Search Results: Titles starting with T from Singularity Rare & Fine

New York : New York Times, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and without flaw. See scans and description. New York: New York Times, 2020. T-The New York Times Style Magazine - September 20, 2020. This example is the (apparently) scarcer cover 2 of 2, with Malik Anderson (the other cover features Alden Nichols). 'I Sing the Body Electric' Issue, focused on, of course, Walt Whitman; something of a timely revival, with a feature article on him, 'Now Be Witness Again'; also: Tavares Strachan; Jayson Seidman; Tehching Hsieh; Irene Neuwirth; Caterina Fabrizio, and of course more. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 80 pp. New, and Fine - unbesmirched. All of this magazine's usual stunning, stylish photography, and informed writing as well, of course. A Whitman-related collectible. Engaging, wall to wall. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR47

New York : New York Times, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and without flaw. See scans and description. New York: New York Times, 2020. T-The New York Times Style Magazine - September 20, 2020. This example is cover 1 of 2, with Alden Nichols (the other cover features Malik Anderson). 'I Sing the Body Electric' Issue, focused on, of course, Walt Whitman; something of a timely revival, with a feature article on him, 'Now Be Witness Again'; also: Tavares Strachan; Jayson Seidman; Tehching Hsieh; Irene Neuwirth; Caterina Fabrizio, and of course more. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 80 pp. New, and Fine - unbesmirched. All of this magazine's usual stunning, stylish photography, and informed writing as well, of course. A Whitman-related collectible. Engaging, wall to wall. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR47

Brisbane, CA: Imagine Media, Inc., 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good, and not far from Near Fine. See scans and description. Box-shipped; no bags. Brisbane, CA: Imagine Media, Inc., 2001. Quarto, perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. Very Good; rather demure crease at lower right corner extends through the issue, trace edgewear, otherwise without flaw. No subscription labels. Glossy, enjoyable Brit popular tech magazine; an issue from before it dispensed with the "Tomorrow's Technology Today" subhead (the source of "T3"). Nicole Peters is ready to roll on the cover, on a techie bike. Other topics, from among many inside, include Mark Cuban, Robots, Digital Cameras, Home Audio, Green House, Sports Tech, and the Dodge Viper GTS ACR. Laptops, etc., too, of course. Scarce, collectible early-ish issue. LPR10

New York: Macmillan , 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. See scans and description. New York: MacMillan, 1994. First Edition and First Printing of 'The TV Almanac' , by Louis Phillips and Burnham Holmes. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 276 pp. New; without flaw. See scans. A genre collectible, a first/first in superb condition. History, facts, trivia about the medium that has had more impact, to date, than any other in history. For the collector. Shipped in a new, sturdy, protective box; no bag for this one. L85

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, illustrated dust jacket, black boards with silver spine imprinting and Little Brown monogram blind stamped on front cover, 278 pp. + 1. As New book in like jacket; protectively archived at purchase. Nasty things are afoot in NYC in this one, but, as the Times pointed out, the city is the main character. l-51n

Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005. ISBN 0072917350 . Octavo, wraps, 427 pp. Near Fine - a very sharp copy. You'll call it fine. Clean, tight, no interior or exterior writing. The fifth edition of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Race and Ethnicity. LT-2

Guilford, CT: The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1995. Seventh Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Guilford, CT: The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1995. Seventh Edition, First Printing. ISBN 1561343293. Octavo, wraps, 398 pp. Near Fine; faint crease to front cover, otherwise Fine. An opinion reply card, post-paid, laid in. Box-T10

Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Economic Issues. Twelfth Edition. ISBN 0073129526. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, xxii + 424 pp. New; pristine. See scan. LT22

Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill / Dushkin, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill / Dushkin, 2005. 'Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Family and Personal Relationships' by Elizabeth Schroeder. ISBN 0073043982. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 319 pp. (xxiv + 295). Near Fine - quite so. Micro-touched at spine top and bottom corners (see scan), and one small faint spot near top of front cover. Otherwise, flawless and as new. See all scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LT29

