Search Results: Titles starting with D from Independent Books

Hopkins: Electro-Craft Corporation, 1973 The purpose of this book is to offer a basic background in DC motors, speed controls, and servo systems, and to describe new developments in the field. The presentation is aimed at the designer and user and industry, with emphasis on many practical problems from testing to applications engineering. Condition notes: (xv), chapters individually numbered; PB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. well sunned. Cover: orange wraps, white/orange titles front, white titles spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, modestly rubbed, spine and adjacent boards well sunned, some crinkles/creases.

Berlin: Volksverband Der Bucherfreunde, 1924 333 numbered pgs.+2. HB. In German. Pages: clean, bright, tight, brown topstain, frontis; decorative bookplate o ep. Cover: decorative egyptian-design paper over boards, leather spine, gilt titles spine; v. light shelfwear, a little rubbing to spine, several small nicks to edges.In remarkably good condition.

Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 1989 This is the casebook, not the manual. 515 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; b.e. a bit thumbed. Cover: white, yellow front, blue titles front/spine; lt edge/shelfwear, bottom crnr a bit thumbed. Patient case studies.

BATAVIA: G.B. VAN GOOR ZONEN, 1940 912 pp, vol. 1; 931 pp, vol 2; HB. In Dutch and German, 2-volume set. "German Hand Dictionary, First Part: German to Dutch" and "Second Part: Dutch to German". Pages: clean, ivory, tight, marbled edgestain, gray eps; eps toned, small boorkstore stickers eps . Cover: navy, blindstamped titles front, gilt and blindstamped titles spine; v. light shelfwear, boards a little loose, head/heel/a few corners lightly worn. A small, stout set in great condition.

New York: Doubleday, 2004 467 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, ersatz parchment eps, color frontis; ghost t.e., spatter/specks f.e. Cover: burgundy, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, rear head mildly bumped. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, foil burgundy, parchment + burgundy titles front/spine, Last Supper back; minimal edge/shelfwear. The first printing of this lovely, illustrated edition. For the Dan Brown fan in your life.

New York : Doubleday, 2003 462 numbered pp +1; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: brick wraps, gilt/reverse titles/text front/spine, black/reverse text back; no shelfwear, no defects. A wonderful copy of the scarcer "May 2003" variant. As good as it gets.

New York: American Tract Society 192 numbered pp; HB. Miniature. Pages: foxed, ivory, a bit loose, ivory eps; a.e. tanned/dusty. Cover: olive silk, black artwork + gilt titles front, plain spine; moderate shelfwear, 1-1/2" dk water stain back.

New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1916 Prayer book in Hebrew w/directions in English. Condition notes - 312 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; gift inscription inked to front ep w/a bit of transfer to ffep, pencil marks to several pp. Cover: lt blue, flower front, black titles front/spine; modest shelfwear w/ extrems moderately worn, dampstains to front edge, tail, and back board.

not stated: Not Stated, 1000 Photocopy of a two-part series of Buddhist prayers. Laid in is a card celebrating the Earth Dragon Year, and an invitation to celebrate the New Year. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: unnumbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, toned, tight. Cover: red school folder style wraps with three prongs, no titles; modest edge/shelfwear.

Albequerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1952 Reprint of an article in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Condition notes: 286-296 numbered pp; PB. Gray wraps w/ navy titles, stapled spine.

London: Johnathan Cape, 1979 Unnumbered; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, orange eps, color frontis; sm bookstore sticker front ep, tiny spot ffep. Cover: yellow glazed boards, tiger front, black titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, front top crnr a bit worn, slightly rubbed. A nice copy of a scarce title. Giftable.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1909 495 numbered pp +1 + ads; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, sm ink notations to ffep and rear eps, sm bookstore label rear ep. Cover: textured med red, reverse and cream titles front, cream titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine mildly sunned, w/ spine titles rubbed. Period fiction.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977 629 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, f.e. deckled, orange eps; t.e. near head mildly faded. Cover: green, copper titles spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gilt/copper titles front, gilt titles spine, photo back; lt edge/shelfwear, v sm closed tear tail, extrems a bit worn. "A defense and illustration of an unfashionable philosophy, humanism."

London: Robinson Pub., 1987 339 pp.; HB w/DJ. First issue, with error identifying computer file on p 233. Not many of these escaped recall. Pages: clean, lightly toned, tight; a.e. tanned. Cover: black, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, head/heel slightly curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white, pickled eyeballs artwork and multi-colored blocks front, black titles/text all surfaces; minor top edge wear.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1950 Vidal's 3rd book. 307 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. slightly grubby, eps mildly toned. Cover: green boards, red backstrip, gilt signature front, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, head/tail cupped, 2 bumps to t.e. near spine. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, green/black, red block + white titles front, red/white titles spine, photo + black text back; modest edge/shelfwear, large triangular chip head, w/ loss of a portion of the title.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910 594 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g.; a.e. lt tanned, front hinge cracked (intact). Cover: navy silk, gilt artwork front/spine, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extremities a bit worn. The darkness of decadent Paganism versus the dawn of Christianity.

Leipzig: Bogel, 1904 In German. 992 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, olive eps; a.e. v lt tanned, PO info stamped ffep, sm book label front ep. Cover: rose silk, Art Nouveau artwork + gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn, spine lt dampstained, head has two tears, some rubbing. With 430 b/w illustrations as well as 27 color plates w/ captioned tissue guards. "The household medical book".

Recklinghausen: Self Published, 1959 In German. Roughly translates to: The Ancient American Calendar System in Light of a New Paper Presented at the Joint Meeting of the German Society of Ethnology and the Austrian Ethnological Expeditions and Research Society, October 25-30, 1959 in Stuttgart. Stapled spine.Lain in is a folded chart entitle The Raven and the Carcass in Literature and Art to which someone has sketched a native drawing of a raven. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His name inked to the front cover. It was inscribed to "Dr. Wayne" and Dr. Suttles added the last name in his own hand. Additionally, on the title page is another inscription in German, but I cannot make it out. Condition notes: 42 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; all edges well sunned. Cover: well tanned cream paper, b/w symbol front; lt… Read More

Munchen: F. Bruckmann, 1960 unnumbered pp; HB. In German. Pages: clean, bright, tight, large photo frontis, full page b/w photos horse texte; a.e. lt tanned, eps lt toned, b.e. of front ep lifting, front hinge just barely starting. Cover: black paper over boards, tan backstrip, photos + white titles front, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, all extrems worn, esp crnrs, several shallow surface scratches. Large, impressive display of ancient Egyptian sculpture and carving.

Munchen: Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, 1908 252 pp. + 72 plates; HB. In German. Catalog of pocelain at the Bayer National Museum. Many b/w photos and numerous presentations and descriptions of makers marks. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, dark topstain; a.e. lightly tanned, small bookstore sticker ep, small spots of residue to front ffep and back eps. Cover: linen w/ brown block and gilt titles front; wear to spine w/ splits to 2" of rear edge head and heel, to which tape has been applied, a little overall soiling.