Search Results: Authors starting with D from BiblioStax

Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey, 1963. Brown wraps moderate wear. Pages fine. Includes maps at back in envelope. 143 pages.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1992. Glossy pictorial boards w/matching jacket, slight shelf wear. Pages fine. Bright, rich color illustration. Extra-wide 10" x 8 1/4" design. Retells the traditional nursery rhyme which takes the reader through the kingdom and through the day. The text appears in English, French, and Spanish at each page w/bright, charming full-page illustration across. Fine string-bind. Apprx. 30 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Tarrytown, New York: Wynwood Press, 1992. Inscribed at endpaper: "To Nathan, Follow Your Dreams! - Tim Daggett". Brown boards, dk. brown cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Pages fine. Dj lt. edge wear; unclipped 18.00, protected in new clear sleeve. In 1984, Tim Daggett clinched the first-ever Gold Medal for the U.S. Men's Gymnastics team. Then, in 1987, he fell 15 feet from the high bar, rupturing a disc. But he fought his way back to contend in the World Championships, only to suffer an even more devastating injury. Facing More...possible leg amputation, he refused to give up. 8-page photo insert. Author to be a commentator at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. 235 pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. Stated first edition, C-Z. Navy cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Pages very good, no writing in text body. Large photo plate section. Dj flaps adhered inside front board. 321 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Viking - Penguin Books , 1986. Stated at copyright: "First Published 1986". First printing. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl on custom pictorial bookplate at front endpaper: "Roald Dahl". Unique bookplate appears to be of tiger in jungle foliage preparing to pounce; but, Dahl has signed this plate upside-down and a facial expression of an awestruck child can be seen when held this way. Black full-cloth boards, sharp gilt impressed spine titles, fine. Pages near fine, no writing. Features a smooth color frontispiece with full and partial page imagery. Illustrated by Graham Dean in a rather impressionist or abstract way throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Dynamic dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 5.95 GBP, protected in new clear sleeve. Designed by Bet Ayer, jacket appears to imply with deep red and black areas torn in two representing love and death. Near fine rarity. From front flap: Roald Dahl is recognized as a master in… Read More

Thirty Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, Limited, 1977. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl at title page: "Love, Roald Dahl." Very attractive and dynamic. Stated at copyright: "First Published 1977. Copyright 1977." Navy textured boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear. Pages generally very good; moderate fox to front few leaves, some to exterior text block. Name or other with impression in blue pencil or similar partially erased and crossed out at half-title page. Original dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, toning; unclipped 3.50 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Wonderful wrap-around jacket with red and black titles of London city scene or similar with caricatured people - jacket design by Susan Shields. Stated at back flap: "Jonathan Cape 1977." Rare near very good signed first edition in same wrapper. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. Dahl makes his dedication: "...with affection and… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl on signature cut lightly adhered at title page: "Roald Dahl". Very attractive. Rare first edition, first state with six-line colophon with matching original wrapper without isbn number at back. Charming, original illustration throughout this first edition by Joseph Schindelman. Includes the infamous Oompa-Loompa illustrations (excised in later editions). Deep red full cloth boards, crisp embossed title design, unusually bright gilt spine titles, light shelf. Chocolate colored top-stain. Pages near fine. Classic vintage bookplate inside cover of tree with orange fruit and green leaves. Mustard endpapers. Bind fine, moderate cant; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light edge wear, rub, cover crease; unclipped 3.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Near fine true first edition in same original wrapper. Concerning the adventures of four nasty children and Our Hero with Mr. Willy Wonka and his famous candy plant.… Read More

