Search Results: Authors starting with T from Evening Star Books

Batavorum: Jacobum a Poolsum et Johannem Visch, 1721. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 4to. [35], 2-756, [2]; [3], 4-578, [158] pp. Mid-eighteenth century paneled calf, neatly rebacked in the style of the period, with the spine in seven compartments, gold decorations on the spine, recent red morocco labels on the spine; textblock decoratively speckled. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece (which is actually the engraved title page), engraved initials and tailpieces, and a few in-text diagrams. Title pages printed in red and black with the publisher's device engraved on each title page. With various commentaries, notes, and an index. With the errata slip. The Gronovius edition with the Gronovius brothers' notes and commentary. Dibdin 454. Not in Graesse. Moss 644. Oxford Classical Dictionary, 1469-1470. Moss refers to this set as "a very excellent and valuable edition, and infinitely superior to the preceding, in the accuracy of the text and in the quantity and utility of the notes."… Read More

Lipsiae: Apud Weidmannii Haered et Reichium, 1772. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-lvi, [6], 896, [2]; [3], 4-752, [the unpaginated Historical and Latin Indices], [4] pp. Contemporary vellum with the title and volume number written in contemprorary script on the spines; top edges decorativey stained, all edges decoratively speckled. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in volume one and an engraving on each title page, with woodcut head and tailpieces, and one in-text engraving. Notas integras Iusti Lipsii, I.F. Gronovii, Nic. Heinsii, et suas addidit Io. Augustus Ernesti [= With notes by Justin Lipsius, J. Gronovius, Nicholas Heinsius, and John Augustus Ernestus]. Dibdin 455. Graesse 10. Moss 645. Oxford Classical Dictionary, 1469-1470. The second edition of Ernesti's Tacitus, first printed in 1752. Moss refers to this set as the preferred edition, as it is more copious than the previous printing. The entire notes of Lipsius and Gronovius are included, with a thorough… Read More

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [9], 10-255, [1] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Decorative brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Decorations by Ric Binkley. A story of atomic energy, written by a scientist who worked at the California Institute of Technology. Jacket with a closed tear to the front panel, minor foxing to the reverse.

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], vii, [2], 2-372 pp. Bound in yellow cloth with border in black on the front board, gold lettering in black rectangle inset on the spine, twin gilt rules bordering a black rule at both the top and bottom of the spine. Volume 81 in the long-running Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics series. Series editiors H. J. Keisler, A. Mostowski, A. Robinson, P. Suppes and A. S. Troelstra. A nice copy of Takeuti's classic work on Gentzen-type proof theory. Very Good with previous owner's blind stamp on free front endpaper, foxing to the top textblock, and notation in ink with date and price paid on top corner of preface page in a Very Good dust jacket with a long closed tear to the front panel.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo. 10" x 7". Unpaginated. Pictorial publisher's binding: textured gold cloth with maroon and silver decorations on the front board, maroon lettering on the spine; all edges gilt. Chromolithograph title-page with fifteen additional chromolithographs throughout the book. Two chromolithographs have folding doors that reveal additional illustrations. A gift-book for women of the nineteenth century, concerned with "feminine virtues" and the best ways to "adorn" oneself with makeup, perfume, and jewelry. A Near Fine book with a 1900 Christmas gift inscription on the first blank leaf and a tiny hint of rubbing to two of the lithographs.

New York: Otto Penzler Books (1993), 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [6], vii, [3], 273, [5] pp. Quarter black cloth over green paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $20.00 on front flap of dust jacket. A Brady Coyne mystery.

Meadville Penna: Flood and Vincent, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [2], iii-xiii, [1], 15-295, [1] pp. Publisher's brown cloth with black decorations and borders on the front board and spine, gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several full-page and in-text photographs of ancient artifacts (the Parthenon, mosaics, sculptures, etc.). Part of the Chautauqua Reading Circle Literature series. A tiny closed tear to three leaves.

Pittsburgh, PA: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 8vo. [10], xi-xxi, [2], 2-543, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. With a frontispiece photograph of Carlyle and with several full-page facsimiles of his works.

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Slim 8vo. [5], viii-xi, [3], 3-98, [2] pp. Flexible paper-covered boards replicating the design on the front panel and spine panel of the dust jacket (but omitting the list of series title on the rear panel). Edited by L. E. J. Brouwer, E. W. Beth, and A. Heyting. Several publishers advertisements and post cards laid in. Part of the long-running Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics series, and one of the earliest volumes in the series. Risse, Logica II, 271; Slater 918. Tarski is undeniably one of the greatest logicians in history and made significant groundbreaking contributions in mathematics and logic during the the twentieth century. An attractive copy of this book collecting a number of early and important undecidability results demonstrating both the direct and indirect methods of proving a theory is undecidable and providing elegant and powerful general methods for establishing… Read More

