Search Results: Authors starting with D from Monroe Bridge Books

Em Coimbra: Manoel Dias / Manuel Dias, 1660 Includes the additional hand colored decorative title page by P. Van Lisebetten & Ph. Fruytiers, [36], 736pp, [2 which includes the Errata], printed on laid paper, bound in half leather and cloth, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers, page edges are red, binding tight. Title page is in red and black in a double ruled border, text is in double column format, set in roman and italic type, woodcut decorative initials, side notes, head-pieces with device of the Soc. of Jesus, along with tail-pieces. A ROYAL CYPHER is stamped on pages 73, 423 & 511, in royal blue ink, belonging to the Duke of Palmela, a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, issued to Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein [1781-1850], a Portuguese politician during the first half of the 19th Century. He was also the Head of the Portuguese Government and an Ambassador to London, as well as to the Congress of Vienna. [Our thanks to Philip… Read More

New London, CT: Samuel Green, 1813 This early soft cover almanac is in FAIR CONDITION. "Fitted to the meridian of New-London, lat. 41 degrees 25' N., but will answer without any essential variation, for either the New-England States". BINDING TIGHT. Unpaginated, bound by string. Includes an article on the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, by Titus. PROTECTED BY ACID FREE TISSUE IN A MYLAR SLEEVE.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892 This FIRST EDITION hard cover is in VERY GOOD + CONDITION. No jacket. 334pp bound in grey/green cloth with gilt lettering/designs with top edge gilt. Floral endpapers, frontis has tissue guard. Slight darkening to spine with front hinge cracked and back hinge taped. BINDING STRONG AND TIGHT. No labels, inscriptions or markings. Early Fiction.

Reprehensible Press, 1992 SCARCE. No. 64 of 100 Copies. [8], 181pp, bound in glossy stiff paper covers, bound with a plastic comb binding, illustrated. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. STAR TREK FANZINE.

Mill Valley, California, 1992 46pp, [2], staple bouns in stiff paper covers, illustrated by Diego Rivera. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. From the personal collection of Author and Anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Back cover age darkened, light foxing to top page edges. POETRY.

London: Printed for and Sold By J. Dale, at His Music & Instrument Warehouses, 1794 Volume One was issued in 1794, although there is no date mentioned on the book, with a second and third volume , each containing 60 songs, published by Dale in the same year. Letterpress pages, [4], 59pp, [1], copy belonging to James E. Whitney, Jr., with a note about the book tipped onto the title page. Decorative engraved title page, with an armorial design and floral and musical borders. Disbound, lacks the front cover and ffp, and needs re-binding. Pages in Very Good Condition, with a small insect nibble on a few upper corners [not affecting the text].

1765 Circa 1765. An original engraving, being Plate III : [translated] Gobelin's Dyeing, Boiler Arrangements, Furnace Entrances and Implements, extracted from Diderot's Encyclopedie. Letter pressed onto laid paper, measuring approximately 23 inches wide by 17 inches tall, with image measuring 16 1/4 inches wide by 12 1/2 inches tall.

Stirlingshire, Scotland: BP Educational Services [British Petroleum Company], 1970 Circa 1970. Oblong format, 36pp, printed on heavy stock paper, staple bound with stiff glossy paper covers, binding tight, illustrated throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

New York: Felicie, Inc., 1973 OVERSIZED. 322pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in color illustrated cloth, with binding and hinges tight. The dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and is NOT price clipped. Illustrated with color photographs and Dali's art throughout. THREE ORIGINAL 8 X 10" PHOTOGRAPHS LAID-IN. 1) b/w photo of the book with its dust jacket [has small edge stain]. 2) b/w photo of Dali standing above a spread of food, photo used in the book. 3) b/w photo of Dali and a woman, both seated and relaxed, with the woman holding a striped cat (Dali's wife Gala?), photo not used in the book. COOKBOOK WITH RECIPES THROUGHOUT.

