Search Results: Authors starting with T from Bromer Booksellers

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Thurber, James. Oblong small quarto. First edition. Inscribed by Thurber at the front flyleaf. When Thurber published the book in 1939, just a few months after the beginning of World War II, all hopes that civilization might break the cycle of war had been dashed. Illustrated with Thurber's simple and expressive cartoons, the story makes a bold statement about the destructiveness of war. At the same time, it is also a call for hope, imploring humanity to appreciate and nurture the beauty in the world. This cautionary parable is dedicated to Thurber's daughter "in the wistful hope that her world will be better than mine." In orange pictorial boards, which show some light rubbing along edges and spine. Mild chipping along edges of original dust jacket, but none of the usual spine fading common to this title. Near fine. From the library of screenwriter David Lloyd, with his name at the top of one of the prefatory leaves.

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1977. 31pp., frenchfold. Limited to 300 copies, signed by the printer, Jane Bernier. Bound in silverstamped green cloth. Very fine. (11/16 by 1/2; 18x12mm).

Baltimore: Xavier Press, 1988. Taddeo, Paolo. vi, 18pp. Samuel Clemens's account of his formative time spent as a printer's apprentice, presented as a speech at a dinner for New York printers. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Clemens and a vignette depicting a compositor setting type. This copy is in a designer binding by the Italian-British bookbinder Paolo Taddeo. Onlays of salmon, grey, and black morocco form the shape of a piece of lead type, outlined in palladium-leaf tooling, creating a symmetrical design on each of the covers. The artist chose the letter H for his design, citing the letter's visual stability and steadiness, "with both feet firmly planted on the ground." As someone whose first language is Italian, he also notes that his selection of the letter H is "controversial," since it is not pronounced in his native language and gives him difficulty in spoken English. However, he writes, "in my mother tongue it's a letter of vital importance in the way that it changes the… Read More