Search Results: Authors starting with D from Resource Books, LLC

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First edition, 1996. Maroon hardcover with dustjacket. Very good with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a vaded spine but is otherwise about fine with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxonii [Oxford]: E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Clarendon Press], 1977. In Latin. Oxford Classical Texts series, 1977 printing. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, printed dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, uniformly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a slightly sunned but readily legible spine, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Cultrix, 1966. In Portuguese. First edition, 1966. A few pages of text followed by full page illustrations in black and white. White hardcover, no dustjacket. 13 inches tall. Veyr light shelf soil to the white background, otherwise about fine condition, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

Salem [Massachusetts]: John Dabney, 1796. First edition, 1796. Scarce. Advice for late 18th century farmers on a variety of subject including: the character of a farmer, importance of manure, labor, exchanging work, nurseries, orchards, cyder, keeping a day-book, contracting debts, clothing and diet, engaging in lawsuits, good neighbourhood, and education. The appendix is an alphabetical collection of advice on a wide variety of practical farming subjects. 20th century tan leather binding in smooth calf with gilt spine lettering, renewed endpapers, 6.5" tall, 64 pages plus errata page. Covers very good with little wear, text block sound, lower and outer margins trimmed quite closely but without loss of text, page age-toned throughout with some slightly darker dampstaining to the upper corner throughout, text readily legible, name of Prosper Rudd on title page, no other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Norwich, Connecticut: Russell Hubbard, 1818. A very worn copy from 1818 with page 71/72 absent. Full calf, 240 pages. Badly worn, with corners of the entire book, covers and pages, rounded, covers badly chipped, endpapers absent, pastedowns used for penmanship practice, binding badly shaken with many loosened pages, margin chipping, no significant chips or tears affecting text. Reading copy.. Stereotype Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hartford, CT: Hudson & Goodwin, 1813. Fifth edition. Undated, ca. 1813. Popular mathematics text in full marbled calf, gilt ruled spine, 228 pages. Some cover wear, binding sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean with some moderate foxing, name on front free endpaper, name of Hezekiah Davis on preliminary blank with a date of 1813, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1895. Title pages dated 1895. Attractive two volume set in bright red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 588 + 548 pages plus publisher's ads. Very good condition with a touch of edge rubbing and light shelf soil, gilt lettering on spine just a little less bright than the front cover lettering, good hinges, firm text blocks, lightly age toned but very clean pages, name neatly written on the preliminary blank of each volume, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Board of Trade, 1900. Undated, ca. 1900. Promotional booklet for the City of Pasadena illustrated in black and white. Softcover, about 9.25 inches tall, 16 pages plus covers. Covers soiled and foxed, binding sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Burlington, VT: Diamond Dyes - Wells, Richardson & Co., 1900. Undated, c.1900. Illustrated with fifty engravings showing various household crafts. Softcover, 28 pages. Some age-toning, inner margin near stapled center page darkened, name at top of front cover, clean and otherwise unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mystic, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, 1988. Green hardcover with map endpapers, fine condition in fine, mylar-protected dustjacket.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, CT: Hudson & Goodwin, 1805. First edition, 1805. Softcover pamphlet that has been bound gray hardcoverw with black cloth spine, 20 pages. Some soil to the covers, pamphlet very good with short cloed tear to the top edge of the title page, light foxing, name stamp to top of front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928. First edition [1928] of this hard-to-find introduction to larger animals, mainly mammals. Light blue-gray hardcover with lettering and animal silhouettes in dark blue, red cloth spine, 48 pages, red dustjacket printed in black. Light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some shelf soil and edge chipping, mainly at the top edge of the front panel, smaller chips to the bottom of the rear panel, several closed tears, about one to two percent paper loss overall. Includes a full-page woodcut design plus description of each of the following animals: elephant, tapir, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wild boar, camel, llama, giraffe, okapi, elk, red deer, nilgai, ibex, yak, American bison, zebra, kangaroo, lion, sea lion, wolf. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Connecticut: Self-published, 1930. Undated, ca. 1930. Softcover booklet of poetry, most likely self-published with an acknowledgment to the Hartford Times and Hartford Courant concerning reprinting ot the poems. Very good condition with a little rust to the binding staples, pages clean with a gift notation (from Lee, possibly the author) on the acknowledgment page, no other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Stockholm, Sweden: Natur Och Kultur, 1929. Hardcover copy of a softcover edition, with the original covers bound in. In Swedish. Published 1929. Decorative hardcover with gilt bird of prey on front cover, green cloth spine, gilt-lettered dark green spine label, 181 pages. Some age-toning and rubbing to the batik-style covers, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Second state of the first edition, 1961, with the four line colophon and no ISBN on either book or dustjacket. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus peach. Vivid peach colored cloth, green endpapers, 119 pages plus colophon, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some minor uneven fading to the covers and very light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.95] and has considerable scuffing ans spotting, very minor chipping to the extremities, tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The John Day Company, 1934. First edition of this gritty pre-World War II novel dealing with Nazism in the United States and the encroaching of German Fascism on the lives of the German people, particularly the Jewish minority. Black cloth with spine printed in gilt and light green, 242 pages, dustjacket. Cover edges faded at the far outer areas, foxing to outer edges of text block, good hinges, sound text block, age-toning to endpapers, name and September 1934 date written in ink on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped (2.00) and is evenly age-toned with a slightly darker spine, small paint drip at center of spine, light shelf soil, light edgewear, three chips of less than 1/8 at spine head, no other chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1933. First edition, 1933. Illustrated with 32 black and white plates from photographs, plus a double page map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 304 pages. Rubthrough at corners and chipping to spine ends, author name on spine partially dulled, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with only occasional very light foxing to the text pages (plates not affected), a bit heavier foxing to preliminary blank and half-title, red Asian style square stamp with the name Parrette on half-title, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Second edition, 1974. Black and white patterned cloth with matching dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, name stamp at upper corner of front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [9.75] and is good with some shelfwear, short closed tears, very little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1926. First edition [1926]. Illustrated in black and white plus color folding map of the state at rear. Green cloth, 162 pages. Light rubbing to extremities, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned endpapers, name and date neatly written (adult handwriting) in black crayon on front free endpaper, pages clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. Stated first edition, with review slip laid in loosely at the front. Written by the French Premier, the book is not as much a defense of France as it is of the Premier's political power in a Europe at the brink of total chaos. Bright blue cloth, color printed dustjacket. Some rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned endpapers with a name [R.H. Phelps] and 1939 date, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is foxed and age-toned, spine faded, light edgewear, a few very tiny edge chips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.