Search Results: Authors starting with T from Old Bookshelf

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1883. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 509pp +48 pages ads. Fourth edition, revised. Full leather, black spine label, 136 illustrations. Covers heavily worn, scuffed and chipped, front board nearly detached, spine label mostly illegible, contents are shaken and tanned, a few pages are loose, but text is complete, owner's name and date (Oct. 1, 1885) on front free endpaper. Many illustrations of dental instuments and techniques.

New York: Vendome Press, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214pp. Green cloth, black spine lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is sound and tight, slight fading along edges, contents clean, small rust spots from binding staples in front inner hinge, underlining on a few pages, former owner's name on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and torn along edges, missing several pieces. An uncommon signed book by tennis great Bill Talbert.

[London]: Annonymous, 1814. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 463-488pp. Disbound pamphlet. No date circa 1814. Slight corner creasing, pamphlet is in sound condition.

Philade;phia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1861. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 464pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, paper spine label. Chipping and lower 1/4 of backstrip missing, covers lightly worn, contents have scattered foxing but otherwise sound and binding is tight. Tipped-into the text is an old handwritten prescription from a druggist in West Meriden, Connecticut.

New York: Tax Institute, Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 251pp. Green hardcover, gilt lettering. Symposium conducted by the Tax Institute, December 6-7, 1946, New York, chaired by Harry J. Rudick. Many aspects of corporate taxation as presented by 19 different accounting and legal authorities. Fascinating reading on a subject that is still relevant today.

New York: Gotham House, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 55pp. Beige linen boards, paper label. An edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is #7. It is SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author Cover is clean and unworn, slight indentation at top, contents mildly toned. Dust jacket is partially faded and lightly chipped at spine ends.

New York: Gotham House, 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 55pp. Beige linen boards, paper label. An edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is #8 and INSCRIBED AND SIGNED, "Coley" on half-title page. Cover is in clean, unworn condition, contents mildly toned. Dust jacket is faded along folds, a one inch tear and abrasion at top partially affecting lettering of dustjacket.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dugald Walker. 267pp. Blue cloth, balck lettering and decoration. Book is clean and sound inside and out. Familiar and unfamiliar poems selected by Sara Teasdale attractively illustrated by Dugald Walker.

Belfast: W.& G. Baird. Soft cover. Good. Unpaginated 28p, no date presumably circa 1941-42. Spine heavily worn and other light wear, contents are clean. A photographic record of the German bombing of Belfast. Original publication, not a recent reprint.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1869. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. W.j. Hennessy (Artist) and A.V.S. Anthony (Engraver). 75pp. Rust cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, all edges gilt, pages printed on one side only. Corners lightly rubbed, text and illustrations all clean and unblemished, small bookseller's label on front pastedown.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 55pp. Brown stiff printed wraps. Endpapers are museum expedition world maps. Wear to edges and spine, but secure. Contents are clean. The Museum's missions, goals, accomplishments and its needs for increased endowment. This is an attractively designed promotional brochure "made possible by the joint labors of American Museum officials, scientists, artists, photographers and printers." Accompanied by many illustrations.

New York: Rose & Clifford, 1882. Soft cover. Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 20pp +4pp ads. Printed grey wraps. Covers chipped, detached and lightly soiled, cover detached, chipped and missing a 2 x4 inch piece (no loss of text, contents are partially detached, but all is present. pages are age-toned and mainly clean, library stamp on title page and front cover. An early issue of this publication, devoted to the interests of the American silk industry. Articles and illustrations on fashion, production and scientific methods of the silk industry.

London and New York: The Butterick Publishing Co., 1898. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 120pp. Stiff wraps. Metropolitan Art Series Vol. IV., No.4. November 1898. Light soil to cover, chipping to spine, contents are mildly age-toned but clean and sound. Illustrated throughout on nearly every page.

Dearborn , Michigan: Edison Institute, 1929. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 30pp. No date but presumably 1929. Stapled pamphlet. Light soil to covers, contents clean. Published for the opening of the Museum and Village in 1929.

New York: The International Nickel Co. of Canada, Limited, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 125pp. Black cloth. Light wear and light scuffing, contents are mildly toned and clean, and book is very sound, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

Grand Rapids, Mich.: The James Bayne Company, 1890. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated 52p, no date circa 1890s. Illustrated blue wraps, ribbon tied. Chipping to spine and edges, mild toning to perimeter of covers, but overall in quite sound condition considering age. Photos of sights in black and white, color, and sepia.

Greenfield, Indiana: National Historical Society Publishers, 1923. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192pp. numbered consecutively, decorative wraps. Edges chipped and torn, contents are age-toned but sound. First Quarter deals with a broad miscellany of American historical topics: frontier, voyages, Indians; Second Quarter features a number of articles on New York City.

Paris: The Printemps (Le Printemps), 1921. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 28pp, folding map. String tied stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on label. Cover is edge-chipped and partially faded, folding map is torn along folds and long ago tape repaired but mostly complete, first and last pages lightly soiled. Illustrated throughout with photos and batllefield plans. An attractive souvenir published by Le Printemps department store circa early 1920s.

Austin, Texas: The Steck Company, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 86p. Pictorial paper over boards, spiral bound. Presentation copy of a limited issue, no name but thie is book no. 540. Corners rubbed, light soiling to rear cover. top 4 spirals broken,but binding tight, owner's name on front pastedown, contents mildly toned but clean. Typestyles, borders, initial letters, ornaments, logotyupes, 3 pages in color. Acknowledgements on verso of title page are Mr. Douglas McMurtrie, Porte Publishing Company and Mergenthaler Linotype Company.

New York: The Texas Company, 1932. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32pp. Illustrated wraps. Tiny abrasion to lower edge, some staple rust, otherwise in very nice condition. A publication for employees of Texaco and stockholders.