Search Results: Titles starting with D from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Frederick Ungar, 1980 1st ed. 165pp. burgundy cloth 8vo: Very Good in a Very Good dj in poly cover [corporate gift stamp on ffep; else VG; dj = p-c; else VG] An unemotional scholarly evaluation of the lasting importance of the writing of English novelist David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930).

New York: Wiley, 2004 1st ed. 220pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj[text is age browned with some edge foxing owing to publisher’s paper quality; else a nice crisp copy] A succinct account of Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Normandy invasion, by the prolific British historian Sir Martin Gilbert (1936-2015).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 1st ed. 665pp. illus. green cloth 4to w/gilt titles & gilt military patch device: Very Good+/no dj [all corners of heavy volume are lightly bumped; a top edge bump to front cover; else a nice clean & crisp copy] A massive compendium of information on the June 1944 Normandy landings arranged in A-Z format. Too large for priority shipping.

New York: Ballantine, 1977 3rd ptg. 160pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Very Good [prev. owner has neatly highlighted the names of other titles in this series inside back cover; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]

Dahlonega, GA: privately issued, 2000 1st ed. INSCRIBED on title p. by Anthony. 169pp. illus. hardback oblong 4to in pictorial boards: Fine in a near Fine dj [dj = small tear @ spine head; else nrF] A large format collection of color photographs taken in and around the North Georgia town of Dahlonega, the site of the United States' first gold rush.

London: Macmillan, 1996 1st ed. 338pp. hardback 8vo: near Very Good in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges and endpp. are foxed; text is age browned owing to quality of publisher's paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The English writer and editor Massingberd (1946-2007) was a master of the literary obituary.

London: Macmillan, 1997 1st ed. 338pp. hardback 8vo: near Very Good in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges and endpp. are foxed; text is age browned owing to quality of publisher's paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The English writer and editor Massingberd (1946-2007) was a master of the literary obituary.

London: Macmillan, 1995 reprint. 338pp. hardback 8vo: Good in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges and endpp. are foxed; text is age browned owing to quality of publisher's paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The English writer and editor Massingberd (1946-2007) was a master of the literary obituary.

London: Haus Publishing, 2010 reissue. 195pp. illus. paperback: Fine.

SIGNED on title p. by author. 214pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good+ in a near Fine dj in poly cover. The text of every copy of this edition seen has been completely age browned owing to very poor quality publisher's paper. The text of this copy is similarly age browned; no other complaints; would be Fine if not for paper quality. A very nice signature by Thesiger (1910-2003), one of the great English explorers and travel writers of the 20th century.

London: D. C. Thompson & Co.,  2001. unpaginated illustrated hardback 4to in pictorial hardback boards: Fine/no dj. A now defunct British comic dating back to 1937.

London: D. C. Thompson & Co.,  1999. unpaginated illustrated hardback 4to in pictorial hardback boards: Fine/no dj. A now defunct British comic dating back to 1937.

New York: Vintage Departures, 1988 reprint. 426pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Very Good [age browning; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The author traveled from London to Peking with minimal equipment, mostly clandestinely, without visas and in disguise as an itinerant Muslim. His 18-month journey cost him only $1,500 because he went native all the way. The reviewer in "The Literary Review" said: "this book contains some of the most exciting travel writing I have ever read."

Chicago: Frank K. Root. 1916. sheet music. 6pp. paper folio with colorful cover depicting a period rose. Good condition. Includes sheet music for Frost’s (1893-1959) "Darlin’" and Frost and Keithley’s (1880-1955) "When Shadows Fall."

New York: PaperJacks, 1988 1st ed. 187pp. paperback: Very Good+ [text is age browned; else VG+] A Vietnam War novel featuring a fictional reporter.

New York: International Polygonics, 1991 1st ed. thus. 186pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good. Cover praise for English writer and jurist, Henry Cecil Leon (1902-76) from P. G. Wodehouse. Originally published in 1961.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1955 1st ed. 305pp. hardback sm 8vo: Good+/no dj [some pencil underlining in text; some turned page corners; light corner bumps; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Based on the life stories of 10 young Japanese women related in the spring of 1953.

SIGNED bookplate by author affixed to half-title p. 1994 1st Am. ed. 295pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges are age foxed; else nrVG]

London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1924 limited ed. (700 copies). vii, 40pp of text & 91 plates. t.e.g. brown cloth 4to w/gilt titles: about Good [cover cloth is worn @ extremities; few pp. show some darkening in the margins; plates illustrating the work of the artist are untroubled; a complete & tight copy] An enormous sized study of the life and work of French painter and caricaturist Honore Daumier (1808-79).

New York: Crown. 1997 1st ed. SIGNED bookplate affixed to half-title p. 270pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover.