Search Results: Authors starting with D from Midnight Books

West Pub. Co, 1981. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John W. Dalton's near definitive textbook of cosmetology. Professional level instruction covering all significant topics for students of cosmetology. Valuable resource for replicating ca. 1970's hairstyles, makeup, etc. A standard in its field. Expanded and revised second edition. 463 pp. 10" x 7 3/8". Tight copy with light rubbing to cover and scattered yellow highlighting. Small corner loss to front blank endpaper. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Wadsworth Publishing Co, 2006. Hardcover. Like New. Dave Darnell's groundbreaking compilation of historical photos of St. Francois County, Missouri. 3 Volumes complete. Includes some historical text. See attached images for featured cities and townships. All photos annotated, some in great detail. Vol. I: 160 pp. Vol. II: 160 pp. Vol. III: 160 pp. 3 @ 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". All volumes tight and immaculate. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. A beautiful set. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1938. Softcover. Very Good. Three early-century engravings 6 x 4 1/2", dated 1938 and signed in pencil by unknown engraver Dave Way. 1" tear to margin of one engraving. Light foxing to all three. Sold as is. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

BookLine Publishing Co, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. 49 unbroken issue run of David M. Brown's hard-to-find Mystery Collectors' BookLine, February 1995 through Nov./Dec. 1999. BookLine was, primarily, a monthly investment newsletter focusing on modern and hypermodern mystery First Editions, comprising advice on what to buy prior to its getting hot in the marketplace. Content also included upcoming publications likely to go up in value quickly, as well as scheduled book signings, book reviews, First Edition issue points and more. Recommended authors included Cormac McCarthy, John Dunning, Sue Grafton and many others. All 49 issues are inserted into a large 3-ring binder. Most issues are 12 pages in length and measure 11" x 8 1/2". A valuable and scarce resource for booksellers and collectors of modern mystery fiction. All issues tight and complete with very occasional yellow highlighting and notations. Binders in excellent condition. Photographs of or additional information about… Read More

BookLine Publishing Co, 1992. Softcover. Very Good. 69 unbroken issue run of David M. Brown's hard-to-find MFE Modern First Editions) Collectors' BookLine, February 1992 through Nov./Dec. 1998. BookLine was, primarily, a monthly investment newsletter focusing on modern and hypermodern First Editions, comprising advice on what to buy prior to its getting hot in the marketplace. Content also included upcoming publications likely to go up in value quickly, as well as scheduled book signings, book reviews, first edition issue points and more. Recommended authors included Cormac McCarthy, John Dunning, Sue Grafton and many others. All 69 issues are inserted into two large 3-ring binders. Most issues are 12 pages in length and measure 11" x 8 1/2". A valuable and scarce resource for booksellers and collectors of modern fiction. All issues tight and complete with very occasional yellow highlighting and notations. Binders in excellent condition. Photographs of or additional information… Read More

Orchises Press, 1988-02-01. Softcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. Compilation of poetry by Joe David Bellamy. Inscribed and signed on half title page to noted author and longtime North American Review editor Robley Wilson. Wilson's copy, purchased from his estate. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Jaybird Enterprises, Inc, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Premier issue of Naked House Parties, "Collector's First Edition." Compilation of group sex photos with a somewhat counterculture or pre-hippie era focus. Straight and lesbian participants. Graphic nudity, frontal and otherwise, along with five descriptive articles. Articles include "Nympho 69," "Making Out in Sex School," "Exhibitionism 70," "The People Feelers," and "The Bizarre Biters." 72 pages of nearly wall-to-wall photos, primarily black-and-white with scattered examples color. Unusually scarce in commerce and seemingly non-existent in libraries, though several are listed in important erotica collections. Likely a second issue never went to press. Printed on coated, heavy stock paper. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Detailed history of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church of Orlando and Winter Park, Florida. Covers Lutheran Church history from mid-century through 1988. Genealogical resource for members, staff, pastors and historians. 192 pages. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight copy with light shelf wear and small corner crease to front panel. Ownership signature to title page. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Book Hunter Press, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Book Hunter Press founders Susan and David Siegel's A Portrait of the U.S. Used Book Market, a 2004 snapshot of bookselling packed with statistics of online and open shop bookselling. A valuable resource for book historians. Notably, the Siegel's authored the popular regional Used Book Lover's Guides. 60 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with very light wrinkling to lower portion of text block. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed for Bernard Davis, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first - and only - printing of noted Edgar Leeteg art dealer and agent Bernard Davis' Leeteg of Tahiti. "First edition 1969" so stated on copyright page. Davis partnered for many years with Leeteg in marketing many of his velvet paintings, over 1700 at the time of Leeteg's death, and becoming, along with Leeteg, wealthy during the Tiki craze of the 1940's - 1960's. Called the "Remington of the Seas" by James Michener, the American Gaugin by Bernard Davis, and the Father of Modern Velvet Painting, Leeteg stands head and shoulders above almost every competing velvet painter, past and present, his Polynesian themes with beautiful, Tahitian women and, less so, warriors masterfully accomplished. Values of Leeteg's paintings, though selling for many thousands in his lifetime, dropped in value from the 1970's until recently, but now enjoy a resurgence that has put them out… Read More

Longmans, Green and Co, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of early-century global vagabond Hassoldt Davis' adventures in Tahiti and Bali. "FIRST EDITION" so stated on copyright page. Bound in bright red cloth with black lettering to front and spine panels. Includes scarce dust jacket with photo of native islander to front panel, biography and photo of Davis to back panel and $2.50 price to front flap intact. Illustrated with 15 full-page black-and-white photos of inhabitants. Examples include small girls dancing the "Legon," a devil dancer of Bali and cockfighting. Ernest Hemingway once described Davis' writing as “fantastic . . . magnificent.” 279 pp. 8 1/2" x 5 3/4". Tight, unmarked copy with crisp corners, faint wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel and sturdy hinges. Dust jacket with occasional creasing, primarily to extremities, and several minor areas of loss to spine panel… Read More

Rose Publishing Co, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Detailed history of Drew County, Arkansas. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, families and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 418 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Several tiny chips to edges of dust jacket. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

The Q125 Committee, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. Detailed history of Brainard, Nebraska, the first 125 years. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, 139 pages of photo-illustrated family histories and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Includes unmarked Quasquicentennial 5" x 7" aerial postcard laid in. Scarce. 226 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Potentially valuable genealogy resource. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine panel. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Livraria Editoria Salesiana, 1965. 3rd. Softcover. Good. Massive anthology of 162 Brazilian writers. Includes brief biographies, bibliographies and examples of work. Text in Portuguese. Third edition. Uncommon. 596 pp. 9" x 6 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and small surface tear, presumably from label removal, to front panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1954. Softcover. Very Good. Brief history of Plano, Illinois. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 32 pp. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Odor free. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Massive, detailed history of the Loudon family of Loomis, Okanogan County, Washington. Includes much genealogical content and area history. Comb bound. Rare. No copies located in commerce or the WorldCat database at the time of this posting. 323 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Winn Dixie/NASCAR, 1995-01-01. Softcover. Good. Publicity handout of racecar driver Mark Martin signed by Jack Roush, former racecar driver and founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team. The handout features Martin and the Ford Thunderbird with the Roush V8 engine, sponsored by Winn-Dixie. Martin has the second most wins all time in what is now the Xfinity Series with 49. He finished second in the Sprint Cup Series standings five times, and has been described by ESPN as "The best driver to never win a championship." (Wikipedia.) Martin was inducted in 2015 to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and inducted in the 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame. The reverse side of the handout provides a personal profile of Mark Martin and the his career highlights at the time of printing. Small tape remant and age toning on reverse side. 8" x 10". Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Photographs of or additional information about this item are… Read More

Quintessence Publishing Co, 1990. VHS. Like New. 0x0x0. Comprehensive documentation of the history of the German Democratic Republic from the end of WWII in 1945 through the peaceful revolution in 1989 and the democratic elections in 1990. Seen, experienced and reported from the view of those directly affected. 52-minute VHS tape with accompanying booklet. Includes an actual piece of the Berlin Wall with a Certificate of Authenticity and a special issue GDR postage stamped franked on the day of the first free elections on 3/18/1990. Scarce. All items in flawless condition with light shelf wear to box. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Crookston Centennial Committee, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Detailed history of Crookston, Minnesota, 1879-1979. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, pioneers and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 120 pp. 8 1/2" x 11". Tight copy with ownership inscription to first page and minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately published by the heirs of Bjarne Kroepelien, 1969. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Rolf E. Du Rietz's massive bibliography of Polynesiana based on the extensive collection formed by Bjarne Kroepelien. Beautifully bound in dark blue buckram with gilt lettering. Text in English. Scarce. One of only 500 copies issued for sale. 455 pp. 12" x 8 1/2". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. International shipping available at additional cost. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.