Search Results: Titles starting with T from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

San Francisco: The Colt Press - Jane Grabhorn, 1939. First Edition. Very Good. Mallette Dean. Signed by Jane Grabhorn, limited to 750 copies, with Prospectus, [11.5x8.5in]; 67 pp., [1] colophon; Light blue paper covers with black cloth backstrip, black lettering on spine label and Colt Press illustration by Mallette Dean on black and gray label on front, top edge trimmed and all others untrimmed, title page in black and red lettering with illustration, illustrations in margins throughout, tipped in four page red and black prospectus; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, age toned edges, minor soiling to covers, faint remains of adhesive stamp on front, spine label darken, prospectus folded for mailing with canceled stamp and hand addressed to "Mr. Frank Schwabacher" at the famed Russ Building in San Francisco. William Henry Thomes (1824-1895) was an adventurer, author and publisher. This is a short book from his works and the Bancroft Library archives relating to two trips to California.… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo [9.5x6.25in]; xvi, 275 pp., color frontispiece of Herse and Mercury tapestry and three additional color plates with tissue guard, 99 black and white images of tapestries, period references and index; Pale olive cloth covers with dark blue lettering on front and spine, border of green, red and dark blue floral design; Shelf wear to covers, edges, with corners bumped, faded lettering on sun darken spine, small mark on spine, San Francisco bookseller stamp on lower back end paper, tipped in contemporary magazine clippings.

Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1609. 4th State. Very Good. [13.5x18.25in, 34.3x46.4cm neat line, 15.5x21.5in, 39.4x54.6cm sheet] Colored and very ornate map of part of Europe, Russia, Siberia, Northwest cost of North America, and Japan, ornate title and narrative cartouche, the map is in Latin with a Dutch narrative on verso with #74 at bottom, single vertical crease, colors vibrant, light age toning and minor soiling on verso. [Burden 41, Van Den Broecke 163, Wagner Northwest 81 (1570), Skelton Plate 60] CS. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher of the first 'modern style' atlas in 1570, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Maps were produced, published and sold individually in different sizes and formats, and then bound in books as selected by the buyer. The Ortelius atlas was published with uniform size, formatting and coloring of the maps, along with narratives on the verso. There were a number of printings between 1570 to 1641, and many of the engraved… Read More

Cambridge: The University Press, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. Edward S. Curtis. Limited edition [7.625x5.5in 19x14.2cm image, 12.5x9.5in 23x17cm plate]; Brown ink photograph on Japanese tissue with printed title and 1914 copyright, mounted on Val Gelder paper by chine-colle method, protected by tissue guard, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, plates are not numbered; [Curtis Legacy Foundation, Howes 965] CS. Image - Tawihyilahl - Qagyuhl The "mountain-climber [i.e., mountain-goat] embodiment") (TNAI, p156) The Kwakiutl "The Kwakiutl are one of several Indigenous First Nations that inhabit the western coast of British Columbia, Canada, from central and northern Vancouver Island to the adjacent mainland coast. Kwakiutl bands consist of four clans: the Raven, Killer Whale, Eagle, and Wolf clans ... each claiming their own ancestor, chiefs, oral histories, and entitlement to certain lands, religious rites, and songs and dances associated with particular family names and masks." (from Milwaukee… Read More

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. First Edition. Near Fine. J. H. Nash, Typography. limited to 1,000 copies on handmade paper [7x5in]; xiv, [1], 38 pp., [1] colophon, photogravure frontispiece by Albertine Randall Wheelan; Black paper covers with vellum back strip, gilt lettering on spine and front with floral design, beveled edges, top edge gilt, other edges deckled, black end papers, silk ribbon marker; Minor soiling to covers and spine, minimal shelf wear to edges, ribbon frayed at end and fragile.

Venice: Vincenzo Coronelli, 1691. First State. Very Good. Folio [17.5x24in 44.5x81cm neatline, 19x26.25in 48.3x86.7cm sheet] Uncolored Northern hemisphere of the Arctic circle and countries bordering with Part of "Tartaria Settentrionale" and Latin and Italian narrative; vertical crease with binding trim remaining on verso, shadow along attachment of binding, repaired closed tear at bottom margin extending into map, interesting printing ink lines and smudges along neatlines (also noted on maps in reference atlas for 1693). [Burden 678, Rumsey 12186.101 ] CS. Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan geographer that was known for publishing atlases and, more importantly, his large and accurate globes. This Terre Artiche map was included in Coronelli's Atlante Vento, a comprehensive large atlas, with volume one issued in 1690 with additional volumes issued to 1701. This map is unsual in its projection and design of the northern hemisphere and the Arctic circle. The map covers the… Read More

Santa Barbara, CA: Peregrine Smith, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Slipcased. Very Good. Thomas Moran and William Henry Holmes. #518 of 1500 limited copies [11.5x9in, Atlas folio 20x17in]; Book volume- [i-vi], vii-xxii, 264 pp., [1] limitation, 42 plates, including frontispiece color illustration of Smithsonian Butte by W H Homes (3 color, 8 double pages) of illustrations and images, many charts, illustrations and sketches in text, introduction by Wallace Stegner, index; Atlas volume- 23 loose folio sheets (19.5x16in folded, 32x19.5in opened), list of sheets, 22 color and half toned panoramic illustrations of Grand Canyon District views by Dutton; Book volume has tan buckram cloth covers quarter bound with Moroccan leather spine with gilt lettering, light brown end papers, all edges trimmed; Cream slipcase for book with brown lettering and half-toned bordered illustrations on recto and verso; Atlas volume has same binding and lettering as book; Book is in fine condition with negligible shelf wear, prior… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [5.75"x8.25"]; [5] 242 pp. [2]; Gray cloth boards with red lettering and image on spine; Dust jacket front gray toned image of ice berg and sea ice with white and red lettering, back quote and image of author and penguins; Tipped in Publisher review note on published date of January 9, 1956, price and review conditions; No wear to boards or fading of spine, faint small dot on cover; Dust jacket minor wear to edges, slightly faded lettering on spine and small water stain on back; Text is clean and bright with no marks. "Whatever synonyms a dictionary shows for "bleak," "desolate," "storm-swept," and "forlorn" apply to Kerguelen Island, one of the most isolated and inhospitable spots of land on the surface of the earth. It was on Kerguelen, in the subarctic reaches of the Indian Ocean, that André Migot spent a year as a staff doctor and research biologist with a party of scientists sent out by the French Government. But all… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company; 1928; First Edition, Second printing [5.75x8.25"]; Light blue paper covers with dark blue half cloth, five ribbed spine with dark blue lettering on cream paper label, top edge gilt, others uncut; Cream dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, color caricature on front, advertisements on rear; [11], 410 pp., frontispiece color illustration of horse and rider, 133 illustrations in text and plates; Shelf wear to bottom edge and corners bumped; Some shelf wear and age soiling to dust jacket with small chips and closed tears to top and bottom of spine with old tape repairs, larger triangle chip to top edge of front near spine, spine darken and soiled. Overall in Very Good condition.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR,[9.5x6in]; xv, 377 pp., illustrations throughout in text, notes, blbliography and index;.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; xv, 361 pp., i-xx [index], [1] colophon, color frontispiece of Edwin James first view of the Rocky Mountains, eight plates of 16 illustrations and images, four maps, bibliography and index; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped tree and Cleland initals on front, red ink stained top edge, fore edge uncut; Red dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, color illustration of landscape on front, Cleland biographical note and illustration on back; Negiligible shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, top edge stain faded; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with some soiling, slightly faded spine and covers, minor small chips to corners and top and bottom of spine, several closed tears to top front with old tape repairs, not price clipped. Robert Glass Cleland (1885-1957), a historian and author of the American West. Glass wrote, during the 1930's to 1950's, about the… Read More

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. [6.25x9.25in] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O'H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with cable cars in late 1800's, red, green and black lettering on front and spine, pen and ink illustration of Oscar Lewis on back cover; xi, 291 pp., 16 images and illustrations; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket on edges and corners, spine slightly darken with wear to top and bottom, some age toning to back with closed tear. Oscar Lewis (1893-1992) was a writer on the history of the American West and California and major figure in San Francisco and the Book Club of California. This book is edited by Lewis from first hand accounts, with his notes and commentary, on the growth of San Francisco from the founding in 1776 in Yerba Buena cove as a remote outpost of Spain, the take over by Americans and the impact of… Read More

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. , signed [6.25x9.25"] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O'H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with cable cars in late 1800's, red, green and black lettering on front and spine, pen and ink illustration of Oscar Lewis on back cover; xi, 291 pp., 16 images and illustrations; Inscription to A. R. Franklin signed by Oscar Lewis, undated on half title page; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket on edges and corners, spine darken with wear to top and bottom, some age toning to back with closed tear and chip to bottom near spine. Oscar Lewis (1893-1992) was a writer on the history of the American West and California and major figure in San Francisco and the Book Club of California. This book is edited by Lewis from first hand accounts, with his notes and commentary, on the growth of San Francisco from the… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. [9x6.25in]; xxi, 940 pp., [4] advertisements, frontispiece images of Jackson and Harmsworth, 211 illustrations and images on plates, five colored fold out maps of Franz-Joseph Land, appendices and index; Re-cased with original Dark green-blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt bordered color arctic landscape on front, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with rubbing to edges. [Arctic Biblio 7943, Howgego III J1]. Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938) a British arctic explorer of Siberia and leader of the 1894-97 Jackson-Harmsworth expedition to explore Franz-Joseph Land (Royal Geographical Society). During that expedition, Jackson found Fridtjof Nansen, who was presumed lost and dead, and helped direct him to safety and home. This book is about the 1000 consecutive days spent in the remote Arctic from Jackson's journals and notes. From… Read More

