Search Results: Titles starting with D from Dividing Line Books

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 216pp. First edition. Brown cloth, black spine titles. Light shelfwear & bumping at spine ends, else near fine with former owner's name inked on front free endpaper. Very good (+) "$2.75" dust jacket has a few short closed tears, creases, and small portions of loss at spine ends, tips, and along top of rear panel. A young adult novel about the daughter of a famous dancer struggling to fit in at her new dancing school in England. Shares a setting and characters with several of White's other books, including "The Ballet School Mystery," and "New Girls at Ballet School." A nice copy.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. xi+425pp, indexed. First edition. Inscribed by the author to a former owner on the half-title; also signed by the author on the title page. Mustard cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Light fading to green endpapers, one spot of soiling to textblock fore-edge, else fine. Near fine, price-clipped jacket shows light wear along top edge, with a couple of very short closed tears at head of spine.

St. Paul, MN: Detour Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Inscribed copy of this experimental novel by the American writer and artist Johanna Drucker (b. 1952), noted particularly for her artists' books and critical writings. St. Paul: Detour Press, 1995. 122pp.; illus. 8vo. Perfect-bound in glossy illustrated wraps. Very good or better, with light bumping to top corners, with mild attendant creases to textblock. Signed and inscribed by Drucker on the half-title.

NY: Key Publishing Co., 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of the French writer and jazz promotor's pseudonymous novel of interracial vengeance in the American South, originally published in 1946 under the title "J'irai cracher sur vos tombes," and basis for the 1959 French film of the same name, during the premier of which Vian suffered a fatal heart-attack while rising to vent his disdain. An immediate best-seller in France, "J'irai..." was promoted as the work of a Black American author (the same "Vernon Sullivan" used here) with Vian spuriously credited as translator. In order to abet that story and further capitalize on the book's unlikely success, an English-language version titled "I Shall Spit on Your Graves" was published in Paris in 1948, translated, to the best of our knowledge, by Vian himself, who also penned a new introduction representing the text as the previously unpublished source of his… Read More

Minot, ND: Minot Women's Collective, 1971. [120]pp; illus. 8vo; printed purple wraps bound with black plastic comb. Light crease to bottom front cover, else fine. Weekly planner produced by this second-wave feminist collective, publisher of the North Dakota Women's Liberation Newsletter. Calendar pages are faced variously with poems, drawings, and photographs, some apparently original and others compiled (and reset) from various sources, including Woman to Woman, Twin Cities Newsletter, Hysteria, etc. A scarce document, unrecorded in OCLC, and notable for its attractive layout and frequently caustic sense of humor.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book club edition of this account of an outbreak of convulsive ergotism in a French village in 1951. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Book club edition. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. 309pp., indexed. Blue cloth; gilt spine lettering; dust jacket. Some foxing to the deckled fore-edge. Light dust soiling to textblock top. Jacket moderately edgeworn, with some mild damp-staining along bottom edge of rear panel. Very good in a very good jacket.

NY: Grove Press, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo. 79pp. Gray cloth; red spine titles; dust jacket. Mild toning to edges of boards, light dust soiling textblock top. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with soiling and toning along top edge. Though unmarked, this copy from the library of poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).

Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographic reprint of the American detective novel, generally acknowledged as the first by a woman, originally published serially in 1866 and in book form in 1867. With an introduction by Michele Slung. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Reprint edition. Octavo, 8-1/4 x 5-5/8 in. ix, vi, 308pp. Light shelf wear. Else about fine in a very good jacket with a 1" closed split to top of front flap hinge, light tattering along top edge. A title in the Gregg Press Mystery Series, edited by Otto Penzler.

NY: Random House, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. NY: Random House, 1961. First edition. 458pp.; index. 8vo. Black and red "brick" cloth boards; spine lettered in gilt and red; red topstain; dust jacket. Ownership inscription penned on ffep. Else fine in a very good (+) jacket with short closed tears and related lateral creasing to at base of front panel. N.B. this copy with "Kiplinger Book Club Edition" stamped at head of rear flap, though otherwise all first edition points are present: "First Printing" on copyright page, "$5.95" price on front flap, etc. Nice copy of this timeless critique of American urban planning. Far from revitalizing inner cities, Jacobs argues, modernist urban planners from Le Corbusier to Robert Moses in fact hastened cities' decline in service of a decentralized suburban ideal. Coming at the height of the "white flight" era, Jacobs' book staked out a radical and influential position in defense of the… Read More

Charleston, WV: Parchment Gallery Graphics, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Signed copy of this collection of 30 black-and-white reproductions of Baraka's mixed-media artworks ("painted poems") dating back to the 1950s. Issued, according to the introduction, in an edition of 450 copies, on the occasion of an exhibit of Baraka's work at the University of Charleston on November 7, 1996. Charleston, WV: Parchment Gallery Graphics, 1996. Saddle-stapled in printed white wraps, 10-7/8 x 8-3/8 in. [36] pp. SIGNED on the title page by Baraka, who has also corrected the misspelling of his middle name (substituting an "m" for the "n" in "Imanu"). With a full-color print of the cover image (10 x 7-5/8 in.) tipped onto front cover verso. Fine condition.

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of this "Double D Western" about a town's attempts to depose their long-tenured sheriff; basis for the 1969 film adaptation of the same name. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. 162pp. Black cloth boards, gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. Faint foxing to endpapers and base of textblock. Else near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$3.95"), with a small chip at base of rear panel, light general rubbing and soiling. Jacket design by William Clancy.

