Authors starting with T from Capricorn Books

1993.. 92 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Interior - small soft bump to top corner of textblock, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - soft crease at corners of covers,. very minor edge wear. Very Good. ... more information

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(C-E-C Group, Springfield, VA, 1996.). 92 pp, 8vo, soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. "Through an allegory depicting his four trips to Sedona, Arizona, Lewis Tagliaferre creates four universal principles of reality. They may challenge philosophers and disrupt traditional Jude. o-Christian precepts. However, when they are integrated into daily life, they offer tremendous potential for creating inner peace and serenity in a tumultuous world. Though channeled through Tagliaferre, the '... more information

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Grossman, New York, 1973.. 228 pp, small 4to (10 1/8" H), soft cover with self-flaps. B&w illustrations. Poets included: Hsu Hsuan; Lin Pu; Mei Yao-ch'en; Ou-yang Hsiu; Su Shun-ch'in; Tseng Kung; Ssu-ma Kuang; Wang An-shih; Su Shih; Su Ch'e; Su Kuo. Interior - front flap . is clipped, previous owner's bookplate and chop (stamp) on half-title page, copy of poem tipped in at rear of book, very small closed tear (with crease) at top of free rear endpaper, otherwise clean and tight ... more information

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Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Madras, 1974.. 287 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Contents: Preface; Relativity - Total and Partial - Parts I-IV (Scientific Theories and Occult Doctrines - The Absolute and Relativity - Relativity and Mathematics - Relativity and Pairs of Opposit. es); The Dualities of Nature; The Duality of Time and Space - Parts I-II (Dimensions of Space - The Point and Instant as the Basis of Space and Time); The Duality of Matter and Energy - Parts I-II (Ma... more information

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Vertical, (New York, 2004), Ist U.S. edition.. 311 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "On this literary gonzo trip in which a man of letters finds out, too late, that flirting with extremist politics can have unsavory consequences for one's mind, we encounter the likes of Virgil the ref. rigerator (a memorable 'three-dimensional' character) and 'Henry IV' the feline aficionado of books. Endlessly resourceful, relentlessly erudite, but always accessible, 'Sayona... more information

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Hayes / Oxford Publishing, (Sparkford, 1987), reprint.. Unpaginated, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 213 b&w photographs. "Throughout the steam age, Crewe Works was one of the leading, if not the leading, railway works in the UK. Indeed, in 1913 'The Railway Magazine' described it as 'the most. famous railway works in the world'. In its heyday (particularly under the London & North Western Railway) it was world renowned for its manufacture and repair of loco... more information

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Ward, Lock, London, n.d.. 118 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. One of "The Mayflower Series". B&w frontispiece. "When Jill sets out to find a new home her only companion was Diddums - for Jill would not be parted from her beloved cat. And, strange to . say, Diddums - her Mascat as Jill called him - had an astonishing part to play in the Lone Guide's struggles and welfare." Previous owner's name at top of front pastedown, light browning to pages, ... more information

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Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, ca.1927.. 160 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H), hard cover with pictorial boards - no dust jacket. 6 colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations. Contents: The Ghost of the Camp; "The Ostrich"; A Princess from Kensington; Carol and the Cave-Ghost; Just Patsy's Way. ; Two Christmas Frocks; The Young Pretender; It Was Up To Jill; The Green Necklace; Won By A Head; Prometheus and Pandora. Scattered faint foxing marks on pages, moderate edge wear to boards, a... more information

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Doubleday, Graden City, New York, 1973.. 255 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0385091575 B&w and colour photographs. "Frank Tallman has flown them all - large and small, fragile and resilient, reliable and eccentric. And in this book, the 'King of the Stunt Pilots' . takes you along, into the cockpit, on flights in twenty-five historic aircraft, from a 1909 Bleriot to the ubiquitous Flying Fortress of World War II, with a hot-air balloon and a Goodyear blimp thr... more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, (1975), 3rd printing.. 96 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photos, drawings. "...present(s) a fascinating account of the lives of the Indians of the American Southwest, where, to survive, the people had to learn to cultivate the soil. In the. process they created one of the richest of all Indian civilizations, one still reflected in the lives of many descendant tribees, who have continued to live in the Southwest to this day."... more information

