Search Results: Titles starting with D from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Jansen, McClurg and Company, Chicago, 1881; First American Edition; 8vo, 258 pages, plus 4-page publisher’s catalogue at the back; green cloth; beveled boards; gilt spine titles. Legendary literary frontiersman Joaquin Miller’s raw yet moving tale of life in an early California Sierra gold town, where terror from the Mormon secret society of Danites, bent on the extermination of the families of those they believed responsible for the killing of Joseph Smith, looms over all. First issued during his sojourn in London in 1875 under the title "The First Fam’lies Of The Sierras," Miller later made the book into a play which opened in New York in 1877 and met with considerable commercial success. Born Cincinnatus Heine Miller, he wrote only two books under his given name before adopting the pseudonym Joaquin Miller, ultimately authoring nearly thirty literary works, and during his lifetime had been an adventurer, explorer, miner, pony express rider, county judge, and journalist. He was… Read More

Lucien Vogel / Conde Nast, Paris, 1921; First Edition; 7 1/2" x 9 3/4". Color pochoir print by Pierre Brissaud of Jeanne Lanvin designs for a fashionable lady’s summer dress of tulle and ribbon work, a diadem of wax flowers, and a number of girls’ frocks. A young woman is seen engaged in a childhood dance with her little companions. From La Gazette Du Bon Ton, Lucien Vogel’s legendary fashion journal which was known for its uncompromising print quality and choice of artists and illustrators, who formed a veritable Who’s Who of the Art Deco period, with George Barbier, Pierre Brissaud, Andre Marty, Charles Martin, Edouardo Garcia Benito, Erté, Thayaht, Georges Lepape, Pierre Mourgue, and Robert Bonfils listed among them. Likewise, its articles were authored by the leading Parisian writers, academics, and critics of the day, and its opinions highly influential. Vogel signed exclusive contracts to showcase the lines of Paris’s leading couture houses in the pages of his Gazette,… Read More

Warner Bros. Records, Los Angeles, 1982; Original Trevor Jones 1982 soundtrack album for the Jim Henson fantasy film "The Dark Crystal." WB catalog #1-23749. Very Good+, clean, surface glossy, plays perfectly, in a Very Good+ cover with embossed titles and original inner sleeve. Cover hole-punched at upper left and notched at lower left. Includes the large (16 1/2" x 22") full color Brian Frond poster in Mint condition.

Harper and Row Publishers, NY, 1969; no statement of edition; large octavo (7 1/2" x 10 1/4"), 280 pages; sage cloth; blind stamped front board illustration of the Beagle ; gilt titles; illustrated. Alan Moorehead’s riveting account of 23 year old Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle to Brazil, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Peru, Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and other countries and islands along the way. Richly and profusely illustrated in both color and b&w with the works of contemporary artists, including the oil paintings and watercolors of Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens, official artists to the expedition. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1964; First Edition; 12mo, 116 pages; illustrated. Daniel Moore’s first book, with cover art and in-text illustrations by the poet. Moore at a later date came to renounce written poetry and established the "Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company" in San Francisco, which offered free live stage productions to audiences at Berkeley’s Hinkel Park. In 1970, as a result of a meeting with religious leader Abdalqadir as-Sufi, he adopted the religion of Islam, changed his name to Abdal-Hayy, and went to live in North Africa, remaining there twenty years before returning to the United States and taking up residence in Philadelphia, where he resumed the written word. His published works thereafter are considerable. First edition, in wraps, of which only 1,950 copies were printed. A small hardback edition of 50 was issued simultaneously. Near Fine, clean, crisp, and bright. Dazzling psychedelic cover illustration. A beautiful copy.

Random House, NY, 1971; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 180 pages. Third Lieutenant Hastings murder mystery, inscribed and signed on the half title page by the author. Enthusiastic rear panel blurb by Ross Macdonald. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped.

Element, Rockport, Mass., 1992; First Edition, First Printing; 8vo, 286 pages, plus 16 pages of photographs at the back; maroon boards, gilt titles. Verbatim transcription into modern Hebrew characters from the Archaic Hebrew and Aramaic originals of fifty of the Qumran manuscripts from Cave 4, followed by their complete English translations and interpretive commentary. Authored by Robert Eisenman, Professor of Middle East Religions and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at California State University Long Beach, and Michael Wise, Assistant Professor of Aramaic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Chicago. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1982; First Edition; 8vo, 240 pages. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp, no chips or tears, no ownership signatures. Blindstamp of Marvin N. Shapiro, notable Los Angeles public interest attorney, on f.f.e.p.

Tanner-Gray Line Motor Tours, Los Angeles, 1937; Illustrated rate and promotional brochure for Tanner-Gray Line motor tours of Death Valley, California for 1937. Contains facts on all points of interest in and near Death Valley plus detailed descriptions and fares for each bus tour, plus two 4" x 7 1/2" Death Valley road maps. Photo-illustrated. Measures 4" x 9" folded, 9" x 16" fully opened. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. Scarce.

Death Valley Hotel Company, Los Angeles, 1939; Illustrated rate schedule and promotional brochure for the 1939-1940 season in Death Valley, California, with traveler information for Death Valley and its lodgings: Furnace Creek Inn, Furnace Creek Camp, and Amargosa Hotel. Detailed descriptions for all accommodations at each lodge, with prices, motor route mileage, and Tanner-Gray Line tour fares, plus 9" x 16" detailed map. Photo-illustrated. Measures 4" x 9" folded, 16" x 18" fully opened. Fine. Clean, crisp, and bright. Scarce.

Henry D. Spalding, Hollywood, CA, 1956; 8 1/2" x 11", 30 pgs; Illustrated. September issue of the first year’s publication of Deejay Magazine, America’s first trade magazine for professional radio disc jockeys. The "Million Dollar Issue," with guest columns by Elvis Presley, Rosemary Clooney, Pat Boone, Cathy Carr, Little Richard, et. al. Much insider scoop about popular disc jockeys, singers, and record releases from the musical heyday of the nineteen fifties. Illustrated with deejay and recording artist photos, plus numerous recording company display ads. Unique, entertaining, and informative. Fine.

Henry D. Spalding, Hollywood, CA, 1956; 8 1/2" x 11", 30 pgs; Illustrated. July issue of the first year of Deejay Magazine, America’s first trade magazine for professional radio disc jockeys from across the nation. Guest columns by Lawrence Welk, Rusty Draper, Gene Autrey, Grand ‘Ole Oprey star Jim Reeves, and Randy Wood, president of Dot Records. Much insider news about popular radio disc jockey personalities of the day, recording artists, and record releases from the salad days of the fifties. Illustrated with many deejay and recording artist photos, plus numerous recording company display ads. Unique, entertaining, and informative. Small note reading "see 09" in cursive hand on front wrap, otherwise Fine.

Editions D’Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1947; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Finely published Edgar Degas portfolio, an entry in the Albert Skira "Le Tresors De La Peinture Francaise" Swiss series on 19th century French painting. Illustrated four-page introduction by Paul Jamot followed by six individual full-page plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. All plates in brilliant color. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Complete with the original protective outer glassine wrapper, which has a couple of small chips. All plates Fine. Text in French.

Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1977; First Edition; 8vo, 418 pages. Biography of poet Delmore Schwartz, based on interviews and previously unpublished papers, including Schwartz’s private satires of friends and acquaintances, autobiographical stories, and correspondence with such notables as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Paul Goodman. Very Good, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Small damp stain on lower margin of the front board. Dust jacket back panel blurb by Dwight Macdonald.

Ballantine Books, NY, 1976; First Edition, first printing. True story of the implausible AEREON aerobody flying ship, a cross between a helicopter and flying saucer, which took 11 years and a fortune to build. First paperback printing. Very Good Plus, in wraps.

L. Davenport & Co., London, 1952; 8vo, 24 pages, illustrated. Davenport’s "Demon Telegraph" illustrated magic sales catalog for 1952, with over 40 tricks. Very Good Plus, in wraps with sensational front cover illustration. Clean, crisp, and bright.

Davenport and Company, London, 1949; small 8vo, 27 pages; illustrated. Magic catalogue with articles by John Kenyon, Figaro, P.A. McDonald, Oswarld Rae, J.K. Bays, Walter de Ruyter, A. Buckle, Dr. Pangloss, and Pat Playfair, plus display ads for numerous Davenport Company magic tricks. Fine, in illustrated wraps.

Inselverlag, Leipzig, 1908; octavo (4 3/4" x 7 1/4"); 959 pages in all; three volumes; vellum; yapped edges; gilt spine titles; top page edges gilt; red silk headbands; red silk marker ribbons; illustrated. "Simplicissimus," a sweeping picaresque epic set in the violent period of the Thirty Years War, was first published at Mompelgard in 1669 and is universally regarded as one of the greatest works in German literature, and its author, Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676), the greatest German novelist of the 17th century. A handsome three-volume edition, published by Insel Verlag at Leipzig in 1908, with four aquatint illustration plates by Max Klinger, two of them fold-outs. Text in German. Blackletter title page design by E. R. Weiss. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, titles brilliant. A fine set.

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Walders Wittib und Rauschische Erben, Wirtzburg, Bavaria, 1758; octavo (6 5/8" x 3 5/8"), 555 pages; illustrated; full calf. Eighteenth century Catholic instructional, with prayers for Morning and Evening, Stations of the Cross, Confession, Communion, Church Feast Days For The Entire Year, Litanies, Procession to the Holy Trinity, Pilgrimages, a Special Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and more. Authored by renowned German theologian and ascetic, P. Martin von Cochem (1630-1712), Capuchin friar celebrated for his piety and dedication to those in both spiritual and temporal need. Full leather binding, some decorative tooling. Illustrated with eight wonderful full-page copper engravings. Leather aged yet retains resiliency, hinges supple and uncracked, a few chinks along the spine shoulders, some board corner wear. Text clean and bright, binding perfectly tight, sound, and square. Blank end papers inscribed with early family history entries.