Search Results: Titles starting with T from DuBois Rare Books

New York, N.Y.: Visual Graphic Corporation, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good+. 24pp. Vol. 1. Illustrations ; 24 cm. Squarish 4to. Staplebound wraps. Front cover shows some wrinkling, lower corner of rear cover bent with tape repair else fine.

Seattle: University of Washington Bookstore, 1928. 2nd Printing in Month of Publication. Stiff Wraps. Very Good +/Good +. [iv] 35 p. [iv] 12mo. 18 cm. Softcover. Printed wrappers (black with gold borders, title and decoration) over stiff tan wraps. Second printing in month of publication (April, 1928) after first printing of 575 copies only. Edges of wrappers chipped and fragile. Both flaps detached and laid in. Spine rubbed along the very (sharp) edge. Textblock pristine: cream colored leaves clean, many uncut. Very Good+ in a Good+ (at least) wrapper. "The first chapter ascribed to Confucius, the remainder to Tsang Tzu. Newly rendered into the American language by Ezra Pound.

Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 1990. 31st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. p 113 [ii] cool fold-out foot pattern chart. Slim 8vo. Bit of rubbing, extremity nicks else Fine. First printing of this seminal work was in 1967.

Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 548-712pp fin tome II de l'Histoire Naturelle. 1) Erpetologie: xxviii, 70, [2] pp. 26 plates: (7 Frogs [1-7], 6 Turtles [1-6], 13 Crocodiles, lizards, Salamanders, &c. [1-6,6a-12]). 2) Ophiologie: xliv, 76 pp. 42 plates, single and double paged, [snakes all the way down]. 270x209mm. 4to. Hardcover. Quarter-calf and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Book Condition: spine split at tail end of upper cover, and at head of spine to lower cover, covers show wear, corners pushed and worn with boards showing through. Binding very solid. Pages unmarked and unmarred. Plates? well, the plates are clean, unmarred, free of any foxing, stains or the like, they are fantastic printings, and glorious in all their raucus animal glory, really fabulous. Les animaux quadrupèdes ovipares, et les serpens / par M. Daubenton. [Agame-Umbre]. Addition. Table alphabetique des noms latins & étrangers des quadrupèdes ovipares & des serpens ... Errata… Read more

Boston: D.C. Heath and Co, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. iii, 88 pages ; 21 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original dark green cloth over boards, stamped in blind to front cover. Book Condition: Minor wear to extremities with a formula inked in by PO on the rear endpaper else Fine. A classic of the field that went on to see revised editions in 1928, 1946 and 1958, all published by D.C. Heath and Co.

New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 1998. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 279pp. : illustrations, 29 cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, white lettering to spine. Book Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. A sharp copy. Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter ; with contributions by Christian Luczanits.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 224pp. Blue cloth over boards with silver spine lettering.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1898. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/Lacking. Publisher's advertisements precedes text. Title page engraved. Description: [4], 417 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Twelve stories about the poor and wealthy people of the South before, during, and after the Civil War. Publisher's green cloth over boards, gilt and black lettering and decoration to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Spine is toned, with lettering dull; spine ends frayed. Front cover is quite handsome. Title page is loose and rear interior joint cracked. Else Fine. Binding is quite sound.

San Francisco: Upper Playground, Fifty24SF Gallery, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. xxiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ with a creased front flap and v. superficial shelf wear.

Dallas: SMU Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. XXVIII, 103 s : il ; 30 cm. Tall 4to. Softcover. Book Condition: creasing to covers with wear along the extremities, crumpling at spine ends; interior pages bright and unmarked. Edited by G. Willam Jones; foreword by Eugene Bonelli ; preface by Charles Champlin.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing with no additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 250pp. 23cm. Quarter bound green cloth and mustard paper over boards, gilt lettering. Book condition: a bit cocked, jacket looks great with a wrinkle or two and v. slight bit of rubbing. One of the "Spenser" novels, which spawned one of the truly great tough guy tv series of the 80's: "Spenser for hire

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1919. Hardcover. 3 p. l., 217 p. 20 cm. Tan cloth over boards, blue lettering to spine and pictorial front cover. A sharp copy with gently pushed spine ends, very faint wear to extremities and a small splash to the back cover; easily Very Good. Lacking the dust jacket. At first glance it's easy to mistake this edition for a 1st American edition, the publishing date is listed on the copyright page as "Published in U.S.A. in 1919 by Dodd, Mead and Co." which matches the 1919 date on the title page. What is not mentioned is that this is clearly preceded in the U.S. by an edition published by B. W. Dodd in 1908; we suspect from the same exact plates. Still a nice copy of Masefield's nautical short stories. A collection of 24 tales, reprinted, with one exception, from the Manchester guardian, Macmillan's magazine, Country life and the Speaker.

Boston/Amherst: University Of Massachusetts Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 167pp. Hardcover. Octavo. Author's first book. Collection of 10 stories. Winner of the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 230 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original [first state] orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends, very slight slant to spine. Charcoal top stain fresh and unmarred, text block appears unread. Dust Jacket Condition: A few v. small salt and pepper bits of wear to the extremities, crease to unclipped front flap, two small striations to rear panel. A sharp copy with bright and fresh dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 230 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original [first state] orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends, very slight slant to spine. Original E.J. Corvettes price tag on front flap has offset to paste-down and ffep. Charcoal top stain fresh and unmarred, text block appears unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Small nicks running along top edge and spine ends, small crease to rear flap, faint toning to edges of rear panel. The Muriel Nasser jacket still looks great.

[Milano]: A. Mondadori, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 152 pages. 19 cm. Softcover. Book Condition: edges dusty, light foxing to endpapers, a nick to lower cover at crown of the spine else fine. Number 734 of a limited edition of 1500 copies.

[New York]: [Printed by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co.], 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 17pp. 21cm. Duodecimo. Hardcover. Publisher's original rust colored linen over boards. Book Condition: 1/2 inch of lower edge of front cover sunned else fine. A sharp copy. An address at the exhibition of textbooks held by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, 1936. printed as A.I.G.A keepsake #52 for distribution to its membership.

Tours: Alfred Mame et fils, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. xxviii, 429 p. front. (port.) illus. Alfred Mame and son . 28 cm. 8vo. Half crushed morroco and marbled boards. 5 raised bands with gilt dentelles and spine lettering. All edges gilt. Book Condition: Corners worn, joints rubbed, perished at the spine ends. Foxing to plates and tissue guards, pages bright white and unmarred, binding sound. Gift inscription dated 1899 in fine hand to half title page. Very Good at least.

Paris: Librarie de Paris, nd. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 2 p. ., 667 p. front. (port.) 18 cm. Quarter bound crushed red morocco leather and marbled paper over boards. Raised bands with 6 panels, title stamped in gilt in 2nd panel, TEG. Evidence of wear very moderate, extremities showing small rubbed patches, tips bumped, pea sized bruise to rear panel leather halfway down. Sound binding feels firm to the hand. In French.