MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
by Dickens, Charles. Cattermole, George and Halbot Browne
London: Chapman and HAll, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Rebinding copy. first edition. Three volumes, covers detached and backstrips perished. Internals quiet nice. Vol 1, 1850; Vols II and III 1841. Original wrappers absent.
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THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS EDITED BY HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER IN TWO VOLUMES
by (Dickens, Charles). Hogarth, Georgina and Mary "Mamie" Dickens. (Perugini, Katherine)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. Second Edition - Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Very Good +. WITH DEDICATEE'S INSCRIPTION. 8vo, olive, crushed full-leather, gilt device and gilt single-ruled front cover , raised bands and gilt on spine, decorated dentelles, aeg. Volume I: 1833 - 1856; Volume II, 1857-1870. Dickens's eldest daughter, Mary Dickens, known as Mamie, and Dickens's sister-in-law Georgina... Read More
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, early issue: "sister" corrected from visitor; "letter" instead of letter. Half leather likely late 19thC binding. Spine heavily scuffed. Internals quiet nice. Dicken's third book.
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LITTLE DORRIT
by Dickens, Charles. Browne, H. K. (plates by)
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition in book form. Backstrip separating, so a rebinding copy. 8vo, worn half leather over marbleized boards, xvi, 625 (1) , 40 plates. Copy observes first issue points - 3 line errata at xiv, William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27, "Rigaud' for "Blandois' pages 467-474, B2... Read More
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POEMS 1957 -1967 (2 items)
by Dickey, James
Weslayan CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A nice pairing of the first edition and its "miniature preview edition" of 500 copies, both published by Wesleyan University Press in 1967. The trade edition is in as new condition, signed by Dickey on the free front endpaper. The miniature edition, also as new, is housed... Read More
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False Youth Four Seasons
by Dickey, James
Dallas: Pressworks Publishing, 1983. Limited. Hardcover. Almost As New/No Jacket. #12 of 226 copies. Laid in card "Compliments of the Author & Publisher
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Helmets
by Dickey, James
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1964. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed on front page by author in blue ink. A collection of poetry, the American poet's first book to be published in Britain.
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Two Poems of the Air
by DICKEY, James
Portland: Centicore, Portland, 1964, 1964. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Issued without Dustjacket. Fine copy. SIGNED BY DICKEY and calligrapher Monic Moeley Pincus. #277/300 copies.
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The American Wonderland: The Pacific Northwest
by Dickinson, A. J., P. S. Eustis, & A. B. Smith (Passenger Traffic Managers)
Chicago: The Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR; The Northern Pacific Ry.; The Great Northern Ry. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. Scarce. Covers lightly toned, a few smudges at spine and cover edges. Previous owner signature lower right corner front cover. Black & white photographs throughout.
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Nicolas Tarkhoff
by Diehl, Gaston
Géneve: Edition Petit Palais, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. In French and English. An apparently unused copy, fine in dustjacket that is clipped for about half-inch at top of spine else near fine in black-cloth covered slipcase. Errata sheet laid-in.
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YANKEES vs DODGERS 1956 WORLD SERIES OFFICIAL PROGRAM w/ Game 5 ticket stub
by (New York Yankees) (Brooklyn Dodgers) (Don Larsen) (Mickey Mantle) (Casey Stengel) (Yogi Bera) (Joe DiMaggio)
NY, 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Program for the famous 1956 "Subway Series" between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The series went 7 games, with the Yanks routing the Dodgers in the seventh game. Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 were played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; Games 3, 4, 5 at Yankee... Read More
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MONSIEUR AND MADAME
by Dimock, Edwin. Glackens, Louis
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Whimsical book introducing children to gender usage and basic words in French language. From dustjacket: " A series of over 70 comical illustrations, with accompany verses that bring to life all the nouns that one uses in ordinary (French) conversation." Blue linen with color title pastedown front. Leaves... Read More
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DISFARMER: THE HEBER SPRINGS PORTRAITS 1939 - 1945
by Disfarmer, Mike (photographs of). Scully, Julia (text). Miller, Peter (editor)
Danbury NH: Addison House, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+/NF-. Photographer MikeFarmer's photographs of the local folk of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Inscribed by the publisher on the half-title: "Too bad that the artist is not alive to sign this so you will just have to accept mine. Addison" Disfarmer (1884-1959) was best known for his portraits of everyday... Read More
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FROM START TO FINISH . HOW MUCH MONEY IS WASTED
by IBM Office Products Division
IBM Office Products Division, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Sales catalogue, undated, c 1966, for IBM office equipment which can make the office run more economical. Stiff paper, 9"x 12", printed covers, stapled spine, 10 pages, one double fold out, chronicling the route of a memo through an office system and the specific IBM office product... Read More
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TONGUES OF THE DOBIE
by Dobiem Frank J.
