Authors starting with D from Lorne Bair Rare Books

(1950): Phillipp Rauscher, Munich. First Edition.. Pictorial wrappers. Oblong 12mo; 81 p., illus; [2] folded leaves of plates; folding plan. A very early tourist's guide to the Dachau Concentration Camp, published to accompany the 1950 exhibition "Never Again." Includes a number of photographic illustrations (halftones) of Nazi atrocities; three folding plans (one an overall map of the camp; a detailed plan of the crematoria; and a rendering of the proposed Leitenberg Memorial. Includes a ... more information

London: The Royal Asiatic Society, 1907. First Edition.. Octavo. Original paper-covered boards (hardcover); 204p. Boards present but detached; spine cracked; text mostly unopened. Bookplate to front endpaper; foxing to pastedowns. One of 1000 copies, of which 300 bore the title page of the Asiatic Society. Issued as Asiatic Society Monograph IX. Just Good, but scarce thus, and an eminently restorable copy. ... more information

Grand Rapids: Baker House, 1954. Reprint.. Thick, heavy octavo. Cloth boards; 577+591pp. Portion of jacket flap laid down to rear endpaper; text clean and unmarked; Very Good. ... more information

[Benton Harbor, MI: House of David, ca. 1930s]. 16mo (15cm); printed gray wrappers; 33pp. Mild external wear and dusting; Very Good. Contains 29 songs, mostly hymns and carols. Sans imprint; likely printed for distribution among community members. OCLC finds 4 locations only (2 in Michigan; Hamilton College; University of Missouri). ... more information

London: George Bell & Sons, 1902. First Edition.. Quarto. Vellum-backed boards; xviii, 157p. 56 inserted leaves of plates (halftones). Spine faded; external soil & wear; scattered foxing within. Solid, unmarked copy. ... more information

Washington DC: All Soul's Church (Unitarian), 1949. First Edition.. 24mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 18pp. ... more information

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First, limited edition.. Octavo. Cloth-backed pictorial boards; acetate (unprinted) jacket; 135pp. One of 200 hardcover copies, signed by Dawson. Board edges toned and lightly soiled; jacket slightly age-clouded; Very Good overall. ... more information

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2001. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 246 pp. Fine, unread copy; As New. ... more information

Paris: CNRS Editions, 2007. First edition.. Large octavo. Laminated boards (hardcover); 436p. Review copy. Staple puncture and pencil annotations to title page, else like new clean and unread. ... more information

1914. Etching with drypoint; sheet size 89.5cm x 66cm; image size 77.5cm x 60.5cm; number 123 of 125 signed copies. Old glue residue and toning on verso from being laid down on acid backing; moderate mat burn and overall darkening to image on recto; Still clean, bright image with artist signature to recto.Jules de Bruycker (1870-1945) was one of the great Flemish etchers at the turn of the 20th century. Known for his architectural and socialist themes, De Bruycker drew inspiration from open air ... more information

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1913. Later Printing.. Octavo. Staple bound wrappers; 31pp. Uneven fading to wrappers; else a crisp, clean copy in about fine condition. ... more information

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1935. First Edition.. Octavo. Stiff card wrappers; 48pp; 4 leaves of publisher's advertisements. Light age toning; else a tight copy in very good or better condition. ... more information

VP: VP. Includes ten unused pledge cards or forms, nine printed pamphlets (including appeals, guides to welfare services, student contests, strategies for campaign workers); two copies of a typed list of members of the Springfield (Ohio) Strategy Board (with autograph annotations); four mimeographed guides for volunteers; and printed leaflets appealing to the citizens of Springfield, Ohio and South Bend, Indiana for assistance with Community Chest drives. Two of the printed pieces include halftone portrait... more information

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions / Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. Reprint.. Octavo. Full leather gilt; patterned endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark. The two volumes in one; facsimile reprint of the 1812 London edition. Privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library. Fine, with accompanying booklet laid in. ... more information

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions / Classics of Medicine Library, 1982. Reprint.. Octavo. Full leather gilt; patterned endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark. Facsimile reprint of the the first Russian edition of 1897, together with the first English translation of 1902, by W.H. Thompson. Privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library; numbered personal bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Fine, with accompanying booklet laid in. ... more information

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions / Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Reprint.. Thick 12mo. Full leather gilt; patterned endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark. Facsimile printing of the 1743 London edition. Privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library. Fine; with the accompanying editorial booklet laid in. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1950. First Edition.. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 229p; illus. Straight, tight, sturdy copy in slightly edgeworn jacket. Standard reference. ... more information

New York: Robert M McBride, 1926. First Edition.. Quarto. Cloth boards; 63p text, 320 pages of plates (halftones). Mild external soil; internally tight and clean. ... more information

New York: New York Labor News, (1930). First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 29pp. Moderate soil to covers; internally clean and unmarked. Very Good. Analysis of the international labor market and the worldwide great depression, from a revolutionary Socialist perspective. The anonymous author contrasts the failures of Capitalism against the advances of the Soviet Union under the Five Year Plan. Printed in England but with the imprint of Workers Library Publishers, the publishin... more information

San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1943. First edition.. Two octavo volumes. Original cloth; 375+388pp; frontis portrs. Mild soil; faint foxing to endpapers; Very Good. Montgomery (1859-1941), long-time San Francisco dermatologist; professor of pathology at the University of California from 1888 to 1892 and professor of cutaneous diseases in the same institution from 1892 to 1912. Co-founder of the San Francisco Polyclinic and served as its first dermatologist from 1892 to 1900; one time president (1910) ... more information