Search Results: Authors starting with D from Boyd Used & Rare Books

New York, 1876. Soft cover. Good. Wraps over sewn binding. Dampstains in margins throughout; pencil marginalia. 24 + 15 pages. Three copies located on OCLC (Library of Congress, NYPL, American Antiquarian Society). David M. Talmage's September 1876 reply to U.S. Representative William M. Springer's allegations made against the Venezuela commissions, claims which Talmage believed ultimately flowed from Venezuela and its agents. This commission was agreed to in the treaty of April 25, 1866, intended to facilitate the adjudication of claims of American citizens against the Republic of Venezuela. David M. Talmage, a coal-broker of New York, was appointed to serve on the two person commission (one of whom was to be appointed by the United States and the other by Venezuela, with a mutually approved umpire as the third member). The report is accompanied by a 15-page review of the issue by U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, addressed to the U.S. Minister at Caracas, Thomas Russell, in July 1875.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Gray cloth boards. Near fine except for a small blemish on the rear edge of the spine. Interior is clean. Dust jacket is rubbed; some wear along extremities; a few small chips; one closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel; not price clipped. DJ is in an archival mylar sleeve.155 pages. 8 x 5.5 inches. Contents: Serendipity & Science; Friedrich Wohler and the Synthesis of Urea; Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin; Luigi Galvani and the Electrical Frog Legs; Roentgen, Becquerel and Their Mysterious Rays; Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber; Schoebein, Nobel, and Their Explosives; Thomas Edison and His Talking Machine; Aloys Senefelder and Lithography; Donald Stookey and Ceramic Glass; Vincent Schaefer: The Rainmaker; Dr. Parkes and the Freezing of Living Cells; --And More Serendipity!; Index.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio: A PoetsBank Publication, 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine. Newsprint tabloid. Center folded. Lightly toned, else fine. [8] pages. Special edition featuring a sampling of d. a. levy's poetry, prose and collage, published in October 1988 to coincide with the 3-day festival ''days of rain & fire: d. a. levy 20 years after''. The festival was held at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University (Oct 7-9) and included readings, documentary films, and an appearance by special guest Ed Sanders.

Cleveland, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good+. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Douglas Blazek on page with three of his poems. Newsprint, tabloid format. Complete in two sections; horizontal fold. A couple incidental splits, else in very good condition. 32 pages. The December 1969 issue of d. a. levy's journal, The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle, edited by him until his death in late 1968. Cover portrait of d. a. levy by Reed Thompson. Features poetry by d. a. levy, Douglas Blazek, Lyn Lifshin, Judson Crews, Alta, and others. Also includes an obituary for Jack Kerouac; reviews of records by The Who ('Tommy'), Neil Young, Janis Joplin, The Beatles ('Abbey Road'), Spooky Tooth, etc.; a full page advert for The Kinks album 'Arthur' and their supporting 1969 North American Tour; a pictorial advert for Zappa's 'Hot Rats,' and more. Lots of local Cleveland counter-culture advertising.

Moskva: Gosudarstvennoye Izdatal'stvo Dteskoj Literatury' Ministerstva Prosveshheniya RSFSR, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Risunki: V. [Vladimir] Konashevich. Sostavil: Ivan Khalturin. Edition printed in July 1959. Purple cloth boards, decoratively stamped on the front cover in red and (now darkened) yellow. Illustrated endpapers. Short inscription on front pastedown, else clean. Lovely color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket faded along spine; chips at head of spine and to fore-edge of rear panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. 83 pages. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Scarce 1959 edition. The author, Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1802-1872), was a Russian folklore collector, lexicographer, and friend of Alexander Pushkin. Illustrated by the graphic artist Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963).

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition. Yellow cloth spine with green lettering and orange papered sides. Previous owner's name and date on ffep, else internally clean. Dust jacket shows light wear; not price clipped9($8.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. 254 pages. Hair-raising novel about the Grand Prix auto circuit, roaring from Palermo to Le Mans, concerning the competition between a champion and his rival, for both the checkered flag and a rich, beautiful, but inexperienced, American girl.

