Illustrated by Lynd Ward
by Dance, Robert
Norwich, VT; New York, NY: Impermanent Press; The Grolier Club, 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 154pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Rust-colored cloth over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine. Top edge trimmed; other edges rough-trimmed. Blue endpapers. Tipped-in frontispiece illustrating Waif Maid. Errata slip laid in. This is the best available reference book on... Read More
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Gamma Knife
by Danieli, Francesca
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press & JGS, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thin square quarto [24 cm] Beige silk cloth over boards with an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. The boards are just a trifle soiled, and the artist's name on the backstrip is rubbed. May require extra postage due to size. One in a... Read More
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Wasatch XXX: A Field Guide
by Daniels, Russel Albert
Utah: Russel Albert Daniels, 2017. First edition. SIGNED: 40pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]; grey wraps with white text on front cover. From author's website: WASATCH XXX: A Field Guide is the first in a series of self published photo zines that concentrates on public land, wilderness, and conservation.
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Tom's Crossing
by Danielewski, Mark Z.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2025. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 1228pp. Octavo [24cm]. Dark blue paper over boards. "Hard to figure how so much awful horror could’ve started out with just them two horses and not a one yet named… While folks still like to focus on the crimes that shocked the small city of Orvop,... Read More
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House of Leaves
by Danielewski, Mark Z.
New York: Pantheon, 2000. Second paperback edition, later printing. Paperback. New/new. 709pp. Octavo [23 cm]; illustrated wraps. The remastered full-color edition of Mark Z. Danielewski's modern classic about a haunted and expanding house, a mad woman, and an eerie manuscript.
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Magic: 1400s-1950s
by Daniel, Noel; Mike Caveney; Ricky Jay; Jim Steinmeyer; et al.
Köln, Germany: Taschen, 2009. Hardcover. New/New. 535pp. Folio [38cm]. Matte black boards with title and ornamentation printed in glossy black. Illustrated dust jacket. Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may apply. "Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been... Read More
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Das Martyrium des Heiligen Sebastian: Ein Mysterium in Fünf Handlungen
by D'Annunzio, Gabriele
Berlin: Erich Reiss Verlag. German language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 207pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan paper over boards with the title in black on the backstrip and front board and brown ink stamped illustration on the front board. Dark red topstain. Fore and bottom edges deckled. Very small chipped loss to foot of backstrip. Subtle moisture stain to... Read More
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One Hundred and One Treasures From the Collections of The William L. Clements Library: A Celebration of Seventy-five Years 1923-1998
by Dann, John C.
Ann Arbor: Clements Library, University of Michigan, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 180pp. Quarto [30 cm] Bluish-gray printed wraps. One of three thousand and two hundred copies printed at the Steinhour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont.
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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by [Hymnal] [Latter-day Saints] [LDS] [Mormon] [From the library of George Henry Dansie]
Salt Lake City, UT: Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Printers and Publishers, 1894. Twenty-first Edition. Leather bound. Good. 464pp. Vigesimoquarto (24mo) [12 cm] Full brown striated leather with decorative gilt ruled borders to boards and backstrip. Title gilt stamped on backstrip (L.D.S. Hymns). All edges gilt. Floral endpapers. Upper front joint neatly dabbed with glue. Loss from... Read More
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The Coriolis Effect
by Danticat, Edwidge
Midnight Paper Sales, 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. SIGNED. Slim duodecimo [19 cm] Blue and gray marbled paper over boards, with a paper title label on the spine. Yapp edges. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. With just a little bit of wear to the extremities. Publisher's prospectus tucked in. Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti... Read More
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Krik? Krak!
by Danticat, Edwidge
New York: Soho, 1995. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 224pp. Small octavo [20 cm] 1/4 blue paper with gray paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket, with general mild rubbing on the surface. The author's second book. Nine powerful tales about life under Haiti's dictatorships. Signed by Danticat on... Read More
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Sunburst Alley: A Pictorial Gallery of the Les Paul 1928-1960
by DaPra, Vic
Anaheim Hills, CA: Centerstream Publishing, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 79pp. Slim quarto [28 cm] Pictorial wraps. With mild scratching and rubbing to the surface of the wraps. "The Sunburst Les Paul is not just a collectors instrument. To me it became a lifestyle that grew into an obsession. In the mid 60's to 70's, this guitar... Read More
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Giotto
by D'Arcais, Francesca Flores
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. 383pp. Folio [33.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards a gilt stamped title on the spine and a blind stamped title on the front cover. Very good. There is a large light moisture stain on the top edge of the front cover. The stain measures 5 inches wide by 2 inches deep. The... Read More
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Kilenge Life and Art: A look at a New Guinea People
by Dark, Philip J. C.
London: Academy Editions, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. 132pp. Quarto [30 cm] Black paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. There is a former owner's blind stamp on the front free endsheet. There is a small label on the inside of the rear... Read More
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Kilenge Life and Art: A look at a New Guinea People
by Dark, Philip J. C.
London: Academy Editions, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. 132pp. Quarto [30 cm] Black paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The free endsheets are very subtly yellowed. There is a small label on the inside of the rear cover. The dust jacket is... Read More
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Image and Maker: An Annual Dedicated to the Consideration of Book Illustration
by Darling, Harold; Peter Neumeyer
La Jolla, California: Green Tiger Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. 56 pp. Octavo [22.2 cm]. Light brown cloth over boards. Title stamped on front board and spine. Tail corners slightly bumped. Illustrated dust jacket is torn in multiple spots on the head. Collection of book illustrations with accompanying essays. "Seventy-two pages of text, numerous black and white... Read More
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Brand Book II: The San Diego Corral The Westerners (Brand Book Number Two)
by Darling, Jim (Editor)
The San Diego Corral of the Westerners, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 197pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark red cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and gilt stamped brand markings on the front board. Ex-library, with just a library bookplate on the front pastedown. Profusely illustrated. Contents: The Southwest Corner; The... Read More
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Egbert
by Darlington, W. A.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1925. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/good. 315pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Rose cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip and front board. The spine ends and corners of the covers show minor wear. The edges of the text block are lightly foxed, more so the top edge. The text block... Read More
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Through the Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein
by Darrow, Sharon; Angela Barrett (Illustrator)
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Unpaginated. Quarto [27.5cm]. Illustrated boards. Spine ends and corners gently bumped. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. "Born to two writers, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley struggled to find her voice. Then, when she was fourteen, she was sent to live with friends of the family, the Baxters. The... Read More
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The Holy Ghost Is Who and What
by Darter, Francis M.
Salt Lake City, UT, 1938. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 19pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Stapled pamphlet wraps. Good. The covers are partially detached. Occasional marginalia in pen. Signed on the last page by Darter. Francis M. Darter was the author of numerous publications.
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The Maze Cutter
by Dashner, James
Akashic Media Enterprises, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 253pp. Octavo [24cm]. 1/4 red paper over gray boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. "Isaac and Sadina are about to go on the adventure of a lifetime. Their island home has been safe from the Flare virus and infected Cranks, but when a ship called The Maze Cutter arrives... Read More
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Be Here Now
by Dass, Ram
San Cristobal, New Mexico: Hanuman Foundation, 1978. Later printing. Paperback. New. 121pp. Square octavo [20.5cm]; blue illustrated wraps.
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The Last Thing He Told Me
by Dave, Laura
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2021. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 306pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Black boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. "Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who... Read More
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Do You Have a Poem Book on E.E. Cummings
by Davenport, Guy
Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1969. First edition. Paperback. [14pp] Octavo [22.5 cm] Pink illustrated wrappers. Near fine.
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The Intelligence of Louis Agassiz: A Speciman Book of Scientific Writings
by Davenport, Guy
Boston: Beacon Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 237pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over blue boards. Near fine/Near fine. Author's first book. Inscribed by the author on the half title.
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