Search Results: Titles starting with T from Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Laveen, AZ: The Ensign Corporation, 1988. Ephemera. Very Good. 59pp. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled self wrappers. The last several pages are lightly stained at the edges. Other articles incude "Is Adam God?" by Jeff D. Miller and "Update on AIDS" by Frank D. Miller. The first issue of "THENCO" was sent out to over five hundred people, and this second issue reached over five thousand people. "In the first issue, I stated that I would scripturally prove that Frank Miller is the 'One mighty and strong,' or 'Man like unto Moses.' This article will continue in future issues and will bring out the scriptures pertinant to the calling and the mission of Frank Miller, and prove that he is called of God.

Washington DC: J. F. Jarvis. Photograph. Very good. Stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Minor staining to the surface. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for… Read More

Elko, NV: Atherton and Son. Postcard [5 1/2" x 3 1/2"]. With advert for "Wellsville Candy Co." on the reverse. Postmarked (blurry). With the notation, "Mrs James Allen, City" on the reverse.

Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., Inc, 1927. The Toddles Girls' Series. Hardcover. Octavo [22 cm] in die-cut glossy pictorial boards. Light wear to boards, 1.5" split to spine at foot; textblock detached from spine at foot (but holding). Young Tabitha Toddles is consistently thwarted in her attempts to bake buns for a picnic. The die-cut shape that makes for such a striking cover has mixed results when applied to the book's pages-- one character has been inadvertently decapitated.

New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1994. Later printing. Paperback. New. Parnall, Peter. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A young girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.

Signed exhibition card. Ephemera. 16.5 cm x 10 cm. Near fine condition. A Van Suchtelen, one of the contributors, has signed the back of the card.

Weiler im Allgau, West Germany: Druckerei Holzer, 1971. Limited, facsimile edition. Hardcover. Folio [42.5 cm] 1/4 maroon cloth with light gray paper over boards. In a beige paper covered slipcase with a tan and black printed title label. Very good condition. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The slipcase is in good plus condition, with a general layer of mild soiling. Number 1261 of twenty-eight hundred copies printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara Ltd. on a rag paper manufactured especially for this edition by August Kohler, Oberkirch, West Germany. The plates for this printing were made from a copy of the original 1627 Venice edition belonging to the Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, West Germany.

Santa Barbara, California: Tadler Books, 2009. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 136pp. Quarto [31cm]. 3/4 pictorial paper over black cloth. Boards lightly bumped at lower fore edge corners. Slight edgewear to clear plastic dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers.

New York: Harper Collins, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 343 pp. Octavo [24 cm]. 1/4 purple paper over black boards. Title stamped in copper on spine. Spine slightly bumped at head and foot. Both boards and dust jacket lightly rubbed. Dust jacket lightly scratched and creased. Text block sporadically dog-eared and lightly annotated in ink by previous owner. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner in black marker on front endpaper. A memoir by one of the most influential soul artists of all time. Al Green bares his soul as he reconciles a lifetime of showmanship with his search for spirituality.

New York: Harcourt, 2006. Third printing. Paperback. NEW. 157pp. Small Octavo [17.5cm] Paperback. NEW. From the back cover: "In these pages, you'll meet kids who don't have it easy. They live in shabby neighborhoods and don't have nice clothes to wear. For them, the school yard can be even more dangerous than the street. Their lives are uncertain; there are no guarantees, no promises. But these kids are risk takers. They are survivors. And they will find themselves, even if they have to do it the hard way.

New York: Privately Printed, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Frank Peers. 85pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Brown cloth over boards with a white and black illustrated paper label on the front board. Deckled edges. Very good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped, there is a small abraded spot at the head of the spine, and there is a bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. Woodcuts by the Topekan mural painter and illustrator, Frank Peers. Number 152 in an edition limited to 1050 numbered copies printed from Pen Print Bold on Normandy Vellum paper imported from France.

1987: Scholastic, new york. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Diane Dawson Hearne. Unpaginated. Quarto [23.5] Illustrated laminate paper over boards. Some chipping and tearing to dust jacket. The first in a series of Jim Henson presents storybooks. A delightful story following Bean Bunny's experience at the titular Bunny Picnic. Includes delightful illustrations by Henson company muppet designer, Diane Dawson Hearn.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As NEW. Ochre colored boards quarterbound in brown paper spine. "My Dear Sister, I'm writing to warn you: Cattino - the cat who is soon to arrive at your house with my wife - is really a lion," laments Lorenzoccio, the Italian count. Refined, elegant, suave and cunningly masquerading as an ordinary housecat, Cattino is at home among the villas of the Italian gentry and has stolen the heart of the contessa, much to the dismay of her brooding husband." Translated from the Spanish by Jasper Reid. Dust Jacket. New book with no flaws.

New York: Penguin, 2002. Reprint. Hardcover. New/new. 56pp. Sextodecimo [14.5cm]. Illustrated turquoise paper over boards. "'The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle' was first published in 1905, and is as charming today as it was then. It tells the tale of a hidden home high in the hills. It is discovered one day by a little girl called Lucie, who is in search of her missing pocket handkerchiefs. She knocks on the tiny door, and meets Mrs Tiggy-winkle who does all the washing and ironing for the neighbouring animals. Lucie spends a lovely day helping her, and it's only right at the end of the day that she realises Mrs Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog! Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood. With revenue from the sales of her books, Beatrix Potter bought a farm - Hill Top - in the English Lake District, where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder. She… Read More

New York: Penguin Random House, 2019. New. One vigesimo-quarto (~15cm) book and one plush bunny in a 20x16x8cm box. Introduce children to one of the most popular children's characters ever with this lovely new Peter Rabbit gift package. A beautiful high quality plush Peter Rabbit is packaged with the original and authorized edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit to create a classic gift perfect for the newest fan.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. Charles A. Federer. 306pp. Quarto [23.5 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. Gilt stamped titles on backstrip and front board. Front hinge soft; text block cracked at the rear, but still very solid; contemporary Christmas gift inscription on the front flyleaf. With 12 tipped-in illustrations, all present. Illustrated by Charles A. Federer. Book illustrator Charles Augustus Federer (1880-1966) was active in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. He was a student at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts from 1896 to 1898.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007. First trade edition. Hardcover. Fine. Vincent Locke. 114pp. Sextodecimo [16cm]. Bound in green cloth. Title and designs stamped in black on spine and front board. A scarce title from paleontologist, goth-folk-blues band vocalist and author Caitlin R. Kiernan. This is their second volume of "darkly weird erotica," one of several genres the author has tackled. Their oeuvre also includes science fiction, dark fantasy, and graphic novels. Kiernan's style is so distinctive that they have been called "the voice of weird fiction" and "the best weird writer of [their] generation." With striking black-and-white illustrations by comic book (and Cannibal Corpse album) artist Vincent Locke.

Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, in cooperation with Deseret Book Company, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 446pp. Oblong quarto [21.5 cm x 28 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the spine and front cover. From the Publisher- "Andrew Jenson's global tour was instrumental in broadening the scope of Latter-day Saint history. Leaving behind his wives and children for two years, he pursued the goal of gathering records and writing the history of the Church with a rare passion. Through his own hard work and the hand of Providence, Andrew Jenson helped the Church Historian's Office transition from a provincial worldview to a global one. Writing the history of the Saints was not merely a scholarly or professional pursuit for him—the untiring Danish-American believed it was a spiritual labor with eternal ramifications. He devoted his adult life to enlarging the institutional memory of the Church and protecting what he considered to the sacred records of… Read More

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1914. First American edition. Hardcover. 243pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth with black ink stamped titles and embossed designs on the spine and front cover. Good plus. The spine is rolled, and the spine and covers are dinged and lightly rubbed. There is light foxing on the text block edges. The pages are browned. The Russian tale, "The Writer," is in the Bleiler Guide (637). Stories with fantastic, grotesque, or macabre themes.

Iowa: University of Iowa, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. New. 226pp. Octavo. [21.5cm] Illustrated wraps.