Search Results: Authors starting with D from Mount Hope Books

B. E. Daley. 1998. Fine; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Bound in green cloth; gilt lettering & design. Topics include: The Second Parish, Just Kids, Bits of History, Bits of Business, Nostalgia, Local Tales, Graduates, Civil War Letters, Patriots (deceased veterans from Revolution through Vietnam and cemetery location if buried in town), and Index. Bright clean cloth cover, firmly bound, sharp corners. Interior crisp, clean, unmarked. Issued without jacket. .

Palgrave Macmilland. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; First edition, first printing. Fine book, appears unread. Tight binding, crisp clean unmarked pages. In Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf rubbing on front panel. .

R. L. Dartt. 1972. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 82 page hardcover, bound in blue cloth (possibly rebound from the orginal paperback). An addendum to the 1969 G. A. Henty: A Bibliography, with various changes and additions from additional research, by the same author. Includes addenda and other changes; additions concerning Blackie and Scribner imprints, chronology, publishers and pirate editions, US reprints, paperbacks, Canadian editions, and more. In Very Good condition, light rubbing on edges of cover. Firm binding, sharp corners. Pages crisp and clean; no names or markings. No dust jacket if issued with one. .

Doubleday. 1958. Fourth Printing. Fine in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Beautiful boldly illustrated book; early printing with $3.50 price on jacket flap. About Fine book, a reinforced "Doubleday Prebound Edition"; 55 pages, pictorial cover. 23 color illustrations, many black & white. Not a first printing, but if you are a D' Aulaire collector, this 4th printing with immaculate pages may suit your fancy. In bright clean dust jacket with edge wear and shallow chips & tears; one longer tear (1" +) mended with tape on underside. .

Hart (Hartford Areas Rally Together). 1995. Near Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pp. bound in pictorial wraps. Community organizing and political empowerment in the neighborhoods of Hartford Connecticut in the 70s, 80s and 90s, through the work of Hartford Areas Rally Together. Bright, crisp, tight book. Trace of wear along spine. Else Fine. No names or markings. .

Parkstone. 2009. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 543 pages, glossy pictorial boards; 1000 color images of Buddha depicted in works of art from various regions of the world. Sections include: The Life of the Buddha; India, Sri Lanka & Central Asia; Thailand and Southeast Asia; Himalayan Countries; China; Korea and Japan; Appendix; Bibliography . Very Good book with moderate wear head of spine & front joint; solid binding, crisp unmarked pages. Very Good dust jacket, wear at head of spine & top edge; moderate shelf rubbing. .

Routledge. 1998. Very Good; Softcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 211 pages, in wraps. Fine but for mild bump near base of spine. Crisp, clean, tight, unmarked. Appears unread. .

James Doyle Davison. 1996. Very Good+; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; SIGNED by the author. 120 pages, wraps. Tight, crisp. Minor spot of soil on back cover. History, genealogy of William Chipman of Pleasant Valley, Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia. ; Signed by Author .

Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1940. early printing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1940, but not a first, price of $2.75 on jacket (first editions show $2.00 on flap). 90 pages, bound in tblue washable cloth with yellow stamped lettering ; pictorial endpapers. Near Fine book, bright, clean cover, firmly bound, minor rubbing to extremities. Pages very clean, bright, unmarked. Hint of foxing on top edge of text block. Very Good dust jacket shows light rubbing on edges, small abrasion on back panel. .

Biblioteca John Carter Brown; Academia Nacional de la Historia. 2000. Limited Edition. Fine; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Numbered copy 390 of 800 in this edition presented with compliments of the John Carter Brown Librarian. 135 pages, black quarter cloth with brown cloth boards. Illustrated with map, portrait. Crisp, clean, tight and unmarked. About Fine. No dust jacket or slipcase (if distributed with either).Exploration of Venezuelan coast near Trinidad and Tobago. .

DeVito Enterprises. 1964. First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; SIGNED by author on dedication page. Limited edition -- No. 1027 of 1500 copies printed. 71 pages, bound in navy blue cloth. Erratum slip laid-in. Fold-out map with locations of 125 timbered bridges in Connecticut. Index of bridges by county and town. Bright clean cover, sharp corners; modest wear at spine ends. Interior clean; light yellowing on edges of pages. Jacket with light rubbing top edge; 2" cut near edge of spine; minor tanning back panel. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Author .

Privately Issued. 1914. First Edition. Very Good+; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 469 pages, bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Catlogue of 4,902 members, from 1639-1914, with index. Clean, tight cover, sharp corners. Front hinge a bit stretched. Front endpapers tanned (offset from old newspaper clippings); pages clean, unmarked, mildly age-toned. The church was formed in 1639 with seven 'pillars', most of whom migrated to other areas in the next decades: Theophilus Eaton, John Davenport, Robert Newman, Matthew Gilbert, Thomas Fugill (excommunicated!), John Punderson, and Jeremy Dixon. Notations of interest to genealogist and historians are comments 'dismissed' and the year and in many cases where the member resettled. The first woman mentioned is Mary (Henry) Brown, admitted in 1638, removed, with her husband, to England in 1647. The last members mentioned in the book were admitted in 1914: Milton W. Burt, James Smith Hemingway, Jr., Myron… Read More

Vanguard Press. 1953. First Edition. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; [36] pages in yellow cloth-backed pictorial cover. Bright, clean cover; light edge wear. Solid binding, sharp corners. Pages clean, bright, unmarked; endpapers slightly darkened. Price-clipped jacket; tears & chipping on edges, long tear on edge of spine. .

Tyitonidae Publications. 1994. Near Fine; Softcover; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Eldora, Iowas; First two issues of Tractor Digest. Premier Issue Spring 1994 : Tractor Production John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works 1923-1960, month by month record of production. 83 pages, in pictorial wraps, stapled binding. No. 2 Issue Summer 1994: Photo documentary of Manufacturing the New Generation at Waterloo, including Models 3010, 4010, 5010, and 8010. 95 pages, pictorial wraps, over 50 b & w photos. Premier issue Very Good (minor crease at top corner of cover), No 2 Issue -- Fine, unblemished.. .

Windham Historical Society. 1974. Reprint. Very Good; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Facsimile reprint. 611 pages, green hardcover. Solid binding, though top of spine slightly concave, corners sharp. Edges of text block lightly tanned. Interior clean, bright, unmarked. Contents include establishment of the township, early settlers, Indian troubles, military affairs, churches, division of lands, schools, Revolution, War of 1812, industry and trade, Civil War ("rebellion"), early homes, and a large section on genealogy. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Modern Library. Reprint. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 471 pp. bound in pale green cloth; green title blocks, gilt lettering; green topstain; grey & white Rockwell Kent endpapers. 1932 copyright. Dust jacket listing 362 titles; price-clipped; circa 1950-55. Nice bright book, Near Fine, cloth softened at spine ends; tightly bound, crisp pages, no markings. Very Good Dust Jacket darkened on spine; shallow chipping at spine ends (piece of tape on underside), wear at tops of flap folds. .

John Cross Anyogu. 1967. Very Good; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Port Harcourt ; 48 pages, in stapled wraps. Very Good book with minor edge wear; rust on staples. Minor dimpling on back cover. Pages clean, unmarked. .

Ohio State University Press. 2007. First Printing. Fine; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 175 pages; bound in glossy pictorial cover. Appears as new; crisp, clean, tight, unmarked. Published without dust jacket. .