Authors starting with D from Capricorn Books

HarperCollins, New York, 1991, book club edition.. 566 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "By taking advantage of Allied command of the sea and air to effect complete surprise, infantry and armored forces landing at Anzio on January 22. were expected to secure a beachhead and then push inland to cut the two main highways and railroads supplying the German armies to the south, either trapping and annihilating them or forcing t... more information

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Copple House, Lamemont, Georgia, 1979, second printing.. 416 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0932298044 B&w photographs, maps, drawings/diagrams. "This is the complete and dramatic story of the amazing Lockheed C-130 Hercules - the modern day successor to the C-47 Gooney Bird.. A do-anything, go-anywhere tactical (and strategic) transport, the Hercules has demonstrated its prowess around the world....from Entebbe to Xingu, and thousands of points in between, ha... more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1959), Ist edition.. 64 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Color illustrations. "Adam lived in a Connecticut town (Newtown) and helped to look after the sheep. Days were like the sheep - all the same - until in late June, during the American Revolution, c. ame three days so different that Adam never forgot them. For then the regiments of Rochambeau, the great French general camped in the town..." Light edge wear to boards, light brow... more information

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Ace, New York, (1986, 1989, Ist printings).. 232 pp, 235 pp, PB - 2 volumes. "Four generations ago in the land of Euthymia, King Thalion - called the Wise, but known as the Fool - gave his crown to his court jester, Sagamore. The jester became Sagamore the Shrewd, who begat King Vespin the S. neaky, who begat King Valgus the Brutal, father of the young Prince Abderian who - although not the eldest of Valgus's many children - may well inherit the throne...Everyone wants the throne but Abderia... more information

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Baen, New York, (May 1989) 1st printing.. 407 pages, PB. "They were pleasure droids. Designed for maximum esthetic sesibility and appeal, these human-gene-based androids were intended for consumption on the wealthier colony planets. But when the interstellar cargo ship transporting them . to their fate suffered catastrophic systems failure, all that changed...." Minor edgewear to covers. VG+. ... more information

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Tor, (New York, 1986), Ist printing.. 253 pp, PB. "Barney Boru. He's a professional assassin for the Galactic Confederatcy, with broad power to determine the justice of any mission. He's been sent to Siegel's World to kill the King of Lokar, but mysterious powers want to make sure th. at Barney doesn't invoke the Walkaway Clause...so they send their own man in. Now, two assassins stalk the King, and each other. And neither of them will walk away from this!" Interior - p... more information

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Baen, (Riverdale, New York, 1992), Ist printing.. 361 pp, PB. "Nils Jarnhann faces the combined powers of mystic sages and a mongol army a million strong: a challenge even for The Yngling." Interior - store stamps on interior of front and back covers (slight offset on first page), otherwise clea. n and tight. Exterior - moderate edgewear, spine creased but still very legible, book slightly cocked. VG-. ... more information

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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1985, first edition.. 343 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0226135799 "Combining literary criticsm with psychology, sociology, and the history of ideas, (this book) offers a fresh approach to the often-asserted connection between Puritanism and. the rise of the English novel. Its premise is that the Christian myth, far from serving as a simple, unified background to fiction, was paradoxical and full of potential conflicts, and th... more information

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Harper & Row, New York, (1987), Ist edition.. 95 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "(Dana) is a writer of strong, rich experience, which spans the city slums where he was born and came of age to the fields and skies and town life of Iowa where he has lived and taught for the past thirty years...his . poems are often rooted in the harsh soil of his early memories...Tense to the point of being enigmatic, Dana is a poet whose voice one trusts: what he says he feels is validated by the precision and force ... more information

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Hurtig, Edmonton, (1986), 1st. Ed.. 289 pp., 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 088830305X "Passhendaele was one of the most controversial battles of the Great War. It was also a breathtaking accomplishment. In the face of overwhelming odds and a skillful, determined . and confident enemy, Canadian soldiers displayed remarkable courage and endurance in taking Passchendaele ridge from the Germans." Two pages with very tiny tear at top edge, minor edge wear. Dust jacket has l... more information

