Search Results: Titles starting with T from Austin's Antiquarian Books

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/a price clipped jacket, with a minor chip at spine top else a very good. Quarto; pp; 144, photo credits; illustrated with many photographs; original cream linen and brown paper covered boards lettered in red and black. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Later reprinted in paper by the Theodore Roosevelt Association in 1984.

New York: Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp. xiv, (1), 3-335 with index; Illustrated; cream cloth lettered in blue and red in a dust jacket;. The TR/Taft relationship was affectionate, complicated and sadly gave rise to TR's Bull Moose campaign.

London: William Tegg And Co, 1878. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp. (x), 870 with an index to the engravings; One hundred sixteen engravings by Cruikshank and others; Three quarter navy blue morocco and blue boards, with spine labels letterd in gilt and all edges marbled; Moderate wear to the spine, some foxiing to the end papers but the book block is very good or better;. This is the 1878 reprint of the 1827 first edition; Filled with whimsey and humerous illustration by Cruikshank.

Paris: Lahure, 1941. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Quarto; pp; (23) illustrated with nineteen photogravure plates of the pieces; original stiff paper wrappers lettered in purple;. An Auction Catalog illustrated; Art, Ceramics, furniture, ... Very nice.

Modena: Edizione Panini, 1987. First Thus. cloth in slipcase. Very good +/very good. (1987). Quarto (8"x 11"), red cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket with matching slipcase. 70 pages of text followed by photographs of the 16th century book, in effect a facsimile of the original. A re-working of the 1936 edition. Some soil to the slipcase, otherwise a very nice copy of a scarce book. "This first complete critical edition of A Tailor's Book makes available to the public one of the most significant and valuable figurative documents of the 16th century. Equally important is its role in illustrating different ways of 'appearing in public" (or ritualistic modes of dress), historical forms of pomp and circumstance, ceremony and politics... an exact reproduction of a 16th century manuscript now held by the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice". The 70 pages of text consists of five essays as follows: Introduction to A Book with No Name (Alessandra Mottola Molfino); "A Tailor's Book" and Modern Paradigms"… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Montegut. Octavo; pp. (13), 14-245 plus (10pp.) table of contents; Illustrated by Montegut, De Myrbach, Picard and Rossi; Color Vignette title ad leaf, half title, additional title, additional half title, woodcut illustrations throughout; three quarter patterned calf and green boards, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt, untrimmed; light edge wear, some minor bubbling to the cloth at fore edge rear board; a nice copy.

Sonoma County, Ca: The Hoffman Press for the Alexander Valley Winegrowers, 2000. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Octavo; pp; 176 index, ad; illustrated with color photographs by John Nelson & George Rose & a map; original printed paper wrappers;. Great recipes & wines from the Sonoma California area.

(Philadelphia): Transactions Of The American Entomolgical Society, 1951. Only Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Three volumes, complete; Octavo; pp; I; 133--270; II; 207-361; III; 203-340, index; illustrated with black and white plates; original printed paper wrappers; This set is uncut;. From the front wrapper; "This is a separatum from the Transactions and is not a reprint. It bears the original pagination and plate numbers, library copies were mailed at Philadelphia on the above date of issue". This is a scarce set.

Cumberland Md: Hobby House Press, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Quarto; pp. 160 with index; Illustrated in color and black and white; glossy pictorial paper wrappers;. An historical guide for collectors.

London: Methuen & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes; Quartos; pp; 43; 34; 33; original quarter tan cloth and brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label at center cover, with decorations by Shepard of Pooh and Christopher Robin; "Fourteen Songs" is a seventh edition, the others are first editions; printed music throughout with decorations by Shepard interspersed; edge wear, corners bumped, else very good. Verses from the Pooh books set to music.

London: The Religious Tract Society, nd. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo (5"x 7.25"), red pictorial cloth, gilt. 96pp. Four illustrations. Former owner's name in pencil. Cloth on cover and along the back joint bubbling up. Two ink spots and a little hole in the spine visible in the picture. by the author of "Probable Sons", also known as Mary Thurston Dodge (pseudonym). A proud Teddy tells the story behind a button taken from his father's coat after he died in battle. A tale with a Christian theme.

Ithaca N. Y.: Mack, Andrus, & Co. Printers, 1848. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Joints started but holding well, spine ends chipped, previous 19th century owner's name on a preliminary else a good or better solid copy;. Octavo; pp; xvi, (i), 18-399; frontispiece portrait; full brown leather with a leather spine label lettered in gilt;. Howes A-131; "White, fervent Prebyterian missionary and political propagandist, describes his trip out in 1842 and back in 1845, as well as his part in the civic organization of Oregon"

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. Second Edition, a Souvenir Edition for the American Bookseller's Dinner, Hotel Astor, May 11. 1911. Hardcover. A good copy, edge wear, some soiling but complete with all plates and the map. Octavo; pp; xvi, 317; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, a frontispiece and forty additional plates including a large folding map at the rear; white cloth and blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with a title label on the upper board;. Account of Peary's North Pole Expedition 1908-9 by the youngest member, who was with one of the support parties during the first stage of the march and a sledge journey with MacMillan along the northern coast of Greenland.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. very good in a good or better dust jacket;. Octavo; pp; 157;  black cloth and blue paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a dust jacket;. Set in the waning days of WWII in Occupied France, a man buys his life in a German Gestapo Prison.... then life gets more complicated. Greene was a master of narrative & dialogue, whether in his novels or his "entertainments" as he called them.

New York: Da Capo Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; (xvi), 287, index; illustrated with color photographs and three maps; black cloth and tan paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. The Terra Cotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Over seven thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of China—and each figure was individually carved. Weaving together history and a first-hand account of his experiences in China, John Man tells the fascinating story of how and why these astonishing figures were created in the third century BC, and how they have become a symbol of China's history, culture, and society.

Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. (Harrisburg): Stackpole books, (1990). Octavo, green leatherette, gilt, in dust jacket. Illustrated with color photos and black and white drawings. Photos by Norm Shires, tying sequence illustrations by Rich Shires. Foreword by Paul Schullery. Very good in very good jacket. Imitations of non-aquatic insects and how to tie them with dressings given for each. The History and Development of the Jassid, Beetle, Cricket, Hopper, Ant, and Inchworm on Pennsylvania's legendary Letort.

(Ottawa): National Museum of Canada, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; iii, (i), 132,bibliography, index; Four plates, photographs; burgundy cloth, gilt; Text slightly toned, otherwise very good.

Ketchikan Alaska: Alaska Sportsman, 1941. Wraps. Very good, without any splits. Map image measures 17" by 24" and is printed in two colors; it is the U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey map; folds into printed tan stiff wrappers;. A handsome map of the last American Frontier.

Detroit: Harlo Press, 1992. First & Only Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo; pp; 112; green cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. This copy inscribed by the author to the Wilbraham Public Library, the library did not catalogue this book. This is the author's third book of poetry.

London: Pushkin Press, 1947. Stated "New Edition", a reprint of this translation that first appeared in 1924. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo; pp; (vi), 154; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt. Printed by the Chiswick Press for Eyre & Spottiswoode, the Pushkin Press, a nicely printed piece.