Search Results: Titles starting with T from ZH BOOKS

Moscow: Nauka, 1969. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [2], 5-316; pictorial wraps; some rubbing to tail of spine; faint crease lines to corners; illustrated with full page color and b&w photographs and maps; very good.An interesting ethnographic study of the Toda people of Southern India. Though the population of the tribe is less than a 1000 - they have always attracted the attention of anthropologists and ethnographers with their striking unlikeness to any other culture in India and abroad. One of their more interesting traditions is the practice of fraternal polyandry - a form of marriage in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time - which is prohibited by many world religions including Hinduism and Islam and is illegal in most countries.

Leningrad: Brokgauz-Efron, 1929. Hardcover. First edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 5 1/2 x 7 3/4; pp. 160; morocco-backed textured paper over boards; a few small punctures from insects to spine; tips of spine and corners rubbed; spotting mostly to corners of pages from fingers turning them; "St. Tikhon Society" stamp to title page; illustrated with numerous photographs; very good. Cover design by E. Belukhi.Chiefly based on Belgian-French explorer, anarchist, and author Alexandra David -Neel's "Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa" (My Journey to Lhasa), "Secrets of Tibet" was one of very few works in Russian on Tibet at the time. The author, Emiliia Pimenova (1855-1935), was a journalist and a travel literature writer. Inspired by her love for travel and, possibly, what is now rumored to have been repeated attempts by the Bolsheviks to win Lhasa over to the Soviet cause in the 1920s - the author interpreted, retold, and cited one of David-Neel's most… Read More

Copenhagen: Russkaia Tserkovnaia Tipografiia Prep. Iova Pochaevskago , 1934.. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9; pp. 60; light green illustrated wraps; chip with a small loss of paper to tips of spine; mild darkening along margins; light uniform age-toning to pages; frontis and vignettes at beginning of chapters; very good.Archpriest Leonid Ivanovich Kolchev was born in 1871. In 1905 he was appointed member of the Court Clergy at the Imperial Estate Oreanda in the Crimea. Persecuted and forced to emigrate after the Revolution, Leonid and his young family settled in Constantinople where he was a member of the Episcopal Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1924, Maria Feodorovna - Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Empress Consort of Russia, spouse of Emperor Alexander III, and mother of Nicholas II - arranged for the Kolchev family to move to Denmark where - for the remainder of his life - Leonid Ivanovich was the head of the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Copenhagen. He wrote several… Read More

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1969. Near fine. First edition, n. d. (1969); 14 square, die-cut cards with text and illustrations to recto and 16 paint chips to verso, 6 3/4 x 6 3/4; two-fold, illustrated instruction booklet; nylon holder - transparent front, patterned back resembling fabric; overall very minor wear, mostly to holder; in near fine condition.An ingenious color-coordinating endeavour, the kit was designed to help harmonize not only furniture, carpeting, and walls, but also clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, etc. The cards, with a die-cut, square apperture in the middle and various base colors, were to be overlaid with several other cards, with accent color chips - to find one's most pleasing combination. Uncommon, with no other copies in the trade (as of November 2021).

S. l.: By the author, 1953. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-10; glossy, white, pictorial wraps; illustrated with a photograph; light wear along spine; in very good or better condition.Written by pioneer journalist and editor Edmond Coblentz, whose entire professional career was associated with Hearst newspapers in San Francisco and New York, the booklet told the story of Temelec Hall in the Sonoma Valley, owned by the Coblentz' family in the early- to mid-1900s. The southern-plantation-style mansion was constructed in 1858 by frontiersman and Bear Flag revolutionary Granville Swift, who had made his fortune during the Gold Rush and used local stone and Native American labor during the construction.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950. Very good. First edition thus; 10 1/2 x 8; pp. [10], 9-153, [3]; gray leatherette over boards, embossed and decorated in gilt, beige, and black; pictorial dust jacket; illustrated with plates, including a laid-on frontis, and from woodcuts at the beginning of each chapter; small bumps and to corners and a bit of wear to tips of spine; age-toning mostly to extreme margins of boards; in very good condition. DJ with chips and some loss to edges; in fair condition. Ffep with a tiny, embossed coat of arms, personal stamp, and inscription by Serge Cheremeteff, nee Sergei Vladimirovich Sheremetev: "To Anna and Robert / from a man who knew Tolstoy / Sergei C. / 1964."A beautifully-illustrated compilation and an interesting association copy, the book featured Tolstoy's three prose works, based on his experiences during the Siege of Sebastopol in 1854 and 1855 - "Sevastopol in December," "Sevastopol in May," and… Read More

