Search Results: Titles starting with T from Matthew's Books LLC

Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1983. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear/soil to boards and spine, gift inscription FFEP, text clean, binding tight.. 8vo 108pp. from Introduction: "...I have shown that any attempt to avoid the responsibility for shaping the beliefs which we accept as true is absurd; but the existentialist claim of choosing our beliefs from zero is now proved absurd too. Thought can live only on grounds which we adopt in the service of a reality to which we submit." #02488.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: boards slightly bowed, mild shelf wear/soil, text unmarked, binding tight. 8vo 222pp. A translation of the Meng Tzu tzu-i shu-cheng with a critical introduction by Ann-ping Chin and Mansfield Freeman. #02530.

Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1987. first edition. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight/DJ NF: mild age wear, NOT clipped ($22.95). 8vo 175pp. from front flap: "Taking Charge/Managing Conflict sets out a systematic procedure for assuming the role of mediator, whether in an informal or formal setting. The author, an active mediator and arbitrator of labor, commercial, family, and public-policy disputes, has analyzed the tactics and strategies used to resolve conflicts at work, in schools, at home, between citizens and government agencies, and even between nations." #01466.

New York: George Braziller, 2001. first edition. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: touch of shelf wear, else clean and unclipped.. 8vo 136pp. from front flap: "Unquestionably one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces and the finest achievement of classic Japanese prose narrative, The Tale of Genji has provided endless inspiration for Japanese painters throughout the centuries. Widely held to be the first novel ever written, its story of the amorous adventures of the "shining prince" Genji and of the elaborate and highly ordered court culture of the Heian era was written by Murasaki Shikibu shortly after 1000 A.D., during a period of rich cultural flourishing. Presented here is an exquisite, complete, and beautifully preserved series of paintings illustrating the tale, bringing to life the events of this classic work. The fifty-four images--illustrating one chapter each--date from the mid-seventeenth century and were executed by an artist trained in the traditional… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985. hardcover. Book VG-: ex library with stamp top edge text block, tape residue to boards, discard stamp FFEP, text unmarked, binding tight./DJ VG: clean, unclipped.. 8vo 118pp. Grades 5-9. from front flap: "How can we be so sure of what ancient life was like? Largely because, in recent years, mummies have begun to "talk" to scientists who study them for clues to the distant past. X-rays reveal mummies that have never been unwrapped. The shape of the face appears, and resemblances may establish family relationships. In the bones of a mummy, medical scientists can read age at death, signs of disease, fractures that healed. Teeth yield information about diet and health. Sometimes a mummy offers a surprise: an Egyptian mummy is found to have two skulls' another, long thought to be the child of a high priestess, turns out to be a baboon. Sometimes a mummy tells a moving story: examination of a girl's mummy shows she lived her short life in considerable pain; a man's… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. first thus. mass market paperback. Book G: hinge starting at FFEP, text clean, binding intact, solid reading copy.. 16mo 370pp. 1st printing December 1947. Pocket Books 477. See pictures for synopsis. #02680.

New York: Heritage Press, 1964. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: mild sun to spine, else clean, tight, square, unmarked. Slipcase VG: age/handling wear and toning. Gunther Bohmer. 8vo 472pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. The translations with Lafcadio Hearn and others chosen and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. The illustrations from water colors by Gunther Bohmer. #02279 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H.

New York: Heritage Press, 1964. hardcover. Book VG: touch of shelf wear to boards and spine, foxing/toning to endpapers, touch of dust to outer edge text block, text clean, binding tight. Slipcase VG-: age toning, sunning, else sound.. Gunter Bohmer. 8vo 472pp. The translations of Lafcadio Hearn and others chosen and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. The illustrations from Water-Colors by Gunter Bohmer. #02577.

Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1964. hardcover. Book VG: spine sunned else clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover VG-: foxing and toning, but sound.. 8vo 472pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. The translations by Lafcadio Hearn and others chosen and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. The illustrations from water-colors by Gunter Bohmer. #02578.

Spring Books, 1968. hardcover. Book VG: wear/soil to boards and spine, spine slightly sunned, corners bumped, toning/offset to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight.. 8vo 426pp. seventh impression 1968.  ghost and horror stories by British novelist, journalist, short story writer, broadcaster. #02490.

Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1992. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover VG+: touch of shelf wear./no DJ. Hugo Steiner-Prag. 8vo 344pp. ten most famous novellas by the German writer, used as basis for an opera by Jacques Offenbach. Prologue by illustrator Hugo Steiner-Prag. #01974.

