Notes from Underground
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa
New York: Vintage Classics, 2021. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2021 Trade Paperback. xxix, 139 pp. Award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us a brilliantly faithful rendition of this classic novel, in all its tragedy and tormented comedy. In this second edition, they have updated their translation in honor of the... Read More
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The Double and The Gambler (Vintage Classics)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa
New York: Vintage Books / Random House, Inc, 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 1/4 inch closed tear and associated 1 inch crease on bottom edge of front wrapper, otherwise an excellent copy. 2007 Trade Paperback. xx, 336 pp. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, with an introduction by Richard Pevear. The award-winning translators Richard Pevear... Read More
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A History of Livingston County, New York: From Its Earliest Traditions, to Its Part in the War for Our Union: with an Account of the Seneca Nation of Indians, and Biographical Sketches of Earliest Settlers and Prominent Public Men: to Which is Prefixed a Biographical Introduction; to which has been added an Index to Personal Names and General Index
by Doty, Lockwood L.; Duganne, A.J.H.; Doty, Donald R.; Branigan, J. Kevin
Geneseo: Livingston County Historian, 1979. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edges very faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Hard Cover. xxvi, 685, 54, 39 pp. 1979 reissue of 1876 original, with a new bibliography, index to personal names, and general index. Red cloth, gilt titles. A regional history printed in the last quarter of the 19th... Read More
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Sweet Machine: Poems
by Doty, Mark
New York: HarperFlamingo, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x0x10. First edition. Remainder mark. 1998 Hard Cover. x, 117 pp. Mark Doty's last two award-winning collections of poetry, as well as his acclaimed memoir Heaven's Coast, used the devastation of AIDS as a lens through which to consider questions of loss, love and identity. The poems... Read More
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Dougherty Revisited: A Random Selection of Columns
by Dougherty, Dick
Rochester, New York: Dougherty Editions, 2004. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author and his dog (ink paw stamp) on title page. Cover 'laminated' with tape, rear wrapper faded. 2004 Trade Paperback. 205, [1] pp. A collection of Dougherty's columns from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Each... Read More
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Dougherty Revisited: A Random Selection of Columns
by Dougherty, Dick
Rochester, New York: Dougherty Editions, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition - a paperback original. Spine lightly faded. 2004 Trade Paperback. 205, [1] pp. A collection of Dougherty's columns from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Each of Dick Dougherty's essays are timely, clever, funny, wise and easy reading.
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Birmingham at War: A Pictorial Account, in Two Volumes
by Douglas, Alton; Stretch, Gordon; Hardy, Clive; Douglas, Jo;
Birmingham: Streetly Printing Ltd, 1987. Reprint. Large Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Reprints: 7th and 2nd printing, respectively. 1987 Large Softcover. 112; 112 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs. A pictorial account of Birmingham during World War II. The second volume was released after an overwhelming response to the first volume led to many new photos being unearthed.
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From Hand to Mouth
by Douglas, Amanda M. [Minnie]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1877. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1877 first edition. Front free endpaper removed, hinges just beginning to weaken. 332, [3] pp. 8vo. Olive cloth, gilt and maroon titles, maroon and dark green decorations with maroon border. A novel by the American author of novels for adult and juvenile readers.