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. Slim 8vo. [9], 2-133, [3] pp. Flexible paper-covered boards replicating the design on the front panel and spine panel of the dust jacket. Edited by L. E. J. Brouwer, E. W. Beth, and A. Heyting. An earlier volume in the long-running Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics series. Slater 918. Tarski is undeniably one of the greatest logicians in history and made significant, groundbreaking contributions to mathematics and logic during the the twentieth century. In this monograph, Tarski presents a class of algebras which encapsulates an additive theory of order types. Appendices by Chang and Jonsson include supplemental theorems. A very sharp copy of this book, and uncommon thus. A Near Fine book with a name written on the front endpaper and slight warping to rear board in a very near Fine dust jacket with slight darkening to the spine panel.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. [6], vii-xii, [2], 3-326 pp. Bound in red cloth with title blocked within a black rectangle on both the front board and the spine, black lettering on the spine. Slater 918. Tarski is undeniably one of the greatest logicians in history and made significant, groundbreaking contributions to mathematics and logic during the the twentieth century. In this monograph, Tarski studies various algebraic systems from the axiomatic standpoint with his usual rigor and precision evident throughout. A Very Good or better book with a small erasure on the free front endpaper and a small area of very faint discoloration to the rear board in a Very Good dust jacket with mild sunning to the spine panel, a small tear to the top of the front panel, and a bit of light wear to the extremities.

New York: Little, Brown and Company (2013), 2013. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [11], 6-771, [6] pp. Bound in ivory cloth with black lettering on the front board and the spine. Color frontispiece. Price of $30.00 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first American edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A sharp copy of Tartt's third novel. A small separation between the backstrip and the textblock.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [16], 3-555, [7] pp. Black paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $26.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With an illustrated title page. Jacket with a faint crease on its front flap, else a sharp copy.

Parigi [= Paris]: Teofilo Barrois [= Theophile Barrois], 1785. Later edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], ii-viii, [1], 2-326, [2]; [5], 2-333, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Half later sheep (ca. 1830) over peach paper boards with the spines in six compartments, a black label lettered in gilt on each spine with a gilt volume number on each spines; all edges decoratively stained green. Beautiful marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Printed in Paris but the text in Italian (the work's original language). Encyclopedia Britannica, "Gerusalemme Liberata: Work by Tasso". Tasso was a poet of the late renaissance, and wrote in Italy. This work is by far his most famous one. It is an epic poem that tells the story of the capture of Jerusalem from the Turks during the First Crusade. Significant rubbing to the extremities, a bookplate on each first blank leaf and the pageblocks mildly wrinkled.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. [6],5-143, [3] pp. Bound in purple cloth with gold lettering and design on the front board and the spine, decoration in blind on the rear board, dark brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. BAL 19737. About Very Good with rubbing to the spine and the boards, foxing to the textblock and scattered throughout.

New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1870. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [7], vi-xvii, [2], 14-539, [3] pp. Half contemporary smooth, polished calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments with a black and a brown morocco label lettered in gold; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a vignette title page. An attractive later edition of Bayard Taylor's travelogue. Minor rubbing to the extremities, a contemporary name on the first blank.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Later edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. [5], 5-253, [5], 1-11 (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Brown publisher's cloth with a decoration in blind on each board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. A reissue of several of Taylor's works including "Rhymes of Travel" and "Book of Romances, Lyrics, and Songs", with a few poems that were previously not published. Notable wear to the cloth with a chip to the spine's crown.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1934. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-vii, [1], 422, [2] pp. Bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Marcus Singer's copy, a distinguished philosopher who is now emeritus from UW Madison. A very good copy of this uncommon work by Taylor, best known as an idealist and Plato scholar. A Very Good copy with mild fading to the spine, a small dampstain to the fore-edge, and the corner of the free front endpaper is clipped.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [5], viii-xii, [1], 2-388 pp. Dark orange publisher's cloth with black rules on the boards, a gilt decoration ruled in black on the front board, gold lettering and black decorations on the spine; top edge decoratively darkened. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with five woodcuts, one of which is a full-page illustration. With one full-page chart showing the ancestry of the Etruscans. The Oxford Clasical Dictionary, "Etruscan language", 559-560. Oxford, DNB, C.E.A. Cheesman, "Taylor, Isaac, (1829-1901)". Isaac Taylor was a grammatologist, a philologist, and a historian. He was descended from both the engravers named Isaac Taylor. After spending a winter in Italy, Taylor composed a history of the Estruscan language, arguing it was a member of the Altaic and Finno-Ugrian language families. To this day, the exact origin of the Etruscan language is still debated, although modern scholars… Read More

Albuquerque, NM: University Of New Mexico Press [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 253, [1] pp. Green cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Rittenhouse 553. A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with a faint sticker ghost on the rear panel.