Search Results: Titles starting with D from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

London: 20th Century Fox, 1955. First. Softcover. Very Good. Daddy Long Legs was a 1955 musical comedy film set in France, New York City, and the fictional college town of Walston, Massachusetts. The film was directed by Jean Negulesco, and starred Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Fred Clark, and Thelma Ritter, with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, and was loosely based on the 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster. This is an original promotional campaign book for the movie, and includes photos, production information, several pages of ad samples for media placement, etc.   This copy was printied in E ngland for the UK target audience. It has just slight age darkening and paper rippling, but no other marks or damage. CH.

London: Daily Mail. Newspapers. Very Good. The Daily Mail is one of Britain's most popular daily newspaper, in a tabloid format.  It's known for its tendency to sensationalize most of its coverage and has been successfully sued by the Royal Family and others for inaccurate reporting.  However, it is still a successful escape from the more staid reporting of its peers. In 2001, it published a series of special issues of important historical English and global events, with reporting in the style of the modern Daily Mail.  The cover everything from Norman Conquest in 1066, through the Magna Carta, Henry VIII, etc. up to the 20th century and provide a wry, funny and interesting twist on history. This group consists of 15 8-page issues, each issue presenting two separate events.  All issues are in very good condition, but all have been folded and show some slight age darkening.

Bristol: The Boho Press, 2005. First printing. Near Fine. Trystan Mitchell. A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers and white title on spine Just very slight edge wear, otherwise perfect Signed by both the author and the illustrator on the title page, with no inscriptions "Gift Quality" 109 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. First US edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. A near fine copy in blue cloth with dark blue titles and designs on spine and front cover Light fading at edges Inscribed by Author to Edith Keay Fowler on ffep No other marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ has some small chips at top edge but is otherwise in excellent condition and is now in a plastic protective wrapper Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (1892 â€" 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer She was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her famous friend and lover, Virginia Woolf She also had a longstanding column in The Observer (1946â€"1961) and… Read More

Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library, 1999. First. Fine. A fine copy in orange, gold and white wrappers with black titles on spine Inscription by author on half title page, but no other marks or damage at all 275 pp.

London: Printed for the Author, 1984. First thus. Near Fine. Most of this book is a facsimile of H Farnham Burke's 'Pedigree of the family of Darwin', a work which appeared in 1888, itself privately printed, in an edition of just sixty copies The rest of the book is devoted to filling the gaps in Burke's work At the end of the book an index has been added to provide a quick source of reference to the Darwin's and their relatives The book is bound in dark green cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover There is a small spot at the top of the front cover, but otherwise there are no marks or damage at all, with the book appearing as new 84 pp.

Weimar: Verlag Von Emil Felber, 1898. First thus. Very Good. A very good copy for its age in pink wrappers Minor shelfwear but no other marks or damage 163 pp.

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889. First. Good. Ellen Warner Olney Kirk (1842 â€" 1928) was an American novelist Her novels tended to have romance plots set in New York or Philadelphia Her uncle was publisher Alfred Smith Barnes, founder of Barnes & Noble A good copy in original brown cloth with black and gilt titles and designs on spine and front cover Minor spotting, scuffing and wear, particularly at corners and spine ends Both hinges cracked, but binding still sound An ink signature of a previous owner on ffep dated in year of publication No other marks or damage at all 447 + 8 p adverts pp.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First. Very Good. A very good copy of the first edition, second state binding, in silver blind-stamped covers with brown titles on spine (The first state binding was light green instead of silver) Slight bumping to corners and spine ends, and very slight edge wear, but otherwise binding is excellent Ink name of previous owner "Arthur V Meigs, Princeton, 1933" on ffep, but no other marks or damage It appears that the owner was possibly the grandson of Arthur V Meigs (1850-1912), a notable American physician and author of several medical texts 239 pp.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First US Edition. Near Fine/Good+. A near fine copy in red cloth with gilt titles in black insets on spine and front cover Slight bumping on spine ends and faint, typical, age darkening on wartime paper quality, else pristine No marks or damage at all The uncommon DJ is unclipped, with edge wear and chipping and short tears at spine ends 417 pp.

Petri Pazmanyi, 1768. Very Good. This is a very scarce publication, in Latin, containing Giovanni Battista Beccaria's essay dedicated to artificial electricity and the theories of Benjamin Franklin Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716-1781) Italian physicist, was born at Mondovì, and entered the religious Order of the Pious Schools or Piarists, in 1732, where he studied, and afterward taught, grammar and rhetoric At the same time, he applied himself with success to mathematics He became professor of experimental physics, first at Palermo and then at Rome, and was appointed to a similar position at Turin in 1748 He was afterwards made tutor to the young princes de Chablais and de Carignan, and continued to reside principally at Turin during the remainder of his life In May 1755 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and published several papers on electrical subjects in the Phil Trans In 1759, King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, who had invited him to Turin, employed him to measure… Read More

