Titles starting with D from Priscilla Juvelis, Inc.

Paris: Flinker. 1959. One of 1140 numbered copies on papier Robertsau wove, from a total edition of 1190. Page size: 10-3/8 x 7-3/8 inches Handsomely bound in3/4 green morocco and pastepaper boards; spine paneled, title gilt; top edge gilt, original Covers bound in, fine. 12 pages of abstract designs after delicate pen drawings by Karl Flinker, who serves here as both artist and publisher. The colophon reads: "Realise par Karl Flinker, cet ouvrage a ete acheve d'imprimer en mail mil neuf cent ci... more information

[Paris:]: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise. [1947]. One of 2500 on Alfa mousse Navarre, from a total issue of 2805; 8vo; 183pp; handsomely rebound in 3/4 navy morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g, original wrappers and backstrip bound in. Illustrated with reproductions of two portrait drawings by Georges Jauneau of Charles Morin, "le Pere du Pere Ubu," and with reproductions in-texte of various drawings by Alfred Jarry relating to his play. ... more information

Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise. 1931. One of 41 on Hollande Van Gelder from a total of 564; 4to, handsomely rebound in 3/4 rose morocco, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. ... more information

Brussels: aux Editions du Nord. 1928. One of 1000 on Velin Allura, from a total issue of 1124. Illustrated with colored vignettes reproduced after Andre Dignimont, including the front wrapper design, frontispiece design, titlepage design, 28 text illustrations of varying sizes and formats, and numerous headpieces and tailpieces. Handsomely bound in3/4 maroon crushed morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering and an abstract design of gilt fillets and dots, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., u... more information

London: Methuen and Co.. 1905. First Edition. 8vo; 151pp; + 40 page Methuen catalogue dated March 1905; original blue gilt-stamped cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, title and author above circle of bars through which a bird flies, spine edges rubbed, spotting to rear cover, and front edges, inscribed on front free endpaper by English author William Newbold to his friend __________, French man of letters and editor of "Mercure de France," a good+ copy. Mason 388.Together with a later p... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company. 1983. One of 50 copies only on BFK Rives, signed by Beard on the colophon. Page size: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Bound: loose in original wrappers, as issued, in publisher's clamshell box of green cloth and silver kid spine designed as a classic column by Gerard Charriere and Carol Joyce, fine. First edition of this previously unpublished manuscript by Sitwell; the original manuscript notebook is in the collection of Paul W. Motter. Mark Beard has created six colo... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company. 1998. Signed, Limited Edition, one of 50 copies all on hand-made paper by Dieu Donne, signed by Zahra Partovi and Elizabeth Harington and hand-numbered in pencil, Page size: 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches; 24pp. Bound by Zahra Partovi assisted by Kristin Winkler, exposed stitching at spine, hand-made silver paper imbedded in pulp-stenciled cover sheets by Dieu Donne over boards, endpapers of red hand-made paper, with box by Priscilla Spitler of Hands On Bookbinding. fine. T... more information

Cambridge: Riverside Press. 1894. First Edition thus, one of 250 copies numbered in red on the verso of the title page. With the addition of an eight-page Preface for this edition by the author, Sarah Orne Jewett. 8vo; [i-x] [1]306pp.;305pp; original drab paper over boards with smooth white cloth spine and tips; printed buff paper label at spine; covers slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, very good+. Illustrated by Marcia and Charles Woodbury with fifty-two half- tone engravings that are printed and c... more information

[Washington, DC: Woman's National Democratic League. 1914. Delegate Ribbon. 2 x 5 1/2"; Woman's National Democratic League, Delegate, and 1914 printed in gilt on cream-colored silk, gilt border on the to and bottom, manufacturer printed in gilt on the back, trade ticket and safety pin mounted on the back, minor dimming to the gilt, very good.In the summer of 1913, the National Council of Woman Voters held its annual convention in Washington to concentrate on the federal amendment. Processi... more information

Paris: Librairie Stock. 1954. First Edition, one of 2,750 on Marais crevecoeur, from a total edition of 2910. Page size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches, 145pp. Bound in 3/4 bordeaux morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original printed wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. Humorous tale comprising fragments from the personal journal of a ill- fated writer-philosopher from Geneva, Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881), who at the age of 27 embarked on an exhausting an... more information