London: The Favil Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. 7.5" x 5"; 15pp.; saddle-stapled in printed green wraps. Sunning to perimeters of wraps; light bumping to yapped corners; soft crease at top front corner. Contents fine. An early collection of nine poems by the Australian poet, critic, and musicologist. Manifold (1915-1985) studied at Cambridge in the late 1930s, then served as a British intelligence officer during WWII, before returning to Australia in 1949. There he divided his time between literary and leftist political organizations--Manifold had embraced communism in the 1930s--while collecting material for several books on Australian folksong. Much of the work in The Death of Ned Kelly exemplify Manifold's interest in the traditional bush ballad ("The Griesly Wife," "The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle," etc.), though he also demonstrates his affinity for traditional forms ("Prefatory Sonnet") and poems with social… Read More

NY: Pantheon Books, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing of this modernist high point, an evocative reimagining of the final hours in the life of the Roman poet Virgil. This English-language translation by Jean Star Untermeyer preceded by a year the publication of the German edition. First edition. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25 in.);493pp.; black and orange cloth boards, in dust jacket. Moderate shelfwer and some light soiling to boards and spine ends. Light bumping to board corners and top corner of textblock. Mild toning to edges of textblock. In an unclipped ("$5.50") jacket with chips at spine corners and tips, weakening and wear along hinges, partial splitting to bottom 1/3 of front flap hinge, and general soiling and toning. A very good copy in a good (+) jacket, still reasonably presentable.

NY: Bluejay, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 297pp. First printing thus, corrected book club edition. Signed by Ellison in red felt pen opposite the title page. Red boards with black vinyl backing and red spine titles. VG+/VG. Light/moderate foxing to top of textblock, with a few spots on deckled fore-edge as well. Tops of boards show very faint sunning. Jacket shows rubbing and wear, especially at spine ends and tips. A couple of short closed tears. Browning to flaps, with what looks like a small sticker ghost at base of front flap. From the publisher's statement flyleaf: "This edition has been extensively revised by the Author; every page has been carefully examined for errors. This edition culls all mistakes, restores missing material, and is as close to a Preferred Text as the Author and Publisher can offer.

NY: Bluejay, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. 297pp. First printing thus, corrected book club edition. Signed by Ellison in green felt pen opposite the title page. Red boards with black vinyl backing and red spine titles. Fine, save for moderate foxing to top of textblock, with a half dozen spots on fore-edge as well. In fine jacket that shows very light edgewear. From the publisher's statement flyleaf: "This edition has been extensively revised by the Author; every page has been carefully examined for errors. This edition culls all mistakes, restores missing material, and is as close to a Preferred Text as the Author and Publisher can offer.

London/Nairobi/Portsmouth, N.H.: James Currey/Heinemann Kenya/Heinemann, 1989. Soft cover. Fine. London/Nairobi/Portsmouth, N.H.: James Currey/Heinemann Kenya/Heinemann, 1989. Third printing. 8vo. Perfect-bound in illustrated glossy wraps. Xiv, 114pp.; index. About fine, with mild toning to wraps, a touch of corner wear. Dated (1990), signed, and inscribed, "in solidarity," to a former owner by Thiong'o on the half-title. An important collection of essays by the celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o (b. 1938), in which he argues persuasively in favor of linguistic decolonization. Thiong'o wrote his early novels in English, a practice he abandoned following the publication of his 1977 novel Petals of Blood, choosing instead to write in the Gikuyu language.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo. 206pp. First edition. Bound in full grey cloth with black spine titels and purple endpapers. Fine save for a pair of 1" strips of adhesive residue on the front pastedown, in fine, price-clipped jacket. Walter K. Sherwin Jr.'s translation of the anonymous collection of biographical sketches of men significant in Roman history. Bilingual, with the latin text on facing pages.

NY: The Kulchur Foundation, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Presentation copy of this early collection by one of the singular voices of late 20th century American poetry, a writer unique in her application of deconstructive linguistic strategies to wide- ranging examinations of history and its subconscious echoes. Signed and inscribed by Howe on the front flyleaf to Catherine Murray, an educator and poet who was an active participant in the downtown New York City poetry scene of the 1960s and 70s. First edition. Perfect-bound in black-and-white wraps; 7.5 x 10 in.; 126pp. Near fine, with light edge and corner wear and mild toning to edges of textblock. With a laid-in invitation card to the book's publication party at Gotham Book Mart.

London: Peter Owen, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 136pp. Grey textured paper boards, silver spine titles. First edition. Near fine with light bumping and wear to spine ends. In a near fine, unclipped jacket showing some minor creasing/rubbing at spine ends. The prolific and provocative English poet's novel about a crucial year in the life of Arthur Rimbaud. Includes one of Reed's poems and several original translations of Rimbaud at rear.

New Brunswick, NJ: Inner Light Publications, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New Brunswick, NJ: Inner Light Publications, 1986. Presumed first edition. 200pp. 8vo. Red vinyl boards; dust jacket. Light bumping to spine ends. Else fine in a near fine, unclipped (unpriced) jacket showing light overall rubbing. Cover art and layout by Geri Monetti. Uncommon hardcover issue of this work detailing "modern cases of possession and perverse lust between humans, vampires, poltergeist, werewolves, astral entities, and Lucifer himself." Steiger (1936-2018) was one of the 20th century's more prolific paranormal and UFO writers, authoring dozens of books whose scientific veracity has often been called into question-a criticism which somewhat misses the point (and the pleasure) of his texts.