James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Bret Harte was a prolific writer and poet, most widely known for his stories of his beloved early California. "The Argonauts" in these stories are the gold seekers of the mid-1800s. This book also bears the personal bookplate of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (February 16, 1884 - July 17, 1961) - a US Representative from New York, US Minister to Portugal, US Minister to Hungary, and an instigator and member of the United Nations War Crime Commission. Book Condition: Good+ original brick red embossed covers with gilt title to spine; minor wear to covers; corners somewhat rubbed; head and tail of spine worn; a few spots to spine; pages bright and clean; hinge weak, but pages and covers securely attached.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1936. Hardcover. Good. First edition thus [reprint from the first self-published edition of 1830]; 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [4], v-xxix, [3], 3-254, [4]; original pictorial boards; no DJ; wear mostly to corners and along edges of spine with some rubbing and a small puncture with loss of cloth to front edge of spine cover, else bright and clean; good condition. Signed/inscribed by John Flanagan, who wrote the introduction to the current edition. This copy #721 of a limited edition of 1000. Stories of the Plains Indians and their encounters with the White Men in the early 19th century.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Very good. First edition, state "B", with 22 pp. publisher's advertisements dated November, 1863; 7 1/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [7], iv-v, [4], 2-225, [4], 2-22, [2]; pebbled, dark-green cloth over boards; title to spine and top edge gilt; illustrated with a second, engraved title page, as published; small, rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; paper along front hinge with a closed split; last few pages unevenly opened; faint signature of previous owner to first blank leaf; in about very good condition.A beautiful copy of Longfellow's classic work, containing the first appearance in book form of "Paul Revere's Ride."

Paris: Ia. Povolotskogo, 1930. Softcover. First edition (One of 1000 copies); 5 1/2 x 7 1/2; pp. 144; green wraps printed in black; two small cuts to tips of spine; faint sun-fading and foxing to spine and margins of wraps; deckled page edges; internally mostly very clean; very good.Iakov Tsvibak (1902-1994), sometimes writing under the pseudonym Andrei Sedykh, was a Russian author, historian, and the long-time standing secretary of Nobel Prize for Literature winner Ivan Bunin. As is the case, the current work was the first one which Tsvibak wrote under his pseudonym. He later moved to New York where he was the editor of the Russian emigre journal 'Novoe Russkoe Slovo.' The book contains short stories describing his trip through Latvia in the late 1920s.

Moscow/Jerusalem: A. Bogatykh i E. Rakitskoi, 2006. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [4], 7-415 including text to last page; blue pictorial laminated wraps; upper right corner of back cover rubbed, else very minor wear; illustrated by the author; signed and inscribed by Gammer to Prof. Anatoly Lieberman, a prominent academician and an author himself from the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota.A beautiful compilation of 5 original novels. Efim Gammer is an award-winning poet, writer, artist, and cartoonist - currently living in Israel. He is also a champion boxer. He moved to Jerusalem after growing up in Latvia and working as a journalist in Siberia. In the words of prominent art critic and cartoonist Meir Ronnen: Gammer's works "...of satirical and fantastic-realist bent mix satire with poesy and contain all of the details within a single mass which itself becomes a fantastic compositional shape." One holding at the National Library of Israel.

Moskva/Leningrad (Moscow/St. Petersburg): Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvol'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1946. Hardcover. First edition thus; 11 3/4 x 9; pp. 154; illustrated beige cloth over boards; a few spots to margins of boards; illustrated with full-page and in-line autolithographs by Evgenii Kibrik; very good condition.A beautiful and lavishly illustrated edition of Gogol's "Taras Bulba" - the romanticized historical novel of the journey of an old Cossack and his sons to joining in the war against Poland. Initially published in 1835, the story was dubbed "too Ukrainian," prompting the author to rewrite and greatly expand it and leading to a second edition, published in 1842 and featuring many more Russian nationalist themes. The original first edition would not be reprinted and made available in Ukraine until 2005. The illustrator, Evgenii Kibrik (1906 - 1978), was a Russian graphic artist, painter, and Professor at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. He was… Read More

Lviv: Ukrainske vydavnytstvo, 1941. Good. Third, expanded edition; 5 1/2 x 4; pp. [2], 5-87, [1]; light-brown wraps, printed in black; illustrated with portrait frontis; minor creasing to corners of wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; faint, personal stamp of previous owner to title page; several lines of text underlined; in good to very good condition.Vasyl Simovych (1880 - 1944) was an author, cultural figure, linguist, translator, editor, and member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. During WWI, he worked as a teacher with the Union of the Liberation of Ukraine in German and Austrian POW camps. In the 1920s and 1930s, while teaching at the Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute in Prague, he wrote several significant linguistic works, including an Old Church Slavonic grammar and an anthology of Old Ukrainian literature.