Paris: Librairie Floury, 1904 SCARCE. IN GOOD CONDITION. 32pp, printed on fine glossy paper, with color illustrations throughout, bound in illustrated stiff wraps. Ownership on cover & title page, backstrip wear. In a protective mylar sleeve. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED in French text.

Devon, England: David & Charles, 2000 176pp, printed on fine glossy paper, with binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The Dust Jacket is NOT price-clipped. Includes instructions to make miniature Toys, Games, Dining/Meals, Picnics, Banquets, Kitchen, Leisure, Music, Games, Sports, Woodworking Shop, Carpenter's Workshop, Textiles, Curtains, Blinds, Clocks, Plants, Pottery, Potter's Studio and more.

Edinburgh / London: Printed By Balfour & Smellie For J. Murray, 1776 1776-1779, First Editions. [8], 401pp; [6], 397pp, printed on laid paper, uniformly bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, with spine labels intact, binding tight. Covers show edge/corner wear/tear, some paper peeling on covers, Vol. I front cover starting to become loose, Vol. I ownership on ffp scratched out, inked name on titles and ffp in Vol. II, occasional corner stain.

Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, 1849 IN GOOD CONDITION. xii [4] 300pp, bound in original maroon cloth, bevelled edges, with top edges gilt. Complete with 40 engraved plates, as called for - which include numerous bagpipe plates, some of which show a variety of different animals + (pigs, monkeys, angels) playing the pipes. Also includes plates showing Violins, Viol, Guitar, Mandora, Lute, Harp, Dulcimer & Drum. Covers show edge and corner wear, lacks half of backstip, front hinge starting but BINDING IS TIGHT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. GOOD HISTORICAL REFERENCE ON EARLY INSTRUMENTS.

Antverpiae Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1554 First published in 1554, this copy is circa 1554-1556. Lacks title page, [8], 567pp, [99], printed in laid paper, bound in ornate blind stamped vellum, three raised bands on spine, with paper spine label intact, lacks clasps, spine white, binding tight, front hinge cracked. Historiated initials, 56 woodcut illustrations, depicting Executions, Torture, Murder, Arrests, Looting, Gambling, Prostitution, Rape, Brawls, Duels, Infidelity, Decapitation, Burnings, Flogging and much more. Includes sections on witchcraft and different types of torture. Interior stain affects the pages up to 133, with occasional slight loss to text. With the bookplate of Josephi Uriot, Professoris Historiarum et Bibliothecarii. LATIN BOOK ON CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURES.

Liverpool: A. Wynne Thomas & Co., 1896 This hard cover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. 480pp bound in original green cloth, with gilt lettering, beveled edges and brown end papers. Some surface stains on front cover, with light edge wear. Text is in Welsh Language. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Owen Thomas was a Calvinistic Methodist minister and author (1812-1891).

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1921 xv, [1], 849pp, bound in flexible cloth, with binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. Includes equipment from Air Compressors to Winches, with everything inbetween.

NY: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1955 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. xi, 372pp, bound in original brown cloth, with binding and hinges tight. ILLUSTRATED WITH DIANGRAMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Bow to covers.

Oxford [Mass.]: Published By the Author, 1892 Complete with all maps and plates, as called for, with the tissue guard intact on the frontis-piece. vi, [2], 856pp, bound in olive cloth, with the binding still tight, front hinge starting to crack. From the personal collection of W. D. Vincent [bibliophile], with his bookplate inside the front cover. Occasional offsetting from newsprint used as a bookmarker.

New York & London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959 419pp, bound in blue cloth, with the binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. INSCRIBED BY DANNETT on the front free endpaper "With all good / wishes - / Sincerely / Sylvia Dannett / December, 1959" Other than th Author's inscription, there are NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket lacks pieces, now housed in a protective mylar cover. CIVIL WAR.

San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1999 Oblong format, 173pp, [3], printed on fine glossy paper, bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight, color illustrations throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.