Search Results: Titles starting with T from Harropian Books, IOBA

London: Amalgamated Press, 1914. Paperback. Very Good. Cover title. Two single issues, both published contemporaneously with the war in 1915 & 1918, respectively : Part 71 (1915) and Part 187 (1915) both issues with front covers of General Sir Edmund Allenby, T.E. Lawrence's commander in the Middle East and details of the campaign. Stapled wraps, folio (13-1/8 inches tall), pp. various, illustrated throughout w. B&W photo reproductions, line drawings and maps. All volumes w. toning and wear to covers, small rust stains from staples, text clean, Part 187 lack upper half of back cover.

New York: The Vixen Press, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Orange cloth patterned paper over boards, title printed in black onto spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 245. Volume with bumps to edges and spine ends, wear at tips, pencil erasure ffep. Price-intact DJ with rubs and soil, creases, short closed tears and small tape repairs verso. A great title and literary low spot with the DJ blurbs to match; "Lastly, meet the audience. Meet the shifty-eyed, leering, cheering men. See them, hear them, join them as they slam their sweating palms together and shout - TAKE IT OFF!" from the rear flap. Evocative DJ design by "patrika

Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, 1951. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Just About Near Fine. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, (viii), 309, stated first Australian edition, having "1st Australian Edition 1951" printed on the copyright page, immediately following "Twelfth Printing 1950" and with "1951" printed on the foot of the title page. Volume with heel of spine softened, faint offset to feps from jacket flaps, text block edges a little toned with tiny amount of scattered foxing, vintage bookseller's tag to front pastedown. Unclipped DJ with some toning to edges and light edge wear, a vertical rub to spine panel and a small one inch by quarter inch chip from top edge of back panel - not affecting any text. Michener's first published book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948. Tales of the South Pacific tells through a collection of stories, about American sailors living and working in the… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue hardcover with title in gilt onto spine, large 8vo, 9" tall, photo- illustrated endpapers, B&W photos throughout, Appendices, Index of Ships, Bibliography, pp. xi, 604. Volume with a small black dot at bottom of text block edge, DJ lightly rubbed. An in-depth history of this famous Quebec south shore shipbuilding company,

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J. Allen St. John. Red textured paper over boards, title stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, [vi], 309, Tarzan illustration printed at head of title page. Volume with light wear to bottom edges and toning to text. DJ with white portions toned and what appear to be very unnecessary paper-tape reinforcements to edge corners verso. The Madison Square Edition, the last to use the sensational Allen St. John DJ artwork, prior to switching to the less desirable E. Monroe cover artwork later in the 1940's. Ref. Bergen, p. 37.

[London]: Daily Mail, 1935. Single Sheet. Fair. Herbert Sydney Foxwell (1890 - 1943, UK). A scarce example of an uncommon piece of ephemeral, prewar artwork by Herbert Foxwell - signed in print "Foxwell" at bottom right - with his iconic, knot-tailed mouse in the upper left corner and his fellow cartoon characters in the other three corners. The certificate has a silver gelatin photograph mounted at center showing the first prize winner - a Miss Margaret Crisp, sitting beside her winning entry into the then-popular Sand Design Competition. This particular event was held in the town of Dovercourt on July 26th, 1935. Certificate printed in red and blue onto manila-colored light card, details filled in with black fountain pen ink and dated "1935", photo pasted-down near center. Certificate is worn and torn with creases and light soil. "In 1933 Foxwell was asked to continue another popular comics series: 'Teddy Tail', originally created by Charles James Folkard in 1915... This fantasy comic about a… Read More

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. The first American edition, using UK sheets with title page being a cancel. Cloth backed paper covered boards, title and date "1923" printed in blue onto spine, Chinese characters stamped in gilt onto bottom corner of upper board, 12mo (7-1/2 inches [19 cm] tall), pp. [1]-150, [151], [152 - blank], appendices, index, printed on heavy watermarked paper. Volume with fading to covers and spine, paper edges rubbed through in places, endpapers toned, scattered foxing throughout, original $2 price in pencil to upper corner of ffep, cover gilt still bright. With Knopf's four page Fall, 1923 catalogue loosely laid in, confirming the "$2.00" issue price. The first four chapters offer an in-depth discussion of traditional Chinese poetry etc., before starting into 16 important Chinese poems.

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1947. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Paperback. Near Very Good. Illustrated wraps, 12mo (6-15/16 inches tall), pp. 254. Volume with light wear, toning and crinkling near spine [likely from binding process] very occasional spot of soil and the odd crease, p.o. name and date (Jan/48) in ink to half-title. The very first Pan paberback, with "Made and Printed in France / by IMPRIMERIE CRETE, CORBEIL" at foot of copyright page and a similar imprint at foot of colophon having the same date. And thereby, showing Pan's out-of-country printing strategy, which was necessiated by the post-war paper shortages in the UK. "In 1947 PAN solved the problem of paper shortages from the war by reaching an agreement with the Board of Trade which allowed them to print the books in Europe... They solved the problem of transport by shipping the books from the printers to the warehouses using an ex-Royal Navy Motor Launch ML225. This was renamed 'Lalun' after a prostitute in  'On the City Wall'… Read More

Milwaukee, WI: Allis-Chalmers Company, 1906. First Printing. Paperback. Good. The test methods and results of nine Allis-Chalmers engines installed in the Subway power-house of the Interborough Transit Co., New York. Bulletin No. 1502 January, 1906. Power Department Bulletin printed in black and red onto glossy coated paper, 4to (10-1/2 inches tall), pp. 4, illustrated with a photo reproduction of the engines on the front cover, text in center and test results on back cover. Bulletin with a vertical fold line from mailing, faint doodle on front cover, fold line tears and soil. An unusual piece of subway ephemera.

Berlin: Braunschweig, Friedrich Euler`s Verlag, 1899. Paperback. Very Good. Text in German. Title in English "The agile skat player. Practical guide for thorough learning of the game of skat in all its subtleties with all the rules of the game" Printed paper wraps, 8vo (7-5/8 inches tall), pp. 96, illustrated, many signatures remain unopened. Volume with a short closed tear at foot of spine and some pencil marks to upper cover. Skat is the national card game of Germany.

Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Beige cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blue onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 222, illustrated with B&W photos. Volume with a few traces of scattered browning to cloth, text edges toned. Price-intact DJ with minor edge wear and nicks to spine ends, a tiny puncture to rear panel near spine fold, spotting and light soil. The famous Trapp family story continues as they hit the road on tour, covering here the period from her first book to 1955.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1941. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. A. Pope. Illustrated wraps, all edges stained red, 16mo (6-7/16 inches [16.4 cm] tall), pp. 277, (278), (8) ads [publisher's catalogue dated August, 1941], red endpapers, stated fifth printing. Volume with "Perma-Gloss" laminate starting at edges, else fine. An unread copy of this early entry into the Pocket Book series.

New York, NY: Bureau of Publications - Teachers College, Columbia University, 1912. Broadside. Fine. From his 1910 monograph entitled "Handwriting", Thorndike made yet another "Major Contribution" for having "Constructed a scale to measure children's handwriting (1910)" which lead to developing "... the logic underlying the test (CAVD) predicting elements of test design that eventually became the foundation of modern intelligence tests." intelltheory dot com. Broadside scale printed in black ink onto cream colored, watermarked ("TOSCA / LINEN LEDGER") paper, measuring 22 inches tall x 24 inches wide. Fold lines and minor creases from original mailing, else fine and unmarked. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thorndike as the ninth most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Thorndike's 1910 monograph "Handwriting" is very uncommon, as is this 1912 broadside.

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth gilt, small 8vo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. vi, 177, photo illus. Volume with fade to spine, small p.o. name ffep. Ref. Neate F61.

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. BC Outdoors : Vol. 25 - No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1969. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Covers lightly worn with a rubber stamp and address label on front cover, unmarked inside. Contains articles on the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), Glacier House and a six page article titled "Thoughts on Conservation" by Roderick Haig-Brown. Ref. Cave F 50.

New York: Cornell University Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Decorative paper over boards, large quarter cloth spine, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo 8-1/2" tall, pp. xi, 80, decorative endpapers. DJ with spine toned, else fine. Inscribed, dated and signed "Robert & Judith / The Sward's / Victoria / Oct. '69." Loosely laid in is the poem "Impossible Hurricane Loss-of-Name Poem" printed on a heavy purple stock with "spring 1969/INKSTONE" printed in gilt on verso. This poem is also dedicated to the same couple as the inscription in the book, has a few author corrections and dated 1969 also. The separate poem sheet has wear and toning to the areas where it protrudes beyond the book edges.

Toronto, ON: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A stream of consciousness autobiography, written by an imprisoned Inuit man convicted of manslaughter while he struggled to understand, adapt and survive within modern western culture "The end product was a diary as touching and savage as any ever written by a Canadian." from the front flap. Bright blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-3/16 inches [28 cm] tall), pp. xi, (xii - map), (1) - 164, author portrait frontis, map. Volume with light soil to cloth and faint toning to eps. Price-intact DJ with some rubbing, small tears and edge wear, a bit of toning and modest foxing verso. A difficult book to find in collectible condition, having never been reprinted and with a good number of copies still held by institutional libraries. "... the Eskimo people are like the sun spots which sometimes appear on the lens of an astronomer. We are in the way, we blur the picture the white man… Read More

Montreal, QC: Wm. Notman. Mounted Photographs. Near Fine. Three Winter scenes from the Notman Studio. Albumen and silver salts on paper, two photos measure 5.5 x 4 inches wide and one measures 6 x 4 inches wide, all mounted on card, one signed faintly in negative "Notman" and one "23373". Some fading and yellowing to images, card mounts w. minor curl and touch of browning verso. Snowshoes and Skates help to provide a charming Winter setting for this fine group of 19th c. studio images.

San Francisco: Talking Books, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Douglass, Donald R. Pictorial cardboard casing with illustration and title printed onto upper board, title printed onto spine and illustration printed onto lower board, 4to (11 inches tall), "Copyright 1959" stated on title page, pp. [title page], 14. A complete and near very good copy of this scarce item, with less than the normal wear and tear expected from a children's book-toy. Audio from record much less than perfect, rust to staples of booklet, soil to cover with edges rubbed, slight contour to top board from height allowance of underlying finger operated handle, all illustrations and text still clean and bright.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. August Sander : jacket photo.. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 352. Volume with a slight bump to heel of spine, pencil erasure top ffep, text toned. Price intact DJ with light wear and rubbing. "On 1 May 1914, the renowned German photographer August Sandler photographed three young men on their way to a country dance, and opened a door between that moment and the future. The photograph is the inspiration for the three interrelated stories of this haunting and accomplished novel." from the front flap. And, from the back flap "Richard Powers is an American, currently living in The Netherlands. This is his first novel.