The Case of the Plastic Man
by Donavan, John (pseud. for Nigel Morland)
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, spine slightly turned, some soiling to top of the text block; the jacket is moderately edgeworn, lightly soiled on the rear panel, with tiny bits of paper loss at a couple of corners, a couple of small internal... Read More
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Case of the Violet Smoke
by Donavan, John (pseud. for Nigel Morland)
New York: Mystery House. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1940. First American Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, slight exposure of board at one bottom corner, two tape-residue marks on each pastedown; the jacket is edgeworn, with some very shallow paper loss along the top edge, a couple of short closed tears, several small internal tape-repairs,... Read More
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Chalice
by Doner, Mary Frances
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. (c.1940). First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, with light shelfwear only; the jacket is edgeworn, with a bit of creasing, tears at a couple of spine corners (with just a bit of paper loss), and a long split at the lower rear flapfold with a ... Read More
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![The Holocaust in American Film [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/435/552/1045552435.0.m.jpg)
The Holocaust in American Film [*SIGNED*]
by Doneson, Judith E.
Philadelphia/New York/Jerusalem: The Jewish Publication Society. Fine in Fine dj. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0827602812 . [lovely clean copy (except for author inscription), with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "An investigation into the ways in which specific films influenced and reflected the... Read More
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The Ginger Man; A Play; with an Introduction, What They Did in Dublin
by Donleavy, J.P.
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1961). First Edition. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear to bottom edge, otherwise a nice clean tight copy; jacket a little edgeworn, small hole in rear panel, an even smaller hole at the rear hinge, light browning to spine]. Donleavy's play, based on his novel, which was a big... Read More
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Faulty Ground [*SIGNED*]
by Donnelly, Gabrielle
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. [slight yellowing of pages at top edge and fore-edge]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Susan Barnes, resilient, reserved and so terribly British, decides to take an extended trip to visit her cousin, Joanna, in Los Angeles...[the novel] explores the... Read More
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Days Beyond Recall [*SIGNED*]
by Dooley, Roger B.
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, mild bumping to the lower corners; the jacket shows just minor wear and itsy-bitsy paper loss at several corners]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "September 28, 1949 / For Bacon Collamore -- /... Read More
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Flashback
by Dooley, Roger
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. /Crime Club. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate wear at extremities, spine turned; jacket shows some wear corners, small tears with minor paper loss at top of spine, a little wrinkling at base of spine]. Mystery novel concerning a staff writer for a film... Read More
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The Bible in Pictures: The Dramatic Events of the Old and New Testaments Presented in All of Gustave Doré's Unforgettable Drawings
by Doré, Gustave
New York: William H. Wise & Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. 1939 (c.1934). Later Printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear to bottom edges of book, modest age-toning to fore-edge and lower edge of text block (top edge has black topstain); the jacket is age-toned, and has had quite a bit of internal tape-repair/reinforcement and paper and... Read More
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![How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic ["new enlarged & corrected edition"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/544/203/1316203544.0.m.jpg)
How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic ["new enlarged & corrected edition"]
by Dorfman, Ariel, and Armand Mattelart (translated by David Kunzle)
New York: International General (I.G. Editions, Inc.). Near Fine. 1991 (c.1975). Corrected & Enlarged Fourth Printing. Softcover. [light spotting and minor creasing to front cover]. Trade PB (B&W comic book reproductions) The classic Marxist interpretation of the comic books put out worldwide under the Disney brand, with a particular focus on the money-grubbing adventures of Uncle Scrooge,... Read More
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The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds
by Dorfman, Ariel
New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good+. (c.1983). First Edition. Softcover. 0394714865 . [short diagonal crease at top right-hand corner of front cover, otherwise just light handling wear; text is clean, binding solid]. Trade PB The author "explores the hidden political and social messages behind the smiling faces" that populate comic books and other forms of popular ... Read More
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![Saul Bass [with *SIGNED* card, laid-in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/385/1686385122.0.m.jpg)
Saul Bass [with *SIGNED* card, laid-in]
by Dorfsman, Louis, and Martin Scorsese (texts)
Tokyo: Ginza Graphic Gallery. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued, but with paper wrap-around band] [very slightly bumped at top of spine and at lower rear corner, otherwise as-new]. (World Graphic Design, 10) Series (color and B&W art reproductions, photographs) This lovely little book (measuring 5-1/4" x 7-1/2") presents... Read More
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The Beginners' Book in French; With Humorous Illustrations
by Doriot, Sophie
Boston: Ginn & Company. Good. (c.1886). Unstated edition. Hardcover. (paper-covered boards; no dust jacket) [wear to extremities (exposure of boards at all corners), modest external soiling, slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, one-time owner's address label on front endpaper, piece torn away from edge of rear endpaper]. (B&W drawings) From the "Preface, and... Read More
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Above and Below
by Dorthy, R.D. (pseud. for Richard Derek and Dorothy Charques)
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. [1930]. First American Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [good solid clean book, light shelfwear to bottom edge, vintage price sticker (from San Francisco department store The White House) on rear pastedown; jacket lightly worn along top edge, spine a teensy bit darkened]. "The time encompassed... Read More
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Manhattan Transfer
by Dos Passos, John
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1926 (c.1925). 5th printing (B-A). Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [quite a nice-looking copy, in illustrated paper-covered boards, lightly rubbed, with some shelfwear to the lower edges but otherwise a good solid ... Read More
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Airways, Inc.
