The Golden Gospels of Ecternach. Codex Aureus Epternacensis
by Metz. Peter Dr
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A fine, apparently unused copy, in printed acetate dustwrapper in printed slipcase. Illustrated w/ 13 color plates and 96 monochromes, Large 4to.
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CHICAGO REVIEW Volume12 Number 2 (Summer 1958)
by D. T. Suzuki, Alan Watts. Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, Samuel Beckett, Charles Olson, et al.
Chicago: Chicago Review, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Important edition of the Chicago Review with a special Zen section with contributions from D. T. Suzuki, Alan Watts. Jack Kerouac, Gray Snyder, et al. Also includes an excerpt of Samuel Becket's translation from the French of his "The Unamable", which was its first publication in English. Also includes a book review by Charles Olson.
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PARADE FUNEBRE POUR CHARLES ETIENNE
by Duboffet, Jean
Paris: Editions Jean Bucher, 1967. 1st Edition Limited. Near Fine. 400 copies, this number 204. 30 lithographed pages, plus lithographed front cover of wrapper. Near fine copy.
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Land Where My Fathers Died
by Dubus, Andre
U.S.A.: Stuart Wright, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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The Valley and Its People
by Duffus, R. L. And Charles Krutch
NY: Alfred Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Near fine in better than very good dw that is slightky tanned to spine.
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LYRICS PATHETIC & HUMOROUS FROM A TO Z.
by Dulac, Edmund
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Yellow cloth spine and illustrated paper over boards. Contains 24 color plates for each letter of the alphabet. Each illustration is accompanied by a limerick, for example: "O was an obstinate owl, Who might have been quite a nice fowl; But she spoilt her eye sight, Reading novels at night. Now she ogles at you with a scowl." Endpapers are illustrated with an inscription on ffe: "For Charlotte, After... Read More
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THE MARTIAN
by Du Maurier, George
NY: Harper& Row, 1898. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large paper limited edition, this 226 of 250 copies. Stout 8vo, light green linen over quarter vellum, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Barrauds, 22 illustrations, 6 with facsimiles of pencil studies. vii + 476p. Some soiling to edges of covers, internals fine.
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PETER IBBETSON with an introduction by his cousin Lady ***** ("Madge Plunkett") (PLAY EDITION)
by Du Maurier, George. Collier, Constance (introduction). (Barrymore, John)
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Presumed first edition of the Play Edition with 'The Story of the Play' by actress Constance Collier, who appeared in the stage production. 8vo, reddish-brown woven cloth, titles stamped in gold, gte, sides untrimmed, in sepia pictorial dustjacket, vii (viii -xvi) (1) 3- 418. Illustrated with drawings from the original publication by Du Maurier, plus 8 duotone photos of scenes or players from the stage version, which featured... Read More
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The Practical Surveyor's Guide
by Duncan, Andrew
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co, 1912. Later Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Dustjacket. blind stamped decoration front and back panel, gilt lettering spine, decorative endpapers, clean internally with no previous owner markings.
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SELF-PORTRAIT: U.S.A.
by Duncan, David Douglas (photographs of)
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. B&W photographs that document all the proceedings and tumult of the 1968 Democratic and Republican conventions in Chicago and Miami Beach. Neat previous owner last name on pictorial front pastedown and top of ffe vers, else fine in near fine dustjacket with a few closed tears head of spine.
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Of the War
by Duncan, Robert
Oyez, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Fine -/No Dustjacket.
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States - Volume II only
by Dunlap, William. Frank W. Bayley and Charles E. Goodspeed
Boston: C. E. Goodspeed & Co, 1918. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. A New Edition, Illustrated", the preferred one, edited and with annotations by Bayley and Goodspeed. Green cloth, almost as new. An apparently unused copy, not ex-lib as is usually offered.
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ALAN DUNN CARTOON LAMPOONING RALPH NADER AUTO SAFETY
by Dunn, Alan. (Richard Grossman, Ralph Nader)
NY: (The New Yorker), 1965. No Binding. Near Fine. Copy, likely a pull sheet or dummy from The New Yorker. of an Alan Dunn cartoon lampooning car safety features advocated by consumer activist Ralph Nader, sometime 1965, when his groundbreaking book "Unsafe at Any Speed" was published. Copy itself measures 10" x 11.25' matted to approx 18" x 18" with the clear acetate over just the matt printed with cartoon caption. Drawing is of a suburban woman in... Read More
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TALES OF WAR
by Lord Dunsany
Dublin/ london: The Talbott Press/ T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Unread copy, leaves unopened, edges gently toned (paper stock) in original dustjacket same design as front cover. 156 pages. Dustjacket spine a wee toned.
