Search Results: Authors starting with D from Adamstown Books

Breinigsville PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Annual publication contains 4 essays on PA German life. Lead article is on archaeological work at the Ephrata Cloister in the mid-1960's. Also, PA German and Palatinate Dialects; Rachel Bahn, Poetess; Indian Creek Reformed Church. 179 pp. Book Condition : NearFine; no text marks;light wear to cover corners. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Potomac MD: Gita-nagari Press, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited (1,000) edition. Oblong side-stapled softcover w/ wraps, 33 pp. Prose verse detailing the meeting and discipleship between the author and International Society for Krishna Consciousness founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light wear to covers..

Llandysul, Wales: Gwasg Gomer, 1975. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 4to up to 12" tall. Oversize softcover, deep blue printed wraps, 87 pages. Text in multiple languages. Title page has a 6" x 1" area of paper torn from top edge, probably to remove a name. Otherwise pages are clean and bright, no markings, no creases. Cover has scuffing and edge wear. Basic Welsh language instruction for English speakers. Teaches the more common words and phrases needed for everyday conversation using the notional approach with an attempt to link the language with visual stimuli..

London, England: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. Book. Illus. by George Romney. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Short artistic biography of eighteenth century British portrait painter George Romney. Includes 16 beautiful color plates with accompanying thick tissue protective pages. Book Condition : Good-; just starting to separate, binding tape repair has been made; light foxing on many pages; age discoloration to inside covers and free end papers; some light scuffing to covers; spine ends bumped. a.

Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This work examines the symbol of the virgin in a variety of Victorian literary works : Frankenstein, The Woman in White, Dracula, Tess of the Durbervilles. It also examines virginity in the poetry of Coventry Patmore, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Christina Rossetti. Additionally commentary is provided on the social and sexual background of the Victorian period and links gender, discourse, the body, and language. Book Condition : Very Good; press stamp of former owner on title page; no other interior markings; very slight corner cover and edge wear..

New York NY: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback - green cloth with gilt, no dustjacket. 376 pages. First edition. Book Condition : Good; pages are a little aged, clean, unmarked, no tears. Book edges have light soiling and some aging. Cover is clean with light rubbing. Edges have some wear especially at corners and spine ends. Hinges are intact and binding is tight. 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall..

Self published, 1992. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Spiral Bound). Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. Catalog documenting the exhibit of contemporary Baltimore inspired quilts, tops, wall hangings, and block sets shown at the The Great Baltimore Revival Quilt Show held in Jefferson, OR, April 1992. Includes black and white drawings of the quilts. Sixty -one quilts described block-by-block , including: quilt maker, quilter, owner, size of quilt, size of blocks setting, borders, bin dings, backing, techniques, fabrics, pattern sources, awards, and comments by the quilters. Size: 4to up to 12" tall. 150 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Please note : the text and photos are photocopied so contrast on the illustrations is sometimes less than ideal. Book Condition : Very Good; Clean and bright, unmarked, no creases or tears, light wear to cover. No bands or breaks to plastic comb spiral. Clear plastic covers..

New York NY: D & J Salier & Co., 1851. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Possible 1st American Edition from 2nd French Edition. Scarce oversize hardcover w/ 1/4 leather. 749 pp. w/ 11 beautiful b&w full page engravings (various artists including Reubens). French Jesuit priest presents a commentary on the Gospels (text taken from the Catholic Vulgate). Also includes The History of the Acts of the Apostles. Issued by oldest family publisher in the United States. Book Condition : Good-, Ex-Seminary Library; tape repair to spine; bookplate and rubber stamp inside front cover; scattered foxing, light waviness to some pages (likely from humidity); toning to pages facing illustrations; one drawing and one inscription on reverse of two illustration pages; scuffing/chipping to covers, esp. edges and spine ends; catalog labels to bottom spine and right top rear cover; slip on rear free end paper; pocket removed from inside rear cover tearing paper. .

Paris, France: Societe des Beaux-Arts, 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 500 copies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Raphael is a lover's rosary - the parting of the lover, the pursuit, their meeting again..." -introduction. Connoisseur Edition of French Classics, limited, #31 of 500 copies. Burgundy cloth boards, glued paper spine label, no jacket, top edge gilt, deckled edges. xxii, 239 pp. plus color frontis. for the edition and four black and white plates with tissue protectors. Condition: Good, pages lightly toned, wear to corners, especially top corners and top of spine. Lower spine end has a short tear in cloth. Crack in paper at top of inner hinge has crack in paper from top, binding loose at top, but secure at mid to lower hinge..

