Search Results: Authors starting with D from Old Bookshelf

New London: Samuel Green, 1814. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 160pp. Marbled paper wraps. Spine is worn and missing piece at bottom, contents age-toned and very occasionally foxed, binding is tight, and book has held p very well since 1814.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 319pp. Orange cloth. Cover and binding are clean and sound, a few foredges are lightly chipped, illustrated dust jacket is chipped along edges and creased, and moderately soiled. Daly was among the earliest of the "hard-boiled" fiction writers.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 276pp. Green cloth. Very light wear, but lettering to cover and spine is worn away, and heavy staining to rear cover not affecting interior. Contents are surprisingly clean and unmarked, and binding is tight. In depth strategy for billiards, with numerous diagrams and a few photos.

Milano: Casa Editrice AMZ, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 90pp+index. Pictorial paper over boards. Corners worn, light soiling to boards, one inch split to tail of spine at rear, previous price written on front free endpaper, small abrasion to corner of front endpaper, binding is tight and contents are clean. Color illustrations of traditional military uniforms of the European countries. Text is in Italian.

Boston: Brown Taggard, & Chase, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 255pp. Stamped cloth, gilt lettering, folding map of Boston bound-in. Covers are faded and very lightly rubbed, text is age-toned and clean. Owner wrote many weather entries on memoranda pages. Folding map has slight edge stain and is in otherwise sound condition. Many ads and much information.

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 1926. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 230pp. Grey cloth, black backing. Light soil to boards, spine sunned, corners bumped, text age-toned, some pages still unopened. There is a a personal inscription on the front free endpaper : "Mitchell Kennerley from F.J. Harvey Darton All Saints Day 1928." A Limited Edition of 400 copies with a hand-colored frontispiece.

Haverhill, Massachusetts: Peter Edes, 1794. Hardcover. Fair. 70pp Paper over wooden boards, leather spine. Paper cover mostly worn away, insect holes in spine, contents age-darkened and dampstained and legible, former owner's name and verses written on endpapers, binding is tight.

Philade;phia: Wm K. David, 1903. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 88pp. Very light soil and wear, contents toned but clean and unmarked. In a well-preserved state. Illustrated. Basic math and accounting.

Scranton: F.A. Crandall & Co., 1868. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 208pp. In Welsh language. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Edgewear mainly to corners, spine ends chipped, contents tanned and occasionally foed, pencilled handwriting practice on rear endpapers, former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Druidism.

London: Odhams Long Acre, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (110pp) Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Book is clean and sound, dust jacket is faintly sunned along edges but otherwise unblemished.

London: Oldbourne, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 143pp. Blue cloth, silver lettering and decoration. Book is very clean and sound, dustjacket is worn along edges. Pictorial overview of the Royall Ballet with insightful commentary.

New York: Arno Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House, 1869. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 331pp. Rust colored embossed boards, gilt spine lettering. Very good with very light rubbing to extremities, contents are clean, slight foxing to page edges only. A well-preserved copy. Fascinating travel adventures on an around world voyage in 1849.

Saratoga Springs: G.M. Davison, 1825. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 169pp. Brown marbled boards, black leather backing, gilt lettering to spine. Cover is moderately worn, contents are foxed, front endpaper missing, binding is tight. A compact little tour guide. Howes D-143.

Paris: Societé D'éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1926. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Daniel Hernandez. 266pp. Printed wraps. Text in French. Très bon état. Very good, pages unopened, light wear to edges, glassine jacket over wraps, light foxing mainly to margins. Illustrate by Daniel Hernandez.

New York: Random House, 1933. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Jean Lébédeff. 48pp. Pictorial orange cloth, linen backed. Cover very lightly worn, text block reinforced with binding tape, text is clean and unmarked, dust jacket is soiled and chipped along edges and missing several pieces along spine. The fanciful adventures of an adorable elephant, with charming illustrations by the author.

New York: Random House, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 40pp. Glossy pictorial cover. Extremities and edges lightly chipped, interior is clean and sound, and binding is tight. Cute story with adorable illustrations

Buenos Aires: Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is also dampstained and spine is faded. Laid-in is a promotional brochure of the book by the publisher.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 712p. Slight fading to spine, covers and text are clean, slight foxing to front endpaper, book is overall, in very sound condition. Dust jacket is very clean with very light wear. Folding maps in rear. Text in French.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1954. Soft cover. Good/Good. 680p. Slight fading to cover, contents toned but clean, foxing to first 3 leaves, "Nöel 1955" at top of title page. In sound condition. Dust jacket is edgeworn and chipped at top of spine, but complete. Folding maps in rear.Text in French.