Search Results: Titles starting with D from Grampy's Bookcase

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and square covers. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the first page. Very small closed tear at the bottom spine inside edge. From the back cover, "Combining vivid artistry with exact research, Henri Daniel Rops has accomplshed a striking and compassionate history which gives life, breath, and reality to the time of Jesus. The author describes the political, economic, scientific, and cutural currents of the era and provides unforgettable studies of historical figures such as Herod the Great and Pontius Pilate. But above all, he creates a spellbinding, flesh-and-blood portrait of the Jew in the Holy Land: the way he lived, worked, and worshipped nearly two thousand years ago."

368 pp. In as new condition. Black and white photos included.

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and bright covers. Spine is not creased. Volume appears unused. From the back cover, "This vibrant portrait of 1930s culture masterly explores the anxiety and hope, the despair and surprising optimism of distressed Americans during the Great Depression. Morris Dickstein has brought together a staggering range of material - from epic Dust Bowl migrations to zany screwball comedies."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square, tight, and bright binding. DJ is unmarred. Volume appears unused. From the front DJ flap, "The publication of Edward Said's hugely influential 'Orientalism' in 1981 called into question the entire history of the Western study of Islamic culture, condemning this scholarly tradition as one that presented inaccurate and deliberately demeaning representations of Islamic peoples and institutions..."

15 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in tight and intact covers. "This pamphlet is the text of an address delivered by Eugene Dennis, general Secretary of the Communist Party...on September 23, 1948, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party." p.2.

221 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square binding. Defects are penciled in numbers at the top half title page, "Reference Center for Marxist Studies Inc. 235 West 23rd Street New York, N.Y. 10011" stamped at the bottom half title page, and the previous owner's name on the bottom title page. Age-toned but appears rarely used.

221 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers are tight. Covers are age-toned with some label residue at the bottom spine area. Reference Center for Marxist Studies Inc. with address is stamped on the half-title page as well as some penciled numbers. Previous owner's name is on the bottom of the title page. From the back cover, "The highlight of his autobiography is the new light thrown on the great labor upheavals of the 1930s when...the author as a Communist leader played a significant role in the struggles of the unemployed and particularly in the organization of the new industrial unions..."

Signed on the title page. 704 pp. "As new" condition.

Text is clean and unmarked in covers that are without tears, chips, or creases. Volume is age toned. From the back cover, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God. Jump into the series - the reading is great! "

Texts are clean and unmarked in all three volumes with covers that are tight and square. Covers have very slight wear along the outer edges. Spines are not creased. From the back covers, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God."

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square cover. Only defect is age-toning of the text. Spine is not creased. "The Danny Olis series has been in existence since 1954 and has sold over the 2,000,000 mark. Bernard palmer, author of the series, is also the originator of the Felicia Cartright series and the writer of many other books for Christian youth."

Text is clean and unmarked in covers that are without tears, chips, or creases. Volume is age toned. From the back cover, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God. Jump into the series - the reading is great! "

Text is clean and unmarked. Remainder marks are on the outside of the textblock. Covers are age toned and smudged. Illustrations incuded. Covers are without tears, chips, or creases. A solid copy. Edited by Charles S. Singleton. From the back cover, "...the fourth edition...was soon accepted by many English readers as the standard biography of Dante Alighieri. Nor does its value appear to have been lessened by the passage of time...Toynbee has made copious use of contemporary chronicles and other sources which he has included in the story by direct quotation and in his own translation, thus bringing to bear on the poet's biography the political and social world in which he lived..."

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square cover. Only defect is age-toning of the text. Spine is not creased. "The Danny Olis series has been in existence since 1954 and has sold over the 2,000,000 mark. Bernard palmer, author of the series, is also the originator of the Felicia Cartright series and the writer of many other books for Christian youth."

Text is clean and unmarked. Covers are intact without tears or chips, but are age toned with some wear and fading. Volume is square and solid. From the back cover, "Laurens Van der Post is perhaps the world's most eloquent authority on the peoples and problems of Africa. Here, with a background of history, he examines the racial tenions of the dark continent from the viewpoint of the spiritual and mystical. His observations have the timelessness of true philosophy, but today's world situation gives them a special urgency."

Volume and DJ are in unused condition. Photo section included. From the front DJ flap, "The Australian defenders - Lark Force, composed of fourteen hundred men, the bulk of which was the 2/22nd Infantry Battalion, and six nurses - were overrun in a matter of hours. They withdrew deep into the jungles of New Britain, where the unforgiving environment, the cruel Japanese soldiers, and even fate were against them...less than a fourth of the Australian garrison escaped from New Britain after enduring months of deprivation; the rest were taken prisoner. Of that number, approximately two hundred were executed, the majority in one horrific massacre."

45 pp. As new condition. Full color plates included.

Volume is in unused condition. Only defects are several very small light spots on the inside binding and the front free end paper. Numerous color photos throughout. From the title page, "Official illustrated catalogue published by the community of Oberammergau on the occassion of the Passion Plays 1970."

96 pp. From the Leisure Hour Library weekly subscription, Vol. III. No. 252. The format is a fine print magazine. Stated unchanged and unabridged from original novel. Age related coloring and some cover staining. Text is clean and unmarked.

In "As New Condition". Full page color plates included. One of an edition of 800.