Search Results: Titles starting with D from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

Fourth American Edition, issued 1845. Cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped and chipped. Annotations, in pencil, on front endpapers. Text block is tanned and pages are mottled. Binding is intact. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (O-Z1)

ca 1869 hardcover as pictured. A handsome small edition, this copy has seen some use but remains very readable. Binding is intact. Embossed tan cloth boards with black and gold stamping and a paste on illustration are rubbed and scuffed with fraying at edges and bumped corners. Small tear in cover paste on. Writing on endpapers, small hole in FFEP. Both hinges partially cracked. Gilt edge of text block. Text is tanned with mottling throughout but appears otherwise unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2

1991 hardcover as pictured. A scholarly examination fo the works of Daniil Kharms (1905-42), Leningrad absurdist of the 1920s and 30s. Kharms was one of the last representatives of the Russian literary avant-garde, whose careers and lives were blighted and curtailed by the cultural and historical excesses of Stalinism. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping show light shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1998 spiral bound hardback as pictured. A guide for dating antique American fabrics with many full color photographs and bibliography. An essential book for quilt collectors. Binding is intact though wire spiral is partially detached from hard boards (see photo). Boards are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Copyright 1900 pamphlet as pictured. Stapled binding is firm. Tan covers are soiled and detached from text block. Writing on front cover. Text appears clean and unmarked. many photographs and ads. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sO N4

1900 souvenir booklet as pictured. Ex-library with typical markings. Stapled binding is intact. Yellow covers are stained and worn with small tears and chips. Covers have been reinforced with clear tape. Text is otherwise clean. Many pages have small tears and a few have small chips. Includes a history of the town with many photographs and illustrations as well as several pages of ads at the rear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Many have accepted that the Arrow War (1856-60) was caused by an insult to the British flag belonging to the pirate boat Arrow. Dr. Wong argues that Britain's reliance on the opium trade with China played a far greater role in pushing the diplomatic conflict into war ...
Published 1989. Cover and jacket as shown with this listing, jacket is rubbed and scuffed, cover has a ding at top of spine. Binding is firm, head & tail bands, text appears unmarked. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

Paperback, published 2020. Cover as shown with this listing. This copy appears unused. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

2013 hardcover as pictured. This is a wonderful book following the life of Nannie Figgat nee Godwin through the late 19th and early 20th centuries using her letters, diary and recipe book to document life in Fincastle, Virginia. Includes many photographs and illustrations as well as a number of mid nineteenth century recipies. Binding is firm. Head and tail bands. Pictorial boards are clean and unmarked. Printed endpapers. Signed by both editors on half title page. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Would be as very good except for minimal shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3

Out of print softcover as pictured, this copy is from the second printing (1996). This is a biography of Deborah Sampson who served as a revolutionary war soldier disguised as a man. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Text appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Circa 1930s two volume hardcover set as pictured. A well made edition of the Gibbon classic in nice condition given its age. Bindings are firm. Blue cloth boards with gold and red stamping in the typical Modern Library pattern are bright and show only light edge wear. Endpapers and text are age tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jackets are rubbed and lightly soiled with small tears and chips at edges. Price includes extra mailing charges due to weight. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD4

Published 1996. Comb bound hardcover, stated first edition printing. Boards lightly soiled. PO label inside front cover, dedicated and signed by author on title page. Clean unmarked text with many b & w illustrations. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

Undated hardcover as pictured. A handsome volume. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards with black and gold stamping are soiled but show minimal wear. Patterned endpapers with sellers stamp and pencil marking. Text is clean and unmarked. Several pages have jagged edges where uncut pages were separated. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Copyright 1886, 1890 by James Russell Lowell and 1902 by Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Number 341 of 500 numbered copies. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Quarter binding, cover as shown with this listing, rough cut edges. Edges aged, binding firm. Book comes with slip case which is chipped and scuffed and is missing top and bottom edge. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (L4)

1902 hardcover as pictured. The classic Clement Moore poem with Denslow illustrations. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards are soiled and rubbed with fraying at head and tail of spine and corners. Endpapers are soiled. Text is tanned. Most pages have smudges and small tears at bottom near spine, a few have folds and/or markings. Each double page spread has illuminated text on the left with a full page multicolor wood block print on the right. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1974 hardcover as pictured. A comprehensive work covering all aspects of dam siting and design. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with gold stamping show light edge wear and gently bumped corners. Owner's name on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1919 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with only markings to identify it as such are stamps on endpapers and several internal pages. binding is firm. Embossed green cloth boards with gold stamping are lightly worn. Endpapers and text lightly tanned but otherwise clean. Includes many illustrations and patterns for a number of structures as well as an extensive index. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Third edition, published by Pearson. Cover as shown with this listing is slightly rubbed with minor front cover curling. Text appears unmarked and binding is firm. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

1852 leather bound hardcover poetry collection as pictured. A well loved, beautifully bound volume. Binding is firm. Brown leather boards are extensively embossed with gold stamping. Boards are rubbed and show marked wear at edges, corners and hinges. Front hinge cracked at title page. Gilt edges to text block. Text is tanned and mottled. Many tissue guarded engravings. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s(O-O2)

1967 hardcover as pictured. A wonderful account of one of the biggest swindles in American history, the story of Colorado desert salted with diamonds to promote sales. Binding is firm. Gray cloth boards with black stamping are faded at edges with minimal edge wear. Owner's name and book stamp on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed and scuffed with a few small tears and chips at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR