Search Results: Authors starting with D from Great Northern Books

Copenhagen: American-Scandinavian Foundation/Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good /fair. Selected and ed. by Erik Dal, translated by Henry Meyer with woodcuts by Marcel Rasmussen. "This collection includes ballads, humorous ditties, epic songs, and lyrics." [from publisher] Also includes bibliographic references and index. Label shadow on front panel of dustjacket, coffee stains on spine. Numbers written on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy.

Princeton: Princeton University Press , 2002. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Gift inscription from author on half title page, else a clean, otherwise unmarked copy. Includes bibliographical references and index.

New York: Random House, 1945. First American edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. First printing. Dane was an English novelist and playwright known for writing the play, "A Bill of Divorcement" made into a movie starring Katherine Hepburn as well as the screenplay for "Anna Karenina" starring Greta Garbo. She also won an Academy Award and she was the inspiration for Noël Coward's play, "Blithe Spirit." Ex-library with usual markings in a worn dustjacket.

New York: Pantheon, 2015. First edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. An experimental novel that weaves together nine different narratives from across the globe. Originally intended as a 27-volume project, so far only 5 vols. have been published. An arty, uniquely designed book with a die cut cover with French folds, color endpapers, numerous color and black & white illustrations, type runs vertically, horizontally, swirled, printed on coated paper with an attached ribbon marker. 839 pages. Extra postage because of weight (3 lb. 10 z.). A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Pantheon, 2015. First edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated in the year of publication. An experimental novel that weaves together nine different narratives from across the globe. Originally intended as a 27-volume project, so far only 5 vols. have been published. An arty, uniquely designed book with a die cut cover with French folds, color endpapers, numerous color and black & white illustrations, type runs vertically, horizontally, swirled, printed on coated paper with an attached ribbon marker. 839 pages. Extra postage because of weight (3 lb. 9 oz.). A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. First printing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION, on the title page. "To Arleta, Good luck with your writing. Best, Edwidge Danticat 4/15/04" A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Knopf, 2004. Advance Reader's Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine in Wraps /near fine. Danticat is a mulitple National Book Award nominee and was chosen as a one of 1996 Granta Magazine's Best Young American Novelists. An advance reader's edition published as a trade paperback with a pictorial cover with a dustjacket with a different design then the cover. Also includes publisher's material laid in.

New York: Soho Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION on the half title page. "To Liz, In Sisterhood, Edwidge Danticat 9/18/98." A clean unmarked copy.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. Fourth printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Covers the Chippewas woodland life, the impact of three centuries of European and American societies on their culture and how they have retained their tribal identity." [from publisher] Includes illustrations, maps, portraits, bibliographical references, and index. A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Dargan's third book. Dargan was a southern writer associated with North Carolina who was an early feminist and political activist. Author, title, publisher in gilt on spine, Title, border and Greek god symbol in gilt on front cover panel. Top edge gilt, edges untrimmed. Ex-library with minimal markings, no dustjacket, as published? Still a bright, very presentable copy by an important, somewhat unknown, early "feminist" author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Later printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Dargan was a southern writer associated with North Carolina who was an early feminist and political activist. Paper label on spine Ex-library with minimal markings, no dustjacket, as published?

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Dargan'ssecond book. Dargan was a southern writer associated with North Carolina who was an early feminist and political activist. Author, title, publisher in gilt on spine, Title, border and castle design in gilt on front cover panel. Top edge gilt, edges untrimmed. Ex-library with minimal markings, no dustjacket, as published? Spine is torn is two places.

New York City: National Security League, 1917. First edition. Staplebound pamphlet. Very Good +. (Hunsberger 116) 19 page text of a speech given by Darrow, in Chicago, discussing the causes of World War One and supporting United State intervention. Interesting because, early in his life, Darrow had been a pacifist. A small library ownership stamp on front cover, no other library markings. Dampstains to bottom outside edges a few interior pages and backcover, not affecting text. Still a fresh looking, bright copy.

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1925]. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. Little Blue Books were slim, inexpensive reprints of the world's great literature, philosophy, and social thought. The booklets were small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. The works were wildly popular and eventually sold over five hundred million copies. Like most of the Little Blue Books, this copy has faded to beige.

New York: Delacorte Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing.SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a tipped in page. The second prequel book in "The Maze Runner" series and the fifth installment overall. "The Fever Code" is the second book, chronologically, set in between the events of "The Kill Order " and "The Maze Runner."

Ormond Beach, FL: George Zabriskie, 1937. Privately printed. Hardcover. Very Good +. Translation of "L'Elixir du R.P. Gaucher" by Genieve Robinson. Color illustrations and drop caps by Don Emery. A "Christmas Book" published by George Zabriskie, then CEO of Pillsbury and issued from, "The Doldrums," his 1925 ocean front estate known as "The Spanish House,'' an estate of historical importance. Cover has author, title, and drink classes gold stamped on front cover. Slight color fading to a small area of the rear cover, else a clean, unmarked copy. No dustjacket as published?

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. An adaptation of one of their earlier works, "Ola and Blakken," originally published in 1933. A beautiful picture book containing full page color plates and black and white lithographs. A clean, unmarked copy of a very charming book.

New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1910. First American edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. With fourteen illustrations, including a color frontis with tissue guard and a two page spread plan of the Tower. Blue cloth with author/title/ publisher in gilt on spine, author and title with border and image of the Tower in gilt on front cover panel. Ex-library with minimal markings, still a very presentable copy.

London: Allen Lane : Penguin Books, 1993. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First printing. English translation of "Hanes Cymru." Welsh history from the earliest times to the late 20th century. 718 pages including 33 maps and diagrams. Also includes bibliographical references and index. Blank embossed ownership seal on half title page, else a clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Macmillan, 1913. First edition. Ex-Library. Ex-library with minimal markings.