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

New York: Doubleday, 2004. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. First Printing. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Red textured paper board, gilt lettering, frontispiece. Small 4to. 467pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).

Vicksburg, MS: Daily Citizen, 1863. First Edition Thus. Broadside. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Broadside. The most famous edition of the Daily Citizen was its last, June 2 *and* 4, 1863. The publisher, J. M. Swords, was confident that while General Grant had besieged the city for weeks, it would not fall to him and, moreover, that he and the Union would soon be forced into ignominious retreat by the arrival of General Joseph Johnston and the Confederate army. Swords, in an effort to rile up his Vicksburg readership and embolden them to stand strong, issued a snarky rebuke of General Grant in the July 2 edition of the paper: On Dit.--That the great Ulysses--the Yankee Generalissimo, surnamed Grant--has expressed his intention of dining in Vicksburg on Saturday next, and celebrating the 4th of July by a grand dinner and so forth. When asked if he would invite Gen. Jo. Johnston to join he said 'No! for fear there will be a row at the table'. Ulysses must get into the city before he dines in it. The… Read More

London/New York: Printed for J. Harris and Crosby and Co./Leadenhall Press/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good-. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A very unusual wee children's book. It is, in effect, a hybrid...where Leadenhall and Scribner's took a number of previously printed (letterpress) textblocks and added an additional signature (interestingly, of a very different type of paper stock) of ads and the like in the rear and re-released the book nearly 100 years after it was originally printed. They continued to print this little "Forgotten Children Book" with then modern textblocks when they ran out of the originals. This form is quite scarce and this is, overall, a handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, color paper spine missing (though tight), light toning to leaves, else tight, bright and unmarred. Decorative color paper board, paper onlays at front and rear, black ink lettering. 16mo. 66pp plus 4pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates).

Dallas, TX: Stone-Inge Books, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This leather bound book is one of 35 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Roma paper and hand bound in pig skin by [Bob Inge]." (binder statement. Only a handful were printed on different paper and bound in leather. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, printed endpapers, blind tooled. 75x52mm. 26pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited edition, 450 copies, of which a handful were printed on different paper and bound in leather.

Basel, Switzerland: Unknown, [late 19th century/early 20th century]. Unknown edition. Quarter calf. Very Good+. Unknown edition. Quarter calf. "Dance of Death": late-medieval allegory on the universality of death. With Hans Holbein the Younger, the Danse macabre takes on a completely new artistic form. This depicts the brutal irruption of Death in work and the joy of living. This representation takes precedence over the idea that death spares no social class. In 1538, with the publication of Les simulacres de la Mort, Hans Holbein the Younger redefines the theme of the danse macabre. Death, always aggressive and jubilant, no longer dances in a long farandole, but intervenes directly in scenes of daily life. From then on, Holbein's work became the reference. This is a series of 41 woodcuts, which were originally executed around 1526 and published 12 years later in Basel, in a collection entitled: Les simulacres et historiées faces de la mort. It was Holbein who really brought the Danse Macabre… Read More

United Kingdom: Unicorn Press, 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. Facsimile reprint of "The Dangers of Mysticism" & "Liber HHH" which were originally published in 1911 in "The Equinox" Volume I, No. VI. Crowley noted that "The Dangers of Mysticism" was "Affectionately Inscribed to Arthur Edward Waite". "Although the rear covers have the imprint "Unicorn: Seattle" the booklets were actually produced by the avante-garde Unicorn Bookshop of Brighton, England."--Weiser. Moderate spotting and discoloration (dampstaining) to wrappers, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Pamphlet bound with blue lettering.

New York: World Syndicate Publishing, 1934. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Good+. No DJ. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. These wonderful little books were printed on very cheap paper, bound in an equally cheap manner but wonderfully illustrated...thus they are a jem but seldom found in acceptable condition...this one better than average. Overall, a nice copy of a rather scarce volume. Moderate shelf wear, through at corners, split at head and heel of front hinge (some related curling), front joint starting, leaves show even toning, crayon on front endpages and half-title, first image hand colored, penciled pagination on first 52 pages, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue textured paper boards, silver gilt lettering and decorative elements. 32mo. np. Illus. (b/w plates).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Well told stories of life in the villages and countryside of Vermont during the Underground Railroad days. Overall, a rather nice reading copy of a rather uncommon volume. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at heel, front and rear joints split, owner name and notation on title page, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, black ink lettering and decorative elements, gray endpages. 12mo. 349pp.

Newtown, MA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Clamshell Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Includes 30 tipped-in specimens (original folio & quarto leaves from various Mountain House books, 4 original watermarked portraits created by all three Hunters, etc.). Text reprints approximately 80% of Dard Jr's "The Life Work of Dard Hunter" and adds new, previously unpublished material. Dard III contributed one chapter focused on the work of his father (Dard Jr.) and his making of Life Work.." over 13 years. Henry Morris offers his insights and recollections of 40 years working as a printer and papermaker with 3 generations of Hunters. Morris has been cited as calling this work his "magnum opus." This volume is further limited as it is "...one of 17 copies with the opening page of Old Papermaking in China & Japan in two states--the first specimen leaf was printed from the standing type set by D.H. Jr. for the specimen used for "life Work" [sic] and the second is an original… Read More

London: Sylvan Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very presentable copy of this increasingly scarce volume. Bump across top edge of both boards, light foxing at front endpages, moderate at rear, light foxing at last few leaves, else tight, bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pale blue cardstock leaves. Oblong 8vo. 32pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Dublin: The Salvage Press, 2018. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Darklight is a series of new poems by John Fitzgerald surrounded with an etching by Dorothy Cross. Designed, typeset and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy, assisted by Sarah O'Neill, Lauren Shannan O'Brien and Lorcan Rush at Distillers Press, NCAD, Dublin. The type will be hand-set in 14 and 24 point Méridien, designed by Adrian Frutiger, cast here by Rainer Gerstenberg. The image by Dorothy Cross has been produced in two variants; the etching that covers the standard book was printed by Suzannah O'Reilly Mullaney, the phosphorescent images that accompany the deluxe book were first screen printed by Jordan McQuaid before intaglio printing by Suzannah. Both image variants were printed on 54gsm Japanese Tosa Shi. Darklight has been printed in an edition of 80 copies. The bindings have been executed by Tom Duffy in Dublin's Five Lamps area. Housed in a transparent Perspex slipcase,… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Gallimaufry, 1976. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps.. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Letter from the author to Lowry Thompson (founder of Rubberstampmadness) thanking her for an article on a mutual friend (and illustrator of Cabral's books). Tight, bright and unmarred. Illustrated paper wraps. 8vo. 48pp. Laid in letter, signed by author. Limited edtion of 1000.

2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, matching paper boards slipcase. 61x41mm. 125pp. Illus. (color plates).

New York: Abner Schram, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover/Wraps. Very Good+ in Very Good Slipcase.. Limited Edition. Hardcover/Wraps. One volume is a facsimile of the Cranach Presse edition, illustrated by Eric Gill; the other a Postscript. Minor toning at the spine, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows minor shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. One volume quarterbound in velleum with beige boards, second volume in beige wraps, gilt lettering, black ink lettering. Narrow 8vo. 31pp; 22pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Berlin: Verlag von Reimar Hobbing, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in German. Ex libris markings notwithstanding, a very presentable copy of an early and important work on the application of punch card accounting. Very scarce. Minor shelf/edge wear, light sunning, ex libris with related marks/stamps, professionally applied and mounted protective acetate wrapper over boards, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, black ink lettering. 8vo. 425pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

Zürich, Switzerland: Zürcher und Furrer, 1899. First Edition. Calf. Very Good+ in Good Slipcase. First Edition. Calf. Cultural-historical picture of a Zurich (Switzerland) rural community from the oldest times to modern times. Celebration of the 400th anniversary of the church... [Translation of title] Front flyleaf inscribed with various signatures to Mr. and Mrs Prof. H. Quiby. Includes statistics, maps. Tight, bright and unmarred. Binding slightly bumped and rubbed, minimally tanned, otherwise clean. Bound in full leather. Slipcase shows shelf wear and repaired splits, but present. Frontispiece with colored coat of arms of the Edelen von Zollikon, with 14 b/w illus + double-sided map on plates, Fraktur. Presentation copy.

New York: Hobart Co, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Lively tale of love, war and intrigue at Fort Frayne on the Indian frontier in the 1880s. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head of spine, light rubbing to color pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements, color pastedown, gilt at top of text block, frontispiece. 8vo. 306pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

London: Omnibus, 1984. Staplebound Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Staplebound Wraps. Special Japanese production for Shinko Music. Text in Japanese. An extremely nice copy of a very scarce and desirable volume. Very minimal shelf wear, otherwise tight, bright and unmarred. DJ is Fine. Glossy pictorial wraps. 36pp. Illus. (color plates). Pull-out poster. Wrap around pictorial dusk jacket.

Melbourne: Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed to noted Harvard professor. A handsome copy. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed on the title page by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black coated paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. Index.

Isreal: Ido Agasii. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Case. Limited Edition. This book is in the shape of David's slingshot. The biblical text from Samuel 17:49 was embossed in gold on the sling both in Korean and Hebrew. The stone is from Ha'ela Valley near Jerusalem were the actual battle between David and Goliath took place. This story, for me, reflects the power of the mind in so many ways. The idea to create this book in Korean and Hebrew was to make a bridge between our cultures and our traditions. Tight and unmarred. Brown Leather slingshot with a stone, housed in a unique shaped clamshell blue and yellow box; pamphlet. 56cm X 13cm X 4cm.