Search Results: Titles starting with T from Brillig Books

London, Canada: Wendell Holmes Limited, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition, First Printing. Small quarto, stiff wraps. xvi, 55pp. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Clare Bice with a full page frontispiece drawing of "Pioneer Mill" by Miriam Fox Squires. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. A tight, internally clean and fresh volume with slight exterior dust soiling and minor edgewear. A very nice copy of the first edition with minor defects. Very good plus to near fine. Uncommon in the first printing of the first edition..

Dallas, TX: Highland Enterprises, 1975. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated stapled stiff wraps (paperback). Unpaginated (approx. 50pp.). Collector's Series No. 3. Very generously illustrated with Ford promotional material depicting all of the models, often with engine details and specifications of this classic American sports car. A very handy quick reference for identification of model years and design details for collectors. A very tight, crisp, stiff, clean, unmarked and apparently unread copy of this fragile item. Perfect. AS NEW..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1920. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick octavo, tan cloth covered boards with blue, white and black cover decoration of mountains over a lake. and tree on spine. Top edge gilt. 304pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece and color illustrated title page. Genrously illustrated throughout with 113 black and white photographs on separately printed glossy stock and a couple of folding maps. Map and index of National Forests and National Parks of the Western States. Great early photograph of Yellowstone Park, Cedar Canyon in Utah, Lake Tahoe, Glacier National Park, Zion Canyon among many other famous and some now past landscapes of the Far West. A very tight, clean, bright volume with some unopened pages. Some darkening to the top edge gilt. Bookseller's sticker of "The White House Books" San Fransico on rear pastedown. Very near fine.,.

Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2 Volumes octavo, illustrated stiff wraps with plastic comb bindings. pp. 216, 228 plus index in each volume. Illustrated with line drawings. Volume I Acadian, French and Creole cookery and Volume II, Mexican, Italian and French cooking. Great adaptations of classic ethnic dishes for cooking with the microwave oven. Both volumes very clean, square, brigh and unmarked with undamaged plastic combs, Very minor edgewear else fine. Near fine..

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1998). Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Large octavo, photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 278pp. including very extensived index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs and drawings. A fascinating study of the Takarzuka Revue, a modern dramatic and musical popular theatre in which all roles are played by women. An unusual and provocative development of the traditionally gender bending Japanese theater. Robertson offers a fascinating and exhaustive analysis of the political, economic, sexual and social critique offered by the troupe and its productions. A pristine,crisp and brilliant unread copy. Fine. MINT..

New York.: HarperCollins, 1989. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, grey cloth covered boards with blind stamp title and silver spine titles. 159 pp. Selected poems of Edna St. Viincent Millary illustrated with 84 full page duotone black and white photographs by Ivan Massar. A tight, clean, bright volume with fresh cloth, unmarked and apparently unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, tight, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1998. Book. As New. Soft cover. Later Printing. Very thick octavo. Stiff wraps (paperback) beautifully illlustrated in a floral design. 1090 pp. A one volume edition (usually it is printed in two volumes) of this foundational classic tale of 11th century Japan. A tragic romance: the first novel and possibly the most important landmark in Japanese literature. A very clean, fresh, square, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. AS NEW..

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Royal octavo, pale green cloth decoratively blindstamped spine over dark green cloth covered boards.344pp. including a very extensive bibliography. A complete survey of the history of western cuisine including menus, traditions, historic chefs and royal gourmets and banquets including a section of recipes recreated for the modern cook in the rear. The bibliography is an exceptional source for the history of fine gastronomy and cook book collecting. A very tight, cleank, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth covered boards. 222 pp. A tight, clean volume with very fresh, bright cloth and pristine white interior, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, tight, unclipped, glossy dust jacket with one very short very closed edgetear, else fine. Very fine in very near fine dust jacket..

New York: Putnam, 2004. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated balck stiff wraps (trade paperback). 372 pp. ADVANCE READING COPY in perfect AS NEW condition. Crisp, very tight, flawless with a flat uncreased spine..

