Search Results: Titles starting with T from Independent Books

SAMUEL FRENCH, INC., DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE 3 Comedies, 1 Drama. Scripts from the 1960s - 1980s. Stapled spines. Pages: a few pp of one script and the cover annotated/highlighted the rest are clean, bright, tight. All in VG condition.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907 460 numbered pp. HB. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to ep, his owner info penciled to ffep. Pages: clean, bright, a little loose, t.e.g., f.e. deckled; a.e. lightly tanned. Cover: red, gilt titles spine; moderate shelfwear, head/heel/corners worn, spine modestly faded, 2 tears head, rubbed.

New York: ROBERT M. McBRIDE AND COMPANY, 1932 253 numbered pp; HBw/galssine wrapper and slipcase. A limited large paper edition of 410, 373 for the trade, this is No. 292, signed by Cabell on the registration page. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled, frontis, uncut. Cover: silver paper over boards, vellum spine and tips; black logo front, silver titles spine; spine slightly tanned, minimal wear. Glassine wrapper with a few tears/tatters. Slipcase: silver with black logo per book; a beater - split seams, edges tattered. We have a substantial Cabell collection.

Seattle: SASQUATCH BOOKS, 1996 326 numberd pp.+6. HBw/DJ. Signed by author on half title. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green eps; faint dampstain last +- 20 pp top crnr. Cover: beige boards, brick backstrip, gilt titles spine . DJ: unclipped, green, color artwork front, dk green/brick titles/text all surfaces, faint dampstain front top crnr.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928 160 numbered pp. HB. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to ep (now laid in), his owner info inked to ffep. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; t.e. dusty. Cover: blue silk, series title blinstamped front,orange titles spine; lt shelfwear, head/heel/corners a little worn, inobvious stain front. Hogarth Lectures on Literature series.

FIRENZE: LA NUOVA ITALIA, 1938 318 numbered pp +4; TPB. In Italian. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to ep. Pages: clean, ivory, generally tight, uncut; ae tanned, a ltlittle fragile, a few leaves loose. Cover: bright green wraps, cream block front, black titles front/spine, black logo back, f.e. yapped; light shelfwear, spine a bit wrinkled, yapped edges a little worn. Scarce.

Harrison: Radio Corporation of America, 1951 "A compilation of articles on TV servicing, written by two of RCA's experts." Condition notes - 45 numbered pp; PB. Stapled spine. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. toned. Cover: red wraps, test pattern +b/w titles front, RCA logo back; modest edge/shelfwear w/ sm chip to tail, lt rubbing, supplier stamp inked front, shallow crinkle w/ smudges back.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1989 For those in the electronics community who appreciate a unique mix of engineering and descriptive information on satellite video uplinks, downlinks and receive-only television stations. Condition notes: (xvi), 301 numbered pp; HB w/o DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: glossy taupe paper over boards, orange artwork front, orange/white titles front/spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, bottom corners bumped and worn.

Washington: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1952 263 pp.; HB

Urbana: University of Illinois, 1917 University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. III, Nos. 2, 3, and 4. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His name inked to each ffep. Condition notes: Pages: clean, bright, tight, b.e./f.e. deckled; a.e. sunned. Cover: gray wraps, black titles front/spine; modest edge/spines worn and torn.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938 Based on the adventure strip. Condition notes: 424 numbered pp +4; HB. Pages: clean, tanned, tight; textblock tanned and all edges deeply tanned, as is typical. Cover: paper over cardboard, cartoon front and spine, white-yellow titles front, red-green titles spine; substantial edge-shelfwear, extrems well worn, joints cracked. An illustrated page faces each text page. Adorable, with some condition issues.

New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1966 A careful study of six widely divergent cultures. Volume VII of the Six Cultures series. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the half title. Condition notes: (xxxv), 176 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, olive eps. Cover: stiff white wraps, b/w photo and color blocks front, black/purple titles front/spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, slight rubbing.

Tokyo: Taishukan Pub. Co., 1989 1655 pp. + 1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; no defects. Cover: lavender flexible plastic in plastic cover, gilt titles front and spine; protector a little chewed at head, book has no defects.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1954 An ethnographic description, with emphasis upon aspects of Westernization, of a rural Japanese fishing community. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His name inked to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 229 numbered pp +2; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; ghosts of spatter t.e. Cover: med blue, navy artwork front, navy titles spine; minimal shelfwear.

San Francisco: Coleman Cox Publishing Co., 1934 Numerous brief witticisms. Example: The man who is looking for a job and wages is being giving preference over the fellows looking for a position and salary. Condition notes: stapled spine, 38 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps. Cover: tan yapped wraps, blue titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear. Period folk humor.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972 Landscape orientation; stapled spine. Lovely and kush color illustrations circa 1904-1905 by Bilibin throughout. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 20 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative title p.; gift inscription inked inside front wrap. Cover: sage decorative wraps, black/rose titles front; modest edge/shelfwear w/ corners creased, foxing, ghost front, med stain back.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958 456 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled, decorative map eps; faint scuff ffep. Cover: sage, red artwork/titles spine; minimal shelfwear, a few small faint stains all surfaces. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gold, color artwork front, white titles front/spine, portrait + black/pink text back; v lt edge/shelfwear. A novel of the great expedition from Saint Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River and back.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981 Tells of the gentlemen who came from far and wide to court a beautiful princess and of the impossible tasks she demands of them as proof of their devotion to her. This classic story has the human insights of a fairytale and the breathtaking quality of myth. Illustrated with works from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 70 numbered pp +2; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, small frontis; no defects. Cover: lovely rose cloth, gilt device front, gilt titles spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, glossy black gilt artwork and white titles front, white titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, narrow crinkle to top front joint. Very nice copy, giftable.

Eau Claire: E.M. Hale and Company unnumbered; HB. Ex-library w/ stamps, pocket/slip residue back. Library binding. Pages: lt soiled, bright, tight, decorative eps, color frontis; most pp have sm closed tears, lt soil. Cover: orange, black/blue artwork front, black titles front, plain spine; moderate shelfwear, extremities worn through.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company 395 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, portrait frontis; a.e. tanned, front hinge starting. Cover: decorative wood veneer boards, green backstrip, green titles front, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems moderately worn. A charming little book.