Search Results: Titles starting with T from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

New York: The York Music Co., 1908 First edition. Folio. Original publisher's wrappers, lettered in black with illustrations and decorations in blue and black to front cover. A few small spots of foxing, lower wrappers a bit worn and chipped with some loss to the corners. A very good copy. On a train ride to New York City, Jack Norworth penned in 15 minutes what would become the classic baseball song, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Norworth's scrap lyrics were provided to composer Albert Von Tilzer, who composed the music and the song was subsequently published by York Music Company. The song was first played at a high school ballgame in Los Angeles in 1934, and by the end of 1934, it was played during the fourth game of the 1934 World Series. Today, the song is sung during the seventh stretch in every American ballpark. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good.

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906 First edition. 16mo. With a color frontispiece and 26 color plates by Beatrix Potter. Publisher's red paper-covered boards with illustrated circular paper onlay to front board, lettered in white. An excellent copy with a touch of wear to the upper spine and some very mild rubbing to the extremities, else fine; in the extremely scarce printed glassine dust jacket with some chipping and loss to the spine and at folds, otherwise a nice example. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a children's book by Beatrix Potter about a frog who endeavors to fish for minnows, so he can host a dinner party for his friends. Though he goes to his usual spot, Jeremy encounters a host of obstacles, including a rat hiding nearby, a stickleback fish who pricks his fingers, and a trout who nearly eats him. Notably, the book features Potter's detailed and charming botanical illustrations, which were inspired by those of the noted naturalist illustrator Randolph Caldecott..… Read More

Illinois: Sports Publishing Inc., 2000 Foreword by Vin Scully. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Carl Erskine on title page: To Ted - / Best personal regards. / Carl Erskine #17 / 7/18/2000". Publisher's black boards with titles in gilt to spine; original dust jacket with wraparound Dodger team photo, design by Julie L. Denzer. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket with just a touch of soiling to underside of spine. Overall, a sharp and excellent copy. In Tales from the Dodger Dugout, Carl Erskine relays anecdotes about the legendary "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn Dodgers team of the mid-50s, which included such baseball greats as Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snyder, and Roy Campanella. Erskine, a great pitcher and key piece of the team, played his entire career with the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers (1948-1959). He set a World Series record in 1953 with 14 strikeouts in Game 3 against the Yankees and won a World Series against them in 1955. . Signed. First Edition. Hard… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 Four volumes. First edition, first issue lacking signature on dedication leaf in Volume I, with the misspelling of "Wichtcraft" in Volume II on page 52, and page 348 misnumbered in Volume IV as 438. One of 10,000 copies (total print run of all three issues.) Half-titles present. Set finely bound by Morrell, tan speckled boards with decorative gilt borders, four raised bands to spines, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, brown labels, all edges gilt, gilt decorative turn-ins, blue-green endpapers. Near fine set with some toning to spines, light spotting to some pages, offsetting to edges of front and rear free endpapers, small nick to bottom edge of Volume II text block, and a hint of wear to gilt on Volume III spine. An attractive and fresh set. Todd & Bowden 122Aa. These four volumes comprise the second installment of the Tales of My Landlord series, a subset of Scott's Waverley novels. The series, intended to… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 Four volumes. First edition, first issue lacking signature on dedication leaf in volume I, with the misspelling of "Wichtcraft" in volume II on page 52, and page 348 misnumbered in volume IV as 438. One of 10,000 copies (total print run of all three issues.) Half-titles present. Bound in the original publisher's blue paper-backed boards, printed spine labels. Some wear and rubbing to the extremities, upper spines chipped, former owner signature to front covers and "1818" notation to spine of volume I. Boards of volume I cracked and holding. A completely unsophisticated copy, free of any repairs or restoration. Very scarce in the original publisher's boards. Housed in a red folding box. Todd & Bowden 122Aa. These four volumes comprise the second installment of the Tales of My Landlord series, a subset of Scott's Waverley novels. The series, intended to highlight life in different Scottish regions, was… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, 1816 Four volumes. First edition, first printing, bound with the half-titles. Finely bound by Carss of Glasgow in contemporary three-quarter tan calf and spotted tan paper boards, spines stamped in gilt, red and blue marbled text block edges, plain white endpapers. Very good with some toning to extremities, light edgewear, a bit of cracking to spine surfaces, slightly tender joints (particularly front joint of Volume I), light rubbing to boards, minor fading to text block edges, some offsetting to endpapers, contemporary ownership bookplates to front pastedowns, and a scratch to spine of Volume IV. Overall, a solid set with clean and tight interiors. Todd & Bowden 98Aa. These four volumes comprise the first installment of the Tales of My Landlord series, a subset of Scott's Waverley novels. The series, intended to highlight life in different Scottish regions, was published under Scott's pseudonym Jedediah Cleishbotham the "Schoolmaster… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1898 First edition, first issue, in earliest binding with top edge gilt and untrimmed edges. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's dark green cloth, with spine stamped in gilt. Very good, with light rubbing to boards, mild bubbling to cloth on front board, light wear to spine ends and board corners, a few small nicks to cloth, light pencil marks to front endpapers, and a touch of toning to edges of pages. Overall, a pleasing copy of Conrad's first collection of short stories. Housed in a custom green slipcase. Wise 6. Tales of Unrest is a collection of five of Conrad's early short stories: "Karain: A Memory," "The Idiots," "An Outpost of Progress," "The Return," and "The Lagoon." All of the stories were previously published in magazines, except for "The Return," which makes its debut in this collection. "The Idiots" is Conrad's first ever published story, appearing in The Savoy in 1896. "The Outpost of Progress" is recognized as a harbinger to Conrad's masterpiece, Heart of… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922 First edition, with "and" on p. 232, line 6 (priority undetermined). One of 8,000 copies. Original publisher's dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover stamped in blind. Very good, with light foxing to front board, light wear to spine ends, some light spotting and offsetting to endpapers, and small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Overall, a great copy. Bruccoli A9.I.a. Tales of the Jazz Age is Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, published shortly after his second novel The Beautiful and the Damned; as per Scribner's sales tactics, each collection of short stories was scheduled to follow the publication of a novel, with the goal of the short story collection to feed off of the popularity of its companion novel. Tales of the Jazz Age includes some of the author's most well-known short stories, organized thematically into three sections: "My Last Flappers," "Fantasies," and… Read More

