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London, 1949. TARRANT, Margaret W.. . "They Looked to See How Much More Carving Johann Had Done". [London: n.d.c.a. 1949]. Original watercolor used as one of the plates from the book "Johann the Woodcarver" by Gilmore Wood, published in 1949. Plate faces page 14. Watercolor depicts four children peering through the window of a cabin, with two more children coming down the road. Signed "Margaret W. Tarrant" at bottom left corner. Matted framed and glazed. Image size: (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 235 x 170 mm). Frame size 18 x 15 1/4 inches; 455 x 390 mm). Matted with cream watered silk and gold cord. In an intricately carved wooden frame. Overall a lovely illustration, beautifully framed. HBS 68720. $5,000.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1869. ZAEHNSDORF; THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1869. First collected edition. Twenty-four octavo volumes. (Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; 140 x 210 cm.). With engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, and text illustrations, all by the author. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, bound by Root & Son, covers double ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments and stamped with a leaf design, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A beautiful set. HBS 67648. $3,000.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1910. Full Description: THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray With Biographical Introductions by His Daughter Lady Ritchie. In Twenty-Six Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1910-1911. The Centenary Biographical Edition. Complete in twenty-six octavo volumes. Illustrated and with facsimilies. Bound by Riviere & Son in contemporary half brown levant morocco over brown cloth boards. Spines decoratively paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Some minor rubbing, light thumbsoiling to a Van Duzer. HBS 68454 $2,000.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928. BAUM, L. Frank; NEILL, John R.. First Edition, In Dust Jacket [BAUM, L. Frank]. THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Giant Horse of Oz. By Ruth Plumly Thompson. Founded and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz". Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1928. First edition with "Oniberon" on the frontispiece and color illustrations coated on one side only. In dust jacket. Complete with twelve color plates. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 226 x 170 mm)). [5]-[15], 16-283, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's original rust cloth. Spine stamped and lettered in black. Front board with color pictorial label. Illustrated endpapers. All edges yellow. In the publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some wear to spine extremities and along edges. A small chip from bottom edge of front panel. Some minor repairs to inside of jacket along edges and at top of spine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Overall a near fine copy in a very good… Read More

London: Taylor and Francis, 1897. Full Description: THOMSON, Sir Joseph John. Cathode Rays. [In]: The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Being a Continuation of Tilloch's 'Philosophical Magazine,' Nicholson's 'Journal,' and Thomson's 'Annals of Philosophy.' Conducted by Lord Kelvin, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. George Francis Fitzgerald, M.A. Sc.D. F.R.S. and William Francis, Ph.D. F.L.S. F.R.A.S. F.C.S. 'Fifth Series.No 269- October 1897. With one plate. Illustrative of Prof. D.B. Brace's paper on Oberservations on Light Propagated in a Dielectric Normal to the lines of Force. London: Taylor and Francis, October, 1897. First edition. Octavo (8 7/16 x 5 9/16 inches; 215 x 142 mm). 293-368 pp. Thomson's article on Cathode rays comprised pages 293-316 with six black and white line-drawings, some numerical charts and equations. Along this article are eight other articles and one engraved plate. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, neatly rebacked to style. Edges… Read More

London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. BARTOLOZZI, F.; HAMILTON, W. T.. BARTOLOZZI, F., [artist]. HAMILTON, W. T. , [illustrator]. The Seasons. Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi and P. W. Tomkins...from Original Pictures painted for the Work by W. Hamilton, R.A. London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. A magnificent edition, imperial folio (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches; 470 x 372 mm). [2], [5, list of subscribers], [1, contents], [2], [1]-236 pp. An engraved frontispiece and dedication leaf, five full-page engravings, ten head-and-tail pieces and five vignettes. Extra-illustrated with four later engraved full-page plates each with a vignette of a cherub, attributed to Tomkins, but from a later date. Beautifully bound by Riviere and Son in full dark red levant morocco. Boards ruled in gilt tooling. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some restoration to the outer hinges. Overall a beautiful copy. HBS 65343. $3,500. Read More

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. Full Description: THOREAU, Henry David. The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 181 x 119 mm). [viii], 328, [23, ads], [1, blank] pp. With list of Thoreau's writings on p. [ii] priced. Publisher's ads dated April, 1864 and The Atlantic Monthly advertising 'The Thirteenth Volume.' Original purple morocco grain cloth. Covers decoratively ruled and stamped with a wreath in blind. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Spine lightly sunned. Chemeised and and housed in a quarter morocco slipcase. Overall about fine. "The Maine Woods, autobiographical narrative by Thoreau, posthumously published (1864) as edited by the younger W.E. Channing. It contains three accounts of trips to Maine: 'Ktaadn' (Union Magazine, 1848), describing an excursion to Mt. Ktaadn in 1846; 'Chesuncook' (Atlantic Monthly, 1858), about a journey from Bangor to Chesuncook Lake in 1853, with an Indian guide, Joe… Read More

Salamanca: En Casa de Juan de Canova, 1564. Full Description: THUCYDIDES. Historia De Thucydides. Que Trata des las Guerras entre los Peloponeses y Athenie[n]ses... Traduzida de lengua Griega en Castellana... por el secretario Diego Cracian. Salamanca: En Casa de Juan de Canova, 1564. First edition in Spanish. Translated from the Greek to Spanish by Diego Gracián. Small quarto in eights (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches; 285 x 200 mm). [8], CCX, [11] leaves. As in most copies, bound without leaf Dd1 which is presumed to be a blank. Engraved title-page and historiated initials. With a small limitation leaf inserted after title-page. Full eighteenth-century calf, rebacked with spine laid down. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Edges dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Newer flyleaves. Previous owner's armorial stamp of "Beardsley" on front fly-leaf. Some minor fraying and small tears to fore-edges of a few pages, not affecting text and occasionally neatly repaired. The… Read More

Chelsea: Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1930. ASHENDENE PRESS; JOWETT, Benjamin|HEWITT, Graily. One of the Last Books Issued by the Ashendene Press ASHENDENE PRESS. HEWITT, Graily, [illustrator]. JOWETT, Benjamin, [translator]. THUCYDIDES. History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett... Chelsea: Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1930. Full Description: [ASHENDENE PRESS]. THUCYDIDES. [History of the Peloponnesian War]. Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett...Chelsea: Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1930. One of 260 copies on paper (240 for sale), out of a total edition of 280 copies (257 for sale). Folio (15 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 400 x 273 mm.). [6, blank], [1], [1, blank], 363, [1, printer's device] pp. Printed in black in Ptolemy type with three-line initials at the beginning of each chapter and the larger initials and opening line of each of the eight books designed by Graily Hewitt and printed in red. Marginal chapter summaries also in red in Blado Italic… Read More

TIMLIN, William M.. 8220;The Treasure Ship." Original pen, ink and watercolor painting. Titled and signed at lower left and marked with Timlin's owl device. [N.d.: n.d.]. Image size: 21 x 14 1/4 inches; 535 x 365 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed. Framed size: 34 3/4 x 27 inches; 880 x 680 mm. Framed in a beautiful gilt frame. This painting is not attributed as an illustration to any known work, but it could be an unused image for "The Ship that Sailed to Mars." Depicts the front half of a large galleon that is pulled up to the dock. There are three more boats coming into the dock in the distance. The main boat is flying an English flag and one of the three on the horizon is flying a pirate flag. There are a few people on the dock including some pirates. This is a beautiful original watercolor in tones of browns and blues. William Timlin was born in Northumberland, England, and studied art in Newcastle before following his parents to South Africa in 1915, where he completed his studies in art and… Read More

Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l'un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d'Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. First edition of "one of the most important texts in political literature" (Printing and the Mind of Man 358 note). Four small octavo volumes. [4], xxiv, 367, [1, blank]; [4], 459, [1, blank]; [4], v, [3], 333, [1, blank]; [4], 363, [1, blank] pp. Hand-colored folding lithographed map by Benard after Tocqueville in Volume I. Uniformly bound by Devauchelle in modern antique-style quarter black calf over marbled boards. Smooth spines ruled and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with red and olive green calf gilt lettering labels, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Expertly cleaned. A wonderful copy. One of the most penetrating political and social analyses of the United States ever written, De la… Read More

Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l'un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d'Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. [Together with] Correspondance et Oeuvres Posthumes de Alexis de Tocqueville. Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1866-67. [From the Oeuvres Completes D'Alexis De Tocqueville Publiees par Madame de Tocqueville]. First edition, first issue of Volumes I and II, second edition of Volumes III and IV of "one of the most important texts in political literature" (Printing and the Mind of Man 358 note). All together, six octavo volumes. [4], xxiv, 367, [1, blank]; [4], 459, [1, blank]; [4], v, [3], 333, [1, blank]; [4], 363, [1, blank]; [4], 474, [2, blank]; [4], 500 pp. With large hand-colored folding lithographed map by Benard after Tocqueville in Volume I. Similarly bound in contemporary quarter green calf over… Read More

Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l'un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d'Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. First edition of Volumes I and II, second edition of Volumes III and IV of "one of the most important texts in political literature" (Printing and the Mind of Man 358 note). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author at head of half-title in Volume I: "à Monsieur Berrger/hommage de l'auteur/A d T." Four small octavo volumes. [4], xxiv, 367, [1, blank]; [4], 459, [1, blank]; [4], v, [3], 333, [1, blank]; [4], 363, [1, blank] pp. Hand-colored folding lithographed map by Benard after Tocqueville in Volume I. Bound at the end of Volume II is "Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargée d'examiner la Proposition de M. de Tracy, relative aux Esclaves des colonies, par M.A. de Tocqueville, Député da la… Read More

Bruxelles: Louis Hauman et Comp, 1835. Bruxelles: Louis Hauman et Compe., 1835. First Brussels edition, published in the same year as the first edition (published in Paris), of "one of the most important texts in political literature" (Printing and the Mind of Man 358 note). Two twelvemo volumes (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 160 x 105 mm.). [2, blank], [4], xxxviii, 413, [3, blank]; [2, blank], [4], 509, [3, blank] pp. Complete with both half-titles present, and the folding, hand-colored engraved map laid in, supplied from the first edition [Paris] (17 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches; 446 x 390 mm.). Bound in the rare original printed wrappers. Pages uncut. Wrappers a bit rubbed and chipped. Spines split and with repairs but still holding firm. Some occasional light toning. But overall a very good set. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell. One of the most penetrating political and social analyses of the United States ever written, De la démocratie en Amérique is based on Tocqueville's travels through America… Read More

London: William H. Allen, 1839. First edition. Quarto (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 307 x 245 mm). lx, 518, [1, eratta], [1, blank] pp. With nine engraved plates including frontispiece by W.F. Sterling after F. Mackenzie from original sketches by Colonel Hunter Blair,. Numerous vignette engravings within the text. With half-title. Newer half green straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Spine stamped lettered and stamped in gilt, with elephant motif. Edges dyed brown. Some minor offsetting from plates. Newer endpapers. Some previous owner's neat marginalia throughout, some in red and blue pencil, some in neat old ink and some in pencil. Still very clean inside. Overall very good. Lieu-Col. James Tod was an "army and political officer in India... Appointed on 29 May 1800 lieutenant in the 14th Bengal infantry, he went up country; in 1801, when stationed at Delhi, he was ordered to survey an old canal in the neighbourhood. In 1805 he was attached to the escort sent with his friend Graeme Mercer, envoy… Read More

Moscow: Mockba, 1868. Full Description: TOLSTOY, Leo. Voina i Mir [War and Peace]. Moscow: 1868-1869. First edition. Six books in seven parts, bound into three tall octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 236 x 153 mm). Book I, Part I: [2], 297, [1, blank]; Part II: 146; Book II, [4], 186, [2, blank]; Book III: [4], 284; Book IV: [4], 336; Book V: [4], 323; [1, blank]; Book VI: [4], 290, [2, blank] pp. With the map on p. 239 of book IV. Complete with all half-titles, except for Book I present. Additional original very rare front wrappers bound in for books II, IV, and VI. (Front wrapper for book VI states second edition on the wrapper, however the text is first edition like the other books as the title-page has no second edition statement. Text first issue points, Part III, page 227 for 127; page 265 for 255. Part IV page 153 for 253. Three volumes uniformly bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper boards. Some minor repairs to heads and tails of spines with no new leather. Some minor… Read More