[Oregon City], 1994. Hardcover. Very Good+. Comb-bound, in card covers. Slight wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. 93 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches. Five copies located on OCLC. A scarce copy of this pictorial history of the public schools of Oregon City. Appears to be a 1994 printing of a publication which first appeared in 1984. Includes photographs with brief histories of each of the city's public schools and the schools in the historic school districts in the area. Includes material on Oregon City High School and Junior High, Barclay School, Eastham School, and the schools in the former districts: Canemah #3, Lower Logan #3, Beavercreek #15, Maple Lane #27, Mt. Pleasant #43, Park Place #48, Holcomb #51, Crescent #61, Henrici #9, Hazeldale #90, Falls View #98/101, Twilight #109, Jennings Lodge #114, Clairmont #120, and Echo Dell #16.

[Dallas, Texas]: [Curtis Media], 1993. Hardcover. Very Good+. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and courthouse illustration on the front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Surname index. v, 640 pages. 12 x 9 inches. A history of Franklin County, Kansas, and its institutions, including churches, schools, businesses, towns, and social organizations. Includes 367 pages of family histories and genealogical material on the pioneers, early families, and contemporary residents of Franklin County, many featuring portraits or family photographs.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. First Edition. Boards in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth shows some fading around edges and has a couple spot of light soiling.Ffep has the original owner's name (John A. McDougal) and a small bookseller label, else the interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is worn; chipped at spine ends and corners; dampstain on spine, cup ring on front panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. Index. pp. xi, 327. A scarce volume in an even scarcer dust jacket. A collection of ninety retrospective stories and anecdotes that colorfully illustrate various aspects of Canada's political and civic life (touching on many influential persons) between 1880 and 1930, peppered with curious incidents from the author's life. The author, Philip Ross (1858-1949), was a Canadian journalist and newspaper publisher. In 1886 Ross became co-owner of the Ottawa Evening Journal, having previously been with the Montreal Star and the Toronto Daily Mail,… Read More

Eddyville, Oregon: [self published] / Yellow Table Press, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. [E.] Dan Barker. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed by the author on the title page. Staple-bound in card covers. Light toning and slight wear to edges of covers. Nine illustrations by E. Dan Barker. 18 pp. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. A single poem by Greg Darling, a poet who's been active for more than two decades in the community of Corvallis, Oregon. The illustrations are done by notable Oregon artist, E. Dan Barker. Barker has been active in Oregon since the 1970's. Before moving to Oregon, he received his Masters in Fine Art from the California State University, Long Beach.

[Dublin]: [published by author], 2000. Soft cover. Good+. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on title page. Covers show light surface wear and some creasing. Light stain to bottom edge of first several pages. 92 pp. 8.2 x 5.75 inches. Fifteen addresses delivered between 1998 and 2000 in the Dublin Unitarian Church by its senior minister, Rev. Bill Darlinson. In these talks, a variety of Unitarian approaches to spiritual matters are considered, given with the intent induce thought and reflection and, perhaps, to provoke debate. Darlinson, after fourteen years in the pulpit of the Dublin church, retired in 2010. In 2014, he served a term as the President of The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (UK/Ireland).

Boston: Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1895. Hardcover. Fair. Original publisher's binding of half brown-burgundy leather with leather-patterned cloth sides. Corners exposed; well-rubbed at extremities. Inner hinges good. Lacking the preface and table-of-contents pages [reproductions supplied]. Some minor page soiling, but otherwise is generally clean. A few pages have tears (mostly short edge tears). 28 illustrations and 135 portraits. Index. Errata. xi, 618 pages. A scarce copy of this history of Springfield, Vermont, covering the years 1752-1895 with a 300+ page genealogy record that is both prolific and extensively detailed. Also includes a chronological list of early marriages up through 1843, details on schools, churches, merchants, physicians, hotels, societies, a list of Civil War veterans, and much more.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second impression [c. 1927]. Oblong format. Parchment covered boards. Small area of soiling on rear cover. Some browning to endpapers, else internally clean and unmarked. 20 color plates. An attractive copy.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition [1925]. Oblong format. Parchment covered boards with embossed medallion on upper cover. Parchment split along outer hinge of upper cover; head of spine pushed; top fore-edge corners bumped. Interior clean and unmarked, pages bright. 22 color plates.

