Authors starting with D from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1932. First Edition. Very good copy with some slight scuffing and spotting to the cloth and minor edge wear and front hinge starting with some fading to the spine without dust jacket. A study of political liberalism in the Southern states from the Jeffersonian Era, 1776 through the Civil War, and up into the New South, 1900 - 1932. Includes chapters on education, slavery, various political personalities, women’s issues, literature, Darwinism, labor... more information

Milwaukie, OR: M Press, 2008. First Edition - Thus. Signed by film director, John Landis and by the author, Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan. As new in printed wrappers. Oversize paperbound format, 8 1/4” x 11 1/4”. Illustrated throughout. Includes interviews and contributions from Forrest J. Ackerman, Dan Aykroyd, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Costa-Gravas, B.B. King, Frank Oz, Sam Raimi, Harold Ramis, etc. A critical study of the life and films of John Landis, best known for An... more information

New York: Knopf, 1974. First Edition - American. Fine in a near fine bright price-clipped dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1977. Reprint edition. Signed presentation copy from actress Patricia Neal, the wife of author Roald Dahl, dated 1978. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor dust soiling. A collection of short stories. The rear panel of the dust jacket has a photographic portrait of the Dahl’s taken by actor Eli Wallach at their home in England. ... more information

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the film starring Al Jolson, Betty Compson and child star David Lee. After the massive success of The Jazz Singer, Warner Brothers quickly turned around and created another vehicle to showcase their star. The Singing Fool, like its predecessor, is part silent film and part talkie. The film introduces the song “Sonny Boy”. Very good in dust jacket with a few small nicks and tears. The front panel is a portrait of ... more information

London: Readers Library, 1929. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the film starring Al Jolson, Betty Compson and child star David Lee. After the massive success of The Jazz Singer, Warner Brothers quickly turned around and created another vehicle to showcase their star. The Singing Fool, like its predecessor, is part silent film and part talkie. The film introduces the song “Sonny Boy”. Near fine in dust jacket with a few small chips and tiny tears. The dust jacket is a co... more information

Signed by the author - actor, Dan Dailey in pencil on a page from an autograph album. Fine. Excellent for framing with a picture or laying in a book. ... more information

Paris: Editions Surrealistes, 1935. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, Salvador Dali to fellow surrealist painter, Rene Magritte, on the title page. Inscribed: “Magritte, Tres Affectueuseument, son, Salvador Dali, 1935.” Text in French. With a color frontispiece reproduction of one of Dali’s important portraits of his wife, Gala, and with 35 black & white reproductions of his paintings including his most famous work, “Le Persistence de la Memoirie” (“The Persistence of Memory”... more information

1930s. Original autograph signature of British author, Clive Dalton written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4” x 3” piece of paper, and inscribed: “May this book always give you pleasure. Clive Dalton.” Fine. Clive Dalton is the author of A Child in the Sun, Malay Schooner, Mystery of the Malay Schooner, Malay Cruise, Malay Pirate, Malay Treasure, etc. ... more information

New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Coffee table book on actor James Dean. ... more information

London: J.M. Dent, 1930. Everyman’s Library edition. From the library of novelist John Sanford with his blindstamp. John Sanford was one of the longest surviving expatriate American novelists who went to Paris in the thirties, and eventually was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He was a close friend of Nathanael West and lived with him while he was writing Miss Lonelyhearts; reading and helping West correct the proofs. Sanford was married to Marguerite Roberts, the noted screenwriter, best known for ... more information

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1944. First Edition. Original 160 page mimeographed shooting script for the 1946 film, Two Years Before the Mast, adapted from the classic novel by Richard Henry Dana, directed by John Farrow, starring Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy (as Richard H. Dana), William Bendix, Howard da Silva, and Barry Fitzgerald. Very good copy with some slight age-toning to the front cover and some scattered holes to the front and back covers in bradbound printed sheets. ... more information

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1970. First Edition. Illustrated. Near fine copy with just a hint of use in a lightly used dust jacket with some fading to the spine, mild rubbing to the front and rear panels, and some small chips and tears. Prepared from a series of tape recordings, Everything and Nothing tells the story of the life and career of what many consider to be the first African American movie star and her struggles both professionally and personally. Some of her best known film work includes Bright R... more information

1930s. Original autograph signature of British playwright and novelist Clemence Dane, written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4” x 3” piece of paper. Fine. Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (1888- 1965) and is the author of A Bill of Divorcement: A Play in Three Acts, The Babyons, First the Blade: A Comedy for Growth, The Way Things Happen: A Story in Three Acts, Broome Stages, Will Shakespeare; An Invention, The King Waits, etc. She won an Academy Award (with Anthony Pelissier) for V... more information

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams, 1999. First Edition. Oversize. With essays by Eugenia Parry and Theodore Reff. Published to accompany an exhibition of photographs by the great French Impressionist artist, Edward Degas. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York, March 3, 1972, March 18, 1972. Signed by the author. The letters are on Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine letterhead, with the typewritten one being sent by Dannay’s secretary, and the autograph one being signed Frederic Dannay. The typewritten letter regarding a Roman Hat Mystery dust jacket that Dannay wanted to purchase, and the handwritten letter from Dannay thanking the sender and turning down an offer to write an introduction. Fine. ... more information

Paris: Seuil, 2005. First Edition. Paperback Original. Text in French. Fine in printed wrappers with jacket. ... more information

New York: Scribners, 1979. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Tom Dardis, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “For Wayne Warga, Tom Dardis. 1/8/80.” Illustrated. Laid in is a two-page publicity release from the publisher promoting the book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of fading to the spine. A biography of the legendary silent film comedian, Buster Keaton. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga ... more information

New York: Scribners, 1976. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Tom Dardis, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “For Wayne Warga, Tom Dardis. 1/8/80.” Illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of fading to the spine. An exploration of the lives and Hollywood careers of five distinguished writers and how they all impacted the film industry; F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Nathanael West, Aldous Huxley, and James Agee. From the library of journalist and novelist W... more information

1930s. Original autograph signature of British author, Simon Dare written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4” x 3” piece of paper. Fine. Simon Dare is the author of Sea Drift, Those Others, The Gradual Furnace, These Things He Gave and Other Poems, The Bread of Gods, Wife, Wild Music, etc. ... more information