Search Results: Titles starting with T from Dark and Stormy Night Books

Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1853; copyright 1827 Hard cover, 24 mo ( measuring 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches ), in original blue cloth, with floral design stamped in blind to both boards, and the spine ornately decorated in gilt. 144 pp. Condition: Good Plus. The book is generally tight and clean within, with a couple of old ink stains ? to the top board and moderate soiling to both boards. Otherwise, very attractive and charming with the many engraved illustrations. A gift inscription in old ink dated 1855 from a father to his daughter, appears on the ffep. This work of history and geography for children of the young republic was first published in 1827, going through various editions in the subsequent years. Author Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) a largely self-educated man, relocated his Connecticut bookshop and publishing business to Boston just prior to the advent of Peter Parley. The series was much imitated. As described in the author's introduction, this is the Revised Edition of the very… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863 [First American edition, presumably not first state.] Hard cover, 16 mo., in the original brown pebbled cloth with blind stamped border with a small rosette to each corner, title in gilt to spine (very faded,) coated brown endpapers, lacking front fly, with vignette title page, top edge gilt, 225 pp. plus 22 pp publisher's catalogue (dated Nov. 1863, the later variant "B") CONDITION: Good Plus. Losses to cloth at head and tail of spine, and a couple of very small rends at the joint. Wear-through at corners. Exterior is otherwise clean and unmarked. There is an ink inscription in old hand to ffep. as well as bookseller's pencil note, otherwise clean within. The work is set forth as a series of poems narrated by characters taken from among the poet's friends, and set in the eponymous Wayside Inn of Sudbury, Massachusetts, called" a favorite resort for parties from Harvard College." Poems include "Paul Revere's Ride and The Saga of King Olaf." BAL 12136. First… Read More

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1964 Hardcover. Black cloth "Novelex" binding with gold lettering to spine. With original, un-clipped dust jacket. Octavo (5" x 7 ⅜"). 256pp. *** Publisher Arkham House was established in 1939 in Sauk City, Wisconsin, by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei specifically to publish stories by H.P. Lovecraft and others whose works had mostly been printed in the "Weird Tales" magazine and remained unavailable in book form. *** Clark Ashton Smith was a poet and a sculptor, before gaining popularity as a short-story writer for "Weird Tales". This collection contains stories which are more science-fiction than fantasy. The story "Master of the Asteroid" is reminiscent of Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), with its explanation of space travel (and space junk), although perhaps with some Lovecraftian horror creeping in at the edges... *** The dust jacket design is by Wisconsin artist, Frank Utpatel. *** Condition: A Fine, fresh copy with no ownership marks or… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc, 1928 Hard Cover, 8vo, 85pp. Condition: Very Good in a like dust jacket, which has dust-soiling and wear to the edges. ** A recollection of conversations the author had with Thomas Hardy, in which they discuss Hardy's own work, as well as Tennyson, Yeats, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, and more. ** Vere Henry Collins (1872 - 1966) was the compiler of the short story collection "Ghosts and Marvels", which included classic ghost stories from M.R. James, Walter Scott, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe et al.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: The Everett Press, 1908 39pp. Inscribed to front free endpaper: "With all good wishes to Mrs Lyman. Mary K. Brewster, March 1917". The story of a dog. Condition: About Very Good, but spine missing pieces from head and tail.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Fasque, 1846 3pp. Single sheet, folded. A letter regarding the Chinese tea trade.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Venice: Appresso Andrea Poletti, 1713 Hardcover, 8vo (measuring 7 ¼ x 9 inches,) in a contemporary laced vellum binding, with the title in old ink to spine, pp [24] 695 [73]. Collation: *4, A-I8, K-T8, V8, X-Z8, Aa-Ii8, Kk-Tt8, Vv8, Xx-Zz8, Aaa8-Bbb8. Pages misnumbered by printer from 272-291 (none missing). A relatively early imprint of a classic work in early Italian medicine, which saw over twenty editions between 1661 and 1763. The author, Giuseppe Donzelli, Baron of Dogliola, (1596-1670) was a Neapolitan revolutionary, physician and pharmacist, and the Teatro Farmaceutico is his most famous work. A proponent of iatrochemical medicine, whose methods bridged alchemical and modern medicine, he studied the writings of Paracelsus, and actively experimented in finding solutions to disease through chemistry and botany. Historian Tommasso Siciliano describes the alchemical garden at Donzelli's villa in Aranella, Sicily: "he brought rare and precious medicinal plants from their countries of origin,… Read More

