Search Results: Authors starting with T from The Book Closet

New York: Warner Books, 2001 Green boards with brown tape binding; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; possible first edition. "Lalita Tademy had always been intensely interested in her family's stories, especially ones about her great-grandmother Emily, a formidable figure who died with her life's savings hidden in her mattress. Probing deeper for her family's roots, Tademy soon found herself swept up in an obsessive two-year odyssey -- and leaving her corporate career for the liffle Louisiana farming commnity of Cane River." -- from the dj

Putnam Adult, 2001 1st Edition

Putnam Pub Group, 1995 1st Edition

New York: Harper Collins, 1999 Black boards with black tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover and is not price clipped; stated First Edition with full number line; flat signed on title page with date. "In 'Act of Revenge," his finest and most dramatically rich novel to date, Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi, the married couple who have been described by the 'Chicago Tribune' as 'the most interesting pair of characters in the suspense genre,' must purue, survive, and triumph over two of New York's toughest and most dangerous criminal forces -- the Mafia and the Chinese gangs." -- from the dj

New York: Dutton, 1994 Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Printing, September 1994. "In the world of legal fiction, Robert K. Tanenbaum has emerged with a style, a vision, and a following all his own. In 'Justice Denied,' Butch Karp is newly appointed Homicide Buereau Chief of the New York District Attorney's Office. Karp, the prosecutor with a perfect record of gulty verdicts, finds himself entangled in a case of murder that could be the first he'll ever lose -- and the last he'll ever try." -- from the fj

E P Dutton, 1994 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013 White boards with black embossed lettering on front cover and spine; dj is not price clippsed and is protected with a Brodart cover; number line from 2 to 10; "It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above allb y his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating paiting that ultimately draws Theo into the criminal underworld." -- from the dj

New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1950 Green boards with silver foil printing on spine; dj has a one inch tear on the front and several dings; dj is not price-clipped; dj protected with a Brodart cover; previous owner's name on ffep. "It could have been a paradise for Park Mattison. With a woman like Laina it should have been. But Park was mixed up in a ruthless game in which the blue chips were human beings and the violence of which respected no paradise -- not even on the Happy Island in Hawaii." from the dj

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 Green boards with ivory printing and gold hour glass on front board and spine, embossed eagles on front; 477 pages with advertisements for additional Bobbs-Merrill Company titles. "In the early eighties Fairport considered herself a city; but she was, in fact, an overgrown, delightful town sprawling among the low hills of the Mississippi Valley. Near enough the town's origin still to distinguich its outlines, but remote enough to idelize them, the old settlers were a power, and could be found of a sunny afternoon at Luke Darrell's livery stable, busy with the apotheosis of the days when they shot quail before breafkast; true brotherly love prevailed among men; and the river was the highway of commerce." -- opening paragraphs.

Minnetonka, MN: Creative Publishing International, 1998 Pin weaving, felting, texturizing and more. 112 pp. "Explore innovative texturizing like bubbling, crinkling and pleating; create original fabrics by felting or pin weaving; build dimension with quilting or trapunto; redesign fabrics with decorative stitching, devore, or embossing; sew unique apparel and home decorating items that feature your own fabric artistry." Full color pictures; step-by-step instructions.

New York: Bantam, 1985 Black boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover; edges are stamped with previous owner's library name. "The upper echelon of British Intelligence has just collapsed. Director-General Sir Kenneth Aubrey has been charged with treason. It seems a ludicrous mistake, until the damning evidence piles up: a videotape shows Aubrey begging the KGB for asylum, and a top-secret Moscow file called 'Teardrop" reveals a long-hidden history of Aubrey's treachery dating from 1946. The KGB's frame-up of Aubrey is exquisite and complete. Aubrey's successor, Sir Andrew Babbington, is appointed, and Aubrey is whisked away to be interrogated. Now the KGB rush to fulfill the final step in their plan: to bring Aubrey to Russia, where he will quietly -- and permanently -- disappear." from the dj

East Liverpool, OH: W.L. Thompson & Co. Green boards with gold lettering; spine is loose and title pages are missing. boards show signs of wear and age. A good reading copy.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908 Red boards with gold lettering on spine; ex-library copy with "property of" stamps throughout; 419 ppgs with three pages of ads in the back; previous owner's name on ffep

Nashville: Integrity Publishers, 2006 Brand new; never read. "This book is about rocks being lobbed at people like you and me who have climbed some tree somewhere looking for safey."

Norwood, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1922 The Academy Classics - Hamlet; edited with a life of Shakespeare, an account of the theatre in his time, and numerous aids to the study of the play by Samuel Thurber, Jr., Newton High School, Newtonville and A.B. de Mille, secretary of the New England Association of Teachers of English. Black boards with faded areas; shelf wear to edges. Owner's name on bfep

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917 An Introduction to the Old Masters. Green cloth boards with gold lettering; illustrated with black and white photos of paintings; spine is tight; minor rubbing to edges; pages are slightly yellowed.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1903 Pictorial cover on worn ivory boards; spine is discolored; previous owner's name on ffep; 356 pages with six pages of advertisements at back; edges are bumped.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2009 Stated First Edition; red pictorial boards;remainder mark on bottom edge; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. "A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold." -- from the dj

Dutton Adult, 1986 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ

New York: Crown Publishers, 1983 Orange boards with light tan binding; gold lettering on spine; minor bumps to edge; dj is protected with a Broadart cover and is not price-clipped ($12.95); sticker residue on feo. "The time is the golder summer of 1914, a summer remebered for its glorious sunny days that seemd to roll endlessly forward until the guns of August changed the world forever. The place is the small French Basque village of Salies." -- from the dj