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On the Philosophy of the Mind
by Douglas, James
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Front joint weakening, edges rubbed with corners exposed and minor loss from spine head, boards lightly rubbed, ink gift note on front endpaper, small binder bookplate on front endpaper. 1839 Half-Leather. 387, [1] pp. Light brown leather spine and corners, maroon morocco spine label,... Read More
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South Wind, in Two Volumes
by Douglas, Norman
Chicago: Argus Books, 1929. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Austen, John. Fourth American edition, illustrated, one of 2000 copies (Woolf A19l), and the only edition to include John Austen's illustrations. Spine and edges toned, boards lightly rubbed. 1929 Hard Cover. 288; 300 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt top page ridge. The author's... Read More
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Green Light
by Douglas, Lloyd C
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, ink note on endpaper. 1935 Hard Cover. 326 pp. The main story was of a doctor unjustly blamed for the death of one of his patients. This book does have romance as its main story with a satisfying... Read More
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Douglass, Frederick; Jacobs, Harriet; Appiah, Kwame Anthony (introduction)
New York: Modern Library, 2000. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Faint stain. 2000 Trade Paperback. Two books in one volume. Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery... Read More
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My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Douglass, Frederick; Edwards, Brent Hayes
New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. Second printing. Bottom corner of front cover bumped. 2005 Trade Paperback. xli, 385 pp. Born a slave, Frederick Douglas educated himself, escaped, and became one of the greatest social leaders in American history. Although usually identified with the monumental Narrative of the Life of... Read More
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The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History
by Douglass, Frederick; Logan, Rayford, W
New York: Bonanza Books, 1962. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Reissue. Top edge lightly foxed, jacket lightly toned with minor wear to corners, jacket spine a bit stained. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1962 Hard Cover. 640 pp. Born around 1817 in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was a former plantation slave who went on to... Read More
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My Bondage and My Freedom (The Modern Library Classics)
by Douglass, Frederick; Stauffer, John
New York: The Modern Library, 2003. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. Second printing. Light edge wear. 2003 Trade Paperback. lv, 321 pp. Activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass is one of the most famous anti-slavery writers in American history. Following 20 years of enslavement in Maryland, Douglass made a daring bid for freedom in 1838, travelling north... Read More
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The House with the Green Shutters
by Douglas [Brown], George
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 11th printing. Spine slightly toned, minor smudge on rear board. 1903 Hard Cover. 328, [7] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Author's first book, a realist novel set in Scotland, which Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges stated in an interview was... Read More
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Supervision in Secondary Schools
by Douglass, Harl R.; Boardman, Charles W
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards and bottom marginal corner stained, pencil scribbles on endpapers. 1934 Hard Cover. xvi, 564 pp. Includes: Part I. Nature and Organization of Supervision: Supervision in Secondary Schools - The Emerging Modern Concept of Supervision - Organization for Supervision - The Principal and the Department Head as Supervisors... Read More
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The Advancement of Society in Knowledge and Religion
by Douglas, James
Hartford: Cooke and Co. and Packard and Butler, 1830. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition, from the second Edinburgh edition. Some loss along front joint, pencil marks on front endpaper, pages foxed. 1830 Hard Cover. 315 pp. A discussion of social progress through the lens of religious traditions. Douglas's comments on the role... Read More
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South Wind
by Douglas, Norman
New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1938. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Reprint. Multiple chips and tears to jacket edges. Ink name on front endpaper. 1938 Hard Cover. 288; 300 pp. The author's most famous novel, originally published in 1917. The book is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in... Read More
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South Wind
by Douglas, Norman
Argus Books, 1929. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Austen, John. Fourth American edition, illustrated, one of 2000 copies (Woolf A19l), and the only edition to include John Austen's illustrations. Spine & edges toned, boards lightly rubbed. 1929 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 288; 300 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles,... Read More
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War Under Heaven: Pontiac, the Indian Nations, and the British Empire
by Dowd, Gregory Evans
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Minor general wear. 2002 Hard Cover. xvi, 360 pp. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ceded much of the continent east of the Mississippi to Great Britain, a claim which the Indian nations of the Great Lakes, who suddenly found themselves... Read More
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Food: Its Composition and Preparation. A Textbook for Classes in Household Science (The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools)
by Dowd, Mary T.; Jameson, Jean D
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Stains on front board, pencil notes on front endpaper, minor water damage throughout. 1918 Hard Cover. viii, 173 pp. Ten pages of publisher ads follow text. Includes: Introductory; Water; Carbohydrate in the Form of Sugar; Carbohydrate in the Form of Starch; Cereal... Read More
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Sunshine and Roses: A Book of Happiness and Good Cheer
by Downes, Constance
New York: The Platt & Peck Co, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Faint stain on boards, board corners bumped. 1920 Hard Cover. 92 pp. A collection of verse by various authors, with decorative rose motif background to text pages, photographic inlay on front board.
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Our Lusty Forefathers: Being Diverse Chronicles of the Fervors, Frolics, Fights, Festivities, and Failings of Our American Ancestors
by Downey, Fairfax
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Wonsetler, John C. First edition. No jacket. Spine faded, bottom board corners bumped. 1947 Hard Cover. xiv, 359 pp. Illustrated by John C. Wonsetler. CONTENTS: Foreword; Swipsy or Sober' The Supervisor of Drinking Does His Duty; The Governor Goes A-wooing: The Swashbuckling Courtship of... Read More
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Cambridge Past and Present
by Downs, Brian W
London / New York: Methuen & Co., Ltd. / George H. Doran Company, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Vulliamy, E. First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine and front board edge faded. 1926 Hard Cover. vii, 257 pp. Includes 16 color plates and a map of Cambridge on front endpapers. Contents include: The Town--Situation and Name;... Read More
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