap-around band still present. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous pretty collectable copy at a great price.
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A Fools Errand: By One of the Fools
by Tourgé, Albion Winegar
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo., 4((6)361(4)pp. Beautiful Second Edition with press notices before the title page. The First Edition was 1879 and has the same date on both the title page and copyright page, Bound in original decorated brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine and stamped in black, with borders and decorations, on the front board. Patterned end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of... Read More
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Come Sin With Me
by Toward, George
New York: Newsstand Library, 1960. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Very Fine. Small 8vo. Vintage Paperback PBO. NL U138. Beautiful Unread First Printing, of this Paperback Original. April, 1960. $.50 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Fresh, bright with no tears, creases or chipping. Remarkably well-preserved. A stunning collectable copy and quite scarce in such high-grade condition.
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The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference (All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records)
by Townsend, George H.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1862. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. Thick 8vo., (viii)957pp. Gorgeous First Edition bound in green pebble-grain morocco. 5 raised bands and 6 compartments, all with gilt borders. Titles stamped in gold in C2, gilt decorations in all others. Gilt borders and the armorial crest on the front board of the Luxmoore family with their motto, "Securis Fecit Securum", ("My Axe Saved Me"). (wwwleshaighcouk). Marbled page edges and endpapers. Square, tight and very clean pages... Read More
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The Divine Spark
by Traill, Peter
London: Faber & Gwyer LTD, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 302pp. Sharp First Edition bound in red cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch of softness to the heel but quite minor. No foxing but a strip of off-setting to the half-title and second rear end-paper. Remarkably well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, (7/6s. net on spine panel), has trivial edge-wear and... Read More
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Under the Influence (Association Copy from the Personal Collection of Otto Penzler)
by Travis, Elizabeth
New York: St Martins Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 263pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed & Inscribed by the author to Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, not to mention the proprietor of Mysterious Bookshop in New York City; simply THE BEST shop for the genre.... Read More
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A Monograph of Privately Illustrated Books: A Plea for Bibliomania
by Tredwell, Daniel M.
Brooklyn, NY: Fred Tredwell, 1881. 1st Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. 8vo.,(4)161pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in later tan calf with titles in gilt on spine. Marbled end-papers. Originally bound in stiff cardboard wraps with original front paper board unusually tipped in and bound in with tape. Square, tight and clean throughout with very light page edge toning but no foxing. Mild toning to leather but no other wear to speak of. Bookplate of C.F. Libbie & Co.,... Read More
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The Revenge of Dracula
by Tremayne, Peter
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1978. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 219pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition; one of 1250 unnumbered copies published. Bound in blue cloth with lettering in gilt on spine. Stunning full-color illustrations by Dan Green. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.00 on top of front flap), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Remarkably well-preserved. Signed by both the... Read More
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