Search Results: Authors starting with D from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/Fine. Joseph Schindelman. 4to, golden laminated pictorial boards cloth with cartoon figures of children carrying food on platters above their heads, profusely illustrated with pictures by Quentin Blake, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating dj art by Blake, purple endpapers, 61 pages. Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) was a British best-selling novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and WW-II fighter pilot. One of the world's best storytellers, he wrote several much-loved stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (& Sequels), Matilda, The BFG, and The Witches. CONDITION: Cloth is clean, tight, & bright. The bright unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Joseph Schindelman is superior / Fine (with traces of wear to its extremities).

New York: George Braziller, 1971. LIMITED EDITION: First Printing #68 / 250 copies. Cloth. Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on preliminary Limitation Page, 8vo, off-white linen cloth with pale gold lettering on spine, mylar-protective sleeve, Index, powder bliue endpapers, [x] + 312 pages. Blue-gray slipcase. SUPERIOR CONDITION internally and externally. The book is tight and immaculate. The slipcase is solid, clean, with minute traces of wear.<br /> <br /> Edward Dahlberg (1900 - 1977) was an American novelist, essayist and autobiographer. After losing an eye during World War I, Dahlberg joined American expats in Paris during the 20's when he knew everyone of importance: Joyce, Beckett, O'Casey, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Pound, Yeats, D.H. Lawrence and others. <br /> <br /> After relocating to New York's Greenich Village, Dahlberg became a member of the Stieglitz Group and emersed himself in literary classics. Do These Bones Live (1941) a series… Read More

Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books / National Textbook Company, 1988. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Alisa Mueller Burkey. 8vo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, illustrated with 15 B&W maps for walking by Alisa Mueller Burkey, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket set in an English village with Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson investigating behind Agatha Christie, map endpapers, xv + 416 pages. Tight, bright, unmarked copy in a Superior dust jacket! (See also the authors' Walking Guide to London.).

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1944. A Newcomen Address. Wrappers. Fine/None. Paul Revere. 2 volumes, 8vos, beige stapled pamphlets with lettering on both sides & interiors of wrappers, color frontispiece tipped in of Copley portrait of PR & glossy B&W tailpiece tipped in of Revere silverware plus several in-text B&W small repros of things associated with Paul Revere, 52 & 12 pages. UNCOMMON: The larger 52-page pamphlet provides an interesting, brief illustrated overview of this great and talented American. The Suppplement extolls Revere as a model American with ties to England during a dangerous period of World War II. SUPERIOR CONDITION with small pen numbers identifying series numbers "92" & "93" in upper left corners of each pamphlet.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by "Ted [Coles?"--the Dedicatee?}--to "Peg," 8vo, blue boards with gold spine lettering, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with depictions of a dress, buildings and mountains, ix + [iii] + 305 pages. Exceptional Condition! We are unable to verify who "Ted" is, but his use of the dedicatory words suggests that he may be Ted Coles.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author with a tulip sketch on the chapter half title, 8vo, ivory cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket of a quilt with picture of a country shack, [x] + 246 pages. Fourth novel by the acclaimed author of The Persian Pickle Club. "A colorful exploration of Depression-era Kansas and the meaning of friendship"--New York Times Book Review. SIGNED & in Exceptional Condition!

New York, N.Y.: A Tom Doherty Associates book / Forge, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with white lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a human shadow cast over a gritty "Chicago...Police" emblem designed by Robert Santana, 336 pages. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED COPY: Tight, bright, very clean in comparable dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Stars Deputy Chief of Detectives Polly Kelly works to solve the kidnapping of a child.<br /> <br /> Barbara D'Amato(born 1938) is an American mystery author and winner of the Agatha and Anthony Award. She also features in Great Women Mystery Writers.

Chicago, Illinois: The Noble Press, Inc, 1992. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Photos. 8vo, tan quarter buckram with red spine lettering over off-white boards, illustrated with 4pp. of B&W glossy photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), xii + 319 pages. Barbara D'Amato (born 1938) is an American mystery author and winner of the Agatha and Anthony Award. She also features in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007). The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery is one of her non-fiction studies.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR FINE+ COPY! Tight, bright, immaculate copy in comparable unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

1842. Very Good. 8vo, 25 x 14.5cm, handcolored copper plate engraving from Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indian. Though some plates were colored in early editions of Catlin's famous study of North American Indians in 1842, the fresh color and later date of this example suggests that it was colored at a later date. 1848?? [Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.].

Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Son, Inc, 2005. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. maps. 8vo, brown boards with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with an Atlas consisting of 5 maps, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) by Corbis, xiv + 322 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in comparable sharp dust jacket. Rome's Fourteenth Legion, LEGIO XIV G M V [Gemina Martia Victrix, "Twinned Martial and Victorious"] was raised from defeat after being wiped out by an ambush in Gaul when led by none other than the great Julius Caesar. Thereafter, after being "raised" again (i.e., reconstituted), the legion was honored by receiving the cognomen Martia Victrix (martial and victorious) for their outstanding service in the Pannonian War c. AD 9. Under Germanicus, they retaliated against Arminius and the Germans who had destroyed 3 of Caesar Augustus's legions in the Teutoberg Forest. Never resting for… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Author Photos. Quarto (9 1/2" x 7 1/2"), black 1/8th cloth with gold lettering over pale green boards, illustrated with 8 glossy pages of color photos, contains several tables, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with inset panel of an alternative garden within a natural garden, speckled light beige endpapers, xv, [xvi] + 223 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 7.7 oz. Stevie Daniels is an American journalist and former executive editor of Organic Gardening magazine and now a freelance writer specializing in natural gardening and environmental issues. <br/> <br/> Virtually As New copy: tight, bright, clean with comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.

