Search Results: Titles starting with D from Eyebrowse Books - MWABA

John F. Eby & Co, 1900-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket-as issued. Hardcover, 1st Edition 1900 John F. Eby and Co. Detroit, MI 566 pages. Good, no jacket-as issued. Moderate shelf/edge wear to Black Leather boards with gilt titles and design, chipping to bottom of spine-corners worn. No previous owner markings-all pages are bright, clean and crisp with deckled edges and top edge is gilt. Two small spots to the frontis photo of El Morro, Havana, Cuba. Includes regimental histories of Civil War/Spanish-American war. Covers the entire history from 1836 to 1900. Many vintage B&W photographs. LOC SSS-06

Franklin DeKleine Co: Lansing, MI, 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ - as issued. Thin-Board Hardcover, (Association Copy) 1940 Franklin DeKleine Co: Lansing, MI 28 pages. Very Good, no DJ - as issued. Minor shelf/edge wear to thin maroon cloth boards with gilt title on front cover - corners sharp. This copy was owned by the son of one of the early auto pioneers in michigan, Frank G. Clark. Clark in 1905 started the Clark Power Wagon Company. He was the son of Albert Clark who was a successful pioneer carriage manufacturer (Pg 6 and 12) of Lansing, Michigan. Frank Clark's grandson Albert A. Clark wrote a small introduction to his fathers role in auto history with R. E. olds on the verso of the FFEP and ending on the verso of the last page. A few vintage photos with excellent text outlining Michigan's role in auto history especially focusing on Oldsmobile. Very scarce association copy. LOC SSE-06

Lackington, Allen and Co: London, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Rebound in 1/2 Leather. Hardcover, First Edition 1814 Lackington, Allen and Co: London 350 pages plus 16 pages of advertisements for other books which states corrected to March 1814. Rebound in 1/2 Maroon Leather with 4 raised bands and some minor wear to the extremities. Gilt spine titles. Interior of book has seen much use and wear, pages are rough-cut and wavy. TEG. (Top edges gilt) Foxing is present in a few small areas. Scarce early 19th-century book on gaming theory. There are three folding tables which have been repaired with archival tape. (A Binomial Table to the 30th Power, Table of the Chances on Dice and Table of the Combination of Cards). All three foldout tables are torn/brittle/worn and have been repaired with archival tape. Also includes the Errata leaf at rear. A respectable First Edition reading copy in a contemporary Leather binding. LOC SS-FB-03

Warne, 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Hardcover, 1982 Warne 189 pages..Near Fine in a VG+ DJ..blue cloth boards with gilt titles-corners sharp..minor shelf/edge wear and rubbing to DJ-now in mylar..no previous owner markings-all pages are bright, clean and crisp..fabulous book on the DC-3-loaded with photos and several two and three-views..ISBN-0723229635..Thanks for supporting a small family business..LOC SSM-9

London, New York : Longmans, Green, 1957-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, First Edition 1957 Longmans London 304 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with gilt spine titles - two bottom corners lightly bumped. Minor shelf/edge wear an dust soiling to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and crisp. Traces British newspaper history from the days of the illegal Press, and the battles with Church, Crown and Parliament, to the extraordinary influence on social life in the early eighteenth century; through the bribery and corruption of the rest of that century to the position of respectability and political power which leading newspapers had achieved by the end of the nineteenth century; then into the twentieth century with the rapid development of commercialism and advertising, culminating in the fantastic mass-circulation battles of the twenties and thirties. Intensely dramatic,… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 1888-01-01. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket-as issued. Hardcover, Ninth Edition 1888 Houghton Mifflin 372 pages. Very Good, no jacket - as issued. Minor shelf/edge wear to dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles and accents, minor wear to head and tail of spine - corners lightly bumped with a touch of wear to tips. Previous owner name lightly written on ffep and 2nd fep. All pages are clean and crisp - top edge gilt. Part of the well done and attractive American Statesmen Series. This volume chronicles the life of Daniel Webster. Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was a leading American senator and statesman during the era of the Second Party System. He was the outstanding spokesman for American nationalism with powerful oratory that made him a key Whig leader. He spoke for conservatives, and led the opposition to Democrat Andrew… Read More

