Search Results: Authors starting with D from Eyebrowse Books - MWABA

Precision Shooting, Inc, 1996-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+/in illustrated wraps. Thick Softcover, First Edition 1995 Precision Shooting 606 pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear and rubbing to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. 22 articles (See my photo to come of the index page) NOTE: There is a two-part article on the Ultra Light Arms BR-50, (11 pages for part 1 and 14 pages for part 2). This is a great effort by the publishers of Precision Shooting. Highly recommended for all rifle shooters.A very handsome unmarked copy. LOC SSS-31

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover 1941, First Edition, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 158 pages. Very Good, in Very Good Dust Jacket. Dark red cloth boards with gilt titles. Sunning evident along upper edge of both boards. Interior pages are clean and tight - no prior owner marks. DJ is unclipped, with a few chips along edges and spine, and sunning along top. DJ is now in mylar. In examining mans dark and underground nature, Dahlberg explores the roles of system, place, religion, habit, and state. LOC SSS-17

Stackpole Books, 2008-06-05. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oversize Heavy Hardcover with DJ, First American Edition 2008 Stackpole Books Mechanicsburg, PA 423 pages. Near Fine, in a NF DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to maroon cloth boards with gilt spine titles - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and rubbing to DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Only flaw is a slight shelf lean. Printed on high-quality heavyweight photographic paper and lavishly illustrated with numerous color photographs of the best examples of the classic British Sporting gun and Rifle in the most productive and relentless pursuit of perfection during the years of 1850-1900. Prior to 1850, changes had been pedestrian; the muzzleloader still prevailed in then, as it had for previous centuries. In this major work, Dallas details the many changes that occurred in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He covers the pinfire, centre-fire,… Read More

Crestline Pub Co, 1993-10-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ - as issued. Large Thick Hardcover, Revised Edition 1993 Crestline Publishing/Motorbooks International 608 pages. Near Fine, No DJ - as issued. Blue cloth boards with silver titles and illustrations - corners sharp. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Main text is in 2 columns, over 1400 b/w photos with extensive captions. ISBN-0879386827. LOC SS-TS-02

Crestline Pub Co, 1975-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover with related ephemera, Stated Revised Edition 1973 Crestline Publishing 352 pages. Very Good, No DJ. Minor shelf wear and toning to creme pebble cloth boards with dark blue titles - corners sharp. Spine is toned and snuffed. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Endpapers have toning from a newspaper article being laid there. Another extremely well done effort by Crestline Publishing. Loaded with vintage Buick photographs. Many considered this (at the time, 1973) the "Buick Bible). It does not disappoint. Laid in is a vintage article from The Flint Journal dated Sunday, Aug 6th, 1978 about the Buick Riviera no longer being produced in Flint, Michigan. Also laid in is a Tri-color cloth Buick patch (silver, gold and Blue) and a scarce Buick Promotional history of Buick from 1997. Respectable vintage copy with scarce related ephemera. ISBN-0912612045. LOC SSM-03

The Ring Book Shop, Inc, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Vintage Hardcover with scarce DJ, First Edition 1950 The Ring Book Shop, Inc New York 128 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with white titles - corners lightly bumped. Moderate shelf/edge wear, dust soiling, one large chip to back panel and a spine abrasion to original scarce DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked with toning to all text pages. This book is a compilation of previously published articles appearing in serial form in Ring magazine in 1949 and 1950 and published in book form here for the first time. 8 chapters and 48 B&W illustrations of which 43 are vintage photographs of boxers, some in action and a few are of Joe Lewis. The Story of Mike Jacobs (and also Joe Lewis), world famous boxing promotor who staged more than 60 world championship fights and invented the chain store system of boxing promotion. Rickard had Dempsey… Read More

JFKMurderSolved.com, 2008. First Edition. paperback. very good /In Illustrated Wraps. Softcover, 2008 First Edition,JFK Murder Solved, 603 pages. Very Good,in illustrated wraps. No prior owner marks. Binding is tight. All pages are crisp and clean with no writing. Bottom margins only of last 100 pages show crimping indentations that become progressively more noticeable (as if something damp contacted those pages), but no staining. Text is not obscured. Wraps show mild shelf/edge wear. This is not a book in the classic sense – rather a collection of material. That material includes correspondence, transcripts, news articles and webpages consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of information from James Files, the confessed assassin of JFK. Includes several photos claiming to support his role in the events. One photo claims to show James Files walking away from the grassy knoll less than a minute after the assassination. Another photo of Files is claimed to have been… Read More

Oriental Research Partners, 1976-06-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover, 1977 Oriental Research Partners 187 pages. Near Fine in a VG DJ. Green cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and age-toning to unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Map endpapers. No notes or writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. Very Scarce. ISBN-0892500107. LOC SSS-07

Ace (UK), 1957-01-01. Paperback. Very Good/in illustrated wraps. Softcover, 1957 Ace Books UK (Ace H120) 157 pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers - spine is uncreased. Feels unread. Binding tight. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and crisp. Excellent true life account of how men survived, physically and spiritually, under a regime of North Korean Communist indoctrination and brain-washing, unique in prisoner-of-war annals. An account of the Battle of the Imjin River and aftermath in grim prison-camps. Although the author was a chaplain, Bibles and prayer books were not permitted, so lavatory paper and cigarette papers were used for improvised texts. Although all services had to be censored, each one ended with: Faith of our fathers, living still/In spite of dungeons, fire and sword. Nice copy from the United Kingdom. LOC SSS-32

Arco Pub, 1977-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover, Stated Second Revised Edition 1983 Arco Publications 224 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp. minor shelf/edge wear and edge toning to unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Comprehensive and detailed. 350 photographs and drawings. Essential for the serious historian or modeler. ISBN-0668043180.LOC SSE-07

The University of North Carolina Press, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover, 1987 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill 267 pages..Near Fine in a NF DJ..just a hint of shelf/edge wear to light olive cloth with black titles-corners sharp..a touch of shelf/edge wear to DJ-now in mylar..ISBN-080781752X..Thanks for supporting a small family business..LOC SSM-14

Squaddron Signal, 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good +/in stiff pictorial wraps. Softcover, 2003 Squadron Signal 200 pages..Very Good+, in stiff pictorial wraps..just a touch of shelf/edge wear to covers..no previous owner marks - all pages are bright, clean and crisp..one of the best all-around encyclopedias for scale modeling ever printed..ISBN-089747466X..Thanks for supporting a small family business..LOC SSM-13

M. Day?], 1998-01-01. Plastic Comb Binding. Very Good/in illustrated wraps. Large Softcover, plastic comb binding 1998 Mickey Day 95 pages, plus a 20 page appendix. Very Good, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers, front panel has a small closed tear that has been taped shut. More than you ever thought you knew about craps. 15 chapters, plus charts and graphs. Very scarce. LOC SS-TS-2

Morizot, Libraire-Editeur, 1861. Good+/Issued without DJ. 2 Volume Hardcover Set, FRENCH LANGUAGE 1861 Morizot, Libraire-Edite Paris, Vol 1, 456 pages. Vol 2, 424 pages. Both volumes are Good+, Issued without DJ's. Moderate shelf/edge wear, chipping and rubbing to dark brown cloth boards with gilt titles and illustrations. Corners rounded and worn. Spines are faded. Front inside covers of both volumes are cracked but still holding tight. FFEP's have the oval bookseller stamp of F. W. Christern, 763 Broadway, New York, Foreign Bookseller. AEG (All edges gilt) Two previous owner names written in book, one at the top of the half-title page (Sophie R. Embry, Brooklyn July 1865) and the other on the opposite page. Many B & W plates with all tissue guards present. The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real… Read More

