Search Results: Authors starting with D from Thorn Books

Prague: n.p., 1930. Very good. Sepia photograph, 4 by 5½ inches, showing Vladimir Nemirovich-Denchenko in his study. The photograph is inscribed to Soviet actor Mikhail Zharov. There is a short inscription on the front, and a longer one on the reverse, where Danchenko praises the actor as a magician and wizard of the stage, inscribed as a remembrance of their meeting on April 17, 1930 in Prague. Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (Russian: Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко; 23 December [1858 -1943), was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, writer, playwright, and producer. He founded the Moscow Art Theatre with his colleague, Konstantin Stanislavski, in 1898. Zharov (1899-1981) was a prolific stage and screen actor in Russia. A couple of surface scratches, one corner with a small loss, else this is a very good exemplar. .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x,462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index. Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near fine, bright copy, superior in condition to most. Freeman, 1220. The American edition was printed form stereos of the first English edition. .

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.. Small 4to. xii, 457pp. Blue cloth in a linen pattern, gilt spine title, full color past-on to the upper board, top edge red, illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright, as-new copy. The dustwrapper is rough along the edges and a little age-soiled, else is near fine. Illustrated with eight full page full color plates as well as black and white in-text illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy,also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was known for her literary fairy tales. When she termed her works 'contes de fées' (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Gustaf Tenggren was a Swedish-American illustrator known for his Rackham-esque fairy-tale style. He was a chief illustrator for Walt Disney in the late 1930s, whose work appeared in films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. .

In the Savoy: T.N. for Henry Harringman, 1678. Hardcover. Fine. The Second impression whereunto is added a Table. 4to. 734pp. followed by the Table (15pp.) Bound to style in quarter calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. marbled paper sides, vellum tips. Fine copy. ESTC R652.

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2014. Limited edition. Fine. Hardcover. 16 pages, sewn paper covers. This is a favorite poem of audiences by Santa Fe's fourth Poet Laureate. Calligraphic cover, title page and initial letter by Judythe Sieck, with decorative elements based on Muybridge's Horses in Motion studies. Letterpress on Hahnemuhle Biblio. Cover stock by Saint-Armand. 7 x 8.5 inches, One of 75 numbered copies; signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Random House, 1940. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by the author.. Large thin folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Light edgewear else a fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped, has some wear at edges and folds and some light staining on the rear panel, else is in very good condition.

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1482. Fine. A single printed leaf from the first collected edition of the 13th century English scholar. (from Shropshire) . The leaf measures approximately 10½ by 16 inches, with large margins, though the inner margin has been cut. Printed on both sides, rubricated in red and blue, and with 4 four-line initials, in red or blue, plus a particularly artful four line initial whose tail gracefully curves into the bottom margin, as well as a large five-line initial in red and blue, also with a graceful tail extending to the margin. All initials but one are on the obverse. The text is from Part III, ending of Questio xiii and beginning of Questio xiii (De potentia Christi). In fine condition, matted into a 16 by 20 inch mat.

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi,(17-)304pp. With the four folding engraved plates, as called for. Publisher's green embossed cloth in a floral pattern, paper spine label. Edges, hinges and spine tips worn, label partially perished, ownership stamp to title page, occasional light foxing and staining but a very good copy. For the cloth pattern, see Krupp, App. 3, ribbon grain ft1, with the note that examples are known form 1836 to 1841. Important fundamental descriptive work and practical tables on railway engines by the Comte de Pambour. Scarce.

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Four volumes. 8vo. Original green T-grain cloth, gilt spine titles Frontispiece in each volume and 12 additional plates. The rear pocket of volume 4 contains the folding map called for,. A near fine set with only traces of wear at the edges and corners, The map is in near fine condition as well, with only a small nick along the upper margin not affecting the image. Howes C-392. Graff 3824 .

Forth Worth: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 161pp. Brown textured cloth over flexible boards, gilt title on upper board. Gilt darkened, light wear at edges and corner, else a very good copy. Ownership name in pencil on the front free endpaper. "A True Account of the Last Existing Encounter With Redskins in Hamilton, Comanche, Brown, Erath and Adjoining Counties, as Recorded by E. L Deaton, a Texan of Pioneer Days and Republished by One of His Descendants---" Howes, D-179. The first edition was published in Hamilton, 1894. .

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 4to. xcii,429; v, (1), 415pp. Full calif by Riviere. Spines in six compartments, gilt, with red and black lettering labels, gilt; marbles endpapers and edges. Illustrated. Large paper copy. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid on; some rubbing, soil and wear, foxing to the first 2 leaves of volume 1, else a very good set. .

Tucson: DeGrazia Studios, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant folio. Twenty large 18 by 22 inch full color lithographs depicting the memorable events in the life of the popular, talented and heroic Eusebio Kino, SJ, sometimes called the most eminent and beloved Southwest pioneer. The images vary in size on the pages. Housed in a cream-colored cloth portfolio with the author and title printed on the upper board; the whole in the publisher's slipcase in matching cloth and with the author's name printed on the upper board. There is a four page description of the same size as the prints, with entries by Raymond Carlson of Arizona Highways; Carl Schaeffer Dentzel of the Southwest Museum; Thomas Hart Benton, Artists; and Ross Santee, Artist. The rear page contains an original full color illustration by DeGrazia captioned "Midnight Sketch Tucson Arizona USA 1962 3AM" and signed thereunder. In fine condition. Included in this collection are: "Raiding Indians Steal Horses from Kino's Village"… Read More

(London): Printed for Henry Lintot; and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Pp. 3 to 116 extracted from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, Volume VI. The original was written by a priest of the Society of Jesus in Latin. This is said to be the first English version, although abridged. Bound to style with a leather spine, marbled paper boards and printed label on the upper board. Sabin 94573. .

Paris: Daniel Horthemels, 1688. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (14),251,(13)pp. First French edition, preceded by an edition in Leyden the previous year and followed in Paris by an expanded edition the same year. Engraved vignette on the title page, and a woodcut of an examination in progress on page 1; six engraved plates, of which three are folding. Early full polished calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt and blind tooled, leather lettering piece, gilt. Neat repair to the upper hinge else a very good copy. The author was a French physician imprisoned in Goa by the Inquisition. He was sentenced to a galley ship, later returning to France where he published the account of his ordeal. A scarce glimpse into the workings of the Inquisition, and of Goan history and culture. In French. This title placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1690. Cox, 1699 (note). Caillet 2954.

Walpole, Newhampsire: David Carlisle, Jun, 1796. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. iv, 5-132pp. Contemporary full leather. Lacks front free endpaper, and a small piece from the top corner of the title page; leather mended at some time at the base of the spine; general wear and scuffing; else a very good copy. Silas Betton's copy, with his signature and flourish on the front pastedown. Also with the signature of J. M. Cross of Boscawen(?), N.H. dated 1856. Betton (1768-1822) was a member f the State House of Representatives (1797-1799), State Senator (1801-1803), Elected as a Federalist to the 8th and 9th Congresses (1803-1807) a lawyer, a high sheriff, and served a further term in the State House of Representatives (1810-1811).

New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow.. Folio. Green cloth spine printed with the title; pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. The second state with four pages of illustrations following the dedication page before the Humpty Dumpty rhymed poem and drawings. Wear and rubbing to the covers. Inner hinges neatly repaired at some time. Four of the stories (Jack Horner, Hickety Dickety, Ride a Cock Horse and Little Tom Tucker) have abrasions from adhesive along the inner gutters with loss of color, two pages with short creases and closed marginal tears, and a tape repair to the rear corner of the front free endpapers. Still a very good copy with strikingly brilliant illustrations in spite of these faults. Every page has bold, fabulous color illustrations by Denslow who also edited the text. Fred Goudy hand-lettered the text. An incredible picture book, one of Denslow's best. Scarce. Greene/Hearn 24.

n.p.: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1898. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 150pp. Black cloth; gilt title on upper board. Lacking the front free endpaper else this is a very good copy. A surprising number of firms advertising have telephones. Scarce. No copy of this edition found in OCLC. .

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Frontispiece, engraved title and 38 full page plates by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Bound from the monthly parts. First state text with 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois', and with the errata slip from Part XVI laid-in at p. 467. Signature BB2 with early misprint (B2). 2 volumes. Contemporary half leather, spines ruled in gilt into 6 compartments. Morocco lettering pieces, gilt; gilt vignettes in remaining compartments. MArbled paper boards. Light rubbing and edgewear to the boards, else the bindings are fine. 4 plates in Vol. I & 2 in Vol. II have a light marginal stain (not affecting images); otherwise the plates are fresh and free from foxing, including the 'dark' plates. The frontispiece has lightly offset onto the engraved title. A fine set.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. With Numerous Illustrations by Cattermole and Browne" and, on the second title page (Master Humphrey's Clock): "With Ninetyone Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne". Tall 8vo. vi,9-362pp. Contemporary half leather. Spine title and rules in gilt with blind stamping; marbled paper boards. The first issue, without mention of Sibson as illustrator, and with the second title page (MHC). Hinge neatly mended; general light rubbing; early ownership name on title; else a very good copy. Carr, B153(1), which notes that this issue is made up of monthly parts.

NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933. First edition. Fine. Hardcover/Near fine. Glazed pictorial boards printed in color. Pictorial endpapers in color. Four fabulous and detailed double-page pop-up scenes, plus full and partial page black & white illustrations throughout. The boards are ever so lightly soiled else this is a fine copy with fine pop-ups. The scarce dustwrapper is present; it lightly browned with age else near fine. A nice copy of an early Disney work.