Search Results: Authors starting with D from Tangible Tales

New York: Pantheon Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Willie, at the Literary Salon, all best wishes. John Daniel 6/13/93." A near fine copy with some light wear at the spine tips. Some small spots to the front textblock edge, otherwise clean, tight and straight. Unclipped jacket is very good with minor shelf-wear at the panel edges and some light soiling to the panels. 223 pp., a collection of essays on the state of the natural world and the effects of man upon it.

Idaho: Cache Valley Newsletter Publishing Co. / Daughters of the Pioneers, 1976. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Brown hardcover with black titles, 1976 revised edition with additional content. A good copy with wear and scuffing to the corners and spine tips and some soil and scuffing to the rear cover. A blue remainder mark to the bottom of the text block edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding and hinges are solid but lacking tightness. 215 pp., indexed. Includes the full text facsimile of the original in the first 126 pp., and has an additional section on the Bear River massacre beginning with Part II.

Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society / Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/fair. Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket. A fair to good copy with heavy wear and bending at the corners, staining to the cloth covers, and both hinges split. Text is clean, unmarked and still well bound. Jacket with heavy wear at all edges and corners, short tears and chips and some loosening of the publisher's top coat at the bottom edge. A worn, but intact copy of this hard to find title. 535 pp. plus back matter. Some black and white plates.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. Hardcover. Good. Ex library red hardcover - publisher prebound lacking dustjacket, no indication of edition. A good copy in spite of its ex-library short comings. Wear and bending at edges and corners. Withdrawn stamps to endpapers, call number blacked out at the base of the spine column. Pages are firmly bound in and free of markings (other than the occasional library stamp). Some dog-eared corners and few light specks of foxing. Unpaginated, with color and black and white illustrations by the famed author/illustrator pair.

Chicago: Magic Inc., 1981. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Blue stapled pamphlet. A very good copy with minor wear at the edges. Clean and unmarked in solid stapled binding. 69 pp., indexed, some diagrams. A how-to guide for manipulating the puppets and vocalizing effectively.

American Masters Foundation, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page, "To: Cy with best wishes Charles and Elk Fracé 9/27/92." Gray cloth hardcover with silver titles in dustjacket. No indication of printing. A very good copy of this book, clean and straight in a solid binding and hinges. Pages 21-24 were not caught in their gathering and are laid in at the appropriate spot. The jacket is not as good - only fair with a long tear at the top of the rear fold and shorter tears and chips at the panel edges, including paper loss just above the title on the front panel. 154 pp., full color plates of Fracés incredible paintings.

Oregon: Frontier Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Good. Oversize trade paperback in good condition. Pictoral covers, no indication of printing or edition. Minor shelfwear to the cover edges and some scuffing to the covers. Bending at the corners and a hard bump at the bottom rear corner. Ghost of a previous bookstore price to the top of the title page appears to be the only marking in the book. A clean and well-bound copy of this title. 247 pp., indexed, black and white photos, maps and illustrations. An examination of the overland journey of the Scott-Applegate Trail.

Washington: Published by the author, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong tan softcover. A good only copy with wear and bending at the edges and corners and a 1" tear to the top of the front cover above the title. Light soiling to the covers and thumbing at the edges. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding - much better than the exterior. 158 pp., indexed, black and white photos throughout - a collection of reminiscences from Southwest Pacific County in Washington State, including stories of family and local history of the area. Potentially of interest to those doing family or genealogical research.

Texas: Texian Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stapled paperback in good condition. General light edgewear, with a bit of bending at the corners. Sticker to the bottom of the front cover says "Clint Peoples - Senior Ranger Captain Retired" with a badge icon. Interior is clean and unmarked and the stapled binding is solid. 48 pp., filled with black and white photos of the history of Fort Fisher and the celebration of the Texas Rangers.

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Blue hardcover 1st in jacket. Signed and dated without inscription by the author on the front free-endpaper in blue ink. A good only copy with heavy wear at the spine ends, a hard bump to the bottom of the front board and a light upward cocking to the bind. Binding is solid but rear hinge is starting to crack. Pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is much better - very good, bright and attractive, protected in mylar. 374 pp., indexed, three picture inserts, some color. The desperate attempt to save the wild tiger from extinction and Day's daring efforts to expose illegal trafficking in Asia.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1953. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed without personalization on the front free-endpaper, "Best wishes from Sister Mary Gilbert." Red and tan hardcover, second printing in dustjacket. A good copy but with soiling and staining to the cover edges and general shelf-wear to the boards. Interior is clean and unmarked other than the author's inscription. Binding and hinges are solid. The unclipped jacket is not so good with large tears especially spineward, soiling at the folds and overall fragility. 173pp., Gilberts first publication, detailing her life prior to and during her vows and entering the convent. An Oregon native, Gilbert was a well-known figure at Marylhurst, University of Oregon, and Pacific University.