Theosophical Univ Pr, 1973-09-01. Facsimile of 1940 2nd ed. 2-vol. Paperback. Very Good++/in wraps. Vintage 2 Volume Softcover Set, 1973 Theosophical University Press 1211 pages. Both volumes are Very Good++, in wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear and edge toning to covers. Spines are uncreased and the set looks and feels unread. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. NOTE: The covers of both these books are different than the one pictured on ABE and Amazon. This set has covers that are white with the title and author name in large red titles and all other text on the covers in black. Stated Unabridged Verbatim Edition. H. P. Blavatsky pointed to the fundamental concepts contained in The Secret Doctrine as comprising the principles of an ancient wisdom which far antedates the Vedas. The Esoteric Tradition unfolds the broad panorama of this enduring wisdom, allowing the reader to see universes, worlds, and men as different aspects of one cosmic pattern. Chapter titles… Read More

Claude Kendall, 1934-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Vintage Hardcover, First American Edition 1934 Claude Kendall 288 pages. Very Good, no DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to dark terracotta cloth boards with silver titles - top two corners have a small bump. Faded yellow topstain. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Only flaw is a cosmetic repair to the rear hinge with archival document tape and a very slight shelf lean. The binding is solid. 16 chapters. Cecil De Lenoir calls himself the "Hundredth Man" because, it is always said, out of a hundred victims of the drug habit no more than one ever "comes back" and is permanently cured. He did it, apparently, because he genuinely wanted to be cured and had the will power to see the necessary treatment through to the end. Having escaped addiction, the author clearly HATES drugs and has no problem explaining what each one did to him, whether it was Opium, Heroin, Cocaine or… Read More

Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company,, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover with the scarce DJ, Stated First Edition 1953 John C. Winston 209 pages. Very Good in a Fair to Good DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to rust colored cloth boards with yellow titles - corners lightly bumped with a touch of wear to tips. Major shelf/edge wear to scarce DJ (29 Winston titles listed on the rear panel), chipping to three corners of the front panel, one corner of the rear panel and the head of the spine, tape repair to large crease and tear to rear panel, DJ now in mylar with a paper backing. No previous owner marks - all pages are clean and crisp, endpapers decorated by Alex Schomburg but the ffep has a faint shadow from something that was laid in by the previous owner -- One of the famous Winston Science Fiction series for young adults. Kenneth Wright was one of the pseudonyms under which Lester del Rey wrote for this series. The SFWA awarded del Rey the title of Grand Master of… Read More

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. Hardcover, First Edition Schiffer Publications 159 pages..Very Good+ in a Good DJ..just a touch of shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with gilt titles-corners sharp..moderate shelf/edge wear and two closed tears to DJ (tape-repaired from the back by previous owner), Spine and corner of front panel of DJ is sunned, DJ now in mylar..The best decoy carvers of New England are featured in over 250 photos (32 pages in color) covering the handmade ducks of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The use of live duck decoys, gunning clubs, and the need for various types of decoys are discussed in this informative work..ISBN-0916838544..Thanks for supporting a small family business..LOC SSM-20

Prentice Hall, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, (Association Copy) Signed by the Editor Jack Curry and the Author Jack Dempsey to Murray Goodman Stated First Edition 1950 Prentice Hall 264 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear and a few faint smudges to maroon cloth boards with white spine titles - top two corners lightly bumped. Minor shelf/edge wear to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. 25 chapters and 128 B&W illustrations drawn by Ed Igoe. This is an Association copy. Signed by the Editor Jack Curry to Murray Goodman on the FFEP - "To my friend Murray Goodman, the fight game's ace publicity man. Best of Luck, Jack Curry and also Signed by the Author (Jack Dempsey) on the half-title page following the contents page " to Murray Goodman, Best Wishes Murray, from your friend Jack Dempsey". Murray Goodman was a contemporary of fellow classmate Irving Rudd (one of boxing's all-time great press… Read More

Snake River Books, 1991-01-01. 2nd Edition Revised. Plastic Comb. Near Fine/in spiral-bound wraps. Spiral-Bound Softcover with related ephemera, Stated Second Revised Edition 1991 Snake River Books 258 pages. Near Fine, in spiral-bound wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to photo-illustrated covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Excellent, detailed and easy-to-use. Also included are two print-outs from a fly-tying class in Royal Oak Michigan. A superb copy with ephemera. LOC SSS-TS-03