Search Results: Authors starting with D from Furrowed Brow Books

Regina Orthodox Pr, 2002. Paperback. Dale, David : Upon This Rock: Doctrine, Dogma, and Orthodox Church Authority. Salisbury (MA) : Regina Orthodox Press, 2002. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [4], 5-314 numbered pp, [6] ads. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Farcountry Press, 2019. First Edition. paperback. Dana, Trudy Kempton : The Kemptons: Adventures of a Montana Ranch Family, 1880-1964. Helena (MT) : Farcountry Press, 2019. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.125"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Xviii pp prelim material, 286 numbered pp. Timeline, maps, numerous photos/illus scattered through text, index. Condition notes: a fine copy; spine creased; former owner has added a short/discreet (and entertaining) editorial comment to title page; else unmarked and clean, tight, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Daniel, Larry J. : Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army (Civil War America). Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Matte color dj features photo of CSA veteran John T. Killingsworth of the 7th Tennessee. Plain gray endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 231 numbered pp, five unnumbered following. Maps, photos, notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: Lower corners bumped, lower spine end rolled. No notes or highlighting. Tight binding ever so slightly off square. Light wear, no chips or tears to dj, sheathed in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Robert Grant & Son, Ltd, 1947. Darling, Will. Y. : The Bankrupt Bookseller. Edinburgh : Robert Grant & Son, Ltd., 1947. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top-edge stained red. Matte color pictorial dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [1-4], 5-351, [352] blank. Preface to the first combined edition, by Harold Forrester; Book 1 (The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller), Book 2 (The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again). Condition notes: An excellent copy: nice color retention to boards and dust jacket; binding slight cocked, spine ends rolled; price-clipped jacket shows light wear with several small closed tears and chips. Interior tanned but unmarked. Among the chapter titles: The Bookseller's Cat; An American Lady; When I am Dead; Books no Decent Bookseller would Keep; Regret; and so on. Delightful. Originally published in the 1930s as two separate novellas. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Wiley, 2012. Hardcover. Darwish, Nonie : The Devil We Don't Know: The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East. Hoboken : John Wiley and Sons, 2012. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's black paper over boards, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [i-viii], 1-246. Condition notes: inscribed by Darwish on front flyleaf to former owner. Very good plus with VG DJ/wrapper, minor wear. Binding solid and square; pages clean, no notes, highlighting or inscriptions. Pages lightly tanned. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Chatto & Windus, 1976. First Edition. hardcover. Davidson, Mildred : Dragons and more: Dark fables with some light patches. London : Chatto & Windus, 1976. First edition/First impression. Art by John Lawrence. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, brown lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. 156 numbered pp, plus four blank. Thirteen dragon tales. Condition notes: moderate wear/rubbing to price-clipped dj. Spine slightly cocked, tail spine end rolled; interior clean with light tanning. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of Arizona Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Tucson: University of AZ Press, 2018. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm. Hardcover: publisher's flat black paper over boards. Flat finish DJ. 92 leaves (xii pages of introductory material, 170 numbered pp, with a trailing blank page). Condition notes: Very good boards with bumped lower corners and a 3/8" nick on lower front edge. Dust jacket very good with general wear/smudging (which unfortunately shows easily on the flat black finish), and a small nick on back at spine. Binding solid and square; pages clean, no notes, highlighting or inscriptions. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Air University Press, 2006. paperback. Davis, Richard G. : Bombing the European Axis Powers. Maxwell Airforce Base (AL, USA) : Air University Press, 2006. Edition status unknown; lacks CD-ROM. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h, 1.25" thick. Bound in publisher's glossy color photo wrappers. Xviii pp prelim material, 630 numbered pp. About the author, preface, Pt 1 -Overview; Pt 2 - 1942 (by month); Pt 3 - 1943 (by month); 1944 and 1945 also by month, conclusion, abbrevs, bibliography, index. Please note that this copy lacks the Cd-ROM originally contained, appendices are included on the disc, and thus are not included. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked copy in nice shape, with light wear to cover. Flaw of course is lack of appendices on missing CD-ROM. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Oxford, 1947, 1947. Hardcover. Day Lewis, Cecil : The Poetic Image. New York : Oxford University Press HB, 1947. Size is octavo (8vo), 7 7/8"/20cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Plain white endpapers. 157 numbered pages, plus three blank following. Six chapters, each a 1946 lecture at Cambridge University, UK. Condition notes: missing DJ/wrapper. Heavy sunning /discoloration to bottom inch of boards. Corners bumped, spine ends rolled. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned but clean, a few scattered pencil notes, otherwise no highlighting or inscriptions. Day Lewis (as written here) or Day-Lewis, was poet laureate of the UK from 1968 to his death in 1972. Father of Daniel Day-Lewis. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Paulist Press, 1980. Paperback. Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses (Classics of Western Spirituality Series). Translator(s): C.J. DeCatanzaro. Introduction: George Maloney SJ. Preface: Basile Krivocheine. Cover art: Andrij Maday. New York: Paulist Press. 1980. ISBN 0809122308. English only edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 8"/20.3cm. Softcover with heavy stock wrappers. 208 leaves (396 numbered pages, plus xviii pp of introductory material). Condition notes: A solid, unmarked copy which has suffered exposure to moisture. The latter shows up page rippling and light discoloration, particularly noticeable on the fore-edge. The good news is there is no sticking or odors. Binding sound and square, spine not creased. Cover shows moderate wear. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Harper & Brothers, 1961. unknown_binding. De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard : The Phenomenon of Man. New York : Harper & Row, 1970. 15th printing of the 1965 second Harper Torchbook edition. Translated byt Bernard Wall; intro by Sir Julian Huxley. Small octavo (8vo), 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". Bound in publisher's matte color wrappers. 320 numbered pp plus 16 pp Torchbooks material to end, as of 1970. Condition notes: an ex-library copy with typical stamps and markings. Rather heavy sunning and staining to the heavy, durable wrappers; extensive pencil notes to rear endpapers, else unmarked. A solid reading copy of the remarkable work by the Jesuit and paleontologist de Chardin. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Penguin Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Delbanco, Andrew : The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. New York : Penguin Press/Random House, 2018. First edition. Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5/25cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's red paper boards and cream white cloth spine, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine and (author's initials only) front board. Plain white endpapers. Textured semi-glossy dj in color. [x] pp prelim material, 453 numbered pp, one blank following. Numerous b&w photos/illus. Illust credits, notes, index. Condition notes: fine, tight, sharp corners. A bit of rolling to spine ends. No notes or highlighting. Lovely copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Source Books, 1995. paperback. Demetrius of Rostov, Saint : The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Vol. 2: October. House Springs (MO) : Chrysostom Press, 1995. First English language edition. Translated by Marretta, Fr. Thomas; printed under authority of Alypy, ROCOR Archbishop of the Midwest. "Translated from the Slavonic edition published...in Moscow in the year 1914 from the original compiled...and published in Kiev." Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy gray wrappers, white lettering/ornamentation to spine and front board. X pp prelim material, 460 numbered pp, [461-462] blank. To the pious reader (author unattributed), sources; daily lives of saints, from St. Romanus the Melodist on Oct 1 to the Holy Fathers Spyridon and Nicodemus, Prosphora-bakers of the Kiev caves on Oct 31; translator's note, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: clean, tight, unmarked copy with light wear, rubbing to paper wraps; light soiling to edges. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Chrysostom Pr, 1995. hardcover. Demetrius of Rostov, Saint : The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Vol. 2: October. House Springs (MO) : Chrysostom Press, 1995. First English language edition. Translated by Marretta, Fr. Thomas; printed under authority of Alypy, ROCOR Archbishop of the Midwest. "Translated from the Slavonic edition published...in Moscow in the year 1914 from the original compiled...and published in Kiev." Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine and front board. Plain light gray endpapers. X pp prelim material, 460 numbered pp, [461-462] blank. To the pious reader (author unattributed), sources; daily lives of saints, from St. Romanus the Melodist on Oct 1 to the Holy Fathers Spyridon and Nicodemus, Prosphora-bakers of the Kiev caves on Oct 31; translator's note, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: clean, tight, unmarked copy with moderate wear, rubbing to boards, and a leaning spine. rear board slightly… Read More

