Search Results: Titles starting with D from Borg Antiquarian

New York Toronto London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, small 8vo, tan quarter cloth with bright scarlet lettering on spine over blue boards, arhival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a father running to catch a baby being carried by a stork, 261 pages + [1] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author. "What happens when a woman who wants her freedom meets a man who wants to love, honor, cherish...and change diapers?"--blurb Judy Markey is a broadcaster, novelist, and journalist. For many years, she wrote a syndicated humor column for the Chicago Sun-Times, and is currently the co-host of "Kathy and Judy" on the top-rated WGN-AM radio program. INSCRIBED / SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects!

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, gray quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a black man hunched in a wheelchair in the midst of other nightclub onlookers painted by David Bowers, 306 pages. Robert Skinner is well known for his non-fiction writing on the career of African-American novelist Chester Himes and on the American hard-boiled crime story. SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! No remainder marks.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by Author on title page. thick 8vo, black cloth with gilt titles over beige hardcover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with Gnostic serpent designed by Michaela Sullivan, double-page map endpapers: one of Jerusalem; the other of Northern Israel, [x] + 500 pages. Frank Conroy calls the mystery "An astonishing and thrilling novel. By turns, scary, funny, and deeply moving . . . Stone is a genius." Two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the author is also a National Book Award Nominee. EXCEPTIONAL COPY! SIGNED! Deals with a sinister plot to bomb the Temple Mount . . . with many complications!

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair, Publisher, 1989. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Half-tone photographs. Square 4to,maroon quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over gray boards, illustrated with B&W images (many from Civil War pictures), light beige endpapers,[viii] + 207 pages + [3] Colophon. "Adolph August Hoehling (1914-2004) was a writer and military historian. He worked as an editor, journalist, and author. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and it was his experience there as a lieutenant commander of the Armed Guard on merchant vessels that provided inspiration for his memoir, "The Fighting Liberty Ships." He published at least thirty titles of historical non-fiction, focusing on the Civil War, the Great War, and World War II."--SNAC SUPERIOR CONDITION throughout of an exciting selection of naval battles from the Civil War.

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1937. New Edition Revised and Enlarged. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Small quarto (10 12" x 7 1/4"), tan cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected lettered pale green dust jacket (unclipped), Appendix, xi, [xii] + 154 pages. jWeight: 1 lb. 8 oz. Revised and enlarged illustrated edition of Dance Arranging by Paul Weiricck (1906 - 1989), musical artist, with new chapters on Swing, Rhumba, Waltz, and Tango.<br /> <br /> VERY GOOD CONDITION: Tight, clean copy with a remarkably complete and clean light green dust jacket (unclipped). Light uniform age-toning. No previous owner marks.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Symeon Shimin. 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a baby boy facing a dancing male lion by firelight, illustrated throughout in umber & blue tones by Symeon Shimin, yellow-gold sand dune endpapers, [~ 44] pages. Madeleine L'Engle Camp (1918 - 2007) was an American writer of young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time, a classic that won the Newberry Medal. L'Engle's works reflect her Christian faith, strong interest in science, and human relationships. Symeon Shimin (1902 - 1982) was a noted Russian-American artist and illustrator of more than 50 children's books. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean, bright in a sharp dust jacket (unclipped) with slight edgewear and a tiny peripheral nick or two.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, beige quarter cloth with gold stencil-effect lettering over yellowish beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrated by Wendell Minor, xxv + 255 pages + [2} Note about Author. Exceptional historical novel called "First-rate" by John Gardner and praised by Stephen Jay Gould. Exceptional Condition!

