Search Results: Titles starting with D from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Arnoldum & Regnerum Leers, Rotterdam and The Hague: 1683., 1683 119p. + Engraved title page (which shows Baccus sitting on the globe). Light damp and age stain. Thin 32mo. [115 x 58 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding, varnished and cracked at joints. Juvenal was a great Roman satirical poet. His verse established a model for the satire of indignation, in contrast to the less harsh satire of ridicule of Horace. Little is known about his life except that during much of it he was desperately poor. A tradition tells that as a youth he was banished from court for satirizing an imperial favorite; later his work reveals a deep hatred for the Emperor Domitian. He is known chiefly for his 16 satires, which contain a vivid representation of life in Rome under the empire. They were probably written in the years between A.D. 100 and A.D. 128. The biting tone of his diatribes has seldom been equaled. From the stern point of view of the older Roman standards he powerfully denounces the lax and luxurious… Read More

Apud Ph. Masson, Turonibus (Tours): 1687., 1687 pp. 250, (1); 83, (1). Small 12mo. 15 cm. Worn contemporary French full leather binding. Early manuscript Archambault ownerships. This version of Juvenal was edited by Joseph de Jouvency (1643-1719). Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

(Joseph Bentham for) Gul. Sandby (et. al.), Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): 1763., 1763 pp. (12), 207 + Fifteen unusual engraved plates. Bound by Cecil & Larkins in full English calf. Boards detached. An extremely fine copy internally. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Dad's Dog Foods, Inc., Meadville, PA: 1972., 1972 112p. Illustrated with text drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Nice copy. PETS/1 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Dover Publication, New York: ()., 1980 pp. xix, 116. Illustrated with 107 plates which includes short biographies of the portrait subject. An unabridged and revised republication of the original 1976 book entitled "The Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862". Includes Francois Gouraud's Lecture and Manual. Softcover. 4to. 285 mm. Original pictorial wraps. Near fine. W100 0.0. Soft cover.

New Amsterdam Book Company, New York: 1900., 1900 127p. Sm. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding very slightly worn at extremities. Hardbound. Very good condition. Quite a nice copy. First American edition. Scarce. COOK 2 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Hankins & Sons, Publishers, Offices of the New York Home Gazette, New York City: ., 1869 pp. 426, (6) [Illustrated advertisements of The Mutual Life Insurance Company; Hotels; Railroads] + Engraved half title and Frontis. Illustrated with over one hundred engravings. Lacks map. Early newspaper illustrated clipping of Proposed World's Fair Tower stains pages 190 and 191. Some signatures loose. All edges gold. **Calligraphic presentation from the Author to Bessie C. Grant, December, 1879 fly leaf. 8vo. 210 mm. Original full green cloth binding. Beveled edges. Spine and front board decorated and lettered in gilt gold. Rear board embossed in blind. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Corners worn with slight loss. Hardbound. Very good. Second edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10 Language: eng. Inscribed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.

Modern Library, New York: 1929., 1929 363p. 12mo. Original blue cloth. EROS1 0.0. Hardcover.

The Modern Library, New York: (). 1929., 1929 pp. xiv, 363. 160mm. Original full cloth binding. MOD LIB BX 1 0.0. Hardcover.

G. Schirmer, New York: (1913)., 1913 83 p. Photo illustrated. Music scores. Tall, thin 4to. 340 mm. Original full cloth binding, worn. Mildly XLib. A good copy of this famous instructional book for national dances. GAMES BOX 5 0.0. Hardcover.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York: (1964)., 1964 316p. Inked ownership of Donald Freeman. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, faded at edges. Original dust jacket, faded. Hardbound. "Man's inhumanity to woman". WOMEN2 BOX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Pennsylvania German Society, Lancaster: 1905., 1905 pp. xi, 256 + Illustrations. Includes other papers as well. 8vo. Original printed wraps, worn. XLib. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume XIV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Soft cover. Good.

John Hodges, London: 1890., 1890 (8) [Publisher's catalogue], xvi, 558. XLib stamp on title page and elsewheres. Booklabel of the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste down. Large 8vo. 225mm. Original full blue cloth binding, worn. Remnants of library call numbers on spine. Fifth edition. Hardbound. Good. ENGLAND BX 3 0.0. Hardcover.

