Search Results: Authors starting with D from Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1939. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good reprint of the second edition. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Very minor wear to corners and spine ends. Part of the Aeronautical Engineering Series.

North Hollywood: Viceroy, 1966. 1st Edition . Paperback. Fine. VP-207. Fine first printing. Paperback original. Internally clean. Binding square and tight. No tears or creases to wraps.Collection of espionage short stories by prominent authors. Very slight age toning. One inch long pen mark to front cover. "A frankly revealing analysis of behavior in sexual practices." Topics covered include lesbianism, masochism, voyeurism, fetishism etc. Another pseudo-scientific look at sex, typically of the time.

Self-published, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fascinating collection of hundreds of "sayings, proverbs, maxims, and designed to provide inspiration and to "light the way for those walking on the uneasy road of life." The people quoted include philosophers, mathematicians, writers, doctors, dramatists and many other scholars. A near fine copy. Binding square and tight. Pages unmarked. Minor rubbing to covers and minor wear to edges and spine ends.

Providence, R.I.: Burning Deck, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine first edition. Stapled booklet. Unpaginated. Pages clean and unmarked. Jacket near fine. No tears or creases. Minor fading to area adjacent to spine. MInor wear to top of spine.

Providence, R.I.: Burning Deck, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine first edition. Stapled booklet. Unpaginated. Pages clean and unmarked. Jacket near fine. No tears or creases. Minor fading to area adjacent to spine. Minor wear to top of spine.

New York: Dell, 1965. 1st Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First New Dell edition. #8116. Part of the Dell Great Mystery Library. Very good copy without tears or creases. Slight cocking to spine. Minor damp stain to bottom edge of first 15 pages. Cover slightly rubbed. Still a nice copy of this exceptional collection of dark and bizarre stories by a Master of the form.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Charles Shields (cover). Near fine first US edition of a typically great, dark collection of Dahl stories. Jacket has been price clipped and has some minor wear to the spine ends plus on tiny crease to the bottom of the inside flap. The book is tight and square. A previous owner has drawn a square symbol in to the bottom of the half title that has bled through slightly to the title page. Overall, a very nice copy.

New York: New Directions, 1960. 1st thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. James Kearns. Near fine first Revised Edition. Binding square and tight. Pages clean. Very minor wear to spine ends. Jacket not clipped. Minor wear to extremities. 42 beautiful black & white drawings by James Kearns. A revised version of a work originally published in 1941. Preface by Sir Herbert Read.

North Hollywood: Essex House , 1968. 1st Edition . Paperback. Fine. Fine first paperback printing. Paperback original. No tears or creases. Black lines to bottom and edge of text block. Appears unread. Binding square and tight. "A stark tale of sexual tyranny.

Robson Books., 1999. 1st. . Hardcover. As New/As New.

New York: Pyramid Fantasy, 1977. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Fine second printing. Paperback original. Previous owner's name to front end paper. Otherwise, internally clean with no tears or creases. Binding square and tight.

New York: Paperback Library, 1965. 1st Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. #52-820. Fine first printing.Paperback original. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. No tears or creases to wraps. Appears unread. Typically great Gothic cover art.

West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good. First printing. Binding square and tight. No tears or creases to wraps. Creases to edges of text block between pages 150 and 190.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. 1st thus . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Near fine first paperback printing. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. No tears or creases to wraps. Foreword by legendary Canadian broadcaster Peter Gzowski.

Beevrly Hills: Book Company of America, 1963. 1st Edition . Paperback. Fine. First US paperback edition. Identified on the title page as So Fair A House: The Story of Synanon. The story of the 1960s California-based drug treatment program that achieved considerable recognition then evolved into a typical cult and disbanded in 1991. The book is clean, square and tight. Internally unmarked. Light crease to the top of pages 199/200 and a small chip out of the edge of pages 203/204. And for some reason there's a picture of Steve Allen ion the back.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good first printing. Binding square and tight. Internally clean. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Split to back of spine that does not affect binding. Minor staining to boards. A hilarious look at how to make useless and bizarrely un-functional home furnishings. Also lots of household tips like how to carve a turkey with a blasting cap. A great satire on DIY books.

New York : Lancer, 1965. 1st Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine first edition. Paperback original. Square and tight. No tears or Some age toning to pages and minor staining to top on bottom of early and final pages.Typical Gothic cover art.

New York: Paperback Library, 1965. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Fine first printing. Paperback original. Clean, square, binding tight. No tears. Very minor reading crease to front cover. Typical Gothic cover art.

London: Mills & Boon Ltd., 1922. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. A beautiful copy of a collection of reminiscences and insightful musings on golf by, arguably, the game's greatest literary figure. Small 8vo in original green cloth with gold embossed text to front and spine. Previous owner's name and address written in a fine hand on the ffep. The top of the pages are slightly dusty and there is some splaying to the boards. Negligible wear to the extremities and spine ends. Otherwise, this is a lovely copy in remarkable shape.

Pittsburgh: There Is Light, 1982. 4th Edition . Pamphlet. Fine. Fine fourth printing. Stapled pamphlet. Clean and unmarked. No tears or creases. "36 Illustrated Pictures of a documented history of the Shroud of Turin, which is the authenticated burial cloth of Jesus.