Search Results: Authors starting with D from Conover Books

Chicago,Illinois: Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1904. EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED AND RUBBED, GOLD LETTERING ON THE FRONT COVER IS BEAUTIFULLY INTACT, A VERY NICE COLLECTIBLE OUT-OF-PRINT FIRST EDITION!. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1980. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with white lettering on the spine. 136 historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Illustrates African sculpture, masks, and bas-reliefs made of gold, ivory, bronze, brass, wood, and clay, and provides background information on the tribe of origin.........". First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Green cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 90 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Gentlemen, We believe that we shall have anticipated the desire of the House by proposing to you to make the acquisition, in the name of the State, of the property of a discovery as useful as it was unexpected, and, which, it is important, for the interest of the arts and sciences, should be brought before the public. You all know, and some of you, Gentlemen, may have already had an opportunity of convincing yourselves of the fact, that, after fifteen years of expensive and persevering labour, Mr. Daguerre has at length succeeded in discovering a process to fix the different objects reflected in a camera obscura.........."… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. By The Author. A very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed by the author on the ffep! Color illustrated green boards with white lettering on the front board and green lettering on the spine. Color illustrated endpapers. 208 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and inspirational pages nicely enhanced by color illustrations! "A fresh perspective, an outdoor exploration, a new adventure about to begin: How to Be A Wildflower is the book to celebrate these and other wide-open occasions. Encouraging self-discovery through encounters with nature, beloved artist Katie Daisy brings her beautiful paintings and lettering to this collection of things to do and make, quotes, meditations, natural history, and more. · Maintains wonder and inspiration with a collection of peaceful pages filled with things such… Read More

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1993. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Inscribed by the author on the half-title page! Black and white illustrated wrapper with red and white letteirng. 305 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages! "In The Dark End of the Street, Maria Damon brings a new sensitivity to modern poetic criticism. She adds an important dimension to cultural theory, revealing the struggles of one group of artists as they address improtant questions about art, social life, and the oppression they encounter. Taking as her premise that the intensity of poetic language is an appropriate venue for representing the 'dark end of the street' of social pain, Damon foregrounds the work and lives of a number of modern American poets in order to argue that the American avant-garde is located in the experimental literary works… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1996. A very crisp and clean signed first edition, almost new and unread condition! Gift Quality! Signed by the author on the title page! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 208 very fine, unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled pages! "Trouble in the Town Hall finds Dorothy facing a serious dilemma: The house in which she's living is in dire need of repair, but before anything can be done, she must get the approval of the Sherebury Planning Committee. As the rain finds new places in the roof through which to leak, Dorothy is more than ready to accept a luncheon invitation from Alan Nesbitt, chief constable and her own chief beau. On her way to meet him, however, she notices some movement in the abandoned Town Hall, and being a confirmed snoop.". Signed by Author(s). First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Self-published, 1922. Hint of edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, slightly faded green wraps with dark green lettering. Wonderfully well-preserved. A VINTAGE 8 PART SET. 269 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Very very scarce and out-of-print! "Manners are the index of personality. Good manners are an asset. Often, they bring money; usually, they win social advancement; always they bestow that self-confidence which is a prime factor toward happiness in the art of living. They benefit not only the possessor of them; they benefit as well his fellows. Manners are a form of morals. Morals of a minor sort in the scale of ethics, but frequently of major importance in their effects. Thus, a person of gentle manners is not prone to crimes of violence. Kindly manners react and strengthen the spirit of kindliness that is the source of them."-----from the Introduction. (EIGHT PARTS).. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover.… Read More

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1969. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 519 historical and poetic pages! "I have been teaching poetry for more than twenty-five years. For longer time, I have been growing up with and into poetry, living with it until its insistent claims could not be put off. This book had to get itself written. I have not meant to write a mandatory, dogmatic book. For dogmatism is death to the life of poetry; that is one of the few things I know about it.........." ---- from Invitation to Reading.. Reprint (1941). Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1878. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, some tape residue on the inner front cover and ffep as well as on the same areas in the rear of the book, 2" split in the base of the spine, overall a clean used first edition! Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Wonderfully well-preserved! 612 historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "An illustrated history, including the temperance 'blue laws' of the New England Colonies; the liquor laws of the states; a sketch of the various temperance organizations; biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B. Gough, Dr. Jewett, etc., a chapter on the medical and chemical phases of the movement; 'The Crusades;' The Woman's Christian Temperance Unions; 'Red Ribbon' reform under Dr. Reynolds; The Evangelistic Temperance work under Messrs, Moody, Sawyer, etc.; History of The Murphy Temperance… Read More

