Search Results: Authors starting with D from Grinning Cat Books

Fine, as new. Large scale limited edition, housed in a beautiful cardboard carrying case, with handle and with ribbon bookmark. A wonderful copy for Disney and Mickey fans!
On November 18, 1928, the world's most famous mouse made his very first public debut. Today, we celebrate 90 years of Mickey in one of the most expansive illustrated publications on the Disney universe. Starting with the first sketches of a character who was almost named Mortimer, the book traces the career of Walt Disney's most famous creation, one met with an explosion of worldwide popularity preceded only by the earlier successes of Charlie Chaplin. With unlimited access to Disney's vast historical collections as well as public and private collections, the authors bring Mickey's success story to life: concept art, story sketches, background paintings, and animation drawings as well as historical photographs trace the origins and evolution of such timeless favorites as Steamboat Willie, The Band Concert, and Brave Little Tailor.… Read More

First Edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with slight wear to the edges. Blue lettered mustard cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. Overall, a lovely and fine copy.
Book one of Davies' lauded Deptford Trilogy. Davies drew on his interest in Jungian psychology to create Fifth Business, a novel that relies heavily on Davies' own experiences, his love of myth and magic, and his knowledge of small-town mores. The narrator, like Davies, is of immigrant Canadian background, with a father who runs the town paper. The book's characters act in roles that roughly correspond to Jungian archetypes according to Davies' belief in the predominance of spirit over the things of the world.
Davies built on the success of Fifth Business with two more novels: The Manticore (1972), a novel cast largely in the form of a Jungian analysis (for which he received that year's Governor General's Literary Award), and World of Wonders (1975). Together these three books came to be known as The Deptford Trilogy.

Deluxe Limited Edition. Number 914 of 930 unreserved copies (980 total). Very rare. A fine, beautifully crafted, two-volume facsimile set of the 1605 edition in the Biblioteca de la Real Academia Espanola. Text in Spanish. Volume one is bound in full brown faux leather decorated in gilt on the spine; volume two is bound in vellum, mixed bindings as originally issued in 1605. Hardcover. Octavo. 15.5 x 21 cm. 317; 280 pp. Extremely scarce; this being the only one on the market for many years. A stunning collector's edition.

The First and Limited 'Vierge' Edition -- number 517 of 845 copies offered in the United States, (out of 1,110 total, globally). In 4 Volumes, complete. Translated into English by Thomas Shelton; introduction by Royal Cortissoz. Profusely illustrated throughout by Daniel Vierge. Near fine in publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt topstain. Title label on spines clean and intact. Some shelf wear on edges and spine head and tail. Overall, a wonderful set of the highly sought after Vierge Edition.

First Editions, First Printings. Four Volumes, complete. Very rare thus. Overall, a wonderfully clean set of these famous Jamboree puzzle, activity, and brain teaser books. Richly illustrated and a fantastic example of 1970s design. Content fine; exceptionally clean, bright and unmarred. Very good plus stiff, pictorial soft covers with some wear and rubbing to the spines (volume 2 the most) and slight, shelf edge wear. 4to. A wonderful set for anyone who enjoys games and puzzles.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Personalized inscription and note from author with signature on title page. Binding tight and square, Pages clean and bright. Octavo. 8vo. 457 pp. A beautiful, fine copy.

First edition. Illustrated in black-and-white by Timothy Basil Ering. Fine in original pictorial boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. A Newbery Honor book. Octavo. 270 pages. A wonderful copy of this famous tale.

First Edition, First Printing. Pop Up Book. Illustrated throughout with one color line drawings, colored endpapers and four colorful pop ups. Near fine in a a near fine dust jacket. Beautiful. Rare in this bright condition. Spine tips and edges lightly rubbed. Prior owner name on front inner board. Pop ups in wonderful condition. Inner text block very strong. Octavo. A wonderful copy of this rare classic!

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. National Book Award winner and one the author's most critically acclaimed works. Notably difficult to locate in top condition. 8vo 8' - 9' tall. A wonderful copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Moser on the title page. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Barry Moser. A fanciful retelling of King Arthur fighting for Britain, but this time alongside Churchill and the Allies in WWII. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing (Villard, New York, 1996). Fine in a fine dust jacket; presents as new. Signed by Russell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A wonderful copy.

