Search Results: Authors starting with E from DuBois Rare Books

New York: Henry Holt, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 33 p. ; 18 cm. 12mo. Rust and cream colored paper over boards, copper spine lettering. Book Condition is Fine, in an about Fine dust jacket; just visible bit of shelf dustiness to v. light colored rear panel. Warmly inscribed by author with price intact on DJ and without the common remainder mark. A very sharp copy.

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 240pp. Author's first novel after well received first book of short stories.

London: Harvill, 1991. First UK edition (true First) First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harvill. London. 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. 320pp. Blue cloth and paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This is a copy that really could be graded As-New. Almost certainly unread, fresh and bright.

New York: Benzene Editions, Zone 10, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound. Very Good. v. : ill. ; 28 cm. Periodical. Tall 8vo in decorated staplebound glossy thin wraps. Chipped on the upper right tip of the cover, mild wear to extremities, pages toned else Fine. Super rare. Featuring contributions by Spalding Gray, Bern Porter, John Cage, Ray Johnson and a host of others. Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (U.S.).

New York: KSAD Publications, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Perfect bound Magazine. Near Fine. 131pp. 28cm. Tall 4to. Perfectbound magazine with wraps. Condition: faint signs of handling else fine. Copiously illustrated, primarily photography. Worldcat records only one institution as holding copies, The Metropolitan Museum of Art [New York]. They subscribed until issue #9 after which either The Met decided enough was enough or Crushfanzine did, the library record doesn't specify. A sharp copy. Crushfanzine is a quarterly magazine published in NYC since 2009.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1940. Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Lacking. 4 p. l., 1234 p., 2 pl. on 1 l. ill.

Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Blue cloth over boards, silver spine lettering. Ex libris Marx W. Wartofsky distinguished professor of philosophy. Donated to City College of New York by Professor Douglas Lackey with each of their bookplates to pastedown and ffep. Book Condition is Fine. Dust Jacket Condition is Very Good with small tear to rear panel and bits of wear here and there. A sharp copy.

New York: McSweeny's, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/None Issued. First Edition. Octavo. 252 pp. Quarterbound black cloth and printed paper over boards with raised color illustration over that that appears as if it is growing over the printed material. Heavily illustrated. In fine condition, as new practically.

New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine. 22 p. [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 34 cm. Folio. Original publisher's beige colored cloth over boards. Book Condition: Minor wear to extremities else Fine. Lacking the dust jacket.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1971. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. 141 p. ; 21 cm. 12mo. Wine colored cloth, silver and pink metallic lettering to spine and front cover. Book condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Conditon: Spine toned with slit across the width, thin edges of flaps lightly toned, very small nic to crown, light soiling back panel. Very good at least.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 232 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm. Squarish 4to. Hardcover. A gorgeous book, publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities. A sharp copy. With additional texts by William S. Lieberman and Riva Castleman.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Fine. 360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. Tall 4to. Softcover. Perfectbound, heavy cardstock covers with deep French flaps. 456 illustrations, 235 in color. Produced with the customary MOMA careful attention to detail. Book Condition: fine. Virtually without flaw. A sharp copy. "Published in conjunction with the new exhibition ModernStarts: people, places, things at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 7, 1999-March 14, 2000, organized by John Elderfield ..."--Title page verso. The exhibition is part of three cycles of exhibitions known as MoMA2000.

[Bridgeport, Conn.]: General Electric, Electronics Dept, 1943. Wraps. Very Good. 68 pages illustrations 27 cm. 4to. Staplebound wraps. From the title page: "This book is intended to help the beginner understand the fundamentals of radio." Still, they manage to pack a lot in those 68 pages. Copiously illustrated with modern engineering schematic hieroglyphics, includes section on Terms and Definitions and index. Book Condition: Wraps show wear, soiling and a few chips. Corners of text block show use. Interior is unmarked and binding solid; one could easily imagine using this book for a semester long class and it holding together just fine.

New York: Assouline, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Thick plastic Covers. Fine/None Issued. 291 p. ill. 30cm. Tall 4to. Embossed soft plastic covers with loose portfolio of pages rivet bound. Book Condition: Fine, with superficial rubbing to plastic covers. From the publisher: "Offering insight into the world of contemporary art, this book looks at four generations of artists, from the established to the newly emerging. A revealing behind-the-scenes look at the spaces in which these artists work, with full-page reproductions of their artworks in progress." Nicely put together, copiously illustrated featuring the artists, their studios and their work. A nice copy. (There is no "hardcover" edition, just this one edition with soft plastic covers that are thick enough to confuse the issue.). British Artists at Work looks at four generations of artists, from the established to the newly emerging. Photographs of each of the artists, taken by Amanda Eliasch during 2002 in the artists' studios, are… Read more

London: Faber and Faber, 1930. Fourth Impression, May MCMXXX.". Hardcover. Very Good +/Lacking. 98[i] pp. 20 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine; printed with rough edges all round on laid paper. Book Condition: spine ends with frazzling just at the extreme edges, toning to spine, salt and pepper nicks to cloth here and there; gilt lettering still nice and bright, text-block pristine. A charming shape, size and execution. A pleasing copy of the 4th impression of the first edition, the last impression of the first edition (prior to issuing the 2nd edition soon after).

New York: Penguin Studio in association with Museum of American Folk Art, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. xi, 203 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Tall 4to. Red cloth over boards. Fine in Dust Jacket with mild wear to extremities.

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1878. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. 358 pages : frontispiece, illustrations. Index and advertisements. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, all edges gilt, black and gilt lettering and decorations to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Bright and fresh. Spine ends, tips pushed, mild wear. Ex-Masonic library with one small marking to title page and evidence of pocket removed from rear paste-down. A sharp copy. With one hundred and sixty-five illustrations, and the more important marks and monograms.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. 200pp. Quarter blue cloth and paper over boards with navy blue spine lettering. Book condition: Fine. Spine lettering brand new looking, boards are unmarked, edges clean, tips sharp, binding tight and square. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Rubbed at the extremities, with salt and pepper chipping to spine ends, some dustiness to the lighter areas from handliing.

[San Francisco]: Geoffrey Ellis via sadkids.com, 2010. Ltd. Edition #127 of 222. Staplebound. Near Fine. unpaged. [approx 40pp]. Staplebound, stiff cardboard wraps; photo-illustrated. "Get off my lawn is a photo-zine featuring the work of talented photographers who are 34 years and older." For this, the debut issue, 11 photograpers are represented. Condition is very near fine. Worldcat shows two institutional holdings: Bowling Green University, and The Indie Photobook Library/Larissa Leclair Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library).

New York. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, Distributed by Doubleday, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 228 pages including biographical outline, bibliography, check-list of works pictured, and general index. Includes 163 plates, 4 in color. 26cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original rust colored linen over boards, black lettering to spine. Book Condition: top edge a little dusty, else fine. Almost certainly unread. Cream colored pages and plates look gorgeous; brillant and fresh. Dust Jacket Condition: spine ends and flap folds show light chipping and wrinkling, faint toning at the edges. A nice copy of a lovely book. Homage by Jacques Lipchitz; introduction and additional essays by Albert Elsen.