Search Results: Authors starting with D from Magus Books

New York: Putnam, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The very scarce true U.S. first printing (stated on copyright page). Near-fine with neat ownership name written on blank page opposite title page, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket--$5.95 price intact--with a touch of wear at the spine ends and corners. An excellent copy. Von Daniken's controversial book theorizes that extraterrestrials impacted early human life and was the basis for a 1970 film.

Fleming H. Revell, 1899. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine in decorated boards with very slight shelf wear; interior clean and tight with faint embossed ownership impression at bottom of title page. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "Mr. Amos C. Hart, with compliments of the Author. Ouray, Colorado, Sept. 11/99." A beautiful signed copy.

New York: Scribners, 1932. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New edition (first published in 1904) with a new preface by Darrow. Near-fine with ownership stamp at bottom corner of flyleaf and slight sunning to spine, otherwise clean and tight. In a near-fine dust jacket--$2.00 price intact--with a touch of wear. An excellent copy.

Little Brown, 1991. 1st Edition . Fine in a fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. A beautiful signed copy.

New York: Modern Library, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Modern Library Edition stated on copyright page. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out with a couple of tiny spots to the maroon top stain. In a very good dust jacket with slight loss at the extremities. An attractive copy.

London: Geo. W. Jones, 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in original green cloth with some rubbing and fading near top of front board and to three small spots on rear board. Interior clean and tight with a touch of foxing to first few pages. 4to, with 78 pages inlcuding 25 beautiful color plates from photographs of old Chinese porcelain vases, figures, plates, etc. A magnificent catalog covering a wonderful collection of pieces from the Sung to the Kien-Lung periods (10th to 18th centuries).

Farrar, Straus, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near-fine with small rubbed spot on front board and very slight foxing to page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with minor rubbing to corners and light fading to spine. Variant dust jacket with completely different cover art than the jacket normally seen. Quite possibly part of a test run (as the $2.00 price is lower the $2.50 found on the standard jacket) or perhaps one of a small quantity issued in conjunction with the release of the film version (which also appeared in 1949). The well-known film stars Ray Milland, Jean Peters and Paul Douglas. Milland plays a college professor who is working on a scientific experiment when a baseball crashes through the window, spilling the fluids that his flasks and test tubes contain--the pooled fluids combine to form a chemical which then covers a large portion of the baseball. The professor soon discovers that the fluid,… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1876. 1st Edition . Very good in half-leather and marbled boards with some rubbing to extremities; binding firm. Interior bright and clean, with 236 illustrations by Gustave Doré. A very attractive copy of this scarce title.

Elms Publishing Company, 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near-fine set in original brown leather boards (showing virtually no wear) with gilt titles. Endpapers professionally replaced in Volume 2, otherwise clean and tight with the only flaw being very slight staining to the top edge of the flyleaf of Volume 1. A gorgeous set, very scarce.

Plaza Publishing Company, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with small bookseller label at bottom of rear pastedown, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($4.95 price intact) with some rubbing at the corners and spine ends. An excellent copy of this very scarce De Angeli title.

Lane S. Hart, 1881. 1st Edition . Very good plus in blue boards with slight rubbing at spine ends and corners; interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy of a scarce title.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket ($3.00 price intact) with minor wear at the spine ends and corners. A very attractive copy.

New England Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of the scarce New England Press edition, which follows the ultra-rare 1937 Stephen Daye Press edition. Fine--bright, clean and unread--in a very good plus dust jacket with slight rubbing. Features 156pp. with many black & white photos. The scarce autobiography of DeMar, who won the Boston Marathon seven times and was a member of three U.S. Olympic teams. A beautiful copy.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1941. 1st Edition . First state, 17.6 centimeters in height. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with a touch of wear at the corners. A beautiful copy of the second Arkham House book.

New York: Vixen Press, 1953. 1st Edition . Very rare risque golf mystery title. Near-fine with slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise bright and clean. In a very good plus dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with minor rubbing and a small letter written in ink on the reverse near the top of the spine (invisible from the exterior). "A sordid tale of love, deception, murder and golf. Hugh Alton, the (literally) cocky golf enthusiast and Oakcrest Country Club's most popular and powerful member, is found murdered. The list of suspects has Mike Barnett right at the top. Mike had embarrassed Hugh by besting him in a round on the links and by bedding Hugh's lovely wife, Marge. The autopsy reveals Hugh was hit with a four-iron and lo and behold Mike's four is missing. Mike isn't the only suspect though. The list also includes a young golf caddy and his girlfriend, the club sluts, and even the club board's president.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus/Very Good. First British edition of this rare Philip K. Dick title; there was no corresponding U.S. edition. Very good plus in clean purple boards with attractive bookplate (and small sticker ghost) on front pastedown. Two pages with slight corner crease, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear at corners and some spots of rubbing--mostly along edges of rear fold--and two closed edge tears. An attractive copy of one of the rarest of Dick's hardcover trade editions.

F. M. Lupton, 1889. First Thus . Very good in wraps with slight edgewear; interior clean and unmarked.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket--$4.95 price intact--with a touch of wear at the extremities. REVIEW COPY with Farrar, Straus & Giroux review slip laid in (extremely rare thus). A beautiful copy of Didion's scarce second book. In it she describes her experiences in California during the 1960s, most famously her impressions of the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco during the neighborhood's heyday as a countercultural center. In contrast to the more Utopian image of the milieu promoted by counterculture sympathizers of the day, Didion offers a rather grim portrayal of the goings-on.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-fine copy with a touch of rubbing to the bottom of the boards and faint erasure mark at top corner of flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) with minor rubbing to the spine ends and corners. SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the title page (rare thus). A beautiful signed copy of Didion's first book, suitable to give as a gift.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing of the first edition. Near-fine with lower two corners bumped, otherwise clean and tight. In a fine price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the title page. Includes the flier from the Barnes & Noble event in New York City where Didion signed the book in November 2011.