Rodman Wanamaker, 1926. Book. Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Oblong side-stapled softcover, 19 pp. w/ 2 b&w plates. 5 1/2" x 8". Privately published by owner of the two paintings in 1926. Includes commentary on the paintings and a short biography of the artist.Book Condition : Good; no text marks; issue is creasing, tearing, and edge wear to the outer wraps; light musty smell; light soiling to wraps..

Lancaster PA: Franklin and Marshall College , 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 120 pp. w/ c. 20 b&w photos. Published on the 40th anniversary of women being admitted to F&M in 1969.Relies heavily on interviews with leaders and students who were at F&M during the early 1970's. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light wear along cover edges and spine ends..

New York, NY: G. K. Hall & Co., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a comprehensive reference work, the annotations to the sources are invaluable for anyone researching Barrett Browning. The format is chronological with special notation in bold given to reviews of the works EBB published that year. This bibliography includes the large amount of commentary written in French and Italian. The introduction frames the evolution in scholarly attention paid to EBB. Book Condition : Fine; no internal markings; binding tight. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Bombay, India: India Book House, 1970. Book. Illus. by S. G. Tendulkar. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Small hardback, color-illustrated cover. 104 pages. The Panchatantra, a word that means Five Books, is a collection of wise as witty stories in which most of the characters are animals which think, talk and behave like human beings. They were first written in Sanskrit by some scholars in 200 B.C. after being related by storytellers for about 3,000 years. This book consists of Book 1: The Four Friends and Book 2: The Loss of Friends. Condition: Illustrated by S. G. Tendulkar. Previous owner's name on reverse of front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover has scuffing, light creasing, edge wear, tearing to top of spine. Hardcover.

Edinburgh: Bartholomew & Sin Ltd, 1977. Book. Illus. by Robinson, Joan. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The sovereign line of Great Britain in a pictorial fold-out poster-sized map 32" by 40". "At the top left-hand corner is a selection of ancestors from the Anglo-Saxon, Welsh and Danish background, and arrows lead the eye through the last 9 centuries of the royal line" - from the text. Color-illustrated softcover, folded map glued in. Condition: Very good; slight creases along the spine, mild toning at some folded edges..

New York NY: Robert Speller & Sons, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 2 of this series covers Kennedy and Johnson. Using published interviews, writings, news conferences, Druks examines domestic (e.g. Steel Crisis, War on poverty) and foreign affairs (Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam). Book Condition : Good; discoloration to inside covers and free end papers; text unmarked; slight wear to cover corners and spine ends. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Douglasville, PA: The Church Press, 1926. Book. Good. Soft cover. Centennial Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Centennial souvenir issued in conjuction with the celebration of the Centenary of the Parish. Church history includes the architecture of the missionary work, Church clergy, member memorials. Illustrated with photographs. Size: 8vo up to 9½" tall . 101 pages. Book Condition : Good; Pages are clean, unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover has light soiling, a small mark to front, light creasing, a couple tears to edges and some chipping at top of spine. Rear cover is partly detached (loose from top rear staple)..

Nashville TN: Abingdon Press, 1980. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author on Title Page : " Shalom Bob, Bob Duke." Book Condition : Good-; spine loosening from covers, pages intact; spotting to text block; a few pages with underlining or marginalia. Abingdon Preacher's Library series. Examines five major theological traditions influencing 20th century preaching : Neo-Orthodoxy, Existentialism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism, and Black Liberation. Looks at several prominent theologians and preachers as well : Tillich, Barth, Graham..

Quarryville PA: Fellowship of Solanco Churches, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. History of Churches and Fellowships in Southern Lancaster County Pennsylvania with 75 entries of defunct and existing Churches. Denominations represented include : Amish, Baptist, Lutheran, Mennonite, Presbyterian, and Quakers. Book Condition : Very Good Good; owner's name on front free end paper, no other text marks; slight age toning to some page edges light bumping to spine ends and cover corners. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; light chipping and tearing at spine ends, corners, and edges; creasing to spine.

Modesto CA: Guy L. Dunscomb & Son, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes packet of 18 b&w division maps issued with book. Oversize hardcover, 496 pp. w/ 800 b& w illustrations. 1972 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing. History, both pictorial of the many locomotives, but also textual outlining the many companies that were part of the expansion of the Southern Pacific. Book Condition : Good; no text marks noted, binding slightly relaxed due to eight; a few spots and small stains to text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; small tearing and wear along edges, corners, and spine ends; price clipped. .

Auburn PA: SELF PUBLISHED, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author on limitation page. Oblong Softcover, Limited Edition (#5/570). Steam locomotives and Trains 1891-1956. 65 pp. with rich b&w archival photos of passenger and freight trains; switch engines. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light rubbing to covers..