Search Results: Titles starting with T from Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints

Copper-engraved map, hand-colored, with colored pictorial cartouche & two small city views. 57x48.7 cm (22½x19¼"). Some soiling mainly in margins, pencil inscription in top margin; otherwise very good plus, a bright impression. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was considered the father of German mapmaking, and in 1715 was actually appointed the Geographer to the Emperor. He founded his mapmaking business in 1702, and he would produce several major atlases between 1707 and 1716. Striking map of the Champagne region in France, with the towns of Compiegne, Menziere and Reims in the north to Sens, Troyes and Langres in the south. There are two town views, of Troyes and Reims, along with a decorative cartouche featuring two satyrs imbibing in champagne. Van De Gohm: Antique Maps. Bagrow: History of Cartography

24mo, illustrated blue grey cloth, illustrated endpapers, covers, illustrated, 85 pp. Disbound copy, spine gone, covers detached, normal aging. This is an early American printing of the work, and despite the weak condition of the book, all pages and illustrations are present. Illustrations are rather charming.

4to, red cloth with illustration, title on spine, illustrated, 190 pp. Binding a little loose and worn around spine and edges, front endpaper with a tear and some ink marks, normal aging; otherwise very good. This book is wonderfully illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. There are numerous full-page color illustrations to illustrate the text, and the final page has a colorful children's map of Holland.

Small 8vo (6x3 3/4), modern half cloth and boards with original spine cloth and leather label, illustrated, 162pp. Some internal soiling and mild darkening, but very good overall. While the author mentioned on the title page is Solomon Bell, that name was a pseudonym for William Snelling. Snelling (1804-1848) was actually a frontiersman that followed his father out west and lived with the Dakota Indians, and became something of an expert on western Indian tribes. He even fought in a campaign against the Winnebago in 1827. When he returned east he did a lot of writing, and became a prominent reformer and social satirist. After recovering from a serious drinking problem, he became the editor for the Boston Herald the year before his death. This work is considered the first American juvenile book on the Trans Mississippi region. It appears likely that some of the material in this work was adapted from his book Tales of the Northwest, which was also published in 1830. This book is a charming little work… Read More

8vo, leather spine & tips with marbeled boards, 180 pp. Binding quite worn, extremities chipped (one corner missing a small piece), hinges weak and rubbed, rubber library stamp on title and rear endpaper, Strand Bookshop label of front pastedown, paper label on spine, contents, foxed, and with a little staining. This work contains a list of tariffs on everything from acorns to zinc. It also provides a discussion of all the provisions of the New Tariff Law. One really interesting part of this work relates to information on the mode of doing business at the Custom House for the Port of New York. It outlines the rules and regulations for bring goods into the United States.

Comic book, illustrated, some ads. Very slight edgewear, normal aging and browning; otherwise excellent. Tarzan had a long history in published stories, his comic book debit was in 1948.

Comic book, illustrated, some ads. Some edgewear, child's ink tracing on ftont cover,normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. Tarzan had a long history in published stories, his comic book debit was in 1948.

8vo, paper covers, illustrated, 141 pp. Crude repairs to front cover and spine, missing pieces, first two pages are partial, missing sections, paper browned and brittle; pages 3-141 and color plates in pretty good shape; overall about fair. Somewhat scarce German handbook to help their military identify American weapons and military rank. Includes three color plates illustrating American insignias and uniforms.

Square 8vo, original lettered cloth, illustrated, 375 pp. Some chips, and small tears on top and bottom of spine, a little edgewear, slight split in binding in the middle of the text, but not significant, and nor does it affect the spine, a little aging and toning; otherwise very good. A somewhat scarce title featuring the original "Tea Party." The book presents a fully illustrated and detailed account of the implications of the dumping of tea in December 1773 into the Boston harbor. The material for this work was taken from the original documents of one of the key events leading up to the Revolutionary War.

Pamphlet, 8vo, illustrated, 72, [11 book ads] pp. Lacks front wrapper, but otherwise complete, title soiled a bit with a few chips or tears at the extremities, not affecting text, contents page creased, some corners with folds and small tears, normal aging; quite good internally. Early, and somewhat scarce dental title, which was probably first published in 1847. Burdell covers everything from the role of temporary teeth to the effects of artificial food. This work provides a very useful picture of the state of dentistry in the mid 19th century, which includes 44 nicely done illustrations. The last 11 pages are a catalogue of medical books for sale on phrenology, hydropathy, physiology, and psychology. #100968

Original illustrated wrappers, tall 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 3/4), includes 12 full page illustrations in addition to wrapper illustrations. Notes and musical score on inside covers. Wrappers are chipped, and there are a cople of pieces missing from the top of the back cover, but don't appear to be affecting text. Spine is split but holding, thanks to tape spine; some minor soiling. The song 'Ten Little Niggers' emerged from the minstrel shows in the South shortly after the Civil War.These shows became increasingly racist as time went on. They were known as Jim Crow shows and then became coon shows. While 'Ten Little Niggers' would appear in Children's nursery rhyme books, there real purpose was to present blacks in demeaning ways. Tffany M.B. Anderson: "Ten Little Niggers": The Making of a Black Man's Consciousness.

5th Printing. 8vo, cloth with title on spine and top cover, no dust jacket, illustrated, 390 pp. Amherst College bookplate inside front cover, slight wear, normal aging; otherwise very good. The book includes Illustrations of John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Peter Jackson and Jim Jeffries. There are also some really interesting fight scenes including Sullivan & Corbett, Jeffries & Johnson, Willard & Johnson, and Tunney & Dempsey. The book also provides coverage of the lighter weight divisions.

Large (26 1/2" x 16 1/2") lightly colored map, map title on map, no date or publication location listed on the map, about half inch margins, center fold. Some browning and aging, a little bleeding as a result of map fold, just a little darkening at center fold (not particularly noticeable), slight finger soiling, a couple of modest tape repairs on reverse; impression fairly clean. This is a rather scarce map from a scarce atlas (Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey 1776-1876). It was published during the American Centennial, and illustrates streets and estates of Tenafly in the last quarter of the 19th century. Will require extra postage.

8vo, paperback, printed wrappers, illustrated, 1198 items listed. Slight edgewear, slight impression on back cover from possible mailing label; otherwise very good plus. Wonderful listing of Texas books, including some excellent bibliographical notes.

Pamphlet, Illustrations from photographs. 16x11 cm (6¾x4½"), original pictorial wrappers, 32 pp. Light wear, a little staining, foxing; normal aging for this kind of paper, very good. George was convicted of murder in 1884 and was sentenced to be hanged, but was ''respited'' by Governor John Ireland who later commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in Huntsville (where John Wesley Hardin was also serving time). George was eventually exonerated and fully pardoned by Governor Sul Ross when a fellow prisoner confessed to the murder. The front cover shows a gallows, and the back cover features an illustration of a prisoner, presumably George, in striped prison garb. Adams, Six-Guns 822.

Tenth Edition. Large thick 8vo, cloth, gilt title on spine, illustrated, 1327, [16] pp. One page sprung and loose, some chipping and browning to top margin, normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. A general, but very comprehensive medical text. Covers everything from the plague to tuberculosis.

Sheet music, square 4to (9" x 11"), illustrated color cover with title, 6 pp. Some slight edge wear and spine tear that goes up about 1/3 of the way, a couple of minor margin tears, normal aging; other wise very good. While the words and music for the song were done by Billy Rose and Ray Henderson, it was published and copyrighted by Irving Berlin. This is probably one of the most well known Barbershop tunes of the era.

8" x 11" folding brochure fully illustrated, 8 pp. Pages are finely wrapped in a plastic film to protect pages, some creasing, front cover with browning and wear, with small holes, and a little loss, normal aging; fair overall. This is a souvenir guide book ftom the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Contains the history of Chevrolet production.

Pamphlet, 8vo, printed paper covers, stitched, 64 pp. Covers do not totally cover pages, some nicks and chips to page edges, a little creasing, some staining soiling, and aging; otherwise very good. Despite the religious nature of The Missionary Herald, reports from its various missions have become important historical and anthropological documents. This issue (Vol. XLVIII. No.2) includes articles on Constantinople, Bombay, and Adabazar.

12mo (7 x 4 1/2), original printed and illustrated boards, with leather spine with gilt lettering, illustrated, 396 pp. plus ads. Binding worn and a bit faded, top cover detached, extremities worn and rubbed, spine is split, which makes the book almost two parts, pagination appears complete, but could be lacking frontispiece or front endpaper, contents a bit aged, foxed and browned. The register was first published in 1830, which makes this the third installment, and includes useful information about manufacturing, banking, schools, post offices, courts and newspapers. There is even a list of lawyers and clergymen, and the book comes with its own almanac. This edition also contains several illustrations, including a full page engraving of an early railroad train.