Search Results: Authors starting with D from Charles Agvent

New York: Liveright Publishing Company, (1940). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with a darkened spine and a few small tears. First published in 1925, this is the Sixth Printing, though the uncommon dustwrapper states "Sixth Edition" on the spine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1941). First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor edgewear and a couple of closed tears. Dahlberg's unique takes on Thoreau, Melville, etc.

[New York]: (The Geryon Press), 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly soiled, close to Fine box. Aubrey Schwartz. A collection of poems hand printed on Rives BFK. Loose 7" x 10" sheets consisting of a title page, dedication, 14 pages of text, the limitation page, and 2 etchings by Aubrey Schwartz, housed in a green cloth clamshell box. In addition to the 2 etchings there are 3 smaller etchings in the text. Copy #7 of only 50 numbered copies SIGNED by both the author and the artist. Dahlberg was the wife of author Edward Dahlberg and the person perhaps most responsible for the publication of Frank McCourt's ANGELA'S ASHES.

[Sausalito]: Roger Beacham, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine cream dustwrapper with light soiling. Of the total edition of 760 copies, @24 are the first issue without cancellations. This copy is one of the regular second issue, called by Billings (A15b) the trade issue. SIGNED by Dahlberg on the front free endpaper. Essays about Sherwood Anderson, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Crane, Niettzsche, Kansas City, and more.

New York: New Directions, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Fine, with publisher's response card laid in. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book by one of America's most eccentric genius scribes about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas. SIGNED on the title page by the author's widow who did extensive editing for this book.

New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Of a total of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies, this copy has a SIGNED page tipped in but with no printed limitation. An important book by this much underrated writer.

New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Copy #166 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies. An important book by this much underrated writer.

Cleveland: White Horse Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild soiling to the covers. About Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Dahlberg's second book, one of only 95 copies printed. This copy is from the more uncommon issue with the tipped-in illustrations and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page which states the copies numbered 1 through 10 were signed. This copy is numbered 11. In addition on the front endpaper, Dahlberg has INSCRIBED the book to his wife: "Again for my beloved Rlene--/my diabolical seraph--/Your most adoring Edward/Donegal Ireland/March 29.'64."

New York: New Directions, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Fine, with reply card laid in. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas.

New York: New Directions, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Wraps soiled. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas. SIGNED by the author's widow who did extensive editing for this book.

New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by this much underrated writer on the front endpaper: "For my dear Friend Bill Byron, who loves/words + Rabelais says to/offer good words to others/is a form of love--/with deep affection/Edward/Nov 5, '70/N.Y.C." Signed trade editions of this book are much scarcer than the limited edition.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with dampstaining to the spine, mostly at the foot which is visible primarily internally, and minor chipping. Dahlberg's first book, a novel of a boy horribly representative of the bottom-dog strata of America. With a 10-page introduction by D. H. Lawrence.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name dated 1955 on the front endpaper; very mild sunning to the spine. Near Fine, lacking slipcase. Salvador Dali. Decorated blue cloth. Copy #327 of 1000 copies illustrated with full-page color plates and many black-and-white drawings by Salvador Dali. SIGNED in full and dated by the artist on the colophon page.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1959). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. An early illustrated biography of the eccentric artist, uncommon in dustwrapper.

(New York and Fribourg): (Pamela Verlag) and (Transworld Art), (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine case. Salvador Dali. Portfolio with loose sheets (12-1/4" x 17-1/2") laid in a paper cover and cloth portfolio lettered in silver on the backstrip, as issued. Copy #26 of 150 with English text and 10 ORIGINAL DRYPOINT ENGRAVINGS in color (image size 5" x 7-1/4" on 12-1/4" x 17-1/2" sheets), each SIGNED by the illustrator.

Honolulu, Oahu, HI: Polynesian Press; New Era and Argus Office, 1855-1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Light and occasional browning and foxing. Near Fine and quite scarce. New Series Volume IV, Numbers I - 12 and Volume V, Numbers 1 - 10; Old Series, Volumes XII and XIII. Quarto (9-1/8" x 11-5/8") bound in recent calf-backed marbled boards; 92, 4, 80 pages. Despite the sub-title, the journal was issued monthly. It includes much material of historical interest including the funeral of Kamehameha III and inauguration of Kamehameha IV, the annexation of the Sandwich Islands, the Chinese in the Sandwich Islands, and numerous pieces about temperance, whaling, shipwrecks, and even an interesting paragraph on photography. Tucked within all of this is the only issue published of THE FOLIO, The First Newspaper For Women's Rights and The First Feminist Journal Published West Of The Mississippi. According to an article in THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY (Volume XIX, 1985)---"The Folio of 1855--A Plea for… Read More

Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Facsimiles. Octavo, 75 pages. Limited to 500 copies. With a note inserted.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine. Full dark green morocco leather by Weitz with thick decorative gilt border, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xxxix, 346 pages.

Boston, 16 August 1850. Letter. Faint stain on left side from previous mounting on verso; light creases. Near Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on a 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" sheet of blue paper SIGNED as "R. H. Dana Jr." to an unknown recipient on legal matters regarding Caleb Smith. Dana is best known as the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hardcover. Slight foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Spine somewhat darkened, as often the case with this title. Still Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Hans Alexander Mueller. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full ship's canvas over boards with a gold-stamped blue leather label on the spine. Introduction by William McFee; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #845 of 1500 copies illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller with wood engravings in multiple colors and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.