Titles starting with D from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

London/New York: Printed for J. Harris and Crosby and Co./Leadenhall Press/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1807/1899. First Edition Thus. Hardcover.. Light shelf/edge wear, color paper spine missing (though tight), light toning to leaves, else tight, bright and unmarred. Decorative color paper board, paper onlays at front and rear, black ink lettering. 16mo. 66pp plus 4pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates). A very unusual wee children's book. It is, in effect, a hybrid...where Leadenhall and Scribner's took a n... more information

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Very minimal shelf wear, otherwise tight, bright and unmarred. 144pp. 0.50 x 11.25 x 8.50. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index. More than 200 color and b&w photos of pulp covers, writers, editors, ads. A lovely copy of a rather scrace volume. ... more information

New York: World Syndicate Publishing, 1934. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Moderate shelf wear, through at corners, split at head and heel of front hinge (some related curling), front joint starting, leaves show even toning, crayon on front endpages and half-title, first image hand colored, penciled pagination on first 52 pages, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue textured paper boards, silver gilt lettering and decorative elements. 32mo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). These wonderful little books w... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at heel, front and rear joints split, owner name and notation on title page, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, black ink lettering and decorative elements, gray endpages. 12mo. 349pp. Well told stories of life in the villages and countryside of Vermont during the Underground Railroad days. Overall, a rather nice reading copy of a rather uncommon volume. ... more information

Newtown, MA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. Drop-spine clamshell case tight and clean. Quarterbound, black leather spine, red Japanese silk boards, red leather spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, numerous tipped in specimens (see below). Large 4to. 165pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Numbered, limited edition this being 70 of 225 - further limited as it is 1 of 17 copies with an additional specimen (see below). Related ephemera laid i... more information

London: Sylvan Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Bump across top edge of both boards, light foxing at front endpages, moderate at rear, light foxing at last few leaves, else tight, bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pale blue cardstock leaves. Oblong 8vo. 32pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Overall, a very presentable copy of this increasingly scarce volume. ... more information

San Francisco, CA : Gallimaufry, 1976. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright and unmarred. Illustrated paper wraps. 8vo. 48pp. Laid in letter, signed by author. Limited edtion of 1000. Letter from the author to Lowry Thompson (founder of Rubberstampmadness) thanking her for an article on a mutual friend (and illustrator of Cabral's books). ... more information

Zurich: Diogenes Verlag, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Custom archival slipcase with matching sleeve, black leather spine on sleeve, gilt lettering. Green cloth board, black ink label, gilt lettering, pictoral endpages. 12mo. 320pp. Text in German. An "As New" copy in a custom archival slipcase. ... more information

New York: Hobart Co., 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head of spine, light rubbing to color pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements, color pastedown, gilt at top of text block, frontispiece. 8vo. 306pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Lively tale of love, war and intrigue at Fort Frayne on the Indian frontier in the 1880s. ... more information

New York: E P Dutton, 1987. Second Printing. Hardcover [and Original Wraps]. Owner signature on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Mauve cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 4to. 144pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Map. Bibliography. Resources. Also includes PLR in original pictorial wraps. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given bookÕ... more information

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner signature/notation on front pastedown, sporadic notations/underlining in textblock, hint of duststaining at top of textblock, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, small chip at head with related closed tear, flap shows underlining, else clean. Navy cloth boards, gilt lettering, blue endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 227pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Chronology. Library Listing. Address. Index. Holographic letter, cards, ... more information

London: Omnibus, 1984. Staplebound Wraps. Very minimal shelf wear, otherwise tight, bright and unmarred. DJ is Fine. Glossy pictorial wraps. 36pp. Illus. (color plates). Pull-out poster. Wrap around pictorial dusk jacket. Special Japanese production for Shinko Music. Text in Japanese. An extremely nice copy of a very scarce and desirable volume. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny chip in vinyl coating on boards, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very light shelf wear and price clipped. Red boards, gilt, gatefold title page. Illus (color and b/w plates). Index. Foil DJ protected by Brodart. This is the story of Hollywood, of the people who made the films and the methods they used, from 1925 to 1965." A wonderful book, a deep and compelling look at the business of Hollywood and outstanding production qualities. ... more information

Melbourne: Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed on the title page by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black coated paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. Index. Warmly inscribed to noted Harvard professor. A handsome copy. ... more information

Israel: Peace Press, 1973/5733. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Very minor shelf/edge wear to portfolio, else bright and unmarred. Black quarter-fold portfolio, paper onlay, tissue wrapper around plates, small pamphlet. fo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited edition of 500 copies. [A] sensitive selection of the art that defies the Holocaust. Here for rejoicing and renewal are the reflexes of a life, a Chayim, which sustains possessions but is not sustained by them." (from laid in pamphlet). Includes: D... more information

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. Book Club. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tail), else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows several small closed tears, some with related creases, "price" clipped, light even soiling at rear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey/blue coated paper boards, blue ink lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 222pp. Preceded the British edition which shows textual differences and the first US release. This edition shows the front a... more information

Groningen: Catharina Zandt, 1699. First Edition. Original Wraps. Glue-toning from an old typed label on the upper cover (label now laid in); slight foxing and edge wear to a few leaves. Minor dampstain to the lower wrapper. 190 x 140 mm. BINDING: Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Quarto. COLLATION: ¹1 (=D6) AÐC4 D6 (-D6): 18 ff., unnumbered. Roman & italic types. Woodcut cul-delampe on title-page; woodcut headpiece on A1r. REFERENCES: Opera omnia (Lausanne & Geneva, 1742) vol. I, pp. 27... more information

New York: Walker Art Center/Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition. Glossy Wraps. Very light shelf wear, very light foxing at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. 4to. 255pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Chronology. Biographies. Bibliography. Index. Exhibition catalogue. ... more information

New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf wear, top of spine very slightly cocked, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf wear, else bright and clean. Teal cloth boards, mustard paper boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 290pp. The author's first novel, the first in the Lewis Cole mystery series ... more information

Orono, ME : University of Maine Press, 1992. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Ownership signature at front pastedown, inscribed by author at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, blue ink lettering, frontispiece. Small 8vo. 161pp plus np plates. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Inscribed by author to J Sadler. "Abial Edwards was the third son of a wheelwright and carriage maker and himself a textile worker in Lewiston, Maine, when the Civil War began. He enlisted in S... more information