Search Results: Authors starting with D from Books Boheme

Hersham, Surrey: Classic Publications, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Heavily illustrated reference work containing more than 400 photographs and accompanying texts. Bound in publisher's green paper-covered boards, title, authors & publisher lettered in silver down spine. Quarto (12 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches; 308 x 230 millimeters). 224 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book contains sticker on front blank, other than that appears as new. Dust jacket has petite (1cm) tear at top of rear panel near spine.

Oxford University Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. :: Oxford Historical Monographs :: Examines the relationship between the financial sector and the state in post-war Britain. :: Bound in publisher's navy cloth. Title, author and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 222 x 142 millimeters). 248 pages. Condition: Fine. Both book and dust jacket appear as new.

Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Game and Fish Department. Softcover. Very Good. :: Everything Javelina - includes folklore, population, diet, herd dynamics, behavior, territories - even a recipe for baked javelina! Photographs in both black & white and color. :: Softcover Octavo (8 15/16 x 6 inches; 226 x152 millimeters). 127 pages. Condition: Very Good. General light shelf-wear, age-toning/fading.

Jerome, Arizona: Luminary Press, 1973. Softcover. Fine. :: Occult book upon working candle magick! :: Brilliant orange softcover, illustrated with an ink art rendering of an extinguished pillar candle. Title drawn as dripping wax. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 inches; 209 x 135 millimeters). 43 pages. Condition: Fine. Lovely little book is as-new.

Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. Textbook. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 160 millimeters). 502 pages. Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf-wear, scuff to front board. Interior clean, tight copy.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. :: by the author of sensational 1928 Bestseller "Bad Girls" :: Lillian Cory is a gin-buying, car-owning lady of leisure in Manhattan, whom buys perfume at a dollar an ounce and feels as grand as an international adventuress who wangles a floating palace from her lover. :: Bound in publishers moss-green cloth. Front board bears title and author in blue-black. Title, author and publisher lettered in matching blue- black upon spine. Front fore-edge of text block deckled. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 137 millimeters). 303 pages. Condition: Very Good-, in facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket. Book has cloth missing at crown of spine, and along the top of the boards there is wear. Small stains and a faint moisture stain to the front board. Pages age toned.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1928 Sensational Bestseller :: Dot lived in the Bronx, and Eddie in Harlem - The movies, Chinese restaurants, and bare hallways provide the background for love, and seduction the impulse to marriage. :: Risqué tale about premarital sex, pregnancy and childbirth. Banned in Boston! :: Bound in publishers viridian-green cloth. Front board bears title and author in deep blue (slight sheen). Title, author and publisher lettered in matching deep blue upon spine. Front fore-edge of text block deckled. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 137 millimeters). 275 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Fair dust jacket. Cloth at crown of spine and a touch along top edge is abraded. Few small wrinkles to cloth on front board. Pages lightly age toned. The Art Deco dust jacket is in faded and in rough shape, having been extensively amateurishly repaired, with pieces of colored paper taped as patches. All four inner panel corners… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. :: by the author of sensational 1928 Bestseller "Bad Girls" :: a collection of short stories about 1920's American city girls, naturally unconventional, almost maternal, deeply in love. :: Bound in publishers viridian-green cloth. Front board bears title and author in deep blue (slight sheen). Title, author and publisher lettered in matching deep blue upon spine. Front fore-edge of text block deckled. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 137 millimeters). 299 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Fair dust jacket. Cloth is worn at crown of spine and along top edges, with a small worn spot where the board is visible. Some dimpling to the upper right corner of the front board. Previous owner's name has been erased from front free endpaper. Pages lightly age toned. The dust jacket is in rough shape, showing signs of moisture damage and amature taping and patch repairs. All four corners of inner panels clipped. Please… Read More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dorcas. :: A FUZZY WUZZY BOOK :: The harrowing tale of a snowman's life, from his beginning as three balls of snow to when he falls to sleep in the spring sunshine. :: Lovely condition for a children's book from the 1940's! :: Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 286 x 205 millimeters). 27 (unnumbered) pages. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear to crown and foot of spine, a little bit along the edges of the boards and at the corners. Prior owners name written in blue (matching, blends in) on front paste-down. Snowman upon cover and throughout interior of book is fuzzy-textured. Some light page stains within. Dust jacket has wear along edges, some cracking of surface color at interior panel hinges and upon spine. Wear to crown and foot of spine, and one large tear of 2 1/4 inches (57 mm) vertical from bottom edge of rear panel near spine.