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William Kimber, London, 1976, first edition.. 192 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718302745 "The sea in all its moods is the compelling theme of Nigel Tangye's new book; with its beauty and its cruelty it is everlastingly fickle. By combining his own encounters with the . sea with graphic reconstructions of bygone adventures and disasters the author makes yesterday's events living experiences. (His) 'Spray of Glendorgal' setting out from Falmouth is no more... more information

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Military Illustrated, London, 1991.. 51 pp, 11 11/16" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, drawings, color photographs, uniform studies. Contents: The British Soldier in the Gulf (1); Collecting Art of the Great War; Milita. ry Miniatures: The Work of Peter Twist; Military Miniatures: Ten Years of D.F. Grieve Models; A Crimean Guardsman's Knapsack; Sergent 1er Regiment de Chasseurs a pied de la Garde, 1810; A 17th Lancer of 1854 ... more information

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Harvard Business Review, (Boston, 1999), Ist printing.. 229 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. SIGNED BY DON TAPSCOTT ON TITLE PAGE. "A rich mix of ideas and insights, (this book) explores all aspects of the interconnected business environment, from the importance of trust in the virtual organiz. ation and the changing nature of customer relationships to new ways that companies can generate returns from their intellectual assets. The real-world examples from companies such as...E-bay, The ... more information

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Tor, New York, (1988, Ist/1989, Ist/1989, Ist Mass market printings.). 278 pp, 310 pp, 401 pp, PB - 3 volumes. Cover art by Robert Gould. Interiors - store stamp volumes 2 & 3, pages in volume 1 are browning - otherwise clean and tight. Exteriors - light edgewear, volume 3 has crease to bottom corner of rear cover, . volumes 2 & 3 are slightly cocked, spines creased but still legible, volume 1 spine is flat with manufacturing wrinkle but no creasing. VG. ... more information

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Foundation/Doubleday, New York, (1989), book club edition.. 372 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "Here is the tale of two great and timeless beings: Prince Aidan and his lady Morgiana. In the years between the Second and Third Crusades, Prince Aidan, born of a royal human father and an immortal sorceres. s, travels to visit his nephew, husband to a princess of one of the most powerful families in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. There he finds his nephew slain, killed at the command of Sinan by the b... more information

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Amsco, (New York, 1978).. 64 pp, 4to (approx. 12" H), soft cover. B&w photos, music. "Professional know-how for creating exciting leads, Blues scales, fingerings, riffs, techniques, soloing plus tunes and exercises to work with." Contents: Forward; Fundamentals; The Blue. s Scale; Extending the Blues Scale Downward; The Whole Blues Scale; Extending the Blues Scale Upward; Scale Exercises; Bends; Combining Positions; Blues Solos; Other Uses of the Blues Scale; The Related Major; Comb... more information

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Henri Laurens, Paris, n.d.. 92 pp, 7 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. A description of the history, gardens and royal inhabitants of the palace of Fontainebleu. Interior - light to moderate browning to pages, light soiling to inside of covers, bump at bottom of gutter. of all pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - moderate browning - mainly on spine, some soft corner creases with migration into adjacent pages, bump to bottom of spine, slight bump to ... more information

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New Science Library / Shambhala, Boston, 1987, 2nd printing.. 323 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. "...based on Gurdjieff's notion that most people are, spiritually speaking, asleep - entranced automatons controlled by mechanical habits of thought, perception, and behaviour. Tart does a thorough analysis of the o. bstacles to spiritual awakening. He then presents spiritual exercises and practices..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge we... more information

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Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, 2000), Ist edition.. 192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, maps, reproductions. Contents: Introduction; Capture, 23 April 1917; Consolidation; Attacks and Trench Raids; 1918; After the Armistice; Car Tour; Walks; The Cemeteries;. Recent Memorials in Gavrelle; Brief History of the Royal Naval Division. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing. NF. ... more information

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Ecco, (Hopewell, New Jersey, 1997), Ist edition.. 72 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), soft cover. Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Tate's twelfth collection of poems. "Speakers in James Tate's poems are and are not like those we know: a man's meditation on gardening renders him witless; another traps theor. ies and then lets them loose in a city park, a nun confides that 'it was her / cowboy pride that got her through', a gnome's friend inhabits a world where 'a great eschat... more information

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