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1989. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, terracotta brown cloth covered boards. 162 pp. including bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with 118 black and white photographs by the author. A photographic exploration of one of the oldest Native-American communities in North America along with detailed commentary by the author who is a poet, journalist and photographer. A tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, glossy dust jacket. Slight speckling to fore edge (not affecting interior). Near fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown buckram covered boards with gilt titles and gilt and blue cover decoration and blue spine label with gilt title. 346pp. A very tight, clean volume with bright cover and spine gilt and no loss to blue decoration or lable. Solid topstain. Very slight browning to very edge of pages as usual. NO marks, NO creases, NO tears, NO stains etc. Very near fine..

Amsterdam: Meijburg and Co., 1989. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, dark brown leatherette with gilt title and spine titles. 407pp. including index and extensive bibliography. An exhaustive ambitious work, illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW.

London: Hutchinson, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Tall octavo, brown cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Endpapers illustrated with line drawings of collectible teapots. 168pp. including index and bibliography. A complete story of the rise of tea and coffee drinking in England with particular reference to China tea an East African coffee plantations. Includes a history of the coffee society, drinking and serving in England from the first coffee house to the modern coffee "bar" and the history of tea in England from Queen Anne to the present. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume (a faint line of toning from foldover on endpapers) else fine, in a crisp, tight, clean, dust jacket, with a couple of very minor spots of rubbing near spine ends. Very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. A great copy of this uncommon title..

NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1970). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 143pp. including index, list of suppliers and glossary. Generously illustrated throughout with examples and techniques photographed in color and black and white. Fine in fine dust jacket. A perfect unread copy. AS NEW..

NY/London: Scribner/Williams and Norgate, 1907. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards decorated in gilt with map of Holy Land in gilt and gilt spine titles. 312pp. with index. Illustrated with 63 photographs in black and white. Two folding maps in rear. A tight copy with bright gilt cover decoration. Previous owners custom printed bookplate on pastedown and tiny identification stamp on title page. Spine slightly sunned and a bit of darkening to boards. Even with the defects described a very attractive and very good plus copy..

Milan: Editore Etichetta, 1990. Book. Illus. by Gianni Re. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small folio, cloth covered boards. 192 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color photographs the region, the vineyards, the workers, restaurants, inhabitants, wineries etc. Includes a section of wine labels of the Gavi. A history and geographical description as well as s complete description of the relationship of the wines to the region, its culture and its food. Parallel text in Italian and English. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, tight dust jacket with some fine crystalline speckling to the gloss, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1948. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. Large octavo, original navy blue cloth covered boards.with gilt spine titles. 641 pp. including extensive index. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with excellent cloth and very bright white pages with NO creases, NO tears, NO stains or soil. Gently ex-library there is a bookplate on pastedown with cancellation marks and a few marks to the first couple of pages, but therafter NO marks, NO card pocket and NO circulation stickers or marks. Spine gilt dulled. A very good plus volume..

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1940. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. Very thick large octavo, original navy blue cloth covered boards.with gilt spine titles. 1092 pp. including extensive index. Errata slip tipped in. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with excellent cloth and very bright white pages with NO creases, NO tears, NO stains or soil. Gently ex-library there is a bookplate on pastedown with cancellation marks and a few marks to the first couple of pages, but therafter NO marks, NO card pocket and NO circulation stickers or marks. Spine gilt dulled. A very good plus volume..

Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1914. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo flexible red cloth with gilt title and spine titles. All edges marbled. Two silk ribbon markers. 799 pp. including index plus approx. 80 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 specially drawn folding maps and 21 plans all in color, including the Mausolea at Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Kyushu etx. and one very large folding map of Japan with insets. A complete, comprehensive traveller's guide to Japan and its cities, monuments, temples and destinations of interest including histories as welll as information on religious festivals, customs, weights and measures, conversational phrases etc. With sections also on Kyushu, Formosa, Manchuria, Korea and the Trans-Siberian Railway. A beautifully preserved collector's copy with fresh, bright cloth, and clear, bright titles and spine titles. All maps very crisp, neatly folded and without creases or tears. Bright, white, clean, fresh, unmarked intrerior pages.… Read More