Search Results: Authors starting with D from Sweet Beagle Books

Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects in dust jacket or book. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Includes 6 concept papers and 11 case histories, including, among others, the Japanese beetle, Dutch Elm Disease, the Malaria Mosquito in Brazil, and the Citrus blackfly. This is the first edition, stated. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 296 pages. D7 .

Indianapolis. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science. Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Index, illustrated. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration. Gift quality. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 249 pages. F3 .

Gyldendal. Very Good. 1965. Top page ends are spotted, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . Text is in Danish. . Gyldendals Bibliotek Series. Vol. 47. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 362 pages. T4 .

Secaucus, NJ. Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Thrity ghost stories associated with Christmas. Authors include Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Algernon Blackwood, Hugh Walpole, J. B. Priestley, and many more. 339p. Cover is gilt on green boards. Jacket now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. C5 .

Eerdmans. New in New dust jacket. 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book is unread. . Well-regarded bio of G. K. Chesterton. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 354 pages. B6 .

Harry N. Abrams. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book has no defects and appears unread. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Bright and attractive, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Autobiographical in nature, the text is by Dali, translated from the French. Filled with Dali reproductions. A beautiful, collectible copy of the first printing. Dimensions of the book are 7.5 x 5.7 inches. Book Is Fine, dust jacket is Very Good. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 156 pages. A3 .

Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology. Good. 1884. Hardcover. This is an ex-library book, and the library stamp can be found on many blank pages. A few pages have tears and chips; none affect the text. The book is comprised of two separate and original publications bound together, both having also appeared in Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-'82. It seems that the library itself was responsible for the hardcover binding. The binding is tight and solid; the pages are brittle. . The two publications include many plates and figures. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. E3 .

Lisboa. Lisboa: Simoes, Marques, Santos & C.. Very Good. 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue pebbled cloth with black cloth to spine area. Spine label is red leather with bright gilt titles. Preface and title page are browned and foxed, remaining pages are lightly yellowed. Owner name penned to first endpaper. . This may be a rebinding of the paperback edition. Printed on rather poor quality paper, illustrated with photos. Large fold-out map of the area is attached at back. Text is in Portuguese. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 251 pages. D1 .

Fine Editions Press. Near Fine. 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine quarter-bound book with slightly worn edges to leather spine, embossed with bright gilt titles. Top page ends have flawless gilt. Book has been carefully read. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A handsome copy of a classic sea tale. . Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 415 pages. A3 .

McClelland & Stewart. New in New dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New, no defects of any kind. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 408 pages. A2 .

St. Martins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in NF dust jacket. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Jacket flap has blacked-out price, one-inch scratch on back panel, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Story of the one and only Ava Gardner. Filled with b/w photos. A beautiful copy of the first printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 221 pages. C5 .

I. B. Tauris. Fine. 1987. Softcover. No defects. Books are Fine, appear unread. . The most important documents relating to communism, in Russia and around the world. A must-have for those interested in the history of communism. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 889 pages. J1 .

Columbia University Press. Fine. 1968. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine, no defects, lacking the dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 282 pages. U3 .

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Fine. 1998. 1st Edition. Softcover. No defects. This is a 24-page side-stapled exhibition catalog. . The kiss is illustrated In photographs, paintings, and other art forms found in the collections of the Kinsey Institute. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 24 pages. M1 .

Fondation Dapper. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. No defects, book is As New, lacking the dust jacket. Bound in black cloth with white titles to spine. Former owner is social anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey, and his address label is found on the first endpaper. . Olfert Dapper was a geographical researcher of 17th century Holland. He is considered the first writer to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to his research that avoided ethnocentric views and value judgements about the societies he described. His best known work is Description of Africa, published in 1686 in Amsterdam. The present work describes Dapper's life and work and concludes with a 285 page abridgement of Description of Africa. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings from the original. Text is in French. . Publication Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 375 pages. M0 .

London. London: Minority Rights Group International. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Softcover. Corner bump, no other defects. This is an oversized stapled booklet printed on coated paper (11.8 inches x 8.2 inches). . The MRG reports are intended for academics, lawyers, journalists, development agencies, and governments. They provide the past history and contemporary situation of the group or area, current problems and issues, recommendations, notes, and bibliography. . Minority Rights Group International Report Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 38 pages. M7 .

Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket has minor creasing at extremities of spine, no other defects, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Author provides in-depth studies of the drinking life as well as the literary life of Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway and Eugene O'Neill. Many others could be added to this list, from Edgar Allan Poe to Truman Capote. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 292 pages. F4 .

Indiana Univ Pr. New with no dust jacket. 1986. Softcover. No defects. Book is new and unread. Errata slip is laid in. . Exhibition catalog printed on coated paper in b/w and color, 165 objects in all. A beautiful copy. . Trade PB. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 157 pages. K0 .

G K Hall. Fine. 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects, book is As New, lacking the dust jacket. Signed and inscribed to Jack Wilson on the first endpaper. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 503 pages. L4 .

Quadrangle. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+ book in VG- dust jacket. Jacket is price-clipped with light edgewear and creasing, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has signature and blindstamp of former owner on first endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A selection of lectures, debates and writings by the great Clarence Darrow. Stated First Printing. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 448 pages. H5 .