Gay Talese --- CHECK READING LIST (2) The Best American Essays 1987 [Price: $10.00] New York, Ticknor & Fields, pub1987, Hard Cover Fine/Very Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 323 pgs (DJ has some sticker residue on cover and some soling on back.) Honor Thy Father [Price: $5.00] New York, World Publishing, pub1971 c1971, Ex-Library Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, stated 2nd prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 526 pgs (Ex-library book with the usual xlib distinctions. Price clipped on dj. A little corner bumping, light edge rubbing, some foxing to text edges and age toning to interior text. DJ shows some wear with small tears and nicks.) Amy Tan --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (2) CHECK READING LIST (1) The Kitchen God's Wife [Price: $8.25] New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1991, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 415 pgs (Spine is cocked. Cloth on spine is creased. A little corner bumping, a little soiling to boards, light edge rubbing. Mild bumping and rubbing to dj. Price not clipped on dj. Picture of author on back dj cover.) Booth Tarkington (Newton Booth Tarkington) --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (16) CHECK READING LIST (10) Kate Fennigate [Price: $7.00] Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., pub1943 c1943, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 359 pgs (Some slight soiling on bottom edges.) Penrod [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) Gordon R. Taylor The Biological Time Bomb [Price: $6.00 Previous owner's name and address on FFEP.] New York, The World Publishing Company, c1968, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 240 pgs (DJ has some chipping, crushing, small closed tears and color wear.) Joshua C. Taylor The Fine Arts in America [Price: $8.00] Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, pub1979 c1979, Hard Cover Fine/Good jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 264 pgs (DJ is soiled with wear at spine top and small one-inch closed tear near front top corner.) Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts [Price: $8.00] Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago Press, c1957, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 3rd prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 152 pgs (Some browning along edges. DJ worn at top and bottom of spine with spotting along edges.) Shelley E. Taylor Positive Illusions: Creative Self-Deception and the Healthy Mind [Price: $30.00] New York, Basic Books, Inc., c1989, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 301 pgs Peggy Tearle Costume Jewellry: A Studio Make It Yourself Book [Price: $12.00] London, The Studio Publications, pub1952, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 64 pgs (Cover board and DJ have severely worn fore edge. Pricing pencilled on ffep.) Howard Teichman Smart Aleck: The Wit, World and Life of Alexander Woollcott [Price: $7.50] New York, William Morrow and COmpany, Inc., pub1976 c1976, Hard Cover Good/Good jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 334 pgs Studs Terkel --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Division Street: America [Price: $8.00] New York, Pantheon Books, c1967, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 3rd prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 381 pgs (DJ has some slight soiling.) The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two [Price: $8.00] New York, Pantheon Books, c1984, Hard Cover Fine/Very Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 589 pgs Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression [Price: $7.00] New York, Pantheon Books, c1970, Ex-Library Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 1st prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 462 pgs (Previous owner's signature on front inside cover. Slight wear to edges of dj.) Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do [Price: $7.00] New York, Pantheon Books, c1974, Hard Cover Fine/Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 589 pgs (Slight wear and soiling to book and dj edges.) Margaret Thatcher --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (8) The Downing Street Years [Price: $250.00 signed (tipped-in)] New York, HarperCollins Publishers, pub1993 c1993, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 914 pgs (Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Forty (40) pages of plates (some color). Gentle wear to dj edges. Overall, a clean, bright, & tight copy.) The Editors of Esquire Esquire Ultimate Fitness: Featuring a New Complete Aerobics Workout [Price: $8.00] New York, Esquire Press, pub1984 c1984, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 1st ed, 1st prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 239 pgs (Cover has closed tear and rubbing at corners.) The Editors of People Weekly The Best of People Weekly: The First Decade [Price: $9.00] United States, Ballantine Books, c1984, Hard Cover Fine/Poor jacket, 5th ed, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 255 pgs (DJ has tears) The Editors of the Studio The Studio Annual of Fine Art in Color [Price: $8.00] Garden CIty, New York, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., c1937, Hard Cover Poor/Very Poor jacket, stated 1st ed, De Luxe Edition prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 137 pgs (Magnifient art reproductons. Previous owners name on front pastedown. Some pages are loose and pages 27/28,31/32,49/50,61/62,87/88 & 132/133 are missing. DJ heavily worn and in pieces.) Paul Theroux --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (6) CHECK READING LIST (1) To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels of Paul Theroux [Price: $10.00] New York, Random House, pub1991 c1990, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 342 pgs Dian Thomas Roughing It Easy [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) J.A. Thompson --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) The Bible and Archaeology: Third Edition, Fully Revised [Price: $15.00] Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdsmans Publishing Company, pub1989 c1982, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 474 pgs Morton Thompson --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Not as a Stranger [Price: $8.25] New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, c1954, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 696 pgs (Ink marking on front inside cover. Minor discoloring on end pages and text edges. Some bumping to cover edges and spine. Water stain on top text edge. Some page yellowing, but text clean. Binding tight.) James Thurber --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (22) CHECK READING LIST (3) Men, Women and Dogs: With a New Introduction by Wilfrid Sheed [Price: $6.00] New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, pub1975 c1943, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 224 pgs (Some markings on page edge and inner cover. Dj is scuffed and shows wear around the edges. Picture of author and dog on back of dj.) My World--And Welcome To It [Price: $9.45] New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1942, Hard Cover/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) The Thurber Carnival [Price: $7.00] New York, Harper & Brothers, c1945, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 369 pgs (Some soiling/tearing on cover. Pages are yellowing) The Years with Ross [Price: $6.00] Boston, Little, Brown and Company, c1959, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, book club (BCE/BOMC) ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 310 pgs (Edge wear with corners frayed. BOMC report taped to ffep. Copy may/may not be 1st or BOMC.) Albert B. Tibbets Salute to the Brave: Stories of World War II Selected by Albert B. Tibbets [Price: $6.50] Boston, Little, Brown and Company, c1960, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 274 pgs (Moderate soiling to book cover. Minor discoloring on end pages and text edges. Tight binding.) F.W. Tickner Historic Portraits from English Literature [Price: $25.00] London, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., pub1937, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 18mo (5.75-6.50 in. tall), 254 pgs (Edge wear, discoloring of endpapers) Paul Johannes Tillich --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (4) CHECK READING LIST (1) Systematic Theology: Volume I: Reason and Revelation Being and God [Price: $9.00] Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago Press, pub1991 c1951, Soft Cover Fine/No jacket, 19th prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 300 pgs (Paperback in almost new condition) Alvin Toffler --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (2) CHECK READING LIST (1) The Culture Consumers: A Study of Art and Affluence in America [Price: $8.00] New York, St. Martin's Press, c1964, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 2nd prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 263 pgs (Gold quarter-bound cover beginning to spot. DJ has edge wear and browning.) The Third Wave [Price: $5.00] New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., pub1980 c1980, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 544 pgs (Text page edges slightly soiled. DJ has slight edge wear.) Leo Tolstoy (Count Lev Tolstoi) --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (10) CHECK READING LIST (4) The Works of Leo Tolstoi [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) John Kennedy Toole --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) A Confederacy of Dunces [Price: $10.00] New York, Wings Books, pub1996 c1980, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 16th ed, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 462 pgs (Slight moisture stains on inside edges of jacket.) Harry R. Tosdal Introduction to Sales Management [Price: $10.00] New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., pub1950 c1950, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 3rd ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 632 pgs (Few notes in margins ond on ffep.) John A. Tracy How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Cash Flow and Other Vital Signs Out of the Numbers [Price: $12.00] New York, John Wiley & Sons, c1980, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/Good jacket, 9th ed, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 156 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators. Ffep missing. Cover wrapped in mylar.) John Train The Money Masters [Price: $7.50] New York, Harper & Row, pub1981 c1980, Ex-Libris Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 7th ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 296 pgs (Previous owner's name and address stamped on ffep. DJ edges taped to book.) Robert Traver (pseudonym of John Voelker) --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Anatomy