Search Results: Titles starting with D from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

New York: D. A. P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: D.A. P. / Distributed, Art Publishers, 2005. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. viii, 308. Black and white lettering to red jacket. Black lettering to spine of crimson, cloth-covered boards. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Numerous black and white illustrations. Includes twelve essays, with notes, contributors, index and photographic credits. Dust jacket has light edge and corner wear, sticker on back panel. Light bumping on bottom edges of boards. Text is unmarked. Clean, tight, bright. National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. The studies of artists and concepts in this volume present Dada as a prodigiously creative avant-garde that coheres, for all its diversity, around a radical reinvention of the nature of the art object.

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Good. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1996. 9 x 6 inches: pp. x, 249, (4). Turquoise and black photographic wraps with black, orange and white type. With Notes, Glossary of Major Gods and index. Edge and corner wear, creasing to cover. A few dog-eared pages. Some scattered underlining, notes. Binding tight.

Hollywood, California: Music Archives Press, 1988. FIRST PRINTING. Paperback. Near fine. Hollywood, CA: Music Archives Press, 1988. First edition, First Printing. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 128.Yellow photographic cardboard covers with yellow, red and black type. With discography. With 3 postcards of rock and rock art exhibitions from San Francisco, Sacramento, CA and Royal Oak, MI. Light edge and corner wear, rubbing to covers. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. "Years of research went into the making of this book, which contains over 60 popular group and solo artist biographies, more than 200 rare photographs, posters and other items of memorabilia, along with a discography that contains over 600 group and solo artist entries - documenting thousands of recordscreated by Pacific Northwest singers and musicians."

Camarillo, CA: Davenport's Art Reference, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Camarillo, CA: Davenport's Art Reference, 1994. NINTH EDITION. 1997/98 Edition. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches: Each letter section page numbered individually. Blue lettering on spines and front of white boards. A - J, Vol. I, K - Z, Vol. 2. Bibliography at the rear of each volume. 175,000 Artists. Minor smudging, rubbing and soiling to extremities. Lower spine caps creased. Volume 2 has a tear in the cloth at the bottom edge of spine, about 2". Fairly clean, bright, tight. Additional postage may be required. The comprehensive and authoritative book on iinternational artists providing auction dates, prices plus biographical data for over 175,000 artists.

Portland, OR: THE J.K. GILL COMPANY, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Portland, OR: The J. K. Gill Company, 1928. 7 x 5 inches: pp. 201. Dark blue cloth with black type and black ingraved illustration. With one page catalog of books about the Pacific Northwest. Very minor wear to edge. Spine slightly shaken with cracked hinges on either side, but still solidly intact. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Short stories intended to shed light on the Pacific Northwest History.

Stuart, FL: Horticulture books, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Stuart, FL: Horticulture Books, 1981. REVISED EDITION of 1939 book. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 313, [2]. Black lettering to spine and front of lemon-yellow cover. Presentation inscription on half-title page, from Barbara Menninger Sack. Light wear, creasing to extremities. Clean, bright, unmarked and solidly bound. Urged by her sons to write a brief history of her life, Mrs. Menninger begins her story in 1899 and on thru 1939.

London: Privately Printed, Harrison & Sons, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS. London, Privately printed, Harrison & Sons, 1889. First edition. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xxiv, 240. Tthree-quarter bound leather boards with gilt stamped coat of arms on front board. Tooled spine. Marbled endpapers, five raised bands, with presentation plate inside front cover; all edges gilt. Some rubbing/scuffing to leather. Binding tight, pages bright and clean. First Edition. Printed for private circulation: Armorial bookplate on front pastedown indicates this is a presentation copy, given to Thomas Cradock Watson "by the Master and Wardens of the Saddlers Company, Saddlers Hall, Cheapside, E.C., Jan 10, 1896." Illustrated with several fold out plates, many of which were changed or altogether eliminated in the later edition. Presented to liverymen on admission to the Guild, this proved an invaluable resource for learning the history and the inner workings of the group and the trade.

Cleveland, Ohio (USA): Steel Founders' Society of America, 1938. Pamphlet. Good. Cleveland, OH: Steel Founders' Society of America, 1938. 9 x 6 inches: pp. 65. Paper wraps with black type. Diagrams throughout, and bibliography. Some tearing to spine surrounding staples. Some moisture staining on bottom edge of pages. Text is unmarked. Binding sound. Staplebound pamphlet divided into two sections: I: "An Engineering Approach to the Use of Steel Castings" and II: "Steel Casting Design for the Engineer"

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 145. Dark blue and white illustrated paper dust jacket with author photo on back panel and yellow type. Grey poplin patterned boards with green rectangles on front and spine containing titles in dark blue type. Frontispiece by Leslie P. Thompson depicting various types of natural insects of western streams and their immitations. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Original price still present on front flap. Dust jacket has edge wear, some creasing, a few small tears and a small chip. Endpapers age tanned. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1927. Hardcover. Good. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1927. 9 x 6 inches: pages are numbered by section. Red cloth spine, green cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering in four panels divided by five, double-gilt rules, similar to raised bands. Green and gilt marbled endpapers. Red stain to text edges. Numerous illustrations/figures. Sunning to spine. Mild scuffing, some staining to boards, worn corners. Some light foxing, spotting to pages. Otherwise text is unmarked. Binding tight. The volumes in this series are made up of Instruction Papers, or Sections, comprising the various courses of instrucion for students of the International Correspondence Schools. Necessary technical expressions are clearly explained when introduced.

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2003. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. x, 518. Dark blue photographic dust jacket with red stripes at top and bottom of back panel and white, black and silver type. Blue cloth with titles stamped in gold gilt. With appendices, index. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light shelf wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Volume 1 begins with Bourke's years as aide-de-camp to General Crook during the Apache campaign and his dealings with the Cochise. It also includes Bourke's observations on the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes, the Great Sioux War as well as his writings on the Powder River fight and the Battle of the Rosebud. "Researchers and authors have long turned to John Bourke's insightful diaries as perhaps the single best resource for the final years of the western Indian wars" [jacket notes].

Boston, Mass: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins. [Verso of title:] Cambridge. From the University Press—By Hillard & Metcalf, 1826. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. Boston, MA: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1826. 8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches: pp. 58, [2]. Removed from a book of pamphlets, leather remnants on spine. pp. 58, [2]. Edges neatly trimmed. Title-page and last leaf foxed and slightly wrinkled near spine, text unaffected. Rest is very clean, lightly tanned pages and minimal to no foxing. Excellent condition. (Sabin, 92300). The prominent American legal scholar Joseph Story (1779-1849) delivered this discourse before the oldest academic honor society in the United States, the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In A Discourse, he addresses the importance of classical studies, women's education, and the freedom of the press.

Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishing, 1998. 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches: pp. 368. White illustrated stiff paper dust jacket with dark blue type. White cloth with gold gilt type. With select bibliography, illustration credits and index. Lavishly illustrated with color art reproductions. Dust jacket has some edge wear, rubbing, scuffing, a couple of very small tears, sticker residue on front panel. Light bumping on bottom corner of front board, scuff on bottom edge of back board and foot of book. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. Additional postage may be required for shipping.

New York: William Wood &Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: William Wood & Company, 1887. 9x 6 inches: pp. iv, 366, [4] Dark olive cloth over boards with debossed design/lettering to front and rear boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Number 40 in Wood's Lilbrary of Standard Medical Authors. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, but very solidly bound. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. One chromo-lithograph plate and 88 wood engravings. [i-iv]; 1-216 (Bandl). 217-362 (Zweifel);363-366, Index. All edges red-stained (as published). Zweifel's book (the second part of this volume), at very least, is extraordinarily racist. "...Since now the brain of the Bushmen is very small, the nasal bones very flat, the tibiae flattened out...these are all not only signs of a race of low development, but place them very near the apes..." (P. 228).

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Romano, Umberto. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1947. 8 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. [4],475. Midnight blue cloth-covered boards with light grey spine. Large gilt design to front board, and gilt titles on blue spine label. Plus extensive 47 page Notes section. With numerous black and white illustrations, colored plates Several corners very lightly nudged. Text is unmarked. Generally tight and bright.

Milwaukee: Comat Publishing Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Milwaukee, WI: Comat Publishing Company, 1940. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xviii, 216. Illustrated grey dust jacket with red boarders and black and red type. Blue cloth with titles in black on spine and cover. Plus 8 pages of ads. Over 25 pages of photos. . Dust jacket is in a mylar protector, with some tears at head and tail of spine, edge wear, light soiling. Corners bumped, general edge wear. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding tight.

Buffalo, NY: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898. Hardcover. Good +. Buffalo, NY: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898. 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches: pp. 288. Bound in green boards, with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom trimmed. Corners nudged, minor staining/soiling to boards, and some rubbing to extremities. Some light foxing/toning inside front and back covers. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A compilation of poems by, of and about doctors.

New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1964. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 447. Red and white photographic paper jacket with red,white and black type. Black cloth with spine titles in gold gilt. Appendices, bibliography, index. Over 20 photos. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Dust jacket has small triangle rubbing to bottom of spine and rubbing, some soiling to edges. Corners sharp, light rubbing to boards. Some soiling to head and fore edgeof book. Interior clean and bright, no marks. Binding tight. Comprehensive history of the raid, with many first hand accounts by the surviving participants.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. First Edition. 8 x 5 inches: pp. 157. White illustrated paper dust jacket with blue and black type. Black boards with silver gilt type. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Dust jacket has edge wear, light creasing, toning at spine. A couple of light scuffs to boards. Stamp in upper corner of free facing end page. Pages are toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. Novel written by Australian military historian, John Laffin, under a pseudonym. An Australian Pacific patrol officer on leave in Singapore becomes enmeshed in the seedy side of the country while enjoying wine, women and murder.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. A small selection of poems by Sorrentino (1929-2006), including "La Vie D'Art", "After Montale", "King Cole", "White Lemons", "Silent Knight", "Arthur Rimbaud", "Aesthetics", "Partial Graph", "Zukovsky", and several untitled poems. 15 pp. "SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover).