Search Results: Authors starting with T from Arabesque Books

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, (1960), 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. pp. xi, 187 including index. Illustrated. Book protected in mylar. Book is very clean, no previous owner's names or marks. Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female member of the U.S. Senate (a native of Georgia) and was a pioneer in the Temperance Movement and Advocate of Woman's Rights. A scarce title.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 277. Frontispiece photo of John Peale Bishop. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear and is not price clipped. Book is in great, clean, solid condition with a previous owner's name on the front free end paper. A fairly scarce copy

Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 322 pages. Illustrated. Map. Book protected in mylar. Binding has a very minor scuff to the rear board. Interior of book is clean, no previous owner's names or marks. Pickens County is located in North Georgia. Included in the book is the census of 1860 and a military history with rosters of Confederate soldiers and World War I soldiers from Pickens County. Index of family names included. A solid, attractive copy.

Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine Condition./Fine Condition.. 4to. pp. [10], 100, [1]. Illustrated in color and black and white. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed to any individual. "Athos Menaboni is widely regarded as one of the world's finest illustrators and painters of bird life and hailed by wildlife lovers, art collectors, and orinthologists alike as the twentieth century Audubon, but unlike Audubon, he worked mostly from live bird studies." This book is in excellent condition, a gift quality book.

New York: James Miller, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. pp. iv, [1], 6-208. Illustrated. Frontispiece in color. No date, but gift inscription dated Christmas 1868 on front free end paper. Book protected in new mylar. Most poems have black & white illustrations with them. Slight wear at corners and bottom of spine. In solid, clean condition. A scarce, early children's book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989), 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 330 pages. First printing with the "1" in the number sequence. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, "For Harold & Nancy - You don't sleep with the fishes; you eat them. Best wishes, Nick Taylor 9-17-89". Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Slightest of foxing on the fore edge, otherwise a clean, tight, square copy of a scarce inscribed first printing.

London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. pp. [3], 2-261. Noted as a new edition on the title page. Bound in full green morocco with raised bands on spine, gilt title and turn-in gilt. Slightest of wear on binding. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Slightest of foxing on a few pages at beginning and end. Interior of book very clean. A tight, square, solid copy. Attractive.

Charlotte, North Carolina: The Delmar Company, (1989), 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. pp. viii, 1-178. Illustrated. Book protected in new mylar. A very clean, attractive copy. No former owner's names or marks. Elkin, North Carolina history. A scarce copy.

Jacksonville, Florida: H. & W. B. Drew Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo. pp. [6], 4 pages ads, [1], 4-175, [8], 16 pages ads. Book protected in new mylar. Binding is worn at edges, corners, minor fraying top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Front inner hinge cracked, but holding strong. Very light foxing on a few pages. A few pages have been dog-eared. Recipes contributed by women noting their names. Ads from many businesses in the Jacksonville area. A very scarce Florida cook book.

Mrs. Charlton M. Theus, (1967), 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. pp. xi, [3], 3-100. Includes index. Illustrated. Bound with stiff wraps, protected in new mylar. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed only, not inscribed to anyone. A study of furniture made in and shipped to Savannah and how to identify it. With a biographical directory of cabinetmakers. A very attractive copy, clean and tight, no previous owner's names or marks.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo. pp. x, 308. Illustrated with black and white photos. Map end papers. Book protected in mylar. Book is in clean, solid shape with Count Luckner's signature and date of 1928 on the half title page. Lettering on spine faded. A former owner's small name sticker on the front end page.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 319 pages. Portrait of Thoreau on frontispiece. First edition, one of 1,558 copies printed. Protected in mylar. Original publisher's blue-green BD pebbled cloth with blind-stamped borders and center wreath. Spine lettered in gilt. Brown-coated end papers. An outstanding, unsophisticated copy. Front and rear cloth boards still have original sheen, spine not as much. Top and bottom of spine and all corners and edges are in excellent condition showing almost no wear. Interior joints are not cracked. Original book sellers label from Salem on free end paper. Previous owner's name with "Christmas 1863" noted. Very light offsetting from frontispiece through tissue guard to title page which is common for this book. Interior is as clean as the day it was printed. Book is tight, square and solid. A beautiful copy. Photos upon request. BAL 20111.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Henry Bugbee Kane. 400, [1] pages. Illustrated. Bound in full, gilt decorated, genuine leather with raised bands on the spine. All edges are gilt. Moire fabric end papers. Silk ribbon book mark. No previous owner's names or marks. In like new, beautiful, gift quality condition.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. pp. viii, [1]-318. Protected in new mylar. Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt on front cover. Beveled edges. Gilt title and author on spine. The first of Thoreau's four season books edited from his journal by H.G.O. Blake. Fairly scarce, only 1,018 copies printed. Binding is in very attractive condition with minor wear at head and bottom of spine, no chips. Inner hinges are not cracked. Previous owner's name on front paste down and second front free end paper with a date of June, 1887. 1/8" chip on front free end paper and a couple of very small pin holes on five of the early pages. Interior of book is clean, no marks. Solid, square, and tight, a collectible copy. BAL20123.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus Condition.. 12mo. 252 pages with 24 pp ads dated Dec, 1864. First edition which consisted of only 2,040 copies. Original purple P cloth (pebbled) as noted in Borst. Protected in mylar. Binding is much better than average with almost no wear to the tips and with very minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine, no real chips or tears. The purple color on the spine has faded to a light brown, but still providing enough contrast to read the gilt title across the room. BAL binding C, sequence not determined. Interior of the book is clean and tight. No previous owner's names. An above average, attractive copy. BAL 20115.

New York: Delacorte Press, Random House Children's Books (2014), 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 8vo. 217 pages. First Edition, First printing with the "1" in the number sequence. Signed by the author on the page before the half title page. Signed only, not inscribed to anyone. The dust jacket is protected in a new mylar sleeve. A new, mint condition, gift quality, collector's item.

New Haven: The Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, (2002), 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. 224 pages. Illustrated. First edition, Third Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Davis Adler (1882-1949) was a Chicago architect designing homes and estates in the United States during a period known as the "great American house". Includes essays by Richard Guy Wilson, Pauline C. Metcalf, and Ghenete Zelleke with a foreword by Robert A. M. Stern. Photography by Bob Harr and Hedrich Blessing. This is an extremely handsome, scarce copy with no former owner's names or marks. Gift quality.

San Francisco, Cal., 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus Condition.. 8vo. 94 pages. Illustrated with two portraits. Protected in mylar. Cloth binding has minor spotting and minor wear along edges. Interior of book is clean with only a couple of brown spots. Index lists many family names besides Thrasher. A rare first edition copy chronicling an early American family.

Auckland: THE BUSH PRESS, (1990), 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4vo. Nancy Tichborne. 128 pages. Illustrated in color. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. Previous owner's note on the front paste down regarding his trip to New Zealand and meeting Lindsay Lyons of Trout Safaris. A very attractive, well illustrated book.

New York: Doubleday Page & Co., (1907), 1907. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to. Walter Tittle. Unpaginated. Illustrated, Decorated and Illuminated in beautiful color. Protected in mylar. Very light foxing on front end papers, otherwise quite attractive.