The Official Mixer's Manual: The Standard Guide for Professional and Amateur Bartenders Throughout the World
by Patrick Gavin Duffy
Gareden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1948. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. A handsome copy of this 1948 re-issue. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with one small chip along the spine crown. Octavo, "The Standard Guide to the Preparation and Serving of Over 900 Different Drinks. In General Use in Clubs, Restaurants, Hotels and... Read More
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The First of They
by William Scudder (Designed by William Duffy)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY BOTH WILLIAM SCUDDER AND WILLIAM DUFFY on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1961 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping --and several small closed tears-- along... Read More
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La Souce Des Jours
by Gasson Massat (Raoul Dufy)
Paris: Bordas, 1948. Original wraps. Fine/Fine. Raoul Dufy. A pristine copy of the 1948 1st edition. #252 of 300 "exemplaires sur Auvergne Teinte, numerotes de 1 a 300". Illustrated with an original lithograph and 7 original drawings by the great French painter Raoul Dufy (1877-1953). Quarto, crisp and Fine AND in a Fine example of the publisher's unprinted... Read More
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Edward Fitzgerald (Edmund Dulac)
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Cloth. Very Good +. Edmund Dulac. Handsome, early trade edition of the Edmund Dulac-illustrated Fitzgerald translation of the Rubaiyat, circa 1922. Tight and VG+ in its elaborately gilt-decorated front panel, with light wear at the spine ends, light foxing to the preliminaries and a neat former owner inscription at the front free endpaper.... Read More
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The King's General
by Daphne DuMaurier
Garden City, NYT: Hanover House, 1954. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A lovely copy of the 1954 1st thus, a handsome re-issue "condensed and simplified for quick reading by Lee Wyndham". Solid and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 189 pgs., jacket design by Arthur Shilstone. ... Read More
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Swap Freaks
by Eddie Dumbrowski
San Diego: Corinth, 1969. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, very impressive copy of the truly scarce 1969 1st edition of this paperback original, with its superb, lurid cover illustration. Clean and easily Near Fine, with light spotting along the pastedowns. We note that there are no copies currently appearing on OCLC and, furthermore, that this title does... Read More
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Frege: Philosophy of Mathematics
by Michael Dummett
Harvard University Press, 1991. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1991 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 331 pgs.
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Burnt Cork or the Amateur Minstrel
by Frank Dumont
New York: Wehman Bros, 1881. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A beautiful, crisp copy of the 1881 1st edition. Clean, bright and Near Fine in its pictorial beige wrappers. 12mo, 114 pgs. plus wonderful related ads. "A Collection of Humorous Speeches, End Men's Jokes, Conundrums, Reciations and Farces, Finales for "First Part", and a full and complete description... Read More
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Lyrics of Lowly Life
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The 1986 1st edition of Paul Laurence Dunbar's 1st comercially published book, this slim collection of 105 of his poems. A solid, very presentable copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its gilt-decorated and gilt-titled green cloth, with light spotting and a bit of scuffing at the... Read More
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Poems of Cabin and Field
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dodd, Mead and Co, 1902. Hardcover. A well-preserved copy of the 1902 2nd printing. VG+ in its original pictorial cloth with bright gilt-lettering on the front panel and spine. Octavo, 125 pgs., top-edge gilt.
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Trial of John George Haigh
by Edited by Lord Dunboyne
London: William Hodge, 1953. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG (light spotting and offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild soiling to the panels and very light chipping --with one or two small closed tears-- along the spine crown. Octavo, #78 in William... Read More
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Golf for Women
by George Duncan
New York: McBride, Nast & Company. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid copy of this early instructional on golf for women, circa 1912. Apparently the 1st American edition (though unstated). Clean and VG+ in its red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Thick 12mo, 185 pgs., crisp black-and-white photos thruout.
