Search Results: Authors starting with T from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

This charming colonial tavern or bar tab does not indicate place, but most likely was kept in or near Danvers, Massachusetts. AD (unsigned), 4pp (lettersheet), 4 3/4" X 7", n.p., January and February 1799. Very good. Lightly age toned, with a few inoffensive faint spots that are surely ale or grog or some such brew. Penned large and bold in a somewhat legible but scrawled barkeep's hand. First three pages are headed "January 1799" and the fourth leaf "February 1799." Each page simply lists a customer's name and below that the one or two drinks on their tab, often citing popular colonial-era drinks such as "flip" or "sling" no longer in use today (although recipes for these may easily be found online!). First page, for instance, records "Oliver Humbolt / to 1 Jill of Brandy" followed by price, while on the second leaf we see that Enoch Greenwood consumed "to 1 glass of sling / to 1 glass of Brandy / to 1 half mug of flip," and so on. Name spellings are quite phonetical; other names include Levey… Read More

N.p.: Citadel Press, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this heavily pictorial celebration of famous film kisses. Inscribed and signed boldly by the author in blue ballpoint on an inner flyleaf: "Archie and Esther / Lena / December 1990 / With best as ever / for always / [heart shape]." ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) is a noted Chicago photographer and author of "Farm Boy."

Tokyo: Fuji-Shobo, n.y.. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff yellow textured wrappers, pictorial dust jacket. iii, 115pp. Near fine/fine. Perfectly tight and pristine volume in this publisher's "Fuji English Humor Series," a reprint of the original English edition (New York: Ace Books, 1958), here undated but circa 1960s vintage. Text is entirely in English, with footnotes and endnotes in Japanese. Quite unusual, especially in choice condition and with heavy stock dust jacket present.

This American sculptor -- kin to President William Howard Taft, father of Congresswomen Emily Taft Douglas and father-in-law to her husband, Senator Paul Douglas -- created such popular favorites as Chicago's "Fountain of Time" and provocative statues of Lincoln, and other historical figures. Large, bold signature in blue ink on a 5¼" X 4" sheet, n.p., dated "July 1929" in ink in another hand at lower right. Near fine. At lower right, a small (1" X 1½") magazine head-and-shoulders portrait of Taft in later years has been neatly affixed. Attractive example.

Wife and "right hand man" of "Mr. Republican" Robert A. Taft (1889-1953). influential Ohio senator and son of President William Howard Taft; Robert Jr. was son of Martha and Robert and also served Ohio as U.S. senator. PS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. [1955]. Very good. Handsome glossy print of renowned Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh's portrait of Robert A. Taft, signed on the white lower margin by Martha Taft and at upper left in a grey background area by son Robert Jr., who adds "Wish Best Wishes." Accompanied by a TLS from Martha Taft's long-time assistant Darrah Dunham Wunder, 1p, 6" X 7½", Cincinnati, OH, 1955 January 30. Addressed to Gerald L. Arnholt. Near fine. Mrs. Taft suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1949, leaving only her right arm without paralysis; Wunder moved in with the family to help tend to her. In this moving letter to an admirer, she recounts the situation and this photograph. In part: "Mrs. Taft is still too ill to… Read More

Known as "Mr. Republican," this Ohio senator -- son of President William Howard Taft -- served from 1939 to 1953 and is best known for sponsoring the Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Act in 1947. Bold signature in blue ink on a 3¼" X 1" slip neatly tipped to address portion of a First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½, cancelled in Cincinnati, Ohio on 10 October 1960 with special "First Day of Issue" cancellation. Fine. Four-cent Robert A Taft at upper right and superb Art Craft cachet "Honoring Robert A. Taft" filling left side.

Topeka: The Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 26pp. Illustrations. Very good. Wrappers very slightly soiled. First separate printing -- an offprint of this article from the Spring 1954 "Kansas Historical Quarterly."

Known as "Mr. Republican," this Ohio senator -- son of President William Howard Taft -- served from 1939 to 1953 and is best known for sponsoring the Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Act in 1947. Typed Note Signed, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 1947 April 10. Addressed to George W. Walberg. On "United States Senate" letterhead, Taft graciously transmits his signature (on this letter, not separate) for a collector.

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. x, 428pp. Good plus/very good. Some edgewear on cloth. First edition.

Rockford: Taggart Enterprises, n.y.. Paperback. 4to (8½" X 11"). (4pp). Illustrations in blue (front and rear wrappers). Very good. Lightly age toned. Sheet music for the official song for Illinois' third largest city, undated but typographically clearly a 1970s-80s production (confirmed be pencilled "10-2-81" date at upper right of front wrapper). Supposedly composed in the early 20th century, this home pride hymn was officially adopted as the city song by the Rockford City Council in 1944. Seldom encountered in any printed form.Front wrapper depicts city views of the Rock River and reap wrapper depicts a 1903 image of the steamer "Illinois.

Italian operatic singer who debuted in New York in 1947. PS [Abresch], 5" X 7", n.p., 1953 n.d. Very good. Lovely closeup portrait, boldly signed and dated at upper right in dark green. Scarce.

Hamden, CT: Linnet Books, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, dust jacket. 122pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight, handsome revised and enlarged second edition of this 1968 work.

Dallas: The University of Texas, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 240pp. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of Volume V in "The Andrew R. Cecil Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society" series, with essays by Adlai E. Stevenson, Andrew R. Cecil, Richard John Neuhaus, Robert L. Payton, Peter J. Stanlis and Richard Young. This copy hails from the personal library of lead contributor Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1970-81), and has a sheet of his personal Chicago letterhead tipped in.

This Italian-born operatic bass starred in Italian filmed operas in the 1940s; he was chosen to replace Ezio Pinza in "South Pacific" on Broadway in 1956. Signature, dated 1983 November 25 by rubber stamp, on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. Fine. With original envelope.

This famed Dutch violinist played for and served as concertmaster for a wide variety of American orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Large and bold signature in ink on a 3½" X 2½" slip neatly mounted to heavy stock card, n.p., n.y. AMQ (unsigned) on a matching slip, n.p., n.d. (both bear pencilled 1904 date on verso). Both near fine. The unsigned Autograph Musical Quotation consists of two lines, being several bars of music which he identifies below as "Beethoven Violin concerto." Tak played first violin with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1903 to 1905 when he penned this excerpt from the Violin Concerto in D major, which became one of Beethoven's best-known violin concertos. An attractive example.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 253pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. A tight and nice later printing of this essay collection featuring contributions from Vine Deloria Jr., Lester Thurow and a host of other noted scholars.

[New York]: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 197pp. Near fine/near fine. Small remainder slash on top page edges. Tight, clean first edition of this historical novel set in the ancient Maya villages.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. xi, 265pp. Top edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrations. Memoir of this Protestant bishop's eleven years in Wyoming and Idaho ministering to Indians and settlers. FLAKE 8569.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. x, 265pp (some uncut). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this narrative written by a bishop ministering in the territories that are now Wyoming and Idaho.

This Massachusetts politician was named acting governor (1874-75) when the current governor won a Senate election, but he lost the next election; in 1878 he was elected, serving until 1880. Bold signature in brown, heavy stock 3" X 2" card, n.p., n.y. Fine. Mounting traces on verso. Accompanied by an unsigned leaflet, "Veto of the Liquor License Bill," small 8vo (4 3/4" X 8"), 4pp, published by The Grand Division of Massachusetts in 1874. Very good. Minor mounting traces along margin of last page (not affecting text). Text of one of Governor Talbot's best-known acts, his veto of legislation to repeal the state's prohibition law. An interesting pair.