Search Results: Titles starting with T from Scraps of American History

Self published, 1990. Not stated. Trade Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 117 pages filled with recipes, from simple to elaborate. Spiral bound with white illustrated wraps and blue titles on front cover. Light edge wear, minor scuffs, interior pages bright, binding tight.

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 408 pages. The very human story of a man raised in privilege that finds women and money easy and available, but find himself pulled by life and love into a struggle requiring courage and sacrifice. Black cloth binding with red emblem on front cover and red titles with gilt decorations on spine, mustard yellow end papers. Titles and decorations bright, a little edge fading of cover with light spotting, minor edge wear, date abd scuff on front free end paper, interior pages bright, binding tight. Black dust jacket with red, white and gold titles on fornt cover and spine shows some edge wear, small chips in top edge near spine, light creases, some spotting of back cover, remains of price tag on front just jacket cover, not price clipped. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Stamats Publishing Company, 1967. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 128 pages with index and bibliography, illustrated with black and white photographs, maps and small drawings. A collection stories about the people and history of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and how they make the city unique. Illustrated whiteboards with black titles on front cover and spine. Spine ends and corners bumped, some spotting of cover with light edge wear, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Measures 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches.

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover. Good +/good. 235 page with glossary and bibliography. A teacher of sex education writes a handbook for parents and teachers that is practical and straightforward.Orange boards with green spine and orange lettering on spine, publisher's imprint on front cover. Very little wear to cover, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, interior pages tanned. Doubt it was ever read. Illustrated dust jacket is slightly tanned, minor edge wear, some spotting, a little chipped at spine ends, not price clipped, remains of old price stickers on front.

Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik, 1957. Unknown. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 192 pages with index, illustrated with nice black and white photographs and maps. Appears to be a tour guide to Tallinn. Tan boards with illustrated pastedown on front cover and black titles on spine, illustrated end papers. Book is worn, scrubbed with a few stains, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, wrinkles in boards, hinges weak showing webbing, inscription facing title page, a little staining of interior pages which are a bit tanned, binding tight other than hinges.

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, c. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 246 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Hawthorne's lovely collection of myths. Red cloth binding with black border on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear, titles and color bright with a little darkening at edges, minor spotting of back cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanned, binding tight. Green dust jacket illustrated with Pegasus in colors and blue titles on front cover and spine, publisher advertising on back and inside folds. Some chipping along edges, short tears at spine top and bottom and bottom folds, small hole in back fold, spotting, short tears along back bottom edge, colors bright, clipped corners.

Palo Alto, California: Apple Tree Lane / Walch Grafiks, 1990. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 49 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams. "A handbook for weavers, stitchers, needlepointers, banner makers, belly dancers, and other playful people." Shows tools and techniques for making interesting tassels. Red illustrated wraps with black titles, two staple binding. Cover a little faded near spine, light edge wear, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Card to order new book from authors, to be printed in 1990, also included. Trade paperback. Measures 5 1/2 x 11 inches.

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 187 plus index. A series of lessons offered as a simple outline of the teachings of the Bible. Green cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine. Some spotting, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's name and address on front fixed end paper, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Measures 4 1/2 x 7 inches.

Oxford: Oxford University Press: Clarendon Press, 1934. Twelfth Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket . 192 pages, plus publisher's note on the text on smaller sheets bound in. The long philosophical poet written by an aging Poet Laureate of Great Britain. See also our listing for "Notes on the Testament of Beauty" by Nowell Charles Smith. White boards with blindstamped decoration on front cover and gilt titles on front cover and spine. Cover soiled and spotted, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, back cover wrinkled and stained, former owner's name and 1937 date on front free end paper, end papers a bit foxed, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding tight. Measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Sullivan Printing Works, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 199 pages. A collection of essays, sketches and poems, probably self published but very entertaining. Brown binding with blindstamped decorations on covers and gilt titles on spine, decorated end papers. Some spotting to cover, light edge wear, mostly at spine with bumped corners and spine ends, upper leading corner of front and back covers chipped off, chip in base of spine, interior pages tanning, author inscription and signature on first blank page, former owner's stamp on first page of text, scarring from erasure on dedication page, binding tight. Measures 5 1/2 x 8 inches.

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1930. Third edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 817 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. An update detailing the progress of pharmacology and plant chemistry. Black cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear to cover, small holes in front hinge, fading, spotting, a little scrubbing, corners and spine ends bumped, wormed inside front cover at hinge, former owner's name "Helen Dailey, Leesburg, Virginia, George Washington University" on front fixed end paper, small notations on end papers, interior pages bright with a little underlining and some marginalia, binding tight.

Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Printing Company, 1895. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 258 pages, tissue protected frontispiece portrait of author. Masonic mysteries and degrees. Maroon leatherette binding with gilt titles and borders on front cover, borders and symbols in gilt on back cover, red stained page edges, decorative end papers. Spine cover missing, corners heavil bumped, some scratches and spotting of cover, some worming of end papers and first few pages, former owner's name on half title, front hinge weak, interior pages bright, binding a bit shaken. Measures 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches.

New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1901. Revised. Hardcover. Good +. 293 pages plus advertisments, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout; frontispiece with protective tissue intact. The history of the art of sculputre from ancient Egypt to modern American art. From the College Histories of Art series. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear to cover, a tiny bit of spotting, dent in leading edge of back cover, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, small tear in spine cover, gilt lettering on spine faded, former owner's information in pencil on front free end paper, interior pages bright with minimal pencil notations.

48 pages, illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Beautiful and useful book of patterns for use with a rigid heddle loom. Illustrated wraps with off-white titles on front cover, two-staple binding. Light edge wear, a little tanning of cover and pages, binding tight, bookseller's sticker on title page.

New York: George P. Putnam, 1848, 1849. Revised. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket as issued. Three volume set with fold out maps, table of contents and index. Green cloth binding with blindstamp decorations on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Some edge wear to cover, corners and spine ends bumped, spines a bit faded, interior pages lightly tan with some foxing, pencil notations on front free end paper of Volume 1. Short tear in one map, foxing and wrinkles along with creases.

Lynchburg, Virginia: Warwick House Publishing, 2006. Not stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 441 pages. A woman's journey to faith through the 1950s and the turbulent 1960s, set on the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. Illustrated wraps with brown and white titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear to cover, interior pages bright.

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan and darkened a little at top, light reading crease in spine, binding tight, light tanning of pages with a little darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

194 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. A biography covering most of the 20th century detailing life in rural Floyd County, Virginia, by a teacher and native of the region, published after his death. Red illustrated wraps with white titles on front cover and spine. Some light edge wear to cover, reading crease near spine, interior pages bright.

New York: Random House, 1962. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/fair. 126 pages. A comic play first presented by Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in New York on April 5, 1962 and starring Barry Gordon, Jason Robards, Jr. and William Daniels. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. Blue boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear, corners and spine ends a little bumped, minor spotting of cover, interior pages bright, binding tight. Mylar covered blue and white jacket with black titles on front cover and spine is tanned with edge wear and chipping at top of spine cover and along top edge of back jacket, holes in back cover near fold, not clipped.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/good. 431 pgs., translated by Helen R. Lane. This eloquent examination of what it is like to be a woman was seized by the Portuguese government and its writers brought to trial for their work. Red and black binding with gilt titles on spine. Spine faded, some spotting and slight edge wear of cover with minor bumping of spine ends and corners, small stain on upper page edge, interior pages bright, owner's names on front free end paper with pencil notations, binding tight. White dust jacket with black and red titles is darkened with age, slightly edge worn with tiny tears and chips, spine of jacket is faded, price clipped, no tears or large chips. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.