Search Results: Titles starting with D from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Quadrangle, 1974. With an Inscribed Photograph of Howard Dietz DIETZ, Howard. Dancing in the Dark. Words by Howard Dietz. New York: Quadrangle, [1974]. With a signed photograph of Howard Dietz inscribed "To Paul R. Palmer. Howard Dietz" pasted to the front free endpaper. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 152 mm.). [xiv], [1]-370 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photogravures. Publisher's blue boards, spine lettered in silver, printed dust jacket. A fine copy. "Dancing in the Dark" is a popular American song, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz, that was introduced by John Barker with Tilly Losch dancing in the 1931 revue The Band Wagon. The song was first recorded by Bing Crosby on August 19, 1931 with Studio Orchestra directed by Victor Young, staying on the pop charts for six weeks, peaking at #3, and helping to make it a lasting standard. Howard Dietz (1896-1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered… Read More

Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. Danish National Costumes Thirty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs LUND, F[rederick]. C[hristian]. (illustrator). Danske Nationaldragter. [Lithographerede af Ad. Kittendorff]. Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. [Second enlarged edition]. Large folio (17 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches: 435 x 327 mm.). Title page with outline map of Denmark printed in black, title, author and date calligraphed in red. Thirty mounted, exquisitely hand colored lithograph plates with very detailed backgrounds, a few heightened with gum arabic. All plates within a wide gold frame with captions in Danish, three of which are signed and dated 1861. A few plates with very minor foxing. The plates lithographed by Johann Adolf Kittendorff (1820-1902). Bound ca. 1920 by Anker Julius Kyster (1864-1939) in half brown morocco over patterned green cloth boards, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, 'watered silk' endpapers and paste-downs, all edges gilt. Unidentified Ex Libris book-plate of… Read More

Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, 1911. A Fantastic Movable Pop-Up Panorama Dolls house by Lothar Meggendorfer MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Das Puppenhaus [The Dolls House]. Eine Festgabe für brave Mädchen [A Celebration for good Girls]. No. 109. Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, no date, circa 1911. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches; 215 x 260 mm.). Five fine full-color lithographed pop-up scenes. A few inconsequential creases and a few small expert repairs, otherwise near fine. Publisher's glazed color pictorial boards with original red cloth hinges. a wonderful example of this very rare toy. This pop-up panorama opens to form five scenes some of which need opening or unfolding by the child. There are two outside and three detailed interior rooms of a doll's house. As unfolded to its full length of four feet, people, furniture, and even fixtures pop-out and each of the scenes is rich in detail. There is even a piano with a bust of Beethoven on the top. See Haining (pp. 122-128) who reproduces… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket [GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 11/16 x 8 1/4 in; 246 x 209 mm). Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's gray glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained blue. Minimal soiling and rubbing to board edges and corners only, small split to front inner hinge,otherwise an exceptionally clean and near fine copy. In the publisher's printed dust jacket with most of spine missing and small piece missing from front panel not affecting text or image. Thomson variant 31d with trellis-like border and garland of roses surrounding two seated girls. "...By Christmas, Ruskin had recovered and was ready to advise her. Although he… Read More

London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Misadventures of a Regency Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. [A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 14 inches; 264 x 351 mm.). Six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates with interleaves. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824. Bound without the lithographed title. Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Bound by Rivière and Son in later red half crushed morocco over red cloth boards. Raised bands. Gilt-lettered compartments. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. An excellent copy. A work of profound rarity with or without the title; OCLC notes only four copies in institutional holdings. Abbey's copy, as this one, also lacked the titlepage. These satiric plates with their lengthy droll and witty… Read More

London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Profoundly Rare Misadventures of a Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney and Forster, 51, Rathbone Place. 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; 267 x 369 mm.). Printed title-page and six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824, and do not possess watermarks, as noted by Abbey. Of extraordinary significance and scarcity is the presence of the title page, lacking in the copy Abbey examined, and, as a result, Abbey notes the title simply as Sponge. The title page is missing from the precious few that we have had the opportunity to examine over the last forty years. Houfe notes this volume but under the title Sponge as well. Original printed drab wrappers. Three inch split to spine… Read More

