Search Results: Authors starting with D from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. First edition, second issue (with price at rear wrapper). One of the earliest Olympia imprints. New translation by Austryn Wainhouse, as 'Pieralessandro Casavini.' A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of ghosting from a paper dustwrapper a prior owner had used to protect the wraps, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey stiff wrappers, black ink lettering, white ink decorative elements. 8vo. 216pp.

Ra'anana, Israel: Even Hoshen Press, 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Bi-lingual edition: English and Hebrew. English translation by Susann and Ed Codish. "This is Dagan's first book of poetry, simultaneously appearing in both Hebrew and in English. The two books are accompanied by a CD featuring readings of selected poems to guitar improvisations by Amos Ever-Hadani. Opening and closing musical motifs are by David Elharrar, arranged by Ken Burgess. The Hebrew reading is by actress Tami Spivak and the English reading (in the translation of Susann and Ed Codish) is by actress Gilya Stern. In Everyone There Are Four Sons is predicated on elements of multiplicity and variety. Every poem speaks in several voices, and the series of transitions surprise. Nilly Dagan weaves the high and the low, street slang and ancient sources, images and symbols from all over the world. All of these elements introduce one another and interchange, and associatively… Read More

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Large fold-out map at the rear, richly illustrated with numerous full page engraved plates, and dozens of in-text illustrations. The appendix includes a glossary, population statistics, statistics on the fur trade in Alaska, vocabularies of the various Indian tribes, the natural history of Alaska, and an extensive bibliography. [Howes D-24; Ricks p77]. "The first major work in English on Alaska ... as an account of Alaska's potential and the attitude toward Alaska in the early years, the work was and is essential" (Ricks). Light shelf/edge wear, light wear at head and tail, front joint starting, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Pebbled green cloth, gilt lettering and decorative elements, brown paper endpages, frontispiece, tissueguards. 8vo. 627pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Bibliography. Appendices.

Sherman Oaks, CA, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by D'Ambrosio. Levitan bookplate. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards, center of upper cover cut out to display gilt sun design and endpapers, marbled endpapers, black slipcase. 73x60mm. 36pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 14 of 75.

Phoenix, AZ: D'Ambrosio, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Complex structure (various popouts, shadowbox, etc.), silver ribbons. 53x74mm. 10pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 21 of 50.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, ownership signature at ffep, ownership bookplate at front pastedown, gilt toned, top corner gently bumped, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards. 8vo. 171pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Will illustrations and large fold-outs.

Austin, TX: Van Boeckmann, Schutze & Co, 1899. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Fine]. No DJ.. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Appears to be mid-20th century rebinding, conserving spine and front of original cloth. "Composed in the man of recorded conversations long after the war with an army doctor, the text is rambling, flippant and strong suspect" (renowned book dealer F. O'Brien). Inscription reads, "Chas. Jackson - Presented to me by the Author - Austin, TX - Apr. 10, 1900". Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of an increasingly scarce volume. Rebound, ownership inscription on ffep, two light pencil sketches at rear blanks, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, original red cloth onlays, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements. 8vo. 264pp plus 4pp ads. Eratta sheet tipped in at Table of Contents.

Milano: A. Barion, 1919. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan printed paper wraps, title in red. 75x51mm. 216pp.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, cream ink lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 189pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

Washington DC/New York: US Dept of Commerce; John Wiley & Sons, 1951. First Edition(s). Hardcover and Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition(s). Hardcover and Original Wraps. • Dantzig, George, "Maximization of a Linear Function of Variables Subject to Linear Inequalities." In Koopmans, Tjalling C., ed., Activity Analysis of Production and Allocation: Proceedings of a Conference. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951, pp. 339-347. "Dantzig's paper, originally written in 1947 but not published until 1951, was a fundamental application of computers to problems of management and economics." [OOC 561, p 349] • Dantzig, George, "Linear Programming," in United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Problems for the Numerical Analysis of the Future. Proceedings of a Symposium Held July 29-31, 1948, at the University of California, Los Angeles. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1951, pp. 18-21. National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series 15. [Not in… Read More

New Brunswick, CT: Rutgers University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Biographical work on the physician and medical school teaching pioneer around the turn of the century. A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Navy cloth boards, silver gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 342pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

Dorchester, Mass: Self-published, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Original Wraps. Alan Davies is an American poet and author, commonly associated with the Language poets. This is one of his early published works and self-published in a "zine" style method. Extremely scarce. In very good condition, unmarred and bright, evidence of bent/torn corner, staple bound, self-produced and photocopied literary chapbook. Only 100 copies produced. 18 unnumbered pages, large format.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tale of the seizure of a loyalist's property and its effect. A very presentable copy of this increasinly uncommon work. Light shelf/edge wear, ex libris (blended marking at spine only (perhaps private library marks)), small repair to bottom edge of ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 296pp. Index. Appendix.

New York: Prometheus, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy, warmly inscribed. Two small, subtle soil spots at top of text block, inscribed by author on ffep, owner embossment at ffep/titlepage, else tight, bright and unmarred. Dj shows light shelf/edge wear, several small, closed tears, moisture mark visible on inside, else bright and clean. Red coated cloth boards, silver gilt lettering. 8vo. 324pp. Laid in copy of Harvard Medial Area FOCUS (Oct. 9, 1986).

Cutler, ME: Dona Davis/Fundy Bay Printing, 1984. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Warmly inscribed by the author to personal friends. Uncommon homesteading piece. No copies listed. Minor edge/shelf wear, light sun ghost of smaller book at rear wrapper, author inscription at title page else tight, bright, and unmarred. Light tan printed paper wrappers, red and black ink, staplebound. 8vo. 47pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 2018. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens, with photographs by Jenny Lens. Like new, light shelfwear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers with French flaps. 8vo, 247pp. illus (b/w).

Pasadena, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. [miniature]. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Printed in black and blue by Castle Press. Bound by Mariana Blau. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 73x60mm. 25pp.

New York: Peter Dayton, 2009. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue. "Dayton's White Chick paintings isolate the sexism inherent to surf culture (and Minimalism) and turns it on its head by using as his centerfold an artist who has successfully controlled her body imagery" [Carolee Schneeman]. [Salon 94 Exhibition description]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy printed wraps. Small 4to. np. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Limited numbered edition, this being 5 of 50. Signed by the artist.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original published and banned in France in 1956 due to the sadomasochistic erotica nature. Light shelf/edge wear, hint of age toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, light rubbing, else bright and clean. White cloth boards, black ink lettering, grey endpapers. 8vo. 143pp.

New York: Pantheon, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Winner of the Commonwealth Prize and basis for the film of the same name. Very minor edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf wear, else bright and clean. 8vo.