Search Results: Titles starting with D from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1952. Edition Unspecified. NEAR FINE. Degas. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents DEGAS, one of the ART TREASURES OF THE WORLD series, published by Harry N. Abrams. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Publisher's stiff cardboard portfolio, with 16 beautiful full color prints tipped in, as well as six pages of text and numerous B&W illustrations. The portfolio is in VERY GOOD condition, while all of the prints are FINE. In publisher's strong Mylar cover. Folio & Text pages: Some pages starting to detach, small creases, medium tanning and foxing to some edges, else clear, very colorful, sharp, tight, and square Portfolio. Folio is 11 1/4" x 15" with 6 pages of descriptive text. Prints are 7 1/2" x 10 1/8". VERY COLLECTIBLE!

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1957?. FOURTH EDITION REVISED STATED. VERY GOOD +. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the "gold standard" for theatre history over many, many decades: ALLARDYCE NICOLL'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEATRE. 319 photos and illustrations fill the 318 pages (including index) of this Fourth revised edition (stated). This may well be a first U S printing of this edition since all dates are missing. Worldcat indicates this edition was either 1957 or 1958. Not published since the early 70's, this fascinating history of the theatre is HARD TO FIND. 7 7/8" x 10 1/2", 318 pages, with no dust jacket. Overall book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = Very Good Plus: pen underlining on 10 of the 318 pages, owners name and addy on both reverse front and reverse back cover, pages slightly yellowed, else clear, tight, sharp, no additional marks. Cover (green buckram boards with particulars in gold gilt) = Very Good Plus: light to moderate rubbing, indentation… Read More

Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2001. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. Paperback. AS NEW. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an AS NEW copy of the greatly amplified catalogue for the 2001 - 2002 GETTY MUSEUM exhibition, DEVICES OF WONDER. An inquiry into emergent media s rich lineage, DEVICES OF WONDER explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. Featured are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective theaters, microscopes, magnetic games, magic lanterns, Mark Tilden s UniBug 3.1, panoramic works by Jeff Wall and Giovanni Lusieri, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin and Joseph Wright of Derby, a pop-up book by Kara Walker and many more. 7" x 10", 405 page paperback (stiff glossy paper cover with flaps). Overall condition is AS NEW. White glossy cover with flaps features photos of some of the devices in the book, along with particulars in red, black and grey

Munich: Suddeutsches Verlags-Institut, 1922. "2 volumes in 1" reprint. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents DIE FRAU ALS HAUSARZTIN (THE WOMAN AS FAMILY PHYSICIAN). This monumental tome, written in German, fearlessly and expertly covers EVERY aspect of human health and disease at the time, using over 150 illustrations, 42 full-page color plates, and Dr. Fischer-Duckelmann's prose in 1039 pages. The author (1856-1917) was herself a pioneering Austrian doctor, author and reformer. 6 3/4" x 9 5/8" and 2 3/8" deep (oversized, may require additional postage) hardcover with no dust jacket (most likely as designed). Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages (beautifully decorative endpapers, all edges colored blue) = Near Fine: mild tanning from age, foxing on Forward and Table of Contents, else very tight, sharp, clear, colorful, with NO MARKS! Cover (Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and designs and paste-on color plate of a woman taking care of her… Read More

Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1994. First edition thus, First printing per number line. Hardcover. Fine. Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1994. First edition thus, First printing per number line. Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents DREAMS OF CHILDHOOD. This RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM was published only once. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" (oversize, extra postage), unpaginated, no dust jacket (as designed?). Contains 32 beautiful prints by such artists as Jessie Willcox Smith and Ida Waugh, perforated for easy removal, as well as comprehensive information about matting, framing and displaying these whimsical color prints of children and childhood. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. The prints are untouched, never removed, and have no markings. The book is FINE with no DJ as designed. Pages = As New, tight, clear, no fading, sharp, no marks. Cover (red & white quarter cloth/glossy boards, with miniature images of 5 of the prints on the front, particulars in red and… Read More