The author's literary debut. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, The James Tiptree Jr. Award and the British Science Fiction Association Award. Although commonly views as a SciFi novel, some scholars consider that work to be a philosophical novel at it's core, "about the nature of good and evil and what happens when a man tries to do the right thing, for the right reasons and ends up causing incalculable harm." (Author Nancy Pearl, reviewing Sparrow in the Library Journal).

The title references the Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge and loving care.

In the year 2019, a SETI program discovers radio broadcasts of music from the region a around Alpha Centauri. The first expedition to the planet Rakhat, the world that is sending the music, is… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition, number 60 of only 100 copies, signed by Lord Alfred Douglas on colophon page. Near fine in original pale yellow cloth and near fine dust jacket with the slightest sunning at spine. Copies of Sonnets composed while the author was cooling off in prison, serving six months for libeling Winston Churchill. Douglas memorized the sonnets before the prison authorities confiscated the manuscript. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 45 pp. A beautiful copy!

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original lavender cloth and in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed on half-title by Douglas, Anderson's niece, and his daughter. Fully illustrated with beautiful color reproductions of linoleum block prints by Walter Anderson across 20 classic tales including Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sinbad and the Roc, Jack the Giant Killer, Merlin and Arthur and many more! Quarto. 8 x 12.25 in. 184 pages. An absolutely wonderful book.

First illustrated edition in 2 volumes. Illustrated by John Austen with 15 plates, 5 of which are colored. Top edge gilt. Fine in near fine (and rare) dustjackets, with a very good black slipcase despite a closed tear along one edge. Quite rare, especially as a set and in this excellent condition.
Nepenthe, the Italian island is the fictional setting of South Wind, or Capri in light disguise. Norman was perhaps more well known for his scatological limericks rather than his Mediterranean travel works. Large Octavo. 24 x 16 cm. 288, 300 pages.

First Edition thus. Privately Printed, 1925. Limited edition, numbered 291 of 300 copies. Signed by Norman Douglas, noted for his famous work, South Winds. Collected essays, including the author's study of Charles Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Very mild foxing to lower cover and upper text block, corners slightly bumped, otherwise near fine in original beige boards, printed title label affixed to spine; and very good dust jacket, lightly stained at top and bottom of spine, small tear at rear. Deckled, uncut pages. Quarto, 8 x 11 in. 229 pp. One of the best we've seen.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. A major study that traces the history and evolution of writing from ancient times to the present, and discusses how the letters of the alphabet have been invested with political, mystical, and religious significance over the centuries. Folio. A wonderful copy.
Long regarded as a divine gift, the alphabet has been seen not just as a collection of arbitrary signs but as the direct visual embodiment of meaning. Pythagoreans, Kabbalists, neo-Platonists, and medieval Catholic mystics regarded the alphabet as a code that explained the universe. Drucker (art history, Yale) examines these and other ideas about the origins and inherent meanings of the alphabet, relating them to their intellectual milieu. She also discusses developments in the forms of the letters. She notes, for example, how modern typefaces, first developed in the late 18th century, embody Enlightenment philosophy. Her well-written discussion is enriched with over 300 illustrations… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Dubus on the title page and inscription on front end paper. Handsomely. bound in light green woven cloth; spine stamped brightly in black; and beige paper-covered boards. Clean, tight, and bright with a little foxing to the fore-edge. Octavo. 476 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition. Special Limited Edition. Bright copy in nearly fine condition. Signed limited first edition, number 364 of only 1000 copies. Signed by Dulac and wonderfully illustrated with 12 beautiful, full-page, color plates (complete). Eight fairy tales by Charles Perrault (including Puss in Boots)., Mme. d'Aulnoy and Count Anthony Hamilton. Dulac was one of the central illustrators of the Edwardian period, a time when fantasy illustration reached a peak of sophistication. Quarto, original half vellum gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. Quarto. 23.5 x 29 cm. 251 pp. A lovely copy.