Search Results: Authors starting with D from DuBois Rare Books

Boston/Amherst: University Of Massachusetts Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 167pp. Hardcover. Octavo. Author's first book. Collection of 10 stories. Winner of the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction.

New London, CT: Hozomeen Press Publishers, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 129 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: wear to the extremities and edges, spine and lower corner of back panel creased; lacking the called for errata slip; binding very sound, interior clean and bright and unmarked. This is the true first edition, a tiny printing (300 copies!) dispensed mostly to libraries at the time. In 2013 an expanded edition was brought forth by Unbearable Books to a wildly enthusiastic reception; from critic Alan Kaufman's review at the time of publication: "It is the single most important volume of poetry to appear in the last ten years...He is the poet that America has been waiting for to free our national verse from its stratospheric sense of self-importance and return us to a poetry of flesh and heart, song and cement, just as Whitman's Leaves of Grass did in in the nineteenth Century." Signed by the great man himself… Read More

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: light signs of handling with faint wear to the extremities; binding very sound, interior clean and bright and unmarked. Warmly but cryptically inscribed by author: "For whomever is holding this book who are is Jack - all the bugs out of language into the music of the ears. Steve, Cornelia Street. 10/9/06." A lovely copy poetically inscribed. Accessed from assorted online sources: "Born in Brooklyn in 1946, much of the chronology of Dalachinsky's life and work is unclear. He had been publishing chapbooks and individual poems since at least the early 1980s; although the 2009 anthology Reaching into the Unknown contains writing that dates back to 1964, it wasn't until 2000 that he published his first full-length book of poems, A Superintendent's Eyes. He was a prolific reader and performer… Read More

Paris: ARTCO-France, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 122 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm. Tall quarto. Hardcover. Publisher's original glossy photo-illustrated paper over boards. Catalog of 14 limited edition suites exhibited July-September 1989 at the Salle Gaveau in Paris. Book Condition: some superficial splitting to the outter hinges; binding very sound, pages (filled with over 100 color illustrations, very finely reproduced) are unmarked. A well executed catalog of a group of limited edition suites rarely seen reproduced in other Dali books. In French, Spanish and English.

New York: Danese (Privately Published through Blurb), 2011. First Edition, First Printing. 54 pp. 25 cm. Flexible, high-gloss, photo-illustrated covers. Book Conditon: A bonk to the top edge of front cover else fine. An obscure, privately printed imprint. Still, the photography, featured artists and production standards are all A-level. Artists represented include: Ken Price, Ralph Bacerra, Gustavo Perez, Peter Voulkos and a dozen or so others. A gorgeous catalog of fantastic ceramics.

New York: Pantheon, 1999. First U.S Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 255 pp. including glossary. 12 mo (7"x4.5"). Fine in Very Good+ wrapper (bit of the rubbage and soilage). First novel for South African poet Achmat Dangor. Not rare by any means but not a very large first printing either. Nice copy.

New York: Hyperion, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/None Issued. 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original photo-illustrated glossy paper over boards. Book Condition: superficial shelf wear to covers, interior fresh and pristine. Dust Jacket Condition: none issued.

Paris: Societe D'editions Regionales, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover/Loose Prints in Folder. Fine/Near Fine. This listing includes two items: 1) Book: Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket -79 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 23 x 33 cm. Oblong folio; publisher's original blue linen over boards, gilt lettering to upper cover. Accompanying this, our offering also includes the super scarce companion portfolio of the same name: 2) Portfolio: Ten lithographs (one double size), each measuring 28 cm. x 37 cm. and printed on heavyweight cream colored stock; loose, contained in a thin cardstock folder lettered and decorated identically to the book; an additional cover page which features thumbnails of all the prints completes the set. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine in a jacket showing very light wear to the extremities, faint toning along edges. Portfolio condition: cardstock folder shows some bonks, creases and general signs of handling; enclosed prints are all in pristine, fresh, unmarred… Read More

New York: Putnam Adult, 2002. First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 320pp. Light blue and black paper boards with blue foil-stamped cover and spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Both book and jacket are in mint condition, apparently unread and in a protective bullet proof Brodart cover from the minute they left the store.

Zürich: Galerie Andres Thalmann, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. [Edition of 1300 copies-not numbered]. Softcover. Near Fine. 32 unnumbered pages, 17 full page color plates, biography, solo exhibitions etc.. Essay by Alice Henkes. 20cm. Square 4to. Illustrated wraps. Book Condition: Near fine, with one tiny bent corner to rear panel else fine. A gorgeous catalog of gorgeous Morris Louis-like paintings practically vibrating with pure color. [Not to be confused with a later show of Davenport's (2016) at the same gallery. This is a much more rare catalog to find in acceptable condition.]. In Swedish and English (Davenport is a Brit). Davenport is surprisingly open about his methods of achieving the effects of his "Puddle Paintings" shown in this exhibition. Morris Louis was said to be super secretive about his technique, hastily covering his canvases the second anyone showed up to his studio.

New York: Summit Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. 218 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original purple quarter-cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: some crinkles to the spine ends, otherwise brilliant and fresh. Publisher's material laid in: two page publisher's advance press release, 5x7 b&w glossy photo, advance copy card with contact info. Author's first book, with blurbs by Raymond Carver, John Barth and Meg Wolitzer. David Lipsky went on to write the well regarded memoir of his time spent with David Foster Wallace: "Although you end up becoming yourself"

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 371 pp. 24 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards. Book Condition: faint suggestion of the toned text block of the bad old days but virtually imperceptible. Dust Jacket Condition: the odd crinkle, else fine. A sharp copy.

New York: Dial Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 274 pages ; 22 cm.

London: Orion, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: Macmillan, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. xv, 282 p. : col. il. ; 22 cm. Some foxy bits to the edges, with owner's name on ffep in a very good (clipped, mild wear to extremities, back panel rubbed) jacket. First of the John Fielding and Lois Lasater Maher series books. From the front flap: "This book pictures on 48 color plates over 1000 diferent kinds of birds...[rendered] by the talented young illustrator F. P. Bennett.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good +. xv, 282 p. : col. il. ; 22 cm. Dusty edges, in a good or better (clipped, definite wear to extremities, with some rippage and loss to creased back panel) jacket.

New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Fine. ix, [i] 34 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Duodecimo. Softcover. Perfectbound glossy wraps. Book condition: Fine. Scarce to the trade.

London: Gollancz, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gollancz. London. 1996. Hardcover. 256pp. First UK Edition (true first), First Printing with full number line. Grey Cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering. Book condition: Fine. Binding is tight, text is white and bright and apparently unread. Tips are sharp and edges are clean. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Colors unfaded and brilliant, corners sharp, spine ends unbumped. Zero defect of any import. Author's first book.

Paris: editions Jules Tallandier, 75, rue Dareau, Paris, impr. J. Dumoulin, 1929. Editions Jules Tallendier. Stiff Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. Three volumes uniformly bound in stiff wraps; with red & black lettering and decorations to spine and covers. Glassine dust jackets. 24cm. Small quartos. 3 vol. t. 1, III-263 p. ; t. 2, VI-253 p. ; t. 3, VII-253 p.. Illustrations by A. Robida, with between 35-45 full page (hors texte) engravings per volume (including the occassional hand-colored example) and literally hundreds of in-text illustrations throughout. Books Condition: Very Good at least, spine ends a little frazzled but very solid bindings and quite handsome looking. The glassine jackets at largely intact, though less so at the spines, where they are chipped with losses. Includes the called for slipcase, worn but solid.