Lin Tianmiao: Bound Unbound
by TIANMIAO, Lin; Melissa Chiu; Guo Xiaoyan
Milan: Charta / Asia Society, 2013. A fine copy. 12 x 9.5 inches. 136 pages. 91 color illustrations. Pictorial boards. "One of only a few internationally recognized female artists from China, Lin Tianmiao (born 1961) is known for her innovative use of thread and embroidery as both medium and subject matter in her sculptures, photographs, videos and installations. When visiting China, after having lived in New York for most of her life, Tianmiao was reminded of the time... Read More
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Captain Jeff and the Squeeze Box
by TODT, Ruth K.
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1940. A bit frayed at extremities, child's penciled name and initials on endleaves. 8vo. Photographs by R. D. Richardson. Original tan cloth, photo-illustrated title panel mounted on cover. A photographically illustrated children's book about a marionette and his squeeze box, and his African American friend Binny.
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Autograph letter signed ("A. B. Toklas") to Geoffrey Parsons of The New York Herald Tribune, Paris, 16 June 1952
by TOKLAS, Alice B. (1877-1967)
One page, 8vo. Four lines in Toklas's fine, miniscule hand. On her stationary. In fine condition. Alice B. Toklas writes to Drue Parsons anticipating her upcoming visit. Parsons was married to Geoffrey Parsons, chief editorial writer of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1952. Toklas writes: “Virgil Thomson has just told me that you were kind enough to say that you would come to see me on Thursday afternoon. It will give me the greatest pleasure... Read More
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A Stone's Throw
by TOMASZEWSKI, Tomasz
Warsaw: Slanted Publishers, 2016. A near-fine copy with some light rubbing to wrappers. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs. Black wrappers.
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The Sea and the Jungle
by TOMLINSON, H. M.
London: Duckworth, 1912. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Frontispiece. Large 8vo. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, front cover with gilt vignette, top edges gilt; in a dark green cloth folding box. First edition of Tomlinson's first book, signed by him on the front free endpaper. The book recounts the voyage of a tramp steamer from Swansea across the Atlantic 2000 miles to Brazil, up the Amazon, and then back home in 1909-10. A very good to fine... Read More
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Maps & Map-Makers
by TOOLEY, R. V.
London: B. T. Batsford, 1952. 4to. 140 pp. Color frontispiece, and many black-and-white illustrations. Original cloth. Cloth lightly worn, head of spine rubbed, a few adhesions on rear cover. Second edition.
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Moor Born
by TOTHEROH, Dan
New York: Samuel French, 1937. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Some light soiling to wrappers. A nice copy. 8vo. Original yellow printed wrappers. New edition. The dedication copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper: "The new edition, Helen dear, with many memories – Dan, Christmas 1941!" The printed dedication reads: "For Helen Who made this possible with her courage and faith." Totheroh's most famous works include his collaborations on the screenplays for... Read More
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Toulouse-Lautrec: Complete Lithographs and Drypoints
by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri De
New Jersey: The Wellfleet Press, 1988. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some minor shelfwear, the upper edge of jacket lightly worn. 13.25 x 10 inches. 370 pages. Boards; dust jacket.
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Autograph letter signed ("A. W. Tourgee") to "My Dear Little Friend"; n.p., n.d.
by TOURGÉE, A[lbion] W[inegar] (1838-1905)
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Trace of mounting on verso. One page, 12mo. Tourgée was a carpet-bagger judge and a best-selling author of sensational political novels, including 'A Fool's Errand'. Here (in about 155 words) he writes a playful response to a girl's request for an autograph: "My publisher handed me your request for an autograph which I send only wishing it were a nicer one for your sake. I would send a kiss too only I can't... Read More
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North
by TOWLE, Tony
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1970. A few small nicks to jacket edges, otherwise fresh and bright. 8vo. 75 pages. Original black cloth; dust jacket designed by Jasper Johns. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Towle on the half-title. This won the Frank O'Hara Award, and was Towle's first commercially published book (there were two earlier privately printed volumes).
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After Dinner We Take a Drive into the Night
by TOWLE, Tony
Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1968. A little age darkened else a very good copy. 8vo. Printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Inscribed by Towle on the half-title.
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Different Aspects. Frederick Willam Rolfe & The Foreign Office Venice
by [TRAGARA PRESS] Donald WEEKS, editor
Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1976. 8vo. 36 pp. Original printed wrappers. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY FOUR COPIES on Saunders paper, from an edition of 125.