Great Britain: Picture Puffins, 1983. Fourth Puffin Picture printing. A unique example with partial Roald Dahl inscription. Front cover half clipped for Dahl signature. Inscribed by Roald Dahl inside cover: "To Lee". Below this, signed by someone else - and obviously not Dahl's signature - but actually reminiscent while simultaneously more attractive: "Love, Roald Dahl", as was his oft-time salutation. Book itself fully intact (excepting half of cover) with moderate wear, some crease. Pages good. Charming color illustration throughout by Quentin Blake. Unique example w/the writing of Dahl himself. This crocodile has an enormous appetite and boasts that he is going to eat a nice juicy child for lunch. Fortunately for the children, the other animals in the jungle see through the crocodile's cunning disguises. Apprx. 40 pages.. First Puffin Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. Illus. by Blake, Quentin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Thirty-Two Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Stated First Published 1980. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl at title page: "Roald Dahl." Very attractive. Red textured boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages very good; no writing. Front blank endpaper removed. Dynamic illustration by Quentin Blake profusely throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Rather humorous and apropos dust wrapper features bold red and black titles with color illustration of the Twits at front panel; back panel features the monkeys standing on their heads with the repeated titles placed upside down. True first edition wrapper without isbn and code at back panel. Rare near fine signed first printing in same wrapper. Bored with playing minor juvenile tricks on each nother, the sick and satisfyingly revolting Twits turn attention to capturing a family of monkeys for a circus act. The monkey's… Read More

London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1984. Scarce import; collection of the beloved Roald Dahl's short stories. Stated at copyright: First Published in this edition by Michael Joseph Limited in 1980. Reprinted by Penguin Books, 1981, 1983, 1984. Purple and orange pictorial wraps, moderate wear; front wrap partially clipped. At back of front cover "Hello Gordon" remains written in blue felt-tip; originally portion which is now clipped, stated Love Roald Dahl. Dahl and summary review at back. Bind good, intact. Roald Dahl can stand on your head, twist you in knots, tie up your hands and leave you gasping for more. In this, his latest selection of short stories, the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever. Taken from "Someone Like You", "Kiss Kiss" and "The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar", plus four brand new stories, they lure you into a world as full of unease, coincidence and black humour as you could wish. This title covers stories including:… Read More

Puffin Books, 1985. Front cover neatly clipped along spine edge. Pages very good. Bind good. Charmingly illustrated throughout by Faith Jaques in a unique near sci-fi fashion with simple, yet great, detail reminiscent of the original Chocolate Factory imagery. Good reading copy. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. Picking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and his family along with Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in a great glass elevator. Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and is on his way to take possession of it! When the elevator makes a fearful whooshing noise our heroes begin shooting into the sky headed for destinations unknown. Charlie and his family find themselves in orbit above the earth and a new daring adventure has begun with Mr. Willy Wonka leading the way. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical… Read More

New York: Puffin Books, 1986. Seventh printing of this edition illustrated by Michael Foreman. Originally this book was signed inside the front cover by Roald Dahl; the cover is now evenly clipped along spine edge and no longer signed. Back wrap and spine fine; bind intact. Pages good; few w/small indentation. Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator. Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and is on his way to take possession of it in a great glass elevator! When the elevator makes a fearful whooshing noise, Charlie and his family find themselves in orbit around the earth. A daring adventures has begun, with Mr Willy Wonka leading the way... Made and Printed in Great Britain. 160 pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. Illus. by Foreman, Michael (Illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

30 Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, Limited , 1975. Stated at copyright: First Published in Great Britain 1975. Rare British first edition. Sienna orange cloth boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear; some black marker to back board, apparently from youngster. Pages very good. Light grey endpapers. Front endpaper w/apprx. 1/2" corner clipped. Bind fine; hinges intact. Danny’s life seems wondrous: his home is a traveller's caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. Despite missing his mother, Danny is well-adjusted living with his father in a caravan behind his father's country station. Danny thinks he knows him very well, but at age nine, he discovers that his father has been hiding a big secret: he's a poacher. In fact, Danny's father likes nothing better than sneaking out of the caravan at night and stealing pheasants from the woodlands owned by the… Read More

London: Puffin Books, 1975. Stated First published by George Allen & Unwin 1973. Published, Reprinted by Puffin Books 1975. Originally this book was signed by Roald Dahl at the title page which is partially clipped; Dahl's writing "Trudi" remains at the partially clipped page. Pages good, toned. Bind good. Dynamic, exciting wrap-around cover by Faith Jaques depicts scene of Charlie and Wonka characters blasting into space in glass enclosure over arms raised children below. Illustrated throughtout by the inimitable Faith Jacques. Large paperback design. Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator. Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and is on his way to take possession of it in a great glass elevator! When the elevator makes a fearful whooshing noise, Charlie and his family find themselves in orbit around the earth. A daring adventures… Read More