Madison, Connecticut: Owen H. Kriege (Self Published), 1976. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Historical reference book for identification of Arizona postmarks. Brown catalog, comb binding. Quarto (11 x 8 3/4 inches; 280 x 223 millimeters). 91 pages. Condition: Very Good. Comb binding has split at center, pages slightly age tanned.

New York: Bantam Books, 1947. No. 91. Pocket Paperback. Very Good. :: Married Lovers Turn Secret Agents :: First Edition Thus (first paperback). All edges of text block a deep red. Sextodecimo (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 161 x 118 millimeters). 272 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Slight slant to spine. Cover clear coat loosening a little at the edges. Some minimal pale discoloration to the red of the text block. A sweet little copy!

New York, N. Y.: Pocket Books, Inc, 1942. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. :: A Pocket Book Mystery :: 152 :: A deep mystery surrounds the mansion that was used to harbor runaway slaves during the Civil War- a story of Southern traditions, family secrets, and gold! :: Sextodecimo (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 inches; 164 x 106 millimeters). 315 pages. Condition: Very Good. Some peeling of the clear-coat at the edges and along the spine. Tiniest bit of foxing here & there. Clean, square, tight. A lovely copy.

New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc, 1957. Dell 929. Paperback, Pocket Paperback. Very Good. William Rose (Cover Painting). A Dell Mystery . :: She was a lukewarm wife-- and a real cool killer :: . Dell No. 929 Sextodecimo (6 3/8 x 4 5/16 inches; 162 x 110 millimeters). 223 pages. Condition: Very Good. Front and rear cover have vertical wrinkles near to spine. Petite chip to crown of spine at rear hinge. Slight slant. Verso of front cover has date of publication, '1957' noted in blue ink.

New York City 22: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1942. Paperback. Very Good. :: Bestseller Mystery No. B53 :: Abridged :: Guilty secrets, convincing motives, clever detective work in a smooth as silk narrative. :: Produced during wartime, U.S. War bonds advertisement on rear cover. :: Duodecimo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 193 x 136 millimeters). 126 pages. Condition: Very Good-. Spot of soiling upon spine, pages age toned, light shelf wear.

New York, N. Y.: Dell Publishing Company, 1939. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. :: A Francis Grady detective story. :: Dell Book 15 :: Blood spread fanwise on his shirt, stained the bed and dripped to make a crimson spot upon the floor ... :: Sextodecimo (6 1/2 x 4 3/16 inches; 164 x 116 millimeters). 238 pages. Condition: Very Good-. Cover corners are creased, wear to edges and wear and chipping along hinges of spine. Staining and indentations to cover. Spine is slanted and askew. Interior separating at gutter pages 172-173. Pages age toned.

New York, N. Y.: Zebra Books, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good. :: When she first heard the hissing sound, Hilda thought it was someone raking leaves; but as it grew louder she realized it was unlike any sound she had had ever heard .. :: Duodecimo (6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 175 x 118 millimeters). 448 pages. Condition: Good. Thoroughly worn copy- paperback has issues. Front and back covers are distressed with multiple small abrasions. Front cover has an amateur tape repair to the top outer corner, and a small tear at the top front hinge. The hinges are creased. Spine is slanted and has a multitude of reading creases. Top of the text block reveals that there are petite folds and tears to page edges. Previous owners name penned on verso of cover, and first page bears old bookstore stamp. Holding together well, interior clean, good reading copy. Our photographs best illustrate.

London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Paperback. Fine. Softcover handbook. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 234 x 155 millimeters). 501 pages. Condition: Near fine. Slight beginning of crease along spine from opening. Appears new.