Search Results: Authors starting with D from Certain Books, ABAA

New York: Vantage Press, 1997. 250 pages; "..consists of three of Wallace Dace's plays, preceded by prefaces and followed by an epilogue..."Hitler in Landsberg" ..."Fate, Fortune, and Final Solutions"..."The Feast of Thyestes"..."; slight edge, tips wear to dustjacket; very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London, UK: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908. vii + 361 pages; translated from the German by Bhikku Silacara. Bookseller edge-stamp on front endpaper of G.P. Putnam's Sons; back endpaper with the stamp of The Knickerbocker Press Bindery. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Approx. 6" x 9" size; bound in very fine marbled-cloth covered boards, with dark brown Morocco leather spine and corners, gilt spine titles & rule-outlines, top edge gilt. A little edge, tips wear to the covers, surface splitting at bottom margin of the front board; contents clean and in very good condition. . First Edition. Leather. Very Good.

New York - London: Messmore & Damon, 1923. Large format photographs; two mounted one on top of the other on the same cardstock mount; one with the sculptor at work in the firm's studio, putting the finishing touches on a large sphinx form, with machinery, other carved animals visible in the loft area - picture below shows 3 of these huge sphinxes mounted on a flatbed trailer, being pulled by a truck with some of the firm's carved camels aboard on the back; each truck with large banners which state that these are the "...Shrine Decorations..."; the photographs together measure 11" high by 9 1/2" wide, with the mount card giving some border surrounding; illustrating the work of Messmore & Damon - were a New York-based "...Design and construction firm (Begun in 1918) that produced a wide variety of parade floats, dioramas for museums, exhibits for expositions, displays for department stores, scenery for films, Broadway and TV shows, and exhibits for corporate… Read More

A handwritten note, interestingly written from Carnegie Hall and dated May 2 1912 and with a artists' palette-style "Dana" in the signature; evidently the addressee had asked Gibson about using an image he'd drawn; to a Mr. Abbott, and describing the process for using the art, fees & copyright notice; very businesslike and polite; a good indication that Gibson knew his rights and responsibilities and had the ability to take care of his own; about 7 1/2 " x 10" size, written on one side of the paper; Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) prominent American illustrator and artist, famous for his "Gibson Girls" and his work depicting women and society of the time; some age-toning, faint old fold-lines; in very good condition. . Very Good.

1933. A somewhat hauntingly-depicted scene, very skillfully accomplished by this artist; the impression given, especially considering the date of the 1930s, is of the 'coldness' or severity of the title- theme; the dark figure, faceless, pondering a severe architectural facade, a feeling of hopelessness and a lack of warmth to an appeal to the courts of law; image size approximately 5" x 3 1/2", black ink impression on good quality paper; this piece is numbered 8 of 10, titled "Justice" in pencil in the lower margin of the image; signed in the block 'Dane' and additionally handwritten 'Dane' at the same area in lower left; dated 1/16/33 in lower right of block; no other information on the artist; exhibiting remarkable talent; some edgewear to frames' finish; a great image; in very good condition.. Signed by Illustrator. Very Good.

Leicester UK: Brockhampton Press, 1959. 119 pages; illustrated endpapers & artwork throughout in black and white by Biro; "Alone and in trouble in 19th century London Johnny Merrifield is befriended by a young nobleman with a passion for prize-fighting..." (from the jacket information); "First Published" stated on copyright page; light brown paper covered boards, illustrated color dustjacket; last page with small (1/4") paper defect hole, no loss to text; some wear and rubbing to the extremities of the jacket, top back corner edge of spine with small chip; in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Biro.