Kyiv (Kiev): T-va "Vernygora", 1917. First edition thus. Very good. First edition thus; 7 x 4 3/4; pp. [3], VI-XI, [2], 2-87; stapled, beige, pictorial wraps; illustrated with portrait frontis and black & white drawings at the beginning of each chapter; wraps a bit fragile with several small chips to tips of spine and edges; uniform age-toning to leaves; in good to very good condition.A beautiful Ukrainian edition of Moliere's "Tartuffe," it was translated by satirist, playwright, translator, educator, and poet Volodymyr Samiilenko (1864 - 1925), known in the literary circles under the pseudonym Syvenky. The introduction to the work was written by Mykola Voronyi (1871 - 1938) - political activist, educator, author, poet, and actor. He founded the Ukrainian National Theater in 1917 and co-founded the Central Council of Ukraine (also known as the Central Rada of Ukraine) - the All-Ukrainian council, which united the cultural, political, and professional organizations… Read More

Chicago: American Canary Magazine, 1939. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [6], 9-45, [1]; blue, pictorial wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with photographs and drawings; a bit of faint fading and spotting to margins of wraps; in very good condition.Written by a breeder and trainer and illustrated with actual images of the author's own canaries, the booklet contained chapters on steps of training, feeding, handling, etc.

Baltimore, MD: Kohler Manufacturing Co., 1890. Softcover. First edition presumed; 5 1/4 x 3 1/4; pp. 1-8; light brown wraps, illustrated with an engraving by Geo M. Vickers; very minor nicks to tips of spine and corners; a small spot to first page; in about near fine condition.The game, possibly designed to be played on Valentine's Day, was published by the Kohler Company, manufacturers of various remedies and soaps for fits, headaches, blood disorders, corns, etc. (all of them advertised on the wraps verso). The game itself began by placing a pint of beans in a bowl, picking up a handful of them, and counting them. The sum total would correspond to an answer in the book, which would reveal the "mystic" power of the game.

New York: Continent Stereoscopic Co., 1870. Good. Ten stereoviews, n. d. (1870-1890); 4 1/4 x 7; overall in good to very good condition - with some foxing, a few small nicks to edges, and occasional creasing.The Continent Stereoscopic Company of New York was a major publisher of copy negatives, occasionally issuing original work, as well. Allegedly, they published over 2000 views of the United States, primarily focusing on Oregon, Nevada, and California, but also Washington, Pennsylvania, and New York. The current stereoviews, some including human figures in the images, pictured Crinoline Point, Nevada Falls, and North and South Domes in Yosemite, Woodward's Gardens and a view from the Cliff House in San Francisco, Lovers Cascade in Wildwood Canyon, etc.

Leningrad: Nauka, 1990. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 3-238; green wraps printed in b&w; small chips to head and tail of spine; few faint crease lines to corners; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better.A lengthy study on homonyms including characteristics, theories, and classification.

S. l. (Washington, DC): s. n., 1911. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 2-8; small rust spots from staples; two small punctures to upper margin from a removed pin; horizontal fold lines; very good condition.In the early 19th century, the United States and Russia had signed the US-Russian Commercial Treaty of 1832, which also allowed unrestricted travel and protection to the people of both countries. By the early 20th century, Russia repeatedly and steadfastly refused to accept passports, issued to Russian-born Jews, who had become naturalized American citizens, thus violating the provisions of the treaty. On December 13, the House of Representatives voted to abrogate it and a day after Sulzer's current speech, on December 21, the Senate approved the House's decission and adopted the joint resolution. William Sulzer (1863 - 1941) was a lawyer, congressman and the 39th Governor of New York. He would be remembered as the only New York Governor to ever be… Read More

San Francisco: California Theatre, 1905. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, large 4to 10" x 12 1/2"; pp. 1-19, [1]; original embossed wraps, tied with a string; fading along margins of wraps, else minor wear; illustrated with photographs and facsimile signatures of the casts; very good. An uncommon item, which appears to be a commemorative program for a string of performances at the California Theatre in San Francisco in 1905, organized by actress Florence Roberts in support of the failing health of renowned actor and producer Hobart Bosworth. He began his career with small roles at several theaters in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century. Battling recurring bouts of tuberculosis he moved to San Diego, where he was contracted to make a motion picture with Selig Polyscope Company. Due to his successful attempt at this new venture, he was credited with being the star of the first movie made on the West Coast. He went on to establish his own company, Hobart Bosworth Productions… Read More