Search Results: Titles starting with D from Carpe Diem Fine Books

Salt Lake City: University Services Corporation, 1988. 1st. Special Limited Edition Serial Number 179. Folio. 124pp; fold-out list of Gallery Exhibitions; 5 photo-reproductions. Color plates. SIGNED by the artist. Grey leather spine over grey cloth with color plate adhered to front board in publisher's grey cloth slipcase. A fine copy in fine slipcase. A beautiful monograph on this mid-Western artist. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Paris: L. Maison, 1850. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition 12mo; [4]. 386 pages plus 3 full-page engraved maps of the Bays of Monterey and San Francisco, the Straits of Magellan and Panama as well as 4 views (of San Francisco, Big Trees, Sutter's Fort and Pyramid Lake). Lacks folding map. Moderate foxing, rubbing and edgewear throughout, a few pencil notes, otherwise a Very Good copy in contemporary 1/2 leather and marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers; title gilt stamped at spine w/'Colonnello Cipriani' at foot. Kurutz 236a. California Woman's Hospital bookplate to front pastedown (In Memory of Gertrude Marion Munson Hopper).

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012. First Edition. Quarto; xix, 452pp. Library markings, otherwise a Fine copy in publisher's illustrated boards. The book reviews the previous 10 years of research into dehydroepiandrosterone and explores its potential for future study.

London: FABER AND FABER, 1988. 1st. Paperback. Octavo. 254pp. Index. Photo-illustrated wraps in near fine condition.

Connecticut: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1960. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 271-431pp. Very good condition (short tear to lower spine; owner name; general wear). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Milan: Lupetti, 2005. 1st. Paperback. Fine copy - unread. Octavo; 160 pages. Text in Italian.

Basel: Birkhauser, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Octav; ix, [1], 192 pages. Owner name blacked out on ffep, o/w as New and appears unused. EXS 85. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Quarto; [8], 58, [220]pp of more than 250 illustrations (chiefly b/w photographs); Index. A Fine copy in like dust jacket printed in black and red (with a hint of browning, scarce in this condition) in original blue-grey paper-covered boards printed in black and red with gilt lettered blue cloth spine; yellow endpapers graced with line drawings by Picasso; title page woodblock by Gordon Craig. Among the illustrations are paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture depicting dance of every century, as well as fascinating stories of Duncan, Diaghileff, Nijinsky, Pavlova, Stravinsky, St. Denis, Massine, Balanchine, Graham and others; printed by Lynton R. Kistler. With Armitage's trademark two-page title page; one of his most successful designs, seldom found in ths condition.

Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1950. First Edition. 4to. 159 pp. Bibliography. Illustrations of music chords, dance forms, and costumes. Green cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. "By going direct to the old timers who still remembered the original dances of early California days and their music, by describing these dances step by step from watching the dancers, and by recording the music and songs on a wire recorder, Miss Czarnowski has made a unique and important contribution to the field of folk dancing and California folklore... Dance games, couple dances, dances for sets of two couples, couple dances used for demonstration, and group dances are included. Thirty-nine difference dances with their music are presented." - dustjacket flap.

An authorized republication by the author from the 1994 book: Origins & destinations: 41 essays on Chinese America / a joint project of Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and UCLA Asian American Studies Center., 1994. 8vo. Pages 189 - 205. Bibliography. Red printed wrappers in near fine condition (small crease to lower front corner). Discussion of the Bok Kai Festival held annually in Marysville and its role in promoting inter-ethnic relations. The Bok Kai parade's rich history is believed to have started as far back as the 1850s. Always held on the weekend closest to the second day of the second month of the Lunar calendar it is the longest continually held parade in California. The parade honors Bok Eye, the Chinese Water God, who protects Marysville from flooding.

New York: Privately Printed, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; xxii, 246, (2). Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Lists one hundred and thirty books on dancing with reproductions of most. Near Fine copy (corners lightly bumped) in blue-green cloth lettered in black and gold at spine; gold device to front cover.

Tubingen: Max Niemeyer, 1978. First Edition. Octavo, (xv), 458 pp. Illustrated plates at rear. A fine copy in dustjacket.

Odense: A. C. Normanns Forlag, 1948. 1st. Cloth. Extremity wear, some rubbing, light foxing, o/w a Near Fine set in original red cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. A handsome set.. Large octavos; 255, 271, 252, 171 and 268 pages.

Paris: La Galerie Furstenberg, 1957. First Edition. Small 8vo. Catalog for an exhibition from April 30 to May 18, 1957 at La Galerie Furstenberg, Paris. Text in English & French. [14]pp; 2 full color plates. Introduction by Marcel Schneider. Lists 16 paintings and 4 sculptures. Staple-bound wraps in about fine condition (light wear). Born Daniel Albert Harris (1914-1986), he changed his name to Zev when he moved to Europe in 1953 having been discovered a decade earlier by Grace McCann Morley, founder of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. During this period, Zev lived in Big Sur, CA where most likely he met Henry Miller and where his artistic handprint is evident throughout the iconic Nepenthe Restaurant, most notably his whimsical bird logo.

Wien: Bundesamt fur Agrarwirtschaf, 2001. 1st. Softcover. Fine copy. Quarto, 185 pages. Schriftenreihe #90 'Eine kausalanalytische Studie zur Uberprufung unspezischer Hypothesen ohne Effektgrosse [Buying behavior of Polish consumers in respect of fruit and vegetables]'.

Leiden: Brill, 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Large octavo; xviii, 591pp with DVD in pocket at rear. Our copy has library markings, but is a new and unread copy. The function of the participle within the Hebrew tense system has considerably changed between biblical and postbiblical Hebrew. This investigation studies the participle in the Hebrew manuscripts from the Judaean Desert, its formation, its usage, and its meaning, compared with those in other Hebrew traditions and dialects, especially the language of the Hebrew Bible. The biblical Hebrew tense system continues to be used in the Scrolls, while there is a clear difference between the tense system of the Scrolls and that of mishnaic Hebrew. This fact allows us to draw conclusions in the field of language studies; but it also provides us with a piece of the puzzle in our understanding of the sociology and religion of the Qumran community. Die Funktion des Partizips innerhalb des hebraischen Tempussystems wandelte sich erheblich zwischen biblischem und… Read More

Berlin-Wittenau: Privately published, 1957. First Edition. Presentation copy INSCRIBED on title page 'To Mr. H.F. Bowker/with best regards for precious help/Dr. Arnold Keller'. Quarto; [1], 110; [1], 111-210pp (hectograph, printed rectos only), complete in 2 volumes, bound as one. A Fine copy in maroon boards lettered in gold at spine; 'H.F. Bowker' blindstamped to upper wrapper of each volume. 'Arnold Keller can rightly be called the father of modern paper money catalogues... during World War I and the ensuing years of inflation in Germany, he built a large collection of emergency currency and notgeld. Based on this he published his first catalogue. In 1922 he opened a coin and paper money business in Berlin and worked on further catalogues... After World War II, Dr. Keller again turned his attention to numismatics. His first attempt in 1956 to provide a catalogue in English of foreign notes for collectors in North America, called Paper Money of the World: Modern Issues of Europe, was frustrated by… Read More

Goppingen: Kümmerle Verlag, 2012. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. Small octavo; 297pp. Fine, unread copy in printed purple wrappers. Goppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik Nr. 771.

Hershey PA: IGI Publishing, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; x, 369 pp. New copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1980. 1st. Unknown Binding. Near Fine copy. Quarto; (xvii), 381 pages.