Search Results: Authors starting with T from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

[St. Boniface, Manitoba]: Taché, Alexandre A. (Alexandre Antonin), 1823-1894 - Archevêque (1871-1894 : Taché) - Église catholique. Archidiocèse de Saint-Boniface], 1892. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 15. 8vo. Fine in printed paper covers. Important decree of pioneer Catholic Bishop, couched in wonderfully dated, Catholic Church rhetoric. Unusually fine condition. Rare.

[St. Boniface, Manitoba]: Taché, Alexandre A. (Alexandre Antonin), 1823-1894 - Archevêque (1871-1894 : Taché) - Église catholique. Archidiocèse de Saint-Boniface], 1892. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 15. 8vo. Fine in printed paper covers. Important decree of pioneer Catholic Bishop, couched in wonderfully dated, Catholic Church rhetoric. Unusually fine condition. Rare.

Toronto: Viking, Penguin Canada, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. pp. 193. 8vo. Appears unread; as new, and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Near fine.

La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 371. 4to., measuring 11.5" x 9". Light brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, and front board; illustrated endpapers. Replete with many black and white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations. Light rubbing to the extremities, slight fading to the gilt lettering on the front cover. Internally, the contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Scarce.

New York & Toronto: Tundra Books, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 40. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial boards. Richly, and delightfully illustrated throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. "Robot has lost his arm -- can you help him find a new one? Step into a charming mechanical world invented by a striking new picture book artist. One morning, a robot wakes up to find he is missing an arm. He and his robo buddy search inside and outside the house, through a garden, an amusement park, a library and even a candy shop, but it's nowhere to be found. Where can the arm be, and what might make a suitable replacement? A lollipop? A fish bone? How about a fork? Can You Find My Robot's Arm? humorously invites children to explore the beautiful and intricate hand-cut images of Chihiro Takeuchi."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xii, 305. 8vo. Publisher's quarter black cloth over like boards, silver lettering to the spine and front board. Lightest rubbing to the extremities, faint spot to the top edges, else, near fine. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine, unclipped, dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+, to, near fine.

Kowloon, Hong Kong: Wah Yan College, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As New. pp. 249. 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Appears unread.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Douglas & Mcintyre, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xix, 520. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated paper boards with maroon lettering and illustration to the spine and front board. Black-and-white maps, photograph frontispiece. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in fine, unclipped, original, dustjacket. Association copy SIGNED and inscribed by the author to Ed Schreyer, former Governor General of Canada (1979-1984), and Premier of Manitoba (1969-1977).

Melbourne, Australia: Lothian Books, 2014. First Paperback Printing. Softcover. Unpaginated. Square 8vo. Illusrated covers. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. "Haunting, original and told entirely through exquisitely imagined black, white and sepia pictures, THE ARRIVAL is the story of one man's encounter with life in a strange new world. It's a timeless, universal story that will resonate with anyone, anywhere who has struggled to start again in a place that is different to the one they have always known. Much loved around the world, THE ARRIVAL has also won numerous awards including the CBCA Book of the Year and 'Best Album' at the Augouleme Festival in France."

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 349, [1], + 2 pages of publisher's advertisements. Light gray-green cloth over boards with raised, and blind-stamped lettering to the spine, and front board. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, plus three additional plates as illustrated by Chambers. Spine darkened, light bumping to spine ends, and some edgewear to extremities. Contents remain clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, good+.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 318. 8vo. Bound in original illustrated red cloth over boards, untrimmed page edges, publisher's maroon topstain. Illustrated colour frontispiece by Wallace Morgan. Light rubbing and edgewear to the cloth extremities, neat period ink name to the ffep, else, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1945. Hardcover. pp. 275. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth over boards, gilt rules, lettering and floral decoration to the spine. Light bumping to the spine ends and tips, else, extremities without flaws. Neat ink name to the ffep, otherwise, the text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good and housed in fair dustjacket showning chips and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). Overll, very good-.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013. Hardcover. pp. 771. Thick 8vo. Very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 112. Small 4to. Publisher's tan cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine, and front board. Richly illustrated with many colour photographs, illustrations, photographic reproductions, facsimiles, of the notable Canadian artist. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in good- rubbed dustjacket showing chips, and short closed tears along the eges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover).

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Frye Publishing for The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 241, [102 pages of plates]; 8vo., measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Publisher's green cloth over boards, silver lettering and crest of the regiment emblazoned to the spine, and front board. Facsimile of a dedicatory message from the Prince of Wales, accompanied with a colour portrait of the Prince. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations. Pages 221-240 comprise of a detailed "Roll of Honour" listing in detail the names of service members killed in the line of duty, their dates of death, and the related campaign (e.g.: Nile Campaign, South Africa (1899-1901), World War I & II). Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. Appears unread. Corresponds to OCLC… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Military History Society of Manitoba, 1993. Vol. 1 No. 2. Stapled Wraps. pp. 65. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers bearing the emblem of the Military History Society of Manitoba to the lower front cover. Replete with black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: Ink Inc., 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. As New. pp. 57. Square 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations of the prominent artists' works. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Appears unread; as new. At time of cataloguing not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Legislative Library of Manitoba. Published in conjunction with TRANSFORMATION, an exhibition of the artists' drawings held at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain in St. Boniface, March 2 to April, 2006 on the occasion of the artist's 80th birthday.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 112. Small 4to. Publisher's tan cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine, and front board. Richly illustrated with many colour photographs, illustrations, photographic reproductions, facsimiles, of the notable Canadian artist. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover).

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: INK Inc. | Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 44. Square 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black and white and colour photographs of some of the works of notable Manitoban artist, Tony Tascona. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. "Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre, July 20-Sept. 12, 1999,". Text in French and English. SIGNED boldly by Tascona to the ffep.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Service Battalion Senate, Inc. | Minto Armoury, 2015. First printing. Softcover. As New. pp. xiv, 436. 4to. Replete with many black and white maps, photographs, portraits, photographic reproductions and illustrations. No detectable flaws. Appears unread; as new. At time of cataloguing NOT housed at the Manitoba Legislative Library, Manitoba Archives, Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Manitoba Archives. SIGNED by the author(s) to the title page. "This brief history of combat service support (CSS) in Manitoba-based units is an attempt to capture historical information to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stand-up of the Winnipeg Service Battalion, which took place in 1965 in conjunction with the legislated integration of the Canadian Forces. Part 2 of the history undertakes to tell a story about the evolution of military logistics (combat service support) in Manitoba and Manitoban CSS units overseas, where applicable, from the Riel Rebellion of 1870 and 1885,… Read More