Search Results: Authors starting with T from Borg Antiquarian

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Photographic plates. Royal 8vo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4"), red cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a cartoon lion on a red field, illustrated with B&W glossy frontispiece & 18 full page glossy B&W plates plus a map, xiv + 402 pages. SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally! Exceptional study--SCARCE! Geneviève Tabouis (1892 - 1985) was a distinguished French historian and journalist.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, red cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a hotel cliffside & cameo, 320 pages. A Sarah Woolson Mystery<br /> <br /> Shirley Tallman is an American author who writes historical fiction novels. She is best known for the Sarah Woolson mysteries series, as here.<br /> <br /> Like NEW SIGNED COPY: Very tight, bright, clean in a comparable unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

Nashville New York: Abingdon Press, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Jean Tamburine. SIGNED with an ILLUSTRATED Presentation by the Author-Illustrator, 4to, gray-green cloth, profusedly illustrated by Jean Tamburine, illustrated Mylar-protected dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, [64] pages. Charming tale SIGNED Presentation with a detailed SKETCH ILLUSTRATING a CAT. Exceptional Condition! Very Scarce--especially in this condition & with an original SKETCH!!

New York: ECCO / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's special front endpaper, tall & thick 8vo, mauve cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with color detail of a young Chinese woman's face, xiv, [xv-xvi]] + 589 pages. Amy Tan (born 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her novel The Joy Luck Club is her best known novel.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: ECCO, 2017. Specially Bound First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on special front endpaper, 8vo, white boards with bright scarlet lettering on spine, illustrated with some B&W photos, archival mylar-protected white lettered dust jacket (unclipped) with shiny scarlet background, dark red endpapers, [xii] + 357 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. "The best new memoir I've read in a decade is Amy Tan's breath-taking high-wire act of memory and imagination"--Mary Karr, rear panel dj. Amy Tan (born 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her novel The Joy Luck Club is her best known novel. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! Tight, bright, clean copy in sharp, bright dust jacket (unclipped). No remainder marks. Stated "First Edition."

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, brown quarter cloth over beige boards with gold square stamp "Amy Tan" on front cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with picture of a young Chinese woman, [xii] + 353 pages. "Set in contemporary San Francisco and in the Chinese village where Peking Man is being unearthed, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes."--jacket. Exceptional Condition!

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the signature page & SIGNED COA, tall 8vo, full black leather with four raised bands and .22kt gold title and embellishments on spine and further starlike scrolling on front cover, peach silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon page-marker, all edges gilt [a.e.g.]; 288 pages. With Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Amy Tan; witnessed and Signed by the Publisher of Easton Press laid in + "a note about The Joy Luck Club / and the Author" both laid in. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED "Collector's Edition of the much praised bestselling novel by Amy Tan. Extremely tight and bright. No previous owner's marks.<br /> <br /> The Joy Luck Club is a bestselling 1989 novel by Amy Tan. It deals with four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start "The Joy Luck Club," where mahjong is playied for money as well as… Read More

Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine / Slipcase: Near Fine. Takeshi Nishikawa. Quarto (11 3/8" x 9"), indigo-blue cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a hand stirring tea in a kettle, Foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer, Preface by Yasushi Inoue, Photography by Takeshi Nishikawa who has prepared 84 beautiful glossy photosgraphs (color frontispiece tipped-in, plus many full-page color plates & several smaller B&W images), 2-page Plan of Tea Rooms, 214 pages. Tan cardboard slipcase with brown title. Beautifully illustrated and well written detailed overview of Japanese tea ceremony in SUPERB CONDITION. The cardboard slipcase has slightly bruised corners with two small pieces of Scotch tape on its back, and a bit of roughness where part of one tape pulled underlying paper.<br/><br/>Sen' Tanaka is now 93!… Read More

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. John Alan Maxwell. 8vo, green-blue cloth, profusely illustrated with jacket painting, full color plates, and B&W drawings by John Alan Maxwell, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Maxwell, top edge green for dust protection, 732 pages. Contains three complete novels Alice Adams, Penrod, & The Magnificent Ambersons plus various delightful episodes and other stories. Internally bright, solid, clean text. A few chips and light rubbing to extremities of dj.

New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. As New/As New. Quarto (10 3/8" x 8 3/4"), decorative gold cloth with brilliant scarlet lettering on spine and gnome on front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), profusely illustrated in color / B&W with more than 300 paintings and drawings by top artists, golden endpapers, xxi, [xxii] + 449 pages. Weight: 3 lbs 5 oz. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects.<br/><br/>OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATIONS by TOP GOLDEN AGE ARTISTS; FINE COMMENTARY on MAJOR fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Jack and the Beanstalk, Bluebeard, and many more.<br/><br/>Maria Magdalene Tatar (born 1945) is a Harvard Professor who is an expert on children's literature, German literature, mythology and folklore.<br/><br/>Illustrators include Edward Burne-Jones, Walter Crane, George Cruikshank, Gustave… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo, powder blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over lighter powder blue boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with aerial colored photo of atomic bomb explosion by Corbis, Bibliography, Index, xviii + 478 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 7 oz. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED & INSCRIBED COPY! Virtually As New. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Philip Taubman (born 1948) is a lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Previously, Mr. Taubman was a New York Times reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1952. First Edition. marooon cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. a few B&W line cuts. 8vo, maroon cloth, dj, a few B&W illustrations of mathematics or chess, 209 pages. Superb copy in the Rare illustrated jacket with a price-clipped front flap. A brilliant study of Rev. C. L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) that throws important light upon the author's profound love for Alice Liddell (his despondency over the impossibility of their romance) and related issues about the timeless Victorian author's quirky use of time, mathematics, topical theological and political allusions, parodies and games.

