Search Results: Authors starting with T from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents THE FLIRT by Booth Tarkington, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, A Universal-Jewel Production. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Only dates are "copyright, 1913, by Doubleday, Page & Company" and "Copyright 1912, 1913, The Curtis Publishing Company." "Printed...at The Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y." There was a later "Photoplay edition" with names of stars. This is the first one, with no names. Very Good Plus/Good. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET attached, preserved in clear plastic. D.J. is missing a 1/4" x 2" strip on spine, front is whole, though separated from rest, front has stain of former tape. Entire D.J. is well sunned, but clear and colorful. Book cover=red overall, with green particulars front, black particulars on binding. Pages in tact, clean, though moderately tanned. Only marks are price in pencil on first fep. Spine tight. 5" x 9", 378 pages. NOTED BOOK APPRAISER James Beattie has valued this copy at $145.00.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1967. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING STATED. Hardcover, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents PAINTING MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES by FREDERIC TAUBES, who was an internationally known artist exhibiting at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, and was the American editor of THE ARTIST magazine. 5 5/8" x 8", 160 page hard cover, including index, along with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall book condition is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: slightly yellowed, front reverse cover and first fep foxed, yet very tight, stand-out clear, sharp, with no marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with gold gilt particulars on spine only) = Very Good Plus: some spotting bottom of front and middle left on back, very little rubbing, else tight, sharp, clear print, square. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (two-toned green glossy paper with superimposed photo of art supplies on front, particulars and… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, October, 2009. First Thirtieth Anniversary First edition thus, First printing per number line. Near Fine. "In celebration of its thirtieth anniversary, here is the novel that started it all..." HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, "An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion." (New York Times) by BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 911 pages. FIRST THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING PER NUMBER LINE. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: lower corner slightly bent first dozen pages, else white, tight, sharp, no marks. Cover (Beige glossy stiff paper, with sepia photo front,particulars in red and black) = Near Fine: Partially open front, single crease each to front, spine and back, else clear, tight, little rubbing, square and sharp.

Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2001. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. Paperback. AS NEW. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an AS NEW copy of the greatly amplified catalogue for the 2001 - 2002 GETTY MUSEUM exhibition, DEVICES OF WONDER. An inquiry into emergent media s rich lineage, DEVICES OF WONDER explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. Featured are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective theaters, microscopes, magnetic games, magic lanterns, Mark Tilden s UniBug 3.1, panoramic works by Jeff Wall and Giovanni Lusieri, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin and Joseph Wright of Derby, a pop-up book by Kara Walker and many more. 7" x 10", 405 page paperback (stiff glossy paper cover with flaps). Overall condition is AS NEW. White glossy cover with flaps features photos of some of the devices in the book, along with particulars in red, black and grey

New York: Greystone Press, 1964. SPECIAL EDITION. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents 3 volumes of the multi-volume series, THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES: (1) JAPAN 1 and (2) JAPAN 2, KOREA, and (3) SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ANDORRA, GIBRALTER. 8 5/8" x 11 1/4", the three volumes have a combined total of 646 pages, including several hundred photos, part in color), with no dust jackets (as designed). May require additional postage. These are three volumes of a multi-volume series. Overall condition of all three is NEAR FINE. Pages (illustrated end papers) = Fine: light foxing to pages opposite title page and opposite last page, else As New. Covers (red cloth boards, with black and gold gilt designs and particulars) = Very Good Plus: rubbing to front edges, else very tight, sharp, clear, colorful, square. Price is for 2 books.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY GOOD PLUS copy of TIMES OF GUSTAF ADOLF, which is Volume One of The Surgeon's Stories. Worldcat says this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . Near Fine pages, Very Good cover, making the overall condition Very Good Plus. There is no dust jacket (as designed?) 4 7/8" x 4 1/8", 341 pages (page 341 says "End of First Cycle"). Floral endpapers, stains to front endpapers, bumped cover corners, stained back cover, scraped cover edge, solid binding, owner's info on 3rd fep, no other marks. Cover = brown cloth boards with debossed designs, black title on gold gilt background.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a fascinating French children's book from 1947--PETITE GEOGRAPHIE (Pour les enfants sages) by MAURICE TRANCHANT, with colored maps and illustrations on both covers and all pages by the author. 6 7/8" x 8 3/4", 22 unnumbered pages which are stapled to bare board covers. No jacket. Language = French. Cover particulars in green. Condition = very good: binding solid, pages lightly tanned, cover medium tanned, light chipping to top/front cover, not library, no marks. A great way for a young person to learn both basic geography and basic French! Noted appraiser James Beattie has given the book a value of $30.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS. VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN EUROPE. Stated as the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, this renowned European History book was reprinted throughout the last half of the Twentieth Century. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", 216 pages (including bibliography, list of illustrations and notes), 124 b & w illustrations, paperback. Overall book is Very Good Plus. Pages = Very Good Plus: moderate yellowing, owner's signature and addy on front reverse cover, original price on ffep, pp. 35/36 separated and laid in, light staining to bottom and side edges of pages, else clear, tight, sharp and square. Cover (dark blue stiff paper, with color photo mosaic and particulars in white and light blue) = Very Good Plus: mild rubbing to front, back and corners, light creasing to spine, else clear, solid color, tight and square.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First edition stated, First printing by number line. Hardcover. AS NEW/FINE. Herman Mishkin. FINE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an OPERA COLLECTORS ITEM EXTRAORDINARY: THE GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA was written and published in 1983 by ROBERT TUGGLE, who was at that time the Director of Archives for the Metropolitan Opera. He used official photographs in the archives taken by Herman Mishkin, the Official Photographer to the Metropolitan Opera from 1910 to 1932. To top it off, ANTHONY BLISS, General Director of the Met from 1974 to 1985, wrote the Forward to the book. There are nearly 200 black and white photos and biographies of opera singers who performed in New York opera houses from 1906 to through 1932. This FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS has never been reprinted since the 80's, and is next to impossible to find in this condition. 8 3/4" x 10 1/4", 246 pages (may require additional postage) with… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946 Reprint of 1930 Random House edition, featuring the illustrations of DONALD MCKAY. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER in a reprint edition featuring the coveted DONALD MCKAY illustrations. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Mr McKay (who died only ten years ago) is famous for illustrating the history of the island of Manhattan from the ground up, and from the mastodon era all the way through the skyscrapers. A twin to the same edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which see), this hardcover is NOT the Illustrated Junior Library Edition, and DOES HAVE THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. 5 1/2" x 8 1/8', 305 pages, with decorated end papers showing a group of boys by the white board fence, color and b/w illustrations throughout Pages = Near Fine: page 97/98 has 1/4" chip, very slight tanning, else very clear, text sharp, corners sharp, tight to spine, very colorful pictures, no marks Cover (red… Read More