New York: Frederick Warne, 1906. First Edition, Later State . Cloth. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Frederick Warne, 1906. First U.S. Edition, later state, with "12 E. 33rd Street" as publisher's address on title page. [CF1, illustrations]. 24mo, 81 pp. Gray/brown cloth, silver imprint, cover illustration, illustrated endpapers. Very Good. Front hinge just starting to get tender, but still sturdy. Corners and spine ends bumped, causing roughening at spine ends (see scans). Small amount of a child's light pencil scribble on ffep and two internal pages. Scarce printing of the first American edition - which is itself apparently rarer than the UK first - of Beatrix Potter's memorable The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, in which Mr. Jeremy, a bullfrog, narrowly escapes becoming dinner for a fish - while fishing himself. No more deeply meaningful than that, but do we want it to be ? Full of some of Potter's most… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown Co., 1918. First American Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. About Near Fine. Boston: Little, Brown Co., 1918. First American Edition. 12mo, 166 pp. Russet cloth boards with gilt imprinting. Spine sunned a bit, early owner's inscription at ffep; corners and spine ends just touched, otherwise without flaw, an extraordinarily handsome book, closer to near fine than VG+, with fine contents clearly never read. Sharp copy. See scans. Scarce First-American specimen of legendary fantasy-master Lord Dunsany's then-topical collection of true stories from World War I, set in France and England, many taken from his own experiences. A departure, though well-regarded, from Dunsany's unique and seminal fantasy stylization in such famous titles as The Gods of Pegana, The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Sword of Welleran, The Fourth Book of Jorkens, and others. L45n

Dublin & London: Talbot Press/T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First Edition . Cloth-backed Paper-covered Bds. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good. Dublin & London: Talbot Press/T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First Edition. Octavo, 156 pp. Gray boards with blue cloth spine; uncut pages, gilt lettering on spine, orange and black imprinting on cover with Dunsany's facsimile signature. Very Good book, with light soiling, peripheral wear, spine wear losing much of the gilt; see scan. Generally clean and still crisply bound; a handsome copy. Lacking the dustjacket. Nicely preserved specimen of legendary fantasy-master Lord Dunsany's then-topical collection of true stories from World War I, set in France and England, many taken from his own experiences. A departure, though well-regarded, from Dunsany's unique and seminal fantasy stylization in such famous titles as The Gods of Pegana, The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Sword of Welleran, The Fourth Book… Read More

No Location: No Publisher, 1972. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. Octavo. Uncredited. [No location] [No Publisher], 1972. Presumed first and only edition. Octavo, illustrated wraps, 208 pp. Spine sunned, small stains, bit of cover turn at corners, else Very Good or a bit better. Very solid spine. One of the strangest books you'll ever read (there were apparently no subsequent "Tales of the Rat" after this one), an apparent early seventies spiritual/paranormal reaction - of a type more common earlier in the fifties - to the late-twentieth-century blossoming of the UFO phenomenon. Here the enigmatic reaction is presented as a parable of sorts, rather than a first hand account of extraterrestrial experiences. In each type, the appearance of UFO in the skies seemed to present, to many, a type of tangible spiritual pantheon, one which was at once potent, caring, current and experience-able. Something new to believe in. Herein, Jesus is an extraterrestrial sent to teach us,… Read More

Nw York: The John Day Company, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine; see scans and description. New York: The John Day Company, 1945. A very rare First Edition of Pearl S. Bucks' 'Talk About Russia with Masha Scott', signed and inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper to Frank Laubach, the noted Christian missionary and founder in 1955 of Laubach Literacy, after having previously founded the Each One Teach One literacy program in 1915 in the Philippines. In 2002, Laubach Literacy merged with Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. to form ProLiteracy Worldwide. 12mo, russet boards, black spine imprinting, 128 pp. Near Fine - very; lightly touched at spine ends and corner, otherwise quite flawless in every way. No jacket present, but it is reasonably likely that this chapbook title was issued without jacket. Talk About Russia with 'Masha Scott' is a non-fiction - but Pearl Buck style readable - exploration,… Read More

New York: Fall River Press, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good, plus some. See scans and description. New York: Fall River Press, 2009. First Printing of the Fall River Press Edition. Luc Reid's 'Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures'. 12mo, illustrated glossy boards, without jacket (as issued); 422 pp. Very Good, plus quite a bit - certainly approaching Near Fine. Pinpoints of wear, and an occasional small spot of dust. See scans. An entertaining reference to the slang and jargon of 65 American subcultures - not ethnic subcultures in the case of this book, but cultures centered on occupation, avocation, sexuality, etc. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. See scans. L14n

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. Printed Cardboards Covers. Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Good, plus a bit. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. Illustrated. Big Little Book, #1407. 32mo, illustrated paper covered boards, 347 pp + ads. Peripheral wear, corners bumped. moderate rubbing, wear, rear hinge damaged, reinforced with scotch tape at top rear cover. See scans. Piece of old scotch tape at top back cover. Good plus. Scarce "Better Little Books" edition of the 1928 McClurg first edition. LG8

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. Printed Cardboards Covers. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. [anonymous]. Very Good. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. Illustrated. Big Little Book. Pictorial cardboard boards, 423 pp. + ads. Peripheral wear, small ding at bottom edge of back cover, notable abrasion on reard cover. Corners just modestly bumped. Hinges strong. Colors are bright. See scans. Very Good, but for the abrasion, which, IMHO, reduces this example to About VG. Scarce "Big Little Books" edition of the even more uncommon 1927 Volland first edition, also later re-issued by Canaveral (1963). A hard to find Burroughs title in any edition. See scans. LG8

No Location: Burcham, F. Newton ("Butch"), 2007. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 22" x 14. Burcham, F. Newton ("Butch"). Large, original mixed-media painting on heavy art paper by Butch Burcham. Subject is Tarzan, defending a very fetching, and not overdressed, High Priestess of Opar, from the Burroughs tale, "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar". See scans; too large for a single scan. 20" x 14" , unframed, fine. Signed and dated in 2007 at lower left corner. Preliminary sketch for the piece , in pencil, is on the back. F. Newton "Butch" Burcham has lengthy credits in comic book and computer game illustration. He is listed at ERBzine as a Burroughs illustrator for his contributions to the body of published Tarzan illustration, and was interior artist for Pinnacle's vidgame titles "Monsters, Muties and Misfits" (1999) and "Horrors of the Wasted West" (2002), as well as "Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast"… Read More

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. Printed Cardboards Covers. Very Good Plus. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. [anonymous]. Very Good. See scans and description. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. Illustrated throughout. Big Little Book. Pictorial cardboard boards, 425 pp + ads. Publisher's # 1488 on spine (see scan). Corners moderately bumped, less edge wear than is normally encountered. Penciled gift inscription at ffep. A strong, bright Very Good or better. Scarce "Big Little Books" edition based on the 20th Century-Fox film with Glen Morris and Eleanor Holm. See scans. Shipped in a sturdy, protective box - no bags here. L15n

Milwaukee: RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and pristine. See scans and description. Milwaukee: RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC, 2016. The February / March, 2016 issue of Taste of Home - Best Loved Recipes From Home Cooks Like You, edited by Catherine Cassidy. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 86 pp. Brand spankin' squeaky new, with zero flaws. See all scans. See scans of contents pages for what's inside, but some of that is: 56 Winter Warmers; Game Day Appetizers; Easter Favorites - Sweet Glazey Ham, Roasty Potatoes, Lemony Cheesecake; Best Ever Slow Cooker, Best Chicken Soup (lookin' GOOD on the cover); Makeover Reuben; Fun on a Bun. And a ton more. A beautiful, immaculate example, just waiting to start becoming a genre collectible. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR25