Search Results: Authors starting with D from Flamingo Books

D. W. Friesen Sons, Limited, 1994-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1984 first edition Swan Hills Historical Society (Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada), 9 x 11 1/4 inches tall green faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), silver design and lettering to front cover and spine, map/pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, x, 366 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. OCLC (No. 35887166) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - one at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the other at the Canadian Archives in Ottawa. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~AA~ [4.0P] A history of Swan Hills, a town in Alberta, Canada, in Big Lakes County, 80 km (50 mi) north of Whitecourt and 62 km (39 mi) northwest of Fort Assiniboine, at the junction of Highway 32 and Grizzly… Read More

Baltimore, the John Hopkins Press, 1932-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1932 The John Hopkins Press (Baltimore), paperbound in brown paper wraps that have been taped around edges and spine, xii, 208 pp. Tears to cover at corner bottom. Prior owner's name to cover. Page edges untrimmed, with some chipping and slight age-toning to edges. Otherwise, a clean, bright and unmarked copy. ~~I~~ (P)

Liberia Salesiana Editrice, 1919-01-01. Paperback. Good. In Italian. 1919 first thus Liberia Salesiana Editrice (Faenza, Italy), 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches tall paperbound in green printed wraps, duotone frontispiece of Christ, 186 pp. Signed at the top of the translator's preface, presumably by Giulio Albera. A handful of pages with pencil underlining, and one page noted with a pencil marginal notation. Paper age-toned. Otherwise, a very good copy of an extremely scarce Italian translation of Thomas a Kempis' devotional work, 'Soliloquy of the Soul.' Quite scarce; OCLC records no copies worldwide. Thomas a Kempis (circa 1380-1471) was an Augustinian monk, priest, copyist and scholar, and the most probable author of 'The Imitation of Christ,' one of the best known Christian devotional works, among many other published writings. He spent most of his long life at Mount Saint Agnes monastery, in the town of Windesheim, located in what is now the Netherlands. He wrote these works for… Read More

VDM Verlag Dr. M, 2009-11-26. Paperback. Very Good. 2009 VDM Verlag Dr. Muller (Saarbrucken, Germany), 6 x 9 inches tall paperback, illustrated with charts, 250 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP05~ [1.5P] It has been accepted that language is more than a simple system of rules. Language is now generally seen as a dynamic resource for the creation of meaning. In 2007, the first Iranian national curriculum for teaching foreign languages was being developed by a team who was working under the supervision of the Ministry of Education based on CLT. Considering the extent of compatibility of the curriculum with CLT was felt to be important in evaluating the degree of success in achieving the goals of CLT. There were also efforts taken into consideration in order to consider the ELT in Iran from other perspectives. To do so, since the current programme and textbooks had been designed prior to introducing the new curriculum;… Read More

Medina Publishing, 2013. hardcover. Very Good. 9x0x13. 2013 Medina Publishing Ltd. (Surbiton, England), oblong 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches tall brown cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, color photograph to front cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with color photographs, unpaginated. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight staining to title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Uncommon. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP32~ [3.5P] British photographer Tariq Dajani here presents a series of beautifully observed and mastered photographs. These poetic portraits contain an elusive quality that draws the eye in, as he attempts to penetrate further into the nature and personalities of his subjects. The tradition of Arabian horses in Jordan and their power, grace, and elegance paired with the millennia-old Bedouin history: all this is… Read More

Thomas Aquinas Daly, 1998-09-30. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x10x0. 1998 signed first edition, Thomas A. Daly Studio (Arcade, New York), oblong 11 1/2 x 10 inches tall green buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, grey endpapers, copiously illustrated with color reproductions of artwork, 152 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Nicely signed by the artist on the half title page. A couple of very light red marks to contents page. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~YY~ [3.5P] Thomas Aquinas Daly paints what he knows, and the result is a collection of poetic landscape and still life paintings that embody a unique fidelity to the enduring themes of land and nature. With a… Read More

Yale University Press, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1981 first edition, Yale University Press (New Haven, Connecticut), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall yellow cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, blue lettering to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, ix, [3], 355 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers and mild bumping to tips. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a mildly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP24~ [2.5P] Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896), Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multi-volumed diary. This book is made up of a critical biography, interlaced with extracts from the diary, and Robert Danly's translations of nine representative stories.

Edward Arnold and Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. 1947 first edition, Edward Arnold and Co. (London), 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches tall green and tan cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, dark green lettering to front cover and spine, 184 pp. Very slight soiling and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly soiled and chipped dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP23~ [1.0P] Marcus Paul Dare (1902-1962) was an antiquarian, writer, and genuine student of the occult. 'These tales are fiction and yet not fiction,' Dare wrote in the introduction to this, his only collection of ghost stories, in its 1947 first edition issue, his last published work. 'They are all founded upon actual experiences of the author in the realms of the uncanny.' Dare is a uniquely original voice, and his stories are like no others: some set out to chill the… Read More

Paris: L. Curmer, editeur, 1856-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. In French. 1856 first edition thus L. Curmer, Editeur (Paris), 6 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches tall full embossed leather gilt-ruled 'cathedral binding,' gilt decoration and gilt-lettered red leather labels to spine, all page edges gilt, green marbled endpapers, extra engraved chromolithograph (pink, red and blue) title page, text framed by elaborate engraved border, ten full-page engravings by renowned French artist Tony Johannot (1803-1852), viii, 454 pp. Covers rubbed and edgeworn, with cracking to the leather top the top two inches and bottom 1/2-inch of the front hinge and 1/2-inch to top of rear hinge. Front board has a bit of looseness, but holds firmly. Bookplate of German-Austrian book publisher and distributor Gottlieb Haase Sohne to front pastedown. Light foxing to front and rear prelims, including title pages and first full-page engraving. The rest of the volume has only traces of marginal foxing. A couple of the full-page… Read More

Eakin Pr, 1981-01-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 1981 signed and inscribed first edition, Eakin Press (Burnet, Texas), 6 x 8 7/8 inches tall x2 inches thick brown faux leather hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, index, xi, 498 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Very slight foxing to page edges. Nicely signed and personally inscribed ('Thanks for your help on this') by the author, Sue Daughin, on the blank front free-endpaper, which has just a smidgen of chipped to the upper tip. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in an only very slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~G~ [3.0P] There was, at the close of 1980, an explosion in progress in the Houston theatre. Dramatic activity at all levels was widespread and increasing. There were more than 50 functioning theatres in the… Read More

M.D. Japheth / Mody's Diamond Printing Works, 1940. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. 1940 inscribed and signed second edition, M.D. Japheth / Mody's Diamond Printing Works (Bombay, India), 5 x 7 3/8 inches tall pale green hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, blue lettering to front cover, [7], 87 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. 1 1/2 inch edge chip to the bottom edge of the blank front free-endpaper, which is inscribed and signed by the author, Maurice David Japheth (1913-1976). Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a moderately creased, soiled and edgeworn dust jacket which has a half-inch chip to the lower edge of the front cover but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. A scarce work, especially rare signed. ~F~ [1.0P] 'One of the most brilliant analytical surveys of Gandhism yet penned.' - Sunday Times of India. M.D. Japheth was the editor of a Jewish monthly publication in… Read More

Genealogy Publishing Service, 2012-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2012 Genealogy Publishing Service (Franklin, North Carolina), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall brown faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, index, xii, 284, 16, ii, 154, 16, ii, 63, 5, ii, 8, 4, 1, 13, 5, 1, 2, 1, 8 pp. (599 pages total.) Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to the upper edge of the rear cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce and comprehensive genealogy. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP17~ [5.0P] Looks at the ancestry of, and traces the descendants of, scions of three interconnected central Virginia families - Miller, Rhodes and Poindexter. The treatment of the Miller family, which is about half of this volume, gives a lot of attention to the surnames Vaughan,… Read More

The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Acceptable. 2014 third edition, The Bureau of National Affairs (Arlington, Virginia), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall wire spiral bound paperback in tan printed covers, mixed pagination. Former corporation library copy, with lined-out received stamp and label with call number to front cover. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with moderate creasing and tearing along spine. Slight creasing to the title page and a couple of other pages within. Despite these detractions, still an excellent reading / reference copy of this authoritative, up-to-date corporate legal reference, offered at a bargain price. This 2001 third edition updated through 2014. ~DD~ Analyzes the antitrust and trade regulation laws of the United States, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and the principal nations of Western Europe as they apply to international marketing and distribution. Several types of business practices may have antitrust consequences affecting whether certain business activities… Read More