Heidelberg: Julius Groos, 1918. First Edition-: text in German facing Italian. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Near Fine/None. 7 Tables (1 being a map). Tall 8vo, red leather with gilt stamping, illustrated with 7 B&W engravings (e.g., 1 foldout printed both sides with diagrams [circles of the Inferno; stages of Purgatorio; orbits of Paradise]; 1 double-spread), 1 plate) & 1 map of N.. Central Italy ; xvii, [xviii-xx], 640 pages--German text & commentary with Dante's Italian facing German translations, finely printed on onionskin/India paper. Weight: 15.3 oz. An attractive leather-bound, lightly illustrated, scholarly edition of Dante's Divine Comedy in German with facing Italian poetry, plus learned commentaries. Slight wrinkling to the title page, else clean, bright, solid text throughout! Not Ex Library. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Leonardo Olschki (1885-1961) was a literary scholar and expert in matters italian Romanist, Italianist,… Read More

London: Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Good. B&W Photos. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/2"), green cloth with gilt lettering on title lable, Foreword by Sir George Cunningham; illustrated with many photos of early British men & women golfers (mainly B&W though frontispiece and a few in colour) , equipment, technique & swings, and a few early course layouts (including a folding map of the Old Course of St. Andrews), lengthy Appendices summarize early tournaments, Index, xv, [xvi] + 312 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 10 1/2 oz. UNCOMMON: SUPERIOR CONTENT! Cloth has reasonably firm text block though hinges show webbing and the hefty volume is well used and shaken; considerable wear (scuffing, moderate soil, corners showing cardboard); plates are clean and unfoxed (very few with clean edge-nicks), well illustrated with many B&W photos of notable early golfers, informative text, folding map of Old St. Andrews. Ex Library with spine lettering, plate of Public… Read More

London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles c/o The British Museum, 1961. First Edition. blue boards. Very Good +. 6 plates. 8vo, blue boards, edited by P. J. Wanstall, illustrated with 6 plates, 140 pages. Previous owner's stamp on ffe; slight mottling and rubbing to boards; internally clean and tight. Contains seven essays: one notably by Nora Barlow on "Darwin as Botanist."

New York: Blue Rider Press / Penguin Group, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. As New/Slipcase: Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, tan quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards with "SD" on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with cooored sketches of a lioness and antelope, [viii] + 258 pages. Slipcase in black cloth with white lettering over cardboard. Stephen Dau is an American-Belgian writer.<br/> <br/> His debut novel is The Book of Jonas published in 2012, which was a finalist for the First Novelist Award and was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and The Wall Street Journal. The book takes its name from the Book of Jonah of the Hebrew Bible and features themes of war and its effect on others.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL OVERALL CONDITION! No previous owner or remainder marks.

Boston: William F. Gill & Co, 1875. First edition by Gill & Co.; Second American Edition (after Fuller). Decorative Cloth. Good/None. 16mo (6 7/8" x 4 3/4"), reddish brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt lettering to spine and more elaborate gilt title and blindstamping on front cover, dark green-coated endpapers, i-iv, [5]-128 pages. A scarce, somewhat philosophical--though amusing--hunting fantasy by Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897). <br/><br/>After fledgling starts in poetry, the drama, and journalism, Daudet achieved considerable success with humorous Tartarin de Tarascon (1872), which he followed up with Tartarin sur les Alpes, and Port-Tarascon. Thenceforth, he became a moderately successful French man of letters who devoted himself mainly to writing novels. He was also a friend of Mallarmé for whom Daudet contributed some short pieces to La deniere mode.<br/><br/> The first American edition of this book was published by H. B. Fuller, also… Read More

Detroit: E. B. Smith & Co, 1876. First Edition. blue pictorial cloth. Very Good +. 2 photographs. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"), blue blind-&-gilt stamped decorated cloth, frontispiece illustration is a photogravure of a painting of the author's warship & another illustration of a second ship, 253 pages. Scarce title especially in this bright condition. Cover rubbed and a bit bumped at corners but attractive gilt ship remains bright. Olive green endpaper, hinges, & pastedowns in excellent condition. Excellent content on significant naval operations during the American Civil War.

London: The Nephyrite Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black cloth with bold gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar protected pictorial sepia dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Abraham & Isaac [?], 220 pages. John Davey is Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at West London University and a theatre director. He has written Misère: A Ghost Story; The Hole: A Teen Fable; Michael Moorcock: A Reader's Guide; and BLOOD AND SOULS. This last volume is a Faustian/Satanic tale involving the trials of a woman who is dangerously tempted. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, black cloth with scarlet lettering on spine, frontispiece B&W map of Whitechapel district in London, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 294 pages. "A masterly storyteller"--Bernard Cornwell Well researched and written historical novel on the Whitechapel murders in London by Jack-the-Ripper (aka "Teddy Collar & Cuffs"?). SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally! Small bump to the top of the front cover.

Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1993. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Quarto (9 3/4" x 7" x 1 1/2"), orange cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with several in-text diagrams, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with oil painting by Cranach of The Old & New Testament, x + 404 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 3.6 oz. Prof. Ole Davidsen, Magister artium (mag.art) in Religious Studies, Aarhus University 1980 - Doctor Theologiae (dr.theol), Aarhus University 1993 - Professor at Aarhus University until retirement in 2015. <br /> <br /> The good professor here examines the Gospel of Mark using a remarkable and very uncommon semio-literary analysis. <br /> <br /> FINE COPY in all respects: tight, bright, clean copy with spotless pages and diagrams.