Search Results: Authors starting with D from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1555973140 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "D’Agata is also the author of Halls of Fame, a collection of experimental nonfiction about which David Foster Wallace wrote, "In nothing else recent is the compresence of shit and light that is America so vividly felt and evoked". He called D'Agata "one of the most significant U. S. Writers to emerge in the past few years." About a Mountain is a book-length rumination on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The New York Times Book Review called the book "a breathtaking piece of writing" and listed it among the 100 best nonfiction books ever written. " (from Wikipedia) .

Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Daily Union (Newpaper). Very Good-. 1863. Newspaper. Large newspaper folio, 17" x 24". [4] pp, folded. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in seven columns. This newspaper is in Very Good- dust jacket. The newspaper has some toning, especially to the spine and spine joints. There are spots of foxing throughout. There are several edge tears, and tears at the creases. "The Sacramento Union was a daily newspaper founded in 1851 in Sacramento, California. It was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi River before it closed its doors after 143 years in January 1994, no longer able to compete with The Sacramento Bee, which was founded in 1857, just six years after the Union. The birth of this storied newspaper institution began 156 years ago, when the city of Sacramento was in its infancy. Under the direction of its first editor, Dr. John F. Morse, who had attracted proprietors through letters to the New Orleans Delta and well-known literary… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Advance Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1938. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. The book has cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover and spine of the book have noticeable fading / toning. There is some light edge wear and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, though with a bit of beginning generalized toning. "Unity is a spiritual organization founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in 1889. It grew out of Transcendentalism and became part of the New Thought movement. Unity may be best known for its Daily Word devotional publication begun in 1924. Originally based in Christianity with emphasis on the Bible, Unity more recently has said it offers "positive, practical Christianity" and describes itself as "for people who might call themselves spiritual but not… Read More

California: California Dairy Council. Very Good+. 1930. Paperback. Color Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback with coated paper covered pages / covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The covers have some beginning rubbing and bumping and also a bit of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Lee's Summit, MO: Unity School of Christianity. Very Good+. 1956. 1st Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "Dr. Dale had been an early Doctor of Chiropractic when that practice of health care was in its infancy. Such a pioneer background suited Dr. Dale's dauntless personality perfectly. He was a big bear of a man who lauded the good results one could experience as a result of exercise combined with the use of affirmations. He was a vegetarian and an early exponent of vitamin and mineral supplements, long before such knowledge had become generally accepted. Both he and his attractive wife had earlier been associated with the well known health… Read More

San Jose, CA: Santa Clara County Historical Society. Very Good-. 1919. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The previous owner has added labels to the spine of the book with the title and author's name. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "Edith Daley was the city librarian of San Jose. She was the author of "War History of Santa Clara County", retelling life in San Jose during World War I. She was the author of "Angel in the Sun" (1917) , a book of verse, reviewed in the Evening News in December 1917, "Silver Twilight", "The Golden Dome" and of poems contained in the following anthologies: "Roosevelt as the Poets Saw Him",… Read More

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316171441 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Orphans, a collection of essays, was published in 2005 by Clear Cut Press. The book, which gained something of a cult status, sold out of its small-print run and was never reprinted. Ten years after his first collection, The Point, Knopf published his second book of fiction, The Dead Fish Museum. Six of the eight stories in the collection were originally published in The New Yorker. The book was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. In October 2006, D'Ambrosio was awarded the prestigious Whiting Award. Among other honors, he has received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and is presently a USA… Read More

New York: Dutton Childrens Books. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0803702574 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a small wrinkled tear to the bottom front spine joint and beginning edge wear to the spine ends. "Dimitrije Sidjanski grew up in Belgrade , studied law there and at the Sorbonne in Paris and worked as a lawyer in Yugoslavia . After the German invasion of Yugoslavia he came in 1942 German prisoner of war , from which he was able to flee to Switzerland shortly before the end of the war. There he began writing short stories and novels.1949 he met his wife Brigitte (* 1931) , with whom he initially emigrated to the US , had five children and in 1961 the North-South publishing house in Gossau in the canton of Zurich founded. The clown said no with illustrations by… Read More

Saratoga, CA: Constance Damskey. Very Good-. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Spiral bound. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have light toning, especially to the spine joints, and small edge tears, along with beginning tearing to the spiral edges. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a history of the town of Saratoga, CA which was used in the 1970's as a resource for elementary schools. It includes articles written for children, along with basic line drawings. .