Los Angeles: DoppelHouse Press, 2018. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/None. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, glossy photographic & typographic boards with image of the Author in front of a page typed in Russian, Index, 349 pages + [1] About the Author + [1] Acknowledgements. Arkady Polishchuk (1935-2020) was a Russian Jewish dissident and former journalist who authored articles, essays, and satires for leading Russian periodicals.<br /> <br /> In his memoir, which is full of Jewish humor and sardonic Russian irony, exiled Russian journalist and human rights advocate Arkady Polishchuk colorfully narrates his evolution as a dissenter and his work on behalf of persecuted Christians in 1970s Soviet Russia.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. B&W photos. INSCRIBED by the Author-Dancer on the title page, 8vo, gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival polyester-protected B&W photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a penetrating frontal view of Judith Jamison taken by Michael Ahearn, illustrated with many B&W photos of Judith and dancing; red endpapers, 272 pages + [2] Bibliography. Judith Ann Jamison (pronounced JAM-ih-son; born 1943) is a distinguished American dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.<br/><br/>INSCRIBED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION with Striking photos.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2012. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth over black boards, half tone image of Tudor building as frontispiece & genealogical charts, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [xxiv] + 507 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Alison Weir has established herself as an expert biographer of the Elizabethan period. This exciting work blends history, mystery, and detection. Exceptional condition! Small red remainder dot on bottom of pages.

New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Tall & thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards with gold author's initials on front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with bold black lettering over a photo montage of Greek marble columns and a fine script, frontispiece Family Tree of the Pilasters, dark endpapers depicting shadowy characters standing within marble columns, xiv + [ii] + 533 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. Weight: > 2 LBS. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. <br/> <br/> Kenneth Martin Follett, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. Many of his books have reached the number 1 position on the New York Times Best Seller list, including A Dangerous Fortune. The novel is a banking family saga set in mid-Victorian England.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL Condition! No remainder marks.

Florence: Giannini & Son, 1931. First Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Fine/None. Photographs. 12mo, tooled and gilt-stamped quarter calf over decorative boards with small green, gold, and beige lozenges, engraved frontispiece sketch map of the Casentino [with depictions of buildings in Poppi, Romena, Castiglion Fibocchi, Bibbiena, and other sites], 28 B&W photographs of the region, stiff beige paper, with quotations from The Divine Comedy taken from the Temple Classics edition, copywrite Dent & Co., 70 numbered pages + [1] photo of the "Valley of the Casentino]. SCARCE with charming photographs of a Tuscan region frequented by the immortal poet. It was in this valley, for example, that the Florentine Guelphs battled the Arezzo Ghibellines on June 11, 1289. An excellent book for lovers of Dante, Italian history, or who just want an attractive gift.

Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchandlung, 1897. First German Edition. Cloth [rebound]. Near Fine/None. Quarto (11" x 7 3/4" x 2 1/8"), rebound in black cloth with gilt author & title on spine; illustrated with several plates in B&W, half-tones, and tri-tones; XII, 792. S. TEXT IN GERMAN ONLY. Weight: 6 lbs. SOLID, TIGHT, CLEAN copy. UNCOMMON and IMPORTANT STUDY. Rebound. Many illustrations. Paper has Uniform moderate age-toning. Plates are unfoxed and clean with some having tissue guards. No notes or marginalia.<br/> <br/> Franz Xaver Kraus (1840 - 1901) was a learned and "liberal" German Catholic priest, and prolific ecclesiastical and art historian. For his bibliography see: https://www.ub.uni-freiburg.de/recherche/personenportale/franz-xaver-kraus.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/8"), green cloth with black lettering on spine and with black bi-plane on front cover, illustrated with a B&W frontispiece of a crashed bi-plane, Mylar-protected colorful dust jacket (unclipped) depictiing a lone British biplane in a dogfight with several Germans, orange endpapers with dogfighting, 240 pages. A young American lieutenant joins the British "Phantom Five" and becomes one of the British Flying Corps' Ace's--like other pilots in the Lafayette Escadrille. The brave pilots fight in their DeHavilands and the skies of France against the Fokkers of the Bosche. Thomson Burtis (1896-1971) was an American writer who had served for five years as a pilot during the Great War. He wrote more than two hundred stories for pulp magazines such as Adventure (magazine). Several of his works were adapted to film including In Old Oklahoma. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION with a SUPERB DUST JACKET,… Read More

