Search Results: Authors starting with T from Cat's Cradle Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Pages have sparse marginalia on a few pages and small amount of notes on rear endpapers. Paper over boards is clean with bright silver lettering on spine. DJ has light edge rubbing and minor shelf wear. ; Analyzes early Christian documents as well as recent archaeological discoveries to paint a picture of the historic Jesus. ; 9.5" tall; 363 pages.

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas, 2010. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear. Literary magazine of prose and poetry. Contributors: Sally Ball, Roy Bentley, Lauren Berry, Ralph Black, Tim Boswell, Arthur Brown, Christopher Buckley, Darin Ciccotelli, Charlie Clark, Britta Coleman, Peter Cooley, Dana Curtis, Philip Dacey, Sharon Dolin, Will Felts, Richard Foerster, Kat Gonso, William Grattan, Benjamin S. Grossberg, K. A. Hays, Rick Joines, Lisa Lewis, Marylee MacDonald, Daiva Markelis, Yona Zeldis McDonough, Robert McGowan, Michael C. Peterson, Tom Pierce, Karin Forfota Poklen, Joanna Rawson, Roger Reeves, Michael Isaac Shokrian, Amber Flora Thomas, Julie Marie Wade, David Wagoner, Gabriel Welsch, Valerie Wohlfeld, Melissa Yancy. ; 9.0" tall; 212 pages.

New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1992. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Pages clean, bright. Wrappers have light handling wear including curling of corner tips. Light soiling to exterior of pages (visible when closed). ; Analysis of the New Testament gospel of Luke. ; 9.0" (21 cm) tall; 246 pages.

New York: Collier Books, 1971. Sixth Printing. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sixth Printing. Mass market paperback with sound binding, clean pages, just off-white. Wrappers have edge wear at top of spine and edge rubbing overall together with light handling wear. ; From the front wrapper: "The bizarre practices of a strange and living cult - from Africa to practices of the present day." ; 7.00" tall; 253 pages.

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1978. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Binding generally sound but several pages have detached but are present. Wrappers have some creasing, overall handling wear. Previous owner's name on ffep. Pages clean, bright. ; Social/cultural history of hymn singing in Victorian Britain. ; 9.0" tall; 209 pages.

Tokyo: The International House of Japan, Inc, 1965. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Kunio Kaji (photographic frontispie. Square with tight binding, clean pages that are a bit age-darkened. Glossy wraps are slightly shelfworn but well preserved. ; Contents: Kenzo Tange, "Urbanization and Japanese Culture"; Howard S. Hibbett, "Japanese Literature and the Western Reader"; Ronald P. Dore, "New Ideas and Old Habits."; 8.25" (21 cm) tall; 49 pages.

Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1977. Hard Cover. Good in Good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author on ffep. Sound binding and hinges. Pages clean, off-white. Minor damage to lower corner tips of pages toward end of book. Lower rear corner of cloth over boards is torn. Otherwise cloth over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has overall general edge wear, shelf wear, several shallow tears on edges at back. ; The second volume in a 4-volume series that will survey the entire period of the state's history. This installment covers a period of unrest and slow progress following the Civil War. ; 9.25" tall; 553 pages; Signed by Author.

New York: New American Library, 1961. Third Edition. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Third Edition. Sound binding. Clean, tan pages. Previous owner's name on ffep. Wrappers are slightly tanned with overall light shelf wear. ; Comprehensive picture of the three centuries between the death of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Roman empire by Augustus. ; 8.0" tall; 372 pages.

Ottawa: Edmond Cloutier, 1946. Soft Cover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Square, sound binding. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wraps have overall shelf wear and edge wear, especially at spine. Canadian governmental report on early Cold War espionage activities. 9.75" (25 cm) tall; 733 pages.

Firenze: G. Barbèra, Editore, 1864. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Very lightly circulated. Book is in the Italian language. Front hinge cracked and repaired with cloth tape; binding and rear hinge sound. Pages clean, tanned. Tasso's portrait on frontispiece (engraving). Cloth over boards is shelf worn and edge worn, especially at corner tips. Spine and joints reinforced with cloth tape, making a sturdy volume. ; Epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581. It tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. ; Ex-Library; 4.5" tall; 659 pages.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Cloth over boards is clean with two small bumps in top edge with tiny bit of torn cloth at the one on back. Paper label on spine is clean. DJ has closed tears, chipping, edge wear, tanning. In mylar sleeve to prevent further degradation. ; Essays on the American poets Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, Ezra Pound, and John Peale Bishop, along with general literary criticism essays on aspects of poetry ; 8.00 in. (20 cm) tall; 240 pages.

Moskva: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1971. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by V. Kul'kov [Kulkov]. Book is in Russian language (kniga po russkii). Exlibrary marks, originally a softcover rebound with laminated wraps over boards. Tight binding and hinges, text pages age-darkened but clean. Illustrated with black and white woodcut-style prints. Collection of Soviet author's poems. Ex-Library; 6.5" (16.5 cm) tall; 175 pages.

Paris: YMCA-Press, 1972. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Russian language. Exlibrary markings. Originally a soft cover, rebound in boards as a hardcover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright text pages. Exterior has general shelf wear. Essays and poetry by Russian emigré author Nikolai Tatishchev. Ex-Library; 8.5" (21.5 cm) tall; 225 pages.

New York: Exposition Press, 1951. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Square with bumped corners, tight binding and hinges, bright pages, edgewear to cloth over boards. Front and rear DJ flaps have been tipped in on front endpapers. Text pages clean, age-darkened. 205 pp. Book analyzes the causes and consequences of changing political allegiances of American black voters in national elections between the WWI Great Migration and the outbreak of WWII. Written before the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, at a time when many blacks were still shut out of the electoral process in some states. Notes, bibliography. Ex-Library; 8.75" (21.5 cm) tall; 205 pages.

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil: N.p., 1972. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Signed by author on half title page. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wraps have overal light handling wear, closed tear at bottom of front. ; Study of the presence of the Virgin Mary in Brazilian legend and poetry. ; 9.0" tall; 132 pages; Signed by Author.

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Ink marks on ffep, else clean and bright pages. DJ has light shelf wear, edge rubbing. ; History of Catholic devotional literature in the United States during the 19th century. 9.0" tall; 197 pages.

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has very light edge rubbing. ; Examines indigenous beliefs in colonial Mexico as influencing and resisting Christian practice over three centuries. ; 9.25" tall; 384 pages.

Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1961. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the German language. Sound binding. Off-white, clean text pages. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Literary critique on the use of words, symbols and numbers in the Tristan romance written in 1210 by Gottfried von Strassburg. Philologische Studien Und Quellen, 8; Vol. 8; 8.75" (21 cm) tall; 237 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards has slight edge rubbing. DJ has edge rubbing, shallow closed tear at top, front flap. ; History of relations between Native Americans and Euro-Americans in the late 18th century. 9.5" tall; 560 pages.

Nashville, Tennessee: Taylor-Trotwood Publishing Co, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Light reading wear throughout, including small amount of writing at top of first page of text. Pages tanned. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners, overall soiling, and wear to the paper illustration of the author on front. ; Anthology of lectures, speeches, and writings by Robert Love "Bob" Taylor (1850-1912), Tennessee-born politician, writer, and lecturer. 9.5" tall; 384 pages.