Search Results: Titles starting with D from Owl Creek Books

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park – Lee H. Whittlesey. Published in 1995 by Roberts Rinehart. 276 pages. "The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000. In these accounts, written with sensitivity as cautionary tales about what to do and what not to do in one of our wildest national parks, Whittlesey recounts deaths ranging from tragedy to folly—from being caught in a freak avalanche to the goring of a photographer who just got a little too close to a bison. Armchair travelers and park visitors alike will be fascinated by this important book detailing the dangers awaiting in our first national park."

The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. The Decameron. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman. Published in 1979 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Black leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers and satin ribbon bookmark.

The most complete of all the collected editions of Twain's works, in 37 volumes, containing the writings of Mark Twain, biography by Paine, letters and autobiography. This definitive edition consists of one-thousand twenty-four sets, the first volume of each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain. Limitation 272 of 1,024. Handwritten S L Clemens and Mark Twain signatures inside the first volume were done in 1906 in anticipation of this set being published in 1922. Limitation leaf is signed by Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine. Books contain rare photos of Mark Twain. Rare complete signed set. Three-quarter leather, with blue cloth, titles in gilt and decorative spine, top edges gilt. With the exception of some minor chipping at top of the spine on very few volumes, in very good to fine condition.

A Delicate Balance: A Play. Written by Edward Albee. Signed and inscribed by Albee on title page. In original dust jacket, minor tears at top edge and tear at bottom front. Along with signed photo of Albee. First edition. Published in 1966 by Atheneum, New York.

The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman. Written by J. P. Donleavy. Illustrated by Jim Campbell. Published in 1977 by The Franklin Library. Orange leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.