Search Results: Authors starting with D from Tannery Books

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. Second printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. William Dana Orcutt, The Kingdom of Books, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1927, stated Second Impression. Brown cloth 8vo with gilt cover design, x11, 292 pp with index, uneven cut, gilt on top edges, color frontispiece, many bw plates, facscimilies and line drawings. Ex-lib (G-): corners worn and spine chipped at top, bottom and back edge, gilt fading, stamps from Jesuits' Library of New Orleans throughout, pencil markings on ffep and title (erased) page, small tear bottom of p. xi, darkening at bottom corner of page edges.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Cyril Davenport, The Book: Its History and Development, London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907, First Printing. Dark green buckram HC (library binding), 8vo (20 cm), [x, counting frontispiece] 258 pp with index, illustrations throughout, plus six plates. Ex-library (Very Good)/no DJ: ex-library with stickers, pocket and minor markings, still tight, no underlining/internal markings, pages crisp.

Colonial Williamsburg, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Burke Davis, A Williamsburg Galaxy, Colonial Williamsburg, 1968, First printig. Biographical portraits of 18th-century Americans. Inscribed by author on half-title. Blue cloth hc with blind-stamped stars on front and silver lettering, 8vo (22 cm), [viii] 232 pp, illustrated; white dustjacket with blue and red stripes. Very Good/Very Good: corners wearing, paper clip rust residue on ffep, crisp, no internal markings; DJ bumped, smudges on rear cover edges, unclipped. Printed in USA

New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Burke Davis, The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown, New York, The Dial Press, 1970, First printing. INSCRIBED by author to po on half-title. Glossy dark blue hc, 8vo (23 cm), [xii] 320 pp with index, 16 bw plates; glossy illustrated dustjacket. Good/Good: lightly bumped, shaken at head of spine, plates corner damp-stained with no loss; DJ dampstained on rear corners, unclipped.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. Paperback. Good. Daphne Davis, Stars!, New York, Fireside - Simon & Schuster, 1983. Stiff paper covers with photo of Meryl Streep on front and Indiana Jones with whip on back, 4to (28 cm), 280 pp, many bw and color photos. Highlights of movie stars from Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino to Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant to Harrison Ford and John Travolta. Good: covers bumped and faded with crease on front, some pages lightly corner bumped, no markings. printed in Japan

Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. Paperback. Good. Perry Manley. Larry Davis, with Don Greer and Perry Manley, B-24 Liberator in action, Carrollton, Aircraft Number 80, Carrollton, Texas, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. Horizontal 4to (21 x 28 cm), 58 pp, many bw and some color illustrations. Good: covers scuffed (writing pad), light warping (could be weighted), crisp, no markings.

Simon & Schuster, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Jeffery Deaver, The Burning Wire - A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Simon & Schuster, First Printing, June 2010. HC, dark blue paper boards and quarter black cloth with gold lettering on spine, [x], 418 pp; glossy DJ with lightning skyline illustration on front and author photo on back. SIGNED by author on title page. VG/VG: bumping on spine, crisp, clean, no other markings; DJ lightly bumped, light scuffing on back, crisp, no stickers, unclipped with price.

Washington, D.C.: George W. Bowman, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Colonel R. Delafield. Report on the Art of War in Europe in 1854, 1855, and 1856 ... From His Notes and Observations Made as a Member of a "Military Commission to the Theater of War in Europe," under the orders of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. 36th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. Washington, D.C., George W. Bowman, Printer, 1861. Prepared shortly before the American Civil War, Delafield details military observations about Russia, Turkey, Austria and France during the Crimean War, from small arms to artillery, gun ships, fortresses, cavalry, hospitals, transport (from guns to wounded soldiers), and maps. Black hc with blind-stamped U.S.A. seal and design on both covers, heavy 4to (29 cm), color illustrated half title, xxiv with index, 278 pp (illustrated), plates 1-41 mostly fold-out maps with some engravings, followed by plate 2, plates with figures 26-38, 38a-d and (b. c.), 50, 50a-e,… Read More

New York: Mayflower Books - Main Street Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Good. Ellen and Bert Denker, The Rocking Chair Book, New York, Mayflower Books - Main Street Press, 1979, stated First Edition. Tan paper covers bw photo of boy rocking on front, imperial 8vo (8 1/2 by 10 inches), 192 pp with bibliography, many bw photos and artwork, from American colonial era to 20th century. Good: covers lightly bumped and scuffed, light foxing on front, pp 21-24 uncut, no markings.

Crazy Horse, SD: Korczak's Heritage, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Robb DeWall, Carving a Dream: Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, SD, Korczak's Heritage, 1999, 8th revised edition. Color stapled paper covers, 4to, 60 pp, many color photos. VG: light scuffing and bumping, no markings.

Boston: Unitarian Sunday School Society, 1889. Hardcover. Good +. Charles V. Dole, The Citizen and the Neighbor; or, Men's Rights and Duties As They Live Together in the State and in Society, Boston, Unitarian Sunday School Society, 1889, sixth edition. Dark green HC with gold lettering on front and blind-stamped border, 12mo (18cm), [i]-viii, 9-100 pp. Good+/no DJ: covers lightly worn and scuffed, still tight, no markings.

Houghton Mifflin & Co,, 1888. First Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library. Charles Dudley Warner, On Horseback - A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee With Notes of Travel in Mexico and California. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin & Co., First Thus [previous version in The Atlantic Monthly, 1885]. Brown cloth hc with black-stamped cover illustration and gilt spine titling, small 8vo (18 cm), [iv] 332 pp, 16 pp ads. Literary, astute, and humorous, Warner writes of religious services, racial inequality, social quirks and people he meets in Reconstruction South, including a young Appalachian beauty who spits tobacco and an active 100-year-old former slave. Good (no DJ): ex-library with stickers and stamps, covers rubbed and spine fraying, po names on ffep, light tanning, no noticeable internal markings.

Washington DC: Acropolis Books, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good +. Marie Smith and Louise Durbin (Washington Post staff writers), White House Brides, A New and Revealing History of Romance and Courtship in the President's Mansion, 1966, First Printing. White and teal cloth hc, 8vo, 208 pp with index, bw photos throughout. Entertaining stories of White House and presidential family brides, including an orphan Quaker girl who captured the heart of Andrew Jackson Jr., despite his widowed father's attempts at matchmaking. Good/Good+: corners worn, spine and top darkly tanned, po inscription and price on ffep, no internal markings, pages crisp; DJ bumped with scratch on front, chip and 1-inch tear on back corners, unclipped with original price.

Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Frederick H. Dyer (Late 7th Connecticut Volunteers), A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies, Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers, and Other Reliable Documents and Sources, Including ... Organization of the several Military Divisions, Departments, Armies, ... Battles, Engagements, ... concise History of each and every Regiment ..., Des Moines, Iowa, The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908, First Printing (Broadfoot p. 141), single volume. Rebound in buckram with gold titling on the spine and 1912 errata sheet, 4to (30 cm), [iv] errata and flyleaf, [x] including TOC, 11-1796 with index. Statistics (including "colored" and Indian troops, causes of death, and locations of contemporary cemeteries), commanders, regimental and battle indices by state and date, regimental histories, original… Read More