New York: Rarity Press, 1931, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover, Rarity Press 1931 200 pages. Very Good, in a Fair DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to purple cloth boards with silver titles - one corner lightly bumped and top edge of spine is faded. Major shelf/edge wear, spine fading and closed tears to scarce original DJ - now repaired with archival tape from the backside and housed in a new mylar cover with paper backing. Beautiful, erotic art-deco illustrations by John Austen. Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek erotic tale of pastoral love and the only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek novelist and romancer Longus. It is set on the isle of Lesbos during the 2nd century AD, where and when scholars assume the author to have lived. LOC SSS-19

Grosset & Dunlap, 1932-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Hardcover with scarce DJ, 1932 (But probably 1937) Grosset & Dunlap 215 pages. Near Fine, in a Very Good DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear and one small closed tear to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. WWI endpapers. Glossy frontispiece with no internals and good paper dates this copy to before WW II. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. No toning - printed on good paper. Illustrations for DJ and frontispiece by J. Clemens Gretta. Because of the interest in air combat after World War I, Grosset and Dunlap put together a set of books by Thomson Burtis, Eustace Adams, and Al Avery (pseudonym of Rutherford G. Montgomery) and called the series Air Combat Stories For Boys. This is number 1 in a series of 16. The first seven books in the series were first published in the 1930s and are about exploits in the air during World… Read More

Kalmbach Pub Co, 2003-04-01. Paperback. Near Fine/in illustrated wraps. Softcover (Magazine Format) 2003 Kalmbach Publishing Company 96 pages. Near Fine, in illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Five chapters. Another great RR publication from Kalmbach. ISBN-0890246165. LOC

Kalmbach Pub Co, 2006-05-30. Paperback. Near Fine/in illustrated wraps. Softcover (Magazine Format) 2006 Kalmbach Publishing Company 96 pages. Near Fine, in illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Eight chapters. Another great RR publication from Kalmbach. ISBN-0890246459. LOC

Putnam Aeronautical Books, 2003-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover-1994 Third Revised Edition Putnam, in Very Good Condition, minor shelf/edge wear to Dustjacket-now in protective mylar...Blue cloth boards with gilt titles...no previous owner marks-no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp...This newly revised third edition is a complete work of reference to all de Havilland military, civil, and experimental aircraft from Geoffrey de Havilland's first primitive biplane of 1909 to the last aircraft type to bear the D.H. label-the D.H. 125 executive jet of 1962...Highly Recommended....ISBN-085177802X...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-14

Ohara Publication, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+/in illustrated wraps. Softcover, Magazine Format First Edition 1980 Ohara Publication (407) 95 paginated pages plus 3 additional pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and a touch of edge-toning to covers. Spine has a touch of foxing. Rear cover has a couple of faint creases. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Binding tight and spine is uncreased. This the TRUE First Edition from 1980 with the spine number of 407 next to the Ohara symbol. A collection of personal letters about Bruce Lee that were collected by Rainbow Publications thru three of their magazine: Black belt, Karate Illustrated and Fighting Stars. Some of the letters go back to 1967. One chapter is devoted to a letter from Bruce to a personal friend named Mito (Mitoshi Uyehara) dated August 12, 1972. The magazine was founded in 1961 by Mitoshi Uyehara who was the publisher of Black Belt magazine. Although the… Read More

Donning Co, 1984-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover, Signed inscription from the Author 1984 First Edition and specially printed for members of the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce (and marked "Not for sale to bookstores") The Donning Company/Publishers Norfolk VA. 240 pages, Near Fine, no jacket. Dark Blue leatherette boards with gilt titles and accents - corners sharp. No notes/writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp - illustrated end papers. First Edition and specially printed for members of the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce (and marked "Not for sale to bookstores"). First page is a presentation page from the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce and the dedication page has the Author's signed inscription " to my "bridge" buddy from way back - Gretchen". Last page in book has a bookplate stating that this copy is number 283 of a limited run of 1000 copies. Author traces the city's fascinating history, from the early… Read More

