Search Results: Authors starting with D from Singularity Rare & Fine

LexisNexis , 2006. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New, flawless. LexiNexis, 2006. Reproductive Technologies and the Law, ISBN # 0820559865. Quarto, deep navy blue leatherette boards with gilt and silver imprinting, xxxvi + 880 pp. + Glossary + Table of Cases + Index. Brand new, pristine. See scan. LT16

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1991. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1991. Quarto, 52 pp, illustrated wraps. Translated from the German by David Johnston. As New; flawless. An engrossing look at the Luftwaffe's Horten Flying Wing, replete with mostly - but not all - black and white photos. SLick, gleaming. Original sales tag at bottom rear cover, and Schiffer Publishing's original order form still laid in as it was at time of purchase. L63

New York: Condé Nast Publications, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As New; see description and scans. New York: Condé Nast Publications, 2014. The September, 2014 issue of Wired magazine - dubbed the best magazine in America by the Chicago Tribune in 2004 - here with its glow unabated ten years on. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 122 pp. As New; brand squeaky new, bright and tight, as if you picked it off the shelf right now. Yes, even with the bound-in cardstock subscription offers, and an unmolested Issey Miyake Nuit D'Issey Fragrance for Men scent-sample page, still sealed and ready to be whiffed as this example goes to its sealed storage. A thoroughly collectible genre issue of the leading-edge - and surviving ! - emerging-technologies reportage mag. This issue enlightens with the real downlow on the Edward Snowden thing, but a sampling of other state-of-the-everything updates herein include: Toxic Hunger;… Read More

New York: Condé Nast Publications, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine - Very. See description and scans. New York: Condé Nast Publications, 2017. The January, 2017 issue ('The Sci-Fi Issue') of Wired magazine - dubbed the best magazine in America by the Chicago Tribune in 2004 - here with its glow unabated ten years on. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 92 pp. Near Fine; almost all of the apparent edge-micro-touches and cover touches are not, in fact, those at all - they are part of the spine and cover art, as executed. Contents are immaculate. Tipped-in offer card remains, intact. Now in protective storage on premises. A thoroughly collectible genre issue (Science Fiction) of the leading-edge - and surviving ! - emerging-technologies reportage mag which decided, for this piece, to go fiction-only throughout for the first time ever - 'Tales From and Uncertain Future / Terra Incognita'. Some… Read More

St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1991 (1991 printing of the 1989 copyright). Quarto, glossy illustrated boards, xxi + 602 pp. Fine; cover shows one very faint smudge which is not visible in the scan, and this copy is otherwise flawless. Bright, tight, pristine. L84

New York: The Minerva Publishing Company, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New York: The Minerva Publishing Company, 1891. 12mo, buff cloth boards decoratively stamped and imprinted in black on front cover and spine, 456 pp. Good only; soiled, bumped, hinges cracking, but all imprinting is still very clear. See scan. An example that deserves listing, despite its worn condition, because of its great rarity as an English-language - or, for that matter, any language - version of this Felix Dahn title. Dahn was a noted German scholar on European history, and produced a number of non-fiction works, as well as fiction. If he had a specialty, it was "barbarian" tribes, such as the Vandals - the subject of this historical-fiction piece. VERY hard to find. L-35n

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1956. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Schomberg, Alex [jacket & endpapers]. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1956. First Edition (stated). Jacket art and endpapers by Alex Schomburg. Octavo, 209 pp., illustrated dustjacket, teal cloth boards with black imprinting. Sharp, clean Near Fine book - about as near fine as near fine gets, short of fine - in an about Very Good first-state (29-title) jacket with tiny sketch on front and sporadic roughening, most notably at spine ends. Jacket is not price-clipped, still bearing the original $2.00 price. See scans. Scarce first edition of a scarce title in a series which was immensely popular in the fifties and appears to be even more so now. If you're here - and you are - you know the Winston series of juvenile sci-fi novels, a 37-title series issued between 1952 and 1961. The first editions are not common, and The Lost Planet is certainly one of the most representative. A rare… Read More

1968. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Circa 1968: An autographed black and white print of the famous photo of test pilot and aviation executive Bill Dana next to the ECN-1716 test craft (F-15 / X-15 HiDec) he flew 16 times over several years, achieving a highest speed of 3,897 mph. 8"x10" glossy, Fine condition. An often seen photo with a not very often seen autograph. See scans. LMILIT

Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005. ISBN 0072917350 . Octavo, wraps, 427 pp. Near Fine - a very sharp copy. You'll call it fine. Clean, tight, no interior or exterior writing. The fifth edition of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Race and Ethnicity. LT-2

New York: Harper Design / Weta, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Alan Lee, Monique Hamon, Gus Hunter, Weta Staff, et al. New and pristine, with tipped in color print. No indication of later printing (see scan of copyright page). New York: Harper Design / Weta of New Zealand, 2014.'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles - Art & Design', by Daniel Falconer, with foreword by Bob Buck, Introduction by John Hower. True creator, of course - J.R.R. Tolkien. Art here is by many, including Alan Lee, Monique Hamon, Gus Hunter and numerous Weta staff and others. Landscape format Quarto (9 1/4" tall 12 1/4" wide), illustrated embossed boards trimmed in silver and red, illustrated endpapers, cover center illustration of the battle by Monique Hamon, removable 11 3/4" x 7 1/4" color print ('The Necromancer' / Gus Hunter) tipped in on rear pastedown endpaper (see scan); 257 pp. As New; pristine and immaculate.… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. A 1913 reprint of the 1897 first edition. 12mo, olive cloth boards with gilt spine imprinting, xvi + 236 pp. Very Good. Modest cover soil, spine ends and corners just lightly bumped, original owner's ink signature on both free endpapers. Tightly bound, and of sturdy aspect. See scan. A nice early copy of the first published book by esteemed Canadian mathematician - and professor, at NYU, Cornell, Dalhousie and McGill - Daniel Alexander Murray. Very collectible text. L-35n

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine. See description and scans. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2010. The scarce Deluxe Expanded edition of Patricia Daniels' The New Solar System, with Howard Schneider's supplement, Exploring Our Home and Beyond, bound in. Bears its own USBN #, that being 9781426207532. Quarto, black lightly padded black fine grain synthetic leather boards with gilt imprinting on front cover and spine, All Edges Gilt, satin ribbon page marker, charcoal endpapers, 272 pp. Fine; in fact never read, having been removed from shrinkwrap upon receipt and stored in archival protection since. Small degree of push-crimping at corners caused by the tightness of the shrinkwrap in which this piece was packaged by the NGS is all that keeps it from "pristine" status. A gorgeous volume, a and quite scarce. Luxuriantly and intensely illustrated, with photography and… Read More

Washington, DC: National Geographic Partners, 2016. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Karen Teramura (cover). Brand New, and pristine. See scans and description. Washington, DC: National Geographic Partners, 2016. 'National Geographic Interstellar: The Science & Secrets Of Solar Systems', by Patricia S. Daniels, cover illustration by Karen Teramura. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 112 pp. Brand New, flawless and pristine, stem to stern. Loose-laid offers are inside and untouched. An example for a collector. Another stunning NG production, this one on our currently rapidly-changing understanding of solar systems - including our own. Finest level of scholarly yet NG-readable text, with, of course, a wealth of spectacular illustrations and photographs by a variety of professionals. The best condition you can get for this collectible. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. LPR28

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society , 2015. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Deluxe Leatherbound Edition. New, and pristine. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2015. 'National Geographic Mind : A Scientific Guide to Who You Are, How You Got That Way, and How to Make the Most of It' by Patricia Daniels. ISBN 9781426216732. Foreword by Todd B. Kashdan.The scarce deluxe leatherbound edition. Quarto, blue leather boards with silver imprinting on the front cover and spine, All Edges Silver, silver page-marker ribbon, gray endpapers, 304 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photography, illustrations, and other graphics. New, pristine, and flawless. See all scans. Quite uncommon as the deluxe edition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L3

New York: Random House, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good; see scans and description. New York: Random House, 1996. 'Neanderthal - Their Time Has Come', by John Darnton. First Edition, First Printing, i.e. "First Edition" stated below number line starting with "2" (this was the Random House designation for a first printing in 1996). See scan of copyright page. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 383 pp. (xiii + 368 + 2). Very Good; about a 10 degree spine lean, corners touched (see scans). No other notable flaws, Sharp, bright. A scientific thriller by Polk Award and Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist John Darnton, in which is contemplated hypothetical re-ascendance of the presumed ancient competitor for planetary hominid dominance, the Neanderthals (whose DNA does, in fact, still spice that of most of us today, to a degree). L71

Arcturus Holdings Limited, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New. First Edition Thus, First Printing of the newest (2018) Arcturus edition of 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection', Charles Darwin's revolutionary 1859 scientific treatise, based on his time spent in the Galapagos archipelago. Arcturus Holdings Limited, 2018. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 480 pp. New, and flawless. See scans. Ships in a sturdy box, of course; not a bag. L 93

Arcturus Holdings Limited, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New. First Edition Thus, First Printing of the newest (2018) Arcturus edition of 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection', Charles Darwin's revolutionary 1859 scientific treatise, based on his time spent in the Galapagos archipelago. Arcturus Holdings Limited, 2018. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 480 pp. New, and flawless. See scans. Ships in a sturdy box, of course; not a bag. LT23

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1953. First Edition . Original Printed Wrappers. As New. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4. Leigh Ortenburger, George L. Collins, Lowell Sumner, Olaus J. Murie, Robert L. Swift. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1953. October, 1953 issue [Vol 38, No.8] of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Octavo, perfect-bound printed wrappers. Photographically illustrated, with artful drawings, a map, and even a song as well. As New and flawless - which is scarce for any vintage SC bulleting issue. See scans. Very high grade example. 92 pp. + 32 unnumbered pages of photographic plates. The outstanding photo work is contributed by Leigh Ortenburger, Lowell Sumner, and Robert L. Swift, while the mood-inducing drawings are the work of George L. Collins and Olaus J. Murie. The articles - see scan of contents page - are by William Siri, Sumner, Murie, B.H. Lehman, George Bloom, Francis P. Farquhar, A. Starker Leopold, and Don Levy. Also, a variety of regular departments. Please see all scans. l-sc2 Read More

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1953. First Edition . Original Printed Wrappers. As New. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4. Leigh Ortenburger, George L. Collins, Lowell Sumner, Olaus J. Murie, Robert L. Swift. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1953. October, 1953 issue [Vol 38, No.8] of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Octavo, perfect-bound printed wrappers. Photographically illustrated, with artful drawings, a map, and even a song as well. As New and flawless - which is scarce for any vintage SC bulleting issue. See scans. Very high grade example. 92 pp. + 32 unnumbered pages of photographic plates. The outstanding photo work is contributed by Leigh Ortenburger, Lowell Sumner, and Robert L. Swift, while the mood-inducing drawings are the work of George L. Collins and Olaus J. Murie. The articles - see scan of contents page - are by William Siri, Sumner, Murie, B.H. Lehman, George Bloom, Francis P. Farquhar, A. Starker Leopold, and Don Levy. Also, a variety of regular departments. Please see all scans. l-sc2 Read More

Rockville, MD: Smithsonian Institution Press / Radiation Biology Laboratory Smithsonian Institution, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. See scans and description. Rockville, MD: Smithsonian Institution Press / Radiation Biology Laboratory Smithsonian Institution, 1977. Phytochrome: A Bibliography with Author, Biological Materials, Taxonomic, and Subject Indexes of Publications Prior to 1975, by David L. Correll, John L. Edwards, and W. Shropshire, Jr. ISBN number on copyright page is 0874748402, but that number has since been attributed to a very different title. Octavo, blue-green cloth boards, gilt spine imprinting, 417 pp. (v + 1 + 411). Fine; no notable flaws, and not at all far from As New. A very thorough bibliography of treatise on phytochrome, the photoreceptor used by plants, some fungi and some bacteria to detect light. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LT28