Search Results: Authors starting with D from George S. MacManus Company

(FRANCISCANS). Da CIVEZZA, Marcellino. Saggio di Bibliografia Geografica Storica Etnografica Sanfrancescana. Bound in 1-/2-leather over marbled boards. Prato: Ranieri Guasti, 1879. First edition. Original printed wrappers bound in. A very good copy.

DABNEY, Charles W. Universal Education in the South. Chapel Hill, [1936]. 1st ed. Two vols. Illus. 568; 606pp. Fine in orig. cloth and d/js (slightly soiled).

DABNEY, Virginius. Liberalism in the South. Chapel Hill, 1932. 1st ed. 456pp. An important work.

1984. DABNEY, Virginius. The Last Review: The Confederate Reunion, Richmond, 1932...and Including "The Last Parade" by Douglas Southall Freeman. [Chapel Hill, NC]: Algonquin Books, 1984. 1st ed. 4to. ix,165pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. On the final Confederate reunion. .

DABNEY, W.M. and DARGAN, M. William Henry Drayton and the American Revolution. Albuquerque, [1962]. Illus. 225pp. Fine in dust jacket.

1784. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanac, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1784.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1783]. 11 leaves. Sewn. Light scattered foxing and toning, lacks final leaf, else very good. Drake 12868. Evans 17795. ESTC W22715. Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan Daboll. West and Carter, the publisher, severed relations with the 1781 issue. West's almanac was subsequently published in Providence by Bennett Wheeler as the North American Calendar, while Carter continued the New England Almanack over the Bickerstaff pseudonym with which West is often identified.

1820. DABOLL, Nathan. Daboll's Practical Navigator: Being a Concise, Easy, and Comprehensive System of Navigation; Calculated for the Daily Use of Seamen, and also for an Assistant to the Teacher: Containing Plane, Transverse, Parallel, Middle Latitude, and Mercator's Sailing; With all the Necessary Tables. New-London: Samuel Green, 1820. viii, 106, [112pp]. Frontis. Later in 3/4 calf and marbled boards, new endpapers, gilt-lettered spine, red morocco spin label. Light toning throughout, Inscription of early owner on front endpaper, else very good. A fine example of a 19th century science-based guidebook on seaward navigation. "Navigation is here considered and taught as an art, that may be easily acquired by any common capacity; in which the problems are all resolved by inspection; which is well known to be the common mode of practice at sea and fully sufficient to answer any purpose in common navigation." (Daboll).

1794. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1793.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1792]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some light foxing and soiling to exterior leaves, else very good. Drake 12933 locates 7 copies. Evans 25022. ESTC W22725. Includes "Extent of the District ceded to the United States of America at the Conclusion of the late War, taken from Measurements made with Accuracy, and compared with Countries whose Situation and Extent we are more acquainted with.

1787. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1787.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1786]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some marginal annotations, chip to foredge of final 4 leaves (not affecting text, leaves B1, B3, and B4 tape repaired, final leaf somewhat soiled, else very good. Drake 12888. Evans 20138. ESTC W22719. Includes various medical cures including for the bite of the rattlesnake.

1792. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1792.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1791]. 12 leaves. Re-sewn Complete. Toned, else very good. Drake 12913. Evans 23987. ESTC W22724.

1780. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack; and Gentleman's and Lady's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord 1780.. By Edmund Freebetter. New-London: T. Green, [1779]. 12 Leaves. Sewn. Complete. Printed on "blue" paper. Very good. Drake 331. Evan 16250. ESTC W10403. With a brief timeline of the history and governors of Connecticut and New Haven. There is also a 2-page article "On Keeping of Secrets," which extols the virtues of knowing when to do so using a story from ancient Rome, followed by brief descriptions of how the months of the year earned their names.

1786. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1786.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1785]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some marginal annotations, else very good. Drake 12883. Evans 19375. ESTC W22718. Contains" Regulations relating to Trade and Commerce" for Rhode Island.

1788. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1788.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1787]. 12 leaves. Disbound. Small waterstain to lower margin, not affecting text, else very good. Drake 12896. Evans 20880. ESTC W22720.

1783. [DABOLL, Nathan]. Weatherwise's Town and Country Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1783. Boston: Robert Hodge, [1782]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Uniform toning, loss to free corners of titlepage (loss of a few words at foot), a few marginal notes, else very good. Drake 3325. Evans 17705. ESTC W25225. Erroneously attributed to David Rittenhouse by Evans. The actual calculator appears to have been Nathan Daboll, the author of The New-England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary for 1783 (New London, Conn.) under his pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter.

1798. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1798 . By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, [1797]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. A fine untrimmed copy. Drake 12957. Evans 33201. ESTC W022731. Includes a cure for deafness.

1800. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1799 . By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: Carter and Wilkinson,[1798]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Near fine, untrimmed copy. Drake 12961. Evans 35002. ESTC W15189.

1791. [DABOLL, Nathan]. Wheeler's North-American Calendar, or an Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1791. Providence: Bennett Wheeler, [1790]. 12 leaves. Disbound. Lower front free corner of titlepage torn, not affecting text, else very good. Drake 12916. Evans 23073. ESTC W20842.

1790. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1790.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1789]. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Untrimmed. Exterior leaves, soiled, else very good. Drake 12906. Evans 22272. ESTC W22722. Two states of gathering B noted by Alden. In this one, the recipe for "Styptic water" occupies the last line of leaf B1 verso and the first six lines of B2 recto. Includes various cures.

1789. [DABOLL, Nathan]. The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1789.. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Providence: John Carter, [1788]. 12 leaves. Disbound, Small hole in front and rear leaves, affecting a few letters, foredge of several leaves tape-repaired, else very good. Drake 12901. Evans 21594. ESTC W22721. Includes "Directions for recovering drowned Persons, cures for common ailments, agricultural tips, etc.

1804. (CONNECTICUT). [DAGGETT, David]. Count the Cost. An Address to the People of Connecticut, on Sundry Political Subjects, and Particularly on the Proposition for a New Constitution. By Jonathan Steadfast [pseud.]. Hartford, 1804. 21, ii pp. Stitched as issued. Faint scattered foxing, else a very good copy. Daggett, a Federalist, argues against a new constitution for Connecticut, suggesting its proponents are out for personal gain.