Diamond Cut Diamond. A Story of Tuscan Life and Other Stories
by Trollope, T.[homas] Adolphus (1810-1892)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First edition, preceding the English edition by two months. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, brown endpapers. Very Good copy, minor edgewear and slight damage to endpapers. First edition, preceding the English edition by two months. 1 vols. 8vo. Quite rare. Sadleir 3269; Wolff 6852* (1876 one-volume edition only)
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A Summer in Brittany. Edited by Frances Trollope, author of 'Domestic Manners of the Americans
by [Trollope, Thomas Adolphus]
London: Henry Colburn, 1840. First edition. with engraved vignette titles, 2 hand-colored plates of costume and 10 engraved plates, all after Hervieu, pages xi, [i] , 433 :; vii, 410 pp. 2 vols. v8o. Bound in contemporary blue polished calf and marbled boards, brown title labels, some chipping to Vol. II labels, else Very Good. First edition. with... Read More
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A Summer in Brittany. Edited by Frances Trollope, author of 'Domestic Manners of the Americans
by [Trollope, Thomas Adolphus]
London: Henry Colburn, 1840. First edition. with engraved vignette titles, 2 hand-colored plates of costume and 10 engraved plates, all after Hervieu, pages xi, [i] , 433 :; vii, 410 pp. 2 vols. v8o. Ribbed blue cloth, original spine laid down, spines sunned, else VG. Booklabel of Wiston Old Rectory. First edition. with engraved vignette titles, 2 hand-colored... Read More
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Diamond Cut Diamond. A Story of Tuscan Life and Other Stories
by Trollope, T[homas] Adolphus (1810-1892)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1875. First English edition (precede by the one volume American by 2 months). [viii], 328; [viii], 336 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, spine titled in gilt. Owner signatures of Louisa M. Freeman on title pages. Spine ends bumped, 1941 gift inscription on flyleaves. Very good, internally fresh copy. First... Read More
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THE GIRLHOOD OF CATHERINE DE' MEDICI
by Trollope, T. [homas] A. [dolphus]
London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. First edition. 391 pp. [xi]. 8vo. Marble boards with green half leather, GTE, with gilt titles on banded spine that is evenly browned (green morocco has evenly age-toned to brown), tip of spine darkened (with tiny nick), moderate wear at tips of corners, title page has small soil mark at tip of one corner,... Read More
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Alexander A. Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand
by Tropp, E.A. , V.A. Frenkel and A.D. Chernin
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First Edition in English. Illus. 267pp. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine dj. First Edition in English. Illus. 267pp. 8vo. Inscribed on ffep by Tropp and Chernin to Prof. R.W. Wilson, "one of the heroes of the book (see p. 250) in remembrance of St.-Petersburg Meeting of Nobel Laureates...
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The Real Situation in Russia. Translated by Max Eastman
by Trotsky, Leon (1879-1949)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First Edition. xxv, 364 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, with loss to back cover. In a Very Good clipped DUST JACKET. First Edition. xxv, 364 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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A View of the Nervous Temperament
by Trotter (1760-1832), Thomas
Troy, N.Y.: Wright, Goodenow & Stockwell, 1808. First American edition (First was printed in Newcastle, UK the preceding year). 338, [1]pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary American calf. A very pretty copy. First American edition (First was printed in Newcastle, UK the preceding year). 338, [1]pp. 1 vols. 12mo. This first American edition reprints the text from the... Read More
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An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness, and its Effects on the Human Body
by Trotter, Thomas, M.D.
Boston: Published by Bradford & Read, 1813. First American edition, first published London 1804. vii, [iii], [1]-203, [1] advertisement pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, red morocco spine label. Spine ends worn, ffep removed, first gathering sprung with wear to fore-edge, foxed. First American edition, first published London 1804. vii, [iii], [1]-203, [1] advertisement pp. 1 vols. 8vo.... Read More
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Rap Master Ronnie
by Trudeau, Garry
Northridge, Calif: Lord John Press, 1986. First edition, Copy "C" of 26 specially bound copies of a totral edition of 276. Illus. 48, [4]pp. Oblong 4to. Quarter red cloth and patterned boards. Fine. First edition, Copy "C" of 26 specially bound copies of a totral edition of 276. Illus. 48, [4]pp. Oblong 4to. First produced as a cabaret... Read More
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The Castilian
by Trueba y Cósio, Don Telesforo (1805-1835)
London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First edition. viii, 31; [ii], [1]-369; [ii], [1]-371pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in full tan polished calf, gilt spines, all edges gilt, by Hayday for [Henry] Stevens, 1849. Bookplate of G.W. Wales. First edition. viii, 31; [ii], [1]-369; [ii], [1]-371pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Not in Wolff, but mentioned in #6869
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Abraham Lincoln: Theologian of American Anguish
by Trueblood, Elton
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Bright, clean copy in near fine dust jacket. In a quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Jane Engelhard by Reuben Askew, Governor of Florida, on the flyleaf.
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Official Program Commemorating the Inauguration of Harry Truman...and Alben W. Barkley, January 20, 1949
by (Truman, Harry)
[Washington, D.C., 1949. Limited Deluxe edition, number 1947 signed by MELVIN D. HILDRETH, General Chairman. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Special blue cloth, with original printed wrappers boiund in. Limited Deluxe edition, number 1947 signed by MELVIN D. HILDRETH, General Chairman. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to.