New York: Italica Press, 1987. softcover. Book VG: pen mark rear cover, mild wear to wraps, text clean, binding tight. 8vo 99pp. see pics for synopsis. translated anonymously. second edition with introduction and bibliography by Eileen Gardiner. #01998.

Doubleday and Company, 1959. first edition. hardcover. very good: slight bumped corner, toning to endpapers, one spot of offeset in text block from inserted receipt bookmark,/good: rubbing and scuffing, age wear, NOT clipped ($3.50). Polly Bolian. Tall 8vo. 185pp. from front flap: "[THE] [T]here has never been a book on the problems and pleasures facing the really tall young woman. Here it is, at last! [A]dvice--sensible and lighthearted--on all the wonderful ways in which a girl can delight in being tall. [L]ively anecdotes which show how the number of long-stemmed American Beauties is increasing every year. [L]ong-needed admonitions to parents and friends whose humorous (and envious) remarks can be devastating. . . . " #00802.

Duke University Press, 1930. first edition. hardcover. very good: bright orange cloth boards, slightly bumped corners, owner's name on paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, several recto pages among first 100+pp. show evidence of erased pencil scribbling, worst example pictured. text is otherwise clean and readable, binding tight./good: faded and sunned, scuffed along edges and corners, NOT clipped ($2.50), small closed tear on bottom rear panel.. 8vo 267pp. an important work of American history. Wittke was a scholar specializing in ethnic history in America, especially of German Americans, but this book from earlier in his career is an important work in the history of minstrelsy in America, representing one of the first attempts at a comprehensive history of the origins of the practice of minstrelsy, synthesizing many early first hand accounts and sources. #00781.

Garden City Publishing Company, 1928. very good: shelf wear, name on FFEP, bookplate tipped in FEP/no DJ. Octavo 340pp. Biography of the 14th c. Mongol conqueror. #00251.

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1932. Star Books. hardcover. Book G: rip in spine cloth, separating at top of spine, wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers./no DJ. 8vo 586pp. history of Tammany Hall. from Preface to New Edition: "What, in short, is interesting in representative Government is not its anatomy, but its pathology," wrote Harold J. Laski. Tammany Hall has been the most pathological case in American government almost since its foundation three weeks after the adoption of the Constitution of the United States." #01473.

New York: Villard Books, 1996. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: touch of foxing along top of boards and text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked. gift inscription by author on FFEP: "God bless you Blaine Love, Tammy Faye/DJ VG+: spine a little sunned, else clean and unclipped. 8vo 339pp. stated first edition, number line to 2 as standard for Random House. from the personal library of artist Blaine Larson. from front flap: "...But suddenly, PTL came tumbling down. All was lost. Jim went to jail while Tammy desperately tried to rebuild her life and career. Now, in Tammy: Telling it My Way, she finally reveals the unknown triumphs, secret tragedies, and unswerving faith that have made her one of our most fascinating women." . #02117.

New York: Causeway Books, 1964. hardcover. Book VG-: soil/wear to boards and spine, small rip front board, slightly bowed boards, sticker FFEP, toning/soil to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight. Solid reading copy./DJ G: age toning and wear, paint residue, NOT clipped. 8vo 252pp. from front flap: "...Tantra has been practiced in India and Tibet for thousands of years but became known to a few people in the West only within the last seventy years. Until a few years ago it came to us veiled in impenetrable symbolism. Puritan developments in India had led to doctoring the literature of Tantra to conceal its sexual import. Moreover, it came to us first in English translation from proper Victorians! In this book, for the first time, the actual rites of Tantra are plainly and accurately described by a student trained in Bengal, one of the great strongholds of Tantra since 600 A.D." #02496.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1943. Book of the Month Club. hardcover. Book VG: age/handling wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ G: chipping and edge wear, age toning, not clipped. Thomas Benton. 8vo from front flap: "As Dorothy Canfield says of this book: "Is there anything more rejoicing to the eye of man than the sight--whether it be in garden, field, orchard or at a writer's work-table--of something alive, growing and growing through the years, till it comes to maturity and stands laden with fine fruit? In TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE Jesse Stuart gives the readers this special joy . . . and shows himself a master-workman in this enchanting story, which may well be one of our American classics." #02105.

New York: Heritage Press, 1963. hardcover. Book VG: sun to spine, mild foxing/toning to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight. Slipcover VG-: slight corner wear, shelf wear. Serge Ivanoff. 8vo 197pp. Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite / The Would-Be Gentleman. Translated by H. Baker and J. Miller, with an introduction by Henri Peyre, and illustrations by Serve Ivanoff. #02579.