Search Results: Titles starting with D from Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable

Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Gutenberga, 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. (180 x 130mm). Four volumes bound in two. In polish. Pod redakcja Wilama Horzycy, ze slowem wstepnem Andrzeja Tretiaka, prof. Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Przeklad Teresy Swiderskiej. 424pp., 408 pp. Half leather cloth, marbled boards, four raised bands, gilt title to the spine, olive endpapers, top edges colored in brown. A handsome set of this iconic novel. .

London: Macmillan & CO., Limited, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo.381pp, [18] ads page. 20th-century blue calf by Bayntun, Bath, five raised bands to spine, titles to red and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Small sticker to endpaper. Spine labels slightly faded and soiled, minor rubbing to cover. Clean and bright copy..

Bremen, Verlag von C. Ed. Muller, 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio (340 x 400mm). 180pp,[1]. Finely bound by the J. R. Herzog, Leipzig, in burgundy cloth, embossed gilt ornaments, gilt title on front board and spine, all edges are gilt, leather spine. Glossy endpapers. 'Deutsches Leben in Frieden und Arbeit' (German life in peace and work), frontispiece and 12 full-page lithographs, elaborately decorated. Text in two columns, divided on twelve chapters: 1. An Gottes Segen ist Alles gelegen (Everything is situated for God's blessing) 2. Die Sitte des Hauses (The custom of the house) 3. Unser taglich Brod gieb uns heute! (Our daily bread is giving us today!) 4. Arbeit des Geistes (Work of the mind) 5.Vorzeit und Gegenwart (Past and present) 6.Fur unser Volk ein herz (A heart for our people) 7. Kunst (Art) 8. Malerei und Skulptur (Painting and sculpture) 9. Poesie (Poetry) 10. Musik (Music) 11. Freies Burgerthum (Free citizenship) and 12.Nachruf (Obituary). 374 songs,… Read More

Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1957. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 322pp, [1]. First edition, first impression, one of only 3000 copies, most pages uncut. In Polish. The collection of eight short stories written between 1948-1956. The work refers in form to the Three Dialogues between Hylas and Filonouse, the treatise of George Berkeley of 1713 - a lecture on the philosophy of subjective idealism. Lem borrowed the names of the interlocutors from the English bishop's treaty: Hylas and Filonous. The first of these names means "bodily", "material"; second: "mental", "intellectual". For both Berkeley and Lem, Hylas is a naive enthusiast during the talks, Filonous - a prudent sage. Origianl pictorial soft cover cloth. The spine and edges has some wear, cover is slightly soiled, tanned edges, very small worm holl on the front of block. A very good copy, with no inscriptions or marks, nice shape. .

London: Macmillan & CO., Limited, 1917. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 20th-century burgundy calf by Bayntun, Bath, five raised bands to spine, titles to blue and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, gilt elephant motif to front cover, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Small sticker to front endpaper. Cover minor rubbed, spine labels slightly faded. A fine copy..

The Franklin Library, 1979. Book. Illus. by Jose and Luis Jiminez y Aranda. As New. Hardcover. Octavo. Original brown leather spine, gilt title to the spine, richly decorated in gilt. Unread book in fine condition..

London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. Octavo. Ninth edition. viii, 404pp, 4ads. Original red cloth, embossed decorations, gilt title to the spine. Previously owner's name on ffep. Spine slightly lean, boards slightly soiled, edges tanned, small fixed tear (2cm) at bottom of Contents page. Else nice and clean copy..

Chilton Book Company, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. First edition, 9th printing indicated on the copyright page (NOT a book club edition). Original red cloth with white title on the spine. Slight bumping to the corners and spine ends, with minor foxing on the edges. Comes with the original dust jacket, which is not price clipped. The dust jacket shows minor soiling and slight wear along the edges, with two small pieces of tape on the rear. Overall, a very bright and clean copy in very good condition with its dust jacket..