Boynton Beach, Florida: Author Published, 2006. (4) + 133 pages; black and white illustrated and with a useful index. Norton W. "Bucket" Daniels (1919 - 2018) was a historical writer, East Hampton business owner, legislator and historian; his main subject for his writings was growing up in East Hampton, sports, fishing, gunning, the devastating 1938 hurricane, local politics & government, localities, places, people, entertainment and much of local interest. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; illustrated softcover binding; Slight edge, tips wear to covers; in very good condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London, England: Linnean Society's Journal - Botany, 1916. C. (55) pages; with 11 very sharply defined black and white photo-plates on heavy paper stock, illustrated in the collotype process taken by the author & printed by the London Stereoscopic Co.; several of the plates with human perspective-witnesses, wearing the local cultural garb of the time. A folding black and white survey map of The Delta of the Danube according to the latest surveys of the Rumanian Fisheries Commission, approx. 14" x 15 is at the back. This is the separately-printed offprint edition of this report, extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal - Botany, Vol. xliii, July 1916. The botanical researcher and author Marietta Pallis (1882-1963) notes that her "...acquaintance with Plav dates from September 1912, when I went to Rumania to study the aquatic vegetation of the Danube valley and delta. I had for some years past been working at the vegetation of the Norfolk Broads, and it was with the object of gaining, for… Read More

Paris: Seghers, 1967. 102 pages; inscribed on the 1/2 title page, "A Rose Styron en souverin tres attenari de nos wild parties Affectueusement Guy d'Arcangues paris 9 Mars 67" (from the cover information): "...le troisième recueil de vers de Guy d'Arcangues-reprend les thèmes de ses expériences d'homme les plus significatives..."; text in French throughout; light edge, tips wear, to softcover wraps, a little darkened; very good condition, humorous author inscription to fellow poet and author Rose Styron, wife of William Styron .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Oxford and London: John Henry and James Parker, 1863. vi + 144 + 3 pages of corrections and additions + (1) author publications list + 16 pages of publishers' announcements at back. Illustrated with a tinted folding plate of the Caribbean, specifically of the Hurricane of the Middle of August 1837 and its probable course, and charts. The first edition of his findings regarding climate & its influence on botanical growth by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795 - 1867) British chemist and botanist. Associated closely with Magdalen College for over 50 years, "...he insisted that Oxford acknowledge the utility and intellectual rigour of chemistry, and its potential to link the sciences. He lectured constantly so as to influence convocation, and enabled his students to make practical experiments....Daubeny's experimental plot, the basis for his rural economy lectures, was purchased and entirely supported by his own funds. He made the botanic garden (as he had renamed the Physic Garden) the leading centre for… Read More

New York - London: Doubleday, 1946. Not paginated but 38 pages; beautifully color lithographed & black and white illustrations throughout, color endpapers; "...book story of one of America's first and best-loved heroines..."; dustjacket chipped at spine and edges, price clipped; illustrated paper-covered boards very bright still; overall, very good condition.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire.

London: Grayson & Grayson, 1934. 286 pages; signed by the author on the title page; playing-card figure dustjacket art by Chesney; "First Published" on copyright page; From the dustjacket information: "...represents an entertaining commentary upon the danger of match-making..sympathetic study of whimsical and lovable human nature."; dustjacket with some edge, tips wear and darkening,large chips at spine and top front; volume in good condition overall.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1952. 382 pages; (from the dustjacket): "...a tale of narrowness in a town peopled by self-righteous small businessmen unworthy of the fertile fields and Kansas skies that are their birthright..." by American writer Kenneth S. Davis (1913-1998) historian & teacher; "First Edition" stated on copyright page; little bit of corner wear & rubbing to spine of jacket, back with some dustiness-darkening; in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Tokyo: Mainichi Newspaper Publishing Co., 1987. 157 pages; useful selected bibliography at back, giving publications, books, articles regarding the artist Paul Davis (b. 1938) American illustrative, innovative fine artist; with biographical details and filled with the color reproductions of the artists' works; text in Japanese and English; laid-in is a card 'with compliments' from the Paul Davis Studio in New York; also laid-in are 5 pages of reviews and commentary about Davis' art by Tadanori Yokoo, Masuo Ikeda, Yoji Kuri, Shigeo Fukuda, Yoichi Yokota, Tadayasu Sakai, Sumio Kuwabara; illustrated paper wrap covers, large format 8 3/4" x 11 1/2" size; light wear, some soiling to wraps; very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Company, 1923. The publisher's folding 4-panel announcement flyer printed in sepia tones. Including a sample illustration, biography of the photographer, chapter contents and reviews in photographic periodicals and other sources and an order form for the book at back panel. William Steeple Davis (1884-1961) was a prolific painter, educator, engraver, block printer, photographer, writer and graphic artist, born in Orient, Long Island, (WWW in American Art 1999) Approx. 5 1/2" x 8" size; slight wear; in very good condition.. Publishers Announcement. Not Bound. Very Good.

