Search Results: Titles starting with I from DuBois Rare Books

Minneapolis Minn: Graywolf Press, 2010. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 233 pages ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Book Condition: gently pushed spine ends, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: these tiny, faint kerfufles to top edge, else fine. A sharp copy. Just to be clear: "First published in Norway with the title Jeg forbanner tidens elv by Oktober Forlag, Oslo, in 2008"--Title page verso "English translation first published ... by Harvill Secker ... London, in 2010"--Title page verso.

New York: Ecco Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 98 pp. 22cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth and paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: light shelf wear to panels. A sharp copy.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. [Uncorrected Proof]. Wraps. Near Fine. 193pp. 21cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: faint signs of handling else fine. The author's first novel since she won the National Book Award, scarce as Uncorrected Proof.

New York: Putnam, 1967. First Printing of First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. vi, 226 pages 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Spine ends pushed and just the very hint of fading to cover edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Shelf wear and chipping to spine ends but completely intact and showing nicely. Published right around the time when John's Hopkins performed the first sex change operation in the United States.

London: Standard Catalogue Publications, 1975. 3rd Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Unpaged (approx. 125-150pp?) illus. Softcover. 29cm. 4to. Stiff wraps. Primarily an industrial office furniture trade catalogue for a wide variety of manufacturers; with an wildly imaginative system of pagination and indexing plus many different examples of multiple fold presentations, poster sized foldouts, photo-schematics identifying individual pieces of furniture etc. etc. Profusely illustrated. Book Condition: Very good. Some wear to covers and drying out of perfectbound binding glue but sound and unmarked. We couldn't find any reference to this trade catalogue anywhere on the internet. NOTE: Though the upper cover displays a long list of the variety of interior design elements to be found in volume 2, this is volume 1 only.

London/Paris/Milan/New York: IQONS Inc., 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 138pp. chiefly photos. 22cm. Softcover. Perfectbound magazine. Book Condition: very mild wear to extremities, else fine. A sharp copy. Fashion and specifically fashion partnered with Sebastian Professional hair care brand. Scarce. Monday, 11 February 2008 Coinciding with New York and London Fashion Week, IQONS Magazine launched in partnership with Hair Care Brand Sebastian Professional. Sebastian Professional's editorial, which featured breakthrough fashion hairstylists from IQONS in the center of the issue, is for us an ideal representation of everything we aim to do online and in print. Their willingness to embrace new concepts in fashion has been key to every aspect of this magazine." The designs were matched by bold hairstyles from the Sebastian team, and were shown in front of an audience which included Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley, IQONS Magazine editor-in-chief and blogger Diane Pernet. For IQONS… Read More

Ulm, Germany: Ebner, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 273pp. 22cm. illus. Hardcover. White boards, stamped in gray lettering, decorations debossed to upper cover. Book Condition: v. light signs of handling else fine. A sharp copy.

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: Touchstone, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 352pp. Octavo.

New York: Kensington, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/About Fine. 304pp.

New York: Random House, 1930. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Lacking. xxvi, 323 pp. ill. (some color). 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original brick red cloth over boards, spine with gilt lettering inset against black with gilt decoration. Book Condition: wear to extremities, but generally very mild; a blemish to upper cover, lightly pushed spine ends, bent corners but just; interior text-block pristine; binding rock solid, topstain unmarked. The very rare true first printing of this important milestone of sexual enlightenment (subsequent printings are all very clearly indicated). I remember reading about this book years ago in a Roz Chast interview; she maintained that this was the book one's parents would leave out so to communicate the birds and the bees. Neither party was required endure the mortification of the facts of life talk. For those who don't know what life was like before the internet it's practically impossible to imagine. Absolutely bracing in its… Read More

New York: MacMillan Co, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking. xii, 525 pages 20 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original green cloth over boards, black lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends gently pushed, corners turned. Burnt bottom corner on first two leaves (half title, advertisement, title page & copyright page). Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking. A solid copy of an important work. Bogoslovsky effectivey utilizes the fictional form to achieve exposition of his theories of the ideal learning environment.

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 212 pages 21 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth over boards, white lettering to spine, white, black and red lettering to front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends pushed with some toning to edge of boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Price clipped, wear to the edges, spine ends chipped, three small closed tears to rear panel. Bright, if a bit knocked about.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (65 duotones) ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth over boards. Book Condition: faint evidence of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: clipped, light wear to the extremities. A nice copy, signed by the great man himself. Photographs by Valerie Shaff. Summary: Selected pictures of dogs from the photographer's (Valerie Shaff) commissioned works accompany verses (written by Roy Blount) celebrating the confusions, certainties, and pleasures of a dog's life.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition, First Printing of the English translation. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 405 pages 22 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original maroon half cloth and tan boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends tapped else Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: A few closed tears to edges, with a couple small chips. Spine ends a bit frayed. Lower corner of flap clipped but price intact. Translation of the German: Ärgert dich dein rechtes Auge. Published in 1961, not 1960, though the publisher lists 1960 as the copyright date. The true first printing has the actual statement "first printing", as this copy does.

Free Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 224 pages ; 23 cm.

Nuoro: Poliedro, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. 130 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 33 cm. Square 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original fine silver linen over boards, silver lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Approximately 70 duotone plates (some double page), exquisitely reproduced, of landscapes of Sardinia. Photographs of Sardinia. testi di Giovanni Lilliu, Manlio Brigaglia.

London: The Illustrated London News, 1847. First Edition, First Printing. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 16 pages incl. front page Tall tabloid style weekly newspaper. 41cm x 28 cm. Illus.. Condition: disbound from collected volume with small cuts along the spine, otherwise quite sound with very minimal toning, supple paper and no markings of any kind. This issue contains a prominent article of approximately 1000-1200 words titled "Wombwell's Menagerie at Windsor Castle". The article is accompanied by two large wood engravings captioned "Wombwell's Menagerie in the Great Quadrangle, Windsor Castle" and "The Royal Visit to Wombwell's Menagerie" "Mr. Wombwell's collection, comprises about 500 individual specimens of wild beasts and birds, many of them of a very rare description; including the Syrian gazelle, the Peruvian llama, the East Indian sacred bull, the Polar Bear, ... and a splendid assemblage of African and Asiatic lions Panthers leopards and Bengal tigers and monkeys. Forty horses were employed to… Read More

Flagstaff, Ariz: Northland Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. viii, 26 pages, 89 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 x 31 cm. Oblong 4to. Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover with gilt borders. Book Condition: Upper front tip is a bonked a bit else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mild superficial wear to the extremities with creasing at that same bonked upper front tip, rear panel shows 3" scratch at top edge. Inscribed by the artist- [Mark Gaede] "Signed for _____, who I enjoyed meeting today. Mark Gaede 12/29/87