Search Results: Titles starting with D from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949., 1949. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright, copy in bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to head of spine. "D.A. Doug Selby was in trouble again. An enticing redhead had been murdered; the county newspaper, The Blade, was after his neck; he had an unsolved jewelry theft on his hands and that sly, unscrupulous attorney A.B. Carr was running circles around him. Selby knew that somehow or other all four of his troubles were tied up in one explosive bundle. But how could he open the bundle ... without setting off more murder?"

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949., 1949. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright, square copy in crisp, bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to head of spine. "D.A. Doug Selby was in trouble again. An enticing redhead had been murdered; the county newspaper, The Blade, was after his neck; he had an unsolved jewelry theft on his hands and that sly, unscrupulous attorney A.B. Carr was running circles around him. Selby knew that somehow or other all four of his troubles were tied up in one explosive bundle. But how could he open the bundle ... without setting off more murder?" An exceptional copy.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1937., 1937. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket lightly faded on the spine and with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. Introduces Douglas Selby, the fighting District Attorney of Madison City.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1942., 1942. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear to corners and evenly sunned on the spine. A car crash! A hidden fortune! A forged will with plenty of relatives hungry for money! These are just some of the surprises that D.A. Doug Selby runs into when he begins to solve the brutal murder of a beautiful heiress. The fifth book in the D. A. series.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939., 1939. First edition. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, two tiny closed tears to top edge of rear top panel, and light vertical crease to front flap fold. The murdered man had been shot - twice. Either bullet could have caused the death. D.A. Doug Selby had both the bullets and one of the guns. On that gun were the fingerprints of Pete Ribber, a known criminal. The other bullet was from a different - and missing - gun. Which bullet had caused the death? That was the D.A.'s problem. Because there's no law against firing a bullet into a corpse ...

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939., 1939. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine. The third novel to feature Douglas Selby, the fighting District Attorney of Madison City. The murdered man had been shot - twice. Either bullet could have caused the death. D.A. Doug Selby had both the bullets and one of the guns. On that gun were the fingerprints of Pete Ribber, a known criminal. The other bullet was from a different - and missing - gun. Which bullet had caused the death? That was the D.A.'s problem. Because there's no law against firing a bullet into a corpse ...

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1940., 1940. First edition. First edition. Lower front and rear corners lightly bumped, else near fine, tight, crisp copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket, light wear to foot of spine, and some ink loss to bumped corner of front panel. "The case started with a corpse. Nobody knew who he was. Next, a man named John Burke disappeared. But D.A. Doug Selby could not find his body. Then Mrs Burke swore that the corpse and her missing husband were one and the same man. This should have solved both mysteries. All it did was run the D.A. up two different trees. Sure, the faces of the dead man and John Burke were exactly the same. The only trouble was that their fingerprints were different! Impossible? That's what Doug Selby thought too - until the killer struck again ..."

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1940., 1940. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. The fourth novel to feature Douglas Selby, the fighting District Attorney of Madison City.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1938., 1938. First edition. First edition. Former owner's lightly penciled name on the pastedown sheet completely covered by the front flap fold, else a fine bright copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with only minor edgewear. The second novel to feature Douglas Selby, the fighting District Attorney of Madison City.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1948., 1948. First edition. First edition. Former owner's stamped name on front fly leaf, else fine in dust jacket with light wear to head of spine and lightly rubbed across top edge of front cover, The eighth book in the D. A. series that features D. A. Doug Selby..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1972., 1972. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, titles in silver gilt on the front cover and spine, black endpapers, ix [blank], 326 pp., preface, illustrated, portraits, appendix, notes, index. The story of the one-time Kentucky farm boy and high school drop out, who launched the careers of Mary Pickford, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey, ended his life in obscurity, unemployed and ignored by the industry he had helped to create. He contributed a number of Western films among his numerous productions. Fine in dust jacket with a crease to front flap fold.

New York: Bantam Books, [1990]., 1990. First edition. First edition. Paperback original. Three experts calling themselves the Art Department are hired to forge “lost” Leonardo Da Vinci manuscripts. Light wear to spine ends and corners, else a very good copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, [2002]., 2002. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Ellie Cavanaugh was seven years old when her sister was murdered. Ellie's testimony was vital to the conviction of Rob Westerfield, the son of a wealthy family. Twenty-two years later Rob is released on parole, and he attempts to prove that he has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. But is he really innocent, or is he a cold and dangerous killer who plans to murder again?

