Search Results: Authors starting with T from Dark and Stormy Night Books

Birmingham: for private circulation, 1886 157pp. Richard Tangye (1833-1906) was a successful manufacturer in Birmingham, England, involved with mining equipment and machinery used to create the UK's first funicular railway. Tangye travelled extensively, and this book is a privately published record of one of his trip. Condition: Many pages unopened. Covers worn/torn at edges. Pages have dog-eared corners, and a small stain to the top corners of some.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair.

San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1903 First Edition (published April 1903.) Hard cover, 12 vo, (measuring 5 â…› x 7 ¾ inches) in green publisher's cloth with art nouveau design of leaves and vine in dark green. Printed at The Stanley-Taylor Company, San Francisco upon thick, handlaid-style, paper. Top edge gilt, fore edge untrimmed. X-Library, with small hand written paper label to the spine, and a modern printed "withdrawn" sticker from Bowdoin College. Condition: Very Good. Some spots to rear board, light rubbing to head of spine, and slightly cocked. Discrete library blindstamp to title page. Otherwise very clean; fresh enough to be considered unsullied by the hands of the English majors of days gone by. The author, poet Edward Robeson Taylor, (1838-1923) was a lawyer and also 28th mayor of San Francisco in the first decade of the twentieth century. This collection features a few poems reworked from an earlier title, and a bound in note clarifies that the remainder of the material is new.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927 Hardcover, 8vo, blue cloth with gilt titles (no d/j), top edge colored ochre, 580 pp. Author Rachael Annand Taylor (1876-1960) was a Scottish lady poet, and one of the first females to study at the University of Aberdeen. She was also a journalist and teacher, as well as writing several non-fiction works about the Renaissance. She and her husband mixed in "Celtic Revival" circles in Dundee; her poetic works were criticized for a backward-looking Pre-Raphaelite medievalism. The current volume was undertaken after Taylor's resettlement in London, following separation from her husband. In the opening Note to this volume, the Oxford Classicist Gilbert Murray praises Taylor's "power of poetic interpretation" of her subject. The author gives this introduction to her topic: " If, in describing one side of the psychical history of Leonardo, I have contemplated the full tide of Renaissance energy as it sweeps around his art, have tried to restore the cities in which… Read More

London / Toronto / Boston: John Lane, The Bodley Head / Copp Clark Co. / Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895 Hardcover, 12mo.,( measuring 5 x 7 ¾ inches) in reddish brown colored cloth with a black tomahawk design to front board, and the titles and publishers' firm "The Bodley Head" in gilt to the spine, 88 pp. Collation: [viii], 88, 16pp. publisher's advertisement "List of Books in Belle Lettres " Catalogue, dated 1895. Illustrator E.H. New. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., London and Edinburgh. The Catalogue is uncut. Condition: Very Good. One bump, and very minor wear to remaining corners, on remarkably still-bright boards. Eighth inch loss to head of spine makes a quarter-inch split to top joint; foot of spine has minor wear and a sixteenth inch split. Printed on laid paper, which is age toned, yet otherwise clean and free of markings.**Canadian Author, poet and performer Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was the daughter of a chief of the Six Nations, with Mohawk ancestry, and an English… Read More

London: Macmillan And Co., 1898 Hardcover, tall 8vo (measuring 6 x 9 3/4 inches), finely bound in three-quarter tan calf ruled in blind, over pink, teal and tan marbled paper-covered boards, with five raised bands to the spine, vellum label with gilt title, tooled decoration and volume numbers to remaining compartments, l pp xxviii 316; (6) 357; (6) 349; (8) 360; xiv 382; viii 312; viii 358; viii 295; viii 332 (2); viii 306; viii 308; viii 293pp. First Edition. Limitation statement:"1050 copies of the Edition de Luxe." **Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was British poet famous for works such as "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and "In Memoriam", as well as the blank-verse poem-cycle on the Arthurian legends, "Idylls of the King". He was particularly admired by the Pre-Raphaelites, and is one of the most quoted writers in English. His son, Hallam Tennyson (1852 - 1928) wrote a biography of his father which comprises the first four volumes of this set. Condition: Very Good Plus. (Externally the set… Read More

