Search Results: Titles starting with D from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

1855. Daily California Chronicle Vol. IV No. 81 August 23, 1855 4-page newspaper (20.75 x 27.75 inches) with light foxing and toning. Minor separation at folds. Complete. Good Condition. Early California newspaper, the Daily California Chronicle began publishing November 21, 1853, and ceased May 12, 1858. In addition to the many ads, the paper focuses on transportation with lists of "River and Harbor Steamers", plus schedule of stage lines servicing San Jose, San Mateo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Stockton and Sacramento. Editor Frank Soule, in his column on page 2 proclaims, "The snorting of the first "iron horse" in California has been heard. The flame from his red nostrils has been seen. The dust, like a cloud has arisen along his course. Civilization has mounted her strongest steed here on this western Pacific slope, where but just now the war whoop preceded the steam whistle, and the squaw did the drudgery henceforth destined for the locomotive...and the era of railroad reality has commenced."… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/None. Days Off, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913, 322 pp.,7¾ x 5¼ inches. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover, gilt decorative cover, top edge gilt, light scuffing to covers, deckle fore edge, poorly cut, soiling to top edge, bottom edge shows shelf wear, corners bumped and worn to boards, light foxing, pages slightly toned, gift inscription to former owner in ink, later printing. Good condition. "Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and author. He graduated from Princeton in 1873, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1874. This book is among his popular inspirational writings. As President Wilson's ambassador to the Netherlands from 1913, Van Dyke was a first-hand witness to the outbreak of World War I and its progress, and was a key player in the President's diplomatic efforts to keep the U.S. out of the conflict.

Fair Condition. Deadwood Dick's Doom from The Deadwood Dick Library Vol. III No. 39. Arthur Westbrook Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1897. 28pp. 5.25 x 7.75 inches. Staple bound pulp missing the staples. Front wrapper detached; interior pages holding with various amounts of chipping to spine. Chipping all around front wrapper. Interior relatively intact. Fair condition. Deadwood Dick's Doom Or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure A Tale of Death Notch by Edward L. Wheeler.

Death Valley Days Radio Scripts circa 1932-1942 (216 Scripts) plus Promotional Material Archive almost fills three banker boxes including 216 radio scripts (disbound), six inches of promotional material primarily from the Pacific Coast Borax Company (primary show sponsor) plus a synopsis of shows produced, published in 1964. Also included is an inventory of "Subjects for Death Valley Days Programs" 1930-Feb. 1943. Overall, the material is in good to very good condition. Material apparently has been in storage at least 40 years in a dry environment by an executive with the McCann Erickson Co., the show producer and PR Firm for Pacific Coast Borax. Many of the scripts are stamped as received by Pacific Coast Borax. Death Valley Days, radio's first "Western" ran from September 1930 to September 1951. From the wikipedia page devoted to the show, "Radio's first Western, Death Valley Days "dramatized pioneer life in the United States." The program has been described as "the most successful of [the] early… Read More

Los Angeles, California: Death Valley Hotel Co. Ltd, 1930. Very Good. [Death Valley] 1930s Promotional Pamphlet for Furnace Creek Inn and Amargosa Hotel, Death Valley Hotel Co. Ltd., Los Angeles, California, circa 1930, 8 x 9 inches, unpaginated 10 pp. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; light edge wear; interior pages clean, unmarked; black and white photographs throughout; very good condition. Promotional booklet for the Furnace Creek Inn and Amargosa Hotel at Death Valley; likely published in the 1930s. Beautiful color wrappers. Contains crisp photographs and information on the climate and history of Death Valley itself, as well as the amenities offered by Furnace Creek and Amargosa. One page has a detailed Pacific Coast Borax Co. map of Death Valley, dated 1930. A nice item for California and Death Valley collectors. Rare; one copy found in OCLC as of January 2024.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Desert and Forest: The Exploration of teh Abyssinian Danakil, L. M. Nesbitt, Jonathan Cape, London, 1934, 450 pp., 8 x 6 inches. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, printer stain top edge - lightly soiled, edges of covers soiled and bent slightly inwards, front corner bumped, light sunning to spine, light foxing, edges of text block soiled, pages toned. Color folded map included, bound inside. First edition. Good condition. The Danakil area explored here "forms an irregular rectangle, some 400 miles long from north to south, by 150 miles wide, and is an upraised sea -bed." This book recounts the expedition that traversed the Danakil from south to north. "During our journey of three and a half months we marched some 800 miles...In these pages I have related the vicissitudes of our journey as I wrote them in my journal at the time of their occurrence.