Paris: Librería de Garnier Hermanos, 1884 547pp; 543pp. Two volumes in half-calf bindings with five raised bands to spines. Juan de Ruiz de Alarcón (c1580-1639) was a Mexican-born Spanish dramatic poet who, having had his hopes for a career in law curtailed, turned to writing for the stage, where he enjoyed great success, and is now highly regarded. In particular, the play "La Verdad Sospechosa" ("The Suspicious Truth"), about a compulsive liar, is still being performed. *** Condition: About Very Good, but for some wear to the corners of the covers and light rubbing to the spines.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good-.

New York: James Miller, 1872 Hard cover,12 mo (measuring 5 x 7 1/2 inches), in publisher's original green pebbled cloth, both boards blind stamped with double ruled borders, corner devices and central filigree design with the initials J.M., for James Miller, publisher. The spine features the titles in gilt, with small bands of gilt design at head and foot. Glazed brown endpapers. Frontispiece illustration (2), 218, (2) pp. Four full page, engraved illustrations, including the tissue guarded frontispiece. Inscribed in old ink to front free endpaper: "Major Ben Perley Poore with the compliments of the Author, Washington, Feb. 12, 1872." Condition: Good Plus. Some minor water damage has resulted in some marks and slight bubbling of the cloth of both boards. and along the one interior quire. There was a notable fire at the historic home of the recipient family in the 1950's which is to blame for the damage. (see below) The interior remains mostly clean, with one quire loosened but holding,… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1964 Hard cover, 12mo, in pictorial printed library binding with the similar dust jacket, (unclipped) Inscribed by the Author to ffep. This is not an ex-library book. Protected in mylar., 175pp, First Edition. New York Author Mina Lewiton (1904-1970) wrote a number of well-received novels for young readers including "Rachael" and " The Divided Heart," and was also a professional Spanish dancer. (New York Times 2/14/70). The Illustrator, Howard Simon was her husband. This book tells of a young boy's misadventures growing up in the Puerto Rican community of New York City. CONDITION: Near Fine (light foxing top edge text block) in a Near Fine d/j. (Light edge rubbing head & foot of spine on d/j.). Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Howard Simon.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919 186pp. Two stories by Cuban writer Eduardo Zamacois y Quintana (1873 - 1971). Described as "masterpieces of cynicism" by the translator in his introduction. Condition: About Very Good but covers dust-soiled with some shelf-wear.. " The Penquin Series" First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good-.

