Search Results: Titles starting with T from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a five-star seller, presents an early reprint, Revised by the Author, of THADDEUS OF WARSAW by Miss Jane Porter. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1875. 517 pages, 5" x 7 5/8", no dust jacket. Pages moderately yellowed, yet very sharp, square and tight. Title page has shadow reproduced illustration appearing on previous fep. Cover has deep red cloth boards, with complex embossed black designs on front, gold gilt particulars on spine. Bottom cover edges slightly rubbed, corners slightly rubbed. Overall book = Very Good.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents TIME, part of the Life Science Library: 200 page hard cover, 8 1/2" x 11". FINE condition. Printed in the year of the First American edition, though no documentation of edition present. Made up of text chapters, with marginal illustrations on specific points, along with picture essays (both b/w and color). The glossary defines the essential terms for the subject. Overall condition is FINE, with slight rubbing to the edges of cover and slight dulling to pages. No dust jacket, perhaps as designed.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a 5-star seller, presents the stated "authorized" First Edition of Warner Bros. Cartoons' TWEETY. Racine: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (a Whitman Tell-a-Tale book). 4 7/8" x 5 5/8" with no jacket as published, unpaginated (@ 25 pages). NEAR FINE: Cover corners crimped slightly, else tight, sharp, not tanned. Noted appraiser James Beattie has valued this copy at $60.00.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents "TWO NOBLE LIVES, Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe, by their Daughter, Laura E. Richards." Boston: Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1911. FIRST EDITION of book as revised from 1901. MYSTERY SIGNATURE on title page. 5
3/16" x 7 7/16", 76 pages. Overall book = Very Good. No jacket. Not ex-library. Pages = Very Good: Previous owner's name both written and stamped on fep's and reverse covers, no marks on any text, tight, slightly tanned, mystery signature on title page (neither the author, nor either subject), Photogravure of SG Howe together with typed signature opposite title page. Cover (blue navy cloth boards with gold gilt particulars on front together with photogravures of the 2 subjects, no particulars on spine or back, tight, clear. Samuel Gridley Howe was the founder in 1829 of the Perkins School for the Blind. NOTED APPRAISER JAMES BEATTIE has ascribed a value to this copy of $75.00

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents TWO ROYAL LIVES, two short biographical histories placed in a special decorative binding, and presented as a prize to a worthy student at Crondall School, Near Farnham, Surrey, England. The endpapers and all page edges have elaborate marbled designs; the paper is thick and glossy. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4"; the first biography (QUEEN VICTORIA) has 144 pages, the second (WILLIAM I, GERMAN EMPORER) has 127 pages; @25 full-page b/w illustrations. No dust jacket as designed. Overall condition = Very Good Plus. Cover has 1/4 bound dark red boards containing the school crest with: "Crondall School…….Nr Farnham, Surrey." A ONE-OF-A-KIND, RICHLY BOUND British School Prize book. Noted appraiser James Beattie has placed a value of $40.00 on this book.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of TACEY CROMWELL by CONRAD RICHTER, along with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED JACKET. Very Good Plus/Very Good, this book "...of the southwest and of Southwesterners..." measures 5 1/2" x 7 3/4", with 208 pages. FIRST EDITION STATED, first printing thus, the book is Very Good Plus (nameplate and some marks on reverse front cover and first frontispiece, moderate aging of pages, no internal marks, no chips or tears), while Original Dust Jacket is Very Good (all edges reinforced with black tape, small tear and small scratch on front, else entire and colorful). Noted appraiser JAMES BEATTIE gives this book a value of $40.00.

New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1953. Third printing per number line. Hardcover. Good +/n/a. Lisl Weil. New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1953. Third printing per number line. Good +/n/a. Lisl Weil. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a rare find in juvenile literature--THREE BIRTHDAY WISHES by RUTH LANGLAND HOLBERG. Never reprinted after mid 50's, this is a FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. Ruth Langland Holberg was the author of many children's books and 2 very successful cook books. Prior to his death, the author's husband illustrated all her books. For this book, she was lucky to engage LISL WEIL, a well-known children's author in her own right. Ms Weil traveled to Cape Ann to get the drawings just right. DJ flaps are well preserved as lay ins. Former Library book, with marks on spine, first ffep and title page for that purpose. No marks internally, binding tight, cover corners + top/bottom spine frayed, front/back cover rubbed but… Read More

HATFIELD BOOK AND MEMORABILIA, a five-star seller, presents THREE SCHOOL CHUMS (the first book in The Teddy Lester series). London: Latimer House. This copy states: "First Published in this edition 1949." With ORIGINAL UNCUT DUST JACKET (price = 6s). VERY GOOD PLUS/GOOD. The book was originally published by W & R Chambers in 1907. Pages = Near Fine: slightly tanned, original Johannesburg bookseller label on reverse front cover, no other marks, couple of light foxing marks on edges, else tight, clear print with sharp corners. Cover (orange cloth boards with black particulars on spine only) = Very Good: moderately worn and dirty, slightly bent corners, else tight, clear. Original Dust Jacket (6 color illustration fo 4 boys playing cricket on a green field with a large crowd cheering them on) = Good: two 3-inch tears bottom of front, chipping to top and bottom of spine, yet whole, colorful, clear

