Search Results: Authors starting with T from Ainsworth Books

Japan: Konishi Tomoshichi. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1989. Flexible vinyl. 4469041041 . Some creasing of end papers ; A bright solid, book. Mauve vinyl covers with gilt titles front and spine are undamaged .

Milwaukie OR: Dark Horse Comics, Inc.. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, intro by Neil Gaiman.; Tale of One Bad Rat # 1; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300090722 . DJ shows light shelf wear, creasing.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 498 pages; "For much of the twentieth century, Ireland has been synonymous with conflict, the painful struggle for its national soul part of the regular fabric of life. And because the Irish have emigrated to all parts of the world - while always remaining Irish - 'the troubles' have become part of a common heritage, well beyond their own borders. In most accounts of Irish history, the focus is on the political rivalry between Unionism and Republicanism. But the roots of the Irish conflict are profoundly and inescapably religious. As Marcus Tanner shows in this vivid, warm, and perceptive book, only by understanding the consequences over five centuries of the failed attempt by the English to make Ireland into a… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0385121482 . Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier shelf wear with sticker remnants, short tears and light scuffing, light soiling. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436 pages .

Teaneck NJ: Avotaynu, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0962637300 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; Inscribed by the author on the title page. A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 11.0 X 8.6 X 1.0 inches; 245 pages; "Births, bar mitzvahs, marriages and deaths, as well as information concerning communal and synagogue activities of Canadian Jewry. Taken from the pages of The Canadian Jewish Times." .

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1957. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is worn and chipped with short tears, some loss base of DJ spine. Book shows only light wear, pages somewhat yellowed. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Illustrated by John Alan Maxwell ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 732 pages; "This collection provides comprehensive introduction to the fiction of American author Booth Tarkington (1869- 1946). It includes the entire text of three novels - "Penrod," "The Magnificent Ambersons," and "Alice Adams." Also included are excerpts from three other novels: "Gentle Julia," "Seventeen," and "Little Orvie." The collection also contains seven shorter works. "Mrs. Protheroe" and "Great Men's Sons" are excerpted from "In the Arena: Stories of Political Life," a 1905 book that the author based… Read More

New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. Very Good-. 1900. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 126 pages; Nov. 1900. Red cloth covered boards with gilt decoration, top edge gilt with untrimmed fore and bottom edges, all illustrations with tissue guards present. Printer's emblem on page 129. Corners and base of spine bumped, front hinge started, stamped from prev, store on back pastedown, shelfwear, clean and solid. .

London: Harper Perennial. Near Fine. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0007100817 . As new; A bright, solid book, near-fine condition. ; Trade PB; 0.9 X 5 X 7.9 inches; 291 pages; "In ‘The World of Gerard Mercator’, Andrew Taylor chronicles both the story of a great astronomer and mathematician, who was condemned to death as a heretic, and the history of that most fascinating conjunction of science and art: the drawing of maps." .

Lewes UK: Book Guild Publishing Ltd. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1857762835 . Only slight wear to DJ ; A bright solid, book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 136 pages; This is a follow-up to 'The Golden Thread'. .

Toronto: Key Porter. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1552630765 . Remainder dot top page edges, wear and tearing to DJ extremities. Previous owner's name top front free end paper. ; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 128 pages; This "tells the story of a young newspaper photographer Arnold Lupson who left his home in England after WWI to live among the Native American tribes of the North American Plains. Lupson formed a relationship with the tribes that was to last for thirty years. He married Maggie, widow of Sarcee chief Big Belly and spent most of his time on the Sarcee reserve. The enduring legacy of this life was his photographs." .

New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 088184697X . DJ shows light shelf wear with short tears and creasing. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.30 X 6.40 X 1.40 inches; 460 pages; "A portrayal of perverted innocence by the author of "Walking Shadows". In the blasted rubble of post-war Berlin, the British Army Special Investigation Branch investigates two savage murders. They are the first clues to a rampaging nightmare running amok in the ruins of a new and violent Europe." .

London: HarperCollinsPublishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 000255836X . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, pages yellowed as is common in British books of this period.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 260 pages; "Recounting his travels from Lake Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope, Taylor explores what the future holds for the white citizens of the black continent in which he was raised. Although skilled at reporting and storytelling, Taylor is less successful as a social and political thinker. His subjects, an eclectic mix, are not missionaries or explorers and may even lack Livingstone's dignity and vision. That they are white and living in sub-Saharan Africa is all that makes them members of "Livingstone's tribe."" .

Toronto: Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0307399303 . A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 368 pages; "An unidentified man storms a television studio where KiddieFame, a controversial children’s talent show wherein kids who are too talented are “killed off,” is being filmed. He is armed with an explosive device, and issues only a single demand: an interview with journalist Thom Pegg. It’s a strange request, everyone agrees. A disgraced former investigative journalist, caught fabricating sources, Pegg is down on his luck and working for a lowly tabloid. The demand surprises everyone – Pegg most of all, and he is reluctant to play a role. But pressure from federal authorities leaves little choice, and so it is that Thom Pegg finds himself the envy of all the high-level journalists on hand as he makes his way into the darkened studio to uncover… Read More

Toronto: Knopf Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0676977642 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.8 Inches; 464 pages; Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart, the only sons of Packer Gordon, a famous architect. Graham is the natural son of Packer and his wife. Elliot is the product of Packer’s dalliance with a mistress. The boys are openly hostile towards each other, always have been, and when they reach their mid-teens, Packer decides they will settle their differences in a boxing ring. After eight weeks of training, the brothers box three rounds that will change their lives forever, as their father watches it all from a distance far greater than ringside: through the lens of his Bolex camera. Some twenty-odd years later, both Pogey and Packer are dead, and it comes to light that Pogey’s house – the scene of Graham and Elliot’s… Read More

New York: Nelson and Phillips. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear with lightly bumped corners. Edge wear at corners and top and bottom of spine. FFEP has been removed. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Gilt stamped titles on spine ; 7.3 X 5.2 X 1.3 inches; 318 pages .

Victoria, BC: Morriss Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919203434 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 2 cm tear on back bottom of DJ, moisture rippling back panel of dustjacket. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 147 pages; "The Automobile Saga of British Columbia chronicles the development, for the first time, of the automobile and its impact on the people of BC; how the coming of the steam traction engine, the bicycle, and the streetcar paved the way for the introduction of the automobile. The text names and describes some 45 different makes of steam, electriv and gasoline driven vehicles, all imported into British Columbia prior to 1914. The adventures of the pioneer motorists and the way they introduced their automobiles into the different areas of the province are presented in an entertaining manner. Factual information concerning first… Read More

Cheshire UK: Air Data Publications Limited. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. 0859790967 . Signed by Author; DJ has shelf wear with short tears and chipping, boards show very light shelf wear. ; Inscribed by the author on the title page. A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.2 X 6.4 X 0.9 inches; 256 pages; "On September 5th, 1943, Denys Teare baled out of his burning Lancaster bomber over Occupied France; from this moment on Teare was an evader in the midst of the enemy. Continually thwarted in his escape attempts, he was a doubly wanted man: not only a British airman evading the occupying force, but also an active member of the French Resistance. This book tells what it was really like living in France under the Nazis, of the danger and horror before the Liberation - and of what liberation really meant when it came. This new hardback edition includes much new material which originally came under censorship, and is illustrated… Read More

Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark brown cloth covered boards worn at extremities, corners bumped, chipped head & tail of spine and a few chips along edges of spine. Some soil of page edges, a few spots in text ; A tight solid book, hinges intact, frontispiece of Webster with tissue guard, blind stamped design front and back boards, gilt titles on spine ; 498 pages; This volume of the set is the biography of Daniel Webster .

Ramat-Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University/American Mathematical Society/OUP. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0198510454 . As new; A bright, solid book, text unmarked. ; Israel Mathematical Conference Proceedings vol 12; 9.0 X 6.3 X 0.3 inches; 101 pages; Amalie Emmy Noether ( 23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. As one of the leading mathematicians of her time, she developed the theories of rings, fields, and algebras. In physics, Noether's theorem explains the connection between symmetry and conservation laws. (Wikipedia). Included are six studies by different writers as well as a brief essay about Noether by the editor. .

Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press. Very Good. 1996. 1st Thus. Softcover. 0816516154 . A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 200 pages; A people known for protecting their privacy, the Hopi also have a long and less known tradition of weaving baskets and plaques. Generations of Hopi weavers have passed down knowledge of techniques and materials from the plant world around them, from mother to daughter, granddaughter, or niece. This book is filled with photographs and detailed descriptions of their beautiful baskets--the one art, above all others, that creates the strongest social bonds in Hopi life. In these pages, weavers open their lives to the outside world as a means of sharing an art form especially demanding of time and talent. The reader learns how plant materials are gathered in canyons and creek bottoms, close to home and far away. The long, painstaking process of preparation and dying is followed step by step. Then, using techniques… Read More