Search Results: Authors starting with J from DuBois Rare Books

Aspen, CO: Aspen Art Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. 72 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Issued in connection with an exhibition held Feb. 14-Apr. 13, 2008, Aspen Art Museum.

Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. 94 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. Book Condition: Pages toned, wraps with small loss to tail of spine, discreet pencil marking (price) to front cover. Very Good at least. One of the nicest examples we've seen of this notoriously emphemeral series. Uncommon. Worldcat shows just 7 institutional holdings.

Harrisburg: Stackpole Co, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 187 pages illustrations 29 cm. 4to. Glossy pictorials boards. Book Condition: Small tear to foot of spine else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: A few closed tears to the edges and a chip at the foot of the spine. Nice and bright otherwise.

New York: Information Office, Consulate General of Japan at New York, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good+. 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 x 22 cm. Oblong 8vo. Sofcover. Saddlebound stapled stiff Wraps. Book Condition: Small splashes to front cover, covers a little dusty else fine. Diary entries of members of the first Ambassador's diplomatic contigent recording their impressions as they travel to America and the first Japanese Embassy to the United States is established.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 327 pages ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original deep wine-colored cloth and paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: fine and most certainly unread. Dust Jacket Condition: freakishly bright and fresh and unmarred by virtue of the fact that this copy has had an extra jacket since it left the presses. As nice a copy as any out there. Linda Cloverdale's translation of the 1991 Prix Interallie-winner "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" ; basis for the 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film.

New York: Pantheon, 2000. First Edition, First Printing so stated with full number line. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. 225 pp. Hardcover. Octavo. Book condition is about fine in an about fine jacket. Bottom right corner of both gently pushed else as-new. Author of National Book Award winning "Waiting" and winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award, the Flannery O'conner Award for Short Fiction, and the Pen/Faulkner Award.

New York: A.H. Jocelyn, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. Engraved Broadside Sheet. Good +. Single sheet, 82 x 66 cm., hand colored engraving on wood. Double Elephant Folio sized broadside featuring 1) "Cronstadt, and a View of its Fortifications". 2) "Sebastopol and the Fortresses Outside". [An aerial view]. 3) "Map of the Baltic". 4) "New Map of the Crimea". 5) "Portraits of the Principal Crowned Heads; also, Russian, French, English, and Turkish Officers". [14 portraits in total]. Condition: Good+. With chipping, wrinkling and closed tears to edges, signs of handling throughout, spotting and scuffing here and there. An altogether chock-full-of-data Crimean War extravaganza with brilliant color. Scarce. Though there are recorded holdings of other Jocelyn published maps and broadsides that may include a single element found in this piece, we find no record of any holdings that even come close to the sheer exuberance of this extravaganza of multiple maps, views, and portraits.

New York: A.H. Jocelyn, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. Engraved Broadside Sheet. Very Good-. Single sheet, 82 x 66 cm., hand colored engraving on wood. Double Elephant Folio sized broadside featuring 1) Aerial view of Cronstadt with index. 2) Aerial view of "South Sebastopol, and the Fortresses Outside". 3) View showing "Sebastopol. w/ Position of the Allied Forces during the Campaign". 4) "Map of the Black Sea. With Danubian Provinces, Circassia, &c.". 5) "Plan of Sebastopol and Balaklava". (Showing the Position of the Allied Force during the Campaign). 6) "Complete History of the Siege of Sebastopol". 7) Inset view: "The Great Hurricane". 8) Inset view: "Battle of Iskerman". Condition: Very Good-. With chipping and creasing along edges, closed tears and some spotting in places else fine. A scarce piece; rare even. We find no mention of this title in Worldcat at all. Jocelyn at his cinematic best; critical mass is achieved by insuring that not a square centimeter is left unfilled.

New York: A.H. Jocelyn, 1854. First Edition, First Printing. Engraved Broadside Sheet. Fair. Single sheet, 82 x 66 cm., hand colored engraving on wood. Double Elephant Folio sized broadside featuring 3 different maps: 1) "Mirror of the City of Sebastopol: authentic view showing the exact positions of all the fortifications with correct name and number of guns in each, and giving a full description of the CITY; its Public Buildings, [and its] Harbors". 2) Map of Crimea "showing the military position of the Allied Forces surrounding SEBASTOPOL". 3) Map of the Black Sea, "containing distances from CONSTATINOPLE, and Statistical Information relative to the Population of Europe and its principal cities". Includes index to points of interest, text, and population data. Also includes lengthy excerpt: "Sebastopol" "from Mr. Scott's book on the Crimea". Condition: Fair only. Significant chipping with loss to the bottom edge of the sheet, loss impinges upon text, index and a single map. Otherwise showing… Read more

New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing so stated with full number line. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on half title page.

