Search Results: Authors starting with D from SmarterRat Books

Penguin Books, 1980. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1980 Penguin Books. SIGNED by author on first page, with a personal inscription to another textile artist, Wenda von Weise. Softcover. Oblong. 9.5 x 8.5 inches. Color and black & white photographs. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear, with wear along the top and bottom edges and a small scrape to the front cover. Spine NOT creased. Light foxing to the first page only. Text pages clean and unmarked. 160 pages. "A Studio - Penguin Book". Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Gardiner Tracy, 1837. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1837 Gardiner Tracy, Utica, New York. Full brown leather binding, no spine or cover lettering. NOT ex-library. 3.75 x 6.25 inches. Both hinges cracked, binding threads showing, not broken. Covers worn and rubbed, flaking in places, with some soiling. Pages tanned, lightly wrinkled, with very little foxing. 240 pages + The Practical Account, a few more pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Full title: Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant, Improved and Enlarged, being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States by Nathan Daboll; with the addition of The Farmers' and Mechanics'' Best Methods of Book-Keeping, Designed as a Companion to Daboll's Arithmetic, by Samuel Green.

Yale University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1951 Yale University Press. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 216 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Encounter Books, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good ; Near Fine Jacket. 2007 Encounter Books. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gray paper-covered boards with yellow cloth-covered spine and black spine lettering. 129 pages. Brief Encounters series. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Three pages are dog-eared. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Western Reserve Historical Society, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1989 Western Reserve Historical Society. Publication 169. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Not personalized. First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.7 x 11.25 inches, has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 192 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Bottom corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has mild surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Spine of jacket is sunned. Printed by Bucknell University Press. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1982 McGraw-Hill Book Company. Later printing of 1976 second edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.7 x 10.25 inches, has black textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color photographs by Ian Cameron. 288 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips adn minor wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Top edge of jacket is lightly tanned.Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bernard Danenberg Galleries, 1970. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1970 Bernard Danenberg Galleries. Exhibition catalog. Softcover, with stapled binding. Oversized, 8.5" x 11". Color illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Corners bumped and bent. Pages clean and unmarked. 50 pages. Catalog for exhibition, May 12-30, 1970.

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1925 Doubleday, Page & Company. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT ex-library. Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top edges gilt. Yellow and brown frontispiece. Black and white illustrations by Francis J. Rigney. Binding has three light cracks between pages; no loose pages. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have edge wear, surface rubbing and a few small stains. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Small bookstore sticker at bottom of front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1973 Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. First American Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front endpaper of the book. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Endpapers are red. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Small stain at the head of the spine. Top quarter-inch of the front cover and top edge of back cover are faded. Spine lightly sunned. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1980 Bantam Books. Book One of the Children of the Lion saga. Paperback. 464 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Financial Executives Research Foundation, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1983 Financial Executives Research Foundation. First Edition. First printing, stated. Softcover. 256 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. "RECEIVED" name and date stamp on front cover. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine lightly sunned. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Circa 1892. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., No. 13 Astor Place, New York. No publication date in book, but publisher was at Astor Place address 1881-1893, so circa 1892. Only date in book is foreword, 1814. Hardcover is three-quarter bound in brown leather over green, black and white marbled boards. Gilt spine decorations in five panels, with gilt lettering on a dark brown leather label in a sixth panel. Top page edges are gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Brown and white marbled endpapers. Translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary, A.M. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Leather is rubbed at the corners, spine ends, and lightly at the edges. There three small sharp nicks on the front cover in the marbled area. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Four pages have brown smudges in the margins. Four page have tears at the fore edge and bottom edge from being… Read More

New Directions, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1991 New Directions. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Parallel text in Chinese and English on opposite pages. 81 pages. Translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Chen Maiping. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. A New Directions Paperbook NDP727.

Little Brown and Company, 1984. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1984 Little Brown and Company. Masters of Modern Science Series. Trade paperback. 327 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Selections and commentary by Kenneth Korey. Series editor: Robert Jastrow.

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, 1984. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1984 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. Volume 4, Number 3. Periodical. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 60 pages. Contents: 1883-1983: One Hundred Years of the Civil Service Act By Thomas A. Smith; Politics in the Gilded Age: The Reform of the Spoils System By Robert M. Warner; Ulysses S. Grant and Civil Service Reform By John Y. Simon; Rutherford B. Hayes and Reform of the Spoils System By Ari Hoogenboom; The Unwilling Martyr: President Garfield and Civil Service Reform By Allan Peskin; The Irony of the Pendleton Act By Thomas C. Reeves; Grover Cleveland and the Enforcement of the Civil Service Act By Justus Doenecke.

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1982 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. Volume 3, Number 5. Periodical. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 80 pages. Contents: Some Thoughts On The Civil War As The Second American Revolution By James M. McPherson; A Shooting Star: The Life and Achievements of James A. Garfield A Dramatic Reading by John Shaw; The Star Makers: A Photo Portfolio of Charles and Daniel Frohman; Reform and Anti-Reform in Garfield’s Ohio By Bertram Wyatt-Brown

Borden Publishing Company, 1964. Softcover. Good. Good. 1964 Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles. Master Draughtsman Series. First edition, stated. NOT ex-library. Softcover, with stapled binding. Oversized, 9 x 12 inches. Black & white reproductions of art work. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. There are a few small horizontal flexing creases at the spine. Covers lightly soiled near the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. Instroduction by Stephen Longstreet. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Blue Mesa Books, 2015. Softcover. Good. Good+. 2015 Blue Mesa Books. June 2015 printing, copyright 2011. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Binding tight. Front cover has a long shallow diagonal crease at the bottom corner. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Front cover mildly curled, with a light corner crease. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. 164 pages.

Lance Publishing, 2014. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2014 Lance Publishing. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. First Edition, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Small dent at bottom edge of front cover. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 261 pages.

Club des Libraires de France, 1958. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Ex-Library. 1958 Club des Libraires de France. Oblong Hardcover. Text in French. REBOUND in library buckram. Book has been re-cased in olive green library cloth binding with white spine lettering. Very durable binding. Call number printed on spine. 138 songs with lyrics in French. 24 color reproductions of woodblock prints printed on laid paper and pasted in. 7 black & white illustrations. Corners and spine ends bumped; corners lightly rubbed. Pages clean and generally unmarked, except for a few stray pencil marks and some library stamps on first and last few pages. Stamped "Cancelled - Sale Authorized" on top page edges. A few light stains and smudges on page edges. Rear free endpaper has library sticker and card pocket. Library stickers on back of title page. 388 pages plus appendices. No dust jacket. Translation of complete title: 'The book of the songs; or introduction to the knowledge of the French popular song'.… Read More