Hardy, Thiomas. Aiken, Conrad (forward by)
by TWO WESSEX TALES
Boston: International Pocket Library, 1919. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon "pocket book" (paperback) edition of Hardy's work with a new forward by a young conrad Aiken. Striking decorative cover (silkscreen) in yellow, blue and purplke. Small bimp lower spine, else near fine. This is not a reprint or fascimile. This is the first edition in this form (aka "thus") and collectible as such.
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Claire Ambler
by Tarkington, Booth
New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good - Near Fine/Very Good -. Decorative endpapers. Front and spine title pastedown. Jacket soiled and stained.
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Where Babylon Ends
by Tarn, Nathaniel
London: Cape Goliard, 1968. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. signed by Tarn on title page, numbered 25/50.
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JUST SUPPOSE
by Taylor, Maggie and Jerry Uelsmann (photographs by)
University of Florida, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Catalog for the dual exhibition of photographers Taylor and Uelsmann at the University Galleries, University of Florida, in 2007. Long, narrow oblong, spiral bound. Near fine condition. Uncommon.
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STATISTICS OF COAL. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL COMBUSTIBLES OR FOSSIL FUEL
by Taylor, Richard Cowling
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1848, of early, comprehensive, international review of coal, uncommonly found, as is the second 1855 edition. Thick 8vo, blind-stamped, brown pebbled cloth, cxlviii, 754, 3 foldout plates. Cloth split at hinges, moderate surface wear to covers, intermittent light foxing. Firmly bound, a solid, unsophisticated copy. Found in plenty of institutions but rarely on antiquarian book market.
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Thackeray The Humourist And The Man Of Letters. The Story of His Life, Including A Selection From His Characteristic Speeches, Now For The First Time Gathered Together. By Theodore Taylor, Esq
by Taylor, Theodore (pseudonym). (Hotten, John Camden). (Thackeray, Willima Makepeace)
London: John Camden Hotten, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in original green cloth, stamped in a diagonal pattern, gilt spine titles, 8vo. vii, 223 , [28]. 4 plates, including frontispiece. with mounted photo portrait by Ernest Edwards. Some spotting largely confined to frontis and title page and rears. Slight lean to speine, corners stubbed. A solid, unsophisticated copy.
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Seven years' street preaching in San Francisco, California; embracing incidents, triumphant death scenes, etc.
by Taylor, William ; Strickland, W. P.
NY: Published for the Author by Carlton & Porter, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated ninth thousandth on title page. Original brown cloth, blind-stampoed front and back, gil to spine, 8vo, 394, (6). Solid copy, moderate wear to covers, lightly foxed here and there. Autobiographical account of preaching to the lowlife in San Francisco who came to California seeking gold.
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Abrégé d'histoire de Provence des origines au traité D'union (2 vols)
by TAY, MARIE
Aix En Provence: J Fabre, 1930. Second Edition. 12mo. VG+. Both volumes uniformly rebound in red, half leather over floral pattern cloth. Internals toned as expected. A lovely set.
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Report of the Planning and Park Commission - Village of Ridgewood New Jersey 1930
by Technical Advisory Corporation, Consulting Engineers
NY: Technical Advisory Corporation 0. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A beautifully preserved copy of this historic early 20thC plan for a suburban community in Bergen County, New Jersey. Small 4to, blue stiff covers, titles stamped in gilt, 77p, illustrated with 12 plates, 2 foldout tables and large foldout map at rear pasetdown. 193-.
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The Cunning Little Vixen
by Tesnohlidek, Rudolf
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. price clipped, else fine, dw clean and unmarked, illustrations bright.
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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by himself
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Three volumes, original cloth, paper labels. Cloth a tad spotted, spines a wee lean, labels chipped and browned. Bindings sound, internals clean. 16-page publisher's catalog at rear of Volume III. Distinctively narrow yellow ticket for Collinson & Clarke, Stationers&c Mansfield rear pastdown Volume I, With half-titles in each volume. A good, unsophisticated copy.
