Search Results: Authors starting with D from JB Books

New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. Ex-Library. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition (stated). A woman's nostalgic memoir of her upbringing on a country farm in the early twentieth-century in Virginia, describing farm life, her parents and siblings, their neighbors, a fire burning down the farm in 1930 and their rebuilding it a year later, her sister's death, much more. Softcover, 273pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Novel of a strong and passionate woman unexpectedly challenged by a mysterious inheritance and the bitter family legacy she must struggle to overcome - possibly at the cost of the man she loves. Hardcover with dust jacket, 395pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exley Giftbooks, 1993. Book. Near New. Soft cover. Former Owner Bookplate. Fifth Printing. A nice collection of science projects that children between five and ten years old can make at home, fun and easy to learn and do, with some light parental supervision. Softcover, 47pp. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exley Giftbooks, 1993. Book. Near New. Soft cover. Former Owner Bookplate. Fourth Printing.. A nice collection of projects that children between five and ten years old can make at home, for parties and other fun group events, easy to learn and do, with some light parental supervision. Softcover, 47pp. Former owner inscription and bookplate. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exley Giftbooks, 1993. Book. Near New. Soft cover. Former Owner Bookplate. Fourth Printing.. A nice collection of projects using materials drawn from the natural world around us, that children between five and ten years old can make at home, fun and easy to learn and do, with some light parental supervision. Softcover, 47pp. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exley Giftbooks, 1993. Book. Near New. Soft cover. Former Owner Bookplate. Fourth Printing.. A nice collection of projects using leftover or 'junk' materials, that children between five and ten years old can make at home, fun and easy to learn and do, with some light parental supervision. Softcover, 47pp. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exley Giftbooks, 1993. Book. Near New. Soft cover. Former Owner Bookplate. Fourth Printing.. A nice collection of projects for making presents that children between five and ten years old can make at home, fun and easy to learn and do, with some light parental supervision. Softcover, 47pp. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vintage Books : Random House, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition (stated). An inside portrait of Japan's exotic and mysterious Geisha culture, the author both fluent in Japanese and the only Westerner ever to have trained as a Geisha herself. Has much information on their daily lives, dress, traditions and practices, and the complexities of their services to Japan's affluent male elite. Softcover, contains illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, indexed, 347pp. A nice copy with only a few light signs of use. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Del Rey : Ballantine Books, 1998. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of space warriors touching down on the planet of Aquamarine, facing danger and death for a high priestess and her force of scientists - but needing to forge peace between humans and a fierce alien race. Softcover, 358pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Del Rey Books / Ballantine, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of the further adventures of the famous character of the popular and acclaimed 'Star Wars' film series. Hardcover with dust jacket, 180pp., d.j. shows light edgewear with one two-inch closed tear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ace Fantasy Books, 1986. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Fantasy novel: King Thalion gives his crown to the court yester who becomes Sagamore the Shrewd who begat King Vespin the Sneaky who begat King Valgus the Brutal, father of. and a senile but powerful wizard gets involved in it all. Softcover, 232pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading ocpy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Greenhill Books, 2001. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A history of the Crimean War, as drawn from both historical events and the letters of a British officer who served there, reflecting the conditions, excitement, poor leadership, divided commands, bad sanitation and medical care, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, illustrations, appendix, glossary, chronology, bibliography, indexed, 320pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1993. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of the futuristic rivalry between 'Black' and 'White' regiments, each with different tasks and challenges. Softcover, 352pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1986. Book. Good-. Soft cover. Second Printing.. Sci-fi novel: a pair of political refugess stranded on the galaxy's most barbaric planet - pursued by Thought-Police enforcers and 11th century Earth warriors. Softcover, 245pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1987. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of the Federation Empire - oppressive, dictatorial, merciless, expanding everywhere - but rebel forces getting better at fighting for freedom. Softcover, 280pp., book shows light wear to spine. A nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Leisure Books, 1996. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Two western novels in one, of love and danger in Tombstone, and a mysterious package landing a cowboy deep in trouble. Softcover, 171pp., book shows moderate general wear and a marking to front cover. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Leisure Books, 1996. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition (thus).. Two western novels in one, 'Buckskin' fighting cattle thieves and a hot lovin' hellcat, and fighting bushwhackers determined to hang his hide while also dealing with hot-blooded beauties with other ideas on how to use his hide. Softcover, 174pp., book shows mild general wear, spine lean. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Ace Books, 1991. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of a deadly and fast-hidding menace in space, once thought to be the product of myth - and Commander Kelly having to lead his StarHawks to deal with the threat. Softcover, 203pp, books shows mild wear along spine. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Hyperion, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. The inside story of New York and American politics by a the seasoned veteran Italian-American Senator from New York State. Has much interesting information on the wide variety of national and international personages he worked with and came to know well; contains glossy illustrations, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 357pp., d.j. shows very slight edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Gambit, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition. A presentation of early American history and its themes and events in the form of a series of pieces of dramatic lyric poetry, readable, filled with pride, lust, greed, spirit, more, evocing the times and its people in this work of a lifetime by the writer-scholar author. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 253pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.