Search Results: Titles starting with D from Adamstown Books

Reading PA: Reading Public Museum, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stated 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Oversize softcover, 63 pp. w/ numerous full page color plates. Catalog to accompany 2000-01 exhibit at Reading Public Museum and Carngegie-Mellon. Relatively abstract painter (and sculptor) uses form and color to pay homage to his Southwest American heritage. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; small crease/curling at top right front cover also effecting first several pages inside; small price sticker remnant in same area. .

Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Probable First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A one act play for community theater or high schools. Using the backdrop of a student seeking admission to a competitive dance program, this play deals with the issues of drug and alcohol abuse among friends and family members. Small 48-page stapled softcover. 1996 printing. Book Condition : Very Good; Clean, unmarked , overall light top corner bend, some shelf wear to cover. ISBN: 0871296519. Paperback.

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhau, 1892. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth hardcover, gilt spine titles, Introduction to the study of the life and writings of Dante Alighieri. Condition: Very Good- ; appears little-used other than soft spine ends with a tiny tear to top. Binding very secure, uniform age toning to pages, a little more to text block. Ex-library (seminary), with label on back cover, bookplate on inside front inside cover, evidence of removed pocket on back inside cover, categorizing penciling on title page verso, otherwise clean pages. Trace of glue residue along spine from removed label..

New York NY: Plenum Press, 1984. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of 10 essays discuss how Darwin, Marx, and Freud "challenged or reaffirmed traditional notions about human individuals as rational, responsible agents, and about society as the medium for mankind's pursuit of justice and human good." Book Condition : Good+; pencil underlining and margin notes to 80 pp (c. 1/3 of book); bumping to spine ends; fingerprint smudge to rear free end paper. Dust Jacket Condition : Good+; light shelf wear to edges and corners; light age toning on reverse..

Jena, Germany: Eugen Diederichs, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in German. Life of Jacob Boehme. Biography of leading Pietist figure, Lutheran, and Christian contemplative. Likely 1st Edition. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; sunlight fading to spine and around cover edges; a few stains to rear cover; light age toning inside covers. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Dover DE: Delaware Dept. of Transportation, Division of Planning, Location and Environmental Studies Office, 1995. Book. Good. Soft cover. Probable First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover, 193 pp. Report of Phase III archaeological data recovery at the prehistoric site along the proposed course of Scarborough Road in the city of Dover, Kent County, Delaware. Blueberry Hill proved to be well preserved in spite of intrusions from cultivation and construction. After Phrase II investigation, site was determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Delaware Department of Transportation Archaeology Series No 130. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; page tip creasing; Cover is clean with some shelf wear and light creasing. .

New York, NY: Anson D. F. Randolph Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth, gilt and black titles, 468 pp. Undated, published circa 1875, possible first American edition. Condition: Good; mild cover wear - corners and spine ends - some light areas on cover, pages lightly toned but clean. .

Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Christian fiction. Hardback - green cloth with black lettering, no dustjacket. 312 pages. 1924, 1st edition. Book Condition : Good; previous owner name and a little whiteout on front free endpaper. Reading pages are clean and bright, no markings, no creases and no tears. Scuffing to covers around the edges. Binding relaxed..

Albany NY: Riggs Printing and Publishing Co., 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continues - Together With Three Essays Subsidiary to the Same. Scarce work by 19th century Epicopal (U.S. Anglican) minister. In addition to the title essay on the Incarnation, this work contains The Essential Nature of Sin; Spirit and Matter; and The Primary Criterion of Truth. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; no text marks, bookplate inside front cover; light creasing to some pages; light bumping to cover corners and spine ends; mild scuffing to covers; catalog labels to bottom spine and top right rear cover; slip and pocket removed from rear causing some paper tearing..

Atheneum, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1981 reprint, Celestial Arts. Glossy covers w/ dust jacket. Retelling of the legend of Deirdre of the Sorrows, one of the chief tales in Ulster folklore. Prophesied to cause war and the fall of kings, Deirdre's upbringing and life are dominated by this belief, causing the prophecy to come true. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; very light spine end and cover corner wear. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; chipping and tearing along edges, spine, and at corners..

Pierre SD: South Dakota Law Review, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Good, Ex-Seminary Library, softcover preserved in pressboard. Booklet reprint of article from South Dakota Law Review Volume XIX, Spring 1974. Argues, post-Vietnam, of the need to demilitarize the chaplaincy in light of Supreme Court rulings on the free exercise and establishment clauses of the first amendment. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; catalog markings in pencil, no text markings; bookplate inside front pressboard cover; catalog labels on bottom spine end and right rear pressboard covers; pocket removed inside rear pressboard cover; creasing at top right rear booklet cover..

Warren MI: Harmonie Park Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Detroit Studies in Music bibliography No. 73. Descriptive and analytical bibliography of known musical works published by Waelrant and De Laet in 16th century Antwerp. 264 pp. w/ appendix containing graphics of their watermarks. Book Condition : Very Good, Ex-College Library; no text marks, bookplate inside front cover; catalog label on bottom spine; slip and label on rear free end paper; pocket on rear free end paper. No Dust Jacket..

Paris, France: Paul Proute, S.A., 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text in French. Ancient and modern drawings & old prints from the 15th to the 18th century - Original Prints from masters of the 19th and 20th centuries. An art auction catalog with price list inserted. Lists 76 drawings and 103 prints. Brief description of each piece. Drk illustraated wraps, 88 pp., illustrated throughout. condtion: Very Good; very little edgewear, no markings. .

Cincinnati OH: Boe & Hitchcod, 1864. Book. Good (ex-library). Hardcover. Probable 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in German - a teaching tool for understanding and learning the German language c. 1864. Useful in understanding German grammar and writing with easy-to-understand explanations. Quite rare in this edition, presumed first. Dark gray cloth with stamped border lines, gilt spine titles, 172 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Good; ex-seminary library, with bookplate, labels on spine and back cover, signs of removed back pocket, occasional foxing spots on pages, no other markings..

Philadelphia PA: Marian Locks Gallery, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong softcover catalog for 1994 exhibit. 32 pp. w/ 10 full page color plates. Introductory essay and artist chronology round out this collection of late 20th century landscape paintings done in Italy. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; very light curling to front cover corners. a.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover, 307 pp. 1st Edition. Traces the 300+ year history of the diary novel focusing especially on French, German, and English works. Considers works by Defoe, Gide, Rilke, Frisch, Butor, and Lessing. Book Condition : Good; a few margin notes in pencil; light bumping to spine ends; a few stains to text block. Dust Jacket Coneition : Good; small tear at top left front; some shelf wear to edges; some staining to rear..

Washington DC: Department of State, 1960. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised edition of State Department booklet outlining arms control and disarmament proposals and negotiations for both conventional forces and nuclear weapons during the late 1950's. Includes inlaid 15 pp. booklet "The Great Antagonism" on psychology, propaganda, and war. Book Condition : Near Fine; no internal markings; light wear to covers..

London, England: Printed for Matthew Turner at the Limb in High-Holborn, 1686. Book. Good Minus. Leather Bound . 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Written Originally in French by James Benigne Bossuet, Sometimes Bishop of Condom, and now of Meaux, Counsellor of State to the Most Christian King, Heretofore Tutor to the Dauphin, and now Chief Almoner to the Dauphiness. Faithfully Englished. London, Printed for Matthew Turner at the Limb in High-Holborn, 1686." 565 pp. This appears to be the first English edition of this work, originally published in French in 1682 as Discours sue L'Histoire Universelle. Dedicated to the surviving legitimate son of Louis XIV, whom Bossuet tutored, this work traces God's interaction with Man through history with chapter and verse citations from the Bible printed in the margins. Government, and other religious and civic institutions, are wholly dependent on Divine Law and sanction.  Book Condition : Good-; front board… Read More

London, England: S. Crowder, 1781. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1781 6th Edition Corrected and Amended. Scarce leather hardcover, 252 pp. Expounds the young Bunyan's two covenant theology (Adam - Old Testament and Jesus - New Testament). Book Condition: Good minus; front cover barely attached, rear cover secured; some foxing throughout and spotting to text block; no text marks; creasing to front free end papers. Other than the separation at the front this book is in good condition for its age with relatively little scuffing to the covers..

Lancaster PA: Lancaster Museum of Art, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Exhibition catalog featuring the narrative paintings of Don Perlis, member of the 22 Realists. Lancaster Art Museum (PA) 2011. Color-illustrated wraps, c. 38 pp. with 29 color plates. Includes an essay by F. Murray Abraham, the actor has been a fan of Perlis' work. Several plates in this catalog are theatrical in nature - Abraham as King Lear, Abraham in Angels in America, and operatic settings - La Traviatta, La Tosca, and more. Others are nudes, cityscapes, interiors. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; covers have light shelf wear to edges..