Search Results: Titles starting with T from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: Novi-Eboraci: Typis Et Sumptu Solomon King, 1825. Original full mottled calf, black title lable, gilt title and ruled bands. (7" x 4 1/2"). 299 pages, Latin Text. Previous owner's signatures on front free endpapers, remains an exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy showing just light wear. An excellent example of an early American printing of a classic of history. Size: Octavo. Leather.

Paris: Nepveu, 1817. Three volumes, complete. Period full calf, black morocco gilt title labels, gilt decorations, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. (5 1/4" x 3 1/2"), 13.5 cm. pp. xiliv, 189 (3); (4) 222 (2); (4) 223 (1); illustrated with 14 finely colored, copper plate engraving, including frontispieces. French text. Translated from the English by M. Breton. An account of the kingdom of Cabul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary and India offering the customs, uses and customes of this empire. Showing light general wear, repair to head vol. 2, internally clean and tight. An attractive copy of a scarce french printing of Elphinstone's work. Size: 24mo. Leather. Very Good.

Philadelphia: David McKay Black cloth, pictorial cover, illustrated endpaper, (9.5 x 7.5 inches). N.D. (no date, circa 1930's). 362 pages; illustrated by 10 full-page color illustrations, including frontispiece. Showing just minor wear and rubbing. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Harvey Dunn. Quarto.

New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907. Original gray-green paper covered boards (hardcover), w/ color pictorial paste-down on front board, (4 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.). 84, [1] pages; with color frontispiece and 26 color plates included in the pagination. First American Edition (1907), with publisher's address "36 East 22nd Street" on the title page, Schleuter imprint on page [86]. An very good copy showing little wear heavest at head of spine, internally clean, bright, and tight. Overall, a collectable copy of a book typically found in poor condition. First U.S. editions are scarce. Size: 16mo. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo.

New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1911. Original dark green boards, lettered in white on front cover and spine. Color pictorial illustration (measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches; 67 x 57 mm.) on front board within a blind stamped arch-shaped panel. (5 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches). First American Edition (no date on title page, 12 East 33d Street). 84, [1], [1, blank] pages; illustrated with color pictorial endpapers, color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. An exceptional and desirable copy showing minimal wear.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 16mo.

London: Whittaker and Co., 1848. Nine volumes, complete. Half green morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt panels and titles, all edges gilt, engraved title pages. "Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo." (Wikipedia). Showing some expected general overall wear and rubbing, prelims foxed, remains an attractive set in original leather bindings. Size: 12mo. Leather. Very Good.

London: Bickers and Son, 1876. Full green pebbled morocco, raised bands, gilt tooling and decorations to spine, front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. (8 1/2" x 6"). 386 pages, illustrated with twelve illustrations in permanent photography from the Boydell Gallery. SIGNED BINDING, bound by Ramage, London. Showing some general minimal wear and rubbing, intenally clean. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1975. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, gilt title with gilt ruled and tooled compartments, gilt decorative front and rear boards, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers and silk pagemarker, (10.25 x 7.25 inches), 366 pages; illustrated. Collecter's Edition from "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written." With an introduction by Vincent Starrett. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in collector fine condition. Collector's Edition. Leather. Fine. Tall Octavo.

Kyoto, Japan: Tetsuo Yamada, 1991. Black cloth (hardcover), gilt titles, no jacket as issued, (7.5 x 10.25 inches). First Edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by artist on front free endpage. Unpaginated; illustrated in color and b&w. Raisonné of Tanaka Ryohei oeuvre numbers 1 - 460, with captions and images of each work. Text in English and Japanese. An exceptionally clean, tight, and scarce raisonne of the celebrated artist. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Tanaka Ryohei. Oblong Octavo. Artist Monograph.

Indianapolis: Que, 2000. Black cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. First Printing (stated on copyright page). 429 pages w/ Appendices and Index. INSCRIBED by author on title page. A clean, tight copy in as new condition Size: Octavo. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Tudor Publishing, 1935. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 275 pp., with four color plates and ninety-five b&w illustrations. A thorough and expert study tracing the complete history of tapestry from its beginnings in classic times down to the 2oth century. A clean, tight copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: St Martins Press, 2004. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 312 pages. First Edition/First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). SIGNED by author on title page. The tenth Stephanie Plum novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