New York: Random House, 1971. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION STATED. Hardcover. Good +. Peggy Fortnum. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY COLLECTIBLE, HARD TO FIND book: THURSDAY'S CHILD. NOEL STREATFEILD wrote a number of children's books, including THE CIRCUS IS COMING, for which she won the third annual Carnegie Medal. PEGGY FORTNUM has illustrated nearly 80 books (she was 96 as of 2015), including the world famous creation, "PADDINGTON BEAR." The book is about a foundling named 'Margaret Thursday.' "I'm not properly an orphan. I was found on a Thursday on the church steps, with three of everything, all of the very best quality." Margaret is determined to make her way in the world and become famous. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION STATED, 5 5/8" x 8 3/8", with 275 pages, and a school created dust jacket out of manilla paper. The novel was adapted for television as a six-part BBC series broadcast 1972–1973.This is a former library book, with expected markings of same on… Read More

Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1959. FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS. AS NEW/VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TICKET TO THE CIRCUS, the stupendous story of the incredible RINGLINGS in all its amazing detail from humble Wisconsin beginnings to worldwide glory 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" (oversized, may require additional postage), 184 pages, including hundreds of historical circus photos and illustrations The ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET keeps this FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS warm! Overall book is AS NEW: white, glossy pages, unblemished cover, sharp corners, all tight to spine, stand out photos and illustrations. Cover is tan cloth boards with particulars in red script. Original Dust Jacket (yellow glossy paper with 3 color illustration of a tiger bursting through the page, particulars in red and green) = Very Good: chipping to entire top edge only, colors a bit dulled, else entire, no damage to bottom edge, rest of spine, or… Read More

New York: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1976.FINE. Softcover. Lee Boltin, photographer. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a descriptive and photographic record of arguably the greatest touring art exhibition of the Twentieth Century: TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN. It was organized by Egypt's Organization of Antiquities and the six participating museums, the National Gallery of Art, the Field Museum of Natural History, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Metropolitan. An 8 1/2" x 11" paperback (oversized, may require additional postage) containing 175 pages chock-full of both b & w and color photographs. Overall condition is FINE: light foxing to front and back reverse covers and title page, light rubbing to cover, else white, clear, colorful, sharp, tight, no markings, square.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Slipcased. FINE/VERY GOOD. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TREASURY OF GRAND OPERA (edited by HENRY W SIMON), in its Very Good ORIGINAL DECORATED SLIPCASE. A short history and story of each opera accompanies the piano vocal score of selected famous arias from DON GIOVANNI, LOHENGRIN, LA TRAVIATA, FAUST, AIDA, CARMEN and PAGLIACCI. Piano arrangements are by Albert Sirmay, translations by George Mead, while the music supervisor is William Steinberg. Editor Henry W. Simon was a prominent New York music critic for many years. Illustrator RAFAELO BUSONI(the son of famous composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni) fled WWII persecution by emigrating to New York, subsequently illustrating dozens of books and musical scores. 9" x 11 7/8", 403 page softcover (oversized, may require additional postage). Overall book is FINE, with a VERY GOOD ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Pages =… Read More

State College, PA: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, 1978. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a 'one-of-a-kind' book, never reprinted after the late 70's: TWELVE FESTIVAL POETS. RARE. A COLLECTOR'S ITEM. The poets were nationally known and published, and some spent decades on the faculty of PENN STATE UNIVERSITY. Joseph L Grucci, Maya Spence, Dorothy Roberts, Sandra Nestlerode, John Haag, Geoffrey Godbey, Deborah Austin, John Balaban, Jo C. Searles, Paul West, Robert Lima and Jack McManis. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = As New: white, tight, sharp, no marks. Cover (beige stiff paper with purple design and particulars) = Very Good: small stains and rubbing, yet tight, square, sharp, clear, with no tears or foxing.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969?. Presumed Reprint. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents TWENTIETH CENTURY ART by MICHAEL BATTERBERRY. From Matisse to Chagall and beyond, this unique art book provides full color plates of the Masters along with explanatory notes about the work of each artist. 9 5/8" x 12 1/8" (may require additional postage), 191 pages, including index, 244 full color photos of the paintings, with no dust jacket. Per Worldcat, photos are copyright 1969, but book could be either 1969 or 1971. HARD TO FIND in this condition since book has never been reprinted since the early 70's. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: slightly dulled, yet clear colors, tight, sharp, no marks. Cover (charcoal cloth boards with silver gilt design and particulars) = Very Good: moderate rubbing to front and back, corners and spine still sharp, tight, square.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING STATED. Near Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents the FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING of TYPE, a compendium of 850 typefaces boldly and completely illustrated. A MUST HAVE for publishers and printers, this 9 1/4" x 12" (oversized, may require additional postage) spiral-bound hardcover book has 207 pages with no dust jacket (as designed). The overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Near Fine: light foxing to edges, else clear, tight, white, sharp with no marks. Cover (green glossy boards on a spiral metal binding with black and white particulars) = Near Fine: scratches to back and bottom front, rubbing on corners, else shiny, bright, colorful and square with no marks.