Search Results: Titles starting with D from DuBois Rare Books

London: Hamlyn, 1981. First Softback Edition. Wraps. Very Good+. 96 pages : illustrations (some color). 29 cm. Stiff wraps. Book Condition: superficial shelf wear to covers, front cover has a creased corner; text block bright and unmarred. 48 color and 12 b&w plates and they look great. An excellent short survey of the artist.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 286pp. Hardcover. Octavo.

Hampton Falls N.H./ New York: Donald M. Grant Publisher in association with Scribner ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, 2004. First Printing of First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/About Fine. 845 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About fine. A sharp copy.

Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Perfectbound Wraps. Very Good+ at least. Periodical. Perfectbound Wraps. Not quite continuous run of 35 issues of this important German literary magazine which functioned as Germany's Insel-Verlag (Island Publishing) house organ. List of individual issues is as follows: 1924- Ostern & Herbst. 1925-Ostern, Sommer, Herbst & 4 Dezember 1925 [zum funfzigsten gerburstag Rainer Maria Rilkes- for Rainer Ma-ria Rilkes 50th birthday]. 1926-Ostern, Sommer, Herbst & Weihnacten. 1927-April 1927 (Rilke again), Sommer, Herbst & Weihnacten. 1928-Fruhling, Sommer, Herbst & Weihnacten. 1929-Fruhling, Sommer, Herbst. 1930-Fruhling, Sommer & Weihnacten. 1931-Fruhling, Sommer, Herbst & Weihnacten. 1932-Fruhling, Sommer, Herbst & Weihnacten. 1933-Fruhjahr, Sommer, Herbst. The condition of the majority of these issues is between Very Good+ and Near Fine, with the exception of two, the Fall 1926 issue is perished at the spine with the rear cover and last few… Read More

Muenchen: Der Ehmcke Kreis, 1934. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. Periodical. 8tos. Staplebound. Condition of the four issues Near Fine at least. The four issues included are: Jahrg. 5/Heft 7 (1930) Josef Weisz Tutzing-Munchen. Skulpturen und Holzschnitte. Jahrg. 6/Heft 7(1931) Max Fritz. Jahrg. 8/Heft 2-3 (Double Issue 1933) Der Grafiker Helmuth Von Geyer. Jahrg. 9/Heft 1 (1934) Gladys York/Holzschnitte/Von Einer Weltreise.

New York: Grand Street Press;, 1992. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Grand Street Vol. 11, No. 2 (Grand Street #42). 240 pp.; illus. 23cm. Softcover. Perfectbound glossy illustrated wraps. Literary magazine containing the first appearance in print of ANY portion of work-in-progress INFINITE JEST, i.e. material that would ultimately become a part of 1996 David Foster Wallace magnum opus "Infinite Jest" is published for the world to see. Presented as a story titled "Three Protusions" the excerpt runs for 13 pages and encompasses an early sequence in "Infinite Jest" where the character named Eredy is slowly becoming unraveled as he waits for delivery of his order of high grade marijuana from his drug dealer. It's a tour de force DFW set piece, happening almost entirely in Eredy's head, describing in excrutiating, microscopic detail the torment experienced by any and everyman desparate, unnerved, and falling apart as they wait for their drug dealer to show up with the goods. Book Condition: very light… Read More

Paris & New York: Paris Review Inc., 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 306 pages (plus ads) : illustrations ; 22 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound glossy illustrated wraps. Book Condition: some very faint hints of edgewear with a bit of crinkling to head of spine else fine. A sharp copy. First appearance of David Foster Wallace short story "Little Expressionless Animals" later collected in "Girl with Curious Hair", David Foster Wallace's first book of short stories (second book after "Broom of the System'). A very early example of David Foster Wallace fiction in print. From the publisher: THE PARIS REVIEW NO. 106 SPRING 1988: Doris Lessing on gurus, taking mescaline, and the Jane Somers hoax. J. P. Donleavy and John Irving: An Exchange . Stories by Charlie Smith and David Foster Wallace. Poems by Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, Thom Gunn, and Hugh Seidman.

New York: Collier, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound glossy illustrated wraps. Book Condition: some very faint hints of edgewear with a bit of crinkling to head of spine else fine. A sharp copy. First appearance of David Foster Wallace short story "John Billy" later collected in "Girl with Curious Hair", David Foster Wallace's first book of short stories, his second book (after "Broom of the System). An early example of DFW in print, to be sure. CONJUNCTIONS 12 : Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing. New York: 1988. Collier. Editors: Bradford Morrow and Walter Abish. Complete contents of issue: John Billy / David Foster Wallace Itinerary's control / Norma Cole The way home / Harry Mathews and Trevor Winkfield Four poems / Laura Moriarty The letter left to me / Joseph McElroy In the light / Robert Kelly Into the arms of the man on the moon / Yannick Murphy The winter journey / Georges Perec The Asian lectures / Robert Coover… Read More

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2006. First Edition, First Printing with no additional printings indicated. Hardcover. About Fine/Near Fine. 368pp. Rosenbaum's first novel. SIGNED by author boldly on title page. Book Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (some gentle pushes to corners and spine ends).

