Search Results: Authors starting with D from Last Exit Books

E-351. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Greenwich Press, East Greenwich, RI. 1928. 64 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name "Col William H Wilson, 11th Coast Artillery" present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The 243rd Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery Corps regiment in the Rhode Island National Guard. It garrisoned the Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay (HD Narragansett Bay) , Rhode Island 1924–1944. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C3b. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by David McKay Publishers, Phildelphia, PA. No Date. 198 pgs. Wrappers heavily worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present. Rear wrapper stained and worn. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-89: Scolar Press. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. The Scolar Press Limited. 1972. 134 pgs. Facsimile Edition. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards lightly bumped and worn to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lemuel Dole Nelme (born c1718 died 1786) was an English craftsman, now remembered for wide-reaching theories on language. Nelme was the author of An essay towards an investigation of the origin and elements of language (1772) , a speculative book on the origin of languages, and alphabet symbolism. Nelme was interested in Anglo-Saxon as proto-language, and compiled (or suggested the compilation of) an Anglo-Saxon dictionary. He is said to have deferred later to the theory of Rowland Jones on Celtic as proto-language. Johanna Drucker attributes to Clement of Alexandria's Stromateis some of his symbolic theory, outlines… Read More

E-189. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Cape Times Limited, Parow, KP. 1949-51. 3 Volumes. Text in Dutch/Afrikaans and English. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (save for Volume IV which is scuffed, worn and stained). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A clear timeline of the founding and establishment of the Colony of South Africa for the periods described above. E-189; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-174: The Pennsylvania State University Press. Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. 2002. 297 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An old master print with color is almost invariably regarded as a suspect object because the color is presumed to be a cosmetic addition made to compensate for deficiencies of design or condition. Painted Prints challenges this deeply entrenched assumption about the material and aesthetic structure of old master prints by showing that in many cases hand coloring is not a dubious supplement to a print but is instead an integral element augmenting its expressive power, beauty, and meaning. EB; 12.0 X 9.1 X 1.2 inches; 297 pages .

E-071: The Warburg Institute / E. J. Brill. Very Good. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. The Warburg Institute / E. J. Brill. 1969. 203 pgs. Illustrated with 114 Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in grey buckram cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (soil present to the board edges). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. That the discovery of the vault decorations of Nero's Domus Aurea was a major catalyst in the development of Renaissance wall and ceiling painting has been a commonplace since the time of Vasari. Yet until the publication of Mme. Dacos's comprehensive volume, anticipted by her articles of the last decade, we had no very precise notion of what was known of the Neronian frescoes or when and how they were influential. Previous attempts to investigate the subject have been archaeological in emphasis' or fragmentary. The Domus Aurea… Read More

EB: The Warburg Institute. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. The Warburg Institute / E. J. Brill. 1969. 203 pgs. Illustrated with 114 Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in grey buckram cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (light soil present to the board edges). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. E-15; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-178. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, UK. 1904. Viii, 105 pgs. Illustrated with frontispiece and color plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's Tipped to the front pastedown a 1911 photographic X-Mas and New Year's Card with an inscription beneath. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "William Tell Told Again" (1904) is a retelling of the William Tell legend in prose and verse. The main prose was written by P. G. Wodehouse, while the verses were written by John W. Houghton. Once upon a time, more years ago than anybody can remember, before the first hotel had been built or the first Englishman had taken a photograph of Mont Blanc and brought it home to be pasted in an album and shown after tea to his envious friends, Switzerland belonged to the… Read More

E-144: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Chatto & Windus. 1950. 264 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has chipping, shelf-wear and tape repairs present to the DJ especially around the extremities (see photo). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, the story revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. As he struggles to cope with her loss, his despair slowly transforms to rage when he discovers his father had a mistress. But as Bengt swears revenge on behalf of his mother’s memory, he also finds himself drawn into a fevered and conflicted relationship with this woman—a turn that causes him to question his previous faith in morality, virtue, and fidelity. E-144 .

E-025: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1948. 244 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (large piece missing from the rear panel and rear flap of the DJ) ; . Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Some Time Never is a blend of superbly written realism and outrageous fantasy, with an almost Swiftian quality in its savage wit and subtle humor. It is the story of the hitherto little-known Gremlins. It is a moreover a piercing commentary on Man and the qualities in Man which are leading him to his destruction. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 244 pages .

E-222: In Kommission Bei F. Steiner. Good. 1975. Paperback. Softcover. Royal 8vo. In Kommission Bei Franz Steiner Verlag. 1975. 604 pgs. Text in German. Wrappers worn. Book is free of ownership marks. Top edge of the title page is chipped. Text has some notes and marks present to the margins. Binding tight and solid. Abu'l-? Asan ? Ali ibn Mu? Ammad ibn ? Abd Allah ibn Abi Sayf (752–843) , better known by his nisba of al-Mada? Ini ("from al-Mada'in") , was an early Arab scholar, active under the Abbasids in Iraq in the first half of the 9th century. A scholar of many interests, he wrote over 200 works, but is best known as a historian. Little is known about al-Mada'ini's life. According to his own account, he was born in 752, and was a client (mawla) of Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura, one of the Companions of Muhammad. In 770 he was in Basra, and later went to al-Mada'in and Baghdad, where he spent most of his life. He may also have spent time in Kufa, since he… Read More

E-044: Evelyn, Adams & Mackay. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by New York Graphic Society Ltd. , Greenwich, Connecticut. 1967 348 pgs. Illustrated throughout with a tipped-in color frontispiece and profuse color and black & white illustrations throughout. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book is devoted to the paintings and sculptures of the young Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) from the so-called Blue and Rose periods, between 1901 and 1906. The masterpieces of these crucial years, every one of them a milestone on Picasso's path to preeminence as the 20th century's most famous artist, are presented together, in an unparalleled concentration and quality. Picasso's pictures from… Read More

E-191, E-236: Dialectic Publishing, Inc.. Very Good. 1993. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Dialectic Publishing, North Miami Beach, FL. 1993. 431 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The student of acupuncture is thrown into a world of new terms, concepts and a acupoints. This dictionary is designed for the student, teacher, clinician, patients, ask well as for the general public, to permit easy accessing of any particular term, concept or acupoint that may come up in readings, lectures, clinical practice or treatment. The dictionary is divided into 5 sections: 1) Terms and concepts, 2) Location of principle acupoints, 3) Names of principle acupoints, 4) Guide to Chinese pronunciation, and 5) Bibliographies. E-191; 9.8 X 6.7 X 0.9 inches; 431 pages .

E-349: Sydney University Press. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Sydney University Press, NSW, Australia. 1967. Xi, 311 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "A re-examination of native policy and events leading to the New Zealand wars of the 1860's." . EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages .

E-313: Khyber Mail Press. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Sh Zakullah at the Khyber Mail Press, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1969. 253 pgs. Illustrated with 9 plates, B/W illustrations and fold-out map. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (chipping present to the spine ends and edges of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Peshawar is the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the sixth-largest city in Pakistan, Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass and close to the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, Peshawar's recorded history dates back… Read More

E-307. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. Large 8vo. Published by P. D. Bernard, Richmond, VA. , 378, vii, 384 pgs. Illustrated. Two Volumes bound in one. Text in double column. Bound in 3/4 leather and marble paper covered boards with leather titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (leather is chipped and worn to the extremities). Foxing present throughout. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Devoted to agriculture, horticulture, livestock, and household arts, the Southern Planter and Farmer (later called the Southern Planter) , established in Richmond in 1840, endured as the go-to publication for all things farming until its close in 1973. With essays on farm management, planting methods, and livestock care, an array of beautiful illustrations and photographs, and a wealth of farm-related advertising, the Southern Planter was, during its lifetime, the most widely read farming paper in the southeast. EB;… Read More

E-322: Taiwanese Pirated Edition. Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by T. B. N. Emterprises, Alexandria, VA. 1967. 546 pgs. Illustrated with black and white illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Remains of the previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Much information about submachine guns, machine pistols, and cross over projects that never made it into production but are very interesting. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

A-19: Routledge. Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Bound in cloth. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-19. ; 9.2 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 272 pages .

E-248: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Oxford University Press, Delhi, India. 1997. 294 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is an authoritative field guide on the birds of southwestern India, which will enable bird watchers to identify birds in the region. The guide details a total of 508 species of birds, with descriptions covering size, color, general shape, unique behavior (if any) , call and habitat. Maps, text figures, and black-and-white and color plates are featured throughout. For easy identification in the field, a brief description of the family precedes each set of related species, and locations are illustrated for ease of reference. EB; 8.6 X 5.6 X 1.8 inches; 294 pages .

E-292: Ellis Press. Very Good. 2008. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published in association with the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. 2008. 128 pgs. Illustrated throughout in black and white plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Irving B. Ellis (1902-1977) was an archetypal Pictorialist photographer. A physician by training and a photographer by avocation, he was a dedicated and much-awarded maker of pictures. Active as a photographer during the decades just before and after the Second World War, Ellis experienced the burgeoning growth of amateur photography clubs, the expansion of corporate photography businesses and the establishment of photographic collections in major art museums across the country. This volume, based on an… Read More