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1900 Hard cover, small 8vo (measuring 5 x 7 7/8 inches), in half calf with hand-printed, paper-covered boards, the design rolled and mono-printed. Embossed and stained banding vertically and horizontally on the calf side of the boards; the spine with similar banding. The title, author and floral decoration on the spine done in blind, heightened with flecks of gilt. Hand-made laid paper, with the page edges sponged a dark green. Satanick typeface. Small pencil signature of a prior owner to ffep. **Originally bound in yapp-edged chamois, this item has been rebound (20th century) in a beautifully proportioned, fine binding by "R.A. Smith, Washington D.C." whose undated stamp is on the verso of the ffep.** Letter-press printed in black and red with original, hand carved wood borders and initial capitals of a floral "frittillaria" design used throughout. This item is considered among the best of the early works of Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft Press, an American… Read More

London: Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883 First Edition Thus, this Large Paper Edition limited to only 50 copies, of which this is No. 24. Signed by the Printer, "Charles Whittingham Co." on the Limitation Page, dated January 1883. Collophon at rear: "Chiswick Press--Charles Whittingham Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane." **Hard cover, 8vo, in a fine binding by Ramage, in full green crushed morocco gilt, with a double rule framing boards, the spine with five raised bands, gilt titles to the second compartment on a burgundy label. The remaining compartments are double ruled and feature sprigs of three, four-leaf clovers. Top edge gilt. Inside, are glazed marbled endpapers, veined in gold, cream and reds, with a wide leather turn in rolled with a neoclassical floral design. A former owner's modern bookplate is on the inside front cover. A tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving entitled "The Palace of Art" is opposite the rubricated title page of Volume I --see poem, page 218, while Vol. 2… Read More

New York, Philadelphia, Chicago: The Nottingham Society, 1111 Reprint. Circa 1920. Hard cover, 8vo in three-quarter black leatherette over tan buckram, titles blocked in gold to the spine, top edge gilt, green-grey endpapers, engraved frontispiece illustration, various pages, CONDITION: Very Good Plus. A few small splits to the head of spine. Partly unopened. Remains bright, the full page halftone illustrated pages are on slightly different colored glazed stock which is more yellow in tone than the text, which has more line illustration within.**Englishman William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1852), multi-talented mid-18th century author, artist and journalist, was a man who successfully navigated vicissitudes of fortune brought on by gambling, financial loss and widowhood. He is remembered for his great variety of wit and social satire, often having been first serialized in journals such as Punch, and later his own Cornhill Magazine. This particular collection of his work was first sold by… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979 759pp. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a British novelist, famous for his novel, Vanity Fair, which portays English society. Illustrated by the author. Condition: As New.. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Boston, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1887 Hard cover, 16mo. (measuring 4 x 6 inches) in green cloth, bevelled edges, pictorial titles in black and gold to top board and spine. Glazed brown endpapers , all edges gilt, (v),152pp. **Inscription by Isles of Shoals poet Celia Thaxter on the ffep. in old ink to her Boston acquaintance and Appledore summer visitor, the musician/composer Arthur Whiting (1861-1936). CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Exterior has moderate rubbing to head and foot of spine, very minor wear to tips, some soiling; the interior remains generally bright, tight and clean with light toning (a bit of foxing to prelims) Hinges in order. ***Whiting visited Thaxter at her cottage home on Appledore Island, performing music in Celia's twice-daily parlor gatherings of fellow artists and writers. [A letter to her Boston friend Annie Fields on 31 Aug. 1887, available through the Boston Public Library's Rare Book Dept. and Digital Commonwealth dot org, enthuses over… Read More