New York: Random House, 1934. O'Neill's "Modern Miracle Play" O'NEILL, Eugene. Days Without End. New York: Random House, [1934]. First edition. Limited to 325 numbered copies printed on all-rag paper and signed by the author (this being copy No. 208). Large octavo (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 243 x 164 mm.). 157, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's full blue calf. Spine with raised bands and red and white morocco labels lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A few rubbed spots to spine, mild scuffing to edges. A very good copy. In the original slipcase (slipcase intact, but distressed). "A modern miracle play by Eugene O'Neill. [Henry Miller Theatre, 57 perf.] John Loving is two men simultaneously: John (Earle Larimore), his generous, idealistic half, and Loving (Stanley Ridges), his baser self. Embittered at life, he has abandoned religion and made a god of love. But he has not been faithful even to his new deity. Loving decides to write a book about his experiences and tells his story to a priest… Read More

Paris: Apud Jacob Bessin, 1614. Scarce Life of St. Augustine [AUGUSTINE of HIPPO, Saint]. ANGELIS, Ludovico de. De Vita, et Laudibus S.P.N. AVR. Augustini. Hipponensis Episcopi, et ecclesia Doctoris eximij. Libri Six. Recogniti secunda editione, & in compendium, à suo auctore R.P.F. Ludovico de Angelis, Portuensi, Lusitano, Ordinis Eremit. alumno & chronista generali, Doctori Theologo, & publico, in Collegio S. Aug. Olisipponensi, S. Pagina quondam interprete. Paris: Apud Jacob Bessin, 1614. Second edition, originally published in 1612. Octavo (6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in; 167 x 106 mm). (16), 192 pp. Head- tailpieces, initials. Contemporary limp vellum. Manuscript title to spine. Worming to upper corner of first few leaves, not affecting text, otherwise an excellent copy in its original seventeenth century vellum binding. Scarce; OCLC notes only one copy of the second edition in libraries and institutions worldwide (British Library, London, (UK), and no copies at all of the first edition of 1612. No… Read More

London: Thomas McLean, 1823. One of the Rarest of all Color Plate 'Angling' Books FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, artist. TURNER, Charles, illustrator. [Delights of Fishing]. London: Thomas McLean, 1823-25. First edition, second issue. Oblong quarto (10 x 12 1/2 inches; 255 x 317 mm.). Six fine hand-colored aquatint plates. All plates mounted on stubs and interleaved. The last plate watermarked "J. Whatman 1827". Bound ca. 1933 by Alfred de Sauty of Donnelly's in half red morocco over red cloth boards decoratively ruled in gilt. Rectangular black morocco label on front cover decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt, brown endpapers. Bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase. A fine copy of this great angling rarity. The first issue has the imprint C. Turner. Pencil note at end "Bot. from Hart - NY. 1/20/33 / Bound by de Sauty of Donnellys /Although only fair execution of plates, quite rare & seldom met… Read More

Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being no. 1201. Large quarto (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 272 x 201 mm.). 384 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings, some of which are full-page. Publisher's quarter green Oasis morocco over natural 'wood veneer' paper boards, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Minimal fading to spine, still a near fine copy in the publisher's matching slip-case. Charles Robert Darwin, (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. The Ultimate Secret has been stolen. The trouble is, it's so secret that no knows what it is. Obviously it has to be retrieved, and Dick Deadeye is just the man to do it." SEARLE, Ronald. Dick Deadeye based on the drawings of Ronald Searle and the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. New York: Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, [1975]. First American Edition. Oblong quarto (9 x 10 1/4 inches; 230 x 260 mm.). 74 pp. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Publisher's red paper cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt. Original color pictorial (price-clipped) dust jacket. A near fine copy. Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done is a 1975 British animated film musical, based on the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The comically convoluted plot is a pastiche of many of the operas in the Gilbert and Sullivan canon, particularly Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe and The Mikado, in which the principal character, Able… Read More

Paris: chez Jules Didot [and] Baudouin Frères, 1823. Tom, Jerry, and Bob Logic en Français Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Engravings [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. EGAN, Pierce. Diorama Anglais, ou Promenades Pittoresques a Londres, Renfermant les Notes les plus Exactes sur les Caracteres, les Moeurs et usages de la Nation Anglaise, Prises dans les Differentes Classes de la Societe. Par M. S..... Ouvrage orné de vingt-quatre Planches Gravées et Enluminées, et de Plumieurs Sujets Caracteristiques. Paris: chez Jules Didot [and] Baudouin Frères, 1823. First edition in French of Egan's Life in London. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches; 217 x 141 mm). [4], 235, [1, blank] pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint engravings, with tissue guards, after George and Robert Cruikshank, unsigned, but similar to those used in the English version of Egan's classic, which contained thirty-six plates. Contemporary quarter red roan over red diaper pattern paper boards. Smooth spine with five… Read More

London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. Amongst "Rackham's Best Book Illustrations" In the Scarce Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. PHILLPOTTS, Eden. A Dish of Apples. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1921]. First trade edition. Octavo (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in; 205 x 170 mm). 75, (3) pp. Illustrated with three full-page mounted illustrations in color with tissue guards and twenty-three drawings in black and white. Publisher's original rose-gray cloth pictorially stamped in brown. Gray pictorial end papers. Former owners bookplate on front paste-down. A very good copy. Original pictorial dust jacket reproducing in three colors the design on the front cover. Top of spine and small piece chipped away from top panel of jacket with loss of the "A" and the "D" in A Dish of Apples. In his chapter "Rackham's Best Book Illustrations 2," Getttings discusses work found within this book as reflective of the artist's maturity and confidence, Rackham's… Read More

Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co, 1832. The Manners of French Society Executed with Gentle Satire MONNIER, Henry. CRUIKSHANK, George. Distractions, par Henry Monnier to is friend George Cruikshank. Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co., 1832. First edition. Oblong folio (11 x 16 inches; 280 x 406 mm.). Lithographed title-page with hand-colored vignette by George Cruikshank, and six (of nine) fine hand colored lithographed plates with twenty-nine titled images, lithographed by Delarue after Henry Monnier. An original album of six (of nine**) hand colored lithographed plates (plus the George Cruikshank plate) from this exceptionally rare series. Later plain wrappers, stitched as issued. A fine example. Housed in a fleece-lined, half dark green morocco over green cloth boards clamshell case. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Our plate count (of six) is identical to the copy in the Bibliotheque National de… Read More

London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1958. First English Edition of Doctor Zhivago PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1958. First English edition. Octavo ( 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm.). [1]-510 pp. Publisher's red cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt. An excellent copy in the original very good and unfaded dust jacket. Jacket slightly chipped at spine ends, small, light, circular stain on front panel, otherwise very good. Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer, and literary translator. Pasternak was the author of Doctor Zhivago (1957), a novel that takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Second World War. Doctor Zhivago was rejected for publication in the USSR, but the manuscript was smuggled to Italy and was first published there in 1957. In 1965 David Lean directed the movie Doctor Zhivago. At the 38th Academy Awards, Doctor… Read More

Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 9. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (31 1/2 x 21 inches; 800 x 533 mm.). Plate mark: (22 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 581 x 311 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts two male figures draped in blue/green robes admiring the frescoes and statues. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city and the aristocratic villas on the Palatine and Esquiline Hills. It replaced and extended his Domus… Read More

Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 16. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (27 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches; 692 x 597 mm.). Plate mark: (18 x 14 inches; 457 x 356 mm.). A spectacular plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts three women and one naked man. The women are dressed in red, gold and blue/green robes, two of them holding infants in their arms. The image is surrounded by a wonderful decorative border. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the… Read More

Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after Franciszek SMUGLIEWICZ (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 41. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (32 x 21 inches; 813 x 533 mm.). Plate mark: (23 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches; 597 x 317 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts several fine frescoes and statues. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city and the aristocratic villas on the Palatine Hill and Esquiline Hills. It replaced and extended his Domus Transitoria that he had built as his first palace… Read More

Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 16. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (28 x 23 3/4 inches; 711 x 603 mm.). Plate mark: (18 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches; 463 x 359 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. A spectacular plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts three women, a naked man and a prancing horse. The women are dressed in blue, red and green robes, one of them standing by a child's chariot. The image is surrounded by a wonderful decorative border. The Domus… Read More

The First Edition of Lord Byron's Don JuanMainly Uncut in the Original Boards BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, 1819-1821; Printed for John Hunt, 1823; Printed for John and H.L. Hunt, 1824. First editions, large-paper issues. of Volumes I-VI. Complete in six volumes (Cantos I and II in one quarto volume (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 213 mm.), Cantos III-XVI in five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 231 x 144 mm.). [4], 227, [1, printer's imprint]; [4], 218, [1, blank], [1, printer's imprint]; vii, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank], 184, [2, ads ("Publications by John Hunt," dated July, 1823)]; 151, [1, printer's imprint], [4, ads ("Publications by John Hunt," dated Sept. 1823)]; 168; 129, [1, printer's imprint], [2, ads ("Published by John and H.L. Hunt, "dated March, 1824)] pp. Complete with half-titles in Volume I and II (no half-titles called for in the last four volumes) and errata slip (inserted between pp. 128/129) at end of Volume VI.Cantos I & II bound ca.… Read More