New York: Tiber Press, 1960. Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200 ...". Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Four unpaged hardcover volumes, each 46 cm. tall, Elephant Folios. Hardcovers. All four volumes bound in fine wove white cloth over boards; upper and lower covers with heavy paper stock over this cloth; spine and upper cover of each volume lettered in black and decorated with the first of five original color screenprints (upper cover, title page, 3 full page plates sans texte). The bookmaking aspect of this project has a lot going on, all good, and deserves the clarity and thoroughness of the excellent colophon gracing each volume: "Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200. The paper was hand made by Hahnemühle in West Germany. The type is Walbaum-Antiqua, hand set and printed by Brüder Hartmann in West Berlin. The prints were made directly on the screens by the artist[s] at the Tiber Press in New… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 196pp. 22cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, block yellow lettering to spine; die cuts to front panel revealing illustrated upper cover. Book Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. A pristine copy.

London: Printed by H. Hughs, 1779. Full Calf. Fair. 344 pp. 16mo. Full calf binding with gilt to spine. Condition of book: Covers detached, spine surface worn with title fully faded. Lacking ffep. Binding is sound, text block unmarred. Includes frontispiece of Dyer.

np: np, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. Lithograph. Very Good +. Lithograph in black ink on ivory colored wove paper. Sheet size: 27.2 x 20.2cm; Plate size (including caption and title): 22.9 x 17.2cm.. Summary: Caricature showing Lola Montez and Cupid on swan boat, crossing the Atlantic to America, with sorrowful European rulers crying bitter tears as they bid Lola goodbye. Print condition: occassional light foxing, far left lower corner with mild crease; tiny chip from extreme lower right corner, well way from image area; a gorgeous example of this very scarce David Claypoole Johnston print. A strong impression in lovely condition. Artist: Johnston, David Claypoole, (1799-1865). Subject: Lola Montez (1818-1861). Irish dancer, and one time mistress of the King of Bavaria, she toured the United States in 1851-53, near the end of a long and scandalous career marked by serial husbands and lovers. Probably drawn for John L. Magee's "The Old Soldier" monthly and issued separately.

np: np, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. Lithograph in black ink on ivory colored wove paper. Sheet size: 28.2 x 20.3cm; Plate size (including caption and title): 22.2 x 17.9 cm. Summary: A theater scene with Lola Montez dancing on stage. A man in the audience with a Puritan hat holds a book, "Sober thoughts," and peeks at her through his fingers. Another man on stage has a paper in his pocket, "Manager Agreement Half the House." Print condition: three very small closed tears well clear of image area, one at top edge and two at far right edge. A gorgeous example of this very scarce David Claypoole Johnston print; fresh and vibrant, with deep dark blacks and clear, strong lines. A very strong impression in lovely condition. Artist: Johnston, David Claypoole, (1799-1865). Subject: Lola Montez (1818-1861). Irish dancer, and one time mistress of the King of Bavaria, she toured the United States in 1851-53, near the end of a long and scandalous career marked by serial husbands… Read more

New York: Persea Books, 1987. First American Edition, First Printing so stated with no additional printings. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 260pp. Octavo. Hardcover. Quarter bound black cloth and tan paper over boards with silver gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ . Bright, new looking jacket mildly creased and crinkled at very top edge with two v. small closed tears. Author's first novel.

New York: The Journal, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 222pp. 25cm. Softcover. Perfectbound magazine. Book Condition: superficial scratching to covers, upper cover corners worn at tips, else fine. Includes Disk at back of issue: Jonathan Meese: Dictatorship of Art. NEVIN, Michael (editor). Content includes: St. Petersburg, Russia, Rivane Neuenschwander, Timebooth, Zines and more.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. 3rd Printing of the first edition. Wraps. Very Good. 127 pp. 21cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: covers toned with creasing and wear to extremities. The softcover was released simultaneously with the hardcover.

Amsterdam: Fantastic Man Pub., 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Perfect bound Magazine. Near Fine. 184pp. 29cm. Tall 4to. Perfectbound magazine. Condition: mild signs of handling; small closed tear to spine (near heel of spine), else fine. The cover of this issue features Mr. Wolfgang Tillmans, photographed by Alasdair McLellan in London. This issue contains more photos of Wolfgang Tillmans, with some chatting also. More or less the same treatment is given to Bob Colacello, Mr. Constantin Shamray, Mr. Alexis Taylor, and Fabio. From the publisher: "Fantastic Man is a semi-annual men's fashion magazine which was launched in 2005. It presents men's fashion by detailed interviews with male celebrities and intellectuals from many different backgrounds.

Amsterdam: Fantastic Man Pub., 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Perfect bound Magazine. Near Fine. 212pp. 29cm. Tall 4to. Perfectbound magazine. Condition: mild signs of handling else fine; includes called for 13pg Helmut Lang photo insert. The cover of this issue features Mr. Francesco Vezzoli, photographed by Mathias Vriens at the pool of the Chateau Marmont. This issue features photo spread of a distinctly uncomfortable looking Gus Van Sant, modeling clothing from the fashion forward category also at the Chateau Marmont. From the publisher: "Fantastic Man is a semi-annual men's fashion magazine which was launched in 2005. It presents men's fashion by detailed interviews with male celebrities and intellectuals from many different backgrounds.