Search Results: Titles starting with T from Parker's Rare Books

by the author, 1972. Stated First Printing. HB. Red cloth,gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 188 pp. History of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado, which first opened in 1879. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings. No marks in book, binding tight. Slight rubbing to spine lettering. Book condition VG+.

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U. S. Cavalry Association, 1911. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 8vo, 539 pp. including extensive index, patterned endpapers. Fourth completely revised edition, with numerous plates in the text. English translation from the German by First Lieutenant Walter Krueger. Balck was a member of the Prussian Imperial General Staff. This is Volume I, dealing with infantry tactics on the eve of World War I. He also wrote a volume on cavalry tactics. Krueger (1881-1967) rose to command of the U.S. Sixth Army in the South West Pacific during World War II. With the bookplate of Charles Rees Lloyd, Colonel 10th Field Artillery, 3rd Division, U. S. Army during World War I. Book shows considerable underlining of text, in pencil, hinges reinforced, binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear, top corner of text block and corners scuffed, spine sunned. Book condition Good+.

Milwaukee: Verlag von Georg Brumder, [1907]. HB. enthaltend: Aufmunterung, Gebete und Gesange, 1. fur Gesunde, 2. fur BetrŸbte, 3. fur Kranke, 4. fur Sterbende ; nebst mehreren Fest-Andachten und viel schšnen Buss-, Beicht-, Communion- und Wetter-Gebeten, Morgen- und Abend-Andachten auf alle Tage in der Woche, wie auch Kriegs-, Theuerungs-, Pest- und Friedens-Gebeten ; bei allen Angelegenheiten nŸtzlich zu gebrauchen, und mit Kupfern geziert ; Mit einem Anhang von Morgen- und Abend-Gebeten, Aufmunterungen und GesŠngen fŸr Schwangere und GebŠrende auf allerei ZufŠlle ; Wohlfeile ausgabe in grobem druck." Lutheran prayer book and devotions. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 665 pp. Owner's name front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding solid. Covers show minor soiling. Text in German. Uncommon American edition. Book condition VG-.

Emmishofen, Konstanz and New York: Verlag von Carl Hirch, ND. HB. Half black leather over black pebbled boards, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 12 mo., 572 pp. + Tagliches Gebetbuchlein (78 pp.) at rear. Familien Chronik xv pp., at front. Frontis illustratation of author. Decorative end papers. Covers show wear, leather corners worn to boards, 1 page in Familien tape repaired. No marks in text, binding solid. Book condition Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Stated First Edition. HB. Pinkish cloth spine with pink decorative paper covered boards, silver lettering on spine, 12mo, 392 pp., pink patterned endpapers. Light moisture stain edge of ffep and next blank endpaper, no marks in book, binding solid. Edges of text block soiled, binding somewhat cocked. Covers show light edge wear, darkening about 1/2" top of front and rear covers. In brown unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket that shows soiling and moisture stains, chipping with 1/4" loss top of spine not affecting any lettering, 2" tear at bottom joint of front panel. Book condition VG- in Good DJ.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. HB. Quarter tan cloth over brown paper-covered boards, paper title label on spine, 12 mo, 288 pp. Part of the Library of Romance series, edited by Leitch Ritchie, with separate title page. Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Co. Race above Fourth Street. First American edition, published in the same year as the British edition. Fictional account of life in the east by Fraser (1783-1856), noted Scottish explorer and author. Owners name ffep dated 1835, no other marks in book, binding tight. Some foxing, soiling to edges of text block. Covers show minor edge wear and soiling. Checklist American Imprints 18890. Note: this copy appears to have never contained the 18 pages of publisher's ads at rear found in the copy at The Library Company of Philadelphia. Book condition VG-.

Delavan, Wi: Chas. Hallberg & Co, 1979. 1st. hb. Blue cloth, 8vo., 190pp. SIGNED by AUTHOR, with nice inscription "Best Regards to ___________Board of Governors, State Bar of Wis., Judge R. H. Gollmar". This is the judge that presided over the famous murder case of Edward Gein. Book very nice, appears never to have been read, dust jacket shows just the slightest shelf wear, in Brodart cover. Book condition NF, DJ VG+.

Sterling, Illinois: Published by the author, 1922. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, paste-down illustration of an Iris on front cover, 8vo, 262 pp., blue endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight. Light soiling edges of text block. Book condition VG.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1888. HB. Dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, 295 pp. Uncommon early reprint, originally published in 1886 as a stand alone American edition. Signed by R. T. Currall [Richard Thomas Currall], noted Russian scholar, author of Practical Russian Grammar and translator of works by Tolstoi and Pushkin, and with his annotations and corrections within the text. Pages show light, occasional foxing, covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Amsterdam: Meijburg & Co, 1989. HB. Black boards, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 4 to, 406 pp. Very clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Slight dent rear edge of spine. In dust jacket that is clean, but has tear middle of spine corresponding to dent on cover. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ.

Columbia, Missouri: Universal Edition, A University Of Missouri Press Collegium Musicum Edition, 1969. Wraps. Green stiff paper wraps, black lettering on front cover, 4to, 42 pp. Musical score with no marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG.

Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill, 1961. 3rd. Pr. HB. Blue cloth, white lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 316pp. Tight, unmarked book, corners slightly bumped. Book condition VG.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1957. 2nd Printing. HB. Brown cloth, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 372 pp. Unmarked book, binding solid. Covers show some uneven fading, spine sunned. Second printing, July 1957. Anthology of stories about the teaching profession. Book condition VG.

New York: Philosophical Library, c. 1961. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 338 pp. including index. Stamped "Superintendent of Schools" on ffep and front paste down, card pocket at rear. No marks in text, binding solid. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Book condition VG-.

Rockville, Maryland: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1981. 2nd printing. HB. Gray cloth with gilt lettering on red border on front cover and spine, 8vo., 421 pp. including index. Owners name, in ink, ffep and top of front cover, otherwise no marks or highlighting in book, binding solid. Book condition VG.

Menasha, Wi: George Banta Publishing Company, 1914. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front and spine, 8vo, 344 pp. Illustrated with 16 plates, fold-out topographical maps. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, upper corners bumped. Book condition VG.

New York: Scribner's, 1904. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 360pp., dark blue endpapers. From the Clark Lectures given at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1902-3. Top edge gilt. Front hinge weak, no marks in book, binding solid. Covers show slight edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Merchantville, N.J: by author, ND. HB. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 208 pp. Owner's name ffep, two lines of writing on rear endpaper (in pencil), no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, soiling. Book condition VG.

Taiwan: Taiwan Lutheran Mission, (1961). HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 185 pp. including appendex listing visitors and personnel. Fold-out map of Formosa showing location of Lutheran Church locations. Published as part of the 10 year anniversary of Lutheran missionary work in Taiwan. Card pocket at rear, from Lutheran Church library. No other library markings. Donation inscription on ffep. No other marks in book, binding solid. Both cover and dust jacket missing about 1/2" top of spine. Book condition Good+ in Good+ DJ.

New York: Vantage Press, 1992. First Printing. HB. Black cloth, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 133 pp. Review copy, with review slip tipped in, but appears never read. No marks in book, binding tight. Slight soiling top edge of text block. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.