Search Results: Authors starting with T from Brillig Books

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, rust colored cloth covered boards with silver decorative title and spine titles. 228 pp. including index and appendix listing selected publicly owned buildings open to the public. Very generously illustrated throughout with hundreds of color and black and white photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright and his buildings, exterior, interior, sketches, drawings and even some of his graphic art copy for magazines. A fascinating biography and memoir with commentary on the working style and the architetural achievements of one of America's most famous architects, by an established and renowned architect who worked at Wright's side as his apprentice and colleague for 9 years. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked and unread volume with fresh cloth and sparkling titles in a crisp, very tight, clean, glossy, unclipped dust jacket with one closed edge tear at rear panel near spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First American Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards. 314pp. including index, selected bibliography and extensive notes and references. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Slight dull line on front and back from compression, else fine. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. An excellent copy..

Pittsburgh, PA: WQED Multimedia, 2003. Magazine. Fine. Illustrated Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, photo-illustrated wraps (magazine). 168 pp. plus ads. This issue of Pittsburgh Magazine is a commemorative, retrospective issue looking at the life of Fred Rogers, creator and star of "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood". This issue is completely dedicated to Fred Roger's life and work as the lovable "Mr. Rogers" who almost single-handedly created and populated "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood", a world for children which both entertained and educated generations of American children, at the same time, providing a place where children always came first. Fred Roger's was a pioneer of educational television with Mr. Roger's Neighborhood becoming the first children's educational television show in the U.S and becoming a foundational part of educational television. This magazine issue includes a section of quotations a remembrances of Fred Roger's from around the globe… Read More

Sweden: Carmina, 1982. Book. Fine. Illustrated Hardcover. First Edition. Small square quarto with photo-illustrated paper covered boards. Window cut dust jacket frames the photographic illustrated boards. 200 pp. including glossary and bibliography, Generously illustrated throughout with beautiful color photographs of the works of the leading textile artists of the countries of Scandinavia, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished volume in a crips, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon..

Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press in association with the University of Western Ontario, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Large octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 355 pp. including a James Talman bibliography and biographical notes on contributors. Illustrated with frontipiece photograph of James Talman and 9 maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unblemished volume with crisp, bright white pates. Diminutive prior owner signature in corner of front pastedow, else fine. In a tight, crisp, dust jacket with a touch of minor edgewear and a hint of dust. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: St. Martin's Press,, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Square quarto, red cloth covered boards. 158pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with fascinating historical black and white photographs of all aspects of Japanese life and culture from 1859-1922, as well as color and black and white reproductions of art and historic documents from the same period. A lovely charming book production. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, clean and sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Arthur a Levine, 2007. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. First Printing. Advance Reading Copy. Fine. Flawless. AS NEW..

Computer Science Press, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, dark blue glazed paper covered boards. 527pp. including extensive subject index, author index and appendix of LISP functions. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked and apparently unread volume. Discreet prior owner signature on pastedown, else fine. Very near fine..

Sommerville, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Wisdom Publications, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Octavo, photo-illustrated stiff self-wraps (paperback). Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, crisp, square, stiff, sparkling, unmarked volume with flat uncreased spine. FINE..

NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards decorated with white and gilt titles on front panel and spine. Top edge gilt. 351pp. plus 10 pages of ads. Illustrated with black and white plates by Henry Hutt. A tight generally very clean interior with a touch of dust/soil on prelims, back hinge starting but solid. Some minor rubbing and light soil to exterior. A very sound and generally quite attractive copy. About very good..

Brooklyn, NY: Vaad Hanochos Hatmimim, (1995). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, wine purple cloth covered boards. 368pp. including glossary and general index. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Charles Scribner, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. Third Edition, updated and augmented. Octavo, burgundy cloth covered boards. 152pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs of missiles and specifications. Special treatment of SALT II. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1969). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 535pp. A very fresh, tight and apparently unread volume in a crisp, price-clipped dust jacket, with one short closed tear, small price sticker shadow on rear panel and very slight toning and dusting. This sounds like a catalogue of defects, but they are all quite slight and the dust jacket is actually very attractive and very good plus to near fine. Fine in very good plus dust jacket..

NY: Scholastic Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Editon. Slim quarto, illustrated glazed paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Illustrated full page on every page by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1948., 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with red and gilt spine titles. 333pp. with index and appendix of notes to diary. Fine..

Taiwan, ROC: Chinese Color Printing Company Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, (15" x 10") bllue cloth covered boards. 287 pp. Very geneously illustrated throughout with mostly full color full page photographs but also intext black and white photographs, reproductions and diagrams. 30" X 15" folding full color photograph of the Forbidden City at rear. Text in CHINESE and ENGLISH. A fine tight, clean, unmarked copy in a very tight, crisp, sharp dust jacket with a quarter tone fading to spiine and upper rear edge. Fine in near fine dust jacket with original clear mylar jacket protector. UNCOMMON.

London: Macmillan, 1886. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo. publisher's original green cloth with gilt spine titles. 201 pp. A tight, square, clean, unmarked and unread volume with unopened pages. Page 9 has a short closed horizontal tear, distinctive small printed bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. A small tear to cloth a spine top and bottom and barely visible line of latent puckering along spine of front board. Despite the catalogue of minor faults described this is a very well preserved, unopened, unread and attractive volume. Very good or better..

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, (N.D. 1979). Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. ADVANCED READING COPY. Octavo, salmon colored stiff wraps. 368pp. With publisher's promotional information printed on front and prelim. A crisp, sharp, immaculate, unread and pristine copy. Fine..

New York: George Brazillerq, 1968. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, brown cloth covered boards with ankh blilndstamp on front panel and gilt spine titles. 172pp. including index, bibliography and extensive notes. Very beautifully illustrated throughout with finely printed reproductions of tomb and wall paintings of the Middle Kingdom dynasties of ancient Egypt. A very fine volume, apparently unread, very tight, sharp, clean, fresh and unmarked with fresh cloth and sparkling gilt. Housed in a black paper covered slipcase and in a very crisp, sharp, tight, bright dust jacket with just ther barest hint of minor soil to spine, else fine. Very fine in very near fine dust jacket and slipcase..

Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1914. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo flexible red cloth with gilt title and spine titles. All edges marbled. Two silk ribbon markers. 799 pp. including index plus approx. 80 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 specially drawn folding maps and 21 plans all in color, including the Mausolea at Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Kyushu etx. and one very large folding map of Japan with insets. A complete, comprehensive traveller's guide to Japan and its cities, monuments, temples and destinations of interest including histories as welll as information on religious festivals, customs, weights and measures, conversational phrases etc. With sections also on Kyushu, Formosa, Manchuria, Korea and the Trans-Siberian Railway. A beautifully preserved collector's copy with fresh, bright cloth, and clear, bright titles and spine titles. All maps very crisp, neatly folded and without creases or tears. Bright, white, clean, fresh, unmarked intrerior pages.… Read More