Search Results: Authors starting with D from RC Books

Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1966. Paper Wraps. Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good reference for Poe scholars. xii, 159 pp. Cover creased with soiling and old dampstain mark. Scattered underlining & notations throughout - none interfere with reading of the text. A previous owner's name on title page. Tightly bound stapled wraps.

Conoga Park, CA: Collector's Editions, Inc. , 1998. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hessam Abrishami. Full title is The Black Apple: The Paintings of Hessam Abrishami A Retrospective. A stunning presentation of Hessam's beautiful and color-rich paintings as of 1998. Housed in a near fine, cloth slipcase. Book and slipcase have identical, rich purple cloth. Inscribed to a previous owner by Hessam. 191 pages plus index.

New York: Random House Inc, 1985. 1st Edition . Cloth and Paper. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exploration of the period near the end of the Civil War when Jefferson Davis and his Confederate cabinet tried to continue the war and avoid being captured. Presentation copy SIGNED by author. Price-clipped dust jacket has edge wear at extremities. 319 pages with 16 pages of illustrations.

New York: McLoughlin Bros. Inc.. Cloth. Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date but circa 1910. Contains "A Christmas Carol" and "The Holly Tree." 144 pages. Some rubbing and mild warping to boards. Colors and print still bright. Dust jacket, now protected in mylar has edgewear, light soiling, and some fading. Jacket is still attractive. Most desirable for its turn-of-the-century dust jacket and color frontispiece.

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1965. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ray Abruzzi. Published as a Christmas greeting by and from Samuel A. Dalton. #444 of a Limited Edition of 1300 copies. Small presentation card from Dalton laid-in. 44 pages. A very handsome book, housed in a Fine slipcase.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. Limited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry C. Pitz. Two volumes in slipcase. Number 331 of 1500 copies; SIGNED by the illustrator Henry C. Pitz. Publication # 274 from the Limited Editions Club. Full title from the title page: "Dealing with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation." Introduction by John Winterich. Color plates reproduced by George C. Miller. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Bound in rose-red buckram with paper labels on spines. 798 numbered pp. in all - Volume 1: xvi, 396 pp. Volume 2: 402 pp.(begins with page number 397). Very mild fading to spines. Small bookstore sticker on rear pastedown in Volume 2; the same volume has a stray mark on fore-edge of text block. One page has some light, stray marks in margin - otherwise remarkably clean with no names or other marks. Tightly bound and housed in a Very Good publisher's box that is… Read More

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1861. Attractive light brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van Mol. Light shelf-wear. 559 pages. A beautiful book.

Philadelphia: Samuel A Dalton, 1961. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rey Abruzzi. Number 82 of only 1300 copies prepared as a holiday greeting from Samuel A Dalton with his gift card laid in and dated, December 25, 1961. As issued in a tight, near fine slip case with some fading to edges. Format and typography by Robert Donald. Design and color illustrations by Ray Abruzzi. Text handset in16 point Deepdene. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. 47 pages. A very handsome, limited-edition book.

New York: American Legacy Press, 1982. 2nd Edition Reprint. Cloth and Paper. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The quintessential architectural survey and history of Newport, Rhode Island. 526 pages with more than 500 illustrations, drawings and diagrams. Unclipped dust jacket protected in a Brodart cover.

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1912. Attractive green leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van Mol. Light shelf-wear. 320 pages. A beautiful book.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. Third Edition . Cloth. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. European exploration in Africa. Red cloth, faded at spine, with insect in gilt on front cover. Six fold-out color maps in Near Fine condition. Map titles: East Central Africa, Equatorial Africa, Slave Trade Map, Geological Sketch Map, and two political maps showing Divisions According to Agreements and Divisions According to Claims. Three maps each have a half to one inch closed tear, either not touching the map proper or just touching the edge with no affect on type or graphic information. Bookplate of Arthur H. Lancaster on front pastedown with a gift inscription from his wife on f.e.p. Corners bumped. Some light spots to bottom front board. 228 pp. with 16 pp. of ads.A clean, very fresh, tightly bound copy with late 19th Century maps.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uldis Klavins. Limited, true First Edition. "The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman." "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine maroon leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 304 pages. A very attractive book.

Fanklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ted CoConis. Limited, true First Edition. Historical fiction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti. Two page chart of family relationships. Genuine maroon leather with gilt and orange-red designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 407 pages with full color illustrations. No names or marks. A stunningly handsome book.

Connecticut: The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paper Wraps. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 39, September 1955, Pages 1-175 of The Transactions of the Academy. Full title reads Lord Hastings' Indentured Retainers 1461-1483 The Lawfulness of Livery and Retaining Under the Yorkists and Tudors. Previous owner's gift inscription on title page. 175 indexed pages with 8 black and white plates. Rare indeed.

New York: Scribner, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth and Paper. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dunning's second book, this time a mystery based on a rare, unknown copy of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. 351 pages. First Edition, First Printing, and SIGNED by the author on title page. Unclipped jacket protected in mylar. Book has very mild wear to covers. A good read for fans of detective stories, mystery, and Edgar Allan Poe.