Search Results: Authors starting with D from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

New York: Golden Press, 1971. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Giannini. New York: Golden Press, 1971. Second printing. 12 x 10 1/2 inches: pp. 60. Glossy pictorial covers with black, red and purple type. Rubbing to extremities. Sticker residue to upper corner of front cover, some wear, soiling to covers in general. Small crack at bottom front hinge. Previous owner's name to top of front pastedown. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. 60 pp. of colorful, positive, still-innocently frolicsome adventures of a puppy and a kitty.

Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 2018. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 2018. 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 144. Dark green and yellow green illustrated cardboard covers with dark green, black, and yellow green type. With glossary. Forward by Jorge Cervantes. Light corner wear, bumping. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

Camarillo, CA: Davenport's Art Reference, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Camarillo, CA: Davenport's Art Reference, 1994. NINTH EDITION. 1997/98 Edition. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches: Each letter section page numbered individually. Blue lettering on spines and front of white boards. A - J, Vol. I, K - Z, Vol. 2. Bibliography at the rear of each volume. 175,000 Artists. Minor smudging, rubbing and soiling to extremities. Lower spine caps creased. Volume 2 has a tear in the cloth at the bottom edge of spine, about 2". Fairly clean, bright, tight. Additional postage may be required. The comprehensive and authoritative book on iinternational artists providing auction dates, prices plus biographical data for over 175,000 artists.

New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Roberts, David. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1996. First edition. 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches: pp. 272. White illustrated and photographic dust jacket with black and red type. Light brown cloth with gold gilt type. Lavishly illustrated with color illustrations, reproductions of Roberts' lithographs, and photographs. Light edge and corner wear to dust jacket. One small tear at upper edge of spine near join with front panel. Edge and corner wear to boards. Upper corner and bottom edge of front board are bumped. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1968. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xii, 302. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white and orange type - original sketch for the scenery of FALL RIVER LEGEND by Oliver Smith. Red cloth boards with black gilt type and titles in pink box. With index, numerous photographs. Dust jacket has edge wear, several closed tears of various sizes, some chipping, creasing, and a small bit of abrasive damage at the bottom of spine area. Name written on inside flap of dust jacket and on upper edge of first white recto page. Boards have edge wear, some rubbing. Smll bit of soiling on foot of pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Choreographer Agnes de Mille's personal account of the creation of her ballet, FALL RIVER LEGEND, based on the grizzly Lizzie Borden hatchet murders in Fall River, Massachusetts.

San Berbardino, CA, 2013. Paperback. VERY GOOD PLUS. Thin paperback book, with unnumbered pages. Black covers with yellow lettering. This is a story about a man who makes it big as a hypnotist. Front cover slightly curls out.

New York: Berkley Books, 1983. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Berkley Books, 1983. 11th printing. 7 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 249. Black illustrated cardboard covers with red, white and yellow type. Light edge and corner wear, creasing at spine. Some page toning. A few pencil and pen underlining, markings. Binding solid. Philip K. Dick's classic and mindblowing alternative history novel where Nazi Germany and the Japanese won World War II.

New York: D. A. P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: D.A. P. / Distributed, Art Publishers, 2005. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. viii, 308. Black and white lettering to red jacket. Black lettering to spine of crimson, cloth-covered boards. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Numerous black and white illustrations. Includes twelve essays, with notes, contributors, index and photographic credits. Dust jacket has light edge and corner wear, sticker on back panel. Light bumping on bottom edges of boards. Text is unmarked. Clean, tight, bright. National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. The studies of artists and concepts in this volume present Dada as a prodigiously creative avant-garde that coheres, for all its diversity, around a radical reinvention of the nature of the art object.

Boston, Mass: Oliver Ditson Company, 1888. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Good. Boston, MA: Oliver Diston Company, 1888. 8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 112. Illustrated paper-covered boards with black binding and black type.. Boards have edge wear, rubbing, some corner bumping. Black cloth binding is torn at spine. Paper covered cover is chipped at edges. Stamp inside front cover. Some pencil notes on free facing end page. Pages are toned, but unmarked. Binding solid. Begins with notes on the Harmonic . Method, The Staff-Notation Method, and Terms of Expression, followed by the "Melodious Exercises and Songs." About 130+ songs, being "a collection of the best songs that could be gathered from many sources...adapted to school, home or kindergarten...arranged so that the teacher can accompany with piano or organ; or the piece may be sung without any instrumental assistance...the cream of children's songs... The aim has been to provide sweet melodies and good words for the children to sing at home or… Read More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1931. First edition. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches: 20 pages text, plus 208 full page black and white plates of gardens, mostly in Santa Barbara, Montecito and Pasadena. Green cloth with cover title and decoration in gold gilt, spine titles in brown. No dust jacket. Corners bumped, fading and discoloration to cloth, especially spine, as is usually noted with this title. Interior clean with light even age toning. Binding strong.

Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2006. 12 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches: pp. 207. Black photographic paper dust jacket with gray, yellow and white type. Black cloth with embossed titles on front board and spine. With glossary and index. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Light shelf wear and slight scuffing to dust jacket. Light bump to upper corner of front board. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Full leather. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xxvi, 764. This Easton Press Limited edition is bound in black-color, genuine leather with elegant 22-karat gold accents. Gilt lettering on classic hubbed spines of two raised bands dividing three panels. All edges gilt to protect against dust and moisture. Rich light brown-colored moire endpapers, and sewn-in silk ribbon book mark. Pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface. Some light scuffing on gilt on all edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "A definive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincet Starrett, and illustrated with a selective colation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others." Contains A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Adventures… Read More

No place: Self Published, no date. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Stephen Miller. 59 pages. Text drawings. No date [1986]. Stiff wraps with green titles and decoration on front. Some light soiling and general wear. Light creasing. Interior clean, unmarked, binding tight. Forest animals escape an evil king, build a boat and discover a new forest to live happily ever after.

Japan: Times Mirror Books, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Japan: Times Mirror Books, 1987. 12 x 9 1/4 inches: pp. 364. White photographic paper dust jacket with red and blue type. Dark blue cloth boards with engraved titles on front panel and engraved titles in white on spine. Illustrated with numerous pictures of beads, people wearing beads, maps related to beads, and a foldout illustration visually depicting the history of beads on a timeline. Dust jacket has some very minor wear to top front corner, and some minor staining. Previous owners book plate to front free endpaper. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.