Search Results: Titles starting with D from David Morrison Books

Libro Port, 1993 White boards, 4to. Very fine copy in like dust jacket with only flaw a 3/4" closed tear at the bottom left of the front panel.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

The Mozart Opera Society, 1938 Wraps, Imperial 8vo. 79pp. Includes cast list and complete text of the Opera.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

University of North Carolina Press, 1975 Cloth, 8vo. 1st Ed. 248pp. Brown boards with gilt at spine. Illustrated DJ. Profusely illustrated with B&W photos, maps, diagrams. DJ price-clipped.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Goethe Institute, 1968 Softcover Exhibition Catalogue, 1st ed. 104pp. Oblong 8vo. Profusely illustrated in B&W throughout.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991 Cloth. 4to. First edition. 252 pp. Near fine, in like dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black & white with photographs, charts and diagrams.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Guardian, 1969 Softcover, 8vo. 1st ed. 223pp. Modest shelf wear, particularly at spine, not impacting legibility. Pages tight and unmarked.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Hugo Steinitz, 1896 The smallest printed lexicon. Very good. Housed in a metal box with a magnifying glass built into the center over the title. Blue limp leatherette binding with gilt lettering, with the following lettering on front cover: "Lexicon Kleinstes Buch der Welt. 175,000 words. In original metal case, with inset magnifying glass.-" To this day the smallest encyclopedia in existence "(minstrel). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Regan Books, 2001 Hardcover, Small 4to. 1st ed. 292pp. Black boards with gilt lettering at spine. Illustrated end papers. DJ slightly worn at top and bottom edges and corners--few small tears. Boards lightly bumped at corners. B&W photos throughout. Signed by Coleen Gray, Jane Greer, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Savage, and Audrey Totter. Pages unmarked, clean & tight.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Alfred H. King, 1932 Mint copy in near fine dust jacket with only a tiny chip at the top left front panel. First and only edition of this scarce novel. The story of a white woman who is simultaneously attracted to and repulsed by black men. This is an obscure but important title novel gets mention in Wintz's book 'Remembering The Harlem Renaissance' but has never been reprinted, with no copies for sale online and only 10 copies in OCLC. The female "tragic octoroon" was a stock character of abolitionist literature: a light-skinned woman, raised in her father's household as though she were white, until his bankruptcy or death has her reduced to a menial position and sold.[3] She may even be unaware of her status before being so reduced.[4] This character allowed abolitionists to draw attention to the sexual exploitation in slavery; and unlike the suffering of the field hands, did not allow slaveholders to retort that the sufferings of Northern mill hands were no easier, since… Read More

Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1931 Gilt stamped cloth. Large 4to. 112 pp. followed by 206 plates. Very good. Spine sun faded. INSCRIBED by Jack Okey to his son, dated 1938. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white plates and in text illustrations. Fold out table.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.

Deutsche Verlagsactiengesellschaft, Leipzig, 1907 Cloth. 4to. 1st edition thus. Limited #253. Blue boards with gilt lettering at fron & spine. Minor scuffing to boards at edges. Text in German. "An anthropological study of sex customs in Japan. Included are 256 photos and drawings of Japanese erotic prints and objects, including dildos and other sex toys.". 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Jena: Diederichs, 1914 Cloth. 8vo. First edition. 134 pp. Very good +. Extremities worn. Text in German.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1923 Softcover, 4to. 1st ed. 72pp. + ads. Gray wraps. Considerable wear to spine. The design and construction of modern German furniture, illustrated with photographs and measured drawings. Text in German. Pages clean & unmarked.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Munchen: Delphin-Verlag, 1912 Cloth. 4to. First edition. Number 258 of an edition of 800. Very good. Extremities rubbed. Very slight spine lean. Endpapers foxed. Full page black & white illustrations of paintings and sculptures. Artists covered are: Wladimir von Bechtejeff, Erma Barrera-Bossi, Adolf Erbslà h, Pierre Girieud, Alexej von Jawlensky, Alexander Kanoldt, Moyssey Kogan, Alexander Mogilewsky, and Marianna von Werefkin.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1926 Blue & Black Cloth, Square thick 4to. Very good with 2 small tears to outer hinges. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Will Grohmann. The work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Munich, Kurt Wolff 1926. With five woodcuts by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, printed in blue and black, four full-page in the text volume. 100 plates and numerous illustrations in the text. One of 800 copies (total edition 850). - Title woodcut in blue and black, the four woodcut subtitles only printed in blue. - Kirchner himself had taken on the book-technical design and layout of this rare artist's book. - The second publication by Grohmann dedicated to Kirchner, whose artist monographs and oeuvre catalogs depict "milestones in 20th century art journalism" (Ralph Jentsch). 28.5 : 27.0 cm (cassette). 58, [2] pages, 1 woodcut, 100 plates. - Dube 852-53 and 855-57. - Göbel 662. - Jentsch 160. - Schauer II, 120. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Fackeltrager-Verlag, 1957 Cloth, 8vo. 1st ed. 140pp.+4. Text in German. Stamped color illustration at front board. Text contributions by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Stefan Zweig & others. Profusely illustrated with B&W prints. No wear of note to boards. Pages clean & tight.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Amalthea-Verlag, 1931 Blue gilt-decorated cloth quarto. Amalthea-Verlag, 1931. Over 500 illustrations, some in color. Spine lightly faded and torn. In good condition.. Hardcover. Good.

The Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1922 Red cloth folio with gilt emblem. Very good condition, some shelf-wear. The Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1922. 72pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Self Published, 1993 Softcover, 8vo. 1st ed. Mimeographed, staple bound. Unpaginated. Illustrations & floor plan. Minor wear to wraps. Pages clean & tight. A very rare copy.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Paisley, Scotland: The Gleniffer Press, 1989 Cloth. Miniature book. Number 65 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Fine. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated with a photograph of Livingstone.. Hardcover.