Search Results: Authors starting with D from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1909, 614 pages with index. Re-bound ex-lib, in solid and square library binding. Color anatomical chart following the title page has been removed. Full bound green cloth boards, with title, author, call letters, library name, and rule designs in gilt to spine. Card-pocket and checkout sheet to rear endpapers; last checked out on July 29, 1944. Library id, made up of pinholes grouped to form letters, to frontispiece and title page; library name stamped in ink to bottom edge of page block. 122 illustrations, including numerous B&W photos of various breeds of swine. Topics include: breeds and breeding; the boar; the sow, feeds; feeding and fattening; housing and pens; sanitation; castration; slaughtering and curing; and common diseases. Some breeds mentioned include: Poland-Chinas; Middle Yorkshires; Chester Whites; Duroc-Jerseys; Cheshires; Yorkshires; Berkshires; Victorias; Essex; Hampshires; and Tamworths.

Edinburgh Univ Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Hardcover, Edinburgh University Press, 1991. 239 pages, with Selected Bibliography. Fine hardcover, full bound in black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding is solid and square; no markings of any kind inside or out. Dustjacket shows very light general wear, with small chip and some wear at upper left front corner. Contains extracts from all the major Afro-British writers and many early Black American, West African and Caribbean writers who spent time in Britain. Each of nineteen authors are represented by an extract from their writings, and features an introduction that examines the author and the historical context in which they lived. Pieces are drawn from autobiographies, slave narratives, letters, oral accounts and public records.

Oasis Audio, 2007-09-21. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 CDs, approximately 7.5 hours. Read by the author, Jim Daly, with Bob Demoss. Ex-lib with typical markings, clamshell case and CDs in good condition. From AudioFile: "A Focus on the Family executive since 1989 and now its CEO, Jim Daly endured a cruel childhood. He survived his parents' divorce and then an abusive stepfather only to lose his mother to cancer at a young age. This up-from-the-ashes memoir gets even more grit and texture from the author's early experiences in a crime-ridden Los Angeles suburb. How does any human being survive such losses without losing his sense of what home and family can be?

Harper & Brothers, 1874. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1874. Volumes 1 & 2. Harper and Brothers. 4 1/2" by 6 3/4". 351, 324 pages, with index. Original publisher's terra cotta cloth boards. Geometric and ruled designs in blind to front and rear panel, with gilt to spines. Some general edgewear and light soiling consistent with age. Binding solid. Diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear board of volume 2; board is solid, but rear pastedown cracked along the crease. Leaves somewhat tanned but not at all brittle - still eminently readable.

J H Sears & Company Inc; New York, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publication date not stated. Quarterbound textured black boards with red cloth to the spine. Gold tinted paper labels with black lettering and design, to front board and spine. Labels are complete except for one on spine with a small chip to lower right corner; labels are generally worn and somewhat faded. Boards show edge and corner wear, with underlying board exposed in spots; bump to lower portion of fore edge of rear board. Interior clean, with solid binding. A history of morganatic marriage - a form of marriage usually between two persons of unequal rank, in which titles and property would not transfer to spouse or children. 287 pages, with 16 illustratons.

RecordedBooks, 2009. Audio Cassette. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 8 cassettes, approximately 9 hours. Narrated by Jonathan Davis. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettes in good condition. Fourth in the Amanda Jaffe mystery series. Oregon attorney Amanda Jaffe is offered $500,000 to defend Charlie Marsh, a man with a colorful past: ex-con, then best-selling spiritual guru, then fugitive from arrest for the murder of a US Senator. After twelve years Marsh has worn out his welcome in the African country of Batanga, and is running for his life from the Batangan secret police - returning to trial in the US is his best option.

RecordedBooks, 2007. Audio Cassette. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 26 cassettes in two clamshell cases, approximately 31.5 hours. Narrated by Jonathan Davis. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettes in good condition. Publishers Weekly Starred Review: "The years 1788 to 1800 must be numbered among the most tumultuous in history, as bestselling author Winik (April 1865) magnificently demonstrates in this aptly titled book. The nascent United States, tormented by three rebellions of its own, tottered as France descended into bloody terror and imperial Russia fought the Ottomans.... The emphasis on Russian and French affairs marks Winik as being in the forefront of a growing campaign to globalize America's national history: to view the larger age and frame the story as one continuous, interlocking narrative rather than to focus myopically on events in the United States. The world then was far more interconnected than we realize, Winik writes.... Buttressed by… Read More

Books On Tape, 2007. Audio CD. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 12 CDs, read by Mark Deakins. ISBN 1415946728. Ex-library copy with usual markings; case and CDs in good condition. "One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn’t come home. As the boy’s distraught parents navigate the mystery of what’s become of their son, the circumstances surrounding Newell’s vanishing and other events on that same night reverberate through the lives of seemingly disconnected strangers....

