Search Results: Titles starting with T from Sanctuary Books

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards, marbled endpapers.

London, 1691. Paperback. Good. 4to; disbound. 60 pp.

New York: Howard Ferig, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Thick quarto. Original cloth in lightly worn DJ. Signature of Norman Mailer on a slip of lined paper laid into mylar-protected jacket.

New York and London: Kirk and Mercein, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by the author, and rare thus. This volume recounts Noah's experiences as American consul to Tunis, where he successfully negotiated for the release of captured seamen, and then was recalled by James Monroe on at least partially anti-Semitic grounds. Rosenbach 205.

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good. Full contemporary sheep; spine rubbed at bottom with some loss. Scattered foxing per usual. Contemporary ink name and a few markings. The scarce First American Edition of this important work. 8 copperplate engravings bound at the back.

Paris: Gide Fils, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Red paper over boards, ruled and lettered in gilt on spine; 4 volumes, 8vo (5 x 8.25 inches); pp. lxxx, 432; [4], 494; [4], 434; xv, [1], 139 (104 tables); all volumes with half-title page and title-page. Spine tips and corners lighly chipped; boards faintly rubbed; a little faint foxing, but overall nice and clean. An excellent working set.

Brunswick, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good+. Folio. Modern quarter morocco and cloth. Stains to title page, light browning and spotting. 41 tables, complete. A sturdy copy of this useful reference.

Editions Medicina Rara. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards, gilt lettering in paper spine label; in slipcase. From a limited edition of 2800 copies, this one out-of-series, with plates made from a copy of the original 1627 Venice edition. This copy with a laid-in article by Richard Selzer, illustrated, on Casserius.

n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; pp. [1] (title-p.), [99]-132. A few pages detached, laid-in. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Rare.

London: G. G. Harrap, n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good+. GIlt-ruled half morocco and decorative green cloth, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine, 5 raised bands, t. e. g.; illustrated throughout, with four-color lithographs and full-color tipped-on plates. A lavish production. Spine a bit sunned; some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; a little faint browning on prelims and terminals, otherwise internally bright and clean. A lovely copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; (vi) 237 pp. Original navy blue buckram. Contains three stories: The Misadventures of John Nicholson, The Body-Snatcher, and The Story of a Lie. Endpapers with some tape shadows, else an exceptional copy: tight, square and fresh.

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1833. Hardcover. Good+. Half calf and marbled paper, gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments, gilt-stamped lettering in brown leather spine labels (second and fourth compartments); 3 volumes, 8vo. Front board detached from Volume I; other volumes a bit sunned along spine, and a bit scuffed on boards, and along joints and edges. Some very faint foxing here and there, but text blocks are overall nice and clean. A nice working set, or candidate for repair.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original cloth. State B. With tissue-guarded illustrated half-title page. Head of spine chipped, with gatherings exposed; split in the gutter following the front fly, with binding a little shaken. A good reading copy.

New York: Viking Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Boyle on the title-page.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To dear Doug -- a rare man -- all love, Pearl. Teacher to scholar / scholar to pupil / we all learn."

New York: Hill and Wang, A Mermaid Dramabook, 1986. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. [10], 115. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Gil Shiva, Lanford Wilson, 9/11/86." Book is fine, in near fine, very lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Boards of Trustees for the University of Alabama, 1979. Paperback. Very Good+. Wraps; illustrated throughout. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page, to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000), an American actor (his credits include “Gunga Din”) and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. Also includes a laid-in postcard addressed to Fairbanks at his home in Palm Beach, advertising the performance of TALLULAH.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Blue cloth; complete set of 3 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated in b/w.

Delhi, et al / New York: Vikas Publishing House / Avon, 1977 / 1973. Paperback. Very Good+. Tantric Way. Wraps; large 8vo; pp. 208, illustrated in b/w and color throughout. With a laid-in letter, typed on Reuters stationery, addressed to Henry [Miller] and signed by Bob Watts. Spine tips and corners gently bumped; rear cover a little age-toned. [WITH] Tantra, Ecstasy. Wraps; 4to; pp. 128, illustrated in b/w and color throughout. Inscribed to Henry Miller on the half-title page, "For Henry, Celebrating the divine union within! Love, Lucia Uni / Fall 74." Some light scuffing along spine and edges of covers; corners a little dog-eared. Two volumes sold together, with an interesting provenance.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1914. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth, lettered in black on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. [8], 1-[401], [7] (blank, ads), plus frontispiece. Boards a little soiled; spine tips and corners frayed; frontispiece perhaps hastily re-tipped by a previous owner, with some light chipping in the gutter (not affecting image itself). A nice early copy. Sold as is.