New York: Printed by the Order of the Council, 1858 Hand-colored Lithograph, 4 x 6.55 inches. Lithographed by George Hayward at 120 Water Street, New York. From David Thomas Valentine's Manual for the Corporation of the City of New York (New York: Printed by the Order of the Council, 1858). Image depicts the Tammany Society's headquarters on East 14th Street in New York City, with pedestrian figures on the neighboring street. A fine copy, with a minor pinhole to the left half of the upper margin, else fine. Cream mat with a metallic silver frame. Tammany Hall, 1830 is an illustrated plate from the 1858 issue of the serial publication Manual for the Corporation of the City of New York, published 1841-1870, one of the first illustrated histories and first comprehensive portraits of New York City. Issued annually, each volume contained important primary documents that provide insight into New York in the mid-19th century. Specifically, one can find information relating to: government offices,… Read More

Boston: Ticknor Reed & Fields, 1853 Illustrated by Hammatt Billings, with a frontispiece and six plates. First edition, first printing, without the Geo. C. Rand imprint on the copyright page, without the publisher's advertisements. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hawthorne to his close friend Henry Bright on front free endpaper: "Mr. H. A. Bright. / With the author's regards." Publisher's bright blue cloth, with boards decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, pale-yellow coated endpapers. Near fine, with light soiling to cloth, light rubbing to spine ends, bright gilt, corners slightly bumped, light soiling to endpapers, bookplates of Henry A. Bright and modern owner to front pastedown, and a small spot of soiling to p. 44 and a few surrounding pages. A tight and attractive unsophisticated copy. The only other inscribed copy of this title that we have seen was one we handled from a private collection that we then sold in 2016. Housed in a custom blue… Read More

Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1947 Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth, lettered in brown; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with Burroughs' illustration of Tarzan holding a spear to the front panel, lettered in red and black. Near fine, with light rubbing to spine ends and bottom edges of boards, and a hint of staining to front free endpaper; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light rubbing and light dampstaining to front panel, and a little restoration to corners and lower front panel. Overall, a bright and attractive copy. The last new work to be published during the author's lifetime, Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion" is the twenty-second novel in Burroughs' adventure series featuring Tarzan, a semi-wild Englishman who was raised by and lives among the apes of the jungles of central Africa. In this novel, Tarzan, now a member of the R.A.F. during WWII, fights as part of the international Allied… Read More

1959 - 1960 Six telegrams written by Hemingway to friends Hotchner and Davis, from Málaga and Havana. Near fine, with light creasing and toning, and some minor notes in pencil. Overall, a wonderful, kaleidoscopic archive that captures the final years of Hemingway. Housed in a custom maroon clamshell box, with spine lettered in gilt. In this small archive of telegrams, Ernest Hemingway writes to his rich American expatriate friend, Nathan William (“Bill”) Davis, and friend and editor A. E. Hotchner. In the summer of 1959, Ernest and Mary Hemingway stayed at Bill and Annie Davis’ home, “La Consula,” in Málaga while Ernest gathered materials for a Life magazine piece on a bullfighting rivalry between two brothers, Luis Miguel Dominguín and Antonio Ordóñez. Eventually, the piece ballooned to more than 100,000 words, and Hemingway enlisted the help of A. E. Hotchner to pare it down. Titled “The Dangerous Summer,” the piece was released… Read More

New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1934 Illustrations by Edward Shenton. First edition, first printing, with Scribner's "A" present on copyright page (later printings omitted this publisher's code). Publisher's dark green cloth, ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Very good, with light staining to front board and fore edge of text block, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, a touch of toning to spine, mild dimming to gilt, slight lean to spine, and a tear to p. 405. Overall, a sturdy and clean copy. Bruccoli A14.I.a. Tender is the Night is Fitzgerald's last completed novel, based on the lives of American expatriates living in Paris and the French Riviera. The book, a complicated tale of love and lust, gives readers a glimpse into the characters' stories through a series of flashbacks scattered throughout the chronological plotline. Like many of Fitzgerald's works, Tender is the Night is semi-autobiographical in nature, with the author's friends… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920 First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 copies. Publisher's original blue-green cloth binding, front board lettering stamped in blind, spine lettering stamped in gilt. About near fine, with some faint soiling to boards, bright gilt, light offsetting to endpapers, and previous owner's stamp to half-title page. Overall, a very bright and attractive copy. Bruccoli A5.1.a. This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald's first novel, based on the author's undergraduate experience at Princeton University and courting of his future wife Zelda Sayre. In this novel, Fitzgerald explores the theme of the "Lost Generation," or the generation whose adolescence coincided with World War I and who faced the radically different post-war world with feelings of dejection and a jaded sense of morality. He would continue to explore this theme in later novels, including The Beautiful and Damned (1922) and The Great Gatsby (1925). The layout of the… Read More

New York: Targ Editions, 1981 Limited first edition, first printing. One of 250 copies signed by Asimov on the limitation page, this being number 11. Publisher's Belgian linen over flexible boards, with blue titles label to front board, blue decorated endpapers, and J. Barcham Greene's handmade paper; in its original onion skin dust jacket. About fine book, with just few light spots of staining to boards; very good dust jacket, with light edgewear, a small chip to foot of spine, a small hole to bottom left of front panel, slightly nicked corners, and some light toning. Overall, a very handsome signed copy. This collection includes three science fiction stories previously published in magazines by Asimov: "The Last Answer," "True Love," and "Fair Exchange?" In these tales, a dead man meets a god-like entity called the Voice, a man uses an advanced computer program to find a romantic partner, and a Gilbert and Sullivan aficionado travels back in time to recover… Read More

