Search Results: Authors starting with D from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Plymouth, WI: Plymouth Historical Society, 1992. Reprint of these brief historical sketches of the railroads of this Wisconsin county, north of Milwaukee. First published in 1973, this 1992 reprint was done as a memorial to its author, long active in local history. Stapled pamphlet, grey covers, black titling. Light wear. Text clean; 24 pages, b/w photos and illustrations. . Reprint. Staple Bound Pamphlet. Very Good. 5½" by 8½".

London: Chatto & Windus, 1967 Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. Top & bottom of spine bumped; front corners of cover bumped & corners of first 30 pages slightly bent. INSCRIBED by author..

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987. 10 essays; proceedings of an IMA workshop in 1984-5. Tan hardcover, brown titling. No jacket, as issued. Light general wear, corners rubbed, minor scuffing. Text clean; [12], 195 pages, notes, figures, equations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 9½".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Dahl's first book for children, fantastically illustrated by Burkert; basis of the 1996 film. An early printing, but not the scarce first. Dating this book precisely is difficult: most copies listed are much later printings, though called 'first edition, second state' even by dealers who should know better - see note at the end of this listing. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling, blind-stamped decoration, yellow top edge, green endsheets; four-line production note on the last page; first state jacket with $3.95 price on flap, no ISBN on rear panel; no mention of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which puts it between 1961-67. Light wear to book & jacket, minor edgewear, near fine. Text clean; [8], 119 pages + colophon; color & b/w illustrations. A remarkably nice example. PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The first state of this book has a five-line production note on the last page, naming Wolff as the binder, and including paper provider… Read More

Nykoping: , 1973 Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Large Quarto. Two volumes in slipcase. Slipcase worn, corners bumped. Swedish city history, in Swedish. 966 pages, half-tone plates, tables,charts, maps, index. Covers middle ages to 1915. Exhaustive..

Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Volumes 16, 17, & 17A in the Anchor Bible series, an interfaith translation, intended for a wide audience, readable yet scholarly, incorporating the (then) latest historical & linguistic knowledge. Dated 1966, 1968, 1970. Stated first editions (first printings), hardcovers in jacket, as pictured; seemingly unread, with only light wear to books, some tanning to the inner hinges; minor edgewear & some tanning, fading, & light scuffing to jackets. Laid in are a few pieces of the publisher's promtional material for subscribers. NOTE: from a smoker's house, though we discern little or no odor, but if you are sensitive to the smell of old smoke, this will not be the set for you. FURTHER NOTE: A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this heavy set may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo. Set.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1948 Very Good/Good. Octavo. 240 pages with index. Blue cloth with red lettering. Tail of spine lightly bumped. One-inch tear and wrinkling on upper rear jacket. Text is clean and binding is tight..

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927 Fair/Poor. First Edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Red cloth with black lettering. Wear to head and tail of spine; top edge soiled and foxed; fore edge foxed; browned end sheets; sticker remnant on rear end sheet. Jacket badly torn, chipped, stained and rubbed. Text is clean and binding is tight..

Culver City, CA: The Pontine Press, 1975 Pamphlet. Very Good. Octavo. 24 pages. Includes laid-in flyer advertising the book. 75 clerihews about the stories in the Holmes Canon. Illustrated with reproductions of the Boguslavsky Turf Cigarette Cards of the 1930s that featured portraits of Holmesian characters. Browned along spine, otherwise fine..

Copenhagen/New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation/Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1967. Ballads, humorous songs, & romances of Denmark, including folkloric, religious, historical & mythical subjects. Lyrics only, no tunes. Green hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor chipping; large bookseller's price stamp on free endsheet. Text clean; [4], 303 pages; index, notes, a few woodcuts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Marcel Rasmussen. Octavo.

New York: Lyle Stuart, 1965. Memoir. Dale (born Aldo Sigismundi, renamed after Robin Hood's merry minstrel) intended to become a journalist but found success as a pop singer, briefly with his own TV show; here, he discusses his problems with the music industry and the difficulties of fame. INSCRIBED by Dale on the free endsheet: "To Stu -- Best wishes Alan Dale". Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners lightly bumped; jacket has a few short tears, small chips, creases, faded spine; a few leaves dog-eared, hint of cockling to some lower edges. Text clean, no names or marks apart from the author's inscription; 317 pages + colophon. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

New York/Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1969. Disaffected preist on vacation in mufti meets girl; fellow priests wrestle with civil rights & resistance to change. Stated first printing (first edition). Hardcover, red cloth over off-white boards, gilt & black titling. Light wear to book, one corner lightly bumped, minor crease to free endsheet; jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, front flap creased; some marginal ink brackets; 415 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hunting classic, on birds and techniques of British wetlands; including chapters on guns, dogs, clothing & kit, shore & small boat shooting, punts & punt guns. First American edition, from British sheets. Hardcover, full red cloth, silver titling. Light wear to book, spine faded, minor smudging; no jacket; bookplate inside front cover. Text clean; 254 pages; index, figures, b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2019. Scholarly monograph on the 2005 ban against women dancing in Bombay's bars & its effects on society there, and the motivations of the many groups for and against the ban. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, corners bumped. Text clean; ix, blank, 242 pages; bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Chicago journalist investigates lottery murder. First edition, first printing INSCRIBED "To Virginia Best Wishes" and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light wear to book & jacket, near fine.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1983. Scholarly monograph on the use of music in Jorge de Montemayor's 1559 pastoral novel Los siete libros de la Diana. Montemayor, born in Portugal, went to Spain to become a court singer, and was well-acquainted with the instruments & music in his novel; Damiani also discusses Montemayor's references to visual arts. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear to book, hint of fading. Text clean; [6], [115] pages + colophon; notes. Text in English, but quotes from the novel are in untranslated Spanish.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1993. 18 essays in honor of Bessinger, an important medievalist noted for his recorded performances of Anglo-Saxon poetry; seven of the essays involve Beowulf. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, possibly as issued. Contributor Anita R. Reidinger's copy, with her signature on the free endsheet. Light wear to book, minor mottling & bubbling to covers, light foxing to page edges. Text clean; xxix, blank, 437 pages; index, notes, bibliography of Bessinger's writings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Walker and Company, 2000. Sixth of the Dorothy Martin series, involving the death of Martin's American friend, necessitating a visit to Indiana. Laid in is the author's business card, lightly creased. First edition (first printing), INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, to Kate. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Walker and Company, 2001. Seventh of the Dorothy Martin series, involving an old case of her retired policeman husband, and a new one, both in Cornwall. First edition (first printing), INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "To Kate - good reading!" Light wear to book & jacket; near fine.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Walker and Company, 1999. Fifth of the Dorothy Martin series, involving skulduggery at a computer software concern. First edition (first printing), INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, to Kate. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.