Search Results: Titles starting with T from Black Paw Books

ΚΕΔΡΟΣ, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. [...] Σημειώνω λοιπόν μερικά ιδιαίτερα γνωρίσματα του θεσσαλικού παραμυθιού, όπως τα συνάντησα στη συλλογή της κυρίας Κλιάφα. Η διήγηση είναι, φυσικά, απλή, αφού είναι λαϊκή, πάντως χωρίς κάτι το "ατριβές": υπάρχει κάποια τριβή, θα την έλεγα του κάμπου. [...] Ακόμα οι διάλογοι - λειτουργικότατοι πάντα στο παραμύθι, όπου κυριαρχεί ο ευθύς λόγος - διευρύνονται, παίρνουν μια καθημερινότερη, θα έλεγα, έκταση, λησμονώντας τη συνηθισμένη παραμυθιακή λακωνικότητα, κάποτε στυγνή με τη λιτότητά της. [...] (Από τον πρόλογο της έκδοσης). Greek language… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth Edition. 19th century clinical guide with four plates. Octavo, 101 pages. Green cloth. From private collection. Previous owner's name in pencil on front flyleaf. Front hinge feels weak, but pages remain firmly bound.

New York: Howard Wise Gallery, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong 12mo (16.5 cm tall x 25 cm wide), [16] pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Wraps show light discoloration and rubbing. Pages remain clean and unmarked.

London: Joseph Masters, 1851. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 321 pp + publisher's adverts. Blue cloth. From private collection. Binding is a bit shaken and spine slant evident. Name printed on front pastedown. Minor ink stain on fore-edge of book block. Scarce.

David & Charles, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book examines the history of rural Devon though the history of Tavistock Abbey. Finberg charts the abbey's development from its establishment by King Edgar until its dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII, and uses the abbey's records to detail the changing nature of Devonshire. Octavo, 320 pp. Cream-colored cloth binding. Previous owner's name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, square and tight. No underlining or notes. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear and rubbing.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913. original folded map. Original folded map entitled Tektonische Karte des Kalbinski-Gebirges in. Westsibirien by W.A. Obrutschew (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913). Map is approximately 9 inches tall x 12 inches wide. Scale: 1:750,000. 3 colors. German language tectonics map of the Kalbinski Range in Kazakhstan. Clean, unmarked copy with no noticeable wear.

The Cider Press, 1984. Softcover. Very Good. Collection of stories based on the author's experiences living in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Baily was born in 1916.) Quarto, 224 single-sided pages. In wraps (softcover). Edges of book block show a little soiling from shelf wear.

White Mane Books, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second Revised Edition with maps and black & white photos. Octavo. 247 pp. Green leatherette binding. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy with tight, square binding. Dust jacket shows a little rubbing, else Fine.

Paris, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. French language issue i(Cahiers Georges Perec No. 2 "W ou le souvenir d' enfance: une fiction"). Octavo, 169 pp. In wraps. Clean, unmarked copy.

KEIMENA, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Originally published in 1953, this collection of seven connected stories explores life in a provincial town in north-western Greece between the wars. Greek language title. Octavo, 225 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Some leaves remain unopened.

Καστανιωτη, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Greek language work. (Title translated using Google Translate.) Octavo, 76 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Covers show some wear and light creasing. Minor creasing to last couple of pages.

London: Verso, 1996. Very Good+/Very Good+. In this remarkable book, Samuel looks at the many different ways we use the "unofficial knowledge" of the past. Considering such varied areas as the fashion for "retrofitting," the rise of family history, the joys of collecting old photographs, the allure of reenactment societies and televised adaptations of Dickens, Samuel transforms our understanding of the uses of history. He shows us that history is a living practice, something constantly being reassessed in the world around us." Volume `. 24 cm tall. xiv, 479 pp. Black cloth. From the private collection of historian Frederick A. Hagar. Faint spotting to edges of book block. In clean dust jacket.

London: John Murray, 1905. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This turn-of-the-century single-volume encyclopedia covers all aspects of Japanese culture from "abacus" to "zoology." Tall octavo, 552 pp. + fold-out color map. Green cloth. From private collection. Cloth is darkened along spine and show some wear ang rubbing to spine ends. Hinges are a little limp. Minor foxing to pages (mostly limited to prelims).

New York Historical Society, 1953. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated history of the early American circus by then Director of the New York Historical Society, R.W. G. Vail. Octavo, 24 pp. Stapled wraps. Clean, unmarked copy.

Boston: Nathan Sawyer & Son, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Octavo, 56 pp. + 26 fold-out tables. Brown cloth. From private collection. Front hinge starting. Light wear to fore-edge of back free endpaper.

Softcover. Good to Very Good. This listing is for three back issues of the Irish Digest. Lot includes contributions from some of the leading figures in Irish literature at the time, including Lord Dunsany, Padraic Colum, and Pat O'Brien. From private collection. Wraps are yellowed and show some chipping to the edges. Corners of text blocks show a little wear and chipping.

Eastlight Book House, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Warm and intimate portrait of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who waged a bitter struggle against the British rulers under the Congress banner only to be left to the mercy of Pakistani rulers. Octavo, 164 pp. Gray cloth binding. Prev. owner's name and inscription (from author?) to the Times Literary Supplement on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked, binding, tight. Corners gently bumped. Dust jacket shows edgewear and spotting along edges. Scarce.

Bombay: Shri Dada Bhagvan Vitarag Trus, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 41 pages. In wraps. From private collection. Light rubbing to wraps.

New York: Sotheby's, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong octavo. 27 pp. In wraps. Clean, unmarked copy.

Blackie & Son, Ltd, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. This listing is for four beautifully bound books by noted English novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty. To Herat and Cabul was printed in 1902; Through Three Campaigns, 1905. The other two books do not have a print date. 8vo-sized volumes in decorative cloth bindings. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Books show light foxing--mostly limited to prelims and edges of book blocks. Gift inscriptions presentational plates, and signatures on endpapers.