Titles starting with T from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Oak Park, Illinois: River Forest Township High School , 1939. Hardcover 11" x 8.25". 228pp. Cream colored cloth hardcover. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped. Ownership signature on inside front cover. ... more information

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(Virginia Beach, Virginia): Downing Company / Publishers, 1981. Hardcover First edition 11" x 8". 215pp. Rust brown cloth hardback with gilt cover lettering and illustration. Fine condition. With a publisher's bookplate featuring the autographs of both authors. This history of Tacoma covers the area and the city starting with the appearance of Captain Vancouver in the area, down through modern times. Packed with illustrations from old photographs. ... more information

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Tacoma, Washington: Prepared By the Kipp Associates for the City of Tacoma, 1985. Paperback 11" x 8.5". 141pp. Bound in color illustrated heavy paper wrappers. A fine copy. This work details historic structures in Tacoma, Washington and the reconstructive work that saved them from the wrecking ball. With sections on the central busines district, the Old City hall Historic District, the pacific Avenue Historic District, Union Depot and the warehouse Historic District. Packed with illustrati... more information

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(Seattle, Washington): (National Park Service), 1981. Paperback 8.5" x 11". 101pp. Red pictorial glossy wrappers (paperback) bends at rear and some edge wear; internally sound; a VG+ copy. Illustrated with black and white photos. "During 1979 the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service fielded a team of twelve student and professional historians, planners, architects, and landscape architects to study the rehabilitation potential in Tacoma's Union Depot District. The goal of t... more information

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Tacoma, Washington: City of Tacoma Planning & Development Services Department, 1995. Paperback First edition 11" x 8.5". 36 pp. Stapled paper sheets. Fine condition. An overview of the history of the architecture of Tacoma, Washington. With many illustrations. No date; circa 1995. ... more information

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Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck, 1968. Hardcover 13.5" x 9.25". 139pp. Quarter pigskin, printed paper covered boards. Mild soiling, else a near fine copy. This companion volume of commentary was issued with a facsimile of the legendary 13th century medical work. That volume is NOT present here. The Tacuinum Sanitatis are illuminated medical manuals based on texts translated from Arabic into Latin. It is about the six things that are necessary for every man in the daily preservation of hi... more information

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Seoul, Korea: Nanam Publications, Co., 1990. Paperback 8.75" x 6". 210pp. Printed paperback. Light general soiling, fading on front panel, ownership signature on first leaf, stain on rear panel and bottom of foredge, else VG condition. Illustrated with instructional drawings and diagrams. ... more information

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Republic of Korea: seo Lim Pulishing Company, 1986. 8.75" x 6". 333pp. Paperback with a glossy paper wrapper. Soiling to the page edges, mild general wear. Overall VG+ condition. With text in Korean and English. A good instructional work, packed with black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

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Tacoma, Washington: Stadium and Lincoln Park High Schools, 1915. Paperback 9" x 6". 86pp. Illustrated stapled paper wrappers. Mild general use but overall a nice VG+ copy. This book is a sort of literary magazine, with short fiction, poetry, comic strip - style illustrations, etc., most of which in this issue is automobile themed. The book also includes editorials, information about the school sports teams, music, debate, and more. The advertisements for tacoma area businesses are also int... more information

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No place: Privately Published, No date, circa 1948]. Hardcover 7.25" x 4.75". 184pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Near fine condition. With many illustrations from drawings and fold out plates showing step patterns. An early English language book on this internal Chinese martial art. ... more information

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(Seattle): [Privately Published], 1984. Hardcover First edition 7" x 5.75". 39pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Fine condition. With three photo illustrations. A touching holiday tale of a toy horse. This book was published to benefit the Children's Ortopedic Hospital in Seattle. ... more information

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Baton Rouge & London: Louisiana , 1994. Hardback First edition 9" x 6". 234 pp. Maroon paper covered boards, in dust wrapper. Fine condition, near fine jacket. An account of the mass execution of Unionist sympathizers at Gainesville, Texas in 1862. ... more information

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Hong Kong, Oxford, New York, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1981. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.5". 249pp. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Small ownership signature to the first leaf, else fine condition; near fine jacket with very light edge wear and one tiny scrape on the spine. A study of Hong Kong's merchant leaders, from their origins in 18th century trading house of Canton and Macau to the beginning of World War One. ... more information

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(Tokyo): Kodansha International, 1973. Hardcover First edition 10.25" x 7.25". 176pp. Near fine condition in a near fine dust wrapper. This copy signed and inscribed by Takamiyama "To Grand Ueno San. Aloha & Mahaol. Jesse." A good account of this American athlete's rise to the highest ranks in the sport of Sumo. With many color and black photo illustrations. ... more information

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New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 1987. Paperback 9" x 11". 106pp. Black and white illustrated paperback. Fine condition. With an introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh, this combined written and photographic essay exploring the experiences of Vietnamese Buddhist refugees in America. As Gary Snyder says, "The photographs, the letter from Nhat Hanh, the text, are deeply moving. A fine, useful, dharma-spreading book." ... more information

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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977. Paperback First edition 8" x 6". 67pp. Bound in illustrated paper wrappers. A very good copy with spots of foxing on wrappers & page edges, otherwise clean & unmarked. This copy inscribed & signed by Genser. ... more information

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Spokane: North Central News, 1922. Paperback 11.25" x 8.25". 100pp. Illustrated paperback. Edge wear and two 1" closed tears on the spine, else VG+ condition. This yearbook includes many photo illustrations of students and staff, clubs, athletes, etc., as well as advertisements for local businesses. ... more information

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No place: (The Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee), 1983. Hardcover 8" x 7.25". [52pp.] Accordion bound with red cloth (hardcover) covers. Fine condition, in the original publisher's slipcase. With color reproductions of the original 12th century scroll with this tale. Most of the scroll now resides at the Tokugawa Art Museum. ... more information

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Oxford: Lion Publishing Corporation, 1990. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5.25". 107pp. Illustrated hardback boards, in dust wrapper. With a tiny bit of soiling on the spine, else near fine condition; nice VG+ dust jacket with light soiling and wear. With illustrations from drawings. ... more information

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Portland, Oregon: Bintfords & Mort, Publishers, 1955. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.5". Decorative blue cloth covered boards. Gift inscription on end papers, edge wear, some soiling, and fading, else a VG copy. Signed by the author Linn A Forrest. Story of a young indian named Nah-chee-soo-nay from the Thlinget Tribe in Wrangell, Alaska, who was brave and strong and did some wonderful things. ... more information

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