Authors beginning with D from small volume (37 items)

Stockholm: Kungl. Boktr, 1963. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Pps. 75-103, offprint from original text of "Dramaten 175 ar" (Stockholm, 1963), re-bound in yellow paper boards and backed in green leather. Bright yellow and blue endpapers. Foxing scattered throughout. Warmly inscribed by the author to Erwin Panofsky, German-born iconography scholar and participant in the Kahler-Kreis academic social circle.

[Bibliographical Society of America], 1934. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp.132-163. Stapled brown paper wraps, lightly faded at spine, otherwise near fine. Front wrapper inscribed by author in black ink to author, historian, and noted bibliophile Lawrence Wroth, "without whose encouragement this article would have been a footnote." Reprinted for private circulation from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol. XXVIII, Part 2, 1934.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Cloth in dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 295 pp. Black cloth w/ gilt titling, in pictorial dust jacket. Chipping at spine ends of dj. Infrequent light yellow underlining to a scattered few leaves, not interfering with legibility. Otherwise clean and sound. Analyzing the female characters of ten Shakespearean plays.

Reading, MA: Published by the Author, 1875. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo. 96 pp. Dark burgundy cloth with gilt titling. Rubbing to cloth, bumping to corners. Spine sunned, slightly cocked. Some cracking to hinges but binding remains tight and sturdy. Light ink ownership signature to ffep. Some light soiling to margins of text. Laid in are two small (15x11 cm and 16x9 cm) prayer broadsheets, both creased and heavily worn from use. Illustrated frontis. Religious tract detailing the sufferings of Miss Lizzie O. Smith, an invalid since childhood due to a "violent cold which settled in her left eye." After being treated with bloodletting and calomel (mercury chloride), her illness continued to spread causing partial blindness, rigidness in the jaws and joints, and chronic pain, confining her to bed for over 30 years. By adopting the Methodist faith and practicing avid prayer, Smith is quoted as being "gloriously happy" and exemplified as a Christian martyr.

Oakland, CA: The Erotic as Power Press, 2017. Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. 291 pp. Pictorial wraps. Very faintly rubbed at corners. Otherwise clean and sound. Warmly inscribed by the author in red ink on title page.

New York: Hillman Periodicals, Inc, 1956. Wraps. Very Good. 10cm x 14.5cm. 64 pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Chipping along spine. Photos throughout. Features include: Photos from the Private album of Sammy Davis, Jr., Are American Men Weaklings?, How Witchcraft Became Big Business and more. Cover photo of Maria Stinger. Rear Pin-up of Patti Waggin, "The Stripper on Wheels

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good. Gibson, C.D. [Charles Dana Gibson]. 8vo. 163 pp. [8 pp ads]. Half navy morocco over light blue cloth, rebound with newer endpapers. Gilt titling to spine and top edge. Leather rubbed, with heavy scuffing to front lower fore corner. Cloth somewhat faded, endpapers faintly discolored. Ink name of previous owner (Lavinia Austin Avery) to recto of frontis leaf, verso signed in brown ink by Charles Dana Gibson beneath illustration of title character. Title page signed by author in brown ink. Text block clean, tight, and sturdy.

Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society, 1839. Wraps. Good. 2.7 x 4.25" 64 pp. Tan wraps. Chipping and soiling to wraps, heaviest along spine. Light foxing throughout. Parable of a family with an alcoholic patriarch winning over their devout neighbors.

New York: Random House, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 11.25 x 8 in. 39 pp. Pictorial boards and endpapers. Lacking dust jacket. Some cracking to plastic coating over boards. Crayon graffiti to rear eps. Illustrated throughout in de Brunhoff's colorful signature style.

[Paris]: Librairie Hachette, 1969. Very Good. 4to. [2] 5-29 pp [2]. Illustrated boards. Some shelfwear and soiling, corners and spine ends bumped. Discoloration to rear board. Some interior soiling. Child's ownership signature in blue ballpoint to title page and red ballpoint to rpd. Text in French. Illustrated throughout.

Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890. Linen. Fair. Stapled, 16.5 cm x 11.5 cm. Flexible waxed linen printed wraps. [8 pp.] c. 1890s. Fraying and scuffing to front and rear wrappers, speckled discoloration throughout. Abridged and simplified adaptation of Daniel DeFoe's classic story. Illustrated with two full-color plates. From the Father Tuck's Dolly Dear series no. 2305.

[Raphael Tuck & Sons], 1890. Linen Wraps. Good. 7 x 4.25 in. stapled wraps, printed on coated "untearable" linen. Unpaginated [8]. Exterior heavily rubbed, with creasing to corners and slight rusting to staples. Few stray threads at edges. Some foxing to interior. 2 color illustrations, rest done in brown ink. Father Tuck's "Dolly Dear" Series.

Paris: Perrotin Libraire-Editeur, 1849. Second Edition. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo. 362 pp. Vellum boards and endpapers, with title and author handwritten in brown ink to spine. Boards bowed and rubbed, with some soiling and signs of handling. Original paper wraps bound in. Vellum endpapers wrinkled, rfep lightly foxed. Front flyleaf has ownership inscription in brown ink: "If found kindly return to Whitney Warren / Knickerbocker Club / 1906 New York City." Below, blind stamp of Lloyd & Whitney Warren. Both brothers were prominent in the world of architecture and design, Lloyd being founder of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and Whitney being a founder of the successful architecture firm Warren & Wetmore. Flyleaf verso has newsclipping tipped in, very toned, with offsetting to facing page. Additional 31 pp pamphlet titled "L'Instantane: Supplement Illustre de la Revue Hebdomadaire" tipped in at rear. Pamphlet is dated October 1908 and focuses on "Le Roman de Raphael." Pamphlet paper is darkened with… Read more

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1915. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo. 110 pp. Green cloth w/ gilt titling. Light rubbing to cloth, 3cm" white sticker to spine, top right corner of flyleaf roughly removed. First edition. Contends that the middle class has a unique position of power in society, and that they must use this position to advocate for social justice and equality.

Denver, CO: Tribune-Republican Press, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 214 pp. Burgundy cloth with decorative gilt titling to spine and front board, gilt-stamped ship to front. Sunning to cloth, mainly to spine and board edges. Large scuff to rear board, some rubbing to joints. Light chipping to spine ends and bumping to corners. Inscribed by the author in brown ink to front flyleaf, "To Mrs. Mary Friend / From her affectionate / counsin ..." Green floral endpapers. Text clean, binding sturdy and sound. An account of the author's trip West during the California Gold Rush.

[New York]: Leisure Books, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. 190 pp. Pictorial paper wraps. Rubbing to exterior. Dampstain to foot of spine, affecting bottom inner margin of text block. Interior toned but otherwise sound. "Rance Taylor....had almost all the personal shame and degradation he could handle with Penny and Lisa, while trying to get his greedy hands on the passion money...

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1846. Wraps. Good. 8vo. 32 pp. [+ 16 pp. of advertisements] Brown wraps, black titling. Chipping to wraps, discoloration throughout text block, POs name, Helen Schell, in ink to first page of text. Advertisements uncut. Good, still readable copy of scarce early US edition.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oblong 8vo. 86 pp. Blue cloth w/ silver titling in dust jacket. Review copy w/ slip. Light scuffing to dj. Otherwise fine. Title poem composed for President Carter's 1976 inauguration.

New York: Hastings House, 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 126 pp. Cream, blue, and brown patterned cloth in matching patterned dust jacket. Light sunning along dj top edge and spine. Po's inscription to front flyleaf dated 1961. Otherwise clean and sound. Signed by author, Kathleen Dickenson Mellen on dedication page. Illustrations by Madge Tennant.

New York: Hanro Corp, 1953. Wraps. Very Good. 14cm x 18.5cm, 130 pp. Illustrated wraps. Overall wear and handling from use, small notation in ink from PO to front wrapper. Interior clean. Binding sound. First appearance of Philip K Dick's story "Tony and the Beetles". Other contributors in this issue include August Derleth, Charles Beaumont, H.B. Fyfe, James Causey, Johnson Christopher, Mack Reynolds and Kenneth O'Hara.