Agrinde Publications : distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1978 signed and inscribed first edition, Agrinde Publications (New York), 11 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, brown paper-covered boards over beige cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with mostly full-page or two-page renderings of Davidson's photography, 167 pp. Inconsequential rubbing and edgewear to covers. Nicely inscribed, dated and signed on the half title page by the artist, Bruce Davidson (b. 1933). Otherwise, a near fine book - clean, bright and unmarked - in a dust jacket with slight marginal/spine age toning but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP38~ [3.5P] The first major survey of the compelling photo essays of noted Magnum member Bruce Davidson,… Read More

The New Press, 2003. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. 2003 signed first edition, New Press (New York), 6 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, yellow cloth over aqua paper-covered spine, gilt lettering to spine, aqua endpapers, [12], 404 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Nicely signed by authors Mike Davis and Jim Miller and photographer Fred Lonidier on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP28~ [2.5P] A history of class and power in San Diego, an anti-tourist guide that debunks the sunshine myth for locals and visitors alike. 'Let's just say there was good liaison between city government and business.' - Ex-mayor of San Diego, Frank Curran, on the 1960s. For fourteen million tourists each year, San Diego is the fun place in the sun that never breaks your heart. But… Read More

The Lummi Island Conservancy, 2005. spiral_bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2005 second edition, The Lummi Island Conservancy (Lummi Island, Washington), 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches tall spiral bound in color printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Meredith Moench, vi, 142 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and uinmarked - of this rare local natural history. OCLC (No. 1322230839) locates only two copies at collections worldwide. ~ZZ~ [1.5P] Written by local residents, a collection of essays about the natural riches of Lummi Island, which lies at the southwest corner of Whatcom County, Washington, between the mainland part of the county and offshore San Juan County. The essays originally appeared as a series in The Tome, the island newsletter, under the heading Isleward, a project of the Lummi Island Conservancy, which began as a working group for the protection of peregrine falcon habitat on Lummi Mountain.… Read More

dPress, 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2003 signed and inscribed first edition dPress (Sebastopol, Ukraine / Russia), 6 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in full color printed covers, 37 pp. Very slight rubbing and moderate edgewear to covers, with very slight creasing to the fore edge of the rear cover. On the blank verso of the front cover, nicely signed by the author, renowned Buddhist teacher Kunga Dawa, also known as Richard Arthure (1940-2018), with a small ink illustration and inscription to the prior owner, noted composer, pianist and vocalist Ryoko Amadee Goguen (1957-2017). Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Rare, especially signed. OCLC (No. 439864923) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at the University of California Davis. ~OOO~ [1.0P] Poet and Buddhist teacher Kunga Dawa (1940-2018), also known as Richard Arthure, met the pioneering Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in England in 1966 and served as his private secretary… Read More

Day. Good. 1963 first edition, Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications (Denver, New York), 8 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches tall stapled paperbound in brown printed covers, 34 pp. Moderate soiling, staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Copy number (64) in ink to tite page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce bibliography. ~HHH~ Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.

Grafica E Arte, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. In English and Italian. 1999 Grafica & Arte (Bergamo, Italy), 11 3/4 x 9 inches tall black cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket and pictorial slipcase, gilt-embossed lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated throughout in full color, 200 pp. A very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly stained and edgeworn dust jacket, housed in a moderately rubbed and edgeworn slipcase. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP24~ Sumptuous images by renowned Italian photographer Mario De Biasi (1923-2013), who was the recipient of numerous awards, including in 2003 Milan's highest award, the l'Ambrogino d'Oro, saying that De Biasi's images 'provide a key to understanding to City of Milan.

Wayward Press. Good. 1969 The Wayward Press (Tokyo, Japan), 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches tall trade paperback, illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Tadahito Nadamoto, 167 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~F~ [1.5P] This lively book by Boye De Mente gives a racy rundown on the honorable history of mistress-keeping in Japan and its present flourishing state among the Japanese, with attention as well to the mistress-keeping foreigner in Japan.