London: G. and J. Offor et al., 1822. Very Good/None as issued. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Origin and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. [2 vols, in 3] London, 1822 Printed for G. and J. Offor et al by Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane, Eastcheap. 1028, 1083pp. 11.25 x 9 inches. Frontispiece present in volume one plus 12-page preface, 45-page History of the English Language and 14-page Grammar of the English Tongue. 3/4 leather over brown boards with uniform red leather title pastedowns on spine in gilt. All edges marbled. Moderate wear, leather is drying but remains supple. Marbled endpapers. Minor foxing throughout. Tight binding. Very good. 1822 London edition of Johnson's famous dictionary first published in 1755. This set bound in three volumes with a half title page (not found in first two volumes) bound in front of… Read More

1937. Good Condition/None. [Dime Novels] Peeps into our Sub-Literary Past (Issue 1-4) and 19th Century Peep-Show (Issue 5-13)--A Repository and Treasury of Notes and Queries on the Popular Writing of the Nineteenth Century, a Serial Revelation of a Vanishing Underworld of Romantic Composition Left in Darkness by Literati--1937 Thirteen issues bound into homemade black paper wrappers with taped spine and manuscript label on front. Mild chipping and wear to wrappers. Short tears at head and foot of spine. Light corner wear otherwise clean text block and interior. Some wrappers possibly missing. Good Condition. Curious little periodical published by Fred T. Singleton of Coral Gables, Florida whose apparent obsession with dime-novels led to this "fanzine" for collectors and enthusiasts. Fred Singleton had a background as a typographer, designer and student of modern posters. He variously published a journal called "Poster Lore", designed covers for "The Papyrus" and worked for Will Bradley's… Read More

Inglewood, CA: Wagon & Star Publishers, 1963. Very good/none as issued. Florance Unkeless. Dion--Number One. Edited by Dion O'Donnol, Wagon & Star Publishers, Inglewood, California. 1963. 35pp. 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Printed string-bound wrappers with light toning and abrasion. Interior is clean save for one inked line in table of contents. Very Good. Small booklet with collection of poems from Lillian Parcell, Vera Hickman, Robert Schaeffer, George Unkeless and others. Dion O Donnol (1912-2007) was a writer of poetry and prose and ran the small press Wagon & Star Press in southern California into the early 21st century. The press published up to thirty books: all fairly scarce. O'Donnol passed away in 2007.

Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Arms Company, 1854. Directions for Using Greene's Carbine Printed on thin single sided stock with floral scroll border. Measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1/2 tear at top edge otherwise very clean. Very Good Condition. Broadside printed for the Massachusetts Arms Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., T. W. Carter, Agt.', giving brief instructions on how to load, detach the barrel, prime the arm and detach the lock of the Greene Carbine. James Greene patented his breechloading carbine design in 1854 and arranged to have it manufactured by the Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls. Greene signed a contract with the United States Government selling 300 of them to the US military. Field tests found the guns awkward to use, which perhaps is why this little instruction sheet was printed. Online sources claim the 6th Ohio Cavalry was one of the few units to employ these guns. A larger order was placed by the British Government. Several of these broadsides have… Read More

Corps of Engineers. U.S. Army, 1873. Timothy O'Sullivan. Albumen print taken by Timothy O'Sullivan during the Expedition of 1873--Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. "Distant View of Camp Apache, Arizona." Albumen print, 8x10 3/4 inches (20.3x27.3 cm.), on the original Wheeler survey two-toned mount with O'Sullivan's printed credit, title, plate number (No. 6) and the Expedition of 1873 credit on mount recto. Mount and photo in very good condition. Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882) began his photographic career working under Mathew Brady and worked as a staff photographer for the North during the American Civil War. After the war he traveled west working first for Clarence King and later with George M. Wheeler. O'Sullivan shot many iconic views of the American west including this detailed look at Camp Apache, Arizona.

