Search Results: Authors starting with D from Mainly Books

London: George Bell and Sons. Very Good. 1901. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, green cloth, "Bohn's Artists' Library" Edition, translated from the Italian by John Francis Rigaud, 238 pages + several plates, including one folding and a frontis engraving of Da Vinci with the original protective tissue-guard, also, 33 pages of ads for other books, flaws are as follows: a slight cock to the spine, mild to moderate foxing to some of the early plates, overall a clean presentable copy .

Moscow: Progress Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism, Criticism of Contemporary Bourgeois Philosophy and Sociology," written by a team of leading Soviet philosophers, book has a few small tan stains on the fore-edge but no other remarkable flaws, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a few creases and scratches but remains clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 480 pages .

Edgartown, Massachusetts: Vineyard Stories. Near Fine. 2010. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Large paperback, clean and attractive copy with no significant flaws, signed by the author: "Enjoy! Sally Dagnall." "This is the story of a place founded in 1835 as a wilderness religious retreat, that is now unlike almost any community in America," illustrated throughout with photos, includes a bibliography ; 160 pages; Signed by Author .

Little, Brown. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316170755 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, inscribed to no one in particular and signed by the author: "Thank you for your contribution to the Breast Cancer Foundation. Daguin." Book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no significant flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "D'artagnan is America's foremost supplier of game meats and foie gras," illustrated throughout with color photos, this copy includes a 6-page Insert about the restaurant ; ; 318 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the (1) on the last page of text, describes this voyage undertaken by the Danish "East Greenland Company," includes a generous selection of illustrations, no major flaws to this clean, presentable copy but a few minor ones: mild tanning to the outer page-edge, several ownership stamps in blind so at least discreet throughout the book, dulling to the gold spine-title but still readable, a nautical bookplate and ink name on the front end-papers, the binding is tight and the text and illustrations are fine; 288 pages .

Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing. Very Good+. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1563112132 . Large format hardcover, issued without a dustjacket, two minor flaws to this clean, attractive copy: mild rubbing to the glossy cover, and a tiny corner-crease at the tops of pages 167-191, "The first thirty years of its history is presented in detail in the pages which follow," includes many illustrations; ; 200 pages .

New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039450223X . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "2" in the number line on copyright page (which is the lowest number used by Random House during this time) and "First Edition" stated, this is a fine gift/collector's copy, the book is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, the jacket has one inconspiuous short edge-tear, else excellent condition, the original price (15.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "the story of the man who virtually single-handedly opened up the world to commercial flight," illustrated with photos; ; 529 pages .

New York: Carroll & Graf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0786700009 . Hardcover with dustjacket, book has a 1/8th of an inch worn area on the bottom edge and is in excellent condition otherwise, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a few small areas of surface-wear and is otherwise quite presentable, the original price (28.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "tells the story of the child born in the most Catholic rural corner of France to an aetheist father and a Protestant mother..," illustrated throughout and includes a Select Bibliography and Sources .

New York: McDowell, Obolensky. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, inscribed, dated and signed by the author, "true account of a mother's devotion and bravery in the grimmest days of the Second World War in Italy," mild edge-tanning to the cover and end-papers, binding is clean and tight, contents are fine, jacket has one short edge-tear and a 2 by 2-inch pink area at the bottom corner of the rear panel caused by dampness, the jacket is clean and pleasing to the eye overall, the original price (3.50) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; Signed by Author .

Canada: Grand Manan Tourism Association. Fine. 1991. 3rd Edition. Paperback. 56-page small booklet in as new condition, "Most of the data came from extensive files maintained at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John" .

Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1999. 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 0195136284 . Large paperback, "the definitive study of Mount Vernon," illustrated throughout, this copy has mild corner-creases to the tops of the pages and is otherwise in great shape; 300 pages .

The University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, 291 pages, includes illustrations, an end-paper map and a bibliography, "a handful of Confederate cruisers killed the American carrying trade by so harrying Federal merchant shipping that world commerce took flight from ships flying the United States flag," book is in excellent condition, mild tanning on the top outer page-edge is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket has a 1/2-inch square surface bruise on the spine and moderate edge-wear which is mostly confined to the top of the rear panel, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original price (3.50) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's logo on the copyright page, book is in excellent condition, darkening to the cloth cover along the front gutter is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket has moderate edge-wear at the corners, spine-ends, and a small area at the bottom of the front panel, there is some tan spotting but please note that it is located on the reverse side of the jacket only, the jacket is clean and quite presentable, the original price (2.50) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, a nicer copy than is usually found, this volume in the "Rivers of America" series features an illustrated title page, a double-page end-paper map, and additional illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II .

Dublin, Ireland: Mercier Press. Fine. 1999. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "fully illustrated and gives the reader a rare insight into the daily lives of typical Irish rural families: the houses they lived in, their kitchens, bedrooms and untensils" .

Pergamon Press. Very Good. 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket (as issued we believe) Black illustrated cloth cover, first printing as stated on copyright page, 200 pages, the binding has a mild warp, it remains tight and the contents are fine, scattered tan spotting to the outer edge, mild rubbing at the corners .

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 0786401966 . Hardcover in AS NEW condition, was issued without a dustjacket, nicely illustrated throughout with photos, includes lifetime statistics and a bibliography ; 246 pages .

New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2019. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1524747696 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, dated "Nov 8, 2019" and signed by the author, this fine gift copy is in excellent condition, the jacket has mild rubbing to the glossy surface of the rear panel as its only remarkable flaw, the original "Signed Copy" label is present on the front panel of the jacket, the original price (25.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; Signed by Author .

New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1919. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's logo on title page, the author was Secretary of the Navy, book has a bump to the top front cover but is clean and fresh-looking otherwise with no other significant flaws, the jacket is tanned on the spine and has a 1.5-inch closed tear on the rear spine-edge, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original price is present on the spine and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 348 pages .

Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services. Fine. 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, issued without a dustjacket, excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, "Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor in Philosophy," 346 pages, sturdy blue cloth binding, illustrated, "This dissertation examines a small group of Maya ceramics from highland Guatemala. They were excavated specifically for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - and have formed part of its collections ever since they were shipped from Guatemala during the first third of the twentieth century .

Spring Grove, Pennsylvania: Self-Published. Very Good-. 1951. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Large paperback, first printing as stated on copyright page, 178 pages + the original Corrections page bound-in, the book has two edge-chips to the cover and a small piece of tape is affixed to the inside of the front cover, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, "The first purpose of this book is to set up a comprehensive list of Pennsylvania Dutch words and a representative list of Pennsylvania Dutch phrases" .