Search Results: Authors starting with D from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

London: Warburg Institute University of London , 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. 203 p. w/114 plates, a total of 183 illus. A detailed and influential study of the impact of frescos found in Roman Emperor Nero's Golden House on Renaissance art. Uncommon.

Washington DC: the author, 1991. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very Good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. A catalog for an exhibition developed by Detroit Community leader Julio Bateau and Washtington DC and the author, a Washington DC art collector. The exhibition covers the successful revolt of slaves against the French and others on the island of Saint Dominigue in 1791, evenentually resulting in the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This book focuses on Haiti.

New York, NY: Visual Profile Books, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 216 p. w/ color and b&w illus. An attractive survey of some 20 exceptional homes in Dallas representing several great architects and designs. Uncommon.

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. xvii, 396 p. w/footnotes, indices. In Italian

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks, 1996. First edition. Red hardcover with silver gilt lettering and designs on spine and booards. Very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges of boards. No dust jacket. 448 p. w/ many b&w illus. A popular approach to the history and cars of Packard from their inception thru1958, with many anecdotes from the authors and their love of these cars.

New Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear and fading to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 306 p. 21 essays and 4 addresses on various aspects of the Mahabharata, such as poetry, performance, art, architecture, literary tradition, and more. Uncommon.

Leiden: Brill, 2007. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No Dj issued. xiv, 594 p. w/footnotes, a few illus., index of proper names. Section B

Oxford: For the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover in full brown cloth. Very Good. Octavo (standard size). Gilt lettering to spine and front board, with gilt emblem of Society on cover. Slight wear to edges and corners. 348 p. w/ glossary, and index of names. Includes addional pages of EETS introduction and catalog at end.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 3rd printing. Hardcover in full green cloth. Very good. Thick quarto. (oversize) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. cclvi, 442 p. Includes the history of the project, editorial philosophy, history of Scots up to 1700, abbreviations, revised register of titles and more Section B

Rome: Edizione Dell'Elefante, 1983. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Thin quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges of covers. Original mylar cover intact. 141 p. w/color and b&w illus., chapter endnotes, brief index. In Italian.

Leiden: Brill, 2014. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No Dj issued. xiv, 595 p. w/footnotes, index. Section B

Leiden: Brill, 2017. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No Dj issued. xviii, 649 p. w/footnotes, a few illus., index. Section B

Budapest and New York: Central European University Press, 2004. Later printing. hardcover in illustrated boards. Very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, No dust jacket issued with this printing. x, 286 p. w/ chapter endnotes, bibliography, index, note on transliteration. A detailed study of the historical writings about this 19th century Bulgarian nationalist movement.

Leiden: Brill, 2013. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No Dj issued. xv, 551 p. w/footnotes, index. Section B

Warminster, UK: Aris & Phillips, Ltd. , 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slight musty smell to book. vii, 76 p. w/ illus, catalogue, concordances, and many unnumbered additional plates of illustrations. A survey of this collectionof smaller but important Egyptian artifacts, primarily assembled by Marianne Brocklehurst, whose 1873 visit to Egypt was the start of her collecting. The collection is now at the West Park Museum in Macclesfield, UK.

London: The Holland Press, 1961. Reprint of an original 1910 work. . Hardcover. Very Good. Two large quarto (oversized) volumes in green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Larger in size than other reprints. Light wear to edges and corners of boards. Corners lightly bumped, more so on vol. 2. Slight soiling to edges of textblock. Vol. 1 (12) 600 p. (411 entries). Vol. 2 601-1096 (289 entries) with additional notes, and an index of 69 pgs (lxix). Both volumes include numerous illustrations of title pages, incipits, interior plates, and bindings in b&w. An attractive, larger sized reprint of this important and thorough catalog. Murray (1849 - 1919) was an English art connoiseur, consultant and dealer, as well as being a respected portraitist. His friends included Rosetti, Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Ruskin. His book collection and manuscript collection, put together in just 7 years, began when he retired from art and sold most of the paintings. His collection was sold over a period of 8 years… Read More

London: The Holland Press, 1962. Facsimile of an original 1913 work. . Hardcover. Very Good. Two large quarto (oversized) volumes in red cloth, with gilt lettering to a creme colored spine. Limited to 250 copies. Larger in size than other reprints. Light wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight soiling to spine edges of textblock. Vol. 1 xvii (6) 462 p. (281 entries). Vol. 2 463-818 (214 entries) with additional notes, and an index of 62 pgs (lxii). Both volumes include numerous illustrations of title pages, incipits, interior plates, and bindings in b&w. An attractive, larger sized reprint of this important and thorough catalog. Murray (1849 - 1919) was an English art connoiseur, consultant and dealer, as well as being a respected portraitist. His friends included Rosetti, Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Ruskin. His book collection and manuscript collection, put together in just 7 years, began when he retired from art and sold most of the paintings. His collection was sold over a period of… Read More

Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Company, 1964.. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover with good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and a bit of bumping to the corners of the panels. Back of spine is a bit browned. Dj seems to be a bit larger than the book and has creasing on the top edge. Dj also has a few small tears along the edges and some scuffing. Main problem with the dj is the heavy browning along the spine and lighter browning to the edges. Some foxing to the edges of the pages (mainly the upper edges of the pages). Definite smoky smell to the book. 276 pages with 8 plates, 120 figures/illustrations, notes after each chapter, and index. A scarce work on the archaeology of Western Africa during the Stone Age. There are chapters on: 1. the Chronological Frame, 2. Pluvial Sequence in Africa, 3. Raised Beaches, 4. West African River-Terraces, 5. Soil-Profiles and… Read More

Omaha, NE: G. B. Davis and Associates, 1977. First edition. staplebound softcover. Very good. Very thin landcape format octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Includes a two sided small poster sized document showing painting, lettering, numbering, slogans, and general designs in very good shape also. 13 p/ w/ color covers, schematic, table, and b&w illus. A uncommon railroad reference work, in its original mailing envelope dated November 1977.

Lyon, MS: Derrydale Press Inc, 1993. Signed, limited ed. . Leather Bound Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners. Green Leather with gilt titles and designs. Signed by St. Charles and numbered PP37 of 1250 on the tipped-in limitation page. Section B