The Life of My Choice
by Thesiger, Wilfred
London: Collins, 1987. First edition. 459 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (spine a bit sun-faded). First edition. 459 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. “Journeying at a walking pace under conditions of some hardship, I was perhaps the last explorer in the tradition of the past.” Thesiger's... Read More
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The Danakil Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-34
by Thesiger, Wilfred
London: HarperCollins, 1996. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and images, plus two color maps. 214 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with stamped in gilt on spine, photographic black-and-white dust-jacket in fine condition. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and images, plus two color maps. 214 pp. 8vo. An expansive, chronologically-organized recounting of Thesiger's experiences in Abyssinia... Read More
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Arabian Sands
by Thesiger, Wilfred
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1959. First American edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, with one fold-out map affixed to rear pastedown endpaper. xvi, 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter bound blue cloth and paper boards, stamped in gilt and white on front and spine, photographic color dust jacket with some shelf wear to edges and... Read More
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My Kenya Days
by Thesiger, Wilfred
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. First edition. 224 pp. Large 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine title, with dust-jacket in fine condition. First edition. 224 pp. Large 8vo. Signed on the title page.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY S. G. ATKINS, PRESIDENT OF THE SLATER INDUSTRIAL AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL ("For Colored Youth of Both Sexes")
by The Slater Industrial And State Normal School: 1900]. Atkins, S. G. ATKINS President [Simon Green]
Philadelphia, 1900. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Blank verso has paper residue (where once mounted), paper is quite tanned along left margin, with creasing, few short tears and small chips (in blank margins), else a good copy. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Dr. Simon Green Atkins, the son of former slaves, founded the Slater Industrial and State Normal... Read More
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Autograph Letter, signed (“A Thiers”) to “Monsieur Mornan”, arranging a trip to Lyon from Paris to visit him and “Bernard”
by Thiers, Adolphe
Paris, 1875. One page, in ink, first page of singled bifolium. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. Addressed by Thiers on verso of conjugate leaf, with seal; tipped to a hinge affixed large sheet. Minor soiling but very good. One page, in ink, first page of singled bifolium. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. Brief business letter from... Read More
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Private Enterprise
by Thirkell, Angela (1890-1961)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, with amp of Barsetshire endpaper. Near Fine, in Very Good pictorial unlcipped dj. 1 vols. 8vo.
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![Photomontage of Lincoln, Hamlin and the Congressmen who passed the thirteenth amendment, abolishing slavery ... [With:] G. M. Powell & Co. Publisher's of The Great National Picture. Room 24 [a contemporary printed point of sale sign for Powell & Co.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/494/016/1549016494.0.m.jpg)
Photomontage of Lincoln, Hamlin and the Congressmen who passed the thirteenth amendment, abolishing slavery ... [With:] G. M. Powell & Co. Publisher's of The Great National Picture. Room 24 [a contemporary printed point of sale sign for Powell & Co.]
by (Thirteenth Amendment) Powell, George May
New York: Powell and Co, 1865. Single oval silver albumen photomontage, 10 x 8 3/4 inches, mounted on a larger sheet with tinted background, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches overall. The sign 11x14 inches. Very minor soiling and staining. Single oval silver albumen photomontage, 10 x 8 3/4 inches, mounted on a larger sheet with tinted background,... Read More
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Les Relieurs Francais (1500-1800). Biographie Critique et Anecdotique Précédée de l'Histoire de la Communauté des Relieurs et Doreurs de Livres de la Ville de Paris et d'une Étude sur les Styles de Reliure
by Thoinan, Ernest [psued. of Antoine Ernest Roquet]
Paris: Em. Paul, L. Huard & Guillemin, 1893. First edition, number 649 of 550 sur beau papier vélin mécanique. Folding view, 31 full-page and many smaller illustrations in text, title page in red and black, title device hand-colored. vii, [i], 416, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter blue morocco and silk boards, gilt back, t.e.g. Bookplate of Julia Parker... Read More
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Les Relieurs Francais (1500-1800). Biographie Critique et Anecdotique Precedee de l'Histoire de la Communaute des Relieurs et Doreurs de Livres de la Ville de Paris et d'une Étude sur les Styles de Reliure
by Thoinan, Ernest (Pseud of Antoine Ernest Roquet)
Paris: Em. Paul, L. Huard & Guillemin, 1893. First edition, number 320 of 550 sur beau papier vélin mécanique. 2 plates (1 folding), illustrs., in the text. vii, [i], 416, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter modern green morocco and cloth sides. First edition, number 320 of 550 sur beau papier vélin mécanique. 2 plates (1 folding), illustrs.,... Read More
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About Algeria; Algiers, Tlemçen, Constantine, Biskra, Timgad, by Charles Thomas-Stanford, F. S. A. With a map and thirty-two illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs
by Thomas-Stanford, Charles
London: John Lane, 1912. First edition. Illus. 305pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarter maroon morocco and cloth. Fine. First edition. Illus. 305pp. 8vo.
