Authors starting with D from Thorn Books

Florence: Giulio Giannini & Son, 1928. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 82pp. Publishers quarter leather tooled in gilt; decorated paper boards; decorated endpapers. From the Latin test of Tommaso da Celano, Introduction by G. Batek and English translation by C. Danyell Tassinari. Woodcut-style illustrations by A. Moroni. Paper lightly toned else a very good copy. ... more information

NY: William Morrow & Company, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 375 numbered copies signed by the author. Black cloth, gilt. Illus. with woodcuts. A fine, bright copy in rubbed case. ... more information

Washington: GPO, 1877. Hardcover. 4to. 361pp. Illustrated with line drawings; two large folding maps in rear pocket; vocabulary tables. Two works bound as one as Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume I., under the general editorship of J. W. Powell Original black cloth boards, rebacked, with the original backstrip laid on. The spine gilt has dulled; one of the folding maps has a neat reinforcement on one of the folds; else this is a very good copy. ... more information

Chichester: P. Binstead, 1831. First edition.. Hardcover. Very good. Yes. 8vo. vi, 124pp. Original cloth spine, blue paper boards. Vignette on title pages, three illoustrations in text and two engraved plates. Errata sheet bound in. The cloth is in a motled design. HInges cracked but firm and some loss to the cloth especially at the foot of the spine, light wear to the boards else a very good copy with a fine textblock. And with the signature pg C. E. Hutchingson, 1845 on the front pastedown. Rare in firs... more information

London: A. Millar, 1758. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. The second edition, corrected and enlarged. x, 276pp. 12mo. Original speckled calf binding; spine in 6 compartments. Binding soiled; corners and edges worn; hinges expertly and nearly invisibly mended; free endpapers replaced. Title page with old ownership name and staining at margins from the leather else very good indeed. ESTC T143530... more information

London: Assigns of Richard Atrkins, 1700. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (4),500,(4),501-564,(28)pp. Pp. 501-564 constitute the Supplement with its own dated title page; the final 28pp are the Table. Bound in modern buckram, two lettering labels, gilt. A very good copy. ESTC R39626. First published in 1623, this edition has the statement: "Purged from the Errors of all former Impressions.... more information

London: Museum Press, Ltd., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Yes. First edition. 28pp. Thin 8vo. Illustrated by the author. Green cloth blocked on the upper board in red in a design by the author, incorporating the title as well as Gwili. Charming illutrations throughout, some in two colors. Trace of soil else a fine copy. In dustwrapper which has a couple of short marginal closed tears and trace of soil else very good.... more information

Hartford, et al.: A. S. Barnes, et al., 1838. First edition, first printing.. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. 283pp. Full contemporary sheep; spine with gilt rules and titles. Leather scuffed in places and worn at corners, two ink ownership names on front pastedown, else this is a very good copy. Books on calculus are scarce from this period.... more information

New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1984. First edition.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xliii,(1),131pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles on the spine and upper board. Volume 15, Series A, Garland Library of Medieval Literature. Text and translation of De ortu Waluuanii nepotis Arturi from the British Library codex Cotton Faustina B vi. Mediaeval Latin prose attributed to Robert de Torigni. Includes two plates, select bibliography, textual notes and index of names. A fine copy. Issued without d... more information

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. Yes. Folio. 40pp. Illustrated in color by the author throughout. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, and endpapers. Edges and corners worn; inner hinge partially split, upper board lightly bowed, residue of plate on rear pastedown, else a very good copy. With the stamp of Harris Book Co., Hong Kong, on the rear free endpaper, presumably where this copy was first sold. Vibrant color illustrations. Babar, Celeste and the ... more information

Segovia: Academia de Historia y Arte se Dan Quirce, 1969. Stiff card wraps. Fine/Fine. 4to. Two volumes. Nueva edición anotada. Original stiff wraps. Dustwrappers present, printed with a facsimile of the engraved title page of the first edition (repeated as a frontispieces).. xviii,(2),598,(6);604,(4)pp. With an appendix in volume two on the life and work of Diego de Colomenares, illustrated. A fine set. In Spanish. ... more information

Madrid: Imprenta Clásica Española, 1918-1919. First edition.. Wraps. Very good. Yes. 3 volumes. 4to. 526,(4);371,(37);419,(31)pp. Original wraps printed in black and red. Indices. Partially unopened. Somewhat soiled and sunned, rough at edges, upper wrap of volume 1 partially detached, slight loss at base of spine, else a very good set. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1920 . In Spanish. And with US customs stamps on two of the volumes. ... more information

Smithtown, NY: Exposition Press, (1983). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good plus. Yes. First edition. 8vo. White cloth blocked in black. A fine copy. Dustwrapper has a touch of roughness along the top else fine and unclipped. Author's scarce fourth novel and her first in English.... more information

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First edition.. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi,(17-)304pp. With the four folding engraved plates, as called for. Publisher's green embossed cloth in a floral pattern, paper spine label. Edges, hinges and spine tips worn, label partially perished, ownership stamp to title page, occasional light foxing and staining but a very good copy. For the cloth pattern, see Krupp, App. 3, ribbon grain ft1, with the note that examples are known form 1836 to 1841. Impo... more information

Madrid: Hijos de Da. Catalina Piñuela, 1839. Hardcover. Fine. 2 volumes. 12mo. xxiv, 351; 357,(3). Modern red cloth, leather lettering labels, gilt. Index. Ilustradas con notas criticas por D. Felix Enciso Castrillon. A fine set. In Spanish.... more information

n.p.: n.p., (1913). Near fine. Sheet music: a single sheet folded to 8-1/2 by 12 inches. Cover design by D. P. Lee in red, white and blue, depicting a red cross with titles and Ku Klux Klan members in their white sheets on a blue ground. De Ree's words are set to music of Rev. Geo. Bennard. The rear advertises a recording of the piece offered by 'The American' in Indianapolis. Tiny closed marginal tear at bottom, not affecting the text, else a near fine copy.... more information

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Yes. FIrst edition. 4to. xiv, 526pp. Black cloth spine, gilt; brown cloth sides with gilt title on upper board. Illustrated throughout. Index. Gilt on spine rubbed else this is a fine copy. In publisher's slipcase. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'For Mark Phillips, with best wishes. Ron De Waal. 4-16-75.' Laid in is a typed letter, dated May 13, 1975, signed by Edwin Blum, & addressed t... more information

Stafford: Halden & Son, 1887. Hardcover. Very good. Original cloth, gilt & black. Slightly bumped else a very good copy. With the intriguing bookplate of C. J. Peacock. ... more information

NY: McLoughlin Bros., (1908). Hardcover. Very good. Gray cloth decorated in red and black; gilt title. Chromolithographed frontispiece of the battle between the Constitution and the Guerriere. Illus. throughout. Publisher's File Copy, with plate on front pastedown indicating that the title is out of print as of December 31, 1914, and with marginal pencil markings throughout, apparent revisions for reprinting. With stock number on upper board. Boards soiled and lightly worn, but still a very good copy ... more information

Boston: E. G. House, 1817. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Yes. 8vo. 598pp. Folding map and two plates, one a portrait of the author, the other of Abba Thulle. Modern full polished calf. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt rules, blind tooling; Leather lettering label, gilt. Boards tooled in blind. The final two leaves have been remargined (no loss), a facsimile of the errata sheet has been bound in at the rear, occasional light foxing else a very good copy. Includes a biographical sketch, 'written by... more information