Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1857. Early US Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated third thousand on the title page. Publisher's brown blind stamped cloth with illustrated vignette and titles stamped in gilt on front, title to spine. Double title pages, illustrated w/ 14 plates throughout text + engravings to title pages. Loss to cloth at spine, edges moderately... Read More
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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by himself
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Three volumes, original cloth, paper labels. Cloth a tad spotted, spines a wee lean, labels chipped and browned. Bindings sound, internals clean. 16-page publisher's catalog at rear of Volume III. Distinctively narrow yellow ticket for Collinson & Clarke, Stationers&c Mansfield rear pastdown Volume I, With half-titles in each volume. A... Read More
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CASEY AT THE BAT
by Thayer, Phineas. Groesbeck, Dan Sayre (illustrations by)
Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1912. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce first illustrated edition and first stand-alone book edition of the American classic, mock-heroic poem, printed at The Caslon Press in Chicago. Very nice condition with a new, paper backstrip applied, matching the green background of cover with pictorial of a bat draped in a big, black... Read More
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Kinnell, Galway
by THE AVENUE BEAAING THE INITIAL OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD: POEMS 1946-64
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in fine dw. A collectibel copy.
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Keyes, E. L.
by THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS
NY: Appleton, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pub green cloth, gilt titles. 83pp + 32pp adverts. Minor wear to corners. Very good all around. Errata sheet bound in before title.
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SPECIALITIES DE LA MAISON
by The American Friends of France (compiled by). Alajalov (decorations by). Hurd, Clement (jacket design). Brimfield, Louis (preface)
NY: The American Friends of France, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. True first edition - 1940 - not the "new edition" that proceeded it. Red-checkered patterned cloth cover with Clement Hurd pictorial dustjacket with grape, cherry, legume and lobster devices. Text decorations by Russian emigre New Yorker illustrator Alajalov. Unclipped dustjcket quite presentable, internals appear... Read More
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Great Books and Book Collectors
by Thomas, Alan G.
London: Chancellor Press, 1975. First Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A beautifully assembled history of books with pictures dating back to before 1000 A.D. This book is extremely well written and easy to follow and is the perfect edition to the library of anyone with a love for books and the written word and its history. 40... Read More
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Conversation About Christmas
by Thomas, Dylan
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1954. First Edition - Limited. Printed Paper Covers. Very Good. Printed at Christmas 1954 for the friends of J. Laughlin and New Directions.
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A Sportsman's Tale
by Thomas, Edward
Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1983. First Edition - Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Copy 103/125. 40 pages sewn into textured green card wrappers with flaps. White printed title label on front cover. A previously unpublished short story by Thomas with a long, informative Introduction by Professor R. George Thomas. Edges slightly worn at corners.
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THE WOODLAND LIFE
by Thomas, Edward
Edinburgh: Williiam Blackwood and Sons, 1897. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Second edition,. 8vo, rough-weave green cloth stamped in black, gilt at spine. (8), 234, (2). Handsome, sound copy.
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LOT OF 3 EDWARD THOMAS TITLES. (WORLD WAR I)
by Thomas, Edward
various. Hardcover. Very Good. Three EDWARD THOMAS titles. Each at least very good; variances noted. THE TRUMPET AND OTHER POEMS. London: Faber & Faber, 1943 (1940). Third impression. No dustjacket. CLOUD CASTLE AND OTHER PAPERS. London: Duckworth, 1922. First edition. Foreward by W. H. Hudson. Bue rough weave linen, gilt spine titles. Near fine. No dustjacket. WALTER PATER:... Read More
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Destinations
by Thomas, R. S.
Halford, Shipston-on-Stour: The Celandine Press, 1985. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Paul Nash. Copy # 267/300. Quarter black buckram, marbled boards. With 3 coloured plates from paintings by Nash tipped in with original tissue guards.
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ANTI-IRAQ WAR POSTER, ASPEN, 2003
by (Thompson, Hunter). Naft, Patty (poster design)
(Aspen): ( Roaring Fork Peace Coalition and Colorado Coalition Against Wat in Iraq), 2003. No Binding. Very Good. Fascimile, approx 11x17" the Apres X-Games Peace Rally Feb 1, 2003 in Aspen, CO sponsored by the Roaring Fork Peace Coalition and Colorado Coalition Against Wat in Iraq. The repro poster has a repro of the signature in gold felt... Read More
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I AM ALSO A YOU
by Thompson, Jay (text and photographs). Lennon, John (introduction)
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. Second printing before publication. Better than very good copy. Way seventies!
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Robert Frost (Three Volumes)
by Thompson, Laurance. Winnick, R. H.
NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Three volumes, each book as new - apparentkly unread - in fine dustjackets.
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ON PARTRIDGES: SELECTIONS FROM HIS JOURNAL1851 - 1860
by Thoreau, Henry David
Isaac Oelgart, 1984. Soft cover. As New. Limited to 660 copies, this #46 of the first 60 SIGNED BY PUBLISHER AND PRINTER, Darrel Hyder.
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THE THURBER ALBUM
by Thurber, James
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. Inscribed by Thurber on the half-title: "Happy Birthday to xx from the Thurbers" and also plainly signed " James Thurber" on the pastedown. . Cloth over soien with some loss and tends and revealed at hinges, still firmly bound in supplied unclipped dustjacket lightly stained on... Read More
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SELECTED LETTERS OF JAMES THURBER
by Thurber, James. Thurber, Helen and Weeks, Edward (edited by)
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition. Inscribed by Thurber's widow, Helen, to close friends "love and Merry Christmas" on the ffe and dated December 1981. Cloth spine faded in unclipped very good dustjacket.
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MY WORLD - AND WELCOME TO IT
by Thurber, James
NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, second printing of one of Thurber's more popular titles, decades later the basis for the 1969-1970, NBC television comedy series of the same title that won a 1970 Emmy Award as the year's best comedy series. Inscribed by Thurber in black fountain pen on... Read More
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Wildflowers of Southern California
by Thurston, C.
Pasadena, California: Esto, 1936. First Edition. Stiff Boards. Near Fine +/Very Good +. dw has some foxing, internally clean, with many black and white photos, laid in is a review of the book from The Santa Barbara Gardener, tipped in is a note reading "This book is not as technical as it looks", pon on ffe.
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The Stonecutter's Hand
by Tillinghast, Richard
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1995. First Edition. Cloth w/ Decorative Pastedown. Near Fine +/Near Fine. Signed and inscribed by author, "To Rachel--from a great friend and admirer of your father's" Book in excellent condition, with imperceptibly slight wearing of spine ends. Slightly lighter rectangular area on gray paper inside front panel. Dw intact and free of any... Read More
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THE SALON AND ENGLISH LETTERS CHAPTERS ON THE INTERRELATIONS OF LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF JOHNSON
by Tinker, Chancey Brewster
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon scholarly study in original edition by Yale's Chauncey Tinker, American authority on the age of Johnson. Publisher's green linen, titles stamped in gilt, illustrated with duotone plates.
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All Our Yesterdays
by Tomlinson, H.M.
London: Heinemann, 1930. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Fine -/Near Fine -. dw toned with wear at edges, corners, and spine ends, no previous owner markings, not price clipped.
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Hudibras, Poëme de Samuel Butler, Écrit Pendant les Guerres Civiles d'Angleterre
by Towneley, J. (translator) (Butler)
London: Jombert, Libraire, 1819. Second Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. Three volumes. Uncommon French-English edition. Includes 12 black and white plates. Full, navy leather. Spines beautifully stamped and decorated with gilt, titles in red leather. Edges sharp, corners gently bumped. Some very minor and occasional foxing to pages, text largely clean. Bindings tight and firm. French translations opposite... Read More
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CHURCH AFLAME
by Jerry Falwell and Elmer Towns
Nashville TN: Impact Books, 1971. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Falwell on the ffe: "With deep appreciation for your faithful support of the Old Time Gospel Hour. May God's richest blessings be yours continually - Jerry Falwell Phil.1:6". Dustjacket rubbed with slightly faded spine.
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