Search Results: Authors starting with D from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

E. B. Stillings, Boston MA, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Good/without dust jacket. A good original reading copy. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xxxi + 1054 + vi pages + plates (many foldouts), gilt titles, and regimental decorations on blue cloth. A good, generally clean, first edition hardcover overall with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at cloth edges and fore-corner tips, with a touch of fraying at the spine; hinges cracked but secure and internal binding tight; plates look to be in near fine condition with the one exception being a fold-out map which is torn at fold; paper light to moderately yellowed with a previous owner's nameplate on the front endpaper. Without dust jacket if issued.

Boston, Massachusetts: Good Luck Publishing, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Evidently, the entire run of this short-lived publication of reprinted literature as well as some original local material. 12 original issues bound in one volume. Quarto, 11" tall, 378 pages, illustrated in black and white throughout, three-quarter black leather over black cloth. A good volume overall with moderate exterior shelf wear, fore-corner tips through to boards, spine leather rubbed and chipped; front endpaper is missing and a child had decorated the remaining endpapers with some 19th-century form of 'stickers'; internal binding solid, with paper moderately yellowed and scattered foxing throughout and a previous owner's name embossed on first page. Still a quite readable family magazine of the period. Scarce.

New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author and inscribed to previous owner on the front free end paper. Octavo 9 1/2" tall, 406 pages. A near fine, clean hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; slight soiling to top fore-edge; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In fine, slightly edge worn dust jacket, with original price.

Chicago, Illinois: Reilly & Britton, 1915. First Edition, Sixth Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Duodecimo, 7 3/4" tall, 381 pages, gilt titles, decorative green cloth; with four color illustrations. A very good (minus), clean, solid hard cover edition with moderate shelf wear, minor rubbing at the corners, bumping to one top corner; hinges and binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed. Lacking dust jacket.

Henry Shepard & Co: Boston, 1877. First Edition, early printing. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket if issued. Despite difficult condition, this is a scarce title and priced accordingly. Octavo, 7 2/3” tall, 822 pages, gilt titles on green cloth. A good minus, generally clean, sturdy original hard cover edition with moderate shelf wear with light exterior soiling, fore-corner tips through to boards, top and bottom cloth edge of back strip frayed, fore-edges darkened, binding solid, but paper moderately yellowed with some scattered foxing. Given the period, unlikely dust jacket was issued. This may be a first edition without being the first printing. Priority was unestablished.

London: W. Kent, Fleet Street, 1857 . Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good minus. Octavo, 8" tall, engraved frontispiece and five illustrated plates + 620 pages; marbled endpapers, gilt spine titles and decorations, and gilt tooled cover edges, five spine bands, full brown calf. This is a very good minus copy overall with moderate shelf wear and rubbing to the spine, but spine leather has chipped at the top edge and one fore-corner tip is exposed, binding solid, text paper generally clean but with several scattered spots, slight to moderately yellowed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This is an excellent reading copy only of a scarcebook. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 320 pages, black quarter-cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover edition with minor shelf wear, but a damp stain to the top fore-edge that is visible to the upper margin; binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a good, moderately edge worn dust jacket with an edge stain and with the original price present.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1979. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 158 pages, blue cloth. A very good, generally clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with minor shelf wear, light fading to cloth at the edges, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a good, clean, lightly edge worn and rubbed dust jacket with small chips at the folds and at ends of backstrip, with original price present.

Dutton Adult, 2002-06-03. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 263 pages, blue and orange boards; gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with the original price present.

Milan, Italy: Fratelli Treves; Milano, 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Internally a very good, but an ex-library copy with markings to the spine and endpapers. Quarto, 9 1/2" tall, letterpress printed in two-color, 290 pages gilt titles on decorative vellum with brown silk ties. A good, flexible cover, relatively clean, with moderate shelf wear overall BUT the spine of binding has been covered in green library tape with spine label affixed and rubbing to the spine; hinges and binding solid but spine is canted, cream white hand-made paper paper is lightly yellowed and remains supple. This would be an excellent copy for binding restoration due to the quality of the interior.

New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the half-title page. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 273 pages, blue red cloth. A very good, clean sturdy hard cover first edition overall with minor exterior shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed with light foxing to the exterior fore-edges and endpapers. In a good, edgeworn dust jacket, with chipping at the folds, and with the original price present

Doubleday; NY, 1991-08-01. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/42" tall, xvi + 358 pages, black quarter cloth on green boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover overall with light shelf wear BUT with foxing to the fore-edges, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with light foxing to the top of the blank side.

William Morrow & Company: NY, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. very good minus/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 288 pages, black titles on blue cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear but fading to the cloth color (sunning) at the edges); light yellowing to text paper with some foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges, binding solid. In a good, edge-worn dust jacket, with chipping at the spine top and bottom of the folds, with the original price present.

Ballantine Books, 1999-07-06. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 360 pages, black and gray boards with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In near fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price present.

New York, New York: Random House; NY, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good minus. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 213 pages, orange boards. A very good, clean, hardcover first edition with light shelf wear and some rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding solid, paper dark cream white. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket with several short edge tears, with original present.

New Directions: NY, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. With an introduction by Walford Davies. Octavo, 8 3/4” tall, xvi + 204 pages, black cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with price clipped.

London, England: Chatto & Windus, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 8" tall, 295 pages, gray boards. A nearfine, clean neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white, w. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with original price present.

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1986 . First American Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Fine/fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 540 pages; maroon cloth. A fine, clean hard cover with minimal shelf wear; gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket with the original price.

Picador USA, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 262 pages, black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover overall with little shelf wear but one corner bumped, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

Boston, Massachusetts: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sold as a scarce edition despite difficult condition. An ex-college library copy with marking to the spine and front endpaper, otherwise quite clean, paper supple and ready for binding. This is the original publisher's issuance, with temporary boards and ready to bind according to the customer's wishes as was the custom at the time. Octavo, 10" tall, viii + 687 pages, publisher's boards. A good hard cover overall with general exterior shelf wear, boards stained, hinges broken and front cover loose, paper back strip chipped; interior very good, binding solid, paper supple and lightly yellowed with moderate foxing throughout primarily at the gutters.