1949. Happy Birthday" 1949. Full Description: TOSCANINI, Arturo. Autograph Musical Bars, Signed . "Happy Birthday" [n.p.] July 4-1949. Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inch; 129 x 210 mm note on Arturo Toscanini's monogrammed letterhead. "Happy birthday to Shotzi July 4- 1949" with eleven bars of music, hand-drawn in maroon ink, a version of "Happy Birthday" with notes and lyrics. Underneath, signed "AToscanini" The "Shotzi" that this note is made out to is Samuel Chotzinoff, "the man who scored a musical coup by persuading Arturo Toscanini to conduct the National Broadcasting Company Symphony Orchestra series... Mr. Chotzinoff was a friend of many famous musicians and a confidante of Toscanini... Known throughout the music world as "Shotzi," Mr. Chotzinoff was at his death music consultant to N.B.C. and producer of the N.B.C. operas on television, But he was far more. He was a music critic, a pianist, a novelist, a playwright, a raconteur, a wit, and an urbane and gentle man. Mr. Chotzinoff lived at 171 West… Read More

London: Printed for R. Boulter, 1679. Full Description: TRAPHAM, Thomas. A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica. With a Provision therefore Calculated from the Air. the Place, and the Water: The Customs and Manners of Living, &c. London: Printed for R. Boulter, 1679. First edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches; 164 x 105 mm). [16], 149, [3, publisher's ads] pp. Contempory calf rebacked preserving backstrip. Spine stamped in gilt. Small red leather bookplate, lettered in gilt. Boards ruled in blind. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and matching small armorial blindstamp on title and first three pages of preliminaries. Some minor worming to lower inner margin of first three signatures, not affecting text. Overall a very good, crisp copy. "Thomas Trapham, MD, was the son of Thomas Trapham, surgeon-in-chief to Oliver Cromwell. Dr Trapham was educated at Magdalen college, Oxford. He had been demy of that college from 1654 to 1661, but in the last named year retired to… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. Collection of Works. London: [1869-77]. 90 octavo volume, 43 titles. All first editions. Handsomely bound for Southern by Riviere in an art noveu style binding. Half blue morocco over blue cloth. Elaborately gilt-stamped on spines. Top edge gilt. A few headcaps repaired and a few covers have been professionally re-attached. Overall, a very handsome set. Titles are as follows: 1857 Barchester Towers. 3 Vols. First ed Pub by Longman, Brown, Green. Longmans, & Roberts 1858 The Three Clerks. 3 Vols. First Ed Pub by Richard Bentley 1860 Castle Richmond. 3 Vols. First Ed. Pub by Chapman & Hall 1861 Framley Parsonage. 3 Vols. 6 Illus. by J.E. Millais Pub by Smith, Elder and Co. 1861 Tales of All Countries. Firs Ed. Pub by Chapman and Hall 1863 Tales of All Countries. Second Series. 1864 The Small House At Allington. 18 illus. by J.E. Millais 2 Vols. First Ed. Pub by Smith Elder and Co. 1865 Hunting Sketches. First ed. of reprint (reprinted from Pall Mall Gazette.) Pub… Read More

Washington, 1945. A Proclamation of German Surrender Signed by Truman Harry S. Truman A Proclamation of German Surrender, Signed. One page printed document, signed. Broadside on wove paper. Measures 21 3/8" x 14 3/8". ( Matted to an overall size of 24" x 30".) Washington, May 8, 1945. Gothic types with roman, heading, title, and incipit, text in two columns, printed in black with gold, red and blue. A multicolored lithograph of President Truman's proclamation of May 13, 1945, as a day of prayer following the end of the war in Europe. In full: "The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender. The western world has been freed of the evil forces which for five years and longer have imprisoned the bodies and broken the lives of millions upon millions of free-born men. They have violated their churches, destroyed their homes, corrupted their children, and murdered their loved ones. Our Armies of Liberation have restored… Read More