Search Results: Authors starting with D from Pages Past Books

Good, light cover fading & spotting, inside hinges starting none stated Phila. 1875 preface New & Revised hardcover 8vo, 668, Inside front cover written "Friends Sabbath School Library, Clinton Corners, NY No.115"and 115 label(small) spine. Ver

Good/no dustjacket, no dj Mysteries D. Appleton New York 1929 2nd ptg Hardbound 8vo, 250 pp Last page has 3/4" closed tear at top; binding lightly cocked with extremity wear. Solid and otherwise clean.

Good+, no dj Mysteries A.C. McClurg Chicago 1924 1st (scarce) Hardbound 8vo, 309 pp, b+w frontis "Relates how a mystery that baffled the New York City police gave an eminent psychologist an opportunity to test his skill." Front endpaper has erasure marks and pancil scribbling; binding lightly cocked with light general agewear. Solid.

VG+/VG, VG 100+ illus Thomas Y Crowell NY 1977 assumed 1st hardcover 4to, 224, Entries for all significant sites, cultures, civilizations, key individuals, as well as terms, tools, techniques and h

Vg/G+ condition Jacques Charmoz illus Alfred A Knopf NY 1959 1st American hardcover 8vo, 270 pages, b+w drawings by Charmoz. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. "...the ups and downs of life with Sonia and vacationing among the French. " Name and date inked front endpaper. Dustjacket chipped at spine head with light general agewear and rubbing. Bright in Brodart protective cover.

Good+ Edward Mason illus FT Neely Chicago (1892) hardcover 8vo, 304 pages, b+w plates. Spine sunned; light general agewear. Solid and clean.

VG/no Dustjacket, no dj Ladd Fraternale illus Phonics Carlton Press New York (1963) 1st (scarce) Hardbound 8vo, 72 pp, b+w illustrations Two small black spots at bottom front cover and rubbing to spine titling; otherwise clean and solid. Rare

VG-condition G.P. Putnam's Sons NY 1899 1st edition hardcover Large 8vo, 338 pages + ads, b+w photos and illustrations, index, top edge gilt, decorated cover. "With an account of the origin, capabilities, and adaptations of the numerous species and varieties, native and foreign, and especially of the new and rare sorts, suited to cultivation in the United States. " Owners' names front free endpaper. Some foxing to tissue frontis. Small spot front cover and light fraying to spine end cloth. Bright gilt titling and design.Solid clean copy.

Good+/Good Caldecott illustrations JB Lippincott Philadelphia 1946 1st hardcover 8vo, 47 pages, b+w illustrations, bibliography. Pages faintly rippled at top edges, but no waterstaining. Dustjacket foxed at upper and outer rear edges with light extremity wear including a few small chips. Solid and otherwise clean with dustjacket in protective cover.

Good-condition Walter Appleton Clark illust Charles Scribner's Sons NY 1908 reprint hardcover 8vo, 329 pages, 7 b+w plates by Clark. Tissue guarding frontis separating at top. Owner's name pencilled top of inside front cover. Spine has dime sized green spot and another 3/4" mark at mid spine with thin white line and spot (glue or paint) Still solid copy.

Fine/Fine Joseph Dawley illustrations Watson-Guptill NY 1987 1st printing hardcover 4to, 144 pages, 200 full color illustrations, index. An Impressionist's view.

VG-condition/no dustjacket Walter S Rogers illus Grosset & Dunlap NY 1930 Early edition hardcover 12mo, 262 pages + ads, 4 b+w plates by Rogers. First title in the Buck and Larry baseball stories series. Inside ads list 3 titles. Blue cloth with red cover lettering. One interior page with a 1" closed tear at margin. Some very light cover soiling. Nice clean tight copy.

VG/VG some edgewear to dj, 1/2" chip dj rear Primrose, Jean Viking NY 1965 1st American hardcover 8vo, 69, Trans from French by Rumer Godden. Companion to "Prayers From The Ark" Poems/prayers of 25 "assertive, sly or self-depr Of God's creatures..." Gift inscription ffep.

Good/no dustjacket Grosset & Dunlap NY (1928) photoplay ed hardcover 8vo, 320 pages + ads, b+w photos. "Being the romantic story of the Dixie Belle who defied Napoleon. " Novelized from the play by Rida Johnson Young illustrated from the photoplay of the Warner Bros. production starring Delores Costello. Names and 1928 and 1946 dates on front endpaper. Small ink crossout at upper left inside front cover. General agewear. Solid copy.

G+ some cover soil, light edgewear, usual text browning Alec Buckels illus Artists and Writers Guild Poughkeepsie 1935 1st American hardcover 8vo, unpaginated, The story of the joys and fears, longings and fancies of a little girl of eight, told through an eighty year o

Very Good book in a Good+ dustjacket Little Brown Boston (1951, 2) Early reprint hardcover 8vo, 256 pages, b+w photos. Dustjacket price clipped with some edgewear and chip at upper right front corner. Protected in Brodart cover.

Good+/VG- Capehart Publ Fishkill 1936 1st hardcover 8vo, 396 pages, frontis and 3 b+w illustrations. "...gives in fiction the facts of current history...pictures the suffering of Catholics in Mexico and elsewhere..." Light soiling to binding and inside covers. Light dustjacket edgewear. Solid copy with dj in protective cover. Publisher's address at bottom of title page and copyright page is stamped over with different address.

VG-condition John Bradburn Publisher NY 1864 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 326 pages, frontis engraving, embossed decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Also contains miscellaneous papers and poems. Some cloth loss at spine head of 1/8". Personal ownership stamp on title page with the faint remains of "65d" on upper right of title page. Small blue stamp of numbers near inside hinge of front endpaper. Solid tight copy.

VG/G Houghton Mifflin Boston 1969 1st US hardcover 4to, 159 pages, b+w reproductions. The world of the early Victorians as seen through the eyes of the Illustrated London News. Light foxing front free endpaper. Dustjacket with chipping and creasing at extremities, in protective cover.

G+/G condition Goldsmith Publishing Chicago (1934) 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 252 pages, pictorial binding. 4th title in the Tim Murphy series; last page lists to this title. Green cloth with small black drawing of a helmeted skin diver. Usual browning of text pages. Light foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket with large chip at top front of 4" x 1". DJ art shows a helmeted skindiver and a shark underwater.DJ protected in Brodart. Front endpaper bears 1939 gift inscription.