Cambridge. Mass.: American Musicological Society, 1976 Hard cover, 8vo., 315pp. Condition: Very Good. Corners lightly bumped. Light shelf-wear. ** Catalogue of the works of Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c1700 - 1775), an Italian composer and teacher, one of whose pupils was the more famous composer, Gluck. OCLC 2916059.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1991 Hard cover, 8vo., (measuring 6 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches) in black publisher's cloth with gold printed title to spine, the dust jacket green with white and green print, in mylar. Xii + 428 pp. The discussion of language development is compared to combining words into a mathematical object, where "each departure from equiprobability is a contribution to the structure and to the meaning of a sentence. He discusses the differences in the structure and content of language, mathematics and music…" Zellig Harris (1909-1992) founded the first Department of Linguistics in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania. Condition: Very Good, with minimal rubbing to d/j, generally very clean and bright within. Owner's signature in pen to front fly. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1903 Hard cover, 8vo, 46pp., First edition. In publisher's decorative cloth covers with numerous photographic illustrations. Condition: Very Good. Corners bumped, and some shelf wear to covers, pages lightly toned. *** The poet, New York native Lena Bogardus Lardner (1843-1918), was housebound for many years, and thus resorted to her friendships and to her poetry and short stories, many written when living in Niles, Michigan. (obit.) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1900 Hard cover, small 8vo (measuring 5 x 7 7/8 inches), in half calf with hand-printed, paper-covered boards, the design rolled and mono-printed. Embossed and stained banding vertically and horizontally on the calf side of the boards; the spine with similar banding. The title, author and floral decoration on the spine done in blind, heightened with flecks of gilt. Hand-made laid paper, with the page edges sponged a dark green. Satanick typeface. Small pencil signature of a prior owner to ffep. **Originally bound in yapp-edged chamois, this item has been rebound (20th century) in a beautifully proportioned, fine binding by "R.A. Smith, Washington D.C." whose undated stamp is on the verso of the ffep.** Letter-press printed in black and red with original, hand carved wood borders and initial capitals of a floral "frittillaria" design used throughout. This item is considered among the best of the early works of Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft Press, an American… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923 210pp. Biography of Thomas Nelson Page (1853 - 1922), an American writer of "postbellum fiction", whose works exemplify the "Lost Cause" ideology of the justification for slavery. He also served as Woodrow Wilson's ambassador to Italy. Inscribed and signed by the author to the front free endpaper: "To W.Frank Smyth Esquire, with the best respects of the author, Rosewell Page. July 2nd 1923 - Tom Page was a great friend of yours". Condition: Covers dust-soiled and showing some wear to the corners.. Signed by author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2001 Hard cover, folio, 200pp. Lavishly illustrated by Japanese documentary photographer Yukichi Watabe (1924-1993). A history of the stained glass of the great cathedrals of Europe, as well as modern use of the medium. Includes a section on stained glass techniques. Condition: Near Fine in a like dust jacket, which has a dog-ear crease to the front inner flap and shows very light shelf-wear to the edges. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Yukichi Watabe.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930 In Black Publisher's cloth with cover decoration in gilt and red type, 327 pp. No d/j. Condition: Good. Gilt a bit dulled and with minor rubbing at edges, and a few spots to exterior. Very small booksellers label to ffep. Generally very clean, if a bit age-toned, internally. One closed tear. Pulp fiction mystery detective novel from the author of the best-selling "Gray Phantom" series of the 1920's. The titular Three Brass Elephants are important clues in a locked room mystery at the wonderfully named Bronson's Spite, an architectural monstrosity along the Hudson. A young man and his sidekick, detective Napolean Brown, find danger and daring in their attempts to reclaim the former's inheritance. A stylish, breezy read for the fan of a good mystery. Hubin p. 239.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good .

Garden City and New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1925 Reprint.(First appearing in Cassell's Magazine, Nov. 1906-Oct. 1907.) Hard cover, 12mo., in full red lambskin over boards, with central Doubleday Page monogram title vignette blocked in gold to front, with festoon and title in gold to spine, brown and white publisher's monogram paste downs, an introduction from the Author extolling the virtues of the readily available "cheap editions" of the classics of literature, 276 pp. including handy author's Index, plus 2 pp. publisher's series advertisement. **CONDITION: Slightly rubbed rear board, some scuffs to spine. Inside is clean, firm and hinges in order. Orig. owner's signature to prelim, dated Oct. 1926. **Famed Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Conan Doyle's 1907 essay on the benefits to be gained from reading, giving advice on what he considers the best of the best from history and literature, and why the young person should pursue the pleasures of a good book. He discusses his own library, some… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923 55pp. The short story on which the acclaimed and highly successful 1921 silent movie of the same name was based, starring Richard Barthelmess, whose publicity photo card is included with this book. Barthelmess, whose photo also appears in the book's frontiepiece, was a successful silent movie actor who also acted in some early "talkies", including opposite Rita Hayworth in "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939). Condition: About Very Good. Pages unopened.. Hard Cover. Very Good.