by Dos Passos, John
New York: The Macaulay Company. Very Good. (c.1928). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn book, slight bumping at most corners but generally a good sound copy, some light soiling/discoloration to covers, one-time owner's signature in blue ink at top of ffep; binding is firm, text unmarked]. The second of only three plays written by... Read More
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Alfred Hitchcock
by Douchet, Jean
Paris: Editions de l'Herne. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean lightly-worn copy with mild age-toning to covers, short diagonal crease at bottom corner of rear cover]. (L'Herne-Cinema, No. 1) Series (B&W photographs) French-language monograph on Hitchcock and his work, primarily concentrated on VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, PSYCHO, and THE BIRDS. .
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![Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/551/1360551538.0.m.jpg)
Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning [*SIGNED*]
by Douglas, Kirk
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1997). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [no significant wear to either book or jacket, the latter downgraded only because of the price-clipping]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED boldly (no inscription) by the author on the front endpaper. "With the siimple power and astonishing candor that made his 1988 autobiography... Read More
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![The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/256/1361256623.0.m.jpg)
The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography [*SIGNED*]
by Douglas, Kirk
New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1988). 6th printing. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear to book, light age-toning to edges of text block; jacket slighly dog-eared at top of spine, a touch of scuffing to the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED briefly ("To _____") and SIGNED by the author on the title page.... Read More
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![The Gift [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/626/256/1361256626.0.m.jpg)
The Gift [*SIGNED*]
by Douglas, Kirk
New York: Warner Books. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight copy with no discernible wear, appears unread; jacket is very nice, with just a touch of surface rubbing and a short (1/2") scrape mark across the front hinge]. INSCRIBED briefly and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "For _____... Read More
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![Dance with the Devil [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/056/738/1360738056.0.m.jpg)
Dance with the Devil [*SIGNED*]
by Douglas, Kirk
New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1990). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy with no discernible wear; jacket is a bit scuffed on the rear panel]. INSCRIBED briefly ("To _____") and SIGNED by the legendary actor/author on the title page. The first of the actor's three novels -- a Hollywood novel,... Read More
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Dark Glory
by Dow, Dorothy
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. [decent, solidly bound book, light soiling and minor fading to cloth covers, two previous owners' signatures on ffep; jacket worn at all extremities, a bit soiled, various small edge-tears, spine browned/discolored with a large chunk missing at top of spine (entire title... Read More
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![Under Western Skies (January 1980) [cover: Texas Guinan]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/662/713/1392713662.0.m.jpg)
Under Western Skies (January 1980) [cover: Texas Guinan]
by (Downey, Linda and Ron, eds.)
Clearwater FL: The World of Yesterday. Very Good. 1980. (No. 9). Magazine. [light soiling/staining to covers, diagonal wrinkle (binding flaw) at upper left corner of front cover]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Nostalgia-oriented publication devoted to Western films. In this issue: an article about entertainer/actress Texas Guinan; a feature about the "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted"... Read More
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Robert Downey's Chafed Elbows
by Downey, Robert
New York: Lancer Books (75-027). Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. [nice tight copy, moderate external wear, short diagonal crease at bottom right of front cover, modest age-toning to pages]. Mass Market PB (B&W photgraphs) Heavily photo-illustrated screenplay for Downey's underground feature, made on a $12,000 budget, which is described as "a rampage through New... Read More
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The Life and Work of Errol Flynn: A Psychoanalytical Biography
by Dramov, B.
Bloomington IN: AuthorHouse. Near Fine. 2005. Unstated edition. Softcover. [faint handling wear only]. Trade PB "Everyone thought they knew Errol Flynn, but they didn't. He was a complicated man who camouflaged his true self from the outside world and only through some of his own writing could one glean the type of person he really was... Read More
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