Search Results: Authors starting with T from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London and Paris: Fisher, Son & Co. No date, circa 1840. No author, text attributed to G.N. Wright. Vol. I 80, 40 pp. with 48 engraved full-page plates and engraved title page, Vol.II, paginated 41-60, 48, 24, 24 pp., with 38 full-page plates and engraved title page, 88 engravings in all, both architectural and landscape views, with accompanying historical and descriptive text . Bound by E. Paul, Bookbinder, Southampton, their small binders tickets front paste downs, in contemporary half black morocco over black moire silk boards, the backs with gilt floral decorations, plain yellow end papers. Very Good Plus, some spots of browning to plates, mainly marginal, small chips to morocco bottom ends of spines, light rubbing at the tips. A handsome set with exquisite plates that are known for the characters in period costumes, and the places as they existed in that time. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Padova (Padua): Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1755. RARE edition. lxxx, 343, (3), pag. 344-669 pp. Text in columns, parallel Italian and Latin. Finely bound in contemporary full vellum, brown and black morocco labels on intricately gilt backs, blue handmade paper end pages, armorial bookplate and French bookseller bookplate Vol. I, armorial bookplate Vol. II. Internally clean and bright, Very Good Plus, vellum soiled. A quite handsome set. . New Edition. Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

New York: Henry Holt, 1874. SCARCE as a set. Fourteen volumes of the fifteen volume set - History of English Literature (3), Lectures on Art (2), On Intelligence (2), Notes on Paris, Notes on England, Ancient Regime, Modern Regime (2), A Tour Through the Pyrenees, and Italy, Florence, Venice. Lacking only Italy, Rome, Naples. In publisher's original green or blue embossed cloth with gilt lettering and rules, dark brown paper end pages. Publication dates range from 1874-1896. Overall a Very Good mixed set, several volumes with differing prior owner names and bookplates, light wear to cloth at edges, bowing to boards with bottom corner old dampstain Lectures on Art, V. I, not affecting legibility, with similar stain top corner Lectures on Art, V.II. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun, John Durand, T.D. Haye, J. Safford Fiske, and John Austin Stevens. *** An oversize and heavy set that will require well more postage than shown for priority and international mail. Please inquire before… Read More

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2010. First Printing, with complete number line. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, and SCARCE THUS. Fine in Fine dust jacket. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Inscribed for Mrs. Paul L. Ryan by Ida M. Tarbell July 04 - 1921". Near Fine, no jacket, light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, rear end page slight toning. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 8vo. Presentation Copy.

Lyon/ Paris: A. Storck/ G. Masson, 1892. RARE, OCLC lists 1 copy. in Bibliotheque Nationale. Rebound in dark blue cloth with black cloth at spine, a bit sunned. Text in French. Very Good, book plate and small church stamp front end pages, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Original wrappers bound in at rear show date of 1894, indicating this could be a later printing. . 460 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Near Fine, top edge dusty, in a Near Fine dust jacket, slight soiling and a few small rubs at edges. In publisher's red cloth, the front cover embossed with holly leaves and berries, bright gilt lettering front and spine. The delightfully charming illustrations of Ruth Sypherd Clements in text throughout. A lovely copy.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. , 1937. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"For Mrs. Elkan Silberman with the best wishes and heartiest sympathy of Booth Tarkington 'Everything comes to him who waits.' Philadelphia, May 10, 1938". Booth Tarkington was quite knowledgeable about antiques and art, serving as a trustee of the John Herron Art Museum, and for years he corresponded with his favorite New York antique dealers, Elkan and Abris Silberman. He used the brothers as the basis for "Rumbin Galleries". A Very Good copy, lacking the dust jacket, spine darkened, cloth soiled with small tears at spine ends. A quite nice Tarkington Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at recto of frontispiece - "For the beautiful lady and gentleman - from their affectionate and admiring son, Booth. May 2nd. 05". Also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front decorative end page -"Given to my friend Ada Bradshaw by Elizabeth B. Tarkington". Elizabeth B.Tarkington, (10 Nov 1833 - 17 Apr 1909), was Booth Tarkington's Mother and the person who kindled his interest in literature and writing. She was featured in two of his novels, The Two Van Revels (1902) and Penrod and Sam (1916). Very Good, no jacket, boards are soiled and stained, the interior is clean and unblemished, gilt lettering at spine dulled. Red cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers, frontispiece, and 6 illustrations in text. 144 pages. A truly wonderful Tarkington Association Copy, bearing a loving and respectful inscription from a son to his beloved parents, and additionally bearing his Mother's signature.… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" Inscribed for Janie Failey, with great pleasure, Booth Tarkington". Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, cloth a bit sunned at spine. The third book in the beloved Penrod series. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1919. True 1st hardcover edition, preceeding the 1st trade edition. First serialized in the Saturday Evening Post and the Plumber's Trade Journal, then published in wrappers as an advertisement for the Eastman Kodak Company, and in this hardcover book form, which has several differences in the dustjacket from the trade edition. The spine of the dj is absent a price, and has the publishers logo instead. The front panel has a different description of the book-"A play for all people who work- employers and employees. Is Bolshevism coming into American industry? A timely satire by these keenly observant American writers upon the labor situation, with much occasion for laughter but more occasion for thought." The flaps and the back panel list no prices for the books advertised. And the rear panel has a quote by William Dean Howells instead of the line "And a complete library itself". Boards lightly discolored at bottom edge, consistent with the… Read More

Salt Lake City: Porte Publishing Co., 1936. Handsomely bound in quarter calf over marbled boards, Near Fine, light rubbing to calf at joints, small prior owner bookplate bottom edge rear paste down. . The Business Printer, Vol. VIII - N0. 7-8. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1826. Three volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled bosrds, red morocco labels back reading "Wiffen's Tasso", marbled end papers, all edges dyed red. Very Good, light edge and shelf wear, scattered toning to prelims only. . Second Edition in English. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Printing, Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Prior owner name front endpage. Dustjacket has a 1/2" closed tear top edge of front panel and minor wear at the tips. Endpages and pastedowns uniformly age toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

New Haven and London : Yale Univ Press, 1967. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at front end page. Simultaneous First Trade Paperback Edition. Near Fine, small rub and top corner crease to rear wrapper, book feels unread. The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning. author's first major collection of poetry. Also the winner of that year's Yale Younger Poet's Prize, with Foreword by Dudley Fitts, the judge of the competition. Yale Y-172. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 1967. First trade paperback printing of his first major collection of poetry. Near Fine, faint scratches to wrappers, the book feel unread. . First Trade Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hot Springs, Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society, 1988. SCARCE, 315 pp. Excellent genealogy resource book. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hollywood, CA: American International Pictures, 1971. #71/69. Near Fine, 3 small tears at center fold creases. Starring Gloria Grahame, Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, and Vic Tayback. Written by Gil Lasky, directed by Philip Gilbert, produced by Ed Carlin and Gil Lasky. "Shock after shock after shock as Desire drives a bargain with DEATH." Great campy horror movie poster !!. First Printing. Folded One Sheet Movie Poster. Near Fine. 27" x 41".

Schenectady, NY: The Author, 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"The Hon. Will H. Hays Postmaster General with the compliments of the author. see page 304 BW Rogers Tayler". Page 304 contains the poem "Roosevelt's Last Message" , which begins "Hays: see him! He must go to Washington." Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Reverend Tayler wrote this book during his tenure as Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church, Schenectady, from 1905-1924. Near Fine, the slightest of… Read More

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1939. Near Fine, couple of small chips at edge of rear wrapper. Pages are uncut, and contents are As New. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.