Amsterdam: Meulenhoff Editie, 1978. Pictorial wraps, light cover, corner, edge wear. Pages near fine; no writing. Front blank endpaper removed. Bind fine, square. Presented here is a Dutch translation of Roald Dahl's first collection of short stories originally entitled "Kiss Kiss." 255 pages. Insured post.. First Dutch Edition . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Rare edition designed for Concorde Confections of Chicago. Pictorial, cloth boards w/original first edition jacket art on front and back boards; back board w/unique lime colored background. Additionally, included is the original white, preprinted postal sleeve for the promotion as protective wrapper; unaddressed w/whimsical return address of Willy Wonka, P.O. Box 4504, Chicago, Illinois and postage details, weight, etc. Sleeve in good, unposted condition. Unique collectible. The original, charming illustration throughout by Joseph Schindelman. Concerning the adventures of four nasty children and Our Hero with Mr. Willy Wonka and his famous candy plant. Darkly humorous, slightly creepy, and ultimately the tale of a nice guy who just might finish first, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the prolific Roald Dahl's most popular works. Life changes for a poor but kindhearted boy named Charlie Bucket when he manages to win one of five golden tickets… Read More

Thirty-Two Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Stated First Published 1980; fourth printing, 1985. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Roald Dahl at front endpaper: "Olwen, Love Roald Dahl." Bold large inscription and signature fills the page. According to prior collector, Olwen in this case refers to Olwen Barnard (born Hill-Duffy), a relation to Sir Joseph Brian Barnard of North Yorkshire. Olwen, pronounced O-loon, is of Welsh origin and a name for girls translating as "white footprint" or "white track." According to legend, the goddess Olwen was so gentle and fragile that white trefoils or clovers grew in her footprints. Olwen is a Welsh favorite, and was also the name of a legendary princess in what is believed to be the earliest Arthurian romance. Other sources cite Olwen as a Welsh sun goddess whose name means golden wheel. According to this tale, she overcame thirteen obstacles to obtain her true love; and thus teaches tenacity in obtaining… Read More

30 Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, Limited , 1976. First edition, first printing. Stated at copyright: "First Published in Great Britain 1975" Signed by Roald Dahl on signature cut at half-title page: "Roald Dahl" Very attractive. Sienna orange cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing Charmingly illustrated throughout by Jill Bennet. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear, slight fox at flaps; unclipped 2.25 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic down-to-earth wrap around wrapper illustration of Danny and Dad walking the country trail with pheasant ahead. Rare near fine first printing in same original wrapper. From front flap: "Danny is the story of a father and his son, and the love they have for each other. A marvellous story-teller, a genius at kites, Danny's father is such a good teacher that before he even started school, Danny knew how to take apart an engine and put… Read More

New York: Random House, 1943. Oversize 9" x 11 1/4" design. Red pictorial boards with bold yellow titles, black spine titles on brick red cloth spine wrap, moderate corner wear, rub. Cover depicts the gremlins at work destroying an RAF fighter plane at front; back cover features similar vignette, hand drill and saw in hand on rear wing. Yellow endpapers feature monochromatic red collage scenes of the horned gremlins playfully using their tools of pickaxe, bombs, oil cans, saws, hammers, etc. with silhouette planes in b.g. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind good; hinges intact. Scarce sharp first edition with moderate wear. A whimsical tale of devilish imps creating aerial havoc for the Allied Forces in the skies of WWII. Full page color designs throughout, with b&w illustrations, partial-page imagery and vignettes. Roald Dahl was sent to Washington DC in 1942 as an assistant air attache for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday… Read More

19 Union Square West, New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1986. Stated at copyright page: "First American edition, 1986". Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl on custom Farrar Straus Giroux bookplate tipped-in at half-title page: "Roald Dahl". Very attractive. Unique partial cream colored boards with royal blue extra-wide cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, no writing. Original dust wrapper, near fine; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features jacket painting by Sir Matthew Smith, 1942, from Dahl's collection. Beautifully illustrated throughout and at endpapers w/classic black & white collage snapshots of Dahl, WWII, family and friends. A near fine first edition in original wrapper. Everyone who has entered 'the brilliantly colored, sometimes grotesque and sometimes magical world Roald Dahl conjures will be longing to learn what happens to the supreme storyteller in Going Solo. A tale of deadly snakes on the… Read More