The Man Without a Gun: True Stories of Life in the Dakotas in the Early Nineties
by Edward Delavan Disbrow
Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1936. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1936 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and several small closed tears along the panel edges. Octavo, 96 pgs.
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Livio Bernasconi
by Maddalena Disch
Milan: Edizioni Dabbeni, 1990. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Handsome 1990 monograph on Italian painter Livio Bernasconi. SIGNED BY BERNASCONI at the copyright page. Tight and Near Fine (neat former owner inscription at the copyright page as well) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, high-quality color and black-and-white... Read More
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Under Compulsion
by Thomas Disch
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A beautiful copy of the 1968 1st ed. Octavo. A Near Fine copy in a sparkling, Near Fine dustjacket.
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Music Hall Parade
by M. Willson Disher
New York: Scribner's, 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. An impressive copy of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Very light chipping at the jacket's spine ends, otherwise bright as could be. Octavo, 147 pgs. "With illustrations from Photographs, Programmes, Prints, Song Covers, Song Books, Bills and Posters, mainly from... Read More
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Riding Rhymes for Young Riders
by Harry Disston
New York: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1951. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Paul Brown. A handsome copy of the 1951 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.75), VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing and chipping along the top-edges and at the spine crown. Still though very presentable. Quarto, nicely illustrated throughout by the great... Read More
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Snakes of the World (in Dustjacket)
by Raymond L. Ditmars
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The November 1931 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with very light spotting along the panels and 2 pgs. of offsetting (pgs. 92-93), where a newpaper had been laid-in. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG example of the fragile dustjacket,... Read More
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Bluebird in My Window
by Frank Dituri
Berkeley, CA: El Leon Literary Arts, 2007. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FRANK DITURI on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2007 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, haunting landscapes and solo figures throughout.
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Moloch: A Play in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue
by Beulah Marie Dix
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. Decorative Boards. Very Good. The uncommon 1916 1st edition, centered on the horrors of World War I. Solid and VG in its striking, decorative boards, with mild scuffing and darkening along the spine. Light wear at the tips, former owner stamp at the front free endpaper, otherwise very clean. 12mo, part of... Read More
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The Sinister Sign Post (The Hardy Boys #15)
by Franklin W. Dixon
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1936 correct 1st edition (Carpentier, Heffelfinger) of this, the 15th title in the original Hardy Boys series. Issue points: This is the 15th and last title listed on the front flap, there are 14 "X Bar X Boy" titles listed on the rear flap... Read More
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Frank og Joi: Njosnarinn A Flugleid 101 ("The Hardy Boys: The Secret Agent on Flight 101" in Icelandic)
by Frankin W. Dixon
Reykjavik, Iceland: Prentsmidjan Leiftur HF, 1982. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A wonderful Hardy Boys curio, the 1982 1st Icelandic edition of "The Secret Agent on Flight 101". A very sharp copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 120 pgs. ... Read More
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Injun Babies: Eight Stories and Eight Drawings for American Children
by Maynard Dixon
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Cloth. Very Good. Maynard Dixon. The 1923 1st edition of this uncommon collection of Native American-themed stories, written and illustrated by the great Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), one of the towering artists of the American West. Includes 8 full-page illustrations by Dixon in rich color and additional smaller black-and-white flourishes of his (mostly... Read More
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Poems and Seven Drawings (In Its Rare Batik Binding)
by Maynard Dixon
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1923. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. 1st edition, 1923. Small 4to, 38 pgs. plus 7 leaves (of plates) produced especially for this title. Versos blank, Title printed in black and red, Goudy Antique handset type. Original decorative batik boards. Minor bumping to spine ends but a very fine, tight copy without the usual offsetting from... Read More
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Feng Ching--Chinese Sketches
by Natalia Dobbins
Los Angeles & San Francisco: Suttonhouse, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. The 1933 1st edition, #19 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR NATALIA DOBBINS on the limitation page. Solid and VG in its ribbon-tied orange boards, with very light spotting at the front panel and light staining to the upper edges of the bibliography. Quarto, 134 lovely multi-colored... Read More
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The Discontented Village
by Rose Dobbs
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1946. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1946 1st edition. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light wear along the panel edges. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Beatrice Tobias.
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A Chess Silhouette: One Hundred Chess Problems by the Reverend Gilbert Dobbs (The "Armed Forces" Edition)
by The Reverend Gilbert Dobbs
Stamford, Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1942. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1942 "Armed Forces" edition. Clean and Fine in a very impresive, Near Fine example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. 16mo, Introduction by Otto Wurzburg.
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A Chess Silhouette: One Hundred Chess Problems by the Reverend Gilbert Dobbs (In Dustjacket)
by The Reverend Gilbert Dobbs
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1942. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. A very sharp copy of the 1942 1st edition, limited to 150 copies. Tight and Fine in a clean, VG+ example of the publisher's fragile glassine dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the front panel's top-edge. 16mo, edited by Richard Cheney, Otto Wurzburg, Vincent Eaton and... Read More
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Security Analysis (Fifth Edition)
by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Boards. Near Fine/Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1988 5th Edition (4th printing) of this "bible" of investment literature. Originally pubished in 1934, Benjamin Graham's and David Dodd's soaring achievement --conceived and written while both were teaching at Columbia Business School-- has never gone out of print and continues to be regarded as one... Read More
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The Campaign of Chancellorsville
by Theodore A. Dodge
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1881. Boards. Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1881 stated 2nd edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its bevelled, chocolate-brown boards, with decorative blindstamping at the panels. Light wear along the spine crown, otherwise very clean. All 4 maps (as called for) are present and at the rear pastedown.
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The Doors
by John Tobler & Andrew Doe
London & New York: Proteus Publishing, 1984. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1984 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Dozens and dozens of well-chosen, revealing photos throughout.
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Les Tatouages du "Milieu
by Jacques Delarue and Robert Giraud (and Robert Doisneau)
Paris: La Roulotte, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Wonderful study of the tattoos of the Paris underworld, in particular the criminal underworld. Clean and VG+ in its beige boards, with light wear to the front inner hinge. And in a crisp, VG example of the pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears--... Read More
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Torten's Christmas Secret
by Maurice Dolbier
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Robert Henneberger. A handsome, very presentable copy of the February 1954 4th printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very lght soiling along the panels and one small closed tear at the front panel's lower-edge. Octavo, nicely illustrated in rich color... Read More
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Hot Rod Gang Rumble
by Meyer Dolinsky
New York: Avon Publications, 1957. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of this 1957 paperback original (Avon-783). Clean and easily Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. Pocketsized, a tie-in to the film "Hot Rod Rumble", with a number of black-and-white photos from the film thruout.
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Examples of Antient Pulpits Existing in England
by Francis T. Dollman
London: George Bell, 1849. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1849 1st edition. Solid and VG, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and a degree of wear along the spine. Tall quarto, 32 pgs. of text plus 30 steel-engraved plates. Tasteful former owner bookplate at front pastedown and signature at front free endpaper.
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The Fat Camel of Bagdad
by K.O.S. (Baroness Dombrowski)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A New Tale of Abdallah's Adventures for Children from Eight to Eighty Years". A nice copy: Solid and VG in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Nicely ilustrated by the author as well. 12mo, 156 pgs.
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The Talking Bird and Wonderful Wishes of Jacky and Jean
by Mary Dickerson Donahey
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co, 1920. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. An attractive copy of the 1920 1st edition. Clean and VG in its decorative dark-green cloth, with bright pasted-on pictorial and bright red lettering at the front panel and spine. Light bumping to the lower tip, light wear at the spine base and very mild rippling... Read More
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