Recorded Books, 2009. AudioBook (Cassette). Good. Roadside Crosses, by Jeffery Deaver - a Kathryn Dance novel. Published by Recorded Books. Unabridged audiobook on 13 cassettes, approximately 14.5 hours. Narrated by Michele Pawk. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettess in good condition. "... Deaver's patented plot twists are on full display in the tale of a killer who uses social-networking websites to personalize his crimes." From the Booklist Review: "Deaver is bound to slip up sometime. But not this time. This novel, which follows on the heels of Sleeping Doll (2007), again stars California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance and, like its predecessor, is tightly constructed with a suspenseful story and plenty of plot twists.

Sound Library, 2004-10-31. Audio Cassette. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 8 cassettes, approximaely 11.25 hours. Narrated by Michael Deehy. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettes in good condition. 10th in the mystery series featuring Inspector Gemma James and Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid. From Publishers Weekly: "When a nude, charred female corpse turns up in a burned warehouse, the police discover that the unidentified victim, one of four possible women, was murdered beforehand. Duncan and Gemma also look into the abduction of 10-year-old Harriet Novak, a pawn in her parents' ongoing acrimonious divorce. As the investigation by both fire officials and police evolves, it becomes clear that the abduction is connected to the murder.

Government Printing Office, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1877. Government Printing Office. Small format hardcover, 6" x 4.25". Original pebbled full bound brown cloth boards, with gilt lettering to front. 282 pages. Binding solid and square; clean inside and out. Assorted scuff marks and small spots of discoloration to front and rear boards; approximately two inches of wear along rear outer edge, showing board beneath. Light spot on front board with partial fabric loss, affecting the "FF" in "OFFICERS" in the title. US Federal Government publication, detailing all laws and regulations pertaining to the office of customs in all US ports, as of 1877. A surprisingly scarce title, with only three copies appearing in WorldCat at the time of listing. From the Secretary, Treasury Department: "The subjoined compilation of laws, Department regulations, and decisions, relating to the duties of inspectors, weighers, gaugers, and other officers, who, by law,… Read More

Underwood Miller, 1987. Proof. Softcover. Fine. Paperback five volume publisher's Proof set, in Fine condition. Clean and bright inside and out, with no writing or marks of any kind. This is the proof set of the trade edition, so carries the ISBN 0887330533. 118 short stories in five volumes, with a Notes section at the end of each volume. A collector grade set.

Books on Tape, Inc, 2005. Audiobook. Good. Audiobook, 20 hours unabridged on 13 cassettes. A retired library copy, clamshell case is in good condition with typical wear, stamps, stickers, etc. "It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to find safety now that the Italians have broken with Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as seemingly overnight it becomes an open battleground for the Nazis, Allies, resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and Italian citizens trying to survive. The result of five years of meticulous research, A Thread of Grace is an ambitious, engrossing novel of ideas and history. Mary Doria Russell's third novel [after The Sparrow and Children of God] will introduce to an even larger audience the authentic drama… Read More

Archival Arts Inc, 2012. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Signed. Large format paperback, 2012. Signed and dated "9/3/2012" by the author on the front free endpaper. Gathers over 100 timed figure drawings by Baltimore artist Gerald Doyle, presented as instruction and inspiration to both aspiring and experienced artists. In 1944, Doyle entered the Maryland Institute of Art at age 16, and became one of Jacques Maroger's earliest students. Maroger and the Maryland Institute are well known for the school of artists that became known as the Baltimore Realists. Citing the stunning cave drawings of Lascaux and Chauvet, from the dawn of human artistic sense, Doyle stresses the importance of line technique in a successful figure drawing. "[T]he sketcher creates a cloud of soft lines each getting progressively truer until the beautiful line that is being sought emerges. This is, in effect, sneaking up on the drawing." While this is presented as an instructional work, it is… Read More

Thorndike Press, 2007-05-02. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover, Large Print, ISBN 0786295074, 2007. No dustjacket, as issued. In Fine condition. The sequel to Doyle's "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors", this story "triumphantly returns to Paula Spencer at forty-seven, fighting for a better future. Her abusive husband is long dead, and its been four months and five days since she's had a drink. Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle's extraordinary voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.

Beacon Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Rare hardcover, in dustjacket. Beacon Press, 1952. 374 pages, with index. Good hardcover in full bound orange cloth boards, with Beacon Press logo in black to front and lettering in black to the spine. Previous owner's name and address in ink to front free endpaper; small rectangular piece of brown paper (2.5 " by 0.5 ") pasted down to front free endpaper; and former bookseller's price of $3.00; remnants of erased pencilled writing on front free endpaper. Binding is solid and square, with no other markings. Orange boards are clean and corners and edges are sharp; color not faded at all. Some light foxing to foredge of the page block. Newspaper article announcing upcoming publication of the book is laid in inside the front cover, with a little bit of offset browning to the front free endpaper. Dustjacket is worn but complete, with chipping and several closed tear that are now stabilized in place with a new mylar cover; also… Read More

Books on Tape, 2006. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 cassettes, approximately 9.5 hours. Read by Jennifer van Dyck. Ex-library with typical markings; cassetes in good condition. Case is physically sound, with some minor wear; text on rear cover is faded.