Search Results: Authors starting with D from Callaghan Books South

American Heritage, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. Dark blue leather-like cover, blue bookmark, 320 pages, many b/w photos. Very Fine copy.

American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971. Faux Leather. Fine. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. Larger book, shiny dark faux leather, rounded tips, ornate bright gilt design like columns to all of front, gilt lettering bright on spine, blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, a bookplate on the first front end paper, 320 glossy pages in a double-column format, photographs throughout, sewn-in blue satin bookmark. Very Fine.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. As New/As New. (Book Club--unstated) Slightly smaller book, dark blue cloth spine, dark yellow boards, 301 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ has dark yellow background, color-illustration of two astronauts at bottom front and back. DJ and book, both As New.

Phoenix Books, 1967. Soft cover. Good. University of Chicago Press, 7th ptg. Large softcover, color-illustrated wrappers designed by Sue Allen, 532 pages plus catalog. Preface by Afranio Peixoto--this epic novel is Brazil's greatest literary work, originally published in 1902. Very slight surface wear to front tips and spine edges top and bottom, light wear to long spine edges. Good+.

Patterson NJ: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1949. Cloth. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Translated from Italian by John K. Ryan. Small, thin book, shiny textured green cloth, an ornate gilt illustration and border to front, 57 heavy roughcut pages. Red design for chapter headings, with decorations and colophons. Fine.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Fine. (1st, 1st) Large, heavy, thick book, maroon spine, yellow boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 642 pages including glossy photo section. Bottom tip of page 118 creased. DJ glossy beneath mylar with photo portrait of Wilson with deck of cards on front, yellow and orange lettering, maroon spine and back with praise in yellow from Daniel Aaron, Harold Bloom, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. DJ lightly rubbed at front bookfold edge and down spine indentation at front, tiny tear and nick with light wear at spine top edge, thin light smudge line down back spine indentation and thinner one at back bookfold edge, two very tiny tears and short but wide tear near bottom bookfold back, blue felt-tip pen mark down long pages' edge. Good DJ/Very Fine book.

University of Virginia Press, 1983. 2d Ptg. . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Large, very thick, sturdy book, dark blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, a photo of columned buildings inside front cover and adjacent end papers, a corridor inside back cover and adjacent end paper, 942 pages, full-page portraits throughout. DJ beneath mylar, glossy with a color photograph on front and front flap, white spine and back lightly browned overa.. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Hamilton IL: American Bee Journal, 1945. Cloth. Good. Ex-library, thinner book, dark green cloth, yellow lettering very fine on front and spine, library bookplate inside front cover, 127 lightly browned pages, blue line down pages exterior edge, photos throughout. (Originally published, 1917) Good.

Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Prometheus Books, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st) Hardcover, DJ glossy with color photo of man attacked on front. DJ and book, both As New.

St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Graywolf Press, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st) Slightly smaller book, black boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, four-line Unitarian Universalist stamp on first front end paper, 246 pages plus brief biographical note. Essays on Martha Graham, the Flat Earth Society, Las Vegas, Henry Darges and more. DJ glossy blue and white, praise on back from Annie Dillard, Albert Goldbach and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Doubleday, 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. (Book Club) Slightly smaller book, gray and black boards, orange lettering on spine very fine, map of world showing travel inside covers and adjacent end papers, 319 lightly browned pages, profusely illustrated with photos. DJ heavy paper, b/w photo of distant mountains and water through wooden doorway on front, doorway to temple on back. DJ has very slight wear to tips, two tiny nicks at spine top edge, micronick and crease at spine bottom edge, wide 3" tear at spine bottom left. Fair DJ/Fine book.

London: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

Wings, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large, sturdy book, thick with smooth red covers, tiny creases at top tips, very bright silver lettering on spine, 738 pages with larger print than usual. DJ glossy white background, a color illustration of skull in typed sheet, a head on stake with blue face in Christmas tree on front and top back, praise on back. DJ has tiny creases at top tips. DJ and book, both Near Very Fine.

Puffin Books, 1982. Trade Paperback. Good. Blake, Quentin. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers with beautifully colored illustration of giant holding a child his his hands on front wrapper, blue spine and borders to back, white center back, 207 pages with many illustrations, Light brown stain to pages' edges, very slight wear to top front tip. Good.

Alfred Knopf, 1996. BOMC Selection . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Smith, Lane. (2d, BOMC Selection) 126 pages. (Special Edition Brought to You by Goldfish--decal on front) DJ has light crease at top front near tip and near bottom back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1980. 1st US . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. (1st US) Gray cloth spine, light green boards slightly faded at bottom edges, gilt initials bright at bottom front right, gilt lettering bright on spine, 245 pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar with color-illustration of elegant couple on front, photo on back. DJ has three very tiny spots along front bottom edge, two tiny tears at top back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Good book.

Penguin Books, 1986. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers colorfully designed, a background of blue clouds and fighter plane going higher, a small colorized photograph at top front left of Dahl, orange spine, white back with another photograph and three tiny planes, and a statue-like Dahl with facsimile signature on back wrapper, 210 lightly browned pages, small photos throughout. Very Fine copy.

Puffin Books, 1986. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers with several small illustrations of a child's thoughts on front, red spine and back wrapper with a small color photo of author at center back, 176 pages with small illustrations throughout. Near Very Fine copy.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library smaller book, DJ beneath library plastic, gray background with purple and red lettering, a photo of author on most of back, 184 pages. Good, considering it is ex-library.