Search Results: Titles starting with D from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York, San Diego & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Original portions translated from the Italian by Gregory Dowling. Red boards, red cloth spine with black titles, xi, 587 pp. Price-clipped DJ has wear & creasing at tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. The world's great detectives--Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot, Maigret, and Sherlock Holmes, among others, gather in Rome to solve the mystery of Edwin Drood, but find that the real question may be "Who killed Charles Dickens?" The narrative is intertwined with the original text of Dickens's last, unfinished novel. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Company, Inc. (Prentice-Hall), 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on front board & spine, xiii, 234 pp., index. Slightly musty, else fine. DJ spine sunned; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: basic theory & applications (power-supply circuitry; power-supply components & ratings; construction tools & measuring instruments; electronic regulations; voltage multiplication; metering; safety components & circuitry; DC-to-DC power supplies); power-supply circuits (low-voltage power supplies; medium-voltage power supplies; high-voltage power supplies). Appendices: schematic symbols; standard metal gauges chart; wire size, current resistance chart; resistor color coding chart. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Burlington, NC: Carolina Biological Supply Company & Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff pictorial wraps, red, black & blue titles on white spine, xv, 477 pp, bibliography, glossary, index. Red titles on spine faded to pink, else fine. The book is intended as a text for "exposing novice biology students to DNA science." Eight expository chapters are followed by instructions and sample results for ten labs. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. Illus. by Susan Zehl Lauter. 27½ X 21½ cm.

København: Frederik E. Pedersens Forlag, 1939 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in pictorial wraps, blue titles on white spine, 84, [4] pp. Small tears & chips to edges of slightly oversized covers, otherwise very good. Stories for girls, in Danish. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 21½ X 15 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, black paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, black title on front board, [v], 198, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The life of a successful, but hollow, man is destroyed by his affair with his son's fiancee. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. . As New/As New. 19½ X 13 cm.

Laval, PQ: Guy Perron, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey, green & white covers, 210, [4] pp, notes, bibliography, index. In addition to being a life of Daniel Perron, this is a history and genealogy (in French) of his descendents in Canada and the United States. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 22½ X 15½ cm.

New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [i], 220 pp, notes, bibliography, index. Analysis of Webster's economic views as expressed mostly in his speeches in Congress. Originally published 1929. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). Reprint. . Fine/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.

Washington, D. C: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Christian Home Library edition. Black & red cloth printed to simulate leather, gilt titles on front boards & spines, ribbon bookmarks. Vol. 1: [vi], 15-334, xxviii pp, index. Vol. 2: [vii], 337-795 pp, bibliography. Corners & spine ends rubbed. In order to make a pocket-sized edition, the illustrations are omitted and the work is split into two volumes, each of which is durably bound in cloth and easy to carry in a purse or pocket. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Revised Ed. . VG/No dj. 17 ½ X 11½ cm.

New York: Doubleday (Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.), 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon boards, gilt titles on burgundy cloth spine, xviii, 457, [1] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, index. Faint soil to rear board, pencil markings in the list of du Maurier's works (including the addition of two works not listed); else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In addition to published sources, Forster relies on previously unavailable letters from du Maurier to family, close friends, and lovers. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

London: Faber and Faber, 2003 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards with white titles on spine, red endpapers, xiv, 266 pp, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Jones wrote this book four years after emigrating to Italy. He intended to write about Italian culture and recent history, but everywhere he looked he found connections to Berlusconi, who "seems to own everything from Padre Nostro to Cosa Nostra." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 22½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Basic Books (Perseus), 2005 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, grey endpapers, xvii, 423 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Corners of a few leaves creased, sticker residue on ffep, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Biography of an important figure in the early development of computer science and author of Cybernetics. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown paper with black paper-covered boards, publisher's device blind-stamped on front board, xi, 498 pp, 8 pp b/w photo plates, notes, index. DJ has small spots, probably the remnants of a price sticker, on the front panel, and price has been blacked out by marker, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Book has spine ends turned in, gift inscription and offsetting from the blacked-out price on recto of ffep; else fine. Based on secondary sources, interviews conducted by the author, and recently declassified documents, Hersh paints an unflattering portrait of JFK. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, [1 f.] [xi,], 315 pp, 8 ff half-tone illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Spine ends frayed, titles rubbed off spine, previous owner's name on ffep. Biography of biologist Charles Darwin. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . G+/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, foil titles on spine, xviii, 269 pp, glossary, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. How the theory of knowledge is affected by taking into account human instinct. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, red cloth spine with gilt titles, xiii, 278 pp, 6 ff b & w plates, index. Top edge slightly faded, else fine. DJ covered in adhesive plastic. In addition to the main text by Eiseley, this includes reprints of several articles by Edward Blyth originally published in the 1830s and a reminiscence of Blyth by Arthur Grote, originally published as an obituary in 1875. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Publisher's library binding with cloth hinges, full light brown cloth, black titles on spine & decoration on front board, 80 pp, many b & w illustrations. Slight shelf wear. DJ extremities rubbed, small chips to top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Children's biography of naturalist Charles Darwin with special emphasis on the observations that led him to develop the theory of evolution by natural selection. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Christopher Spollen. 21 X 21½ cm.

München: C. H. Becksche Verlagsbuchhandlung Oskar Beck, 1924 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Half black pebble-grained cloth, marbled paper boards, ix, 867 pp, index. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, corners bumped, old institutional stamps on some pages. Commentary in German on Mark, Luke, and John. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . G-/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from Czech to German by Eleonore Schmidt. Full grey cloth, darker grey titles & dec., 283 pp. Gift inscription on recto of ffep, paper browning, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Novel. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). First German Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 20½ X 13 cm.

Frankfurt am Main: Hermon Verlag, 1925 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Publication date is inferred from the Nachwort. Full grey cloth, gold titles & green decoration on front board, attractively printed on watermarked paper, [vii], 135 pp. Joints rubbed and tearing along edge of stiff spine, otherwise very good, a few smudges to boards, which are also sunned near edges. The Song of Solomon translated into German & expounded (also in German) by Joseph Carlebach. The translation and the original Hebrew text are presented on facing pages. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm.

Stuttgart & Berlin: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date. Both books bound in full blue cloth with white titles, dec. endpapers, printed in Fraktur, 256, 223, 224, 222, [2] pp. Corners just rubbed through to boards, owners' signatures on endpapers & half-titles, a small hole made by fountain pen in half-title of volume 1. Novel in German. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz). Reprint. . Good/No dj. 18½ X 12½ cm.