New York: Dutton, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, peach quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over cinnamon boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with faint image of a woman in ruins, 388 pages + [2] About the Author. Brad Taylor (born 1965) is the author of military thrillers in the Taskforce series and the Pike Logan series, including the New York Times bestseller No Fortunate Son.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL OVERALL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean in comparable unclipped dust jacket. Other than Author's Inscription, no previous owner or remainder marks.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Collector's Edition / Bound in Geuine Leather. Full Leather with decorative gold-stamping. Like New. 8vo, publisher's full dark green leather with three hubs and elaborate 22kt gold fleur patterns on spine & front cover; Foreword by Robert S. Brumbaugh, Prof. of Philosophy, Yale; illustrated with glossy color frontispiece of Socrates taken from classical models; all page edges gilded [a.e.g.]; v, [vi-viii] + 188 pages. Laid in is a small sheet on Prof. Brumbaugh from "The Library of Great Lives" by Easton Press. Weight: 1 lb. 7 oz. LIKE NEW & EXCELLENT brief biography of Socrates, the wise Athenian philosopher, "gad-fly" and martyr to speaking the truth as he saw it. Includes his student, Plato's, "The Apology." <br /> <br /> No marks by previous owners: book is new, very tight, very clean & bright.<br /> <br /> Alfred Edward Taylor (1869 - 1945), usually cited as A. E. Taylor,… Read More

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1916. First U.S. Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good +. Plates & in-text lithographs. Thick royal 8vo (8 7/8" x 6 3/8" x 2") with gilt lettering on spine, front cover + gilt medallion of Cicero on front cover, illustrated with frontispiece halftone photograph of Cicero's bust and 16 pp. of associated images as plates; Index, xlv, [xlvi] + 615 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 9 oz. This is a brilliant, very informative, and wide-ranging Commentary on the Roman Constitution with aspects of Cicero's remarkable Roman life--somewhat illustrated--as the Republic collapsed into dictatorship. <br /> <br /> Remarkably tight and clean copy. No foxing or toning to pages. Protective mylar added. No previous owner's marks.<br /> <br /> Hannis Taylor (1851 - 1922) was a post-Civil War Southern Democrat based in Alabama; lawyer, legal educator, scholar, diplomat [to Spain], Constitutional historian, and writer.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Artzybacheff & B&W photos. 8vo, textured green cloth with gold lettering on spine and red rules, illustrated with 20 B&W glossy photographs, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a fine colored portrait of Churchill by noted illustrator Artzybasheff, viii + 433 pages. Clean and solid copy with the SCARCE portrait of Churchill on the dj by Artzybacheff. Extremities of dj are worn with a few small chips, but the excellent portrait remains complete and very bright. "Gripping, provocative, controversial"--Publishers Weekly.

London: J. Camden Hotten, 1864. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/None. Cruikshank. 8vo, green original publisher's blindstamped cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with an original frontispiece oval sepia-toned photo of Thackeray from life by Ernest Edwards & a lithographed engraving by George Cruikshank, vii, [viii: blank] + [1] 2-223 pages + [28] Ads for the New List of John Camden Hotten Books. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a prominent British novelist and author. He is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION: internally bright, clean, secure and externally very clean with slight rubbing and bending at corners. Small blindstamped "B" ownership seal on lowerright margin of p.19. Cruikshank engraving facing p.83; 2nd occurance of p."117" actually [119]. Two pages once dogeared; now straightened. Binding very slightly cocked.

New York: Viking, 1996. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Square 4to, orange eighth cloth over ivory boards, profusely illustrated, Foreword by Greg Martin, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an oval painting of Custer trying to fend off attacking Sioux, In 1872, seventeen-year old Private Bill Taylor, rode with Major Reno and his men into a Sioux ambush. They fought fiercely for a day and a half before rescue came, at which time, Taylor and the survivors discovered that Gen. Custer and his contengent who had been to their right, had been completely annihilated. This first person narrative provides an invaluable eye-witness and contemporary account of the Seventh Cavalry's demise. Exceptional condition and a highly important account.

New York Chichester Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. B&W photos & cartoon. Tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with 24 B&W period photos of Earp associates, a map of Tombstone, wanted poster, cartoons; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of younger Wyatt c.1869 by C. Lee Simmons from the Charles W. Dearborn Collection, bibliography, index, xii + 403 pages. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) was an Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal in Tombstone. He worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.<br/><br/>Casey Tefertiller is an author and contributor to True West Magazine. He has also co-authored Mental Toughness: Baseball's Winning… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. B&W photos. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, yellow cloth with red lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards, illustrated with 18 pages of B&W photos, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with red & black lettering plus the famous caricature of Woollcott by Wm Auerbach Levy against a bright yellow background, red endpapers, 334 pages. Alexander Woollcott (1887 - 1943) was an American critic and member of the brilliant Algonquin Round Table. He was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and for unlikeable Waldo Lydecker in the film Laura (1944).<br/> <br/> SIGNED solid copy: tight, bright, clean with a bright dust jacket (unclipped) slightly rubbed at the head of the dj's spine.