of a Murder [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) P.L. Travers Mary Poppins, Illustrated by Mary Shepard [Price: $18.00] New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, pub1936 c1934, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 10th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 206 pgs (Cover is fading and shows some wear. Interior is aged, but text is clean. Some soiling to text edges.) Richard Tregaskis --- CHECK READING LIST (1) Guadalcanal Diary [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) Harry S. Truman --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (13) CHECK READING LIST (1) Memoirs: 2 Volume Set - Volume I: Year of Decisions; Volume II: Years of Trial and Hope [Price: $20.00] Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., c1955, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 1190 pgs (Front hinge of first volume is cracked but no pages are loose. Some soiling to boards and endpapers. Some corner and edge bumping. Some age toning to endpapers and interior text.) Margaret Truman --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Harry S. Truman [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) Thomas Tryon --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Lady [Price: $4.00] New York, Alfred A. Knopf, c1974, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, book club (BCE/BOMC) ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 278 pgs (A Borzoi book. Light wear to spine. Slight yellowing to text edges. Previous used book price on inside flyleaf.) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (10) CHECK READING LIST (4) Collected Works of Ivan Turgenev: Including Fathers and Sons; Smoke; and Nine Short Stories [Price: $12.00] New York, Greystone Press, pub19**, Hard Cover Good/Poor jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 502 pgs (Unknown publication date (possibly 1950). Pages are tanned with age. Dj is heavily soiled with several rips and chips.) A Sportsman's Notebook, Charles and Natasha Hepburn, translators, Mary Kessel, illustrator [Price: $35.00] London, The Book Society, pub1959 c1950, Hard Cover Fine/Custom Glassine jacket, 1st thus ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 398 pgs Agnes Sligh Turnbull --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (2) CHECK READING LIST (2) The Bishop's Mantle [Price: $9.45], Hard Cover, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) The Day Must Dawn [Price: $9.45] New York, The Macmillan Company, pub1942 c1942, Hard Cover/No jacket, 2nd prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall) Scott Turow --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (4) CHECK READING LIST (3) Personal Injuries [Price: $8.25] New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1999, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 1st Trade ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 403 pgs (Maps on endpapers. Some bumping to spine and corners. Light soiling to text edges, but otherwise a tight, clean copy. DJ shows gentle edge wear. Picture of author on back dj cover.) Pleading Guilty [Price: $2.95] New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1993, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 386 pgs (Picture of author on back of dj.) Presumed Innocent [Price: $7.95] New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, c1987, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 431 pgs (Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Price clipped on dj. Picture of author on back dj cover.) Reversible Errors [Price: $7.95] New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2002, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 433 pgs (Picture of author on back dj.) Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (88) CHECK READING LIST (9) Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by The Sieur Louis de Conte: Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English, Translated by Jean Francois Alden [Price: $8.00] Garden City, New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., pub19** c19**, Ex-Libris Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 425 pgs (Publication and copyright dates unknown. Author's pseudonym, Mark Twain, on spine. Top of spine is torn. Some soiling to book edges. Sticker residue and owner's bookplate on inside front cover.) Roughing It: Fully Illustrated by Eminent Artists, List of Illustrations by Fay & Cox [Price: $45.00] Hartford, Connecticut, American Publishing Company, pub1890 c1872, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 591 pgs (Inscription to previous owner on inside front cover. Some soiling and wear to cover. Some markings on top edge.) Anne Tyler --- READ AUTHOR QUOTES (4) CHECK READING LIST (2) The Accidental Tourist [Price: $3.00] New York, Alfred A. Knopf, c1985, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 355 pgs (This is a Borzoi Book. One small tear in dj. Pages clean, bright and unmarked. Tight binding. Picture of author on dj.) Kenneth Tynan Show People: Profiles in Entertainment [Price: $12.00] New York, Simon and Schuster, c1979, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 317 pgs (DJ has a few small tears, taped at top.) Leopold Tyrmand Notebooks of a Dilettante [Price: $4.00] New York, The Macmillan Company, c1970, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 1st prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 240 pgs
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