Edimburghi: Petri Fox, 1762. Reprint of 17th century original. Very Good. Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1642-1693) was a 17th-century German nonconformist theologian who published a number of treatises that spread fear amongst Lutheran churches â€" works that questioned the validity of biblical miracles through his astronomical and millenarianistic views One of his most controversial works was 'De Miraculis', a work in which Zimmermann sought to prove that even according the Fathers of the Church, that all the miracles of Christ were only allegories (d'Holbach, p132) These reports, along with the studies of Bernard Connor, explained that the Gospel miracles could be explained by naturally occurring phenomena Zimmermann remained steadfast in his views against supernatural abilities and wonders, not only in Jesus, but in the apostles, saints, and mathematicians as well including Pythagoras, Apollonius, St Francis of Assisi, St Dominic, and St Ignatius of Loyola Because of this, 'De Miraculis', and many… Read More

Basel: Ioannem Oporinum, 1557. First. Good+. Book II only A woodcut illustration on title page, upper outer blank corner torn away and repaired, decorative woodcut initials, light dust-soiling to title and colophon leaf, some dampstaining throughout, occasional fraying to lower outer corners, early manuscript fragment strip bound-in before title (formerly part of endpaper strengthening), endpapers replaced, near contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, small folio Adams B3032 Martin Bucer (1491-1551) was born in Strasbourg and entered the Dominican order After converting to the reformed faith, his writings had a great influence on Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican doctrines and practices In April 1549 he left Strasbourg for England, where, at the invitation of the young Edward VI, he became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge First published in the year of his death, and dedicated to Edward VI, De Regno Christi examines and addresses the true nature of monarchy in relation to the (reformed)… Read More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2011. First. Fine/Fine. A fine copy with blue cloth spine on blue paper boars and gilt titles on spine Inscribed by author on title page No other marks or damage at all 464 pp.

London: Wildfire, 2019. First. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in black cloth with gilt titles on spine No marks or damage at all Signed, dated (2/7/2019) and inscribed (Save the Oceans!) on title page Unclipped DJ is also in excellent condition "Gift Quality" Alex D Rogers is professor of conservation biology and fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford and was a consultant on the BBC Blue Planet series 358 pp.

(The Co-operative Wholesale Society), 1952. First. Fine. The Co-operative Wholesale Society or CWS (also locally known as the "Co-op") entered into manufacturing in Manchester, UK, as early as 1922 with the introduction of gramophones.  In 1933, it began manufacturing radios under the brand of Defiant, and after WWII it expanded into manufacturing Defiant televisions as well. This early catalogue is in fine condition, printed in black and pink on a small (4 1/2" x 2 1/2") format with 12 foldout panels printed on both sides, so 24 pages in all.  It describes the entire product line for the year of Defiant televisions, radios and grammophones.  No marks or damage at all.  Quite scarce on the market.

Naples: Antonio Cervone, 1762. First. Vellum hardback. Very Good-. Della Origine Delle Leggi, Delle Arti, E Delle Scienze….In Italian. Printed at Napoli by Antonio Cervone, MDCCLXII (1762). Title leaf xxiv, 290, [2]. Volume 1 only (of 3). Two engraved plates, including one folding of Egyptian symbols. Vellum binding Very Good, internally Very Good, some staining at corner later part of the book. Measures 7 x 9.5. Solid and elegant coeval half parchment binding, smooth backs with gold fillets and titles From a comprehensive survey of the history of ancient peoples (Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Phoenicians) from after the universal flood until the return of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957. First. Near Fine/Good. A near fine copy with blue cloth spine on black paper boards and red and silver titles on spine and front cover Small ink name of previous owner on ffep Very slight shelf wear on spine ends, but no other marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ has some edge wear, chipping and a 3" tear at lower spine front, but is now in a protective mylar cover Rexford Guy Tugwell (1891 â€" 1979) was an economist who became part of Franklin D Roosevelt's first "Brain Trust", a group of Columbia University academics who helped develop policy recommendations leading up to Roosevelt's New Deal Tugwell served in FDR's administration until he was forced out in 1936 He was a specialist on planning and believed the government should have large-scale plans to move the economy out of the Great Depression because private businesses were too frozen in place to do the job He helped design the New Deal farm program and the Resettlement Administration that moved… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1986. First. Fine. A fine copy with black cloth spine and red paper boards Red metallic printed titles on spine Signed "For Albert, Ken Kesey" on half title page No other marks or damage whatsoever to either book or unclipped DJ Signed copies of this title are uncommon "Gift Quality" 384 pp.

London: John Murray, 1894. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented, Thirty First Thousand. Hardcover. Good. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, by English naturalist Charles Darwin, was first published in 1871. It applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, evolutionary musicology, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society. It is generally considered Darwin's second most important work, after The Origin of Species. This copy is good in the publisher's origianal dark green cloth, with gilt titles on the spine and blind-stamped borders on both covers.  it shows moderate wear on the covers, and there is the remnant of a paper label on the… Read More