Search Results: Authors starting with D from EDM Book Loft

Los Angeles: Glenneyre Press, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. As New condition paperback. Correct edition & ISBN- diff. cover; Stated First Edition, 1st printing- no note of further ones. Binding tight, bright, clean & square w/ no use. No spine crease or remainder mark; NOT ex library. Text is tight, clean, & UNmarked w/ hint of toning. Great copy. ***Reliable, fast. (102)

Cassell and Company, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Stemberg - Color Frontis. Hardcover/ no DJ, Good+ to VG condition; 409 pages, 9.5 x 7"", color frontis illus., numerous sepia text photos. Appears to be First Edition, year 1932 on half-title page & no note of further printings. Flexible blue cloth hardcover binding tight & square w/ light soil & rubbing, light sunfade to & top edge of covers; 1/8"" fray at top of spine. NO bumps or scuffs. Bright & unblemished oval portrait vignette on front cover. Spine sunfaded to tan, but all gold spine lettering & bands intact & totally legible- a little tarnished. Bright, unmarred gilt top edge of text block. Handsome endpapers w/ soft pink & blue design are clean & bright. Text is tight, clean & unmarked w/ lightest toning. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Still a well preserved copy, displays nicely- esp. front cover w/ portrait.

Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press / Archon Books, 1962. Cloth. As New/Near Fine. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $13.00); New / VG+ condition. Reprint of 1940 Yale Univ. Press edition, 595 pages. DJ is VG to Near Fine; bright w/ lightest use- trace of edge wear & soil.; NO chips, fray or rubbing. Book is As New. Red cloth binding is tight, bright, clean & square w/ no wear. NO bumps, rubs, fray or sun. All gold spine lettering crisp & intact. Endpapers & text are tight, white, clean, unmarked. NO notes, owner names, remainder mark, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- both DJ & book display extremely well. ***Reliable, fast! (6ah)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ, Near Fine++ condition- would be As New, except for owner name inside front cover. Colorful board binding is tight, glossy, clean & square w/ NO wear. NO bumps, rubs, frays or scuffs. Text is tight, white, clean, UNmarked. NO remainder mark, notes, etc.; NOT ex library. Very handsome copy- displays extremely well, appears unread. ***Reliable, fast. (94)

Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2002. Cloth. New/New. Hardcover/ DJ; both New condition. Correct edition, ISBN & cover. DJ is bright, clean & unmarred. NO frays, chips, tears or sun discolor. Black cloth binding is tight, bright, clean & square w/ no wear. NO bumps, frays, rubs or scuffs. All gold spine lettering crisp & intact. Endpapers & text tight, white, clean, unmarked. NO remainder mark, bookplates, owner names, notes, etc.; NOT ex library. Very handsome, well preserved copy- displays extremely well. ***Reliable, fast! (45ah)

New York / Cambridge: Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press, 1871. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ, Good condition; 152 pages, b/w etchings, rough-cut bottom edge of text block, top edge bright gilt. First Edition, c. 1871, same date on title page & no note of further printings Owner name inside front cover. Dark green cloth binding is square w/ light rubbing & edge wear; 1/8 fray/ chip to top & bottom of spine. Gold decoration & lettering on cover & spine bright & intact. Endpapers clean. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ some toning- mostly in margins. NO hinge splits, dogeared pages, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fair. Coypel. Hardcover/ DJ""; Fine/ Fair condition. Stated Limited Edition of 400, handnumbered copy 155. 10 illus. by Coypel, 187 pages, 10"" x 6.25"", rough-cut bottom edge of text block. DJ is Fair- actually only a translucent cellophane protector w/ large piece missing bottom front cover & misc. edge tears & wrinkling. Book is Fine. Binding w/ red cloth covers & black cloth spine & fore-edge is clean & bright w/ little to no wear. Text is tight, clean & unmarked. NO owner names, clean & unmarked. NO owner names, hinge splits, etc.; NOT ex library. Excellent copy of a first-rate edition.

Oppem, Belgium: D-Day Publishing, 2004. First Edition ?. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. Hardcover/ DJ; both VG+ condition. SIGNED & inscribed by author ""To X- Y------, 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Sainte- Mere- Eglise, June, 2004"" (likely First Edition). DJ is VG; bright & clean w/ light use- minor rubbing (mostly rear panel) & edge wear, sm.tear tear to top of spine panel. No fray or sun discolor- DJ still displays well- esp. pictorial front panel. Book is VG+ to Near Fine. Green cloth binding is tight, bright & clean w/ light tilt to spine & bow to covers (heavy, oversize 12"" x 10"" volume). NO bumps, frays, rubs or scuffs. All decoration & lettering crisp & intact. Endpapers & text tight, white, clean, unmarked. NO remainder mark; NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Louis De Wohl. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $2.75); both Near Fine+ to Fine condition. Assume First Edition & 1st printing- c. 1960, same date on title page & no note of further printings. Striking gold pictorial DJ is bright, clean & glossy w/ maybe a trace of edge wear, hint of soil to white back panel. NO chips, tears or sun discolor. Black cloth binding is tight, square, clean, & bright w/ hint of edge wear. Bronze spine lettering crisp & intact. Text & endpapers tight, bright, clean, unmarked. NO hinge splits, owner names or remainder mark; NOT ex library or book club. DJ & book both display extremely well. Very handsome, well preserved copy. ***Reliable, fast! (75)

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Emily McCully. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $4.50); VG/ Good condition. Possible First Edition, c. 1968- no note of further printings & DJ does NOT have book award label on it (does not appear to ever have had one). DJ is Good+ to VG; bright & glossy w/ light soil & edge wear (incl. fray & 3/4 closed tear at top of spine panel), couple v. light flattened old partial wrinkles on front panel (minor- almost missed this). DJ still displays well. Book is VG+ to Fine; tight, bright, clean & square. Full color wrap-around pictorial board binding (replicates DJ art) unmarred- NO bumps, rubs, fray or sun. Text is tight, clean & unmarked; light soil to top edge of text block. NO hinge splits, owner names, notes, etc.; NOT book club or ex library. Very handsome, well preserved copy.

Sauk City, WI: Stanton & Lee, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Signed by Illustrator. Hardcover, DJ; Good/ Fair. Assume First Edition; c. 1945, no note of further printings, same date on title page. 7.25 x 6.5"", unpaginated, illus. endpapers. SIGNED & inscribed in red pencil ""For Bird From Dwig"" by book's illustrator ""Dwig""- on front fixed endpaper. Looks like he also shaded in parts of that page's illustration w/ other colored pencils- a nice personal touch. DJ Fair- would be Good except for large triangular chip (5"" x 4.5"" x 4.5"") extending down from top of blank BACK panel- otherwise light chipping & sm. closed tears at edges, light soil & spine discolor. Illus. FRONT panel still displays well. Illus. board binding is Good to VG w/ light soil, bit of rubbing & toning. No bumps, frays, sun. Text lightly toned; clean & unmarked. A nice copy. ***Reliable & fast! (62)""

G. P. Putnam's Sons / Putnam, 1962. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; VG+ condition. Possibly Early or First book club printing- gutter code L47. Yellow board binding tight, clean & square w/ little to no wear- light sun discolor to spine. NO bumps, fray or scuffs. All black spine lettering crisp & intact. Text is tight, clean & UNmarked w/ trace of toning. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome copy- displays very well. ***Reliable, fast. (31)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ (as issued); Good++ to VG condition. Original 1857 bound edition of 6 monthly issues. Massive volume, 864 pages, 365 b/w illus., 9.75 x 6.25"" x 2"". Includes cutting edge literature (e.g. Dickens- still more ""Little Dorrit"" installments- will it never end?), current events (U.S. & world-wide), history, biography, travel, fashion, humor, science, etc. Samples include: early New England settlers, Alice Maude, Charleston, Alix Thuriot Thorne, the Education of American Women, the Grizzly Bear, siege of Fort Atkinson Kansas, Corsica, Russia, the Gold Region of North Carolina, Java, the Shakers. Brown marbled board covers w/ red leather spine & corners in remarkably good condition- show less than average soil, rubbing, edge & corner wear. NO chips, frays, soft corners, sun discolor, hinge splits or repairs, NOT ex library. Binding is tight & square; gold spine lettering & decoration are crisp & intact- copy… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ (as issued); Good++ to VG condition. Original 1856 edition. Massive volume, 864 pages, 382 b/w illus., 9.75 x 6.25"" x 2"". Includes cutting edge literature (e.g. Dickens-""Little Dorrit"" installments), current events (U.S. & world-wide), history, biography, fashion, humor, science, travel (Virginia, S. American goldfields, Commodore Perry & Japan, etc.), etc. Brown marbled board covers w/ red leather spine & corners in remarkably good condition- show light soil, rubbing, edge & corner wear. NO frays, soft corners, sun discolor or hinge splits, NOT ex library. Binding is tight & square; gold spine lettering & decoration are crisp & intact- copy displays very well. Endpapers toned/ foxed (appears to be from binding glue), title page & text show very little spotting- lightly toned. A few pages w/ dogeared corners- looks like occurred during production. Toning to outside edge of text block- not severe. Text… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Hardcover/ slipcase, both VG+ to Near Fine condition. Stated Limited Edition page following pg. 128; no. 641 of 2387 copies; c. 1934, same year on title page. Tan slipcase w/ paste-on title on spine shows only light rubbing & edge wear, label intact & has inked copy no. No cracks, separation or fray. Original glassine book protector shows some wrinkle & 2 x 3"" corner chip at top right front panel. Cream board binding excellent - tight, bright, clean & square. Gilt spine title & stamped cover decoration unmarred. Attractive old contemporaneous pictorial owner bookplate inside front cover - to me, kind of adds to copy's appeal. Number penned at bottom of inside back cover- minor. Text is tight, bright, clean & unmarked. Top edge of text block bright gilt; side & bottom edges are rough-cut. Great copy- displays very well.