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This Is War! A Photo-Narrative in Three Parts
by David Douglas Duncan
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. The 1951 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with a number of very small closed tears and light chipping and creasing along the panel edges. One dime-sized chip and soiling as well to the rear panel, a 3/4" chip at... Read More
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Townsman: A Quarterly (Issues #1 And #2)
by Edited by Ronald Duncan
London: Townsman, 1938. Spiral bound wraps. Near Fine. Very sharp copies of the first 2 issues of this impressive literary quarterly, issued out of pre-War London, in 1938. Together the 2 issues include contributions by Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, William Saroyan, etc. Both issues clean and easily VG+ to Near Fine in their spiralbound, thick card wrappers. Both... Read More
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Bibliography of Glass (From the earliest records to 1940)
by George Sang Duncan
Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1960. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. This wonderful and ambitious bibliography, in its original 1960 edition is Fine in a VG+/Near Fine dustjacket. A nice item.
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Wurra-Wurra: A Legend of Saint Patrick at Tara
by Curtis Dunham
New York: Desmond Fitzgerald, Inc, 1911. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine. John Innes. A lovely copy of the 1911 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial emerald-green cloth, with mounted illustration (by John Innes) adorning the front panel. Very clean interanally. Front inner-hinge a bit tender but still perfectly sturdy. 16mo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color... Read More
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Royal Cemeteries of Kush: Volume 5 the West and South Cemeteries at Meroe
by Dows Dunham
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A nice copy of the 1963 1st edition. Well-preserved and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. One unobtrusive closed tear along the bottom of the spine and light soiling to the back panel. Otherwise, very clean and still tightly-bound. Folio, 456 pgs. plus 3 additional... Read More
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Mysticism, Freudianism and Scientific Psychology (in Its Original Dustjacket)
by Knight Dunlap
St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Company, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. An impressive copy of the 1920 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Good+ to VG- example of the fragile beige dustjacket, with a 1" chip at the front panel's top-edge and several closed tears --and light chipping-- along the panel... Read More
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Gunsmithing: A Manual of Firearms Design, Construction, Alteration and Remodeling (In Dustjacket)
by Roy F. Dunlap
Georgetown, South Carolina: Samworth (Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company), 1950. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Paul Webb. The 1950 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting to the front pastedown and the front free endpaper) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges, one small closed tear... Read More
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The Organisation of Traffic by Water and Air: An Elementary Handbook for Use in the Transport Department of an Industrial Concern
by J.A. Dunnage
London: Industrial Ytansport Publications Limited, 1934. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Uncommon 1934 guide "officially recommended as a text book for students entering for the Annual Associateship Examinations of the Industrial Transport Association". In other words, a 1930s how-to in industrial shipping. Clean and Near Fine (a touch of wear at the foot of the spine, very light offsetting... Read More
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Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?: A Report to the Congress of Mars
by Alan Dunn
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Alan Dunn. NICELY INSCRIBED BY ALAN DUNN on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ (very light scuffing to the boards) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light rubbing and creasing at the panels,... Read More
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The Osmonds: The Official Story of the Osmond Family
by Paul H. Dunn
Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc, 1975. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Marie Osmond ("Love and kisses because I know you love us too") on the front free endpaper. The 1975 2nd printing. VG (with light soiling to the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and one small closed tear to the... Read More
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St. Vith: Lion in the Way (With an Original 106th Infantry Division Patch)
by Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy
Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1949. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1949 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (tiny bumping to the front panel's upper-tip) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with light creasing and wear along the spine crown. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markionmgs of... Read More
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Our Animal Friends and Foes
by William Atherton DuPuy
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1925. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1925 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. VG- in its decorative cloth (with front free endpaper removed) and in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and several small closed tears along the edges. 12mo, 274 pgs., nicely illustrated thruout... Read More
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The Finances of New York City
by Edward Dana Durand
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1898 1st edition of this uncommon examination of the financial history of New York City. From Part I ("History of the Finances to 1871") through Part II "(Present Working of the Financial System"), this is a detailed look at the complex weave of financial machinations that made up... Read More
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