Search Results: Authors starting with D from SRG Antiquarian Books

The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers. An Illustrated History, Including the Temperance "blue laws" of the New England Colonies; the Liquor Laws of the States; A Sketch of the Various Temperance Organizations; Biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B Gough, Dr Jewett, etc., A Chapter on the Medical and Chemical Phases of the Movement; "The Crusades"; the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions; "Red Ribbon" reform under Dr Reynolds; the Evangelistic Temperance Work Under Messrs Moody, Sawyer, etc.; History of the Murphy Temperance Movement; with Thrilling experiences of Reformed and Converted Drunkards; with Over Twenty Portraits of the Chief Reforms, and Characteristic Selections from their Best Writings and Addresses. Edited by Rev W H Daniels, A. M. With an Introduction by Rev Theodore L Cuyler, D.D. Published by Subscription. New York, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and San Francisco: Phillips & Hunt. Hitchcock & Walden, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis. 1879 First Edition. Condition: Original with… Read More

Battles at Home, by Mary G Darling. Boston: Horace B Fuller. 1870 - First Edition. 329 pages, plus 6 pages ads "Popular Books"Publisher's Note: "Battles at Home has been the leading story in Merry's Museum during the year. Originally selected and commended by Miss Alcott, author of Little Women, it has proved to be the most popular young folks' serial of the season." Considered to be the first in the original "American Girl" series. Charming!Condition: This original hardcover first edition from 1870 is a real beauty, especially for its age. Binding is sound, pages are unmarked, unstamped, and we found no writing within. It does have fresh end pages which blend with text block. Gilt on front and spine is still good. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon. Translated from the French of Alphonse Daudet by Robert S. Minot. 1880 Translation"Entered at the Post Office as Second Class Material in 1884". Lovell's Library No. 478. New York: John W Lovell Company, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. "The original of this work is not pure fiction, but the exaggerated biography of a hero still living near Tarascon." [From the Prefatory Note]Condition: This original 1880 Translation of No. 478 of Lovell's Library has been carefully and professionally hardbound, retaining all of the original. In its appropriate and beautiful quarter binding, it is ready for its next lifetime. The original piece was classified by the post office in 1884 by the publisher. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Live and Services of Gen John A Logan as Soldier and Statesman. By George Francis Dawson, Ex-Librarian of the United States Senate, etc. Published by Subscription Only. Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Company, 1888, First Edition. Logan served in the Mexican American War and later as a general in the US Civil War. He was a member of the US House of Representatives and later a member of the US Senate. In 1884 he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President on the ticket with James Blaine. Condition: NOT a library book. Very good condition, with its impressed cover and firm binding. Clean interior. Re-backed with original spine piece as photographed. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do… Read More

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, and the Life of Daniel De Foe. London: For John Stockdale, 1804.
Volume 1: Advertisement, Directions to the binder for inserting the 17 Stothard engraved plates (including frontispiece and title pages of both volumes), 405 pages. (The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe)
Volume 2: 446 pages. (the Further Adventures and the Life of Daniel De Foe)
Classic story of 28 years in the life of a castaway on a remote island ... adventure ... mutineers ... cannibals, and eventual rescue.
Condition: NOT a Library book. Previous owner's name on the title page of each volume. Bound in original hald binding of leather and marbled covers and end pages. Foxed throughout. All original engravings (dated 1790). Complete. Firm binding. Marble page edges faded, corners worn as shown. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Pawnee Bill's True History of the Great West - Thirty Years among the Pawnee Indians. Pawnee Bill (Mayor Gordon W Lillie) his Experiences and Adventures on the Western Plains or From the Saddle of a "Cowboy and Ranger" to the Chair of a "Bank President" by J H De Wolff, Published by Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West Company 1902.
Condition: NOT a library book. Professionally re-backed with original boards ... bright, vibrant front and back covers. Interior is unblemished. Keep in mind that the interior paper remains fragile due to the marginal quality of the text block. But all is in pristine condition! Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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1948 - Flophouse An Authentic Undercover Study of Flophouses, Cage Hotels, Including Missions, Shelters and Institutions Serving Unattached (Homeless) Men. A Sociological Study that Includes English Origins of Mass Relief -- Samples of American Mass Relief and a Modern Investigation of Public and Private Policies in Chicago. New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company, 1948 First Edition.Signed by author ( see photograph )"In the role of a bona fide client, the author registered for relief, took the pauper's oath and received a relief card. At the shelters and flophouse he mixed with the shelter men, getting direct quotations from those interviewed...careful to make the quotations exact...joined in all shelter activities, games, discussions, and efforts to secure work...really became part of shelter life..." from the preface.An historical record of treatment of the homeless, presenting the localized techniques of relief, and detailed information on the policy of the shelters in Chicago from 1930-1938.… Read More

The Magic Story, by Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, New York: Frank E Morrison Publisher. 1914. Sixth Edition, 1/4 leather binding. Almost 4" x 7". 63 pages with 9 full page illustrations.
"Much have I wearied my brain anent the question, how best to describe this recipe for success that I have discovered, and it seemeth advisable to give it as it came to me; that is, if I relate somewhat of the story of my life, the directions for agglomerating the substances, and supplying the seasoning for the accomplishment of the dish, will plainly be perceived. Happen they may; and that men may be born generations after I am dust, who will live to bless me for the words I write." [from the text]
Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent restored condition - 1/4 leather binding. Complete. Text block still fragile but no writing, tears, stamps, crimps, within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide, and The Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. by the Reverend T F Dibdin. Second Edition. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Fionsbury-Square; and J Major, Fleet-Street. 1825. W Nicol, Printer, Successor to W Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press. Two Volumes in One. 899 pages.
Condition: NOT a library book. Modern 3/4 leather with marble boards. Two volumes in one. Sound binding, Clean interior with almost no foxing. No crimps, stamps, signatures or notes found within. Excellent condition for a book from 1825. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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A Bird's Eye View of Our Civil War, by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, United States ArmyAuthor of the "Campaign of Chancellorsville". Boston: James R Osgood and Company 1883 First Edition hardcover: 326 pp with Four large fold out maps in back. Condition: This is an original hardcover in very good condition. Binding is firm, interior pages are free of marks, stamps, inscriptions--all very clean! All four fold out maps are original and in excellent condition. Please note spine photo shows old vertical creases in spine cloth which create a bit of shading. (Restoration secured the spine so it is strong and secure.) Gilt on spine is a bit faded as shown in photos, but very readable. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.**Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia… Read More

Four Years a Scout and Spy. "General Bunker" one of Lieutenant General Grant's most Daring and Successful Scouts. Being a Narrative of the Thrilling Adventures, Narrow Escapes, Noble Daring, and Amusing Incidents in the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army. Embracing His Services for Twelve of the Most Distinguished Generals in the U. S. Army. By E. C. Downs, Major of the Twentieth Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry. Illustrated. Zanesville, Ohio: Published by Hugh Dunne, North Fourth Street, Adjoining Court House. 1866 FIRST EDITION. Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, O.Very RARE 1866 memoir of adventure, attitudes of soldiers, the way the spy dealt with both the Southerners and with the various Generals he spied for. One of the better memoirs of the spies, North or South, man or woman, that the seller has read.
Condition: Original green cloth boards. Re-backed as pictured. No stamps, writing, tears, or crimps within. NOT a… Read More