Munich: F. Bruckmann. [1953]. Finely bound in 3/4 maroon morocco and paste-paper boards, spine paneled, title gilt, top edge gilt, original covers bound in. Reproducing 17 drawings by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), and 20 reproductions hors-texte. This brilliant enfant terrible of the avant-garde fills the pages with fauns, masks, nudes, and figure studies and several heads of Orpheus. There is an interesting group of portraits of Cocteau at the end: a self- portrait, and by Picasso, Modigliani and Edouard Derme... more information

Paris: Bordas. [1947]. One of 2000 copies all on Lana pur fil paper, numbered, from a total issue of 2070. 8vo; handsomely rebound in 3/4 bordeaux morocco, marbled paper over boards, spine panelled, author and title in gilt, teg, original wrappers bound in. Each page illustrated with original colored lithographs by Raymond Peynet often with the text surround the images. The text was printed by Draeger Freres, the lithographs were pulled by Mourlot Freres. The opening illustrations are of Paris at Christmas ... more information

New York: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries. [ND but ca. 1862-1865]. Cabinet photograph by Matthew Brady Studios of Anna Dickinson. 2-7/16" x 3- 15/16", sepia-toned image within double-rule frame; at reverse is the printed logo for the Brady studios with their New York and Washington, DC addresses, with pencil identification of Dickinson and her dates and pencil signature "Anna Dickinson" above, probably not in Dickinson's hand. Some minor wear with touches of ligh... more information

Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag. 1920. First Edition, signed by the author on the colophon page, limited to 160 numbered copies with original etching by Hans Mied, all on handmade J.W. Zanders paper. William Smith's copy. Smith was Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy and associated with music of this century. With his signature bookplate and date on front pastedown, some offsetting from bookplate to front flyleaf. 4to; 190pp; + colophon. Original publisher's red morocco... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company. 1996. Signed, Limited Edition, one of 50 copies, all on hand-made papers by Dieu Donne and BFK Rives Page size: 12-1/2 inches x 14 inches; 112pp; 4 of which are double folds, title page of incredible beauty and delicacy printed in black, light gray, and title in gold gilt, verso of half-title page printed in palladium and black, many pages of verse printed in two colors, the second color varying each time. Index of first lines page plus colophon signed by Zahra P... more information

New York: Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish. 1950. Bruce Rogers' elegant edition, one of 300 copies, all on specially-made Fabriano paper, this copy out of series (without number below colophon). Page size: 14 x 9.5 inches, 364pp; + colophon. Bound: full black morocco (edition was bound in several colors of morocco), top edge gilt, others uncut, gold gilt stamped fleurons in each of the four corners of the front panel and repeated on back panel, original blank paper dust jacket (corner fleurons ... more information

Paris: Falaize. [1951]. First Edition, one of 900 from a total issue of 957. Page size: 6 x 5 inches; 92pp; + acheve d'imprimer. Bound: 3/4 red morocco with marbled paper and gilt fillets, spine paneled, author and title in gilt, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, small handsome ex-libris on front blank, bottom edge slightly rubbed, else fine. <br>See an <A HREF= http://www.bookrouter.com/im/juvelisbks/1619.jpg >Image.</A><br> ... more information

[Paris]: Editions Vialetay. 1955. One of 200 on velin blanc with an extra suite of the illustrations in color from a total issue of 1350; handsomely rebound in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in. Illustrated with 10 reproductions in color hors-texte after pen and watercolor sketches by Gaston Barret, as well as one sketch in black line, all portraying picturesque corners within the city, including quiet s... more information

Portland, OR. 2000. Unique artist's book, hand-painted and lettered in gold leaf on acrylic gilding gesso with letters in shell gold and colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache on mould-made white Lanaquerelle 90# watercolor paper, signed and dated by the artist, Annie Cicale on the colophon. Page size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches; 32pp. plus front turn-in and back turn-in which is the colophon. Bound by the artist: Coptic style with brown leather over boards the title lettered "DO" in debossing and ... more information

Milwaukee, WI. 1990. One of 35 copies only, each signed and numbered by the artist, all on BFK Rives. 30 pages. Page size: 5-7/8 inches x 4 inches. Bound: padded chamois over boards with onlays of chamois "ears" at top right front and back panels, with red dog collar, stainless buckle, heart-shaped id tag, going around lower third of book, holding it closed., red Kozo endpapers. Illustrated with 14 hand-colored lithographs that were drawn on stone by the artist and pulled by master printer, John G... more information