Search Results: Titles starting with T from Camphor Bookstore

Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary LambJohn C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, 1914. Blue cloth bound hardcover with color pastedown on front; 323 pp. with 20 beautiful color illustrations (the illustrator isn't identified) especially for this edition. A charming vintage book in very good condition. The frontis. plate is loose (see photos) the gilt titles are mostly faded on the spine and there's some age darkening to the cover. There's a neatly penned gift inscription dated "Christmas 1917" in front - otherwise unmarked. About the book: Brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb's classic re-telling of 20 of Shakespeare's best loved plays. Illustrated beautifully in this vintage edition.

Theo van Doesburg: Painter and ArchitectTheo van Doesburg: Painter and ArchitectSDU Publishers, The Hague, 1988. Oblong quarto. Red cloth, paper label. English edition; detailed study of 46 of his projects; drawings, paintings, photographs. Heavily illustrated with plates, photographs and facsimiles (some in color). Bibliography. First edition in English of this substantial monograph on one of the principals behind De Stijl. In fine, unmarked condition - as new.Theo van Doesburg:Theo van Doesburg (1883 – 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl

A. L. Burt Company, New York 1924. First photoplay edition of the Douglas Fairbanks film; In the original jacket with wraparound art by William Pogany. Red cloth, lettered in stamped gold on front and spine; 4 stills from film. 310 pp + 8 pgs of ads in the back. A vintage book in excellent condition. The jacket is good with some edgewear, and a chip at the bottom of the spine - protected in plastic (please see photos.)

The Thin Man by Dashiell HammettAlfred A. Knopf, New York, 1934. First edition. [viii], 259 pp. Bound in publisher's sightly greenish tan cloth with red topstain, blue mask and red designs. First state of text with "seep" for the word "sleep" on page 209. In excellent unmarked condition, straight and square, w/o the jacket. The author's last novel, an enjoyable mystery dedicated to his wife, playwright Lillian Hellman. It was also the basis for the classic movie with William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Thirteen Epistles of PlatoIntroduction, Translation and Notes by L. A. PostClarendon Press, Oxford, 1925. Slim hardcover, green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. 167 pp, in VG condition with ex-lib stamps on the bottom edge and one page, otherwise unmarked (see photos) About the epistles: The Epistles of Plato are a series of thirteen letters traditionally included in the Platonic corpus. The Epistles focus mostly on Plato's time in Syracuse and his influence on the tyrants Dion and Dionysius. The authenticity of the letters is an open question.

Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Expose of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes by Allan PinkertonG.W. Carleton & Co.: NY, 1886. Hardcover. Decorated pebbled brown cloth over boards; title and decorations in gilt and black. 616 pp. Illustrated episodes in the life of America's most famous detective, the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. There are condition issues - some of the plates are loose and the cover cloth has come away from the spine (please see photos). Pencil markings on the front and back endpapers. About the book: The Author founded The Pinkerton Agency in 1850, and was instrumental in bringing down the James gang, the Molly Maguires, the Reno brothers and other criminals of the day. During the Civil War, Pinkerton foiled an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln. "Thirty Years a Detective" presents the history, the craft, and the stories of many of the criminals that Allan Pinkerton pursued and captured in his years as a detective. The… Read More

Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China by Arthur WaleyAllen & Unwin, London, 1939, 1953. Third Printing. Light grey boards with titles stamped on the spine. 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 275 pp. The book is unmarked and in VG condition, and includes the original age-toned, price-clipped jacket (see photos).About the book:In the fourth century BC three conflicting points of view in Chinese philosophy received classic expression: the Taoist, the Confucianist, and the "Realist." Renowned sinologist Arthur Waley explores the interplay between these three philosophies, drawing on extracts from Chuang Tzu, Mencius, and Han Fei Tzu.

E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1932. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) in English. Green cloth, paper label w/ title affixed to the spine. After Six Characters in Search of an Author and Each His Own Way, the final volume of the author's trilogy of the theatre in the theatre. 231 pp. with an introduction by the translator, Samuel Butler. In excellent condition, no marks or signatures. lacking the dustjacket.

The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands by Patrick Leigh Fermor
New York: Harper & Brothers, (No date). 61 b/w photos. 403 pp. Map. Hardcover, Orange cloth with green titles. Probably the second printing. In excellent condition, without the jacket. There is an unsigned bookplate in the front.
About the book: In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or historical study of the region, The Traveller's Tree, Leigh Fermor's first book, gives us his own vivid, idiosyncratic impressions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad, and Haiti, among other islands. Here we watch Leigh Fermor walk the dusty roads of the countryside and the broad avenues of former colonial capitals, equally at home among the peasant and the elite, the laborer and the artist. He listens to steel drum… Read More

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1916. Windermere Series, First Edition. Milo Winter (illus.) [9.25x7in]; xiii, 258 pp., Color frontispiece and nine plates, and other black and white illustrations by Milo Winter; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, color illustration of sailor charging with a knife on front with gilt border, green ink wind swept landscape illustration on end papers. In excellent condition, nice bright gilt on the front and spine, unmarked without a jacket.

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett. With an introduction by T. E. Lawrence. Illustrated by Henry Keen.London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924. xviii, [2], 279. [1], 1 ad'] pages. Frontispiece, endpapers, illustrations and 28 engraved plates by Henry Keen. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First illustrated edition.Extraordinary illustrations from lithographed plates. A classic compilations of fantasy, legends and fairy tales in excellent condition- without a jacket.