Jerusalem Israel: No Publisher Noted, 1955. A typed letter, dated Jerusalem 10 July 1955 addressed to Abraham Tulin of New York. "Dear Abe, Thank you for your letter of 22 June with its enclosures. You have done a real mitzva by sending me your review of Lippmann's book. I have gulped it down thirstily during a brief Sabbath respite between two furious spells of the election campaign. The trouble is that since I became what I now am, I have practically stopped doing any general reading because of sheer physical lack of time. As I cannot consume books in bulk, their compressed substance is to me invaluable. Your review is, indeed, a marvel of compression - judicious and incisive. As I rush through the first three columns, I said to myself: "Walter Lippmann is inviting democratic civilisation to jump from the frying-pan of tribulation right into the fire of destruction," and felt intellectually terribly depressed. And then, on reaching your searching criticism in the fourth column, I found you… Read More

A Paris: Chez Pierre-Francois Didot Le Jeune, Libraire Imprimeur De Monsieur, Quais Des Augustins, 1785. xvi + 256 pages, with the half-title; French text. Medical climatology & physiological researches concerning tropical climates, especially in the Caribbean, by Jean-Barthelemy Dazille (circa 1733 - 1812) French marine medical surgeon, visited the West Indies, Madagascar, the Mascarenes; campaigned in Canada and wrote several volumes on this topic. (IdRef site information) Approx. 5" x 8" size; bound in full leather covered boards, gilt spine decorations and red spine label with gilt titles (chipped some). Some edge, tips wear and rubbing to the binding, spine edges dry and flaking; some spotting and foxing to the text, more so to the beginning and ending signatures; top board on by the cords; in good condition.. First Edition. Leather. Good.

Baltimore: Printed By W. Pechin for D. Porter, at the Observatory, Federal Hill, 1797. 268 pages. Phillip Sloan in his "Evolutionary Thought Before Darwin" comments on this work that "...The dominance of some form of pre-existence theory of generation between roughly 1670 and the 1740s provides some explanation for the lack of efforts among natural philosophers to develop transformist theories of species origins in the same period. A notable exception to this claim was the Epicurean cosmology resembling some aspects of Lucretius's poem, developed by the French philosophe Benôit de Maillet (1656–1738) in his privately circulated manuscript Telliamed that was known in French circles for ten years before its publication in 1748 (Maillet, 1748). In this work de Maillet offered bold speculations on how sea creatures developed into land forms over time. Nonetheless, the period before the middle of the eighteenth century was dominated by a theory of organic generation that effectively precluded the… Read More

Dijon France: Lamarche, Libraire-Editeur, 1890. 290 pages; usefully alphabetically organized, listing hundreds of names; text in French; with information on the military usages - war mottoes & cries of these noble families, useful for genealogical & heraldic research; printed at Dijon by Imprimerie Darantiere; a few pencil notations in the text; approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" (15.8 x 24.1 cm) in size; bound in polished light blue cloth covered boards, paper vellum spine, handwritten black spine titles and simple line rules, top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; some edge, tips wear, darkening, soiling to the binding; leaves darkened a bit, not delicate; in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York City: Underwood Image identified as Duchess De Guise, Wife of pretender to French throne and mother of Princess Anne; black and white image, 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" approx. size; with Underwood credits and information; some light wear; credit with old hole in text; very good condition and an interesting photo for French history and genealogical research.. Very Good.