Search Results: Titles starting with D from Downtown Books & News

12 Bis, 2010. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dj. as issued. 4to. 160pp. Paper-covered boards lightly scuffed. One corner slightly bumped. TEXT IN FRENCH. A hard to find copy of this book from Charles Vess's personal library.

Paris, France, 1910. First edition. Paperback. Good+. 4to (10.5"x8.5"). Unpaginated, approx 12pp. Illustrated paper wraps; staplebound. Chipped spine, chipped corners. Text in French. Color plates, B&W illustrations. Turn of the century fashion illustration.

Munich, Germany: Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 4to (12"x8"). 115pp. 1/4 bound in linen & paper-covered boards: boards are beveled & double-walled with cut spaces for spatial photos & steroscopic glasses. Glasses & all photos are present, both in fine condition. Includes laid-in instructions for use. Linen cracked at joints, spine extremes chipped & frayed. Heavily toned paper, cracked over bottom corner of upper board (with board exposed). Endpapers over hinges just starting to crack. Heavily toned pages. 8 B&W photographic plates. Text in German.

Barbara Griffiths, 2015. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. 26pp (illustrations are unnumbered. 52 actual pages). Clear vinyl covers; spiral bound in plastic. Full color printed illustrations by Barbara Griffiths. An abridged version of the story of David taken from 2 Samuel & 1 Kings that literally depicts the events of the chosen verse. Scarce. 10-10-19.

Chicago, IL: The Chicago Literary Club, 1924. First edition, limited. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 40pp.Dark green letterpressed decoration & title to light green paper wraps, deckled edges. Small stain to upper cover. B&W diagrams. From a limited edition of 515 copies. In original mailing envelope.

Roswell, NM: DWFILM/DBA/JCA Editions, 1985. First edition, limited. Paperback. Very Good+. John Furnival. 4to (11"x8.5"). Unpaginated. Acetate covers in plastic clips with illustrated cover by Furnival. Light scuffs to acetate. Lightly toned & foxed covers. From a limited edtion of 175 copies. Signed to the antiquarian bookseller Chan Gordon & his wife ("the Flash Gordons") from "Lord Nose, the scribe, with love

Mobile, AL: The Haunted Book Shop, 1981. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Kearley, Frank. 8vo. Unpaginated. Ochre cloth-covered boards with burgundy and gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Reprint of the original 1942 edition.

Berlin, Germany: Propylaen-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Folio (13.5"x11"). Unpaginated. Half black leather and illustrated paper-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine, top-edge gilt, deckled edges. B&W lithographs by Liebermann throughout. Signed by Liebermann in pencil to frontis and in pencil to colophon. From a limited edition, numbered 284 0f 400 copies. Previous owner's bookplate to front pdep with ghosting to ffep. Paper covers toned, multiple dampstains to upper cover. Tail edges rubbed.

Paris, France: Adrien Maeght, 1977. Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio. 28pp. Illustrated paper wraps, individual pages loose. Light general shelfwear. Cover lightly soiled, cover & pages toned. Original price sticker to front cover verso.B&W and color illustrations throughout. Includes both original color lithographs by Steinberg: pages 17 & 20.

NY, NY: Routledge, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Dj.. 8vo. 214pp. Black cloth covered boards scuffed with silver lettering and design. Sticker damage to top corner of ffep. Two obverse pages have underlining, else clean.

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2009. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dj. as issued. Large 8vo. 512pp. Paper-covered boards lightly scuffed. Text clean and free of marks. Translated from Finnish into English. B&W diagrams throughout.

Taos New Mexico: Earthship Biotecture. Spiral Bound. Fair. Oblong. 8/1/2 by 11 inches. Spiral Bound. Missing rear board but else complete. Scuffs to pictorial front cover.

Lakewood CO: Centipede Press, 2017. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (6"x9"). 215pp. Black-covered cloth boards. Blind-stamped decoration on upper board. Silver-stamped spine. Black silk ribbon bookmark. Dustjacket and frontis illustrated by Gahan Wilson. Introduction by Simon Clark. Signed by John Blackburn (facsimile), Gahan Wilson, and Simon Clark. Part of limited print run of 220. Copy number XII, reserved for contributors to the press. Dustjacket protected by Mylar.

Peace Book Co., Ltd, 2003. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 364pp. Illustrated wraps lightly scuffed. Edge of text block soiled with former owner's name on inside of front cover. B&W photos with text in both English and Chinese.

NY: Street & Smith Co, 1927. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Softcover. VG. 8vo. 286pp. Stapled. Illus. wraps. Light wear to heads of spine; toning common to the pulp novels of this era. W.B. Lawson was the house pseudonym used by George C. Jenks, St. George Rathbone and Prentiss Ingraham. From the rear wrap: "When you want real recreation in your leisure hours, read! Read the SMITH & STREET NOVELS! They are the cheapest and most interesting reading matter published in America to-day. No jazz- no sex- just big, clean, interesting books. There are hundreds of different titles, among which you will find a lot of exactly the sort of reading you want. So, when you get tired of rolling around in your Lady Lizzie or listening to the blah-blah of your radio, hie yourself to the nearest news dealer, grab off a copy of a good detective, adventure or love story, and then READ!".

NY: Street and Smith Corp, 1911. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Softcover. VG. 8vo. 315pp. + ads. Stapled. Illus. wraps. Light wear to heads of spine; toning common to the pulp novels of this era. Burt Standish was the house pseudonym used by Gilbert Patten, William George Patten and John Harvery Whitson. From the rear wrap: "When you want real recreation in your leisure hours, read! Read the SMITH & STREET NOVELS! They are the cheapest and most interesting reading matter published in America to-day. No jazz- no sex- just big, clean, interesting books. There are hundreds of different titles, among which you will find a lot of exactly the sort of reading you want. So, when you get tired of rolling around in your Lady Lizzie or listening to the blah-blah of your radio, hie yourself to the nearest news dealer, grab off a copy of a good detective, adventure or love story, and then READ!".

Gottingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1980. no additional printings listed. Softcover. 8vo (9.5"x6.5").193pp. Typographic paper wraps. Very light general shelfwear.

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Ltd, 2000. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x6"). 121pp. 1/4 bound red & grey paper-covered boards with grey initials stamped to upper cover & title in gilt to spine, deckled edges. Inscribed "For Beverly & your fine presence at the getaway!", signed by Dunn & dated 1/15/07 (Cape May) to title page. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar: "winner of the Pulitzer Prize" sticker to upper panel.

Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1964. 1st. ed., No add'tl ptg. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Small 4to. 327pp. White pict. wraps over green bds.; gilt to spine. Wraps show age toning; slight wear to extremities, a few small closed tears, 1 small chip; bds. show light bumping to spine and corners o/w fine. Interior is clean and tights. pp. 57-58 are discoloured from laid-in paper, else fine.

Boston, Mass: Lothrop Publishing, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to (10"x8"). Unpaginated. 4to (9.5"x8"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards with red cloth spine. Heavy shelfwear. Large areas of spine cloth missing, signatures exposed. Binding starting. Paper rubbed from corners & edges, foxed & soiled covers, dampstain to tail-edge. Pages foxed & toned, dampstain to tail-edges throughout. B&W illustrations throughout.