Search Results: Authors starting with D from West of Eden Books

Regina SK, Province of Saskatchewan, Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Sciences Branch, Sedimentary Geology Division, Report No. 99, 1968, softcover 4to (10"h 7.75"w), 224 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good+ condition. Straight, tight and clean, light soiling and creases to covers, name inside front cover panel, small stain to pp58 not affecting readability of text. Chapter headings include; Stratigraphy, Palentology Correlation and Age, Sedimentation, Structure, Geological History, Economic Prospects, Summary and Conclusions, Selected Bibliography, Appendices (4). Illustrated with 28 maps, sections, cross-sections, and geochemical profiles, 20 pages of black-&-white plates and 8 tables.

Ferny Creek AU, Hill House, 1984, small trade paperback (7.5 x 4.5"), 256 pp, New, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Popular handbook on all butterfly families represented in South and Central America. Treats genera over a range of habitats from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. The noted photographer and author has selected suitable species for treatment and illustration, all figured natural size, approximately 700 color photographs. ISBN 9780959363920

Stockholm/London, P.A. Norstedt and Soner Forlag/The Bodley Head, 1959, hardcover, 215 pp, First U.K. Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tiny letter 'N' to front endpaper, slight spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, fade to spine, rubs to rear panel, in protective Mylar sleeve. A collection of eleven short stories by one of the most talented young writers of the Swedish post-war generation. Translated by Naomi Walford, Introduction by Michael Meyer.

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952, hardcover, 274 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "July 3rd '56 For Theodor Schafer with all best wishes Sincerely Guido D'agostino". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, tiny scuffs to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, tears and chips to flap and spine folds, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The fourth book from the author of Olives on the Apple Tree, Hills Beyond Manhattan, and My Enemy The World. Much of the background for The Barking of a Lonely Fox comes from the author's own experience as a part-time Pennsylvania farmer.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1969, hardcover, 133 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, nicks, chips to spine ends, abrasion to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. A fictionalized account of the Amistad mutiny written especially for young people. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs, paintings, and engravings of the people and events depicted in this account of the incident.

Vancouver BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1986, hardcover, x-216 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, name blacked out on front endpaper, slight bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The first study of the theme of exile in Canadian literature, Dahlie brings together a broad spectrum of writers including Frances Brooke, Josef Skvorecky, Mavis Gallant, Wyndham Lewis, Frederick Philip Grove, and Malcolm Lowry. Appended: Notes, Bibliography, Index

Fort Worth TX, Peak Performance Living, 2017, trade paperback, x-208 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The popular speaker, trainer, and self-development coach reflects upon her days as a stunt person in films, television, and commercials, and tells her humorous and harrowing tales of working with, and doubling for, such stars as: Meryl Streep, Cher, Madonna, Grace Jones, Robert Redford, Katherine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Tom Hanks, Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Ed O'Neill, Michelle Pfeiffer and more. ISBN 9781627474030

Minneapolis, Carolrhoda Books, 2022, hardcover, 304 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, New, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper "Stories have power! Ryan Dalton". Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The popular author of the Time Shift Trilogy returns with the story of an eighth-grader's attempt to reconnect his Alzheimer's-afflicted Grandfather with his past through stories gathered from his journal entries. ISBN ?9781541599284

Atlanta, BQB Publishing, 2013, trade paperback, 395 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Signed by the Author on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, in dark, pictorial card covers. A local troublemaker witnesses a stranger's suicide, then embarks upon a nationwide search for the dead man's identity.

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1963, hardcover, pp 91, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner wear. Dustjacket age-toned to spine, very faint dampstain to heel of spine, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. After fourteen years, the award-winning author of Deeper into the Forest presents his second collection of poetry, sensitive, puckish, serious, essentially human.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1954, hardcover, 351 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, wear to folds, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. Jonathan Daniels uncovers the inside story of American history from 1913 and the presidency of Woodrow Wilson to the election of Harry Truman in 1948. A period 'when America grew up and prepared herself for greatness'. Illustrated with a frontispiece black-&-white photograph of his father Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during WW I, and his young assistant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Index appended.

