The Periodicals Collection: Its Purpose and Uses in Libraries
by D.E. Davinson
Elmsford, NY: London House & Maxwell, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1969 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light scuffing at the front panel. Octavo, 212 pgs.
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Bitches in Heat
by Carson Davis
Cleveland: Classics Library, 1968. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1968 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. One tiny mark at the front cover, otherwise almost as new. Pocketbook, "Powerful new case studies of sex-hungry women
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The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
by Charles G. Davis
Salem, Mass: Marine Research Society, 1926. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1926 1st edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper AND, ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE, A DRAWING IN HIS HAND OF AN ATTRACTIVE, OLD SAILING SHIP AT FULL MAST. VG in its original navy-blue cloth. Light soiling to front and back panels but still-tightly bound and well-preserved. Octavo,... Read More
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The Collared Lizard: A Laboratory Guide
by D. Dwight Davis
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1934 1st edition. VG in its clean, dark-green cloth, with fading along the spine. 12mo, 57 pgs.
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John George Jackson
by Dorothy Davis
Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Co, 1976. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1976 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling at the front panel. Thick octavo, 440 pgs., fold-out map.
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Love, Black Love
by George Davis
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1978. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Handsome copy of the 1978 hardback edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light streaking along the rear panel. Octavo, "Love Stories Adapted From Interviews
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Surgical Physiology
by Harry A. Davis
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc (Harper & Row), 1957. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1957 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the gutters) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light foxing along the front fold and a 1 1/2" closed tear at the front panel's top-edge. Still though. a perfectly presentable copy.... Read More
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The Handsome Donkey
by Mary Gould Davis
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1933. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Wonderful 1933 children's tale about "Baldasarre" the "handsome donkey" and his friend "Tedesco", the dachsund. VG in its mustard cloth, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, beautifully illustrated thruout by Emma Brock.THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES 4 ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOS, 2 OF WHICH ARE OF A... Read More
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Racing Reminiscences by Riders of the Past and Present
by Collected by G.S. Davison
Birmingham, UK: The T.T. Special, 1948. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1948 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light spotting to the boards, neat, small name and address at the front free endpaper) in a surprisingly crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of lght creasing along the... Read More
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The Architecture of John Nash
by Terence Davis
London: Studio Books, 1960. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1960 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping --and several very small closed tears-- at the panel edges. Tall quarto, 137 pgs. plus architectural plans.
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Success with Hogs
by Charles Dawson
Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1919. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1928 1st edition, in the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with pronounced chipping at the spine ends, light creasing and soiling to the panels and light foxing at the endsheets. 12mo, 268 pgs. plus publisher's ads. Neat former owner... Read More
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Capital C Is an Error
by Fielding Dawson
Just Buffalo Press, 1979. Original wraps. Fine. Very uncommon 1979 Fielding Dawson offering, limited to 250 copies and SIGNED BY THE POET at the limitation. A pristine single sheet folded in half, with drawing of musician Red Garland and text by Fielding Dawson. Also includes a Fine example of the publisher's envelope.
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on Duberman's Black Mountain & B.H. Friedman's Biography of Jackson Pollock
by Fielding Dawson
1973: The Coach House Press, Toronto. Original wraps. Fine. Uncommon 1973 Fielding Dawson criticism. Published by the Coach House Press of Toronto in undoubtedly very small numbers. Clean and Fine in its stapled, printed beige wrappers. 64mo, setting his sites on Martin Duberman and B.H. Friedman, 2 of the brightest lights in early 70s literary biography.
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Tecwyn: The Last of the Welsh Dragons
by Mary Dawson
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Ingrid Fetz. A very sharp copy of the 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with several inconspicuous spots to the inside of the dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Ingrid Fetz.
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Jose Antonio Navarro:Co-Creator of Texas
by Joseph Martin Dawson
Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1969 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light scuffing at the top-edge of the rear panel. Octavo, 127 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Give 'Em Hell Harry: An Informal Biography of the Terrible Tempered Mr. T.
by E.L. Dayton
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO BOOK'S PUBLISHER(!!), DEVIN GARRITY, on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 250 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Flora of Indiana
by Charles C. Deam
Germany: Verlag Von J. Cramer, 1970. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A handsome copy of the 1970 re-issue, published out of Germany in the series "Reprints of US-Floras" by Verlag Von J. Cramer. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Thick octavo, 1,236 pgs.
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American Painted Furniture 1660-1880
by Dean A. Fales, Jr.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1972 stated 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Quarto, 299 pgs.
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Report on the Atom: What You Should Know About the Atomic Energy Program of the United States
by Gordon Dean
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. AN IMPRESSIVE ASSOCIATION COPY: INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR GORDON DEAN TO FRANK PACE, JR., HARRY TRUMAN'S SECRETARY OF THE WAR (1950-1953). A nice copy to boot of the second--and revised--edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine crown. Octavo, 359... Read More
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Report on the Atom: What You Should Know About the Atomic Energy Program of The United States
by Gordon Dean
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. AN IMPRESSIVE ASSOCIATION COPY: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR GORDON DEAN TO FRANK PACE, JR., HARRY TRUMAN'S SECRTARY OF THE ARMY (1950-53). A solid copy to boot of the 1953 stated first edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 321 pgs. plus index.... Read More
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Dizzy Dean Baseball Dictionary
by John Hanna ("Dizzy") Dean
St. Louis: The Falstaff Brewing Company, 1953. Original wraps. Near Fine. The uncommon January 1953 1st (and almost certainly only) edition of this charming piece of baseball ephemera. A Dizzy Dean baseball dictionary, complete with "Messages to Kids", "Inside Dizzy", "Dizzy's Definitions" and "Dizzy's Dillies". A very sharp copy to boot: clean and Near Fine in its stapled,... Read More
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Adventure with the Frog Duchess
by Margaret Loomis Dean
New York: Carlton Press, Inc, 1976. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1976 1st edition of this uncommon children's fantasy. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel top-edges. Octavo, 47 pgs.
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Metastable Liquids: Concepts and Principles
by Pablo G. Debenedetti
Princeton UIniversity Press, 1996. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1996 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial, laminate boards. Octavo, 411 pgs.
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Grand Central Terminal: City within the City
by Deborah Nevins, ed
The Municipal Art Society of New York, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. A handsome copy of the 1982 1st edition. Bright and VG to VG+ in its original pictorial boards. Quarto, 145 pgs. Introduction by Jackie Kennedy, who was credited more than anyone else with saving Grand Central from the wrecking ball. Lacking the model of Grand Central in the inside... Read More
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Langston HUghes and Roy DeCarava
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An unusually crisp, bright copy of the 1955 stated 1st paperback printing (issued simultaneously with the hardback). Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of scratching and the faintest hint of offsetting/soiling at the front panel. Internally clean as could be, with no... Read More
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