Search Results: Authors starting with D from Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

Andover MA: Mark Newman, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original binding quarter learther, marbelized boards, front board loose. 12mo, 68p. Presentation inscription of author Rev. Daggett on ffe. We could find no copies on OCLC.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First UK edition of 1967, six years after its first publication in the US in 1961. Pictorial laminated boards. Short open slit at bottom of front gutter and upper rear too. Some peeling of laminate, and some light foxing to endpapers. Solid binding, absent any ownership marks.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An apparently unread copy, fine in near fine, unclipped dustjacket. The short story in the titlle was the basis for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film of the same title, directed by Wes Anderson.

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. 1st Edition Limitd. Hardcover. Fine. Number 5 of 50 copies, signed by Dahlberg, apparently unread in publisher's glassine wrapper, which is toned and partially separated at front fold.

NY: Random House, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/NF. Neat gift inscription half title, and price-slipped dj, otherwise an apparently unused copy.

London: The Nurseryman & Seedsman, 1934. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dj. Spine ends and cover corners gently bumped. Very small closed tear at center of spine. Binding tight, text clean. Solid copy.

London: 'The Bazaar' Office, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. undated, likely 1885 (from date in catalog in rear) and assumed perhaps second edition (first 1879/80?) that Dalziel later comprehensively expanded into a 3 volume work published in 1897. Publisher's mauve cloth, decorated in gilt, with silver title front, front cover and spine faded to light brown, professionally rebacked with worn spine missing some cloth laid back down, original yellow polished endpapers, beveled edges, aeg, vii + 495 + 32p L. Upcott Gill catalog No. 1 dated 1885. Copiously illustrated with ethings of dog breeds, internals near fine. We could find only 2 copies of this edition on OCLC. Provenance: from the library of American industrialist W. R. Grace (1832-1904) and first Roman Catholic Mayor of New York City, with his bookplate front pastedown.

London: Willaim Heinemann, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking Dustjacket. Pub green cloth, gilt title front and spine, 194p + 58p pub list. Laid in are two, one page TNS and three ALS from Dane to American author and PEN International board member, Rita Halle Kleeman.

London: L. Reeve & Co, 1926. First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Fine -/Near Fine -. An apparently unused copy. Corners shelf-bumped. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. In scarce (and fragile) brown printed dw minor chips at some corners. xxiv + 335p w/ index. Illustrated by the author w/ 16 lithos, 8 chromos. The superior copy.

Hanover NH: Dartmouth College, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, half cloth, 28 pages, in original glassine (chipped) signed by both new Dartmouth President Dickey and retiring President Hopkins on the ffe.

London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Ltd, 1923. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Uncoomon one act play by publisher Darton with practical theatre instruction by Rutherston. 8vo, French-style paper covers, 61 (1), printed at the Chaucer Press, sides untrrimmed. Inscribed by Darton on the ffe; " With the Author's compliments, best wishes of the season, and thanks for encouraging the sale of a more ambitiuos work. F. J. Harvey Darton. Christmas 1923" Covers faded about edges and more at spine which shows some loss. Internals near fine.

Dobbs Ferry NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing, apparently unread/ unused book. Neat owner name and address on pastedown hidden by dustjacket flap.

Paris: Didier, 1873. First Edition. Half Leather. VG+. Bound in black half leather,raised bands, marbelized boards. Solid copy.

Akron: Saalfield, 1939. Presumed First or Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Scott, Janet Laura. Nicely preserved copy of a very fragile book sledom seen with dw. Light wear to edges of book, dw worn with large chips missinghere and there at edges - moistly on rear panel. Still, a presentable copy.

NY: The Grenfell Press, 1983. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to, 34pp, quarter green morocco spine gilt, with pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Guy Davenport and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. The slightest abrasion to the leather spine with the slightest wear on one corner and top of spine. Internals as new. #104 of 115 numbered copies (125 copies total), signed by Guy Davenport and dated 22 October 1983 on the colophon.

NY: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Fine book in dustjacket that is moderately soiled, heavily worn at folds and obviously chipped at corners and spine ends. Clean internals. Solid binding. Great recipes, which is what the book is really about. Gift inscription verso ffe. CUISINE COOKERY COOKING DINING FOOD WINE.

Edinburgh: Silvester Doig and William Anderson, Sterling, 1792. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volumes complete, uniformly bound in early 19thC mottled calf, gilt and red and green labels to spines. Front cover volume 1 hinge slightly revealed but holding. Notes dated 1799 in black ink on the ffe and blanlk prelims volume 1. Internals quite nice. Uncommonly found as a set and in uniform condition. DRAMA.

NY: Grossman Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Strand, Paul (photography by). Most uncommon of teh Paul Strand titles. Very good copy in very good dustjacket, with discrete private school stamps in a few spots and library bookplate.

NY: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in either publisher's deluxe or special custom binding. Crimson cloth, gilt-pressed titles spine in clam-shell box of grey cloth w/ crushed leatehr crimson spine w/ gilt titles. A handsome production.

Paris: Jean Mariette, 1720. 3/4 Morroco, Marbleized Board. VG. Two volumes in original mottled calf: the end of the rear board of volume 1 has been expertly recovered with dyed calf to match corners, polished to blend in. Some reveal to hinge volume 1 and wear to the raised bands, gilt compartments on both volumes, cords partially revealed and holding. Internals unfoxed, clean crisp plates and text. In volume 1 there is a shaved edge to rear leaves resulting in shallow loss to last bundle of chairs at midsection outer margins not affecting text block or plate. A very nice unspohisticated copy. Volume 1: frontispiece + title + 4 + 3 + 13 + 6 + 8 + 40 + 4 w/ double plate + xii w/ 3 plates + 355 w/ 103 plates some double page or foldout . Volume 2: frontispeice + title + (357 - 920)p.