New York and Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Printed at the Riverside Press, 1891 ** Signed by Author on title page: "Celia Thaxter August 4th, 1891. ** Hard cover, 12mo ( measuring 4 x 6 inches), in publisher's green cloth, design in black to top board and gold lettering to spine. Glazed black end papers, red stain to edge of text block. Frontispiece illustration with tissue guard, title page printed black and red, 184 pp. With four black and white engraved illustrations. Condition: Good. Some wear/marks to covers and corners. Owner's signature, dated 1891, on title page in black ink. American poet and essayist, Celia Laighton Thaxter (1835-1894) was famous for her life-long association with the Isles of Shoals: a group of islands nine miles east, straddling the Maine/New Hampshire seacoast. Among the writers who visited her: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Whittier and Sarah Orne Jewett. Artists William Morris Hunt and Childe Hassam… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1873 Hard cover, 12mo, in green cloth, stamped in blind to boards and spine, with titles blocked in gold, text block with red stained edges, navy blue end papers, frontispiece plus three additional illustrations, 184pp., First Edition. Incudes a pithy handwrtten note to her publishers tipped in to the ffep.: "Dear Editors, If you wish to keep this poem please send check for it at once in enclosed envelope, if not, kindly ..at once..enclose it back to me, obliged, yours truly, C. Thaxter." CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Shows some exterior rubbing, along the joints, head and tale of spine and tips, one of which is bumped. Inside, the ffep has been reglued, but otherwise looks pristine. A small printed old bookstore label is on gutter edge of front endpaper. BAL 19848.. Signed Note to "Editors" tipped in demanding payment by return post. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.

Francestown, New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company Publishers, 1963 Hard cover, 8vo., First edition Thus of "revised edition" in blue cloth with gold design to front, title to spine. 279 pp. In unclipped dust jacket. Map endpapers of the Isles of Shoals off Kittery, Maine, home of the poet, "the lightkeeper's daughter." Condition: Very Good Plus. Ownership signature in ballpoint to ffep. Otherwise, clean bright and tight. D/j Very Good with some sunning to spine. The author is the granddaughter of the noted nineteenth century novelist and poet, Celia Thaxter (1835-1894). Included are many photographs and family reminiscences of her life around Boston, at her family's hotel on Appledore Island, and later in Europe. There are well-written sketches regarding her connections to other Boston-area literati, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her regular correspondents Annie Fields and John Whittier. There are 21 of her poems included, 56 illustrations or photographs, and an index. First published in… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888 Reprint. Soft cover, 16mo in "vegetable vellum" folded over cream card wraps, lacking original glassine, but now in a clear mylar protector, title in Gothic type font to front of wraps in red, surrounded by a neoclassical border. Printed at Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed on laid paper, iv,121pp. CONDITION: Very Good Minus. Parchment shows slight external soiling, offset to ffep from wraps. and there is a small (1/16 to 1/4 inch deep) water stain top edge not affecting the text or wraps. Offset to ffep. from wraps. Originally published in 1886 in an edition of 1,000 copies, this is a later re-print. (see BAL 19895). Inscribed to ffep. by the Appledore Island poet Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) to a regular correspondent in her old age, the ornithologist, author and sometime editor at Houghton Mifflin, Bradford Torrey (1843-1912). "While Celia was not well, she carried on a very interesting correspondence with Bradford Torrey, the… Read More

Boston: The Boston Athenaeum, 1907 Hard cover 8vo, in blue cloth blocked with gold seal and titles to top board and spine, illustrated with many full page portraits, top edge gilt, xiii, 236 pp., First Edition. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge U.S.A. Engraved bookplate of the book's original owner, Ralph Sylvester Bartlett (1868-1960) **Condition: Very Good. Shows some edge wear, with rubbing at joints, head and tail of spine. Some marks to the rear cover. Inch-long closed tear repaired to title page. Mildly age toned. **The Eliot, Maine-born Mr. Bartlett was a graduate of Dartmouth College, and a Boston lawyer who found a second career in the art world, amassing a huge collection of White Russian antiquities and art during the 1920's and 30's, which he would eventually donate to his alma mater. The scope of this collection, and the story behind its accrual is the subject of a fascinating article by Robert H. Davis entitled " Russian Art and Russian Studies at Dartmouth: The Case of… Read More

London: George Bell & Sons, 1901 Hard cover, tall 8vo, in tan cloth covered boards over original printed green wraps, brown kraft type pastedowns, with a typed label applied to front, ii,621-640, iv. including advertising, First Edition. CONDITION: Very Good. Front board is sunned, or stained. The wraps are lightly browned at edges, and pages moderately age toned. A pencil location note at rear end paper.**This is the entire issue of this influential weekly arts newspaper for July 5, 1901, featuring a description off the Society's annual garden party, called "The Converzatione," whereupon over two thousand arts-minded Londoners were treated to orchestral music, choral singers, and no doubt tea and sandwiches, on the grounds of the Royal Botanical Society ( and within The Rhododendron Tent.) One presentation at this idlyllic sounding soiree was bad news about the deterioration of books bound beginning around 1830 and especially after 1860. The investigative committee set up by the Society took up… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965 223pp + index. The Royal Bride in the title was Catherine of Braganza, who married Charles II of England. Part of her dowry was the deed to the former Portuguese colony of Bombay. Thus began England's trade with India, the formation of the East India Company and the rest. Condition: Near Fine in a Good to Very Good dust jacket, now in mylar, which shows some wear and tiny tears at the edges. Bookseller's sticker to back endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1955 Hard cover, 8 vo, in half black cloth, with white and grey paper covered boards, titles to spine in gold, 97pp. This is a reprint of an original journal from 1809 now in the Princeton University Library. New Jersey native, Elias Boudinot, LL.D. (1740-1821) was a founding father, a member and later President, of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was also a founder-member and President of the American Bible Society, and appointed by Washington as the Director of the United States Mint. The narrative is from a journal kept by Mr. Boudinot of a trip from his home in Burlington, New Jersey to Boston soon after the loss of his wife. Notes and an index are appended as auxiliary to the appreciation of the author's notable friends and acquaintances, and familiarity with the movers and shakers of early American industry passed by along his carriage route through New Jersey, Connecticut and on to Boston. One of his works, entitled: A Star in the West;… Read More

Boston: John West & Co. and Manning & Loring, [1814] Hard cover, 24mo, (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), in quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, the spine with titles in gilt. Lacking title page plus one more, provided in facsimile: [3 -15] 16-262 pp. [3pp.].**CONDITION: Generally Good Minus. Binding is still firm. Final blank is partially torn. Front hinge with old worming, two holes through to spine. Rear hinge is in order. Boards and corners rubbed. Still, remains a very useable piece of early Americana. Includes the index. CONTENTS: Calendar, including moon phases, tides, religious observances, birthdays of famous Americans. The Register includes names of Governors, representatives, judicial officials, lawyers and other officeholders, by County. (These are inclusive of what is now Maine.) Listings also of Churches and their ministers by county, Bishops in America, Brigade Staff Officers and other military company details, town officers, firewardens and the like, description of the… Read More

Windham, Connecticut: Edmund B. Thompson/Hawthorne House, 1937 Hard cover, 12 mo, in half leather over decorative paper-covered boards, printed on cream watermarked laid paper with deckle edge, 23 pp. the title page in three colors. Condition: Very Good Minus. Wear and small loss to foot of spine have been stabilized at some point with scotch tape as seen in photo, and a small stain to bottom corner of rear board. Otherwise, clean and fresh interior. Now in mylar. Once employed by the Springfield, Massachusetts printer, William Edwin Rudge in the 1920's, Thompson would go on to be self-employed at the Hawthorn Press at his house in Windham, Connecticut, "setting type by hand on a letter press," according to notes on his printing archive at the Univ. of California Santa Barbara. These miscellaneous notes touch on the best materials and preservatives for book bindings of various kinds, paleography, paper sizes, inks etc. He worked with Will Bradley, probably at William Edwin Rudge, and quotes some of… Read More