Search Results: Authors starting with D from Chartwell Booksellers

London: William Kimber, 1955. 2nd English Edition/Variant Cloth . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. DSO & Bar: excellent account of his destroyer ops. incl. loss of HMS Warwick. A very goodcopy, without dust jacket. (250p., 17 illus., 6 maps, index, map eps.).

Taunton, UK: Barnicott and Pearce, the Wessex Press, 1934. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Robert Blake, who served 1649-56. One of the most important British admirals, often called the “Father of the Royal Navy.” A very good copy, edges & corners bumped, spine slightly rumpled, possibly published without dust jacket. (200p., 17 illus., 4 maps, chronology, notes, appendices, index.)

New York: Scribner’s, 1980. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (316 pages). A very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. A previous owner’s name is written in ink on the front free endpaper, else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (340 pages). As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (292 pages). As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (352 pages). As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Row , 1968. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (ix, 92 pages). As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket with very faint tanning to the white rear panel.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (127 pages, profuse, largely black & white plates). As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. An account of 1814-1815, including much political and social history. Colorful. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in dust jacket with slightly worn edges (544 pages, 35 illustrations, 2 maps, chronology, notes, bibliography, index.)

London: Richard Cohen Books, 1996. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (544 pages, illustrations, 2 double-page maps, chronology, notes, bibliography, index.). “An enthralling account of the political, constitutional and social life of [Paris, Vienna and London] in the year leading up to Waterloo.” A fine copy in mylar covered dust jacket.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. ( 558 pages, notes, index.). Drawn from government and private documents as well as interviews with people who had worked for or against the Soviet apparatus, this volume covers the vast network of Soviet espionage through times of peace and war in France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. A good copy in faded, chipped, mylar covered dust jacket, front hinge split, binding loose but intact, contents fine.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. ( 558 pages, notes, index.). Drawn from government and private documents as well as interviews with people who had worked for or against the Soviet apparatus, this volume covers the vast network of Soviet espionage through times of peace and war in France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. A good copy without dust jacket, spine faded, edges yellowed, owner inscription in in on front free end paper, contents fine.

New York: VH1 Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (152 pages, profusely illustrated). As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1962. First American Edition Intrepid. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Official Naval History Division biography. Wainwright served 1868-1911, fought in the Spanish-American War and was a central figure in revitalizing the fleet and the Naval Academy. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. (266p., 50 illus., notes, index.)

New York: Rizzoli, 2005. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (255 pages, profusely illustrated). As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (324 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs). A wide-ranging, richly illustrated oral history of the great pianist’s career, one in a notable series assembled by this eminent jazz critic and journalist. This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket of the First American edition.

Mackinac Island, MI: Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1960. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. By a Surgeon's Mate, 2nd Battalion, Royal Americans. Life at a frontier garrison and fur trading post from 1769 to 1772. A very good copy, light edge wear (47 pages, 6 illustrations).

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 8vo (402 pages, 20 color plates, 96 black & white illustrations, 8 maps, 4 facsimiles, notes, glossary, index, map end papers.). Nagle joined the Continental Army at age 15, then served in the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, then became a privateer and later a merchant seaman; met Washington and Nelson. An extraordinary life; a lively and adventuresome read. As new, in fine dust jacket.

New York: TeNeues, 2007. First American Revised Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 4to (382 pages, 286 duotone plates). The definitive overview. As new, in dust jacket, and still in publisher’s printed shipping case, which exhibits light wear. Else fine.

Zurich & NY: Edition Stemmle, 2002. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (159 pages). This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine.