Search Results: Authors starting with D from Gilt Edge Books

London: Collins, 1969. 222 pp (+1) Stevenson is best known for her family novels but with this book she has given her readers something a little bit different. It opens with a mystery...D.E. Stevenson's mother was a cousin of Earl Roberts of Kandahar and her father was a first cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. Price-clipped DJ has one short closed tear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. The second Gooseyplum book - the gang goes into battle! Who are the gang? Gus Gooseyplum.... Claude Kittenpillar.... Riki Rabbit and Tommy Tortoise (who never gets left behind). The text is greatly enhanced with the delightful drawings of Aileen Forbes-Boyd. Green cloth boards. Gilt pictorial stamped decoration to front board panel. Gilt title print to spine. Front endpapers make a two page map spread: "The Village of Duckpond-In-The-Dip". Rear endpapers of another two-page map titled: "Mountains Dangerous - Keep away!'. A well-illustrated, price-intact dust jacket. No ownership markings within.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. This novel set in the grim real world of the streets where crime is committed, and in Police Headquarters, where crime takes second place to politics and career-making. " Man With A Gun " is a most compelling book. Robert Daley - himself a former Deputy Commissioner of the N.Y. Police Department - has gathered a cast of stunningly believable characters! A very clean square copy, this book carries a remainder mark. Jacket is bright and very good.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Parker Brothers, 1984. A Parker Brothers Story Book. Pictures by Maryann Cocca-Leffer. With the help of Rachel Marie, Ottis Lee and Rebecca Ruby come to appreciate each other's differences and become friends. Gift inscription to copyright page. Book in collectible condition...bright and clean.. ISBN: 0-910313-27-X. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. Bullies-Fiction + Maryann Cocca-Leffler-Illustrator + Cabbage Patch Kids-Illustrated Series + A Parker Brothers Story Book +. Catalogs: Children's Illustrated.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 270 pp includes appendix and index.Here for the first time, is the only inside account of the head-line making, precedent-setting trial in which General Ariel Sharon sued " Time" magazine, for a "blood libel" and was vindicated. Gift inscription to ffep, remainder mark to bottom edge. Green boards, red cloth spine with silver print. Price intact photo dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto: Random House, 1993. 192pp. includes index. Illustrated with b/w photos. The author combines accessible science with shrewd social, economic and political observation. This is also an adventure story, revealing something of the exhilaration and excitement of life at the ends of the earth- with a serious core of concern for the large issues that humanity will increasingly have to address as we advance towards the third millennium. Price-intact photographic dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York: Doubleday, 1991. . "Rising Like The Tucson" is a darkly hilarious tale of love, death and real estate in the absurdist theatre of the Vietnam War. Teal boards, black cloth spine with copper lettering. Price intact jacket, illustration by Dick Krepel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers (c.1982) Gordon G.Darkenwald....Rutgers University - Sharan B. Merriam....Northern Illinois University. Combined preface of both authors. This book is meant to help graduate students and professionals in adult education and related fields understand more fully the contexts of practice and the concepts and perspectives that are essential to informed professional work. It is intended to serve as a textbook for an introductory course as well as a professional reference work. The chapters include a general introduction to adult education as a field of study and professional practice, and indepth treatments of the philosophy of adult education, the adult learner, participation in adult education, agencies and programs, the international dimension of the field, and current problems and issues. The book concludes with an 'index of names', followed by 'index of subjects'. A handsome bright book with the feel and look of newness.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1985. Bowring starts with the solid fundamentals. If you are a beginner or are experienced and want to improve, stick with Bowring. He goes beyond the basics on every subject he covers. You'll enjoy learning at the elbow of a mentor who not only knows his subject but also passes it along with such clarity, good humor and inspiration. Illustrated with line drawings by Brad Long and numerous b/w photos. Photo-illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Jacket photo by Steve Maslowski. A bright handsome copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Book Club Edition. "Too Strong For Fantasy" - a personal record of music, literature and politics in America and Europe over half a century. This is a fascinating book, vivid, reflective, wide ranging, embracing New York in the early 1900's and Chechoslovakia in crisis after WWII...and much, much more. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine, gilt title lettering, black endpapers. Bookplate to fep, name and descriptive note on "Memories" written on prelim. A clean, square copy in a nice bright dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982. What this book is about is to show how careless policies in Canada over-rewarded the multinationals and why it is so important that Canadians, at a minimum manage to reach the target of 50 percent control of production revenues by 1990. A bright clean copy in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Family Farm has undergone radical changes during the last century. With a lively, informative text by David Densmore and ninety pen and ink drawings, this book looks closely at how farming has evolved. The weekend farmer as well as the general reader will find a wealth of insight and information in both the illustrations and the text. The extraordinary drawings in the book are full-page works of art from four fine artists: George Richard, Kary Suronen, Loise Taylor and Martha Robinson. Seasons of Change applauds the accomplishments and agricultural traditions of farm life in Canada. Introduction, List of Illustrations, List of References and Index provided. Gift inscription to ffep. An extremely bright, handsome copy.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978. The full-scale biography - compassionate, intimate, and revealing - to devote itself to Pat Nixon's own success story - her struggles, her tragedies, and her triumphs. The book covers her youth and early independence, Richard Nixon's courtship and their early happy years of marriage, the crucial role she played in his political career, her unswerving loyality during Watergate, and her present life with the lonely man who has been humiliated as have been few other political leaders in American history. Section of photographs is present. Bookplate to ffep. Name to prelim. Book clean and bright in a price-clipped photo dust jacket.. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Thames And Hudson Ltd, 1984. Edited by David Shaw-Smith with 440 illustrations, 125 in color. Photographs by David Shaw-Smith. Drawings by Sally Shaw-Smith. Foreword by Justin Keating. This extraordinary book offers in it contents ten thematic sections - Textiles - Stonework - Woodwork - Leather - Metalwork - Pottery - Glassware - Candle Making - Fly Tying - Willow,Rush, Straw, and Rural Life. We are introduced to the practice (with step-by-step descriptions and other guidance on how skills are excercised) , the history and the people. For in these pages you will be able to join the craftsmen and women who keep the old crafts alive. What beautiful lace designs! A map, about the contributors, suggested further reading list, places to visit and index has been provided. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A vey attractive copy which promises to please.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Werner Laurie, 1972. The author tells the stories of many famous ballets. In outlining the plot-sequence behind the stylised actions of the dancers, she explains the underlying symbolism in each ballet and shows how effective the creative combination of movement, grouping, decor and choreography can be. The book contains an index giving details of the source of each story and information about the composer, as well as the date and place of the first performance of each ballet. Black cloth boards with silver print to spine. No owner markings. Dust Jacket bright.. Ninth Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Wolfville ,Nova Scotia: Nova Scarcity Enterprises, 1982. Illustrated card covers. A novel in handwritten diary form. The diary of Catherine Thallman whose family moved from Connecticut to Nova Scotia in 1759. A sequel to "Hot Tongue, Cold Shoulder". Illustrated throughout by Jean Hancock. Cover design and calligraphy by Debora Young, Handwritten by Neva R. Schofield. An immaculate copy.. ISBN: 0-9690973-1-X. First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Jean Hancock Illustrator + Nova Scotia Fiction + Nova Scotia Author + Canadiana.

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. (c.1977) Book Club Edition. 'Loose Change' is about three women and what happened to them during a unique and turbulent decade in America.....the 1960's. It is written by someone who was there...Sara Davidson. It is also about the political and social ferment of the sixties.... the back to nature movement, John and Robert Kennedy, sit-ins and be-ins, Haight Ashbury, the Summer of Love in New York's East Village, mini-skirts, draftcard and bra burning, Woodstock and Altamont, the sexual revolution, the women's movement. B/w photographs present that reflect the events of that period. A generous list of illustrations provided. They are all here: Hell's Angels, Robert Kennedy Assassination, Black Panthers, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Mick Jagger, etc, etc. Bright orange boards, black spine. No ownership markings. A very nice clean and bright book in an illustrated dust jacket by Ron Becker.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Toronto: A Douglas Gibson Book. McClelland & Stewart, 1996. As close to an autobiography as we can ever expect, this collection of reminiscences, speeches, book reviews, paradies, and essays tells us a great deal about the writer and the man. The introductions to each of the twenty-four chapters add further biographical details, followed by tantalizing fragments from Davies own unpublished diary. Robertson Davies was without a doubt one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters. The contents of this book were planned and selected by the author and publisher before Robertson's death. The book was published a year later.Gift note to ffep. Price-intact photo dust jacket. A bright copy.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. November 1985. Illustrated card wraps. Oblong format. Another fabulous edition of the Sunday comics, collected from his terrific bestsellers! This unpaginated third treasury is all in full color. A nice, bright glossy copy with no ownership markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Published for the Government of Newfoundland By Brunswick Press, 1960. Oblong format. A history of Newfoundland up to the first decade of Confederation. Foreword is a Statement of Policy by Joseph R.Smallwood, Premier of Newfoundland. Illustrated with numerous colour photos, many full-page. This book has an historical significance as the record of the first years of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Joseph R Smallwood + Newfoundland History + Politics + Confederation + NOISBN. Catalogs: Maritime Provinces.