Search Results: Authors starting with T from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Tacoma, WA: Kipp Associates for The City of Tacoma Department of Community Development, [1985]. 4to. [6], 143, [1] pp. Illust. title, with over 100 text illustrations, photos, maps, diagrams (1 large folding), some colour-tinted. Gray illustrated softcovers, cover art & lettering in red (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of this scarce and invaluable report for the City of Tacoma, WA redevelopment movement, which intended to recognize the buildings being restored by their owners, and to establish special tax and zoning incentives in order to further promote the movement. This work details the buildings rehabilitated so far, some suggested projects, as well as providing an invaluable local history of Tacoma’s historic downtown.

New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1930. 8vo. x, [4], 345, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates. Blue cloth, embssd portrait on frnt cvr, gilt lettrng on spien (vry slght sunng), VG copy. First edition of this excellent biography.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1969]. Tall 8vo. 400 pp. Numerous plates, illusts., maps on endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry sml tear at hd of spine), NF/VG. First edition, thus, of this reissue of the famed work on the artists recording the old west, including John Mix Stanley, Charles Koppel, Gustav Sohon, Arthur Schott, H.B. Mollhausen, W.J. Hays, Cary, T.R. Davis, Alfred Mathews, Jules Tavernier, Paul Frenzeny, Vincent Colyer, William Rogers, Charles Graham, Frederick Remington, and many others.

London: Printed by S. Gosnell for T. Chapman, No. 151, Fleet Street, 1799. Thick 4to. 9.5 x 11.2 in. [12], c, 420 pp., plus 12 pp. subscriber’s list. With large folding frontisp. map of the South Pacific (expert repairs to closed tear at gutter margin, old repairs to folds, minor soiling), 6 maps (4 folding), 6 engraved plates (2 misbound). Recent brown half-calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, raised bands on spine, gilt ruling, black morocco & gilt spine label (minor soot soiling to fore-edges of textblock, occasional dustsoiling to margins of leaves, including title, occasional spotting), still a VG bright copy. First edition of this informative work detailing the first British missionary voyage to the South Pacific upon the HMS Duff, compiled by William Wilson from his own journals, those of Captain Wilson, and of other missionaries on the voyage. The ship under the command of Capt. John Wilson, carried 37 artisans and pastors of the London Missionary Society, and their families who… Read More

Taipei, Taiwan, ROC: [China Evangelical Luthern Church], 1966. 4to. [2], ii, [4], 128 pp. With 128 photo plates, illustrations. Red & black softcovers, black lettering front cover & spine (very slight sunning to spine, edgewear), still VG copy, w/ Chinese Chop stamped on ffep. Second edition of this informative and well-illustrated work on annual Chinese festivals, marriage ceremonies and customs, as well as funeral customs and rules to guide Christian missionaries working in Taiwan avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and offenses. Albrecht worked on the translation with Go Sin-gi, and drew from the Chinese original which was much abbreviated and first published in 1955 by the Taiwan Presbyterian Church.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1964]. 8vo. vi, [4], 171, [1] pp. Gray cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr dustsoilng to fore-edge), w/ d.j. (mnr scuffng), VG/VG-. First United States edition of this collection of essays describing Taiwan after the Chinese Nationalists’ retreat to the island in 1949.

New York: Macmillan Co., [1942]. Oblong 4to. 44 pp. of advertisements, [Approx. 650 pp (unpaginated)]. Over 900 half-tone photo illusts., 2400 line drawings of ships, over 700 line drawings of House Flags, and 1500 line drawings of funnels. Embssd ribbd navy-blue cloth, gilt lettrng on spine (mnr shlfwr, some wear & bmpng to crnrs, mnr wear & fryng hd of spine, couple leaves w/ mnr creasng on endpapers), still VG- copy. First edition of this tremendous wartime reference work for the Merchant Marine fleets, which had been entirely changed over for this volume to reflect the impact of the war. All the line drawings are grouped together regardless of country because colouring had little value during the War because most were painted gray, 100s of additional funnel designs had been included, and one comprehensive index.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, [1965]. Sml. folio. 48 pp. Colour-illust. throughout. Orange cloth, illust. in blk on frnt cvr, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. (couple vry sml clsd tears), F/VG, from library of Ardyth & Ann Shapiro, w/ frmr ownrshp signature at guttr mrgn on ffep. First edition of this story of a visit to the hospital to have tonsils removed by a little girl named Susy.

[New York]: Berkley, [1969]. 12mo. 144 pp. Colour-illust. softcvrs, NF. Early Berkley edition of this novel by one of Japans greatest authors.

Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, Co., [1970]. 12mo. 177, [5] pp. Colour-illust. softcvrs, NF. Early Tuttle edition of this novel by one of Japans greatest authors.

Tucson, AZ: Univ. of Arizona Press, [1973]. Folio. vi, 206 pp. 100s of illusts., photos (many in colour). Blue cloth, silver lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr creasng & sml clsd tear to uppr fore-edge bk cvr, mnr sunng to spine), NF/G, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early printing of this well-illustrated work on the baskets, textiles, pottery, silver, jewelry, kachina, and more of the Southwest Indian tribes, including the Hopi, Navajo, Apache, and others.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. 8vo. [6], 294 pp. Red cloth, blk lettrng (mnr shlfwr, slght bmpng to crnrs), w/ d.j. (mnr rubbng, couple sml clsd tears), VG/VG-. First edition, stated.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1923]. 12mo. [4], 356 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Green cloth, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Mach Tey (mnr chppng hd of spine, clsd tears on bk cvr, edgewear), NF/G. Reprint edition.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [c. 1902]. 8vo. 303, [1] pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp. Red cloth, decrtd & lettrd in blk, w/ d.j. (slght shlfwr, vry sml clsd tear), VG/VG copy. Reprint edition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1956]. 8vo. [4], 310, [2] pp. Half-blk cloth over blue tweed boards, red lettrng (mnr dustsoilng, edgewear), w/ d.j. great pen & ink cover art by Irv Docktor (chppng at ft of spine, edgewear, couple mnr clsd tears, old tape repairs), still VG/G-. First edition, stated, of this mystery later made into the 1957 film, starring Jane Russell , Ralph Meeker, Keenan Wynn, Adolphe Menjou, Fred Clark & Una Merkel. This was Russells last film.

New York: American Craft Museum/ Rizzoli, [1990]. 4to. 159, [1] pp. Double-page photo-illust. title, over 100 photo illusts. (many in colour). Tan cloth, embssd & blk lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF copy from the collection of Dr. Rochelle Martin. First edition of this work examining this pioneering artist’s work in collage, assemblage, fiber art sculptures, weavings, and more.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. Tall 8vo. viii, [2], 306 pp. Beige cloth, blue lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art of plane over a beach by Koerner (mnr edgewear, rubbng), VG/VG-. First edition, early printing of this excellent work on the War in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Turkey halfway through World War II.

London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1927. 8vo. 31, [1] pp. Colour frntsp., numerous colour woodcut engravings. Quarter-red linen over red boards, gilt lettrng on spine (slght bmpng ft of spine, crnrs), still a VG copy. First Haslewood Books Edition, 1 of 375 copies printed, of this poem first published in the 17th century by the Water Poet, and English pamphleteer for the Crown.

New York: George H. Doran Co., [1917]. 8vo. 271, [1] pp. Colour frntsp., 5 colour plates. Pink cloth, pink lettrng, colour plate mntd on frnt cvr (mnr dustsoilng to fore-edges of textblk, mnr shlfwr), w/ d.j. cover art by May Wilson Preston (dustsoilng & wear to fore-edges, couple vry sml clsd tears, mnr chppg hd of spine), still VG/G copy. First edition of this tale of a young Irish girl growing up in the tenements, until her father a bricklayer gains great wealth, and she expands her world.

[Detroit & New York]: The American Light and Traction Company, May, 1913. 4to. 9.5 x 11 in. [140 pp (unpaginated).] With 55 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs, sized 8 x 10 in., nearly all w/ identifying text w/in negative at lower fore-edge, many w/ dittoed labels on versos, photographer’s marks on versos, and nearly all mounted on linen hinges at gutter margins; 1 cyanotype chart. Contemporary black cloth post-binder, brass screw posts at gutter margin, rear cover repaired (wear & bumping to corners, occasional fraying & wear to fore-edges of text leaves), still a VG copy, w/ nearly all photos having bright strong contrast. First edition of this exceedingly scarce product photo album touting the industries and products produced and powered by the American Light & Traction Co. utility consortium, providing an essential visual survey of United States power use and applications prior to World War I. The striking photographs depict the often gritty working conditions, the presence of women in… Read More