Search Results: Authors starting with D from LaCelle Rare Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Photographs (Illustrated with). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket has moderate wear and a few small tears; price not clipped ($1.00). Scarce in dust jacket.  Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 - March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Darrow's wit and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and civil libertarians in the nation. He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century, including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby"… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. Hardcover. Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 175 pages + ads. Good. Tight binding; a little foxing else clean pages; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; covers somewhat worn. A scarce nautical romance.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1880. Hardcover. Good+. New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1880. FIRST EDITION. 82 pages. Maps. Good+. Rebound; tight binding; bound in wraps have tears and creasing; clean pages; moderate wear. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Grune & Stratton, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1944. FIRST EDITION. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear; no jacket.  "Helene Deutsch (née Rosenbach; 9 October 1884 - 29 March 1982) was a Polish American psychoanalyst and colleague of Sigmund Freud. She founded the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute. In 1935, she immigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she maintained a practice. Deutsch was one of the first psychoanalysts to specialize in women. She was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."--wikipedia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 27 pages. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; a few tape repairs; covers worn.  John Dewey's "analytical defense of democracy written in a time when democratic regimes had recently been replaced by non-democratic ones, and at a time when Marxism was considered a powerful political force."--wikipedia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Ottawa, Canada: The Laurentian Press Syndicate, 1926. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ottawa, Canada: The Laurentian Press Syndicate, [1926]. FIRST EDITION. 232 pages + ads. Good. Rebound; tight binding; a few marginal chips to text pages (none affect text); exlibrary with usual marks; moderate wear.  A very interesting account of life in Yukon Territory.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 109 pages. Fair or better. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; a few smudges, small tears, dogears; covers worn and reinforced; no jacket. Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. Paperback. Fair. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, (1936). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original wraps. Illustrated. Fair. Covers are quite worn with a few small tears; detached from textblock; a few smudges, pencil marks and creases.  An early Disney title. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Illustrated. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, (1939). FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. Fair. Tight binding; pages have yellowing and are brittle; several pages have small tears; creasing to covers; worn covers; no jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: The Century Company, 1917. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: The Century Company, 1917. FIRST EDITION. 232 pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Illustrated. Fair. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; pages rippled and have a few small tears; covers quite worn.  An early guide to the airships or dirigibles of the world. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1939). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with all first issue points, including first edition stated on copyright page, $2.50 price on front flap, and correct dust jacket blurbs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOOKPLATE ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with some chips and tears along edges; spine sunned; price not clipped ($2.50). Scarce signed. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1926]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with Spring, 1926 catalog in rear. SIGNED CLIPPING FROM A LETTER TIPPED IN ON TITLE PAGE. Later 3/4 leather. 294 pages + ads. Very Good. Tight binding; light foxing else clean pages; moderate wear. Scarce first edition, especially with signature, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with date on title page, etc but seems to be second state of text. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; small mark on front endpaper; some pages still unopened; only slight wear; dust jacket has moderate wear and light soil. Scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING AND COLLECTIBLE TITLES.

No publisher, 1881. Paperback. Fair. No publisher, 1881. FIRST EDITION THUS. Original wrap. 12 pages.  Fair or better. Front wrap loose; lacking rear wrap; a few stamps else clean pages; some wear. A rare history of the surrender of the British to the Americans. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Little Rock, Arkansas: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers, 1899. Hardcover. Good. Little Rock, Arkansas: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt.  488 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Good. Hinges cracked else good binding; clean pages; some wear.  First hand acount of the Cibil War by a Confederate officer. Author fought at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Petersburg. Scarce. "These reminiscences by a soldier who fought in both South Carolina and Mississippi units are lengthy but unbalanced."--Nevins I, page 84. References: Dornbusch Vol 3, 1222, Howes D-573. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1908. Hardcover. Good. New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1908. FIRST EDITION (LIMITED TO 250 COPIES). Original  cloth, lettered in gilt. 236 pages. Illustrated. Good. Tight binding; some pages have a light stain along edges; covers soiled and a bit worn.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .