![On the Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/723/067/1572067723.0.m.jpg)
On the Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life]
by Darwin, Charles; Darwin, Charles G
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Shore, R.; Landacre, Paul. An exceptional copy. 1976 Full-Leather. xxx, 470 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes a new preface by Charles G. Darwin, a color frontispiece portrait of Darwin by R. Shore,... Read More
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 1: 1821-1836
by Darwin, Charles
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. Page ridge soiled. 1985 Hard Cover. xxix, 702 pp. Family tree on endpapers. This volume inaugurates a complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's letters are available, edited according... Read More
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Selected Stories of Alphonse Daudet
by Daudet, Alphonse; Fluck, Edward J
Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Story Classics, 1951. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Smith, Jacob Getlar. Limited edition, #2175 of 3000 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase and original clear acetate jacket. Spine faded, slipcase edge along opening toned. 1951 Hard Cover. 172 pp. Illustrations by Jacob Getlar Smith. A collection of short stories by the French novelist best known... Read More
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Alphonse Daudet Six Volume Set: Thirty Years of Paris and of My Literary Life; Artists' Wives; Jack; Kings in Exile; Robert Helmont: Diary of a Recluse, 1870-1871; Tartarin of Tarscon: Traveller, 'Turk,' and Lion-Hunter
by Daudet, Alphonse; Ensor, Laura; Bartow, E
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1892. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Bieler, Montegut, Myrbach, Picard, Rossi, Conconi. Thirty Years of Paris Volume: Spine cocked, front joint starting, stained. Light general wear to other volumes. 1892 Hard Cover. Six volume set. Top page ridges gilt. About the author: "Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) was a French... Read More
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![La Belle Nivernaise: The Story of an Old Boat and Her Crew (Cosy Corner Series) [English Text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/518/107/1462107518.0.m.jpg)
La Belle Nivernaise: The Story of an Old Boat and Her Crew (Cosy Corner Series) [English Text]
by Daudet, Alphonse; Routledge, Robert (Translator)
Boston: Joseph Knight, 1896. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Montegut. Reissue. Minor wear to corners, spine toned, ink name on front endpaper. 1896 Hard Cover. 92 pp. Five pages of publisher ads follow text. Translated into English from the original French by Robert Routledge. Frontispiece and woodcut illustrations by Montegut. Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 ... Read More
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Abraham Lincoln
by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. Reprint. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 8x5x0. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. 1957 printing. Lacks jacket. Edges rubbed with corners exposed, spine slightly discolored, interior clean and unmarked, 1 inch closed tear to base of title page. Unpaginated. Color illustrated paper over hardcover boards, illustrated endpapers, beautiful lithographed color... Read More
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Abraham Lincoln
by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Reprint of 1957 reissue (jacket references authors winning 1970 Regina Medal). Near fine in very good jacket. 1/2 inch chip from jacket spine head, jacket spine a bit faded, minor wear to corners, jacket price clipped. Binding tight and... Read More
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Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850 (Critical Histories Series)
by Daunton, Martin; Halpern, Rick; Ludden, David
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. First U.S. printing (originally published by University College London). Minor blemish along top edge. 1999 Trade Paperback. xii, 400 pp. Much has been written about the forging of a British identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The process, unconfined to the British Isles, ran... Read More
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Bewitched
by D'Aurevilly, J. Barbey; Willcox, Louise Collier; Boyd, Ernest
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition. Spine lightly toned, minor wear to corners, flaps from absent jacket laid in. 1928 Hard Cover. 276 pp. Translated from the French by Louise Collier Willcox. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. English translation of L'Ensorcelee, a novel set in... Read More
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A New Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of North America and the West Indies, Containing I.--A General Description of North America; II.--A General Description of the United States; the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States; III.--A Description of All the States, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Forts, Seas, Harbors, Capes, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Rail-roads, Mountains, &c. Connected with North America; with the Extent, Boundaries and Natural Productions of Each State; the Bearing and Distance of Remarkable Places from Each Other and of Each From the City of Washington with the Population According to the Census of 1830. Containing Likewise Many Tables Relating to the Commerce, Population, Revenue Debt, and Various Institutions of the United States. Compiled from the Most Recent and Authentic Sources. A New Edition with Alterations and Additions
by Davenport, Bishop
Philadelphia: B. Davenport & Co, 1838. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1838 printing, a revised and expanded edition of the 1832 edition. Different editions of this title include significantly different maps, and the version published by Davenport in Philadelphia seems to include only one map, while the Baltimore edition published by George M'Dowell & Son has two. Rebacked... Read More
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Davenport's Demon Series, Latest Catalogue, 1946: On Top of the World for Magic
by L. Davenport & Co
London: L. Davenport & Co, 1946. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Wrappers and pages lightly toned. 1946 Stapled Binding. 48 pp. An advertising catalog for the British dealer in magic tricks and other items useful for performing magicians and hobbyists.
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Damnation Spring: A Novel
by Davidson, Ash
New York: Scribner, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2021 Hard Cover. 445 pp. Author's first book. Colleen and Rich Gundersen are raising their young son, Chub, on the rugged California coast. It's 1977, and life in this Pacific Northwest logging town isn't what it used to be.... Read More
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Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America - with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaves, and Two Illegal Royal Weddings (Early American Histories)
by David, James Corbett
Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. First edition. An excellent copy. 2013 Hard Cover. viii, 270 pp. Dunmore's New World tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world.... Read More
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Farm Machinery and Farm Motors
by Davidson, J. Brownlee; Chase, Leon Wilson
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1916. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jacket. Spine, rear board and base soiled; pencil name and notes on endpapers. 1916 Hard Cover. vi, 513 pp. Black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Part I. Introduction; Definitions and Mechanical Principles; Transmission of Power; Materials and the Strength of Materials; Tillage Machinery; Tillage Machinery (Continued); Seeding Machinery; Harvesting... Read More
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Cats Rule the Earth Tarot: 78 Card Deck and Guidebook for the Feline-Obsessed
by Davidson, Catherine
Abrams Image, 2022. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x8. Correa, Thiago. New. Still in shrink wrap. 2022 Hard Cover. 160 pp. This 78-card tarot deck and guidebook is cat themed, combining ancient mysticism from tarot reader and writer Catherine Davidson with feline illustrations by Thiago Correa. This tarot deck and guidebook set is ideal for anyone seeking the knowledge... Read More
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Jean Harlow: Hollywood Comet
by Davies, Dentner
London: Constable, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Good in very good jacket. Mottled spotting on boards, jacket and pages lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to front jacket corner with a couple associated light creases. 1937 Hard Cover. v, [1], 153 pp. A biography of the original 'blonde bombshell' who had a successful film... Read More
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![Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. James Davies, Radnor, O. [The Biography of the Late Rev. James Davies, Radnor, OH] [WELSH TEXT]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/427/429/1608429427.0.m.jpg)
Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. James Davies, Radnor, O. [The Biography of the Late Rev. James Davies, Radnor, OH] [WELSH TEXT]
by Davies, James; Griffiths, G
Utica, New York: T.J. Griffiths, 1785. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor surface tears to boards, front hinge starting, pencil note on front paste-down endpaper. 1785 Hard Cover. 222 pp. Welsh text. James Davies (1767' – 16 May 1860) was a Welsh Baptist minister from Clydey, Pembrokeshire. As a boy he attended school in Carmarthen, and services at... Read More
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Ultimate Power: The History of Military Aircraft, Includes Panoramic Gatefolds
by Davies, John
UK: Chiltern Publishing, 2017. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12x10x1. First UK edition. Minor general wear. 2017 Large Hardcover. 191 pp. Since the dawn of aerial combat, from the earliest days over the battlefields of World War One, armed forces have competed to develop technologically superior fighter planes. The stunning photographs in this gloriously illustrated... Read More
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Arts and Craft of South America
by Davies, Lucy; Fini, Mo
San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1994. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9x0x10. First printing. Top corner of rear cover creased. 1994 Soft Cover. 160 pp. In this informative and spectacularly photographed volume, Mo Fini and Lucy Davies have drawn upon their extensive research into the traditional handicrafts of South America and the artisans who create them. Combining... Read More
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The Toltecs: Until the Fall of Tula (The Civilization of the American Indian Series, Volume 144)
by Davies, Nigel
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x5x1. First edition. Jacket lightly toned. 1977 Hard Cover. xviii, 533 pp. Black-and-white photographic plates of Chichen Itza, relics, other sites. "Uses archaeological records and documentary sources to chronicle the history of the Mesoamerican culture from the fall of Teotihuacan to the rise and collapse... Read More
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Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw
by Davies, Norman
New York: Penguin Books, 2005. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. 3rd printing. Minor wear to corners. 2005 Trade Paperback. xxiv, 752 pp. Includes three sections of black-and-white photographs. One of the most dramatic and shameful episodes in World War II was the doomed Warsaw uprising of 1944 - an uprising that failed because the Allies betrayed... Read More
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Elizabethan's Errant: The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons, As Well in the Dutch Wars as in Muscovy, Morocco, Persia, Spain, and the Indies
by Davies, D.W
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed, top edge lightly foxed. 1967 Hard Cover. xv, 337 pp. Sir Thomas Shirley (1564 - c. 1634) was an English soldier, adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between... Read More
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Miracle on 34th Street: A Twentieth Century 'Christmas Carol' (903)
by Davies, Valentine
New York: Pocket Books Inc, 1952. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 7x5x0. Banbery, Frederick E. 2nd printing. Ink name inside, otherwise an excellent copy. 1952 Mass Market Paperback. 116, [2] pp. Cover art and title page and chapter heading illustrations by Frederick E. Banbery. Inspiration for two films. "This best selling novella is based on the... Read More
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Miracle on 34th Street
by Davies, Valentine
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x0. Book club edition. No jacket. Spine and boards faded, ink name on front endpaper. 1947 Hard Cover. 120 pp. "This best selling novella is based on the story he wrote for the film of the same name. The story deals with a disillusioned... Read More
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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci: Definitive Edition in One Volume
by Da Vinci, Leonardo; MacCurdy, Edward
New York: Konecky & Konecky, 2002. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x2. 1 inch closed tear to rear jacket corner, corners a bit bruised, ink gift note on front endpaper. 2002 Hard Cover. 1180 pp. "The remarkable record of the workings of what many consider to be the greatest human mind that history has ever witnessed. The... Read More
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