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1957. First. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Raymond W. Thorp, Doc W.F. Carver Spirit Gun of the West, Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California. 1957. 266pp. 9 5/8 x 6.5 inches. Blue boards with gilt on spine. Deckle fore edge. Very light shelf wear and clean interior. Very good condition. Dust jacket is not price-clipped; light soiling with wrinkle to top front of jacket. Small chips on back. Jacket protected by mylar jacket. Very good condition. Biography of Doc Carver: frontiersman, trapper, buffalo hunter and marksman. Carver helped begin the Wild West Show concept touring throughout the world. Clark and Brunet 250 calls for red cloth yet no re-print noted.

Jersey City, New Jersey: Perleberg & Fenney, 1900. Domestic Animals in Action Part I, The Horse. Perleberg & Fenney, Jersey City, New Jersey Circa 1900. 14 x 11 inches. 44 silver gel photographic montage plates. Maroon binder with cloth covered boards and paste down photograph on front, label on spine. Fore edge with imbedded string ties. Title page consists of card stock with paste down label. Moderate wear and soiling to boards with bookplate of Edward T. Grigware inside front board. Publication of this title is somewhat of an enigma. No publishing information with book. One copy found in OCLC at Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library notes the publisher as Perleberg & Fenney of Jersey City, New Jersey. Title page also notes this as Part 1--if more Parts were published, we could not find them. Previous owner was Edward T. Grigware of Cody, Wyoming. Before moving to Wyoming, Grigware had an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago (1927). He moved to Cody in 1936 where he painted the mural… Read More

Double-Portrait Daguerreotype Leather Case with Woman and Man Daguerreotypes Circa 1860. Full leather embossed case (3.75 x 3.5 inches) with ornate metal clasp, gilt on spine, silver metal engraved plaque on front and gilt on edges. Interior has finely tooled dentelle inside edges of front and back boards with red velvet embossed pillows front and back. Cased images fully sealed with brass mat and preserver. Photos are lightly hand tinted. Case and photos are in very good condition.

London: Horace Cox, 1908. First. Hardcover. Fair/None. Dry-Fly Fishing for Trout and Grayling, James Englefied "Red Quill", Horace Cox, London, 1908, xix, 211 pp + 7 pp. ads in rear, 8¾ x 5¾ inches. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover, top text edge with printer stain slightly soiled, boards slightly scuffed and shelf worn, corners bumped and bowed inward, pages toned with foxing throughout, back board beginning to loosen. First edition. Fair condition. Author recounts many adventure in fishing with "A Dry-Fly Purist's Advice to a Beginner" and "Notes and Sport of a Dry-Fly Purist

Duel of the Stags, A Poem with An Epistle to the Author by Mr. John Dryden, H. Hills, Blackfryars, 1709. 16pp. 4 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches. String-bound pamphlet without wrappers. Moderate foxing. Good Condition. Clipped signature includes manuscript text on both sides and measures 2 x 6 3/8 inches. Includes bold signature and Dec. 1685 date. First published in 1668, this likely pirated edition was published in 1709 with commentary from John Dryden, the author's brother-in-law. Howard and Dryden had a falling out years prior to this publication. Robert Howard was a long-running member of parliament. As an author, Howard wrote primarily for the stage, although he also wrote some poetry, and two political treatises. John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright. In 1668 Dryden was appointed England's first Poet Laureate and had a prolific output of poetry and plays.