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RECUEIL DE DIFFERENT SUJETS GRAVES A L'EUA FORTE PAR J. DUPLESSI-BERTAUX
by Duplessi- Bertaux, Jean
Paris: Chez L'Editeur, 1814. Presumed First or Early Editions. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated, circa 1814, seven suites of 12 engraved plates each for a total of 84 later bound, probably late 18thC, in half red leather over marbleized boards. The binding is divided into two sections, the "front" section begun with a centerfold title page with a circular vignette, with the first suite of the five entitled "Suite: d'ouvriers de differentes classes". The printer is identified on the... Read More
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench, From Trinity Term, 29th George III. to Easter Term, 30th George III. Both Inclusive. Vol. III
by Durnford, Charles and East, Edward Hyde
Dublin: E. Lynch, L. White, P. Byrne, and W. Jones, 1791. First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good -. Volume 3 only. Red leather label at spine with gilt title. Long closed tear along spine, left edge front cover. Spine ends and edges rubbed, cover corners slightly worn. Slight scuffing to lower and right edge front cover, rear cover with rubbed edges and small black circular stain. Free endpapers, pastedowns, and title page toned with minor staining, text clean.... Read More
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench, from Michaelmas Term, 37th George III. 1796, to Trinity Term, 38th George III. 1798. Both Inclusive. With Tables of the Names of Cases and Principal Matters. Vol. VII
by Durnford, Charles and East, Edward Hyde
Dublin: Printed for L. White, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and J. Rice, 1799. First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good -. Volume 7 only. Red leather label at spine with gilt title. Moderate scuffing to covers and spine. Spine endes and edgesrubbed, corners slightly worn. PON crossed out and seperate PON at title page, dated 1799. Pastedowns, free endpapers, title page, and first few pages toned and stained, but text clean. Binding tight.
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The Connecticut Digest, Comprising All the Decisions in Kirby's Report, the Tow Volumes of Root's Report, the Five Volumes of Day's Reprts and the First Seven Volumes, and a Part of the Eigth of Connecticut Reports . Digest of Judge Swift
by Dutton, Henry
Nwe Haven: Hezekiah Howe & Co, 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. First edittion of the first effort to compile Connecticut case law. 8vo, publisher's calf, red leather gilt-ruled label spine, vii + 553. Calf heavily scuffed, internals moderatly foxed, binding firm. Scarce.
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Prelude to Eden: A Drama for Marionettes
by Dwiggins, W.A.
MA: Hingham, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Performing Arts Quarto. Green paper-covered spine over aluminum boards, in protective glassine. In orignal postmarked box with letter from the author.
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Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla: A Celebration of Style
by Dwivedi, Sharada
Mombay: AJSK Publications, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/NF. High-end Inidan women's fashion design. As new book in near fine dw in slightly rubbed laminated pictorial slipcase.
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The Cheseapeake Bay Country
by Earle, Swanson
Baltimore: Remington - Putnam, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick 8vo, pub red cloth, gilt front and spine, 522p, copiously illustrated, foldout colored map. Apparently unused copy.
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THOMAS DE QUINCEY: A BIOGRAPHY
by Eaton, Horace Ainsworth
NY: Oxforrd University Press, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Review copy with postcard addressed to the Book Review editor of Syracuse Orange, student newspaper of Syracuse University. Also with publisher's review notice pasted down on pastedown. Inscribed in May 1936 by Eaton "from his friend the author". Red, linen cloth covers, double blind-ruled. Spine faded, still solidly bound, internals quite nice. Harvard educated Horace Ainsworth Eaton (1871-1958) was de Quincey scholarly authority and chairman of the English... Read More
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THE MAN WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS
by Eaton, Walter Prichard. Stone, Walter King (frontispiece)
Boston: W. A. Wilde, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. An exceptionally well-preserved copy, single blind-ruled, patterned green cloth, gilt titles in scarce pictorial dustjacket which reproduces frontispiece. THE collectible copy. One of a series of giftbooks by Eaton published by Wilde,
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Collected Poems
by Eberhart, Richard
New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
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POEMS NEW AND SELECTED
by Eberhart, Richard
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1944. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Edges, spine tanned and worn. SIGNED on the title page and dated 1949 by the author.
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