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Two Voices
by Thomas, D. M.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. First edition of author's first separately printed clothbound book [preceded by a pamphlet and an anthology], signed issue--limited to 50 numbered copies signed by D. M. Thomas. A very fine copy, covers virtually as new, in tissue dust jacket. First edition of author's first separately printed clothbound book [preceded by a pamphlet and... Read More
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Selected Writings of Dylan Thomas. Introduction by John L. Sweeney
by Thomas, Dylan
New York: New Directions, 1946. First edition, second issue with redesigned title page and later New Directions address, "333 Sixth Ave." on copyright page. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas by Augustus John opposite p. ix. xxiii, 183 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles blocked in black on spine. Near fine in very good original unclipped dust jacket (spine... Read More
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Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones
by Thomas, Dylan
London: J.M. Dent, [1954}. First edition. 101 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brown cloth. Fine in near fine green unclipped dust-jacket. First edition. 101 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Rolph B21
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Autograph Letter Signed ("Dylan Thomas"), to producer Frank Hauser at the British Broadcasting Corporation, agreeing to read his poems on a radio program
by Thomas, Dylan
The Boat House, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, [Wales], 1949. 1 p., docketed with date "31 Aug 1949" as receipt on verso by BBC. 8vo. Old folds. 1 p., docketed with date "31 Aug 1949" as receipt on verso by BBC. 8vo. Thomas accepts an invitation to appear on BBC Radio. In part: "… I'll be very pleased indeed to read... Read More
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Twenty-Six Poems
by Thomas, Dylan
[Verona: Printed for James Laughlin and J.M. Dent by Officina Bodoni in Verona, 1949. First edition, no. 128 of 140 copies on handmade Ciconia paper, signed by the author (“Dylan Thomas”) on the colophon. Printed by Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. 76, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Linen spine and patterned paste paper boards, printed spine label. Faintest rubbing,... Read More
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Seven Poems
by Thomas, Dylan
Camberwell: Art School Press, 1974. Number 42 of only 75 copies, signed by Keith Holmes, reprinted at Camberwell School of Art & Crafts by permission of the Trustees & J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. Text cut in linoleum block by Keith Holmes, & printed by offset lithography on Medway hand made paper. 1 vols. large 4to. Green wrappers, with... Read More
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Selected Writings. Introduction by John L. Sweeney
by Thomas, Dylan
New York: New Directions, 1946. First edition, first issue with New Directions address of "500 Fifth Ave." (Lowry’s name disappears from later dust jackets). Portrait of Thomas by Augustus John opposite p. ix. xxiii, 183 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Teal green cloth, gilt titles blocked in black on spine. Endpapers and first and last leaves tone. Near fine, in... Read More
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Last Poems
by Thomas, Edward
London: Selwyn & Blount, 1918. First edition, unrecorded variant without the publisher's ads at the back. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards, printed spine label, dust jacket. Faint offsetting to endpapers, bottom corner a little bumped, otherwise a fine unopened copy in the extremely rare dust jacket, which is chipped at the head of the spine and slightly rubbed and... Read More
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Reminiscences of the Last Sixty-Five Years, Commencing with the Battle of Lexington. Also, Sketches of His Own Life and Times
by Thomas, E.S.
Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Burnham, for the Author, 1840. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Very good copy, clean and tight. Ex-library Connecticut Historical Society, with their bookplate on front pastedown, and deacquisition stamp. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Howes T-164
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Three postcards each showing works by Thoma, each signed on the recto, two of the cards addressed, one with text, another with a short note on the recto
by Thoma, Hans, German artist
Karlsruhe (Baden) for two, n.p for the other, 1916. 1 vols. ca. 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Two addressed to Doctor Carl Wilezyuiski. Some light soiling, corner creased, else very good. 1 vols. ca. 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Thoma (1839-1924) was a leader in the modern German School, he was a noted painter and recognized... Read More
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Early Spanish Bookbindings XI-XV Centuries
by Thomas, Henry
London: Bibliographical Society, 1939. First edition. Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society No. XXIII. 100 black and white plates. 1 vols. 4to. Linen and boards. Fine. Randeria bookplate. First edition. Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society No. XXIII. 100 black and white plates. 1 vols. 4to.
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The Rod in India, Being Hints How to Obtain Sport, With Remarks on the Natural History of Fish, Their Culture and Value; and Illustrations of Fish and Tackle
by Thomas, Henry Sullivan
London: Hamilton Adams, 1881. Second edition. 25 lithographic plates (8 colored), 5 woodcuts. xxvi, 436, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, binder’s ticket of T. Arpathassamy Pillay, Trich[inopol]y Fort. Slightly rubbed at extremities. Very good. Second edition. 25 lithographic plates (8 colored), 5 woodcuts. xxvi, 436, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell,... Read More
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The Bon Vivant's Companion, or How to Mix Drinks...Edited, with an Introduction by Herbert Asbury
by Thomas, Jerry
New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First printing of this edition. 24 engraved illustrations. LI, [3], 169, [1] pp. Printed by the Plimpton Press. 8vo. Publisher's pale yellow illustrated cloth. Very Good. First printing of this edition. 24 engraved illustrations. LI, [3], 169, [1] pp. Printed by the Plimpton Press. 8vo. The first edition of Thomas's... Read More
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Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages ... With an Introduction by The Earl of Lonsdale
by Thomas, Joseph B.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1928. First edition, one of 750 unnumbered copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. Folio. In gathered sheets (signatures), not yet sewn, with endpapers. Rare thus. First edition, one of 750 unnumbered copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. Folio. A fine Derrydale title that has held its distinguished place amid subsequent competition. Siegel 15; Frazier T-2-a.; Biscotti p.... Read More
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