Lulu, 2011. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. Part 2 only. A very good copy with minor shelf wear to the cover edges and light thumbing to the front cover. Binding solid as if unread. 219 pp., second edition. More of de Lafayette's exposition on Alien technology and conspiracy theories.

Texas: First edition, 1972. Paperback. Good. Orange paperback, presumed reprint as he seems to have original written this in the 60s. Signed and inscribed by Chicano author and poet Nephtali De Leon on the title page, "Para Salvador Ramirez, quien me enseno a comprendar el carino de nuestro pueblo." Which translates roughly to "for Salvador Ramirez, who taught me to understand the love of our people." A good only copy with heavy wear at the cover edges - scuffing to the covers and a crease to the rear cover. Inside the front cover there is some browning - appears to be from old glue - but not library indications. Mr. Ramirez has used his personal name stamp on the title page and on the last page. Pages are unmarked otherwise and the binding is intact and not split. 95 pp., with illustrations by the author.

Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2008. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Brown cloth hardcover in dustjacket. A limited signed edition with Charles de Lint's loopy compact signature in the lower corner of the special signature page. The book is in near fine condition with some wear at the extremities of the spine - otherwise a clean, straight, tight copy. Unclipped jacket is very good with short chips and bending at the head of the spine and a bit of scuffing at the panels. 295 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. First printing. Unknown. Very Good/very good. Signed hardcover 1st in dustjacket. Signed without personalization on the title page by the author. A very good copy with minor bending at the tips of the spine ends and mild wear to the edges of the board. Binding is tight as if unread and all pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good, bright and attractive with matching light wear at the spine panel edges and an "Autographed" sticker to the front panel. 478 pp., indexed, some black and white photos.

New York: Blackstone Publishers, 1937. Paperback. Fair. Stapled softcover in fair only condition. Heavy wear at the card edges, and the front cover pulling away from the stapled bind. The binding is solid in spite of this pull and the pages are clean and unmarked but for the author's stamp next to the crossed out "Blackstone Publishers" address on the title page. This is the 12th book in a series of 23 works self-published by DeCasseres under the Blackstone Publishers label in the 1936/37 period. DeCasseres is best known for his philosophy and essays based heavily on Nietzsche. This is a rare copy - they were printed cheaply and are quite ephemeral. 56 pp.

Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Green cloth hardcover with gilt train illustration on the front cover, first edition in dustjacket. Text in English and Spanish on alternating pages. A good+ copy with wear at the spine tips and a large gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Binding is solid though lacking tightness. The jacket is not quite as good, age toned and chipped, with several 1" tears to the panel edges. Some soiling and a faint cup ring to the fron panel. 131 pp., indexed, black and white photos. The inspiring story of the hero of Nacozari - a railroader who saved a town from destruction when a train car filled with dynamite caught a-fire.

New York: Cornell University Press, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Orange hardcover, first edition, lacking dustjacket. A good copy with minor bending at the corners and spine tips. Some mild scuffing to the cloth covers. Previous owner's bookplate and stamp neatly to the front endpapers, along with a small sticker scar. A clean copy in solid binding, lacking tightness. 240 pp., indexed, several black and white photo sections. A volume in the series, Studies in Ancient Art and Archaeology.

HealthMeans, 2020. Paperback. Good. Oversize, thick paperback with virtually no publishing information. A good copy with a bend to the bottom front corner and general wear to the cover edges. Previous owner has made a few red hash marks on the table of contents and a couple of underlinings in a variety of chapters - but it's a big book and they didn't get very far. Overall, very few markings. Binding is solid with no creasing. 824 pages, and 40 talk transcripts. The 5G Summit was put together with folks from the alternative medicines and health community to talk about the thorys of Electromagnetic Frequency illnesses and effects. Most prominently the opening chapter is by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., titled, "Dangers of 5G to Children's Health - 5G Satellite Insanity." A scarce title, distributed to HealthMeans subscribers and alarming or hillarious depending on where you fall on the conspiracy theory line.

Michigan: The Cumming Press, 1976. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth hardcover with gilt titles and cover illustration, limited to 487 copies. This copy apparently bound upside down with cover markings pointing the opposite direction from the text. A near fine copy with minor bending at the spine tips. Clean and tight as if unread. 98 pp., limitation page at rear. A collection of Delavan's letters back to the Michigan Expositor detailing his experiences in California during the gold rush.