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1900. First Edition. Very Good. Trade Edition, Ex-Library, 8vo [9x6.5in]; xxiv, 478 pp., 82 of 84 plates of 120 images including color frontispiece with tissue guard and three color illustrations without tissue guards, 3 maps, and 21 illustrations in text, six appendices of scientific summaries and index; Rebound in dark blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine and front, all edges trimmed with rounded corners; Negligible shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, some soiling and spots to text and plates, chip on p. 41, several small closed tears along text edges, unobtrusive perforation stamp of Library Association of Portland Or. on title page and pp. 3, 405 and 467 with handwritten number in ink on dedication page, no other library markings or other prior owner markings. Near fine covers with very good interior. [Rosove 76.A2, Howgego III C24(C)]. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during the Heroic Age of Polar exploration.… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1900. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [9.5x6.75in]; xxiv, 478 pp., 84 plates of 122 illustrations and images including color frontispiece and three color illustrations with tissue guards, 3 maps, and 21 illustrations in text, six appendices of scientific summaries and index; Blue-gray cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, white lettering and illustration of Belgica on front, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, small creases at upper spine and front joint, small mark on spine, small sticker on rear end paper. [Rosove 76.A3b, Howgego III C24(C), Spence 311, Conrad p. 85]. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during the Heroic Age of Polar exploration. He also organized one of the first polar tourist excursions to Greenland. He began his polar experience in 1891 as a surgeon on Robert Peary's second Greenland expedition. This book is about his participation as the surgeon in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition… Read More

Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1892. Second Edition. [7x9.25"]; Forest green cloth covers with silver gilt lettering on spine and front, stamped illustration in black ink on spine and on front of forest scene and insert circle of canoe and cabin, light green geometric patterned endpapers, all edges trimmed; xiv, 415 pp., frontispiece illustration of Capt. Farrar, over 300 illustrations and images throughout text; Some shelf wear with bumped and weaken corners, top and bottom of spine worn, rubbing to surface of covers, reinforced hinges at endpapers however hinges cracked at title page and after rear free endpaper. Overall condition is Very Good. Capt. Charles Alden John Farrar (1842-1893) was a wilderness writer and adventurer in Maine and New Hampshire in the late 1800's. From an article by William Krohn, "For much of his adult life, Farrar spent his winters in Massachusetts, tending to his printing business, writing books, and creating maps and other products that promoted tourism. In the summer, he… Read More

San Francisco: John Howell-Books [Alfred and Lawton Kennedy, Printers], 1970. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Limited to 5,000 copies [14x10.5in]; xi, 77 pp., 26 color lithograph illustrations by Abert, two color fold out maps, glossary, references and index; Cream cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, top and bottom edge trimmed with deckled foredge; White dust jacket with red and black lettering on front; Minimal shelf wear to bottom edges of book; Some soiling, age-toning and marks on front and edges of dust jacket with small chips along top edge. [Reese Best of the West 101]. James W. Albert (1820-1897) was a US Corps of Topograhical Engineers explorer and artist. He particiapted in several expeditions in the West and with Fremonts 3rd expedition as an artist and illustrated the reports and map sketches. This book is the second of two books published by John Howell from the discovery of Abert's journals in the 1960's. The first is Western America in 1846-1847 (1966), editied… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891. First Edition. Very Good. [Copyright date of 1890] [9.25x6.75in]; [38] unpaginated, 11 illustrations with two in color, Six images of clay modeling including Title and copyright pages; Blue-gray cloth covers with beveled edges, Silver lettering on front in border laurel leaf design, silver lettering outlined in black on spine in same border design, Light Gray-green morie patterned floral doublure end papers, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed; Moderate shelf wear to edges and corners with some rubbing, soling and a few scratches to covers, no prior owner marks. [Currey-Kruska 330]. Mary Beth McKenzie Toland (1825?-1895) was an America author of poetry of romances, fantasy and legends. She and her husband, Dr. Hugh Toland, came to San Francisco in 1852 to be part of the adventure of settling California. Dr. Toland founded Toland Medical College in 1862 and oversaw the transfer of the college to the University of California. Mary Toland… Read More

London: Allan Wingate, 1949. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. [9.75x6.5in]; xii, 334 pp., i-xviii [index], 31 illustrations and images, seven maps in text and one folding map at rear; Light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Blue-gray dust jacket with white and black lettering on spine and front, illustration of ice bound ships in Arctic waters on front, advertisements on back cover; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, spine and all edges faded, corners bummped, rear hinge loose, map closed tear at hinge; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and several closed tears along edges and corners, price clipped [Arctic Biblio 11527, US Edition]. Jeannette Mirsky (1903-1987), an author and historian, first published this work as To The North! in 1934, by Viking press. From the dust jacket, that edition was withdrawn shortly after publication because of a libel-action threat by the late Dr. Fredrick A. Cook. Mirsky had written about… Read More