Search Results: Titles starting with D from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Press Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). GREEN DEC. LEATHER AEG..

NY: Doubleday and Company, 2013. Book. New. Hardcover. Limited Edition. A tenth anniversary limited edition in the publisher's slipcase, and in original shrink wrap. While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci- clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion-a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci- and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle- while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move- the explosive, ancient truth will be lost… Read More

Book. The original photo is approx 2x3 inches. Reproduced recently as part of a retrospective series of early American photographs. Approx 5x7 inches. mounted on a matte board..

Ephemera. Good. No Binding. ??????? ??? ??? ?? ?? ???? ????? --TEXTILE ARMBAND-- PROPAGANDA CHINESE COMMUNIST-- Stenciled lettering on cotton, armband edges and ends are sewn. Loosely translated, this armband declares the wearer to be a Defender of Mao Zedong, and a member of Rebel Team of the Revolutionary Committee of Logistics Personnel of Shanghai Secondary School. China's Cultural Revolution, c.1966-1976, was a social/political movement-- when Mao Zedong, Chairman of the ruling Communist Party, initiated revolutionary cadres to reinforce his strict communist dogma used to obliterate capitalism, Confucianism, and traditional Chinese family culture. In nice condition. .

Simon & Schuster, 2017. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A celebration of the revolutionary change Amy and David Goodman have witnessed during the two decades of their acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy Now!- and how small individual acts from progressive heroes have produced lasting results. In 1996 Amy Goodman began hosting a show called Democracy Now! to focus on the issues and movements that are too often ignored by the corporate media. Today it is the largest public media collaboration in the US. This important book looks back over the past twenty years of Democracy Now! and the powerful movements and charismatic leaders who are re-shaping our world. Goodman takes us along as she goes to where the silence is, bringing out voices from the streets of Ferguson to Staten Island, Wall Street, and South Carolina to East Timor- and other places where people are rising up to demand justice. Giving voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful,… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

Birkhäuser Architecture, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12. Designer Profile is the standard work on the design scene in Germany and Switzerland. Designers from the fields of industrial and exhibition design, graphic design, corporate and multimedia design present their latest projects and developments. The bilingual compendium is geared towards decision-makers in companies and agencies who wish to find specific information quickly on the range of services offered by creative professionals. .

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. Book. Illus. by with Photos . Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition.

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930.4to. cloth covered boards, stated 1st edition..

Edison, NJ: Papier Presse, 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. #59 of 100 signed special limited 1st edition. Bound in leather, all edges gilt. This book is a thorough current reference on glass paperweights. The author has written a wonderful guide to the world of paperweights, taking care to provide pictures and line drawings to illustrate the knowledge he shares with us. He includes discussions of rarity, contrasts in style, method, and motif. He also contrasts antique and modern versions and provides brief biographies of contemporary makers. All of this is laid out alphabetically. You will find this book to be an indispensable reference, worthy being read over and over. This is an important book that every collector will cherish. An important book that belongs in the collection of all collectors of antique paperweights. 383 pages with hundreds of color photographs and line drawings. Hard bound. 7 1/4" by 10 1/4". 2009. Sections Foreword Preface… Read More

Paris: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The words are listed across the page in French, English, German, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. Extensive word list index. 190pp..

NY: Tudor Publishing Co. , 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised third edition. The aim of this book is to give a simple and reliable account of modern painting from the Impressionists up to our own time. Approx. 8.5x6 inches.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Maurice Dreicer. 1st Edition. Maurice C. Dreicer, a gastronome visited more than 60 countries in a 40- year quest for the perfect steak. Dining out is a fine art. To get the most enjoyment for your time and money, you need to know not only how to plan and where to go for fine food and drink in general, as well as for unusual specialties, but you must also know how to command attention, service, comfort complete satisfaction. Maurice C. Dreicer (called by a prominent columnist the "Pulitzer Prize Committee of One in the nourishment field") has been an outstanding' authority and writer for more than a quarter of a century. He has visited over ten thousand restaurants in various parts of the world. Mr. Dreicer, as "the foremost gourmet of our times," contributed the report on contemporary dining to the American Broadcasting Company's Time Capsule. This is a signed and inscribed first edition..

London, United Kingdom: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Ken Russell. 1st Edition. Directing Films : The Director's Art from Script to Cutting Room In this fascinating book, acclaimed and controversial film director Ken Russell displays the creative insights, technique, know-how, and sheer determination that have enabled him to create more than fifty diverse and yet intensely personal films. Drawing on his parallel experiences of producing, screenwriting, and editing, and referring to films by his fellow directors, Russell places the director's role of author within the context of filmmaking as a collaborative enterprise. .

Photographic Image. Good. Hardcover. 1930s-1958. PHOTO & SCRAPBOOK ALBUM-- Rural America and 'The Don Hopkins Story'. 50 pp. 12"x 14.5". 'A boy's life' and rural Oklahoma in 1930s-50s-- the 'circle of life' in snapshots & mementos. The life of an American boy to manhood - from youth to high school, service in the Air Force, marriage and the birth of a child. Album photos & ephemera prominently feature the years of high school-- photos of football, baseball, bowling league, band practice, parades, stock-car races. There are cards of congratulation addressed to Don Hopkins, and photos of Don as a youngster playing guitar & trumpet (tipped in with a Valentine card from his father (Don Hopkins Sr.) "....Grandma tells me what swell music you can play. Boy howdy, you just keep that up for I am rearing to hear some of that swell music..." In 1950, after HS graduation, Don Hopkins enlisted in the Air Force. In 1951, he and his high school… Read More

NY: Viking Press, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. 1951, 1st edition, Illustrated. Dragons In Amber. Further Adventures of a Romantic Naturalist. A natural history of the world highlighted through fossils. Willy Ley was a German-American science writer and space advocate who popularized spaceflight.. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. .

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1946. Book. Illus. by Willy Pogany. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Revised Edition. Folio - over 12. 1946. - 'Drawing Lessons' - Inscribed by Willy Pogany on title page. 'Revised and Enlarged Edition'. Willy Pogany was a prominent artist in the golden age of illustration art-- his 'Drawing Lessons' guide shows the basic principles of drawing the human figure. Beginning with the humble dot, moving to perspective/ anatomy/ shading/ portraiture/ balance/ motion/ and more, Pogany also details the head, eyes, ears, and feet-- which adds depth to his instruction. Simple, clear illustrations are concise and easy to follow-- demonstrating Willy Pogany's fundamental techniques for figure drawing. In good condition: comb spine, quarter cloth, 9.5 x 12.25". .

NY: New American Library, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 2000, 1st Edition. Matt Drudge signed, inscribed the book. 'The Drudge Manifesto' features a transcript of the Q & A session held June, 1998 in Washington, DC's National Press Club. The book lays out Drudge's raison d'être; his stream-of-consciousness writing describes how he got his 'Drudge Report' stories, how he focused the news in a particular direction and of his mocking his critics. The book contains emails sent by readers to Matt Drudge, who's start-up news-site was the first to expose the Bill Clinton/ Monica Lewinsky blue dress story- thereby establishing the Drudge Report as the go-to site for the next 2 decades. Drudge dedicated his book to Linda Tripp (Monica's confidante), who went public with details of President Clinton's sex scandal. In fine condition. .

Photographic Image. Near Fine. No Binding. Japan, 1960. Reprinted by copperplate sheet-fed gravure process in 2016. 6x8 inches mounted on an 11x14 matte board. .

Photographic Image. 1999, signed photograph mounted in an 8x11 inch museum-white matboard..