Search Results: Authors starting with D from Carpetbagger Books, IOBA

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), toned and with a crease at the front flap. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, orange top stain, front hinge a bit over-opened, clean internally. A collection of four long stories from the famed novelist and children's author.

New York: The Fine Editions Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by David Morton. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($1.50). Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight backward lean, clean internally. The first published selection of Dakin's poetry.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), faded at the spine, rubbed and with a few small closed tears at the spine. Yellow buckram, bumped at the top edge, blue ink on the spine and front board. Square, bound with light reading wear, clean internally. Adapted into the 1930 Alfred Hitchcock film Murder and the 1931 Alfred Hitchcock film Mary.

Centre National du Livre, 2020. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed at the edges. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally.

[n.p.]: Will H. Johnston, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. Blue cloth, rubbed at the edges. Square, front hinge a bit weak, firmly bound otherwise, a few instances of light pencil marginalia. Daniels's biography published in the wake of Wilson's death.

London: John Murray, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First issue of Volume I, second issue of Volume II. Complete in two volumes. Good. Green cloth, generally rubbed and soiled at the surface and edges. Both volumes bound with forward leans, hinges reinforced, chipped half-title of Volume I restored with paper backing, foxing throughout. Darwin's influential work that furthers his theories about evolution and natural selection. In fact, the first issue of this book features Darwin's first use of "evolution.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed, a few faint creases down the spine. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the edges, clean internally. A practical guide in how to "find strength, clarity, and wisdom for those times when we are called on to care for one another.

Dallas: Benbella Books, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work of media criticism that allows readers to "revisit the worlds of Joss Whedon with trained psychologists" at their side.

New York: Viking Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95), faded at the spine. Quarter black cloth with purple paper on the boards, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Davies novel about Hulda Schnakenburg and her task to complete the score to an unfinished opera by Hoffmann.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($30.00). Quarter black buckram with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Davis's comprehensive history of slavery, winner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.

Barrytown: Station Hill, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Davis on the title page. Very Good. Wraps generally toned and soiled, faintly rubbed at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Davis's story about "the doomed dreamer," favorably compared to the writing of Samuel Beckett.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Davis on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($21.00). Quarter yellow paper with cream paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Davis's stories, " a richly inventive array of playful philosophical investigations, involuted domestic disputes, and fables of the dark fantastic.

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by George Gibbs. Fine in a Very Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean and a gilt top edge, clean internally. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine in a Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. Davis's account of his time covering various wars, including the Cuban-Spanish War, Greek-Turkish War, Spanish-American War, South African War, and Japanese-Russian War. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine in a Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, rubbed at the surface and edges, a few chips and tears. Brown buckram with blue ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Richard Harding Davis's biography of the boyhood and youth of Winston Churchill.

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in an about Very Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.00), heavily rubbed and toned, a few chips and tape repairs at the edges. Blue buckram with white ink panels and red ink lettering, rubbing to the spine panel. Square and firmly bound, lightly toned at the endpapers, folded at the half-title, clean otherwise. An account of World War I, including details on "the bombardment and destruction of Arras, the mud trenches of Artois, the zigzag chalk trenches of Champagne, the fighting in Argonne, the rapid recovery of France after her invasion, the retreat of the Allies in Serbia, the landing of reinforcements at Salonika, etc.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($27.00), lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Black paper on the boards, a few faint white spots on the front board, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some folded pages, clean otherwise. Dawkins's best-selling and controversial work in which he "asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.