N.P.: Privately printed, 1955., 1955. First edition. First separate printing. Paper originally presented on December 28, 1954. Reprinted from Agricultural History magazine, 29: 169-173, October, 1955. Stapled printed wrappers, double columns, 6 pp., footnotes. An interesting report on the five decades between 1850 and 1900 and the problems New York farmers were facing from western competition. Fine.

[St. Paul]: MBI Publishing Company, [2002]., 2002. First edition. First edition. 4to. Black cloth, titles stamped in white on the spine, orange front and rear endpapers, 156 pp., introduction, illustrated mostly in color, index. Since 1888 until present day this company has been the king of the air gun world. Colorful chapters on BB Rifles, BB Pistols, Toy Guns, Accessories, and Literature & Manuals. The photography by Ben Saltzman adds a great deal to this popular subject. An attractive, informative and enjoyable book for anyone who remembers the Red Ryder carbine. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket.

[London]: Hachette Scotland, [2009]., 2009. First edition. First edition. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication. Author's first mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket. Logan Finch has just about everything he ever wanted, including a penthouse apartment and a shot at being a partner in one of Scotland's largest law firms. But there's something missing from his life: he still yearns for the woman he thought was 'the one' and who left him without a word of explanation over twelve years ago. Alex Cahill is one of Logan's clients, and probably his best friend. The profane, gregarious American owns a successful security business but has a shadowy past and a capacity for violence. Detective Constable Rebecca Irvine, newly promoted to Strathclyde Police's CID, is stuck in a failing marriage. On her first day in the new job she is called to a murder scene in the affluent Southside of Glasgow. The victim is Penny Grant, Logan's former girlfriend and her… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986., 1986. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Lithuanian-born soldier of fortune Liatis Roantis asks Doc Adams to help him recover a statue of the Hindu god Siva, allegedly given to two of the Daisy Ducks fighting in Cambodia by a Buddhist village elder who was also a river pirate. The statue was being held in a bank vault in Hong Kong, requiring two separate keys to retrieve ..... one key belonged to Daisy Ducks leader Liatis Roantis and the other to his deputy, Hispanic Ken Vilarde. Liatus is shot in the chest (but survives) by a sniper using a favored combat rifle of the Daisy Ducks. The shooter cuts the key off Liatis and within two days the statue disappears from its Hong Kong resting place. Doc Adams, along with the help of the Daisy Ducks investigates.

Pierre, South Dakota: Hipple Printing Company, 1938., 1938. First edition. Story appears in South Dakota Historical Collections, Vol. XIX, 1938. Green cloth, 638 pp. in total. Story appears on page 475 to page 637, (162 pp.). A story of leaving West Virginia in 1884 and going on to South Dakota to become a cowman until he sold out and left the state in 1901. Hamilton provides observations about ranching, stock handling, hunting, weather, soil, wildlife, and the landscape. An interesting story that reads well. Also contained in this volume is "First Journey to North America in the Years 1822 to 1824 by Paul Wilhelm, Duke of Wuerttemberg." Story is translated from the German. Front free fly leaf missing and front spine loose else a good copy.

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, 1885., 1885. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers, 90 pp. plus 6 pages of advertisements, illustrated, plates, map. A brief description of Dakota Territory is provided, with more detailed information provided of Southern Dakota, Central Dakota, the Missouri Slope, the Red River Valley, the Bad Lands, the public schools, the Black Hills, the Turtle Mountain region, the Sioux Indian Reservation, benevolent and penal institutions, the press of Dakota, the railroads of the territory, and brief descriptions of the counties which are listed in alphabetical order. Some interesting plates are provided including the state house at Bismarck, the insane asylum at Yankton, the Mandan passenger depot, and much more. There is much of railroad interest with many plates provided by various railroads and a number of advertisements by railroad companies. The large folding map is in fine condition and depicts Yankton, Mitchell, Watertown, Huron, Aberdeen,… Read More

Huron: Huronite Printing Co., 1907., 1907. First edition. VOLUME I: First edition. 8vo. Three quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, 700 pp., introductory, index. Top edge of spine panel a little frayed, leather lightly rubbed at foot of spine else a very good, tight copy. VOLUME II: Huron: Huronite Printing Co., [1907]. First edition. 8vo. Three quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, 575 pp., index. Light wear to leather at corners and very lightly rubbed on binding, else very good, tight copy. These constitutional debates cover all activities of these two conventions held in 1885 and in 1889. A very good set.