Chrysostom Pr, 1997. hardcover. Demetrius of Rostov, Saint : The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Vol. 3: November. House Springs (MO) : Chrysostom Press, 1997. First English language edition. Translated by Marretta, Fr. Thomas; printed under authority of Alypy, ROCOR Archbishop of the Midwest. "Translated from the Slavonic edition published...in Moscow in the year 1914 from the original compiled...and published in Kiev." Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine and front board. Plain light gray endpapers. X pp prelim material, 688 numbered pp, [689] publisher info, [690] blank. To the pious reader (author unattributed), sources; daily lives of saints, from The Holy Unmercenaries and Wonder-workers Cosmas and Damian on Nov 1 to the Holy Apostle Andrew on Nov 30; translator's note, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: clean, tight, unmarked copy with light wear to handsome binding; spine ends rolled and spine shows a… Read More

Chrysostom Press, 1994. paperback. Demetrius of Rostov, Saint : The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Vol. 1: September. House Springs (MO) : Chrysostom Press, 1994. First English language edition. Translated by Marretta, Fr. Thomas; printed under authority of Alypy, ROCOR Archbishop of the Midwest. "Translated from the Slavonic edition published...in Moscow in the year 1914 from the original compiled...and published in Kiev." Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy gray wrappers, white lettering/ornamentation to spine and front board. Viii pp prelim material, 499 numbered pp, [500-504] blank. To the pious reader (author unattributed), sources; daily lives of saints, from St. Symeon the Stylite on Sept 1 to the Holy Hieromartyr Gregory, Bishop of Armenia on Sept 30; translator's note, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: clean, tight, unmarked copy with moderate wear, rubbing to paper wraps; light soiling to edges and a spot to inside front cover. We personally… Read More

Ohio University Press, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Hull, Denison B. [translator] : Digenis Akritas: The Two-blood Border Lord - the Grottaferrata Version. Athens (OH) : Ohio University Press, 1972. First printing by this publisher ("First thus"). ISBN 0821400975. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's dark brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color dj. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-xlviii prelim material, [1-2], 3-148. Contents, author's preface; intro, map, the epic in eight books (Grottaferrata version), plus excerpts from the Andros, Escorial, and Slavic versions; notes; works consulted. Condition notes: a near-fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket sheathed in mylar. Boards tight and square with rolling to lower spine end. Interior unmarked. An enormously important work of the middle-Byzantine period. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Lansing, Mich: Tru-Way Company. paperback. Depew, Harry M. : Bottom View Auto Body and Frame Dimension Charts. Lansing : Tru-Way, 1977. Oblong; size is quarto (4vo), 8.75"/22cm h x 11.25" l. Spiral bound in publisher's red textured paper. 100 unnumbered pp. How to use the book, domestic and foreign make diagrams and specs, metric conversion tables. Condition notes: wrappers heavily worn; significant bleeding from red wrappers onto pages and edges - untidy but no impact to use; also moderate foxing to edges. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Arkham House, 1957. hardcover. Lovecraft, H. P. and Derleth, August : The Survivor and Others. Sauk City (WI) : Arkham House, 1957. First edition/First impression. Edition of 2000 copies. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. [vi] pp prelim material, 161 numbered pp, [162] colophon. Seven stories. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy with the typical array of stamps and stickers indicating such; also includes library pocket and checkout card on rfep. Lacks dustjacket. Moderate wear/rubbing to boards. Spine slightly cocked, light toning to edges, corners bumped, spine ends rolled, loss of brightness to spine lettering. Relic tape images to center of both boards, head and tail - as to both free endpapers (but not pastedowns). Pages tanned but unmarked but for library standard markings. The copyright page contains this history of the stories: "Among the papers of the late Howard Phillips Lovecraft were various notes and/or outlines for… Read More

Harcourt, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Detzer, David : Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando : Harcourt, 2004. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Quarter bound in publisher's red (spine, quarter of boards) and blue channeled (balance of boards) paper over boards; bright gilt lettering imprinted on spine. Color DJ with dramatic depiction of battle engagement on front. Pastedowns/flyleaves front and back have map of battlefield and vicinity. xxii pp prelim material, 490 numbered pp, plus 8 pp unnumbered glossy sepia photos inserted. Notes, index. Condition notes: Light wear to dj, folds at edges and spine slightly wrinkled. No notes or highlighting, binding tight and square. A volume that is pleasantly heavy and solid to handle. We personally inspect every book we offer.