THE TRICK NEW STORIES
by Dawson, Fielding
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Covers lightly stained and some evidence of book having "dried" out after something spilt on it. Inscribed, indecipherably, on the title page by Dawson, dated by him 4/22/93, with "Dawson Travel Copy" written on the front cover, also in his hand. Dawson (1930 - 2002) was a... Read More
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Premieres Meditations Poetiques (2 vol)
by de Lamartine, A.
Paris: Imprimerie Lahure, 1897. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. two volume set, bound in tan leather with marbled boards, endpapers, edges all around, 6-compartment spine with gilt lettering and decoration, internally fine and clean.
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AMERICA - TOO YOUNG TO DIE!
by de Seversky, Major Alexander P. (Fisk, James B.)
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Author, aviator and inventor, Russian-born, Alexander de Seversky (1894 - 1974) was notably a US air strategist, who chronicled the supremacy of US air power in WWII in his bestselling book, Victory Through Air Power, and its sequel. Here he cautions the US about complacency and non-competitiveness with the... Read More
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Jan De Cock: Denkmal ISBN 9080842427
by DE COCK, Jan (art of). SKINNER, Kirstie, MARTIN, Tim, WOOD, Jon, WELCHMAN, John C., DAVIDTS, Wouter (essays by)
Brussels: Atelier Jan De Cock, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As news. Impressive production.
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MEMOIRS OF PHILIP DE COMINES LORD OF ARGENTON Containing the History of Lewis XI and Charles VII Kings of France.
by De Comines, Philip
London: Printed for John Starkey, 1674. Hardcover. needs rebinding. Old calf, front cover detached, rear missing. In front missing frontispiece and in rear missing last pages of printer's catalog and endpapers. Still, title page through page 611 fully collates. Pages trimmed, leaves toned but unfoxed. Good for research or facsimile edition.
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THE LIFE OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER WHO LIVED EIGHT AND TWENTY YEARS IN AN UNINHABITED ISLAND
by (Defoe, Daniel)
London: The Booksellers. Thomas Wilson, 1811. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair. Stated "A New Edition, complete in One Volume; with plates, descriptive of subject" on the title page. 8vo, original boards, cloth spine, v (6) 264, Four plates: frontispiece plus three after preface before text. Front hinge revealed; and worn overall - an unsophisticated copy.
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THE LIFE OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER WHO LIVED EIGHT AND TWENTY YEARS IN AN UNINHABITED ISLAND
by (Defoe, Daniel)
London: Printed for B. Law, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, W. Lepard and G. and T. Wilkie, 1785. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair. Stated "The whole three volumes faithfully abridges. A New Edition", on title page. 8vo, original or old calf, 336. Front cover detached, rear hanging on, lacking ffe and prelims. With binder's error, sheet M,... Read More
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Prayers from the Ark
by de Gasztold, Carmen Bernos; Godden, Rumer (translator)
New York: Viking Press, 1962. First American edition. Paperbacked Boards/Cloth Spine. Fine/Near Fine. Primrose, Jean. Dj with slight stain, slight wear spine ends. Attractively illustrated. A companion to _The Creatures' Choir_. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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The Derrydale Cook Book of Fish and Game (2 Volumes)
by De Gouy, L. P.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Limited. Red Cloth. Near Fine +. 364 of 1,250 copies. Edges and corners sharp, text clean, bindings tight. In G+ publisher's cloth slipcase with worn corners, rubbed edges and top edge left panel seperated from top panel.
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LOT OF 9 TITLES BY OR ABOUT ARIZONA ARTIST TED DE GRAZIA
by DeGrazia, Ted. DeGrazia, Marion
1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9 titles, most first editions, 4 signed, each fine in near fine dustjackets. DEGRAZIA: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. (Tucson): Gallery in the Sun Publications, 1971. Fourth printing. Green cloth, silver titles, issued without dustjacket. Inscribed by DeGrazia on the ffe and dated by him 1973. Fine. FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA:SKETCHES OF HIS LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.... Read More
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Rimes De La Mere Oie. (Mother Goose Rhymes)
by de Kay, Ormonde (translator). Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Barry Zaid of Push Pin Studios (designed and illustrated by)
Boston: Little Brown, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Uncommon English to French translation of Mother Goose rhymes, with an introductory essay by de Kay, book designed by Chwast, Glaser and Zaid of Push Pin Studios, cutting edge, Manhattan graphic design firm of the 60s/70s. Signed by translator de Kay on the half title. Book better than very good... Read More
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Les Caractères de Théophraste, avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle, par M. de la Bruyere. Nouvelle Edition augmentée de quelques Notes sur ces deux Ouvrages, & de la Defence de La Bruyèrez & de ses Caractères, par M. Coste
by LA BRUYERE (Jean de)
Amsterdam: F. Changuion, 1744. Hardcover. Very Good. 1744 edition, two volumes, 12mo, lii + 394pp; 464pp., original, speckled calf, gilt device front, five raised bands, more gilt, title red leather, moderate wear mostly at spine tips, minor loss to foot of Vol I. Solidly bound.
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FLORA: A BOOK OF DRAWINGS
by de la Mare, Walter (poems). Bianco, Pamela (drawings)
London: William Heinemann, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bianco's first illustrated book; her illustrations apparently moved de la Mare to compose these poems. About the nicest copy we could expect to see in original dustracket, which has expectedly imparted the faintest of toning to the edges of the white covers. Little evidence of use or readership... Read More
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The Iron Woman
by Deland, Margaret
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1911. Limited Edition. Paper-backed Boards, Pictoria. Good/No Dustjacket, as Issued. Advance copy for private distribution. Not originally intended for sale. Some splitting/chipping and attendant loss along spine. Some lighter marks on covers. Wear around edges. Signed on title page "Mr. Sol Gugenheim -- with the compliments of -- Harper Brothers
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The Voyage Of The Jeannette. The Ship And Ice Journals Of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., And Commander Of The Polar Expedition Of 1879-1881
by (DE LONG, George W.) De Long, Emma (edited by)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 2 volumes, 8vo, brown pebbled cloth with pictorial in black and titles in black and gold, blind-stamped on rear covers. Internals apparently unused, all plates extant, lacking the map in rear pocket of Volume 1. Incidental wear at spine tips. Leaves slightly toned, as is usually seen. Solid bindings.... Read More
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HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH
by Demarest, David D. Feehey, John (engraver)
NY: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blind-stamped decorated brown cloth, with gilt-pressed pictorial which we attribute to plate designer/engraver John Feehey (see squiggly lines on either side of figure). 8vo, xxvii, 14 - 221, illustrated. Some loss to cloth at spine ends, gilt titles dulled at spine,... Read More
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CARONI GOLD: VENEZUELA'S RIVER OF WEALTH
by Dennison, L. R.
NY: Hastings House, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very nice copy of Dennison book on the Caroni River. An apparently unread copy, illustrated with b&w photographs in better than very good dustjacket with slightly sunned spine. Bookshop ticket for the American Book Shop in Caracas top corner ffe.
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Toilette of the Hebrew Lady
by De Quincey, Thomas
Hartford: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1926. First Edition. Paper Covers. Near Fine -/No Dustjacket. scarce, paper covers toned at edges.
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And You, Thoreau!
by Derleth, August (edited and with a foreward by)
Norfolk: New Directions, 1944. First Edition Softcover. Stiff Wraps. VG. Utpatel, Frank (wood engravings). Moderatley soiled covers.
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The House of Moonlight
by Derleth, August
Iowa City: Prairie Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.
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EVERYMAN
by Derrick, Thomas (woodcuts). Rhys, Ernest (editor)
London: Westminster Press, 1930. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. The large paper edition, 185 copies, this #152 and signed by woodcut artist Derrick on the limitation page, with a signed woodcut print laid-in. Faux vellum, gilt titles front and spine, gte, ribbon-marker, 4to, sides untriimmed, 100p. The text, edited by Rhys, is "Everyman's Library". Printed at the... Read More
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NEW ROMANTIC ANTHOLOGY
by Stefan Schimanski and Henry Treece (editors). Mervyn Peak (plates). Biro (dustjacket design)
London: Grey Walls Press, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VGF+. Warmly inscribed at Chritsmas 1949 by Treece. Dustjacket slightly toned, as are leaves, else near fine.
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Claes Oldenburg Coosje Van Bruggen
by Tomoko Makiura (design)
NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Catalog for May- June 2002 Oldenburg exhibition. 4to, pictorial covers, 40 pp, with poster in front pastedown sleeve, folded (as issued).
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Conferences Ecclesiastiques du Diocese d'angers, Sur les Etats
by de Vaugirauld, Jean
Avignon: Claude Delorme and Alexandre Giroud, 1749. Nouvelle Edition. Leather. Near Fine -. Ribbed spine with gilt decorations. Slight creasing to spine edges, cover corners gently bumped. Minor soiling to pastedowns; text clean, binding tight. Green place-keeping ribbon present.
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LITTLE DORRIT
by Dickens, Charles. Browne, H. K. (plates by)
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition in book form. Backstrip separating, so a rebinding copy. 8vo, worn half leather over marbleized boards, xvi, 625 (1) , 40 plates. Copy observes first issue points - 3 line errata at xiv, William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27, "Rigaud' for "Blandois' pages 467-474, B2... Read More
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