Search Results: Authors starting with D from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First US Edition/Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A nice more recent reprint In light blue boards and dark blue spine cloth with gilt. Only some light wear to bottom of front board. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is price-clipped with light wear and some tiny spots/marks to rear panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First US Edition/Later Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A more recent printing and ex-library copy rebound for the libraries in sturdy pictorial cloth. Paper scarring to top of ffep and some stamps, marks and writing to free endpapers and title page, but no pocket or due slip. Jacket is unclipped ($13.95) with small chips at spine ends and small author last name sticker to bottom of spine. It is also trimmed 1/8 inch shorter than the book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First US Edition/Later Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A nice later reprint In light blue boards and dark blue spine cloth with gilt that has dulled. Small ding/gouge to bottom of front board and some fading to top edges and spine which is slightly cocked. Wear to corners with small splits to bottoms. Interior clean with solid binding.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First US Edition/Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A nice more recent reprint In light blue boards and dark blue spine cloth with gilt. Bump to bottom front corner and lesser ding to bottom rear. Some tanning to tops of boards. Small smudge to bottom of ffep, otherwise clean with solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with light wear.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The author's first adult collection of stories. In beige cloth with red and blue type. Some light foxing to top page ends, top of boards and to a lesser degree, bottoms of boards. Deckle edge. Clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($2.50) with chips mainly to tops of front panel and spine with some micro chips to bottom edge especially at spine. Nicks and several short tears at edges and fading to part of the letter 'O' of title on front panel and to entire title on spine. Tape reinforced along top inside of rear panel and spine and about half of inside bottom edge of same.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First US Edition/Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. An early reprint In orange blindstamped boards with gilt to type on spine. Top page ends tinted orange. Light wear at spine ends and light dings to three corners. Names in ink to front pastedown and half-title page with one inked out to ffep as well. Jacket is unclipped ($8.95) with a few nicks to bottom of spine and top of rear flap and sticker shadow towards bottom of spine which is lightly faded.

Paris: La Table Ronde, 1964. First French Edition/Early Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. A flapped trade paperback. No statement of edition on printing, only mention of the limited, numbered and signed editions of which this is not. Creasing to spine from reading and bottom corners, 1/4 inch split to bottom of front spine crease and some small stains to bottom of front cover. Illustrated troughout in black and white. In French.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Full number line 10-1. In beige boards with brown spine cloth and pale green foil to type and design motif. Light edgewear, but pretty clean with solid binding. Jacket is unclipped($24.95) with some edgewear and pale moisture stains to top and bottom of rear panel.

Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1915. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. A lovely edition of this seafaring classic with frontispiece and several color plates. In green cloth with tipped on image and gilt to type. Top front corner dinged and light wear to all and spine ends. Some light scuffs to rear board. Clean with tight binding.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on title page.. By the author of Tracks which was turned into a movie.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. With stories by Brian W. Aldiss, Karen Anderson, J.G. Ballard, Kate Wilhelm and more. In grey boards with black to spine and orange tinted top page ends. Top edge of boards have light dings. Jacket has minimal wear - a chip/nick to top front flap crease and nick to bottom of rear spine crease. Light fading to jacket spine and a few moisture spots.

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. As New/N/A. With illustrated boards in slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap. A few light dings to one edge and panel of slipcase which is Near Fine as a result.

New York : Grammercy Books, 2003. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Full number line down to and including 1. In red boards with gilt to spine. A little wear at corners and spine ends. Jacket is unclipped(no price) with a little edgewear and lamination lifting to top edge of front panel.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1979. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. A must for the Tolkien completist. Illustrated by Ian Miller, Michael Foreman, Allan Curless, Lidia Postma, John Blanche, Pauline Martin, Sue Porter, Linda Garland, Jaroslav Bradac, Victor Ambrus and John Davis. In beige cloth with brown type. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with large jagged chip to bottom of rear panel with associated tear - about 1 1/2 inches high and about 4 inches across. Four other tears 1/2 - 2 inches to top of rear panel, top of front flap, head of spine and some small chips to spine ends. Will be in jacket protector.

Buenos Aires: Editorial Acme, 1958. Reprint Ediiton. Hardcover. Poor/N/A. From the beloved Collecion Robin Hood. Two corners dinged with chip to top of spine and general edgewear/rubbing. Some fading to spine. Front hinge splitting at title page and rear hinge has been reglued. Some discoloration/spotting to inside edges of boards and possibly endpapers from adhesive used and tanning to pages due to poor quality of materials used. Some foxing to page ends. #26

New York: Noonday Press, 1952. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The author's magnificent early modernist masterpiece. In blue buckram covered boards and blue spine cloth with gold and silver type. Some light wear/rubbing to corners and spine ends and previous owner's name to front pastedown in pencil. Otherwise clean with solid binding. Great mid-century cover design by Shari Frisch. Jacket is price-clipped with some chipping mostly at corners and spine ends and with flake to rear flap crease. A few short tears to tops of panels and general edgewear/nicks and a few punctures to flap creases and front spine crease.

New York: Ecco, 2003. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New translation by Edith Grossman with introduction by Harold Bloom. Full number line down to and including 1. In black paper covered boards with gilt to spine. Dent to top rear board and some wear to spine ends. Sharp corners, clean interiors and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped with some edgewear.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. In blue boards and black spine cloth with white and blue ink to type and design motif. Light dings to head of spine and top rear corner and gift inscription to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped($3.00) and in beautiful shape with just 1/4 inch closed tear to bottom of front panel, light edgewear and some scuffing to rear panel.

New York : Sheed & Ward, 1952. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. In pale green buckram with black type to spine. Some wear at spine ends and very light dings at bottom corners. Some light stains to top page ends and faint moisture stains to three corners. Interior clean and binding tight. Jacket is unclipped ($5.50) with light wear/rubbing to corners/spine ends with a few tiny chips at former and nicks/short tears to head of spine and bottom rear panel which also has a few tiny marks. Very faint moisture stains to inside of flap creases and a few spots to rear crease. Illustrated. Cover art by C. Van Roemburg. A nice and presentable copy.

Lima: Librerias ABC S.A., 1979. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. A nice square copy with just a few light creases to spine, scuffing and bumping to rear spine edge. Tanning to interior due to paper quality. In English.