Search Results: Titles starting with D from Back of Beyond Books

Helena, OK. Good. 1935. First Edition. Calendar. Tri-fold brown cardstock cover wrapped around calendar booklet. Front panel of cover features pastedown illustration of a yawning baby. Originial metal hanging clip still securely attached, with some rust. Cover has some marks and stains. 1936 penciled in on front. Calendar is heavily annotated in pencil. Pages of calendar are moderately toned. A promotional calendar from the Oklahoma-based Dague Produce company, the wrapper of this calendar includes tips about a variety of agricultural techniques, including hog-, corn-, and poultry-raising. The reverse pages of the calendar similarly feature a bevy of resources, such as a tip sheet of household remedies and a square of grid paper for plotting a farm. ; Color Illustration; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Unpaginated pp .

Helena, OK. Good. 1936. First Edition. Calendar. Tri-fold brown cardstock cover wrapped around calendar booklet. Front panel of cover features pastedown illustration. Cover has some marks and stains and is torn around hanger. 1936 penciled in on front. Calendar is heavily annotated in pencil. Pages of calendar are moderately toned. A promotional calendar from the Oklahoma-based Dague Produce company, the wrapper of this calendar includes tips about a variety of agricultural techniques, including hog-, corn-, and steer-raising. The reverse pages of the calendar similarly feature a bevy of resources, such as a tip sheet of household remedies and a square of grid paper for plotting a farm. ; Color Illustration; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Unpaginated pp .

Boston: Daily Advertiser and Repertory Newspaper. 1813. Newspaper. Single page newspaper dated April 15, 1813. Moderate foxing; lightly chipped along edges. Excerpt from the Salem Gazette with an Obituary Notice for Gerrymander including a woodcut tombstone with the inscription, "In Memory of the Gerrymander, hatched Feb. 11, 1812. Died April 5, 1813. How sleep the friends who sink to dust, by all the good and virtuous curst! " The political tool of Gerrymandering (the word combines Elbridge Gerry and salamander as an early political cartoonist thought a newly created district looked like a salamander or "Gerry-monster". Gerry was the Governor of Massachusetts during the period districts were re-mapped although he personally was against the practice) began in Massachusetts in 1812 in order to favor the party in power in future elections. The term may have been coined by Nathan Hale, a Federalist who was a contributor to the Daily Advertiser and Repertory Newspaper and… Read More

Virginia City, Nevada. Very Good. 1915. Newspaper. Three complete four-page issues of the The Daily Territorial Enterprise newspaper, Virginia City, Nevada, from December 17, 1914, March 13, 1915, and April 4, 1915. Browned acid paper, a few tears and long fold splits at the horizontal center. Front page headlines include war news of England being bombarded by German warships, the American steamship Green Brier being mined and sunk in the North Sea, Jack London's "Sea Wolf" and London's reaction to the movie version, good results noted in mines of the Comstock Lode, lowering the water levels in the Comstock, and other reports on individual mines in the region. Good war and mining content. ; 22" x 15" .

Washington, D. C: Robert Armstrong. Good. 1854. Newspaper. Large format newspaper 24 x 19 inches with typical splits at folds but holding well. Edge wear and toning. The Daily Union specialized on reporting the affairs of Congress. This issue contains much on Kansas and Nebraska, a long speach by Truman Smith of Connecticut on the establishment of new territories, a debate on the Homestead Act and the presentation of credentials of Stephen A Douglas, recently elected Senator from Illinois. The paper is bordered in black mourning the death of General Robert Armstrong (War of 1812) , the proprietor of the Daily Union paper. ; 4 pp .

Kansas City, MO: Press of the Calumet Company for Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.. Good. Softcover. Grey wrapper with red imprint, loosening from the staplebound text. Circa 1900s. Light soil on wraps. From skimmers, cheese makers, and cheese rennet to the "get up" electric alarm clock, everything a dairyman could need, complete with illustrations. No copies found on OCLC. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pp .

Santee, NE: Santee Normal Training School Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Brown wrapper has light soiling. String-binding holding well. A small primer with the alphabet, phonetics, and Roman numerals, all in the Dakota language. Publications from the Santee Normal Training School Press were type set and printed by students. This copy also contains a four page tipped in price-list of other Santee publications. We've never handled a copy with this additional material. Stephen Return Riggs was a 19th century missionary who worked with the Dakota Sioux and translated and wrote many texts in Dakota. He also wrote Mary and I, or Forty Years with the Sioux. ; 6" x 4 1/2"; 20 pp .

Santee, NE: Santee Normal Training School Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Tan cardstock wrapper has light toning and light soiling. Black book-tape on spine as published. Staple-binding holding well. A small primer with the alphabet, phonetics, and Roman numerals, all in the Dakota language. Publications from the Santee Normal Training School Press were typeset and printed by students. Stephen Return Riggs was a 19th century missionary who worked with the Dakota Sioux and translated and wrote many texts in Dakota. He also wrote Mary and I, or Forty Years with the Sioux. ; 6" x 4 1/2"; 20 pp .

Santee, NE: Santee Normal Training School Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Tan cardstock wrapper has light toning. Staple-binding holding well. A small primer with the alphabet, phonetics, and Roman numerals, all in the Dakota language. Publications from the Santee Normal Training School Press were typeset and printed by students. Stephen Return Riggs was a 19th century missionary who worked with the Dakota Sioux and translated and wrote many texts in Dakota. He also wrote Mary and I, or Forty Years with the Sioux. ; 6" x 4 1/2"; 20 pp .

Santee, NE: Santee Normal Training School Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Tan cardstock wrapper has light toning and light soiling. Brown book-tape on spine as published. Staple-binding holding well. A small primer with the alphabet, phonetics, and Roman numerals, all in the Dakota language. Publications from the Santee Normal Training School Press were typeset and printed by students. Stephen Return Riggs was a 19th century missionary who worked with the Dakota Sioux and translated and wrote many texts in Dakota. He also wrote Mary and I, or Forty Years with the Sioux. ; 6" x 4 1/2"; 20 pp .

Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press. Fine. 1987. First Edition. String Bound. Limited to 75 copies of which this is number 65. Text and blocks were printed on an 1846 Columbian Press at the University of Utah Marriott Library. Designed, handset and printed by Day Christensen. Woodcuts designed and printed by Royden Card. The case paper, containing Utah sagebrush was produced by Twinrocker and the book was bound by Jean Tarascio. Excerpts for this book were taken from Dale Morgan's "Utah: A Guide to the State" published in 1941 by the Federal Writers Project. Book acquired from the family of Wallace Stegner, from the library of Wallace and Mary Stegner, although not indicated in any way. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Artist .

Newcomb, NM: Toadlena Trading Post. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange boards with silver lettering on boards and spine. A collection of photographs of southwestern Native American art. The photographs are of individuals and their work. The focus is on textiles woven from wool and are elaborately designed. ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 72 pp .

Very Good. 1993. Softcover. Dos-a-dos flip book by Edward Gorey. Buff wraps, staple bound, unpaginated. Signed on wraps by the author, Edward Gorey, under his pseudonyms Ogdred Weary and Dogear Wryde. Wraps have light toning and light wear to edges. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; Signed by Author .

Oakland, CA: The Eternal Recurrence. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Stapled pages. White papers held together with three staples along left edge. Some light wrinkling to corners of first paper and the lightest of soiling. Text block is clean and unmarked. No loose pages. A collection of poems featuring contributions by Norma Cole, Peter Cole, and Larry Eigner, amongst others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 34 pp .

New York, NY: The Century Co.. Very Good. 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. A scarce mystery novel published before T. H. White became well-known. Black cloth boards with orange text show very little wear to edges; some shallow scratches to rear cover. Previous owner name in ink on first free endpaper, pages are clean and free of markings. No dust jacket.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

Santa Fe, NM: The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Good. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Signed and inscribed by Gray on the title page, where he also added a sketch of a horse. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name that was held from November 16, 2002 to April 27, 2003 at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Black illustrated wrappers with white and gray lettering on cover. Moderate creasing; slight shelf wear to edges; mild soiling. Staple binding is tight. Interior is clean. Includes color reproductions of paintings throughout. Darren Vigil Gray is a Jicarilla Apache painter and musician who is known for blending inspiration from the abstract expressionists and his indigenous heritage. This exhibition catalogue showcases his work along with brief explanations by Gray and an essay by Lucy R. Lippard. ; Color Illustrations; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 50 pp; Signed by Illustrator .

Phoenix, Arizona: Soil Systems Publications in Archaeology. Good. 2005. Softcover. Two books part of a set, light gray soft covers with black type on covers and spine. Traditional pottery illustrations on the front. Two volumes in good condition. Volume I has a one-inch tear on the back cover. A study of archaeologically significant habitation sites in Arizona. This study details survey methods, research, and data. Pictures, graphs, maps, and illustrations highlight various aspects of the study. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall .

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0826310877 . Orange cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. Large dent to fore edge of boards; one corner is bumped. Orange dust jacket with blue lettering on cover and spine is wrapped in Mylar. Jacket has creasing and small tears on fore edge even with dent on boards; half inch tear on top edge of cover; slight fading to spine. Tight binding and clean interior. Remainder mark in black marker on bottom edge of text block; small, partially removed sticker on first free end paper. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. This volume assesses the role that women anthropologists, scholars, artists, activists, and philanthropists played in shaping Anglo Americans' understanding of Native American cultures of the Southwest. ; B & W Illustrations & Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pp .

St. Louis, MO: Simmons Hardware Company, Inc.. Very Good. Ephemera. Two pieces of ephemera advertising the Davenport Combination Filter and Cooler. Includes a colorfully illustrated advertisement measuring 9 ¼" x 11 ½", content on recto only; and a typed letter with ordering form on verso measuring 8 ½" x 10 ½". Both have mailing folds; ordering form is unused. Not dated but likely between 1900-1910. Overall very good. Advertisement has a ½" tear along one fold line and both have light toning. The advertising sheet is the star of this set with flashy red, yellow and silver illustrations showing the simplicity and perfection of the Davenport filter. .

Phoenix: Arizona Highways. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997`. First Edition. Hardcover. 0916179664 . Grey cloth boards with orange lettering on cover and spine. Slight fading along bottom edge. No other notable defects on boards. Glossy pictorial dust jacket. Rubbing and scratch marks on back of jacket. Tight binding and clean interior. Through 120 color photographs and text inspired by decades of exploring Arizona, this striking book evokes the beauty of the desert and makes a compelling case for the need for wilderness. Photographs are all by David Muench, winner of a lifetime achievement award from the North American Photography Association. Text is a collaboration between Muench and journalist Lawrence Cheek. Also features a foreword by former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. ; Color Photographs; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 143 pp; Signed by Author .