Search Results: Authors starting with T from Brenner's Collectable Books

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 324pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creasing or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Athens, GA & London: University of Georgia Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 275pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Owner's name and date neatly written on front end-paper. Hint of a sticker ghost on the front paste-down. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 12mo., 337pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in peach colored cloth with black and green illustration and titles on front board. Solid and clean throughout with very mild wear to spine ends and tips. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has some chipping to corners and rubbing to folds and hinges. Rear panel and spine toning. Still complete and colorful and very scarce in any condition. A sharp collectable copy and quite uncommon, particularly in this high-grade condition. With the dust-jacket, rare indeed in the marketplace. (Hubin p.388) (Queen: The Detective Short Story, p.104).

New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tall 8vo., xiii(3)237pp. Beautiful Limited Edition, #152 of only 1050 printed; 1000 of which were for subscribers only and the other 50 not for sale. Bound in quarter vellum of grey paper-covered boards. Titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a bump to the heel and top edges A touch of toning to spine. Equally attractive dust-jacket has mild edge-wear and a couple of tiny nicks to the crown. Some toning to edges and spine. Still bright with no creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Galaxy Publishing, 1951. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Galaxy Science Fiction #13 $.35 Cover Price. Digest-size paperback. Beautiful unread 1st printing. Tight, solid and clean throughout. Usual tanning on page edges. Some wear to spine ends and edges. Small chip out of top rear panel. Still, bright and fresh with excellent cover gloss front and back. A gorgeous collectible copy at a great price.

Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, 1952. New Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 313pp. Sharp new edition of this work originally publsihed by Dutton in 1928. According to the ISFDB, "...1250 copies were printed, of which 750 were clothbound and 500 sold for Pick-a-Book...". Bound in maroon cloth with titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save a bookplate on the front paste-down. Minor wear to edges and rubbing to hinges. Very attractive clipped dust jacket has some chipping to edges and rubbing to surface and folds. Rear panel soiled. Still quite bright and complete. A solid collectable copy at a great price.

New York: A.L. Burt Company. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 325pp. Sharp Reprint Edition of the author's first book; originally published by Dutton in 1924. No date listed other than original copyright but likely circa late 1920's. Bound in blue cloth with tiles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save a previous owner's signature and date, (2/1/35), in ink on the front paste-down. Trivial wear to spine ends and top tips. Gilt a bit dulled. Some white fading spots on fore-edge. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust jacket has some tiny nicks at the crown and a couple of short closed tears. Still quite bright and fresh and very well-preserved. A beautiful collectible copy of a surprisingly uncommon edition and very scarce to find it in such a nice dust-jacket.

New York: Ace, 1960. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ed Emshwiller. Vintage Paperback Ace D-473. Sharp First Paperback printing. No Date listed but 1960, (Cana pg.84). $.35 cover price. Tight, square and clean throughout with just a hint of page edge toning. Mild wear to spine ends. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very attractive collectible copy.

New York: Dell, 1947. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Good. Vintage Paperback. Dell #173. Solid First Paperback Printing. Square and tight with fairly moderate page toning. Bookstore stamp on front end-paper. Color flakes and rubbing to edges. Surface creases. Not perfect but a complete, collectbale copy of a scarce title in any condition.

New York: Dell, 1981. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. Vintage Paperback. PBO Dell #18689. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing. May, 1981. $1.95 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a hint of a tiny dog-ear on the rear top corner. Mild toning to page edges. Fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

No Place: Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 246pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in green cloth with titles in black on the spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($6.75) has some rubbing to the spine panel with a pinprick whole. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. Tall, thick 8vo., 503pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to the spine ends but minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($12.50) has some fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Light rubbing to folds. Spine panel just starting to tone. Still fresh and bright with no tears or creases. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo.,253pp. Very pretty stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing. A touch of bumping to the spine ends and mild wear to edges and tips. Very bright and fresh. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some general edge-wear and rubbing. A couple of smallish pieces out from the rear panel and crown. Mild toning and soiling. Still sharp and looks a lot better than it sounds. A quite handsome collectable copy.

New York: Bluejay, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thee Volumes, 8vo., 276, 262, 344pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Bluejay Printing. All volumes are square, tight and clean throughout with little if any wear. Volume one has gently bumped bottom tips and a touch of toning to the board edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets, ($14.95), have lightly toned flap edges but are all fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable set at a great price.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 4to.,424pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in half black cloth over black paper-covered boards. Stamped "lips" graphic on the front board and titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small date on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($29.95), has some trivial wear to top edge and tips. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lynn Braswell. 8vo., 182pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($7.95), is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 206pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some dog-eared pages. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

Chicago: Chicago Paperback House, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Vintage Paperback PBO CPH A-107. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this paperback original, No Month, 1962. $.50 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with fairly mild page edge toning. Some gentle wear to spine ends and tips. Spotting to top page edges. Still bright and fresh with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2004. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 312pp. Beautiful "Special Edition", First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, (£14.99), has some trivial bottom edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

London: J. Wilkie, 1774. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather. Fine. 4to., vii(1)128(2)pp; v(1)60pp; lxiii-lxv(1)63-115(1)pp; cxxi-cxxiv, 125-205(1); v(1)48pp; xlix,49-94pp; xcv-xcvii(1)98-187pp. plus one page of ads. Beautiful First Edition rebound in the 20th century in quarter calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Titles in gilt upon brown leather spine label. Decorations stamped in gilt in spine compartments. Marbled page edges. Small pressure stamp of the Colgate University Library on the title page and very faint stamp on outer page edges. Letters II-IV and V-VII have separate title pages with dates of 1773 and 1774 respectively. Square, tight and clean throughout. Remarkably well-preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy.