Search Results: Authors starting with D from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. 192. Bound in tan cloth with blue lettering stamped on spine. A superb copy with dust jacket spine showing a trifle darkening. The author taught at Cornell and the University of Chicago before taking position at Cambridge University's English department. The dust jacket, printed with a pastel tartan overlaid with a menorah, is now preserved in a removable, clear archival protector.

Paris: Olympia Press, 1965. Second Printing. Stiff Paper Wraps. Near Fine. Small 12mo. Pp. 181. Titles and decorative borders printed in green and black on the cover and spine, perfect bound, title page in black and green. Colophon: "New Printing by Imprimerie du Lion, Paris 1965." This 1958 sex novel was the last of five Owens wrote for Maurice Girodias's press under the nom de plume he gave her. Superbly well preserved.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-345. Frontis. black & white photograph of A. P. Giannini. Bound in pale grey cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. Bookplate. Original price of $4.50 on rear paste-down ("The Emporium"). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, dated 1947. In the price-clipped dust jacket. A handsome sturdy copy with dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York: MacMillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Fair. William Ernest Rideout. 8vo. Pp. 397. Frontis. Palace Hotel illustration. With thirteen additional Rideout illustrations on coated paper, appendix and index. Dark blue cloth, titles and decorative rules stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, photo illustrated endpapers, fore edge untrimmed. Minimal toning to edges, contemporary San Francisco owner's address label on the front free endpaper. In the three color illustrated dust jacket: numerous closed tears and chips with aged cellophane tape reinforcements, edges rubbed and darkened, spine color unfaded. Story of the colorful banker and developer William Chapman Ralston. While the dust jacket is in rough repair, its mere existence is uncommon.Jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

Providence, RI: The John Carter Brown Library, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Pp. xx, 85. Frontis. Color photograph of Columbus's 'Epistola' (1493), bound for John Carter Brown by F. Cuzin. Forward by Dr. Philip Maddock. Preface by Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine and gilt decorative borders and initials of John Carter Brown printed on cover. A fine illustrated survey of trends and enthusiasms expressed by bibliophiles and libraries in the 19th-century, as represented by holdings at Brown University. Heavy emphasis is place on bindings. A handsome production.

London: Readers Union George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Narrow 8vo. Pp. 223. Illustrated with a deck plan, a map and reproduction of a Bligh portrait. Green cloth, titles and illustration stamped in silver on the cover and spine, purple topstain: minor edge dents and rubbing. In the illustrated dust jacket with "Allen and Unwin Edition 25s" intact on the front flap: edges minimally rubbed. The Swedish South Seas writer's re-examination of Bligh's character. Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

(Rio de Janeiro): Luminatti Editora, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ricardo Siqueira. 4to. Pp. 206. Text in Portuguese and English. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with photographs, reproductions of historic images. Hardbound in paper-covered boards. Very slightly cocked. Eminently presentable visual tour of Brazil's lighthouses and the history behind them. Bookseller inventory O11161O.

New York: Crown Journeys / Crown Publishers, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo. Pp. 158, (2). Endpaper maps. Hardcover in half binding of black paper-covered spine over gray paper-covered boards. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A superb copy with no detracting qualities. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.

Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Square quarto. Pp. 83. Illustrated with color photo reproductions. Color photo illustrated paper covered boards, black endpapers. With biography, bibliography and notes. Work of the Seattle artist inspired by the Ford House, designed by Bruce Goff and built in 1947.Published on the occasion of exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum Seattle May-September 2015 and at INOVA Milwaukee June-August 2014, the latter under the title "Uncertainty of Enclosure.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1929. Third Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. M. L. Kirk. 12mo. Pp. 243. Frontis. M. L. Kirk halftone color illustration with tissue guard. Third printing March 13, 1929. Pale green cloth, titles stamped in dark green on the spine and in borders on the cover, pale yellow endpapers decorated with publisher's device: head edge dust soiled, edges age toned and lightly foxed, former owner signed in ink on recto of frontis. plate, leaves crisp and covers bright. In the color dust jacket repeating the frontis. illustration in a scenic frame, with price $1.75 intact on the front flap: mellowed vertical crease to the cover, spine head chipped, moderate foxing to edges. Historical novel set in a tavern on the Missouri where pioneer adventure passes before the eyes of a mischievous young girl. The illustration on the dust jacket front panel (and frontis.) features an African American girl holding a cat as a Scottie dog looks on. Dust jacket preserved in a… Read More

London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illustrated with 50 plates, many b&w photogravure images and 20 or so in color.. Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is #98. Folio (book measures 13" x 17" (32.5 cm. x 42 cm.)). Unpaginated. Three page introduction by Roger Fry. A total 50 plates reproducing in photogravure rich photographs of artifacts, each preceded by a title page offering measurements, materials used in composition, provenance, etc. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt device on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Slight wear to spine head and some insignificant edgewear, consistent with the book's age. Generally, a well-preserved copy. Printed at the Pelican Press. Laid in is a tri-fold promotional card, circa 1960, from the P. C. Lu and Co. shop in Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel. The card delineates the Chinese dynasties.From 1905 to 1933, Henri D'Ardenne de Tizac directed the Musee Cernuschi. During that tenure he… Read More

Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. New. 4to. Pp 156. With 98 color reproductions and 39 in b&w. Illustrated cover with stamped lettering in white. A lovely copy, as new in shrinkwrap from the publisher. From the publisher: "Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78 is an international historical survey of the "attacks" that painting endured (and survived) in the years following World War II. For the artists discussed here, coming after Abstract Expressionism, painting had arrived at an impasse, and they devised ways to overcome its existing conventions. This phenomenon occurred all over the world, and Target Practice documents how and why artists felt compelled to shoot, rip, tear, burn, erase, nail, unzip and deconstruct painting in order to usher in new ways of thinking about their art. It shows that such ideas were of concern to well-known artists like Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and also introduces lesser-known peers who were making equally… Read More

San Diego: (The San Diego Corral of the Westerners), 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Pp. XX. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. One US Postage stamp tipped-in to the article on Powell on the Colorado. Large folding map laid-in at rear, as issued. With a note on contributors. Bound in textured cloth with gilt cattle brands stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Of an edition limited to 500 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 170. A bright, fresh copy of the annual, this issue featuring articles on the Garra Uprising of 1851, Powell on the Colorado River, La Mision del Diablo, clipper ship activity relative to the California Gold Rush, with color reproductions of clipper ship cards, Charles F. Lummis in San Diego, the journal of the Expedition of J. D. Hawks and Party from San Domingo to San Diego, etc.

Porto: [E. Biel & C.a], 1904. First Separate Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. Small folio. Pp. [22]. Illustrated with six photogravure plates. Bound in half blue crushed morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Red silk bookmark. Mild wear to spine ends, gift inscription, otherwise a solid, bright copy. First separate edition, originally appearing in A Arte e a Natureza em Portugal, detailing the history of this important base of the House of Braganza, one of the most important lines of Portuguese nobility. The decline of Vicosa began in 1640, when John II, Duke of Braganza, became King John IV, thus transferring family power to Lisbon, to the neglect of the family's hometown. A worthy architectural history presented in a sumptuous binding.

New York London: The Century Co, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-352. Bound in orange cloth with lettering blindstamped on front board, in black on spine. The letter "S" is written on the front free endpaper in red pencil. Light offsetting to orange cloth. In the illustrated dust jacket that's uniformly foxed, with a split along the fold between spine and front panel, and two old reinforced paper tape lengths on verso of spine. The dust jacket design, uncredited, presents a consummate art-deco motif of a stylized statuesque woman amid repeating scallops of black, orange dna yellow. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Washington, D.C., 1855. Embossed single sheet. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. [4]. Single sheet folded once vertically then twice horizontally, blindstamped "Carson's Congress" in left upper corner, written on first and second pages only. Nelson was former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1850-53) who had returned to his law practice in New York. Anson Dart (1797-1879) of Wisconsin had been appointed first Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in 1850 to negotiate treaties between the US government and tribes. The resulting agreements were not ratified by Congress and Dart resigned his appointment in 1852. This letter itemizes cash expenses incurred in several unspecified lawsuits in Oregon before Justice Nelson including travel from and to Milwaukee. A copy of the Court Record had been enclosed, to be returned to the Indian Office by Nelson. Preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Second Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. x, 519, [10] of publisher's advertising. Illustrated with engravings in the text. "New Edition" stated, with preface dated June 1845, postscript dated Feb 1st 1860, and index. Dark red cloth, titles "Naturalist's Voyage Round the World" stamped in gilt on the spine, decorations stamped in black on the covers. Moderately shaken, spine ends chipped, covering split at the front hinge, head edge soiled, minimal foxing to preliminaries, ink gift inscription on ffep, bookplate of Lucile McDonald and bookseller tag (De Witt & Snelling Oakland Cal.) on front pastedown. Darwin's first book, which immediately established his great reputation at age 30. This is his final revision of the Journal and Remarks covering his part in the 1831-36 second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, revised in 1845 as Journal of Researches[...] and reprinted since 1902 as The Voyage of the Beagle. FREEMAN F24.Lucile Saunders McDonald was a… Read More

New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Some wear to edges and fingerprint stains to back cover.. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 285. Introduction by H. K. Kuloy. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of illustrations and photos, some folding out. Maps. Index. Cloth book mark bound in. Bound in indigo cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear. Number 1018 of an edition limited to 2000 copies. The first volume in the publisher's series "Bibliotheca Himalayica."The author Sarat Chandra Das (1849-1917) and editor William Woodville Rockhill (1854-1914) were both notable to their contributions to the scholarship of Tibetan history. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1987. First British Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Fine. Peter Dyer Angus Hyland (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. x, 171. Bound in blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Paper a bit age-toned. In the illustrated dust jacket. Superb critical essays, mostly literary, by a master of the form. Subjects include Nabokov, Beckett, Montaign, Herondas, Montaigne, et al. Published the same year as the first American edition (North Point). Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector.

Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xxviii, 521. Illustrated with 11 survey charts & 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 illustrations, 29 in color. Notes, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in brown buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Tan endpapers. Ribbon bookmark. Acknowledgements page lightly soiled, else fine. Number 3 in the second Miegunyah series. The authoritative account of one of the longest and most important surveying cruises of the golden age of world hydrography. An especially fresh copy. Dust jacket preserved in a clear removable archival sleeve.