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Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1857. Early US Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated third thousand on the title page. Publisher's brown blind stamped cloth with illustrated vignette and titles stamped in gilt on front, title to spine. Double title pages, illustrated w/ 14 plates throughout text + engravings to title pages. Loss to cloth at spine, edges moderately worn. Thackeray's third Christmas book. From the library of noted biblophiles Sherman P and Anne Lyon Haight with their bookplates... Read More
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CASEY AT THE BAT
by Thayer, Phineas. Groesbeck, Dan Sayre (illustrations by)
Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1912. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce first illustrated edition and first stand-alone book edition of the American classic, mock-heroic poem, printed at The Caslon Press in Chicago. Very nice condition with a new, paper backstrip applied, matching the green background of cover with pictorial of a bat draped in a big, black bow. Corners moderately worn, a short closed tear bottom of page in front of book. Contemporary owner signature ffe. "Casey... Read More
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SPECIALITIES DE LA MAISON
by The American Friends of France (compiled by). Alajalov (decorations by). Hurd, Clement (jacket design). Brimfield, Louis (preface)
NY: The American Friends of France, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. True first edition - 1940 - not the "new edition" that proceeded it. Red-checkered patterned cloth cover with Clement Hurd pictorial dustjacket with grape, cherry, legume and lobster devices. Text decorations by Russian emigre New Yorker illustrator Alajalov. Unclipped dustjcket quite presentable, internals appear unused. Copyright page states "Copies may be obtained at 3 Sutton Place, New York
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Kinnell, Galway
by THE AVENUE BEAAING THE INITIAL OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD: POEMS 1946-64
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in fine dw. A collectibel copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. BY M.A. THIERS, LATE PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE. TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, BY FREDERICK SHOBERL. .
by Thiers, M.A. [Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers]. Frederic Shoberl (translator_
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes in two, stated Third American Edition on title page. Vol 1 xii 435 + 458, Vol 2 432 + 472, incl. appendix and index. Quarter brown cloth over tan paper-backed boards. Some loss to cloth over spine; still bindings are firm. Most distinctive about these volumes is the early use of chromolithographed, pictorial labels on the spines, a publisher's improvisation with a new printing technology that... Read More
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Great Books and Book Collectors
by Thomas, Alan G.
London: Chancellor Press, 1975. First Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A beautifully assembled history of books with pictures dating back to before 1000 A.D. This book is extremely well written and easy to follow and is the perfect edition to the library of anyone with a love for books and the written word and its history. 40 color and 250 black-and-white illustrations.
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Conversation About Christmas
by Thomas, Dylan
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1954. First Edition - Limited. Printed Paper Covers. Very Good. Printed at Christmas 1954 for the friends of J. Laughlin and New Directions.
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LOT OF 3 EDWARD THOMAS TITLES. (WORLD WAR I)
by Thomas, Edward
various. Hardcover. Very Good. Three EDWARD THOMAS titles. Each at least very good; variances noted. THE TRUMPET AND OTHER POEMS. London: Faber & Faber, 1943 (1940). Third impression. No dustjacket. CLOUD CASTLE AND OTHER PAPERS. London: Duckworth, 1922. First edition. Foreward by W. H. Hudson. Bue rough weave linen, gilt spine titles. Near fine. No dustjacket. WALTER PATER: A CRITICAL STUDY. NY: Mitchell Kennerly, 1913. First US edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine, gte. With... Read More
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A Sportsman's Tale
by Thomas, Edward
Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1983. First Edition - Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Copy 103/125. 40 pages sewn into textured green card wrappers with flaps. White printed title label on front cover. A previously unpublished short story by Thomas with a long, informative Introduction by Professor R. George Thomas. Edges slightly worn at corners.
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THE WOODLAND LIFE
by Thomas, Edward
Edinburgh: Williiam Blackwood and Sons, 1897. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Second edition,. 8vo, rough-weave green cloth stamped in black, gilt at spine. (8), 234, (2). Handsome, sound copy.
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The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie
by Gale Thomas
Printed by Will. Hall, for Tho. Gilbert, 1671. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original or early calf, raised bands, front cover detached, 448p.
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Destinations
by Thomas, R. S.
Halford, Shipston-on-Stour: The Celandine Press, 1985. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Paul Nash. Copy # 267/300. Quarter black buckram, marbled boards. With 3 coloured plates from paintings by Nash tipped in with original tissue guards.
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ANTI-IRAQ WAR POSTER, ASPEN, 2003
by (Thompson, Hunter). Naft, Patty (poster design)
(Aspen): ( Roaring Fork Peace Coalition and Colorado Coalition Against Wat in Iraq), 2003. No Binding. Very Good. Fascimile, approx 11x17" the Apres X-Games Peace Rally Feb 1, 2003 in Aspen, CO sponsored by the Roaring Fork Peace Coalition and Colorado Coalition Against Wat in Iraq. The repro poster has a repro of the signature in gold felt tip pen by Hunter Thompson and his notes "Are we Nazis?' and "Are we sheep" atop the peace sign. Poster... Read More
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I AM ALSO A YOU
by Thompson, Jay (text and photographs). Lennon, John (introduction)
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. Second printing before publication. Better than very good copy. Way seventies!
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