Search Results: Titles starting with D from Brass DolphinBooks

NY: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book stated First Edition April 2003, w/ 1 thru 10 code, 454 paginated pages. Has the "skitoma" misspelling. Reasonably nice book and jacket with the used, albeit lightly so, look to it. Texts edges have the thumbed appearance of a couple of readings, binding sound. Jacket is decent, no tears, a bit edge worn, notable 3" crease to top front flap, no tears or severe shelf wear. Boards are unbumped with good even black color. Microscopic color bleed flaw at bottom last paste down, bindery glitch, I surmise. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Portland: Metropolitan Publishing, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. One of the oddest pieces of self-published Western Americana I've encountered. Poems/illustrations and old fotos on sepia tone text in rust cloth hardcover. Limitation note by Sweet, gift inscription, paper note by Sweet at the books last pages. First and last sheets (fixed inside the boards) have tape residue, neat, perhaps from jacket or clipping layins. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 1st edition, 1991, VG+/no jacket. Rare advance, limited edition issued with a letter from Sonny Mehta, head of Random House, bound into the book just after the FEP. Book was issued in giftwrap patterned like the dust jacket of the first edition, so this appropriately has no jacket and the gift wrap is not present This is a very nice, clean copy marred only by a tiny black marker dot and "ADV" (for "advance copy"?) written in red fine-tip marker on bottom edge of text and slight wear to gilt lettering on spine. First novel; made into Jeremy Irons movie. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Wash D.C.: USGPO, 1938. 2nd Edition . Large Paper Bound. Good/No Jacket. Handsome large, apparently perfect bound trade paperback. Many fotos, illustrations and maps of the various projects and their controlling mechanisms. While sturdy and lacking major flaws, overall shows a bit of thumbing (covers not badly edgeworn) highly technical and clearly intended for the engineering trade. Texts interior unmarked, not x library. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Mc Graw-Hill, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover first edition with Cater's signature first endsheet. No jacket. While the book is straight and newish, no scars or creases, unbumped, it has had drops of water mar the top stain. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Madison: Wisconson, 1994. Later Printing . Trade Paperback. Fair/None. From The cover,"Society and Cultural poetics in Mexican-American South Texas." Sturdy, seviceable copy, but much cover edgewear and large amounts of marking, neon pen in text, binding good. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. From the cover, " New edition, translated with an essay by Mark Musa." Trade paperback, owner name stamped 1st end sheet. Decent very readable copy, used with mild wear. Later printing. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

St. Martin's, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. First U.S. Edition. Book has slight cocking, a little wear at head and foot of spine; interior is clean. Jacket has wear at corners and head and foot of spine, includin g a couple of 1/4-inch tears. Author's fourth book. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Hoboken: Wiley, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Handsome, likely unread hardcover, crisp, bright text. One jacket lower corner has tiny flaw, hard to see. From the cover, "The secret web of profiteers, politicians, and booth conspirators that led to Lincoln's death". 1st edition full number line review copy with Wiley press release loosely laid in. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Random House, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 2nd, from RHs old system, ie FE statement removed, 2-9 present. Priced jacket has a 1/8th" tear head of spine, it will be shipped in new mylar wrapper, as are all of our jacketed books. Book is very sharp, unbumped, zero marking, clean and tight. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1973. Later Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. A decent, unmarked copy, with the kind of typical cover wear that might be expected. Abrasion is present. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. While the book is decent and unmarked, it shows signs of use, small scar at spine, some corner tip bumping. The edges of the text show some paper-clipping and the odd mild smudge. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good -/Good-. Many cosmetic flaws are present on this perfectly readable jacketed hardcover, which though scarce in this 1st edition (stated) is so mauled as to deserve to be thought of as a reading copy. Sticker removal residue front endsheets, price penned upper corner first end sheet. Copyright date (yes, in pen) circled on copyright page. No other pen noted. . . Straight attractively bound black cloth boards. Jackets spine chipped, worn, short tears. Foto to come. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair-. Sub-title, "(Louis XVII) The Riddle of the Temple." Jacket price clipped. Great old warhorse of a book, grand aged charm, decked edge, front, boards decent not badly bumped, burgundy, small hard to see dark stain, front. No notable foxing, text is fine, binding good. Jacket has outstanding wear issues, scars, spine darkening, short tears and abrasions, however looks 5 times better rhan this may sound, in it's mylar wrapper, as we hope it's upcoming foto will show. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Champaign: Sagamore, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book and jacket (slender) are quite attractive, unmarked. Books front upper corner has a bit of bump, minor. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Abradale/L. A. County Museum, 1990. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Sub-title, "Impressioism and the French Landscape." Book is attractive, miniscule trace wear. Jacket has hint of edgewear, in new mylar wrapper. Too large for standard priority or international shipping. Domestic media mail at our usual price. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Vianen/Antwerpen: THB, 2002. Uncertain . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book is in Dutch as spoken in The Netherlands. Crisp newish copy, no notable flaws. Jacket, unpriced, has a hint of edgewear, no tears, rather newish, in new mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Random, 2002. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Perry signature on plate neatly affixed to 1st pastedown. Plate references "Literary Society Las Vegas sponsored by Northern Trust." Book square, (microscopic bump lower front, tiny ultra faint stain first endsheet) newish. Jacket will be in new mylar wrapper, no tears, also newish. As customary for RH prior to 2006 no '1' in numberine. Priced jacket. Book seems unread. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Quite straight and clean trade paperback, name penned inside cover. No marking, no spine crease, lightly handled. From the back panel, "We describe acquired deafness and its impact, and present our model of the adjustment process." *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

London: Quartet, 1985. 1st UK . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very attractive copy, there is a near microscopic nick at the books fore edge, boards straight. Jacket has the odd scuff and wear issue, looking very nice in mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards.*