[St Andrews, Scotland]: University of St Andrews Library, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Author(s). Limited numbered and signed edition, being copy 487/600. Signed by the author Daryl Green (the Rare Books Librarian at St. Andrews) and the designer. Six saddle-stitched issues, each in fine condition. The clamshell box shows a bit of wear (a few minor repairs) and has spot of soiling on the lid. Each issue is 24 pages and measures 18.5 x 11.5 inches. Six beautifully illustrated issues, presenting some of the notable books in the rare book collection at Saint Andrews University. Each issue displays ten books and describes the book's background and significance and supplies some information about the university's copy. Issue 1: Divinity & Politics Issue 2: The Natural World Issue 3: Language & Literature Issue 4: Astronomy & Mathematics Issue 5: Geography & Exploration Issue 6: Arts

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First edition, ''First published by The Viking Press in October 1951'' statement on copyright page. Brown cloth stamped in dark brown. Head of spine lightly worn. Indentations marks on front board and area of damp-blemish on rear board. Child's bookplate on ffep. Staining on endpapers, otherwise pages are clean. Dust jacket is edgeworn and chipped; spine worn; not price clipped ($3.50); in a new archival mylar sleeve. 168 pages. 10 x 7 inches. A scarce first edition copy of James Daugherty's illustrated account of Lewis & Clark's expedition across the continent.

Cleveland [Lakewood, Ohio]: [privately published], 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair. First printing of 350 copies. Softcover. Fair condition. Dampstains on covers (inside and out). Interior is unmarked and generally clean. Slight waviness. A good reference copy. pp. vi, 156. 11 x 8.5 inches. Scarce. Three copies noted on OCLC (Family Search Library, Western Reserve Historical Society, Nova Southeastern University). A genealogical record of the descendants of Abraham Lakin (ca. 1695-1745) and his wife Martha Lee Lakin (1699-1744) of Prince George's County and the Old Monocacy region of western Maryland. Includes references (323 different sources, including personal correspondence) and a name index (Lakin surname only, approximately 2000 names). The author, Dr. David Vernon Agricola (1946-2006), is a descendant of Abraham Lakin, through the line of his great-grandson, Thomas Lakin (1804-1893). This volume was based on his many years of research and with the aid of a large network of persons.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Warren Chappell. Book is lightly bumped and worn at head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. A few small soil spots to boards. Two light spots on front board. No marks to pages. Binding is sound. Stated first edition, September, 1942. 5.5 x 8 inches. 284 pages. The story of Hans Christian, Hans Poppen and Hans Flode.

La Grande: Eastern Oregon College, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. Staple-bound book has very faint crease to front wrap near spine. One small soil spot to front fore edge of wraps. 71 single sided pages. 8.5" x 11" The 10th issue of the literary review (formerly known as the Oregon Collegiate Review) of Eastern Oregon College. Staple-bound in glossy wraps. Very clean and well preserved. Includes poetry and stories by Michael Andrews, Ronald H. Bayes, Alice Beery, Maureen H. Boo, Werner Bruecher, Phyllis Burnett, Connie Jo Clark, Stuart Croghan, John W. Evans, Roy K. Flanagan, Gere Gilkison, Martha Harper, Richard Heilner, Ben L. Hiatt, Sharon HIlton, Donald L. Johnson, Robert Lee, Helen Luz, Joan Merrill, C. Leroy Mobley, Terry Moser, Carol Ore, Milton Peterson, Edith Pounds, Linda Sampson, David G. Slabaugh, Joanne Slatton, Constantine Stathatos, Sarah C. Stein, Thomas Strand, Deanna Talbott, T.J., Richard, Satwant S. Thind, Martha Vance, and Kathy Warren. Includes three pages of… Read More

La Grande, OR, USA: Eastern Oregon College, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. Staple-bound book has a little wear to edges of wraps. Very light bumping to fore edge corners. Name on title page. All other pages are clean and binding is tight. 97 single sided pages. 8.5" x 11" The 9th issue of the literary review (formerly known as the Oregon Collegiate Review) of Eastern Oregon College. Staple-bound in semi-glossy wraps. Very clean and well preserved. Includes poetry, stories, reviews, and essays by Michael Andrews, Betty Barrett, Douglas Bashaw, Ronald H. Bayes, Alice Beery, Allen Blickenstaff, Gervacio Buenconsejo, Calla Christopherson, Richard G. Clark, Ron Cooper, John Cowdrey, Richard Domey, Elizabeth Easley, John W. Evans, Hugo Hartig, Ben Hiatt, Roger Holm, Dusty Hynd, Don Johnson, Janson Lai, Lenora Mitchell, C. LeRoy Mobley, Fred Park, Karen Park, Richard, Linda Rodgers, Dick Roth, Linda Sampson, Kay Sater, Gaylen Searles, David G. Slabaugh, Joanne Slatton, and Thomas Strand.… Read More