BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
Tamil
PRIMER
Tamil second book. Madras:
Christian Vernacular Education Society, printed at the American Mission Press,
1864. 12mo (13.5 cm; 5.5"). 108 pp., plus wrappers. 
• Publisher's wrappers, but clearly removed from a bound volume. (15126)
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Liberal Arts Summarized for
French Students Tardieu-Denesle, Mme. Henri. Encyclopédie de la jeunesse, ou novel abrégé élémentaire des sciences et des arts. Paris: Henri Tardieu, X [i.e., 1802]. 12mo (17.6 cm, 7"). 2 vols. I: vi, 216 pp. II: [4], 202, [4] pp.; 2 fold. maps, 2 fold. plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The oversized, folding maps of France and the world feature
hand-colored provincial and continental borders; two additional oversized, steel-engraved plates depict the gods atop Mt. Olympus and the seven wonders of the world.
Early editions of this work are uncommon.
• Quérard, La France littéraire, 341. Contemporary marbled paper–covered boards, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels; bindings faded and with some soiling/rubbing (most notably to spines). rubbed. Half-title of vol. I, pp. vii/viii of preface, and printed volume labels all bound in at back of vol. II; some signatures of vol. I unopened. Title-pages with traces of mostly effaced inscriptions; first and last few leaves of both volumes very lightly waterstained. One plate with two short tears from lower edge, not touching image. Solid and interesting. (27048)
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A
Sweet Book
Taylor, Benjamin
F. Songs of yesterday...with illustrations. Chicago: S.C. Griggs &
Co., 1876. 8vo. Frontis., [2], 168 pp.; illus. 
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The
Fraud Was
Texas-Size
All Right!
Taylor, W. Thomas. Texfake: An account
of the theft and forgery of early Texas printed documents. Austin: W. Thomas
Taylor, 1991. 8vo. xix, [1 (blank)], 158 pp., 39 plts.
• New; publisher's quarter cloth with paper sides with a reproduction of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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MuchFunereal
Detail . . .
(Taylor, Zachary). Obituary addresses delivered on the occasion of the death of Zachary Taylor, president of the United States, in the Senate and House of Representatives, July 10, 1850; with the funeral sermon by the Rev. Smith Pyne, D.D. rector of St. John's church, Washington, preached in the
presidential mansion, July 13, 1850. Washington: William M. Belt, 1850. 8vo. Frontis., 107, [5 (blank)] pp. 
• Not in Sabin. Quarter buckram over paper-covered sides. Without the original mourning wrappers. "Mercantile Library Co." blind-stamped on both sides. Paper call number label on spine. Edges and corners worn, tips of spine pulled, with loss. Ownership signature on front fly leaf, and charge pocket and card on rear free endpaper. Dog-eared. (3722)
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Teller's
Tales — Charming
Wood Engravings
Teller, Thomas [pseud. of George Tuttle]. Tales for all
seasons; Or stories and dialogues for little folks. New Haven: S. Babcock, [1845?]. 12mo (14 cm,
5.5"). 64 pp.; illus.
Click the interior images for enlargements. • American Imprints 45-6534. Publisher's printed green paper wrappers; lightly stained, corners bumped, paper lost at spine. Pages age-toned, with moderate foxing. (25286)
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WithExtensive
Book Advertising
at the End — “New
BooksTennyson,
Alfred. Maud, and other
poems. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). 160, [2 (blank)],
12 (adv.) pp.
• Publisher’s cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding lightly scuffed overall, spine with extremities worn and one compartment gently faded, back joint with small ink blotch and corner of front cover with traces of old adhesion, as a sticker. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate and institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1859, title-page verso stamped (no other markings). Pages slightly age-toned.
Ballet
Terry, Walter. Ballet guide. Background, listings, credits, and descriptions of more than five hundred of the world's major ballets. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 8vo. Illus.
• Publisher's cloth. Very good condition, in a very good dust jacket; price clipped from front flap of dust jacket.
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