Search Results: Titles starting with D from Sparkle Books

Spain: Debate Editorial, 1992 ex library copy. lightly marked. Beautifully illustrated by Francisco Gonzalez. Some light creasing to covers and inevitable stamps and a date due sheet glued to inside cover, otherwise very good. In Spanish.

New York: Lodestar Books, 1998 Interestingly Enough, This Well Conceived And Carried Out Book Was Originally Published In England By Heinemann. As The Title Implies, It Provides A Wealth Of Detail, Based On An Actual House In Louisiana, With Architectural Details, Photographs Of Artifacts And Contemporary Documentation. The Endpapers Are Based On A Bill Of Sale For A Slave, And The Central Role Of Slavery At This Place And Time Is Very Central To The Book. This Copy Is In Near Fine Condition And Is A Stated First Printing Of The First U.S. Edition. No Writing Or Marks. It Does Not Have A Dust Jacket. Larrge Folio, Glossy Pictorial Boards.

Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972 3Rd Printing, Limited To 1000 Copies, Toronto 1972, Very Good With Some Staining And A Half Inch Tear Upper Spine At Rear. The Dainty Monsters Was Ondaatje's First Book, Published In 1967.

London: D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., 2000 The Dandy 1996 l, not price clipped, no writing no marks like new save partial bump and scrape to bottom of spine, v. slight cock to spine. Looks unread.

USA: Wycliffe, 1979 Double book containing Hugh Steven's Danger in the Blue Lagoon and Din Be Still, both copyright 1979, no print details. Soft Cover. These are missionary stories set in Viet Nam. Author, Hugh Steven, has signed the title page of Danger in the Blue Lagoon. Crisp, clean interior. Covers are rubbed. There is one small closed tear mid-spine and some corners are lightly bent.

New York: Bantam Archway, 1973 Bantam Archway, Archway, 3Rd Printing, 1973. Appears Unread. Light Toning. Intact Yellow Edge Tint. Written By Jay Williams (The King And Six Friends) And Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated By Paul Sagsoorian.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1979 Stated First edition September 1979 Full number line, Del Rey/Ballantine Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean well preserved DJ is price clipped and has a slight crease to back panel and light bump to upper corners. Book has clean bright green boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering. Spine slightly faded. Lower boards have two small spots of edge wear. Two small coffee splotches on upper page edge. Interior clean, no writing save a tiny (half inch) ink drawing of a house (looks a bit like Random House logo?) on ffep.

Usa: Bobbs-Merrill, 1947 Stated First Edition Of This History Of A Family Over Five Generations In The Cumberland Gap. Very good green boards with gold lettering still bright and clean. Slight toning to pages, no writing or marks. in a quite ragged dust jacket in new mylar.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 2001 Stated first full number line first Paperback edition 2001 in fine condition, looks unread, no spine creases. Small (quarter inch) march at top of front cover, otherwise like new.

Zurich: Fibelverlag Des Schweizerischen, 1947 Illustrated With Black And White Drawings By The German Artist, Fritz Deringer, This Is A 1947 Primer Published By The Swiss Teachers Association In Zurich In 1947. Very Clean, A Little Edge Wear And A Sticker Ghost On Back Panel.

New York: Viking/Macmillan, 1965 Very Good Viking Press/Macmillan 1965 Apparent First. Light Wear To Corners, Bump To Rear Bottom Edge. Clean Lime Green Boards With Dark Green Titles And Front Panel Vignette, Dark Green Top Stain. Dust Jacket Is Good ++, Clipped With Loss To Spine Ends, One Inch Tear At Top Of Spine/Front Panel Fold And Loss At Lower Rear Panel Of 2.5 Inch Triangular Piece. Written And Illustrated By Thelma And Corydon Bell, An Awardwinning North Carolina Husband And Wife Team. A Book For Child Horse Lovers.

London Uk: Womens Pr Ltd, 1986 Paper Back Original, Stated First Printing In As New Condition, This 1986 Novel Is Set In South Africa In The 1950'S During The Implementation Of Apartheid.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965 Very Good Copy Of This "Special Edition For The Royal National Institute For The Deaf, Introduced By Coco The Clown. Second Impression In Near Fine Condition. Price Clipped Dj Has Price Tag Ghost On Front Panel. Very Slight Soiling, But Near New Condition. Book Has Clean Orange Boards With Navy Lettering, Clean Crisp Pages And Charming Victor Ambrus Drawings.

Prentice Hall, 1978 Ex school library stated first printing first edition full number line. usual library accoutrements. worst is that dj is glued to the boards, mylar cover, dj clipped, foil Greenaway sticker on dj. Interior is clean and pages are crisp. Binding seems good. Blue boards with dark blue lettering Prentice Hall 1978

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Fawcett Books, 1990 Very good plus March 1986 first Ballantine Edition cover price $4.50 some edgewear, small crease to lower front cover, name and address stamp of former owner on ffep, no spine creases, may be unread. Yellow edge tint is still fresh and book is strudy and square. Very light age toning.

New York: Dial, 1968 I can't remember when I first became aware of Joan Baez, but it must have been one of those wonderful 60's or 70's times shared with good friends, good music and peace movement involvement. This is a first printing of her first memoir, written in 1968 and dedicated to young war resistors in prison. The pages are a bit toned and the front board is not pristine, but it is signed and in very good condition in an even better unclipped dust jacket with $3.95 cover price. See attached scans.

Amersterdam: Elsevier, 1975 first edition 1975 in dutch translation, very good condition in very good dust jacket.

Ottawa: Little, Brown, 1994 As new first printing 1994 in French a collection of poems from France and from Quebec, from th 13th Century to the 20th.

Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1979 1st paperback edition & stated 1st printing, Cover and spine in VG condition, pages browning, bumped corner, bookstore pricing in red pencil on fep, 1 inch corner tear half-title page top. Story of teaching in a maximum security California prison, Described by Publisher's Weekly as "an exceptional book". "a stark and unforgettable portrait of prison culture and a moving portrayal of a teacher's own education." Browsing through it, I must concurr with PubW. The language is gentle but the events are often raw and painful, even when described with sensitivity. Campbell is straightforward and frank in his discussions. He brings in also the social context of the 1970's in a perceptive way that does not date the book. It is accurate and honest and yet not quite what one would expect in that he describes and explains his educational objectives and methodology as well as his experiences and frustration with the prison. He manages… Read More

New York: Dell, 1950 Dell 643 1950 Cover Price 35 Cents Appears Unread. Green Edge Tint Intact. No Writing Or Marks. Some Light Creasing, Toned. Cover Art By Stanley Borack. Spur And Lock Mercantile Attributes Elston's 'Vigorous Pulp Prose' To His Mastery And Confidence.