Boston: Little Brown, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking Dustjacket. Solid clean copy, lacking dustjacket with bookplate on ffe.
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Alexander Dobkin's Travel Sketchbook
by Dobkin, Alexander
NY Crown 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Fine in pictorial dw. Unpaginated. DEDICATEE'S COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DOBKIN WITH AN ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE DEDICATION SKETCH ON FFE, dated NY Sept 23 (19)66. Selected drawings f rom 8 of Dobkin's travel books or picture diaries. Dobkins dedicates the book to friends and family and on decication... Read More
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ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY IRV DOCKTOR FOR ARTICLE IN REDBOOK MAGAZINE April 1950
by Docktor, Irv (artist)
No Binding. Very Good. An original illustration, designed to wrap-around text, by prolific commercial artist Irv Docktor for an article entitled "A Faith for Young Americans" by Roland Gammon in the April 1950 issue of Redbook Magazine. On thick artist paper, approx 10.25x13.5" in watercolor and black ink. Richly colored in hues of brown, sienna and black, with... Read More
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ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY IRV DOCKTOR FOR THE MUSICAL"IT AIN'T NOTHIN'' BUT THE BLUES
by Docktor, Irv (artist)
No Binding. Very Good. An original watercolor illustration of the two principal performers in the Broadway musical "It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" by prolific commercial artist Irv Docktor. Measures approximately 9x12", signed by Docktor lower right corner 1999, 7/10, and lettered by him in brown paint with the names of the lead performers - Gertha Boston and... Read More
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THE CANTERBURY SCHOOL OF ILLUMINATION 1066-1200
by Dodwell, C. R.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Solid clean copy, 4to, buckram binding. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. BOOK ARTS.
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The Anatomical Works of George Stubbs
by Doherty, Terence
London: Secker & Warburg, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Fine -/Near Fine. just a smidge of foxing to a prelim, dw a bit rubbed but else fine, no previous owner markings.
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Chronotopes & Dioramas
by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (art of). Cooke, Lynne; Vila-Matas, Enrique; Morrow, Bradford (text by)
NY: Dia Art Foundation, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As new, still shrink-wrapped.
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Puerto Rican Cook Book
by Dooley, Eliza Bellows King
Richmond VA: Dietz Press, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Uncommon first edition, brown and tan pictorial cloth in dustjacket with same pictorial, 8vo, x (4) 174 (1), illustrated by author, with index. Solidly bound book, some light spotting here and there in text. Soiled dustjacket heavily chipped about edges, with an inch of loss spine head. ... Read More
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Confucianism And Taouism
by Sir Robert K. Douglas
London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition, 8vo, mustard-color cloth stamped in gilt, 8vo, 287 (4), 3-panel foldout map frontispiece, 4-page pub list in rear. Covers a wee soiled, more so at spine, solid clean copy, very nicely preserved.
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ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by Doyle, A. Conan. (Carpenter, William Henry)
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1892. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First US edition. 8vo, light blue cloth over boards, with dark blue "GORDIUS NODUS" emblem on front cover. Gilt title and black lantern motif on spine. Ownership name in period cursive on ffe: "H. W. Carpenter, June 1893." All 16 plates are present. This is most likely... Read More
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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
by Doyle, A. Conan
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First US Edition. Red Cloth. VG-/No Dj. Cover darkened. Corners gently worn, spine ends slightly rubbed. Silver title at spine rather faded. Text clean, binding tight. Period bookplate on pastedown.
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