Toronto, Canada: Harlequin Books. Very Good. 1974. Trade Edition. Paperback. 0373018045 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Toronto, Canada: Harlequin. Very Good. 1974. Paperback. 0373017715 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book cvoers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Winnipeg, Canada: Harlequin Books. Very Good. 1970. 1st Canadian Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0373014392 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, and some light generalized rubbing to the spine joints. "Iris Danbury was born in England. She worked for a number of years as a secretary, before getting married and retiring to Essex, where she started to write. She was published from 1960 to 1997 in Mills & Boon." (from open Library) .

New York, NY: Pantheon. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0375421769 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Mark Z. Danielewski (born March 5, 1966) is an American fiction author. He is most widely known for his debut novel House of Leaves (2000) , which won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. His second novel, Only Revolutions (2006) , was nominated for the National Book Award. Danielewski began work on a 27-volume series, The Familiar, although he completed only 5 volumes before halting the project in 2017. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Very Good-. 1974. Paperback. 0671777777 . Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- conditon and was issued without a dust jacket. Book # 77777, priced at 95cents. The book covers have some light rubbing and wear. There is one crease to the top front corner with an edge nick. The rear cover of the book has rubbing along the rear spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York: Harper Science Fiction. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0672520699 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Many of his anthologies have been editorial collaborations with Gardner Dozois. Of these, the most extensive series has been the "Magic Tales" anthologies, initially published by Ace Books and commencing with Unicorns! In 1982. Across over 30 volumes, this series collected and republished short stories centering on a number of fantasy and science fiction themes, such as aliens, mermaids, dinosaurs, dragons, and clones. The selected stories tend to be reprints of previously published works, and some are decades old. Each book has a preface by the editors, and each story is preceded by a short introduction, focusing on other works by the story's… Read More

New York, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385143389 . Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of some beginning wear to the top spine end of the dust jacket. "He was introduced to genre fiction and in particular science fiction from an early age, as his father had a collection of science fiction books which lined the walls of Dann's bedroom and he recalls "gazing at the colorful covers before I could read." In the late 1960s, he encountered a number of now well-known writers and editors in the science fiction and fantasy field, including George Zebrowski, Pamela Sargent, Gardner Dozois, Jack Haldeman and Joe Haldeman, two of whom, Zebrowski and Sargent, also lived in Binghamton and were students with Dann… Read More

New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in France as Une Maison Soufflee aux Vents (and in the UK as Dust in the Wind). This is the first American edition. This book is part of the Ballantine Books Hardback series; this book was published simultaneously with the paperback and is the First Hardback Edition. This is Book Number H6. The book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbed spots along with an inch long shallow chip to the front panel. "The Rue Dauphine was a narrow street in the very heart of Le Havre's dockland slums. A picturesque street - the tourists said. But pinched houses oozed poverty and dirt - their inhabitants knew every kind of brutality… Read More

Dallas, TX: Evangelists M. A. and Jane Collins Daoud. Very Good+. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with illustrated covers and glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Daughter of Fred and Annie Collins. A world-wide evangelist who preached in scores of countries for decades. She ministered to millions. Her crusades drew tens of thousands in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, South America, etc.... Many miracles happened in her meetings. She and her husband Mounir Aziz Daoud operated INternational Bible Association which distributed Bibles in many languages. They were simple, humble, holiness people who dared to believe God." (From Find a Grave) .

San Francisco, CA: California Press. Very Good. 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some bumping, rubbing and bits of fraying. The front cover has some ground-in dirt and the lettering on the cover has started to flake. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. There is one small penciled note by a previous owner on the foreword page with underlining in red pencil. The rest of the text pages are mostly clean, though some what toned. "While I know that my thought has tuned in and I have received intuitional inspiration from the Great Outer Soul, whose melodies I gratefully acknowledge, yet I do not say that this book, which contains them, goes on its mission unfettered by human hypothesis, for, as its truths unfolded to me - the song of birds, a flower, tree, sunset and twinkling stars were mine… Read More

New York, NY: Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0465070922 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .