Search Results: Authors starting with T from Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB

Oklahoma: Council Oak Books, 1992. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket, front free endpaper is marred presumably where a sticker was removed leaving white mark on page. Inscription by author on half title page: "Dorothy- our shared journey, Cliff Taulbert, 11/10/92." The cultural diary of a 17-year-old African American who left the Mississippi Delta to go North in the early 1960's. Photographs throughout. 205 pp.

Oklahoma: Council Oak Books, 1989. 9th Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket. Inscription by author on front free endpaper facing title page: "Dr. Lillian Gonzalez 'our shared heritage' Cliff Taulbert 4/24/95." Photographs throughout. Memoirs of a child growing up during racial segregation and how his life changed with integration. 153 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. Red boards with gray 1/4 cloth, gilt lettering on front and spine, unclipped dust jacket. Spine has a slight slant. 226 pp. First Edition.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Metal, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" x 4-1/2" (19 x 11.5 cm), perfect-bound paperback. Yellow page edges, some foxing on inside covers, tight copy. 144 pp.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Good +. 7.5 x 4.5 inches (18.5 x 11.5 cm), paperback, spine slightly slanted minor wear to front cover and tail, minor wear to rear cover. tight copy. 159 pp.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" x 4-1/2" perfect-bound paperback. Spine very slightly slanted, one corner of the upper cover with a dog-ear crease, a little rubbing to the rear cover and spine, but a bright attractive copy. One contemporary reviewer wrote: "The first half of this book is moving and literate and had it ended as well as it began it would be the all time best in paperbacks." By the prolific Taylor, a giant in the field of lesbian fiction. 144 pp.

n.p.: Midwood-Tower, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" x 4-1/2" perfect-bound paperback, Covers a bit rubbed, spine slanted and creased, internally clean, a sound copy. From the cover: "The poignant and absorbing story of a young woman's search for love and fulfillment in a world of shadowed embraces and secret vows." The "politics and realism she packs into her tight little stories" made Taylor an important standout in the field of lesbian fiction from the 1950s well into the latter part of the 20th century. 187 pp.

Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 10" by 7-1/4" (25.5 x 18). Numerous photographs throughout from daguerreotype to picture postcards, including African American and female photographers. Some pages untrimmed. 415 pp.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. Salmon colored boards with 1/4 gray cloth, red gilt lettering on spine, Unclipped dust jacket. Shortened version of the author's four-volume "A History of Book Publishing in the United States." 514pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Very good -/very good-. Green cloth, with orange lettering on spine, bookplate pasted on front endpaper, some underlining and comments written in green ink, such as "Never should have planted it, I'll fight it for years" (reference to the hay fern). Black and white drawings and photos throughout. Four pages of color photos. Dust jacket price clipped. Chip on spine head, foxing on page edges. 206 pp.

Newport, R.I.: The Office of the Newport Mercury, 1815. Sewn wraps. Very good.. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21 x 12.5 cm). Sewn pamphlet, foxing to cover, open tear at top of front cover, closed tear on back cover, ink writing on top. 23 pp.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1881. Cloth. Good +. A.F. Bellows, J.D. Woodward, Miss L.B. Humphrey, F.B. Schell. Green cloth with decorative embossing including lettering and picture of a bird in gilt, gilt lettering on spine, faded, wear to top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrations throughout. Page edges are gilt. Unpaginated.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1879. Cloth. Good.. E.H. Wehnert. 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm), cloth decorative cover, with gilt on spine, cover has gilt box for title, and a small inset color plate. Head and tail of spine frayed, wear to extremities, age toned. Color frontispiece. 128 pp. Part of the Grimm Fairy Library, a 10 volume set.

New York: Weathervane Books, 1975. Reprint. Cloth. Very good/very good. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top and bottom of spine are creased. DJ has wear at top and bottom of spine. ix-xxi, 650 pp. Reprint of 1970 edition by the Imprint Society. The history of printing and newspapers in the Colonial states, the British colonies, and the British Isles.

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. First Thus. Cloth. Near fine/Very good - Slipcase. Blue cloth, in sturdy brown slipcase with a paper label with a picture of the 1810 edition of the book. Signed limited edition, number 347 of 1950. Insciription dated 1991 and signed by M.A. McCorison. ix-xxi, 3-650 pp.

Hartford, CT: A. Work, 1853. Later Printing. Cloth. Good.. Light brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering on spine, wear to head and tail of spine, corners rubbed, foxing throughout, endpapers age toned. Name and state of previous owner's name written in pencil on paste down endpaper, verso of free endpaper and front flyleaf, dated 1866. Previous owner's name written in ink on page facing title page. Rear pasted down endpaper and free endpaper have pencil scribbles. 377 pp. George Thompson was a British abolitionist who was imprisoned in the U. S. for helping slaves. Three parts in one volume.

New York: Dorset Press, 1993. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. Cream colored boards with black 1/4 cloth and gilt lettering on spine. Unclipped dust jacket,. 256 pp. Originally published as The Mysteries of Sex. Stories of people throughout history who dressed in the garb of the other sex. Photos scattered throughout.

London: Brentano's Limited, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. Blue cloth, with gilt lettering on front and spine. Foxing on back and spine, but still blue; wear to extremities, illustrations throughout.

London: Rider & Company, 1934. Cloth. Very good. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, cover has wrinkles but no sign of water stains, some foxing to preliminary pages, front hinge starting to separate slightly. Previous owner's name stamped on endpaper. (30) illustrations, mostly from early manuscripts. 253 pp. including index, plus (8) pages of ads for other books.

New York: The Hurst Temperance Contest Committee, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Black cloth with stain on front cover, green lettering on front and spine. Chips in cloth beside spine, wear to extremities, some front end pages have soiling. A contest was held for writers to propose a system of temperance without prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages. A few full page cartoons throughout, a few photographs throughout. 397 pp. First edition.