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Sebastian im Traum. Eine aus Wahl
by TRAKL, Georg and Paul ZWIRCHMAYR
Bad Goisern: Neugebauer, 1972. Small folio (12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches). Six full-page etchings by Zwirchmayr. Original printed wrappers. A near-fine copy, a few palest spots to preliminaries and slight edgewear to wrapper. LIMITED EDITION, number 64 of 110 copies signed by the illustrator.
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The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe; Translated from the Greek of Achilles Tatius by William Burton. Reprinted for the first time from a copy now unique printed by Thomas Creede in 1597
by [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS] ACHILLES TATIUS; William Burton (translator)
New York: Shakespeare Head Press for Bernard Guilbert Guerney, 1923. Limited edition, number 403 of 498 copies. 2 leaves with neat ink marginalia by a reader, spine lightly toned, bump to rear upper board edge. Folio. Title printed in red-and-black. Original linen-backed boards, printed paper title label on cover, printed label on spine. Provenance: Ronald Thomas (bookplate). Based on Thomas Creede's 1597 printing of the first English translation, edited by Stephen Gaselee and H.F.B. Brett-Smith. Printed on Batchelor's... Read More
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The Laws of the United States of America. Volume III - Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America
by LAW – UNITED STATES LAWS AND TREATIES
Philadelphia: Richard Folwell [III]; William Ross [IV], 1796. Some browning and occasional spotting. The third and fourth volumes of the collected laws of the United States. Together two volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITIONS, comprising the "first collected laws of the United States and including the acts of Congress still in force passed by the first four Congresses... This set is also important as a collection of early American treaties, with the appendices including the treaties of... Read More
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Every New Yorker's Book and Diary for 1842
by TREMAYNE, Edward
Root Wheeler, 1841. Covers detached and spine lacking, internally clean. 8vo. 34 pp of text + 48 pp for the diary. Original diced-russia-backed green boards.
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Freud and the Crises of Our Century
by TRILLING, Lionel
Boston: The Beacon Press, 1955. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A fine copy. Small 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. The book is dedicated "To Charles Warren Everett," former head of the English Department at Columbia University, where Trilling was a professor and its leading literary critic. This is the dedication copy, inscribed by Trilling : "Dear Charles - You know with how much affectionate friendship, and I hope you know with how... Read More
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The J. Paul Getty Medal 2018: Thelma Golden, Agnes Gund, Richard Serra
by [J. PAUL GETTY TRUST]
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 2018. First edition. Boards with a few marks and scratches; generally a clean copy; no internal markings.
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Thannhauser: The Thannhauser Collection of the Guggenheim Museum
by TUCKER, Paul Hayes (author); Fred LICHT (author); Matthew DRUTT (author)
New York: Guggenheim Gallery, 2000. Later edition. Generally a clean copy. 12.25 x 10 inches. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. "Bequeathed to the Guggenheim Museum by Justin K. Thannhauser, this sparkling collection features important works from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern periods, including 32 paintings and works on paper by Picasso. In addition to the impeccable reproductions of every work in the collection, this book includes a fascinating new essay on... Read More
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Rides and Reveries of the late Mr. Aesop Smith
by TUPPER, Martin Farquhar
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1858. A very good copy, light wear at extremities, spine lightly sunned. 8vo. 333 pages. Original russet embossed cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
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Romanesque Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum
by TURNER, D.H.
London: The British Museum, 1971. Reissue. Fine. 8vo. Illustrated in black-and-white, color plates. Original pictorial wrappers. A reissue of the 1966 first edition.
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P.H. Emerson: Photographer of Norfolk
by TURNER, Peter; Richard WOOD
Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. A near-fine copy with some light wear to extremities. 11.5 x 9 inches. 110 pages. Fully illustrated in black-and-white. Original blue cloth: pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
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James Turrell
by TURRELL, James; Serena CATTANEO ADORNO (editor); Dianne VANDERLIP (editor)
London: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 12.5 x 10.5 inches. 82 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; printed slipcase. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery in 2010.
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Land and Light: From Gurfa Caves to James Turrell's Roden Crater
by TURRELL, James;
Milan: Skira Editore, 2009. First edition. A near-fine copy. 11 x 9.5 inches. 127 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed to a curator by an unidentified person.
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Portraits: Luc Tuymans
by TUYMANS, Luc (artist); Toby KAMPS (contributor); Robert STORR (contributor); Susan SUTTON (contributor)
Houston: Menil Foundation; Yale, 2013. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 11 x 9.75 inches. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Includes 62 color illustrations. "Luc Tuymans (b. 1958) is a painter engaged with "figuration," using imagery that he reworks in a critical or self-critical way. He combines images from various sources--photographs, film stills, mirror images--with a spare palette, unexpected cropping, and blurring to reinforce the painted image's status as a replica. Perhaps... Read More
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