London, Cambridge University Press, 1966, hardcover, viii-280 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, front endpaper corner-clipped. Dustjacket U.K.price-clipped at bottom corner, U.S. price intact at upper corner, slight edge nicks, slight rubs, in New Brodart sleeve. A history of Yugoslavia beginning with that of the southern Slav peoples to 1914, the nationalist movements and formation of the Yugoslav state, the German invasion of 1941 and the role of Partisans and Chetniks in the resistance, and the establishment of Yugoslavia as a Communist State to 1966. Profusely illustrated throughout with 41 maps. Appended: Short Bibliography, Sources of the Maps, Index. ISBN 9780521046763

Henery Press, 2019, trade paperback, 286 pp, First Edition stated, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the title page, "To Xxxx Best wishes and happy reading Annette Dashofy", New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The bestselling author presents the eighth book in her popular Zoe Chambers Mystery series as Paramedic Zoe Chambers joins Police Chief Pete Adams in attempting to unravel two gruesome murders while events thrust them both onto a collision course with a violent and desperate felon. ISBN 9781635114997

Henery Press, 2018, trade paperback, 276 pp, First Edition stated, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the previous owner (named) on the title page, "To Xxxx With best wishes Annette Dashofy". New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The bestselling author presents the seventh book in her popular Zoe Chambers Mystery series as Paramedic and Deputy Coroner Zoe Chambers takes charge of the county coroner's office and attempts to untangle a long-standing web of lies before Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams is forced to pay the ultimate price. Laid-in is a promotional bookmark and card. ISBN 9781635113921

London, Cassell & Co, 1963 hardcover, 192 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light scratches to front board, sticker ghost and short closed edge tear to front endpaper. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge bumps, rubs, short closed tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of novels, poetry, and non-fiction works, as well as editor of the anthologies Caribbean Narrative, and Caribbean Verse presents the adventures of Bofo at Number 30, a lodging house for coloured ladies and gentlemen in the suburbs of an English university town.

New York, Plume, 2013, trade paperback, 258 pp, First Plume Printing stated and confirmed by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, in colorful, pictorial card covers. A young war refugee in America finds the mother of the soldier who saved his life and a shocking, painful secret surfaces.

Don Mills ON, Musson Book Co, 1981, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end and corner bumps, Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, small edge chips, in new Brodart sleeve. A comprehensive source book by the founder of Canada's Carousel Players. Desmond Davis examines every aspect of the nuts and bolts of play-making and small theater company management. His sensitivity to historical, philosophical, psychological and cultural perspectives as well as his adherence to important literary standards provide a valuable framework for this insightful work. ISBN 9780773700499

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014, trade paperback, 280 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A prince and a commoner, brought together by chance, must merge their magical powers to protect the rightful heir and save an entire kingdom.

New York, Harper, 2019, hardcover, 254 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, tiny splits to top corners, in bright new, pictorial dustjacket. A young girl finds a box full of letters signed Love, Edith, and photos of a woman who looks just like her and begins to understand her own Native American identity.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895, hardcover, lii-422 pp, New and Revised Edition with numerous illustrations, Fair condition, no dustjacket, Vol. I only, Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner wear, front and rear hinges starting but firm, text block edges darkened. The memoirs of Bonaparte by his private secretary: "to which are added an account of the important events of the hundred days, of Napoleon's surrender to the English, and of his residence and death at St. Helena, with anecdotes and illustrative extracts from all the most authentic sources". Illustrated with a frontisportrait drawing of Napoleon I, and portraits of Lettitia Ramolino, The Empress Josephine, Eugene Beauharnais, General Kleber, Marshall Lannes, Talleyrand, General Duroc, and, Murat King of Naples. Appended are prefaces to the 1836 and the 1895 editions and a 10-page detailed chronology of Bonaparte's life.