Authors beginning with D from Downtown Books & News (26 items)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (9.5"x6.5"). 72pp. Blue & white illustrated paper-covered boards. Covers rubbed & foxed. Paper chipping at spine & all edges; board exposed at spine extremes & corners. Gift inscriptions penned to ffep. Endpapers foxed & toned. B&W photos throughout. Binding tight. No dust jacket.

Paris, France: Chez les Frères de Bure, 1778. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Fair+. 12mo (7"x4"). 492pp. Full leather, spine label, marbeled endpapers, laid paper. Leather cracked over spine parallel to joints, leather cracked over joints. Binding held by 3 of 7 intact raised bands. Signature at p.243 loose except for uppermost band. Leather heavily worn and scuffed. Spine extremes tail-edges and corners heavily rubbed with board exposed. B&W intaglio etchings throughout: frontis, cuts and several fold-outs (no maps, as issued).

London, England: John and Edward Bumpus, Ltd, 1903. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo (7.5"x5.5"). 170pp. Full green leather-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine, five (false/hollowback) raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, laid paper, green ribbons. Spine, topedge and fore-edge of upper board faded to brown. Boards lightly rubbed, slightly rubbed corners, several dampstains to boards. Heavy tone to margins of free endpapers. Crack to gutter at rear.

Mobile, AL: The Haunted Book Shop, 1981. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Kearley, Frank. 8vo. Unpaginated. Ochre cloth-covered boards with burgundy and gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Reprint of the original 1942 edition.

Montreal, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo (8.5"x6.5"). 432pp. Illustrated paper covers. No dj. as issued. Inscribed, "to Nick", signed & dated 2017 by Delisle to half title. Illustrated self-portrait of Delisle to the same page.

Orgone Biophysical Research Lab, 1998. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. 454pp. Four parenthetical pen marks on page 6. Spine lightly creased.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1915. First edition. Paperback. Good+. 8vo (9"x6"). 293pp. Green typographic wraps, staplebound. Large chips missing to spine extremes and upper cover at tail, upper/head corner chipped. Spine and upper cover toned. Pages toned. Binding sound (last page free from staples, but secure).

Beunos Aires: Imprenta Lopez, 1955. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Softcover. Good. 8vo. in wraps. Vol.1, 188pp.; Vol.2 225pp. In Spanish. Argentinian folk dances. Both volumes are separating from their wraps. The jacket on vol.1 is missing the rear, thefront is taped to the wrappers; moderate edgewear and loss at spine. Errata slips laid in for both vols.

San Francisco, CA: Far West Editions, 1995. Second printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. 22pp. Lavender paper wraps; perfect bound. Slight spine slant.

Paris, France: Editions Galilee, 2000. First edition, first printing, limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Square 4to (9.75"x9"). 349pp. Cream typographic wraps/french flaps wrapped in vellum set in grey/heather paper-covered boards with black and red titles stamped to spine in matching slipcase. Deckled, uncut pages. Original color lithograph by Simon Hantai, signed by Hantai in pencil, laid in. All text in French. From a limited edition of 99 copies, hand-numbered (#37) and signed by Derrida in pencil to the copyright page (these from a larger edition of 129 copies that included artist's proofs and reserved copies for Lame Duck Books). Secretly signed by Derrida (again) within the uncut first folio page with inscription in pen. Glue separating slightly at front hinge (see picture), else fine. Slightly faded hardcover spine and slipcase, else Fine.

Paris, France: Editions Galilee, 2000. First edition, first printing, limited. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Square 4to (9.75"x9"). 349pp. Cream typographic wraps/french flaps wrapped in vellum set in grey/heather paper-covered boards with black and red titles stamped to spine in matching slipcase. Deckled, uncut pages. Original color lithograph by Simon Hantai, signed by Hantai in pencil, laid in. All text in French. From a limited edition of 99 copies, hand-numbered (#58) and signed by Derrida in pencil to the copyright page (these from a larger edition of 129 copies that included artist's proofs and reserved copies for Lame Duck Books). Slightly faded hardcover spine and slipcase, two faint smudges along edges, else Fine.

London, UK: Lanston Monotype Corporation LD, 1927. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo (8"x5"). 25pp. Decorative paper-covered thick cardstock with pastedown label to upper cover. Lightly toned & foxed covers & pages. In original glassine jacket: heavy tone, chipped corners, small tears.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1947. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 4to (9"x12"). 296pp. +plates. Black cloth-covered boards with giltstamped spine. Binding repaired with PVA glue. Pages toned. Typographical dj. covered in protective mylar: toned, stain to spine & lower cover, light insect damage, chipped at all corners. 292 B&W plates. Vol. I of V in the series: Michelangelo.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (9”x6.5”). 388pp. Crimson cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Shelfwear. Corners bumped. Spine is rubbed. With color loss more so on the bottom 4” of spine. Text on spine largely rubbed away. 1/2” open tear to spine head. Bottom 1/4” of spine tail chipped and scuffed. Remains of library label adhesive to spine. Pastedown endpaper also has adhesive remains of bookplate. A few pencil marks to free endpaper. Sparse foxing throughout textblock, but is largely clean and bright.

New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. 432pp. Burgundy & cream paper-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Spine slightly cocked. No marks. B&W diagrams throughout. Volume 17 in the Mycology Series edited by J. W. Bennett. First printing. No dj. as issued. 3-7-20.

Venice, Italy: Balto, 2003. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 4to. 161pp. Black cloth covered boards. Light soiling to interior hinges. Perhaps glue weeped through paper during binding process, otherwise fine. Pictorial Dj. lightly scuffed and covered in protective mylar.

Sacramento, CA: Lightly Press, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to (11"x8"). 532pp. Blue/Yellow/Red illustrated paper wraps. Light shelfwear, corners lightly rubbed. B&W illustrations throughout. Binding tight, clean copy, no marks.

Harpswell, ME: The Dog Ear Press, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 72pp. Blue paper wraps with yellow/red illustrated stamp to upper cover. Spine & upper cover toned, light crease to lower cover. Signed (and numbered) by Porter to first page. B&W frontis with die-cut page, B&W photos throughout, color stamps applied throughout. Numbered 14 from a limited edition of 250 copies. Die-cut, typographic dust jacket covered in mylar: lower panel lightly soiled, slightly faded spine.

La Jolla, CA: Robert Duncan, 1981. First edition, limited. Softcover. Very Good+. 8vo (5.5"x8.5"). Unpaginated. Orange letterpressed paper covers; handsewn binding. Illustrated with borders & handwritten type throughout. Slim parallel crease to topedge of upper cover. Foxing to title page. No discoloration to covers. Inset forward by Michael Davidson from the The Archive for New Poetry. Limited edition 0f 2126 copies (this copy NOT signed, lettered or hand-colored).

Toronto, Canada: Beaver Kosmos, 1971. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (5.5"x8"). Staplebound, illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Foxing to both covers & textblock edge.