Pantheon Books, New York: (1982)., 1982 176p. Cartoon illustrations by Borin Van Loon. 8vo. Paperback. First American Edition. Done in a comic-book style this useful review takes a (sometimes irreverent) look at Darwin and his theories. Coldwar/Economics 1 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

D. Appleton and Company, New York: 1878., 1878 pp. 396, 8 [Publisher's catalogue]. Very XLib. Some signatures loose. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Spine worn with loss. Hardbound. Asa Gray (1810-1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. Gray and Charles Darwin met at Kew, introduced by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Darwin then wrote to Gray requesting information about the distribution of various species of American flowers, which Gray provided, and which was helpful in providing information for the development of Darwin's theory. This was the beginning of an extensive lifelong correspondence. This original 1878 edition is rather scarce. It is a shame that it is only a fair copy. SCIENCE BX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Published as the Law directs. Samuel Saur, Baltimore: ., 1797 pp. 572, [22] Register); 56 (Die Kleine Harfe). Some musical notation. 12 mo. 170 mm. German Fraktur text. Old stains. Original full leather binding over wooden boards, with braided bands, without clasps. **Early autograph ownerships of: Valentine Pressel (1739-1807) York County, PA / and John Priess. 'The larger Psalterspiel, of which the second edition appeared 1729 in Schaffhausen, contained 1047 hymns on 849 pages. Of these a selection was published as the small Psalterspiel, mainly for the use of the 'Inspired'. The American reprint became quite popular with some sects, Dunkers, Mennonites, etc., as is evidenced by the numerous editions of the book (1744, 1760, 1764, 1777, 1781, 1795, 1797, 1813, 1829)' -Seidensticker. The First Century of German printing in America, p. 23; Evans 31815; Reichmann. German Printing in Maryland 42; Brethren Bibliography 49; Hinks KDP-1797-B. JUN_GER1. Hardcover. Very Good.

Weidmannsche, Berlin: 1876., 1876 pp. (20), 820, 554 . Woodcut text illustrations. 8vo. Lacks spine. XLib. [Franklin & Marshall]. Manuscript ownership of George F. Mull. Significant study of ancient architectural and design motifs. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120 Language: eng. Disbound. Good.

F & O Brockmann's Nachf (R. Tamme), Dresden, GERMANY: August ., 1885 Nine Imperial Photographs of patriotic sculpture and bas-relief by Johannes Schilling. Photographed by F. & O Brockmann. Photographs pasted onto ridged black boards lettered in gold. Gold beveled edges. Some photographs have gilt back stamp of Photogr. Verlag von Fischer & Metz, Rudesheim A/RH. All photographs have blind stamp of Rudolf Tamme. Photographs very slightly foxed. Photographs: 300mm tall, 215mm wide. Original red cloth portfolio decorated and lettered in gold. Binding worn and faded. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W99 TOP Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart. Ca: 1877., 1877 pp. viii, 421 + Ninety Full Page Wood Engraved Plates, after paintings by Woldemar Kaden. 351 woodcut text illustrations. Folio. 390 mm. Text in German. The wonderful wood engravings were executed mainly by Adolf Closs (1840-1894). The artwork in the text was by: G(ustav) Bauernfeind; A[nton] Braith; Alexander Calame; Arthur Calame; L(udwig) Dill; Andr E. Disen; Th[emistokles] v[on] Eckenbrecher; G. Franz; K(onrad) Grob; C(arl) Haberlin; G. Herdtle; H. Herdtle; A(lbert) Hertel; E(rnst) Heyn; C(arl) Jungheim; A. Kindler; K(arl) Kroner; Diethelm Meyer; Franz Meyerheim; Paul Meyerheim; W[ilhelm] Riefstahl; R[aphael] Ritz; C. Roux; Matthias Schmid; Ad[olf] Schroedter; Fr[iedrich] Specht; B[enjamin] Vautier; Joh[ann Heinrich] Zugel; and others. ** The publisher's leather and cloth binding is magnificent. The front board is leather mounted to cloth. Brilliantly decorated with the Swiss coat-of-arms in gold gilt; elaborately framed in red, black, and gilt. The… Read More

The Macmillan Company, New York: 1922., 1922 pp. xv, 405 + Portrait Frontis. Uncut and unopened. Signed inked presentation "I put my name in this book for Mrs. Charles H. Ellis, with pleasure, Hamlin Garland, Dec. 17, 1924. Also another inscription "Mary Isabel Garland Grand daughter of the Middle Border". Mary was the author's daughter. Slight shelf wear bottom edge. Small 8vo. Original full black cloth binding. Front board lettered and ruled in red with a design of a covered wagon in gold and red. Spine lettered in gold. First published October 1921, this Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel to A Son of the Middle Border continues the author's autobiographical theme and deals with Garland's marriage and later career. This sensitive study of individuals, their relationships, and the colorful drama that made up their daily lives offers a glimpse into pioneer life in 19th-century mid-America. Very nice signed copy. JUN5 BOX 4 Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.