Guildford, Eng: Circle Press, 1979. Deluxe Ltd. Edition. No. 118 of 300 copies. Loose Aquatint prints in Folders. Near Fine/Near Fine. 38 cm. Folio. [20] pages text printed letterpress with eight initialed blind-embossed aquatint prints all on Somerset mould-made paper. Loose sheets (folded) contained in two cardboard folders placed into black cloth covered covered boards with titles in silver to the spine. Cloth covered slipcase. Letterpress sheets, blind-embossed prints, folders, and cover are all in pristine condition. Slipcase Condition: Near fine. Very mild fading to black cloth else fine. Each print is initialed by Ian Tyson at lower right corner, colophon is signed by both artists. A very sharp copy. From a limited edition of 300 copies of which this is no. 188. A standout effort from Ron King's great Circle Press. Provenance: To us at auction which was featuring "Property of a Georgia Institution". QUOTE From "A Tribute to Ian Tyson": "The British artist Ian Tyson (1933—2021) executed a… Read More

Göteborg: Nordbok, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. 214, [16] s. : illustrations, kart. ; 29 cm. Squarish 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original red cloth over boards, black lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: gently pushed spine ends, corners bent, text-block bright and unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: none issued. In Swedish. People of eight seasons: the story of the Lapps.

New York: Forge Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing so stated with full number line. Hardcover. 351pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering. Book condition: Very Fine and apparently unread. No marks of any kind, binding is tight, tips are square, edges are clean and white. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Unbumped, sharp corners, colors bright. Correct price of $25.95 intact. By the author of "To Die in Provence

New York: Soho Press, 2001. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 192pp. 20cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, lettering to spine. Book Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: lightly rubbed, else fine.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. xi, 467 pages ; 22 cm. Brown paper over cloth, gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Just about fine with a fresh yellow topstain and pristine pages; bottom edge shows two small dings. Dust Jacket Condition: Very minor wear to tips and spine ends, else fine. A sharp copy of "An irreverent account of the discovery, exploration and conquest of the American West.

New York: Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, 1881. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Fine. Single leaf folded to create 4 pages. 33cm. Large 4to. Theatre Program for Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, Dec. 24, 1881. Condition: a small chip to edges here and there, faint creasing, some light finger soiling, else fine. Featuring Mr. John McCullough the lead role of Virginius. Also, take note of the great Sarah Bernhardt in her role as proto-influencer for something called "American Face Powder" on the front page of the program. A scarce piece of theatrical ephemera.

New York: Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, 1881. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Fine. Single leaf folded to create 4 pages. 33cm. Large 4to. Theatre Program for Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, Dec. 3, 1881. Condition: in somewhat miraculous condition, especially considering how delicate these items are and that this one is some 212 years old; faint creasing, some light finger soiling, else fine. Featuring Mr. John McCullough the lead role of Ingomar. Also, take note of the great Sarah Bernhardt in her role as proto-influencer for something called "American Face Powder" on the front page of the program. A scarce piece of theatrical ephemera, rare in this condition.

NP: NP, 1800. Published for the Trade. Half Calf. Very Good +. Leopold Flameng. 710 p. Illus. 8to. Half Calf and marbled paper over boards. Raised bands, gilt dentels with red and black spine labels in crushed moroco, gilt borders, marbled edges and end papers. Book Condition: Very Good plus with minor wear to extremities. One of the many reprints of this classic assemblage of bawdy tales published some time in the late 1800's. Complete with "portrait and 10 illustrations by Leopold Flemeng." Our research indicates that this is A super copy of an edition that played an important part in the literary legal history of both the state of Massachusetts and the United States of America. From MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts v. Alexander McCANCE. "...selling "to one Jefferson H. Parker a certain book, then and there called 'The Decameron of Boccaccio,' and which said book, upon the title-page thereof, was then and there of the tenor following, that is to say: 'The… Read More

Austin, Tex: University of Texas, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. xvii, 334 p. : illus. ; 28 cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original tan cloth over boards, silver spine lettering and decoration to front cover. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. None of the ex-library, previous owner, reprint status, patterns of wear that seem to define the majority of offerings of this title. A sharp copy; with a pristine text-block. All 6 plates, the map, the 6 tables and the 114 figures are collated and perfect.

New York: Schirmer Books, 1984. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. xxi, 329 p., 48 p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Book Condition: Strand sticker on front paste down else about fine. Dust Jacket Condition: v. mild wear to extremities with a nic to the edges here and there, overall Near Fine.

Geneve: Gallery Eric Franck, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. (Edition limited to 2000 copies). Wraps. Very Good. 84 p. ill. 29 cm. Oblong folio. Softcover. Perfectbound in glossy white wraps, lettering in black to upper panel. Book Condition: covers show light soiling, turned tips; interior pristine. Limited edition of 2000 unnumbered copies. In French and English. Catalog of some of Oppemheim's most fantastic and elaborate sculptures; including: "A Device to Convert Chilling Underground Winds Into Memory" and "Station for Detaining and Blinding Radio-Active Horses"