U.S.A.: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ (as issued?); Fine+ to New condition. First Edition & 1st printing per no. line. Dark red cloth binding w/ maroon cloth spine tight, bright, square & clean w/ little to no use. All gold spine lettering & decoration crisp & intact. Endpapers & text are tight, bright, clean & unmarked. NO remainder mark, owner names, hinge splits, etc.; NOT ex library. INCLUDES: distribution letter on the law firm's letterhead re: book's recent publication, dated Sept., 1994; laid-in, as found. Very handsome, well preserved copy- appears unread & displays extremely well. Heavy. oversize volume. ***Reliable, fast! (7ah)

Hannover, Germany: Paul Steegemann Verlag, 1919. Soft Cover. Good. Good++ to VG condition staple-bound softcover pamphlet, unpaginated (14 pages w/ prints+ 6 pgs. adverts & title page), 9 x 6"", 7 b/w prints in body (reverses are blank) + 1 on front cover. Published 1919 per Hathi Trust website. INCLUDES: 2 b/w plates, 8' x 5"" by another artist (similar Expressionist syle- can't make out name in Ger. handwriting- ""Hans Kassenmeister"" ?)- laid in, as found. Covers show light rubbing, some soil & edge wear- none severe (cover print is clean & unmarred, though toned). Light to moderate toning to covers; light toning to interior prints. Staples tight to covers & text. Prints still vibrant & display very well. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ little wear. Well preserved copy.

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Lebegue. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good to possibly VG condition. VOL. 2 ONLY, paged 257- 532. No date, except Paris 1899"" on spine of binding. B/W frontis w/ intact tissue protector & b/w text plates by ""Lebegue""; Top edge of text block gilt, side & bottom edges rough-cut; color floral cloth front cover w/ tan pebble grain leather (?) corners, spine & back cover; gilt spine lettering; marbled endpapers; sewn text block; 9"" x 5.75"". Binding clean & square w/ light edge wear & a bit of spine darkening (pretty minor). Spine lettering intact & totally legible. NO bumps, scuffs or fray. Endpapers clean & unmarked. Scattered tears/ chips to margins of text, where pages were separated- not many & not severe. Text block pulled away from edge of spine, about 1"" deep (on the vertical) at endpapers, but NO hinge splits to endpapers (text & endpapers still firmly attached to each other)- good quality e/p stock. Text bright, clean & unmarked w/ little to… Read More

Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press / SAGE; NSDC National Staff Development Council, 2009. Trade Paperback. Fine+. Fine+ to New condition trade paperback; correct edition & ISBN. Binding glossy, tight, clean & square w/ little to no wear. NO spine crease or remainder mark, NOT ex library. Text is tight, white, clean & UNmarked. Excellent copy. ***Reliable, fast. (34ah)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. H. M. Brock. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $2.00); Near Fine/ Poor. Assume First Edition- only note of printing is date 1930 on title page. 110 pages, b/w illus. by H. M. Brock. DJ Poor: rubbing, soil chips (most of spine gone- rest is separated from back panel); still, it may display decently under mylar. Book, on the other hand, is in Near Fine to Fine condition. Bright orange cloth binding is tight, bright, clean & square- basically unmarred, except for v. small corner bump on back cover & maybe just a trace of edge wear. NO soil, sun, rubs or frays. All black lettering & decoration (incl. diamond vignette of girl w/ cat, on front) are totally crisp, bright & intact. Copy displays extremely well. Endpapers v. lightly toned. Text is tight, clean & UNmarked w/ little to no toning. Overall, little evidence of handling. Excellent- handsome, very well preserved copy (discounting DJ). ***Reliable, fast! (5)