Search Results: Authors starting with T from Argonaut Book Shop

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953 First edition. xvii, [5], 400pp. 72 pages of photographic illustrations, sources and notes, index. Cloth. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (head of spine chipped with small piece lacking). A wide-ranging and scholarly survey of the original art of the West including sketches, water-colors, engravings, lithographs, and oil paintings that have historical significance. The author's sources and notes covers nearly 150 pages. One of the key references for western art and artists, quoted often..

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922 First edition. Signed by the author. 12mo. [8], 70 pp. Original light green boards, printed paper labels on spine and front cover. Spine and extremities darkened, some dampstaining to covers, spine ends and cover extremities rubbed, lower corners showing. Overall, a good copy of this delicate binding, internally fine. Taggard's first book. .

London: Hamlyn, 1972 Revised edition. 4to. Illustrated with numerous color and black & white photos. A fine copy in lightly worn dust jacket. An overview of European porcelian work..

Tokyo: Agricultural Policy Research Center, 1979 First edition.Tall octavo. A fine copy with slightly worn dust jacket. A study of Japanese economics..

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1968 Second printing. 4to. 206 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings (many in color); bibliography and index. Original cloth. A fine copy in spine-faded and slightly torn pictorial dust jacket. A history and description of traditional Southwestern Indian arts. The sections are divided into types (baskets, textiles, pottery, silver and jewelry, kachina dolls and carving), within which is described each tribe's contribution to the craft. Numerous illustrations provide examples..

New York: Viking Studio Books, 1990 Oblong quarto. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Cream cloth with pink printing on spine and cover. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped, else a fine copy in dust jacket. A study of different gardening styles in different areas of the United States..

Los Angeles: Quivira Society, 1931 First edition. Number 661 of 665 copies. Volume II of the Quivira Society series. Translated, with Introduction and Notes by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Pp. xii, 298. Facsimiles, maps, plates. Notes, index. Simulated white parchment backstrip, brown boards with gilt cover vignette. One lower corner just showing, but an exceptional copy still in its plain paper dust jacket. The first-hand account of the Indian troubles that rocked the Jesuit missions and Spanish authorities in Baja California between 1730 and 1740. Father Taraval (1700-1767) was a Milanese-born Jesuit who served in the missions of Baja California from 1730 to 1751. His previously unpublished journal details a turbulent episode of Indian raids and attacks on the missions and the Spanish military response to the Indian uprising. [Wagner, Spanish Southwest: 124, note]..

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927 First edition. Black cloth with paper labels to front and spine. Spine faded and ends slightly rubbed, else a fine copy..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1961 Illustrated and decorated by T.M. Cleland. Preface by J. Donald Adams. Maroon cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Spine slightly faded and foot of spine slightly bumped, else a fine copy in slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Cleland, T.M..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1961 Illustrated and decorated by T.M. Cleland. Preface by J. Donald Adams. White and blue marbled boards with gray cloth spine. Spine slightly faded with a bit of minor foxing, else a fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase slightly faded. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Cleland, T.M..

Sudbury, Mass.: Tatsch Associates, 1973 First edition. vii, [1], 264pp. Chapter bibliographies and index. Dark blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy. . "An analysis of how the Earth's mineral deposits have become concentrated in local, regional, and global patterns ..." The author surveys global mineral deposits, discusses the tectonosphere, the behavior of the earth since its formation, intrusive and extrusive activity, and formation of minerals from the ancient period to the present. Radical concepts. Privately published..

New York: Arco Publishing, Inc., 1968 First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs in both black & white and color. 1/2 inch tear to upper front edge, upper front corner chipped. A very good copy. An overview of modern military jet use..

New York: HarperCollins, 1991 First edition. Cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettering to spine. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1975 Limited to 400 copies printed by The Cranium Press. Reprint of the 1856 edition. Introduction by Sister Mary Dominic Ray. [6], xii, [4], 34pp. Text illustrations, bibliography. Leather-backed decorated boards, gilt-lettered spine. A very fine, uncut copy with printed dust jacket (jacket slightly discolored from leather spine, as usual). A collection of songs as sung throughout California by Taylor's troupe. The introduction is by Sister Mary Dominic Ray, the founder and director of the American Music Research Center at Dominican College, San Rafael, California..

San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Exposition; published by The Crocker Company, 1939 First edition, first issue. Large folding map in color. 16 x 19¼ inches. Printed in dark blue, yellow, green, orange, brown, pink, and purple. Minor creases where folded. A very fine copy. Scarce. Originally folded and bound with the Official Guide Book to the Exposition. This wonderful Art Deco style map shows the entire island and all the buildings and exhibits (keyed by number or letter), with a portion of San Francisco in the foreground and the East Bay in the background. The verso of the cartograph shows detailed sections of the island and its exhibits, printed in blue..

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964 First edition. 4, 428pp. Map ends, bibliography. Two tone black and tan cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. An historical novel about the Mexican War by the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. The Shelby brothers, one 14 years old, run away from home to enlist in the U.S. Army of 1846..

New York: Carlton & Porter, 1861 Twenty-first thousand. 348pp. + 4 pages of advertising. Sixteen engravings. Very minor damp stain along extreme upper edge of pages through most of the book. Minimal foxing throughout. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Covers rubbed. A very good copy. An excellent account of life just after the Gold Rush. Includes quite a bit on missionary life, as well as sections on social life, hospitals, life among the miners, the extent and resources of California, etc..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975 First edition. 244pp. Notes; bibliography; index. Orange cloth with black lettering on spine. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Card indicating that this was an advance review copy laid in. .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975 First edition. Black & white illustrations, map endpapers. Purple cloth, lettered in silver. A fine copy in dust jacket. Jacket is lightly soiled, faded at spine and has a small teare at the head of spine. A chronicle of China's urban development..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1956 Introduction by Laura Benet. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Pictorial green cloth with black cloth spine, lettered in gilt. Spine slightly faded, else a fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase faded with some light wear. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Ardizzone, Edward.