Search Results: Titles starting with T from Carpe Diem Fine Books

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. As New.. First Edition. Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinerton, William Roth, & Jane Grabhorn. Quarto; 67 pages, black cloth spine and pale blue paper-covered boards.

Berlin: Ernst Cramer. 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" printed December 1993 holiday greeting hand-addressed to General and Mrs. Fergusson and SIGNED 'All the best from Berlin, Ernst Cramer'. An unusal holiday greeting, Cramer shares his thoughts on the state of the world, highlighting economic woes and suffering, and closes with his encouragement to help those in need. Ernest Cramer (1913-2010) was a co-founder of Alliance of German-Jewish Youth, a Zionist youth movement and was arrested after Kristallnacht, being imprisoned in Buchenwald. In 1939 he managed to emigrate in 1939 to the US, although his parents and brother were killed. Ernst returned to Buchenwald as a U.S. soldier, and eventually rose to be Chairman of the Board of the Axel Springer Foundation. In 1996 he received the Leo Baeck Medal bestowed upon those who have helped preserve the spirit of German-speaking Jewry in culture, academia, politics, and philanthropy. General Robert Fergusson was Commandant of the American sector of Berlin 1967-1970.

Pebble Beach: The author, 1992. 1st. Single typed sheet of ~ 150 words. Addressed to a local bookseller, Ms. Davenport with much good humor asks how she can 'get rid of' 'a mass of back copies of GOURMET magazine...' and 'an equal mass of back numbers of CATS magazine-- somebody might fall for it if he-she-could get it for nothing...' The ALS is laid in to Ms. Davenport's autobiography titled "Too Strong for Fantasy "...embracing New York in the early 1900s and Czechoslovakia in crisis after World War II." - dustjacket flap.

New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Octavo; 489pp plus 11pp catalog at rear. A Near Fine copy (foxing to ffep) in original brown cloth, boards ruled in blind; spine lettered in gold. Laid in is a 1972 receipt from Elisabeth Woodburn, Booknoll Farm.

New York: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint. 8vo. vii, [1], facsimile of original title page, 196 pp. Double-page map; genealogical table. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's dustjacket which is trimmed 1/2" shorter than the book. Near fine (corners lightly bumped) in near fine dustjacket (light age-toning). Originally published privately in 1893 under title 'Memoirs of Marau Taaroa' and again, a revised edition in 1901 (both rare on the market), here is the facsimile of the Clements library copy of the Paris (1901) edition. Based on legendary tales that the American historian Henry Adams heard from the Queen of Tahiti and her family while on a trip to the South Seas in 1891. Born in 1824, Arii Taimai was the grand-daughter of Tati, paramount chief of the Papara district of Tahiti. She also held rights to numerous kin-titles on the island Mo'orea through her mother, Marama Arii Manihinihini. Arii Taimai became acquainted with the author when… Read More

Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. As New copy. Octavo; (xvi), 335 pages.

Los Angeles: Art Book Publishing Co, 1925. 1st. Softcover. Bound in gold-stamped suede with yapped edges.. 12mo, 63 pages. A few edge tears, spotting, else Very Good - gold-stamped 'Emma B. Wilson' on front cover. Double INSCRIBED, on ffep 'To Emma B. Wilson/with love and kisses/Bingham Thoburn Wilson/December 1st, 1925 and again on the verso of the frontis photograph of the author (by C.W. Tucker of Covina, CA) 'To/the one who has/shared with me/my Emma/Bingham Thoburn Wilson' Verse printed on one side of pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First Edition. 8vo. 309 pp. 42 photographic plates (incuding frontispiece). Tan pictorial cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's tan illustrated dustjacket - both designed by C.L. Bull. A fine copy in fine dustjacket; uncommon thus. The author was an accomplished mountain-climber and in this work he describes the history of mountaineering in Washington, Oregon and Northern California as well as his personal climbing experiences.

Columbia, CA: Published by the author, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 256pp. SIGNED by the author. Turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. A fine copy with a hint of spine leaning; short piece of tape to inside front board. 40 short stories of early central California; includes early aviation, Bret Harte, bootlegging, C.C.C., and much more.

San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, 1891. First Edition. Small octavo; 300pp. A Very Good copy (light rubbing and extremity wear) in pale green cloth (not noted by BA 1109); front and spine panels stamped in gold. Binding variant A (no priority).

Tucson: Chax Pr, 2009. 1st. Paperback. New copy.. Octavo; 129 pp. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

San Francisco: Hoffman-Edwards, 1902. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 309pp. SIGNED in year of publication by Elizabeth Cramer (author's wife?). Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Minor wear to extremities; spine lightly faded else a near fine copy. "... intended to furnish effective suggestion to the student who is passing through the critical period of his intellectual life, while the mental powers are plastic but on the point of setting." - Preface. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1943. 1st. Hardbound. Fine copy in dust jacket (light rubbing, mild wear to spine ends).. Octavo. 182 pages. Grey boards in black decorative dust jacket. A novel about the world of hot jazz written out of the experiences of a young man who played drums in many small bands himself . Volume One of the triliogy 'The Three Musicians'.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine copy - unmarked.. Octavo; 280 pages.

Salt Lake City: University Of Utah Press, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. New in dust jacket (in orinal shrinkwrap).

Monterey, CA: Hilleary and Petko, 1988. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. Miniature book 2 1/2 x 2 1/4". 4 tipped-in etchings by George G. Sutherland (including frontispiece) of Eugene O'Neill; his wife, Carlotta Monterey; and of Tao House. Cream linen covered boards; purple endpapers; purple lettering to spine. A fine copy. (Bradbury - Hilleary and Petko #14).

South Bend, IN: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1999. First Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Suzan CampbellSquare 4to. 400pp. Bibliography; Index. More than 100 color plates and hundreds of black & white illustrations, many never before published. Cream cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Birthday gift inscirption on half-title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket; a beautiful publication. "The first major study to examine the widely diverse forms of patronage that made it possible for artists to live and work in Taos... A unique resource for scholars, collectors, and art lovers, this volume includes scores of artists - academic and modernist - and dozens of patrons." - dustjacket flap.

San Francisco: Tay-Holbrook Inc, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition. Quarto; xxx, 494 pp. Near Fine copy. Numerous in text illustrations, including a number in color in the 'Colored Plumbing Fixtures' section.

Moscow: Tchaikovsky Commemorative Museum, Klin.; Muzyka Publishing House, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 223; 89pp. Over 500 photo-illustrations (color and black & white). Text in Russian and English. Vol. 1: black spine and grey cloth boards with silver lettering; Vol. 2: color illustrated wraps. A fine set housed in publishers slipcase (minor wear) and red paper wrap-around band. A beautiful set published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth. Vol. I presents his life in words and pictures; Vol. II focuses on his music and personal artifacts. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Stanford, CA: Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching, 1974. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 85pp. Many charts and figures. Staplebound wraps in fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.