Search Results: Authors starting with D from Alkahest Books

New York: Arcade Publishing, (1993). first English language edition. hhardcover. near fine/very good. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver. Introduction by Paul Theroux. Octavo, two-tone blue covers, xiv [2] 167 pages. Includes a section of photographs in full-color. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. "Gerard d'Aboville was 45 years old when he set out on his improbable mission: to row across the Pacific Ocean, from west to east, from Japan to the United States." - from the dust jacket. 101206A

Minneapolis, MN,: Milkweed Editions,, 1986,. First edition. softcover. Fine. Minneapolis, MN,: Milkweed Editions,, 1986,. First edition. softcover. Fine. Trade paperback, 80 pages. 092108D

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. first edition, as stated. hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, red cloth covers with gilt titles. [x] 210 [1] colophon. Book is in fine condition. Unclipped jacket has a crease on top edge of front panel, else very good. Four stories, originally published in Playboy magazine. Studio

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. First edition. hardcover. near Very Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. First edition. hardcover. near Very Good. Octavo, x [2] 286 pages. Includes index. Marron cloth covers with gilt titles; a little scuffing on front cover, else Very Good. 021210C

Beaufort, SC: G.O.G. Enterprises, (1989). 5th printing, Second Revised Ed.. softcover. Very Good. Leonard, Roy. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Roy Leonard. 29 pages. No audio cassette. 061508C

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1924. hardcover. near Very Good. Octavo, maroon cloth covers, gilt titles on spine, 166 pages. Former owner embossing stamp on title page. Includes index, black and white illustrations. Some light foxing, mostly on early and last pages. 020117A

New York: American Book Co., (c. 1896). hardcover. Fair. Smith, Alice Josephine. 12mo, (approx. 5" wide by 7 3/8" tall) tan cloth covers with green pictorial design and titles, 272 pages. Illustrated by Alice Josephine Smith. Former owner name on front endpaper. Covers heavily soiled, spine darkened with a spot of white paint. Corners worn. Appears to be scarce in this original edition.

Sampson Low, (c. 1976). hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small quarto (approx. 7 4/8" wide and 9 7/8" tall) dark blue covers with gilt spine titles. 128 pages. Includes many illustrations, both in black and white and color, of creatures such as the jenny haniver or basilisk, the fur bearing trout, mermaids, the hydra, the jackalope, and many others. Includes references, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 020922A

London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1863. firdt edition. hardcover. Good +. 16mo. Publisher's binding, Good + Daniel was a friend of many authors including Charles Lamb, and Robert Bloomfield, as well as a satirical poet himself, and a book collector as well. His essay on Charles Lamb runs from pages 1-31, followed by an essay on Samuel Johnson, pp. 32-62 (an essay in reply to Macaulay's pievces on Dr. Johnson) followed by a piece on "Old Father Christmas." Presentation copy, inscribed on the flyleaf, "To Mr. and Mrs. Timlins / From Their Friend / The Author / 1863." Daniel also admired dramatists (he owned the four folios of Shaqkespeare, and a notable collection of black-letter ballads.) Tipped in is the publisher's advertisement for THE BEE AND THE WASP. Untrimmed, publisher's cloth, new leather spine with original worn paper label.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967). hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, red cloth covers, xiv [2] 3-269 [3]. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions. Includes a diagram of the Organization of the Bolshevik Party, 1917, and another diagram of The System of Soviets, 1917. Also includes a Chronology of Events, Sources, and Index. Book has small spot on top cover, else Very Good. Dust jacket Very Good.102504A

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1965). hardcover. Very good/very good. Small quarto, (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 3/8" tall) sienna brown covers, 310 pages. Translated by Reginald Spink. Includes 16 color plates plus many black and white photographs; maps. With notes, sources, and index. Light crease on bottom of first few leaves of book; one cover corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket has some wear at edges. 092717D. "The author is a professional anthropologist and historian who lived for fifteen years in Tahiti... His research his yielded a wealth of new material, official reports and court records from government rchives in Papeete, articles and notices in Tahitian newspapers and missionary journals, travel accounts, private diaries and family papers, and hitherto unknown letters to and from Gauguin."

Brooklyn Long Island Historical Society 1867,, 1867. Hardcover. Very good. Pages pp. xlvii + 440 + 12 folding plates,small 4to, hardcover. Translated from the original manuscript in Dutch for the Long Island Historical Society and edited by Henry C. Murphy. Approx. 24.5 x 16 cm, green pebbled cloth with gilt spine titles. 12 folding plates, some tinted. One cover edge lightly bumped, else very good condition. 042407C

Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, (c.1941). hardover. Near fine/very good. Seymour, Ralph Fletcher. Octavo, teal cloth covers, 154 pages. Black and white llustrations, including maps, Indicating possible locations of the Lost Continents of Atlantis and Mu. Ralph Fletcher Seymour is both the publisher and the illustrator. Dust jacket price clipped, and has a little tanning on space. Dankoler is also known as a photographer, journalist, and the creator of the Door County History Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. 020922D

New York: Crown Publishers Inc., (1993). first edition, first printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Stewart Udall. Octavo, red cloth spine over black boards, xiii [3] 304 pages. Black and white illustrations, index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 092108B

Pueblo, Colorado, 1893. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, green cloth covers with black rules and gilt titles on top cover. 59 pages. Black and white photographic portrait of the author preceding title page. Illustrated title page plus 8 other full page illustrations. A couple of leaves have creases; a few dog-eared page corners; covers have very light wear, very good. Wright Howes: The Final Edition D-71 , "d" very rare.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. first edition. hardcover. Good +/Fair. Octavo, maroon cloth covers, 254 pages. Tipped-in printed note in front. Top cover has a tape mark (offset from some tape on inside of dust jacket), light wear at corners and head of spine.. Dust jacket has splits at folds and gouge on top panel, now enclosed in a clear mylar cover. 092108D

Moffat, Scotland: Lochar Publishing, (1990). first edition. hardcover. Fine/very good +. Octavo, red covers, 281 pages. Dust jacket price clipped (rather a larger cut than usual), Very Good. "...a definitive work of reference with over 5,000 entries. It is the most comprehensive work of its type detailing derivation, meaning and location." --from the dust jacket. 073018A

NY, The Macmillan Co., 1931,, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Good. xiv + 224 pages, octavo, navy blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Includes black and white illustrations, index. Former owner name in ink and small bookstore stamp on front endpaper; a few notations in ink in table of contents; spine dulled, Good. 092303A

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Cory, F. Y.. Illustrations by F.Y. Cory. Octavo, blue cloth covers with white titles and pictorial design, ix [1] 271 [1] pages. Former owner name stamp on front paste-down endpaper. A bit of flaking on spine titles, else very good. No dust jacket 061508E

New York: The Viking Press, (1958). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Daugherty, James. 79 pages, quarto. Green cloth covers with black and beige titles and pictorials. No dust jacket. Cover edges lightly worn, minor rubbing on rear cover. A nice copy. 041407A