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Parkstone Aurora, Bournemouth, 1996.. 498 pp, 4to (12 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in full color throughout. "French painting occupied a modest place in European art before the 17th Century. Only after this date did hitherto largely anonymous practitioner. s give way to a pleiad of famous names: Nicolas Poussin, Georges de la Tour, Claude Lorrain, the Le Nain brothers...In the 18th and 19th Centuries, French painting is at its zenith. Today museums all over the ... more information

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Stackpole, (Harrisburg, PA, 1976).. 256 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w plans, patterns, diagrams, drawings, photos. "...cover(s) a complete range including clocks, desks, hutch cupboards, tables and bedroom pieces. There is a full section on mini. atures which features an authentic doll house, in scale, developed from a 200-year-old home in Old Sturbridge Village. Included in the folk art chapter are items such as decoys, tavern signboards, weathervanes, ... more information

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Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1984.. 192 pp, 11" H, soft cover. ISBN 0811722325 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, diagrams. "Complete with working plans, drawings, instructions" to build 35 clocks, grouped in the following sections: Simple Wall, or Plaque-style,. Clocks; Shelf Clocks; Wall Clocks; Tall Case Clocks; Weather Stations. The Appendix gives Suppliers and Finishing Suggestions and Techniques. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership mar... more information

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George G. Harrap, London, 1951, first edition.. 344 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover (black cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold badge on front board) - no dust jacket. B&w photographs, drawings, reproductions, maps. Light browning to pages, small stain in gutter of pages 254 to 271, brownin. g and light staining to edges of text block, light to moderate edge wear on boards, light fading to spine color, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor bump at corners. Good. ... more information

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Educational), London, 1968.. 128 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 298762102 B&w drawings, floor plans, elevations. "Illustrated with over 70 line drawings and plans, the text spans over 2,000 years of architecture in England. The account begins with. a discussion of the villas, camps and roads of Roman Britain, and shows how this heritage slowly decayed, giving way to the Romanesque imported by the conquering Normans. The soaring Gothi... more information

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Hachette, Paris, 1964.. 411 pp, small 8vo (7 7/8" H), soft cover with self flaps. B&w illustrations. FRENCH TEXT. Interior - a few tiny soiling specks on half-title page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one tiny corner crease, ver. y minor browning, a few soft wrinkles across spine, minor edge wear/wrinkling. Very Good. ... more information

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Hutchinson, London, (1994), 3rd printing.. 137 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w illus. by Trevor Newton. "In this exciting prequel to 'The Animals of Farthing Wood', we meet an earlier generation of animals at the beginning of the adventure that will take their descendants on their epic jou. rney from Farthing Wood to White Deer Park." Page edges just starting to yellow. Dust jacket has very minor rubbing. VG+/VG+. ... more information

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William Darby, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, (1966), reprint.. 62 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos, maps, reproductions. Contents: The Manor of Dulwich; Life in Medieval Dulwich; Less Tranquil Tudordom; Edward Alleyn; The Manor House; Some Early Leases; The College as Landlords; How to Treat your Landlords; H. ow Not to Treat your Landlords; Some Persistent Fictions...The Effra? Plague Pits? The King's Wood?; ...And a Persistent Fact: The Toll Gate; The Old Village; Dulwich Development; Conclusion? I... more information

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Boston Mills Press / Stoddart, Erin / Toronto, 1993.. 144 pp, square large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 155046096X Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "Between these covers lies the fascinating story of pioneer life and early cottaging on one of Muskoka's most beautiful an. d pristine lakes. In its 150 historical photographs and lovingly researched text, 'Penlake' captures the essence of cottage life. For anyone who has spent time in Cottage Country... more information

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Airlife, (Shrewsbury, 1995).. 165 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs, drawings. 'Part Two of the book shows that many of the species survive. Part One, on the other hand, is an attempt to look at the aircr. aft from a different angle, not so much the fighter pilot's glamorous view but the day-to-day operations, trials and tribulations and the joys and delights of a ground crew struggling to come to terms with an ai... more information

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