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color pictorial wrapper with black and green lettering. 263 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "This book tells the story of the Chippewa Indians in the regions around Lake Superior-the fabled land of Kitchigami. It tells of their woodland life, the momentous impact of three centuries of European and American societies on their culture, and how the retention of their tribal identity and traditions proved such a source of strength for the Chippewas that the federal government finally abandoned its policy of coercive assimilation of the tribe. The Chippewas, especially the Lake Superior… Read More

New York: Drake Publishers, Inc., 1976. MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, EX-LIBRARY WITH THE USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN USED FIRST EDITION! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A BRAND NEW PROTECTIVE MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! 237 WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED (B & W PHOTOGRAPHS) PAGES!. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Eynon, Pennsylvania : Tribute Books , 2007. Brand new and unread first edition (stated), very fresh and bright condition, gift quality! Color illustrated black and brown wrapper with white and black lettering. 83 new and unread historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "What a powerful epic! The history is so personally related that one is drawn into this very special story. The great thing about this odyssey is that each venue ---- San Francisco, Chicago, New York ---- is so full and complete in itself, and yet all three are beautifully connected and thematically coherent. It is poignant and powerful, making a very profound commentary about immigration and what it means to be an American...." ---- Mr. Stephen Ris Wyoming Seminary History Department Chair.. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A.: Crysand Pr, 1997. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy, almost new and unread condition. Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover page: To: "Gerri, May all your conflicts be small Norman 1998" 202 very fine, unmarked and uncreased pages. "Five steps for managing conflict, improving communications, and dealing with change at work and at home through the self mediation method.". Inscribed By the Author. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; rear board is discolored especially toward the outer edge; spine is faded; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; overall a still a nice clean used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a color illustrated gilt lettered pastedown on the front board. 343 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 4 (including the frontis) wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "If these simple tales serve to deepen in the slightest degree the rapidly growing conviction that the college girl is very much like any other girl ---- that this likeness is, indeed, one of her most striking characteristics ---- the author will consider their existence abundantly justified." ---- from the Preface.. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: By the Author, 2003. VERY CRISP AND CLEAN CONDITION, ALMOST NEW AND UNREAD COPY! 56 PAGES. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Deerfield, Massachusetts : Deerfield Academy , 1972. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper. 30 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Contents include: Starkist by R. Lewis McHenry / Dismal Battles, Dismal Wars by Jack Davey / The Real Sea by Gary Greene / Driftin' by James Babson / Euphoria by R. Lewis McHenry / Shed a Tear by Fred Meyer / Distraction From Social Boredom/A Social Lunch by James Babson / Pacing The Streets by Jack Davey / Philadelphia by Bob Vuyosevich.........." ------- and many other poems and illustrations of interest.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Henry Lie . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Deerfield, Massachusetts : Deerfield Academy , 1972. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper. 30 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Contents include: Starkist by R. Lewis McHenry / Dismal Battles, Dismal Wars by Jack Davey / The Real Sea by Gary Greene / Driftin' by James Babson / Euphoria by R. Lewis McHenry / Shed a Tear by Fred Meyer / Distraction From Social Boredom/A Social Lunch by James Babson / Pacing The Streets by Jack Davey / Philadelphia by Bob Vuyosevich.........." ------- and many other poems and illustrations of interest.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Henry Lie . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1976. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 347 informative and historical pages! "An influential critic of our time has found Tennyson deficient in subtlety and surprise. T. S. Eliot writes that 'the blank verse of Tennyson.....is cruder.....than that of half a dozen contemporaries of Shakespeare; cruder, because less capable of expressing complicated, subtle, and surprising emotions.' By tracing through the major poems some of Tennyson's experiments in tone, genre, prosody, rhetoric, and syntax, I hope to refute Eliot's charge........." ----- from the Introduction: The Victorian Context.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: S P C K, 1951. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; some foxing and page toning; overall a very clean signed first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find signed title! Inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep! Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 229 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and spiritual pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print signed first edition! "My interest in Samuel Walker of Truro was first aroused in a lecture given by the Principal of the London College of divinity, the late Prebendary, T. W. Gilbert, D D., coupled with a brief passage contained in the History of the Evangelical Party, by G. R. Balleine. Residence in the west country has enabled me to consult the local materials, and I hope that this study may serve to draw attention to the work and witness of one of the comparatively neglected figures of the Evangelical Revival, together with his… Read More

Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization , 1975. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some fading along the edges and spine, gently shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find title! Orange wrapper with black lettering. 92 informative and educational pages! Very very scarce and out-of-print! "Over recent years there has been a marked increase in the study of the various methods which influence the climate of the soil and the microclimate near the soil surface at a given site. Of considerable importance among these methods is mulching, which is the covering of a soil surface with crop residue or other material such as plastic. Mulching has a marked effect on the climate of the soil, the effects being found in the temperature and moisture regimes of the soil, on erosion and soil physics, on pests, diseases, and the growth of weeds, as well as on the growth and ytield of crops. Many of… Read More