Search Results: Titles starting with D from Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)

Sawtry [England]: Dedalus Ltd., (1996). Paperback original. 203pp. 8vo. As New. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title-page. Fictional historical triptych set in 18th century Europe by Andrew Crumey, Scottish physicist and author.

Seebruck am Chiemsee [Germany]: Heering-Verlag, 1979. 270 pages. 4to. Hardcover in pictorial boards. Half tone illustrations. Text in German. Light bumping along bottom edge and extremities of covers; very good. First edition of this profusely-illustrated text concerning the history of the daguerreotype in Germany and its early photographers.

New York: A Bee-Line Book / Orpheus Books, 1967. 160pp. Paperback, plain yellow and black-bordered covers, with general wear; good. Originally published by Olympia Press in 1956. Owens's first book using a pseudonym; this edition from "The Orpheus Series". Iris Owens (1929-2008), Olympia Press writer, pornographer, satirist, Paris and Greenwich Village resident. Samuel Beckett praised her and Terry Southern wrote that "aside from her Junoesque beauty, [Owens] had rapier wit and devastating logic. She was a pre-Sontag Sontag." In the 1950s and '60s, Owens resided in Paris and was connected with the expatriate writers' circle known who created the literary journal Merlin. This group included prominent figures like Alexander Trocchi, Christopher Logue, John Stevenson, George Plimpton, and Richard Seaver.

[No place: Vacation Press], [no date; ca. 1960s-1970s]. 173pp. Softcover. Near fine. An unusual edition and presumably a false, or at least an ambiguous, imprint. Originally published by Olympia Press in 1956. Owens's first book using a pseudonym.  Iris Owens (1929-2008), Olympia Press writer, pornographer, satirist, Paris and Greenwich Village resident. Samuel Beckett praised her and Terry Southern wrote that "aside from her Junoesque beauty, [Owens] had rapier wit and devastating logic. She was a pre-Sontag Sontag." In the 1950s and '60s, Owens resided in Paris and was connected with the expatriate writers' circle known who created the literary journal Merlin. This group included prominent figures like Alexander Trocchi, Christopher Logue, John Stevenson, George Plimpton, and Richard Seaver.

New York: Grove Press, 1983. 172pp. First Black Cat edition. Paperback. Light crease lines to photo-illustrated front cover; very good. Originally published by Olympia Press in 1956. Owens's first book using a pseudonym. Iris Owens (1929-2008), Olympia Press writer, pornographer, satirist, Paris and Greenwich Village resident. Samuel Beckett praised her and Terry Southern wrote that "aside from her Junoesque beauty, [Owens] had rapier wit and devastating logic. She was a pre-Sontag Sontag." In the 1950s and '60s, Owens resided in Paris and was connected with the expatriate writers' circle known who created the literary journal Merlin. This group included prominent figures like Alexander Trocchi, Christopher Logue, John Stevenson, George Plimpton, and Richard Seaver.

[St. Augustine? ca. 1880s-1890s]. General wear, somewhat lightened. Late Victorian-era stereoview showing a large date tree and with two captions: "For a vivid description of St. Augustine, read Bloomfield's Historical Guide" [and] "Florida, the Land of Flower and Tropical Scenery." (Bloomfield's Illustrated Historical Guide, Embracing an Account of the Antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida... was first published in 1882.) The date palm is a major agricultural crop in Florida, and the state is one of the largest producers of dates in the United States.

Rockville Centre, NY: Sanford J. Durst, (2000). 72 pages + [5] plate leaves. 4to. Softcover. Fine copy. Reprint edition of this 1916 numismatic text; limited to 300 copies; a facsimile of the author's copy, reproducing his handwritten marginal notes.

Chicago: MARCH/Abrazo Press, (1992). 51pp. Sm. 8vo. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Collection of poems by Carlos Cortez, Chicano-American poet, artist, and labor union activist, here writing in the persona of Koyokuikatl (Coyote Song). With illustrations after Cortez's scratch board drawings. "He embodies the nostalgic traveler who is capable of 'Beat' haikus or the widsom of the Chicano working class."

Buffalo, New York: Intrepid Press, (1971). [8] leaves. 8 x 5½ inches. Printed wrappers. Fine copy. Limited to 1,000 copies; The Beau Fleuve Series Number Five. The rear wrapper shows a Richard Avedon portrait of Orlovsky and Ginsberg sitting nude and talking.

Portland, Oregon: Dead Angel Press, (1970). 107, [7]pp. Sm. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers with light toning. Illustrations; publisher's ads. A near fine copy. First edition. Anthology of poems, essays, and letters published by Don Cauble's Dead Angel Press. Cauble contributes the poem "in & outer space with visions of lisa." Other poets include Janet Brown, t.l. kryss, Kent Taylor, Mike Trudeau, Karen Waring, and Doug Blazek. The work also reprints letters by Blazek to poets Charles Bukowski and Joel Deutsch.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1903. 36pp. 9¼ x 6 inches. Printed wrappers with some soil and browning; else very good. Sole edition. Predecessor to a landmark Antitrust decision. In 1902, President Roosevelt ordered Attorney General Philander C. Knox to challenge the merger between Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway companies. Roosevelt believed that the merger violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and raised problems of restraint of trade, interstate commerce, monopolies, and fair competition. Here in 1903, and acting as defense attorney, John Larkin Thorndike (1844-1920) argued that Northern Securities Co., a holding company that owned shares in the competing railroads, never "used its power to suppress competition, or that it threatened or intended, or claimed the right, so to use it." (p36) Thorndike discusses the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Michigan case of Richardson v. Buhl, People v. Sugar Refining Co. in New York, and State v. Standard Oil Co. in Ohio.… Read More

Boston: Published by Chas. Root, 186 Washington, corner of Franklin St., [c.1845]. Approx. 12¼ x 9¾ inches. Engraved by Geo. G. Smith and printed on smooth coated paper. Portraits; vignette illustrations; calligraphic text; facsimile autographs. Surface abrasions, creasing, edge wear, and some losses in margins, tiny stab[?] holes; Good. Rare and decorative engraved broadside of the Declaration of Independence by George G. Smith (1795-1878), largely based upon the Binns edition, presenting the full text of the document and facsimile signatures of the Signers. The border shows the seals of the 13 original States and portraits of 11 Presidents of the United States through James K. Polk who served from 1845 to 1849. Bidwell 20. Stauffer 2908 II. Hart 590. Not in AAS Online. Unrecorded in OCLC. NB. OCLC 60634824 (LOC and Peabody Essex) is for a later adaptation replacing the U.S. Capitol with President Zachary Taylor, i.e., "when additional presidents joined the ranks, Smith updated his plate."… Read More

Kentfield, California: Mildred Sherrod Bissinger, (1972). 16 leaves. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Near fine. First edition. Limited to 100 copies printed by hand from hand-set Caslon type. Essay reflecting on French impressionist painter Edgar Degas' 1872 sojourn in New Orleans where his Creole mother was born. The frontispiece depicts the artist's oil painting A Cotton Office in New Orleans, the only work sold to a museum in his lifetime.

East Orange, New Jersey: Burnet Press, 1904. 25 pages + back matter; unused, to write notes or further recipes. First edition Heavily worn original green wrappers; complete; fair only. Cakes, desserts, pies and ices. Recipes for all are found within this unrecorded and rare New Jersey cookbook. The names of each recipe-provider is stated.

[New York, c.1880s?]. [1]p. Small Broadside or Handbill. Approx. 8½ x 5½ inches. Orange paper. Pale stain, very good. Advertising handbill touting the quality and health benefits of roasted coffees from the Union Coffee Co. of New York. "The Coffee roasted by the PATENT NEW PROCESS retains All the AROMA and strength, and in avoiding contact with fire and smoke, the Coffee is preserved in its purity and possesses a delicacy of flavor that is unknown to Coffee roasted in the common way by other manufacturers, all of whom roast their Coffee in perforated cylinders revolving over fires of coal, coke or natural gas....rendering it INJURIOUS To Health." Union Coffee Co. sold its specially prepared "Alaroma" and "Bunola" brand coffee beans in one pound packages: "These brands are self-clarifying, as each bean is hermetically sealed with the exact proportion of the beaten white of eggs and granulated sugar necessary to settle the Coffee." Stir your coffee with a sausage and you have a complete breakfast!

[Chicago]: A Playboy Press Book, (1976). 312pp. 8¼ x 5½ inches. Illustrated wrappers with pencil titling on spine. A very good copy. Uncorrected advance proof copy signed by Selby, Jr. on the title-page.

Denver: Entertainment Advertising Company, May 1959. [1]f. Six-panel, double-sided, fold-out brochure with integral map. 9½ x 4 inches, unfolding to approx. 19 x 24 inches. Half tones and other illustrations; ads. Printed in two colors. Near fine. Exuberant 1950s promotional brochure for the restaurants, supper clubs, cocktail bars and night clubs of Denver, Colorado. A pictorial, stylized map of Denver indicates the locations of the leading advertisers. Surrounding the map there are 23 delightful ads illustrated with great '50s graphics for such dining and entertainment venues as the "Back Door" cabaret (with singing waiters), the "Aeroplane Club," "Bastien's Restaurant," "George Manley's Steak House," "Andy's Smorgasbord," "The Playboy" cocktail lounge, and the "Santa Anita Lounge and Drive-Inn Restaurant." Also seen are two supper clubs-a concept first popularized in the 1930s and 1940s: "Taylor's Supper Club" and "The Beacon." This copy issued compliments of (in rubber stamp:) "Rabbit Ears Motel,… Read More

Berlin: Verlag von Karl Wiegandt, 1854. First Edition. [i]-vi, [7]-28, [4 (publisher's ads)]pp. Pamphlet. 8vo. Printed, green wrappers. Untrimmed and unopened. Text in German. Small 19th century sticker on upper wrapper. Some creasing and edge soiling to wrappers; Very Good. Rare German-language treatise on growing carrots; apparently, the author's experiences with processing carrots on a large scale. The author was the Director of the subsidiary association for rural landlords in the Randower District. OCLC records no copies in the U.S. Alternate title spelling: Der Mohrenbau im Grossen nach meinen neuesten Erfahrungen. OCLC: 257454757 (3 copies in Germany) and 66642902 (1 copy in The Netherlands).

New York: William Gowans, (1843) 1862. "A New Edition with an Introduction and Copious Historical Notes." 127pp. 8vo. Complete gathered quires, never sewn or bound; partly unopened, fore-edge untrimmed. With 6 plates of plans. Title-page with soil; toning and marginal losses to two leaves, not affecting text; very pale violet rubber stamp of old institution scattered throughout; Very Good. Published by antiquary and bookseller William Gowans, an 1862 edition of this late 17th century description of New York City and New York Province and its fortifications in Manhattan, Albany, and Schenectady etc., as witnessed by Rev. John Miller who lived in New York from 1693 to 1695 and "...was for a time chaplain to the troops in the fort, and sole Episcopal clergyman in the colony." (p[9]) With introduction and 29 pages of historical notes by American historian John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892), a native of New York City.  Printed by J. Munsell of Albany. See Howes M-610. Sabin 49026: "Contains some curious… Read More

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1844. Fifth Edition. 8pp. 8vo. Removed; without wrappers. Scattered foxing; Very Good. Description of American painter Washington Allston's masterpiece, Belshazzar's Feast, a monumental 12 x 16-foot historical painting begun in 1817 and left unfinished at his death in 1843. The painting was posthumously exhibited at Boston's Corinthian Gallery. The description is accompanied by the complete Biblical text that inspired the painting (Daniel 5: 1-31) and an account of the painting's restoration. The "Fifth Edition" statement is likely spurious.