1957 - 1959, 1926 Three telegrams from Ernest Hemingway to his fourth wife, Mary, and one telegram from Mary to Ernest. Very good, with some small creases and tears, light soiling, markings in pen and pencil, and old tape to paper strips on Sept. 26, 1959 telegram. Overall, an excellent little trove of Hemingway’s telegrams. Housed in a custom navy clamshell box, with spine lettered in gilt, and a navy folder. These telegrams were written by Hemingway to his fourth and final wife, Mary, just two years before he committed suicide in 1961. In the telegrams, he checks in with his wife from Paris, Málaga, and Havana, and signs them affectionately, as “Papa” and “Big Kitten.” In the longest telegram (~30 words), Hemingway mentions Chuck Atkinson, his longtime friend from Idaho, who was with Hemingway the day before he died. Ernest and Mary were married from 1946 until Ernest’s death in 1961. After his death, Mary became his literary executor and was responsible for… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1922 London: Macmillan and Co., 1922 [originally published in 1872]. With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. Later printing ("Sixty-Seventh Thousand"). Publisher's red cloth, borders of front and rear boards triple-ruled in gilt, boards illustrated with the Queens in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, and all edges gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine and right side of front board, light offsetting and spotting to endpapers, small tear to surface of front pastedown, and contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Overall, a tight and lovely copy. Through the Looking-Glass is Lewis Carroll's sequel to his popular children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). In this story, which represents the child protagonist's journey from adolescence to adulthood, Alice ventures into a fantasy world through the mirror above her fireplace. Throughout the novel, Carroll includes nonsense poetry, including the playful and popular… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1890 First English edition. Three volumes. One of 500 copies. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. About near fine, with some light wear to the extremities, bright gilt, former owner's inscription to the front pastedowns, scattered spotting, otherwise bright and fresh pages, upper covers have evidence of bookplate removal, spines slightly starting at front hinge of Volume I, otherwise sturdy and intact spines. Overall, bright and attractive, in unsophisticated original cloth. Edel & Laurence A34b. Originally published serially in seventeen installments in the Atlantic Monthly from January 1889-May 1890, The Tragic Muse was Henry James' longest novel to date. The plot tells of two aspiring artists, painter Nick Dormer and actress Miriam Rooth, who endeavor to find both artistic and commercial success. The large cast of characters that encounter Nick and Miriam throughout the text comprise a panoramic view of nineteenth… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1894, 1895, 1890 First English edition. One of 500 copies. Three volumes, original publisher's blue cloth. Louis Auchincloss's copy bearing his bookplate to each volume. An additional former owner bookplate to the front pastedowns of each volume, some wear with fraying to spine ends and corners, short tears along spine, hinges cracked and secure. A good, completely unrestored set, housed in a custom cloth box with folding chemise. Edel & Laurence A34b. Auchincloss's writing embodied the old New York traditions of Henry James and Edith Wharton. Auchincloss wrote in his 1977 novel, The Dark Lady: "...Do you know Henry James's The Tragic Muse? It's the best novel written about an actress. A rising young diplomat asks the heroine to give up her career to become his wife and a future ambassadress...Ah how James saw it, the idiocy of any man's thinking that a real actress could even consider balancing love against the stage!" Originally… Read More

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1880 First edition, first state, with the "Moses" frontispiece. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, brown speckled edges, pale peach endpapers. A very good or better copy with some light wear to the spine ends, spine lightly faded, corners lightly worn, spine shaken and hinges tender. An attractive example of the first state. BAL 3386. A Tramp Abroad is Twain's third travel book, which he said was "written by one loafer for a brother loafer to read" (The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain). Specifically, it tells the story of the author's adventures through the Alps with his fictional friend Harris. A combination of fiction and autobiography, the plot is based on Twain's summers in Europe with his family and especially his tours of the Black Forest and Switzerland with Joseph Twichell, who served as the inspiration for Harris.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.