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Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers, and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States of America
by (Truman, Harry S) Hillman, William
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First edition. 253 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Publisher's blue-gray cloth on boards, cloth spine, with gilt lettering on cover and along spine. Publisher's errata slip laid in. Inscribed in black ink by Harry Truman beneath frontispiece portrait; a near fine copy. Wagg, Alfred. First edition. 253 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Inscribed beneath the... Read More
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Mr. President. The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman...by William Hillman
by Truman, Harry S.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First edition. Illus. 1 vols. 4to. cloth and boards. Very good. First edition. Illus. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed on flyleaf " Ralph Golby with best wishes Barry Goldwater 1 June '64." Goldwater had been an opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. He also had a strong dislike... Read More
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Mr. President. The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman
by (Truman, Harry S) Hillman, William
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First edition. Illustrated. 4to. Publisher's cloth and boards. Covers slightly scuffed at edges, in price-clipped dust-jacket. First edition. Illustrated. 4to. Inscribed beneath the frontispiece portrait, "To Ellen Baker, with best wishes, Harry Truman. March 29, 1952." Also signed by Bess Truman beneath her photograph (facing p. 128).
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Mabille Unmasked or, the Wickedest Place in the World ... A Lurid Panorama of the Night Life of Paris
by [Trumble, Alfred]
New York: Richard K. Fox, 1886. Printed on pink paper. Wood-engraved plates. 56, [2]pp. Ads in rear. 8vo. Original wrappers. Very Good. Printed on pink paper. Wood-engraved plates. 56, [2]pp. Ads in rear. 8vo. A risque pamphlet by the editor/owner of the National Police Gazette. Included in the rear is an ad for new cabinet photographs of actresses... Read More
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The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter…Soldier in the American Revolution
by [Trumbull, Henry, ed.]
Providence, R.I.: Printed by Henry Trumbull, 1824. First Edition. Engraved frontispiece. [1]-108pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled paper covered boards, worn. Foxing. First Edition. Engraved frontispiece. [1]-108pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Israel Potter fought at Bunker Hill, became a seaman on an American blockading vessel, was captured and taken to Britain. He escaped, joined in the circle of... Read More
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The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter…Soldier in the American Revolution
by [Trumbull, Henry, ed.]
Providence, R.I.: Printed by J. Howard, for I.R. Potter...(Price 31 cents.), 1824. Second Edition. Issued in Providence in the same year as the first edition. In this printing the errata in the Potter edition on p. 108 have been corrected in the text. 108pp. Lacks the engraved frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Later quarter morocco and marbled boards. Second... Read More
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Autograph Letter, signed Jos. Trumbull, to "Dear Sir
by Trumbull, Joseph
Hartford, CT, 1843. Single leaf, recto only, black ink. Folded into sixths for mailing, small tear at lower left margin. Single leaf, recto only, black ink. A brief letter from Joseph Trumbull (1782–1861) — then a U. S. Congressman from Connecticut, later governor of that state — to an acquaintance in Washington, D. C., introducing Francis J. Clerc,... Read More
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Matthias and His Impostures or the Progress of Fanaticism
by (Truth, Sojourner) Stone, William L.
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1835. Third edition. 347, [1], [12]pp. Ads in the rear. 12mo. Publisher's cloth, minor fading. Minor foxing. Third edition. 347, [1], [12]pp. Ads in the rear. 12mo. Born into slavery as Isabella Van Wagenen in Ulster County, New York in the late eighteenth century, she won her emancipation under New York... Read More
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With A History of her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from her "Book of Life.
by Truth, Sojourner
Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First enlarged edition of the Narrative, and the first edition of the Book of Life. Portrait. xi, [1 (blank)], 13–320 pp. Half title present, inserted publisher's slip opposite preface. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, some wear along joints, corners and top and tail of spine. Provenance: James M. Ottley (early signature on endpaper).... Read More
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Matthias and His Impostures or the Progress of Fanaticism
by (Truth, Sojourner) Stone, William L.
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1835. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his brother (brother-in-law?). 347, [1], [12]pp. Ads in the rear. 12mo. Publisher's embossed cloth. Minor foxing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his brother (brother-in-law?). 347, [1], [12]pp. Ads in the rear. 12mo. Born into slavery as Isabella Van Wagenen in Ulster... Read More
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. With a Portrait
by Truth, Sojourner
New York: Published for the Author, 1854. Second edition. Woodcut portrait frontispiece. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, lacks lower wrapper, upper wrapper torn with minor loss at lower left, spine worn, restitched at an early date. Minor foxing to frontispiece and title. Second edition. Woodcut portrait frontispiece. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sojourner Truth's Narrative... Read More
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from her "Book OF Life." Also, A Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death
by Truth, Sojourner
Battle Creek: Review and Herald Office, 1881. First Battle Creek edition. Portrait. xii, 13–320pp. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, minor wear, front hinge starting. Bookplate on the front pastedown. First Battle Creek edition. Portrait. xii, 13–320pp. 8vo. Sojourner Truth's Narrative is a landmark in African-American and women's history. Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York in... Read More
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