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

Jinan, China: Ming Tian Chu Ban She, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Two volumes. Books are very lightly worn at the corners. A little rubbing and light scuffing to surfaces of wraps. Light wear to edges of wraps. Pages are clean. Wai po qiao is in very good condition. Da huai shu is in good condition with a cracked gutter, but the binding is still firm. Each book is 43 pages. Chinese language. Bai Sui Tong Yao series. Beautifully illustrated children's stories. ISBNs: 7533235657 and 7533235649.

[Congress of Industrial Organizations], 1948. Soft cover. Good+. Staple-bound in wraps. Some edge-chipping (mostly to front cover). Interior is clean. 60 pp. 9 x 6 inches. Transcript for the speeches and resolutions made on Day 3 of the CIO's National Convention, held in Portland, Oregon, November 22-26, 1948. Speakers on Day 3 included: U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (7 page speech); Rabbi Saul B. Appelbaum of St. Paul (chief rabbi at Portland's Temple Beth Israel, June 1949-Mar 1950) (4 page speech); Jack Kroll (Director of the CIO Political Action Committee, 1946-1955) (10 page speech); Issac Ben Zevie [Yitzhak Ben-Zvi] (future President of Israel (1952-1966), President of the Jewish National Council, and one of the founders of Histadrut (Israel's federation of trade unions)) (3 page speech). Several resolutions are introduced and moved to adoption. These resolutions regard support of unions engaged in collective bargaining and in strikes; the CIOs direction… Read More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Judith Gwyn Brown. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on ffep. First Edition, first printing (with full number line). Gold cloth boards stamped in red. Interior is clean, pages crisp. Dust jacket has shallow chip to the top edge of front panel; water-spotting along spine; has a couple short closed tears; not price clipped ($4.95). DJ in archival sleeve. 69, [1] pp. 8.75 x 6.25 inches. Inscribed by Elizabeth Coatsworth "on a sunny Sunday at Chimney Farm." Chimney Farm was the author's home, which she shared with her husband, the nature writer Henry Beston, and their daughter Kate Barnes, Maine's first official Poet Laureate. The young adult story of a girl who travels to Mexico with her family on a Christmas-time vacation (which appears to be set sometime around the turn of the century). Daisy, an awkward dreamer, through her encounters in this new, vivid environment and with the Mexican… Read More

Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Kurt Wiese. Blue cloth boards stamped in orange (lettering on spine and seahorses on front cover). Some discoloration along the spine and fading around board edges. Spot of soiling in the upper corner of the ffep and half-title pages, else pages are generally clean, though showing some signs of handling. Dust jacket has some soiled spots, one-inch chip at bottom of spine; a few closed tears; not price clipped ($2.00). DJ in archival sleeve. [68] pp. 8 x 7 inches. Daisy and Dobbin were a couple of curious seahorses who lived at the bottom of the sea. In the front yard of their home were the wrecks of ships, castles of coral, and jungles of seaweed where sharks, whales and other monsters lived. They set out to satisfy their curiosity about what lies on the other side of the great chasm. They meet a Chinese mermaid, end up getting caught by a young fisherman off of the coast of New England, and then taken to Boston and beyond. Gladys… Read More

London: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Joan Subirana. Second printing. Book has light wear at the corners; tiny blemish to bottom-edge of front board; pages are free of marks; binding is sound. Endpapers illustrated with melting clocks. Gorgeous, color, fully illustrated pages. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear; one wear spot on top edge of front panel, a 1/2 inch closed tears on lower edge of the rear panel; a hint of rolling to bottom edges; not price clipped. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated by Subi (Joan Subirana). Translation by Andrew Dunn. Unpaginated (about 24 pages). 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Oversize book.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition (with GHD logo on copyright page). Pumpkin-colored cloth boards stamped in dark green. Ends of spine lightly pushed. Minor markings on ffep, small blemish on flyleaf, else clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows a bit of soiling and has a couple short closed tears; some fading to spine; in clear archival sleeve. 396 pages. 7.6 x 5.25 inches. A historical novel of the Middle Ages and the Crusades, set in Southern Europe and Jerusalem, which follows a French troubadour-fugitive and his page, who turns out to be a beautiful girl who follows him on the Crusades in the guise of a dancer. Eugene Paul Metour (1880-1929) was a French-American writer, artist, and professor of romance languages. He received degrees at the Universty of Montpellier prior to immigrating to the United States in 1902.

[Bloomington, IN]: Trafford Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Clean. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; small blemish on front panel. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Illus. b/w photos. xiii, 599 pp. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Ballroom dancers of more than twenty years, the Bivonas have traveled extensively while honing their dancing skills and meeting fellow dancers. This book, both a travelogue and a memoir, provides detailed accounts of their experiences in Argentina, Paris, Hawaii, Italy, the Catskill Mountains of New York, the Caribbean, and South Florida, as well as other destinations. This account not only includes dancing details, but also shares the history and flavor of the locales they have visited. It also includes information on the art of dancing, a few dance lessons, biographies of select dancers, current ballroom dancing philosophy, and information on the intellectual benefits gained from dancing. Chapters include: Dancing in Buenos… Read More

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Third Edition, October 1954. Navy cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Ffep shows light abrasion in upper corner and previous owner's name, else clean. Some light foxing. Dust jacket rubbed; light edgewear; spine slightly darkened; price clipped; in a clear archival sleeve. x, 187 pages. 21 x 13.8 cm. Career account of the of British test pilot and RAF Air Commodore Arthur Edmond Clouston (1908-1984),who took part in several air races and record-breaking flights in the 1930s and served as a commanding officer in World War II.

Lincoln, NE: Danish-American Heritage Society, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover book in VG condition. Has slight aging discoloration, mostly at spine. Very slight corner bumping / shelf wear. Inscripted in ink on ffep. All other pages very clean and bright.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two copies of Baring's 1927 novel, both stated First Editions. Green cloth boards stamped in yellow. 306, plus [4] pp. ads. 7.75 x 5 inches. Copy #1 (Fair/VG) is in a scarce dust jacket. Boards are heavily spotted from moisture. Front and rear paste-downs are stained, otherwise pages are clean and unaffected. Dust jacket (with green, black, and gold foil design) is rubbed and edge-chipped; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. Copy #2 (VG/no jacket). Boards show light soiling; spine faded. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. Interior is clean. First published in 1926 in the UK by Heinemann, these are the American first editions of the novel by English author Marice Baring (1874-1945). It is the story of the complexes, complications, and the barriers of misunderstanding within the marriage of Fanny and Michael Choyce, members of the literary and artistic world of London. Daphne Adeane,… Read More

London: John Lehmann, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Forest-green cloth boards, spine stamped in red and gilt. Previous owner's name on ffep, else clean. Dust jacket has a little chipping at spine ends and corners; some spots of soiling on rear panel; not price clipped; in clear archival sleeve. 296 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood. Gore's novel of Central America, for which, he drew upon his experiences living in Guatemala during the Guatemalan Revolution.

New York: Macaulay Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. First Edition. Brown cloth boards stamped in orange. Slightly spine cocked. Minor wear to head and foot of spine. Fore-edge of text block shows a narrow, one inch, pink streak. Interior unmarked; a few pages show minor spots of soiling. Dust jacket edge chipped; front panel marked; rear panel shows some pink spotting and has interior chip; price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 252 pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. The story of a libertine man, going through a series of relationships and encounters with women, discovering the "elasticity of many marriages," and realizing that he is not made for just one woman.

Vienna, Austria: Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Lovely book with bright red boards. Last 2 pages are creased. Pages are clean and binding is tight & square. Dust jacket is chipped at corners and along head of spine. One light crease at spine. Back is lightly rubbed. Dj has been placed in an archival mylar cover. 1954. German Language. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. 379 Pages. The personal narrative of German journalist Kurt Ziesel (1911-2001).

n.p., 1900. Soft cover. Fair. Two antique German children's books. Rare. Undated (circa 1880-1900). Covers worn. Some foxing and soiling to pages. Both volumes appear to have been published as part of a series of books for school children, with each having a serial issue number at the foot of the front cover. Both are in stiff-card covers. 1) Das neue Einmaleins: Features eight pages of color illustrations portraying simple multiplications and matching rhymes (e.g. "3 x 9 = 27 / Bruderlein, ich geh' mach Danzig"). 9 pp. 22.5 x 16 cm. [Book number 123.] The first page of text (which is not illustrated) opens with a poem: Das Einmaleins ("Wer's Einmaleins nicht grundlich kann, Ist oft im Leben schlimm daran..."). 2) Das Schone ABC: Pages are loose; a couple pages have edge chips. Six pages of color ABC illustrations with corresponding rhymes (H/h: "Ich bin Husar - wie mich das freut! / War ich's noch nicht, so wurd'ich's heut"). 10 pp. 21 x 15… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. First American edition, second printing (July 1930). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Light fading to edges of cloth. Pages clean. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine; chip to top edge of rear panel; small chip to bottom edge of front panel; spine a bit faded. Abstract Art Deco DJ in clear archival sleeve. 296 pp. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Stephen McKenna (1888-1967) was a British novelist. In The Datchley Inheritance, old John Datchley, sour and cynical, has willed his fortune. But the catch is, it goes to his first of his nine grandsons who can marry within a year of his death and reside at Datchley Castle for six months of each year. An amusing tale of matrimonial attempts and familial contest.

New York: Brentano's, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some light fraying to spine ends. Faint crease in cloth on front cover. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. 259 pp. 7.25 x 5 inches. 1909 novel by the American decadent, Edgar Saltus (1855-1921). Daughters of the Rich was made into a silent movie in 1923, directed by Louis J. Gasnier.

Portland, OR, USA: David Douglas HS, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good+. Book is a little bumped at the corners. Rubbing to surfaces of boards with a few scuffs/scratches. 272 pp.

[Eugene, Oregon], 1976. Soft cover. Very Good+. Plain card covers. Light soiling and toning to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. 76 black-and-white illustrations. [94] pages. 10.8 x 8.3 inches. No copies noted on OCLC. University work portfolio for the San Francisco/Bay Area architect David Cook Maglaty, AIA (1950-2020), featuring architectural and visual sketches and photographs of models. Maglaty received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1977. His professional portfolio included work for Ratcliff Architects, EHDD Architecture, Gensler, HMC Architects, NBBJ Design and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Maglaty's work was recognized with numerous awards over the years, including the prestigious AIA National Honor Award 2008 for the Units 1 and 2, Infill Student Housing at UC Berkeley (EHDD), as well as the AIA Santa Clara 2012 and San Francisco Honor Award 2013 for the Orchard School Library in San Jose (HMC). David was named a Fellow of the American… Read More

Kathmandu/Nepal: [Forum for Protection of Human Rights / FPHR], 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover. Light general wear. Illustrated throughout. 128 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Text in side-by-side English and Nepali. A photo documentary with a brief historical sketch of the 1990 Nepalese Revolution, which established a constitutional multi-party democracy in the country and eliminated the Panchayat system. The photos are sometimes quite graphic, depicting the result of violent clashes.

Corvallis, Oregon: Fly By Night Press, 1973. Staple Bound. Very Good. Small saddle stitched booklet has a few tiny soil spots on wraps. Light edge wear to wraps. Light creasing at back fore edge corners. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Short story with a couple of illustrations by author. 1973. 22 pages.