Search Results: Authors starting with T from Trolls Treasure

New York: Crown Publishers, 1989. Book of the Month Club. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Wit and eruditioncombine in a survey of man's search for food and how it has directed his historyand shaped the course of religion and society, excploration and technology. A banquet for everyoen with a mind and stomach." -- Observer (London). Book is in very good condition with minor edge wear, rubbing at the edges and spine points.

Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1985. Trade Paperback. Good +. Susanah Brown. Mathew Tekulsky's The Butterfly Garden is a complete, step-by-step guide to gardening for butterflies. You'll learn about: The butterfly life cycle, habits, and behavior; Choosing and obtaining food and nectar sources; Designing your garden; Options for country, suburban, and city gardens; 50 common garden butterflies and the plants they like; Butterfly observation and conservation." - from back cover Book is in good condition, minor edge wear, rubbing along the spine, tip of back upper corner creased and pages lightly tanned. Inside covers showing more tanning. Interior clean and tight.

New York: William Morrow, 2001. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair. Oversize, heavy book. Beautiful photographs celebrating friendship worldwide. Exquisite color and black & white photographs by 100 talented photographers from all over the world, including several Nobel Prize winners, who answer the question, "What is a friend?" There is a double fold out showing an incredible picture of a very old woman by the side of her dead friend. That one stunned me especially, but the book if full of stunning photographs. The book is near fine as there is a small crease on one of the fold out pages, but otherwise, fine. The dust jacket is sheer and has several marks as well as a small tear on the front at the cutout for the inset photograph.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1973. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Christian C. Sanderson was a poet, humorist, radio commentator, teacher, and writer who lived in Chester County, PA. He established a close relationahip with the Wyeth family. Book is in very good condition. Would be fine but there is a mark on the inside of the front cover. It might have been made by a red pen, but that is not certain. The author signed on the title page.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Marc Simont. Would have been Fine except for a mild curl to edge of the book. Otherwise, it doesn't appear to have been read.

Walker & Company, 1996. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Fine. Based on a true story about the author's pet cat. During the summer of 1994, Tabitha was lost aboard a 747 jet for 13 days. She flew 26 times and logged over 30,000 air miles. Book is fine. No dust Jacket, but the book has glossy picturial cover.  The picture is a scan of the book, as much as would fit on the scanner.

New York: Free Press, 1997. Second printing. Hardcover. 312 p. Includes an Index and 16 pages of black & white photographs. When a machine-gun bullet ended the life of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans mourned him in the same breath as they mourned Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of this American folk hero seemed nearly as great as the loss of the wartime president. If the hidden horrors and valor of combat persist at all in the public mind, it is because of those writers who watched it and recorded it in the faith that war is too important to be confined to the private memories of the warriors. Above all these writers, Ernie Pyle towered as a giant. Through his words and his compassion, Americans everywhere gleaned their understanding of what they came to call "The Good War". Pyle walked a troubled path to fame. Though insecure and anxious, he created a carefree and kindly public image in his popular prewar column-- all the while… Read More

UK: faber and faber, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine/near fine. Book and jacket are near fine with minor edge wear, rubbed along the edges and at ends of spines. A couple of the pages had their corners turned down.

Germany: efl-edition freier literaten, 1992. Stated First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. This collection of diverse paintings takes you on an artistic journey from the South Pacific, through South-East Asia and Nepal, to Central Europe, and finally Egypt. With their astonishing variety of color, line and composition, these square watercolor paintings (reproduced here in their original size) can be viewed as a string of colorful beads encircling our planet. Born and educated in Europe, Dieter Tremp moved to San Francisco in 1986. As an initial way to make ends meet, he painted watercolor miniatures of the Pacific coast, and sold them through a gallery on Nob Hill. After focusing on large-scale acrylic painting, he later returned to miniatures for his Drawn Around the World series. In 1991 he packed his backpack for the long westward journey around the globe, documented in this book. 53 color reproductions. Book is near fine with mild edge wear. Lower spine has a tiny closed tear. Mild surface… Read More

New York: HarperCollins/ Perennial, 2001. First Perennial edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island, is a land where lizards scream and monkey-like lemurs sing songs of inexpressible beauty. Where animals and plants that went extinct elsewhere millions of years ago -- tenrecs, fossa, upside-down trees -- thrive in a true Lost World. Where the ancestors of the Malagasy, as the island's eighteen tribes are collectively known, come alive in rollicking ceremonies known as "turning the bones." Here, join Peter Tyson on a diverting odyssey with four scientists out to plumb the natural and cultural mysteries of this extraordinary land. "Lying some 250 miles off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar is the world's fourth-largest island. It… Read More