New York Boston London: Little, Brown & Company, 2021. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED [Initialled] by the Author on special preliminary page, tall 8vo, purple cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a fiery sunrise and LA city outline, dj with circular gold seal with "Autographed Copy," [viii] + 388 pages + [2] Blanks + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author!<br/> <br/> Michael Connelly (born 1956) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. <br/> <br/> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR Condition! Tight, bright, clean in sharp, clean dust jacket (unclipped) with very slight edgewear. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Warner Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. SIGNED boldly by BOTH Authors on the title page, tall 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an African treeline at sunset, 519 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 12 oz. As New SIGNED hardcover in superb dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Crichtonesque thriller about what might happen if a secretive giant pharmaceutical created an "augmented" Bonobo that was like a proto-human...?<br /> <br /> Kathleen O'Neal Gear (1954) is an award-winning American writer. She is a former state historian and archaeologist for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Achievement Award for "outstanding management" of America's cultural heritage, and has published fifty novels. She co-authored with… Read More

New York: A Del Rey Book / BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Darrell K. Sweet. 8vo, blue-gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Darrell K. Sweet depicting a green centaur helping to pole a raft with primitive humans , 405 pages + [2] About the Author. "More than twenty years ago, Philip Jose Farmer began the epic chronicle of the planet called RIVERWORLD, and of the thirty-five billion men and women who woke there one morning to begin the first day of life after death. Resurrected by the power of an alien race, for reasons they can only guess at, unlikey fellow travelers like Mark Twain, Hermann Göring, and Cyrano de Bergerac wander the banks of a ten-million-mile-long river in search of their makers and the answers to this mystery."--blurb. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION and a remarkably inventive SCI-FI tale! SUPERB dust jacket; spine slightly… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 1999. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering over red boards, acrival mylar-protected lettered red-black dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Chipp Kidd, 371 pages + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] A Note About the Author / A Note on the Type. Weight: > 2 lbs. Richard North Patterson (born 1947) is a brilliant American fiction writer, attorney and political commentator. DARK LADY is the nickname given by the legal community in a Midwestern city to a successful and driven female Assistant County Prosecutor. She is involved in trying to negotiate her way through crime-ridden and politically dangerous situations. <br/> <br/> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally! Light rubbing to dust jacket. Small remainder dot atop pages.

Burbank, CA: DC Comics / Vertigo, 2016. First Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine/Very Fine. Eduardo Risso. Small quarto (10 1/2" x 7"); glossy pictorial boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Batman, the Joker(-Surgeon), and bandaged Paul Dini; profusely illustrated in color by Risso and others; black endpapers, 128 numbered pages, [129] + [4] About the Creators + [3] Ads. Apart from the previous owner's name at the top of the preliminary blurb page, this is a VF/VF copy. Tight, bright, clean in a comparable dust jacket (unclipped).<br/> <br/> A remarkable fusion of deeply personal autobiography and Batman characters by the accomplished graphic artist Paul Dini, who suffered a skull shattering attack many years ago. Dini has written this deep analysis of the interpenetration of his psyche and art. It has been splendidly illustrated by Eduardo Risso, and other staffers noted in the subtitle.

Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, yellow gold cloth with irridescent blue lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with stenciled lettering over Japanese-&-Hawaiian colorful images & interior artwork by Michael Kellner, blue endpapers with gold embossed tropical island scene, 310 pages. Lono Waiwaiole was born in San Francisco. He is half Hawaiian, a quarter Italian and a quarter something his family refers to as "Pennsylvania Dutch." Lono teaches social studies and English in Portland, Oregon. He won an Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2004) with Wiley's Lament. DARK PARADISE deals with the dangerous meth trade in Hawaii and struggles between Mexican Cartels and Japanese entrenched crime bosses. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! No remainder marks.