The University Building, Washington Square, New Yo: Karl Kron, 1887. Blue cloth, gilt titles, beveled boards, top edge gilt, foral endpapers, (8 x 6 inches). vii. [1]. 799. [1] pages, with List of Subscribers, Directory of Wheelmen and Trade Directory at rear; illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece of the author's prized bulldog, Curl. This association copy previously owned by Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher, Bob Feller with his library stamp. The author covers everything a wheelman needs to know for a cycling road trip: proper dress, winter wheeling, hotels extending a welcome, etc. Extensive index with information on roads and towns. 18 page biography of "Curl," the author's bull dog, 100 pages on long distance routes and riders in both U.S. and Britain and her colonies, 47 pages on literature of the wheel-cycling journals, books and pamphlets, how he raised the money to publish the book, and more. Showing typical minor wear to corners, head and tail, pages age toned,… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. Green-blue cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket, gilt title, embossed board, (8.25 x 5.75 inches), 342 pages with Bibliography and Index; illustrated. First Edition/First Printing in the exceedling SCARCE First-State Dust Jacket, (with all points called for by Fitzgerald bibliography). Volume 33 (31) in the notable and collectable Rivers of America series. This being a true a First Printing of the First Edition. The first-state dust jacket blurb contains an error which was caught by the author in an advance copy. The distribution was stopped until jacket corrected with only a small number of review copies in first-state jacket already being distributed. Some light expected toning and wear, previous owner's signature, else a clean, tight copy in a lightly worn unclipped ($3.00) jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Theresa Sherrer Davidson. Octavo.

New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1925. Original quarter cloth over paper boards (hardcover), gilt title, (12.25 x 9.25 inches). First Edition. VIII, plus 200 plates. Photographic survey of the early Italian works in terra cotta, including details. Shows some light general wear, internally clean and bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio.

London: James R. Osgood, Mcilvaine & Co., 1891. FINE BINDING. Three volumes. First Edition / First Impression. Contemporary full red levant morocco, raised bands, decorative gilt panels, front and rear boards, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with original honeysuckle blossom design covers bound-in at rear of all volumes. SIGNED BINDING by Blackwell Bennett, New York. With ALL first impression points present in all volumes, including "1891" copyrights and "Chapter XXV" for "Chapter XXXV" on page 199 of volume 2. An exceptionally fine and beautifully bound copy in the earliest state of Hardy's famed tragic novel. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Leather. Fine.

New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Cream buckram cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, Titles embossed in red and black, signature embossed red square on front board, (12.25 x 9.25 inches). First Edition / First Printing, with no other printings indicated. 256 pages; illustrated with 210 photographs, plans and drawings, including four page fold-out of Mile-High Skyscraper City. In this one of his last published works, Wright "illuminates with wisdom and imaginative vitality the very issues of modern life fundamental to our existence." An exceptionally clean, tight copy in unclipped jacket showing some light wear heaviest at extremities.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1917. Cloth in SCARCE mylar protected dust-jacket. 139 pages; illustrated. SIGNED by Charles Brooks on front free endpaper, also ALS (autographed letter signed) by Charles Brooks laid-in. A clean, tight copy of a scarce title Size: Octavo. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Theodore Diedricksen.

Lille: Le Bigot Freres, 1903. Original wrappers (soft-cover). Series A: No 458 / No D'Ordre:1142. 174 pages, plus 4 plate pages; illustrated. Full title reads: "Theses Presentees A La Faculte Des Sciences De Paris Pour Obtenir Le Grade De Docteur Es-Sciences Naturelles par G. Devez / Doctor en medecine, Ancien Professeur an College de la Guyane, Conseiller general de la Guyne. 1st These: Zoologie - Recherches D'Anatomie Comparee sur le Coeur des Vertebres, en Particulier des Monotremes et des Marsupiaux. 2nd These: Propositions - Donnees Par la Faculte. Scarce doctorial dissertation showing some general overall wear Size: Octavo. Wraps.

Northhampton, Mass: Gehenna Press, 1956. Quarter brown morocco (hard cover), over paper boards, housed in publisher's slipcase. Unpaginated; illustrated. Frontispiece portrait of Wilfred Owen, drawn by Shahn and printed from a block by Leonard Baskin; text includes 15 lithographs after original illustrations by Shahn. Number 164 of 400 copies printed by Esther and Leonard Baskin and Richard Warren at The Gehanna Press. Pressman: Romeo Cadieux, Compositor: William Scully. This UNIQUE copy INSCRIBED by Leonard Baskin on Colophon. A tight, clean copy in a worn slipcase Size: Folio. Signed. Limited.. Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by Ben Shahn.