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, Stated First Edition 1963 Duell, Sloan & Pierce NY 360 pages...Near Fine in a VG DJ...Black boards with gilt titles-corners sharp...minor shelf/edge wear to DJ-one small chip and a closed tear to DJ along top of spine,now in protective Mylar...No notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp...A full account of the first war in the air by a man who spent many months with a front-line fighter squadron in France..All the great aces are here- Albert Ball, Richthofen, Rickenbacker, Luke, Fonck, Guynemer, Prince, Parsons, Loezer and many others...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-11

Arco, 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover-1982, Arco Publishing-New York....From the library of John Molinari, R. O. (A.I.) 8th, R.A.F. & 9th Air Force, Near Fine in a VG Dust Jacket, in Very Good Condition, minor shelf wear to Dust Jacket...previous owner inscription and service dates on FFEP...ISBN-0668053933...Over 500 carefully-chosen photographs present a vivid pictorial history of the German night-fighters that fought to defend the cities and factories of the Reich from British and American bombing raids...LOC SSM-11

Grune & Stratton, 1948-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket - as issued. Hardcover, First Edition 1948, Grune & Stratton Inc, 456 pages. Very Good, No Dust Jacket-as issued. Black leatherette boards with embossed titles. Mild shelf/edge wear…corners remain sharp, but title on front is quite worn. Interior pages are tight and unmarked. Prior owner’s name on inside front cover. The author provides a scholarly review, roll call, and stock-taking of the work done on dementia praecox a/k/a schizophrenia during the decade before publication - a time when there was general agreement that it was the most important single psychiatric diagnostic category… accounting for nearly half of the total resident population of mental health hospitals. LOC SSS-16

Sundance Publications, 1997-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ - as issued. Hardcover, First Edition Signed by the Author 1997 Sundance Publications Ltd 376 pages. Near Fine, no DJ - as issued. Purple cloth spine with gilt titles over gorgeous full color illustrated boards - corners sharp. Cover art by Jim Hutton. Book is protected by a heavy duty mylar cover with pockets for the boards to fit into. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Signed by the author on the half-title page under a stamped number (#131 of an undetermined limitation). Wonderful history of the Denver & New Orleans rail line. Hundreds of photographs and several maps.The Denver and New Orleans Railroad (D&NO) was a railroad in Colorado started by Colorado Governor John Evans, along with railroad entrepreneur David Moffat and other associates in 1881. Originally chartered to build a railroad from Denver, Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, the charter was later changed instead connect… Read More

Wizards of the Coast, UK, 1981. Softcover. Good/In illustrated wraps. Large Vintage Softcover, D1-2 1981 TSR, Inc. 28 pages. Good, in illustrated wraps. Major shelf/edge wear to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are intact. A few pages have notes, underlining and check marks. A very respectable copy with plenty of life left in it. ISBN-0935696601.LOC SSM-02

Privately printed/Josten Printing Company, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vintage Hardcover with DJ and related ephemera, Stated Limited First Edition (This copy is #274 of 1000 copies) Signed by the Author 1980 Privately Published/Jostens Printing Company 234 pages. Fine, in a Very Good DJ. Mustard cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear, rubbing, a couple of small closed tears and spine fading to unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Front endpapers are full color paintings by Glady Kelley Dyer and the rear endpapers are a full color painting by the Author Lois Barnes Binkley. (JUST A QUICK NOTE: This is one of the nicest privately printed books I've come across in over twenty years. The binding, cloth, layout, text and photographs are just superb. Well done. Wish more books were made this well.) Stated Limited First Edition, #274 of 1000 copies, signed by the author on Dec 5th, 1980.… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. Vintage Hardcover, no DJ First Edition 1917 Charles Scribner's Sons 43 pages. Near Fine, no DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to dark brown cloth spine over tan paper boards with black titles and illustration - corners sharp. Previous owner name at bottom of FFEP and stamp from Dennen's Book Shop of Detroit, Mich as well. All pages are clean and unmarked. Deckled edges. With an intro. By John T. McCutcheon. Short story based on a young American soldier's attempt to flee from his posting in the First World War. Witnessed by the author and McCutcheon himself. Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He… Read More