Authors starting with D from Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)

Paris:: Editions & Librairie,, [1915].. First edition.. Cheap paper browning; a very good copy.. 8vo, early green cloth spine, marbled boards, morocco label, gilt lettering, 63, [1] pages. With an extra, evidenty slightly earlier manuscript prophecy bound in. An evidently credulous collection of prophecies, ranging from Nostradamus to the annual almanac from Madame de Thèbes, all tending to suggest a quick victory for France and the fall of the Hohenzollern. The manuscript prophecy is noted as ... more information

Boston:: Charles C. Little and James Brown,, 1840. First edition.. Some minor soiling and wear; a very good copy.. 8vo, removed, 24 pages. The Harvard-trained Unitarian here turns his formidable powers of logic and wide reading to the support of miracles as a foundation of Christianity. Faint offset from an old ink inscription to the final page. ... more information

12mo, stitched unbound pamphlet, 24 pages. It is well known to you that the past year has been pregnant with excitements, intrigues, and cunning, practiced by those, who profess to be of a long suffering, meek and lowly spirit, and the only true followers of Jesus Christ, (whom *they* call the Almighty God.)" Two anti-Trinitarian lectures, evidently delivered in Leominster (though no date of delivery is given; were the lectures actually delivered? Or simply published as polemical Unitarian exegetics?);... more information

Boston and New York:: Houghton, Mifflin,, 1889. First edition.. Just a trifle foxed on the fore-edges of the text block. A fine, bright copy.. 8vo, original decorated blue cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis, illus. Three stories, published posthumously, a series of "sketches of a negro character." With a small contemporary pamphlet for Houghton Mifflin items laid in. Wright III, 1386. ... more information

Cambridge:: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf,, 1814. First edition of Dana's first book.. Foxed; a good, sound copy.. 8vo, removed, 22 pages. Lacks the wrappers. BAL 4414. ... more information

8vo, original self wrappers, 7 pages. Utica antiquarian Darling here produces a poem in the voice of the Egyptian obelisk that had been mounted--with full Masonic ceremony in late 1880--in Central Park as a token of esteem from Egypt's Khedive. While the poem itself is not without merit, the true wonder of the pamphlet is Darling's scrupulous listing of his membership in 29 learned societies.... more information

8vo, original decorated gray cloth, 170 pages. Frontis portrait. A brutal naturalistic novel of a man driven by poverty and despair to the murder of his wife, and one of two works of fiction from the famed defense lawyer. The copper country of the Upper Peninsula was home to a large population of Finnish immigrant miners; the bleak subject matter of Darrow's novel, along with the author's recent association with Big Bill Haywood, seems well suited to regional social and economic conditions; Työ... more information

(Salt Lake City):: Darter,, 1948. Stated third edition.. Some light browning; a fine copy.. 16mo, original printed wrappers, 24 pages plus text on wrappers. Fundamentalist LDS writings from the author who maintained many prophetic views concerning celestial marriage, the identity of "One Mighty and Strong" (an Indian in the Yucatan), etc. On revelations regarding plural marriage to Woodruff and Taylor, never published by the Mormon church in the United States (per Shields). Shields 667 (this ed... more information

[At the foot of the text:] Salem, Utah:: n. p.,, 1958. Stated second edition.. A fine copy.. 8vo, unbound pamphlet, 8 pages. Fundamentalist LDS writings from the author who maintained many prophetic views concerning celestial marriage, the identity of "One Mighty and Strong" (an Indian in the Yucatan), etc. Shields 658: "Argues that even though the Mormon church claims to be the Kingdom of God, they have abandoned the true teachings and no longer represent God's work. ... more information

[Salem, Utah?:: n. p.],, 1966. First edition.. A fine copy.. 8vo, unbound pamphlet, 8 pages. Fundamentalist LDS writings from the author who maintained many prophetic views concerning celestial marriage, the identity of "One Mighty and Strong" (an Indian in the Yucatan), etc. Shields 665: "Argues that the time for the prophecies to be fulfilled is at hand and that the United States is on the verge of being overthrown. The Indian Messiah will soon come forth. ... more information

[Salt Lake City:: n. p.],, 1942. First edition.. 8vo, self wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Fundamentalist LDS writings from the author who maintained many prophetic views concerning celestial marriage, the identity of "One Mighty and Strong" (an Indian in the Yucatan), etc. Not found in Shields. ... more information

Chicago:: Hope Pubishing Company,, (1894).. Likely a later (though early) printing.. Rubbed, bumped and soiled; a good, sound copy.. 8vo, original brown cloth spine, printed boards, 224 pages. Hymns for revivals. ... more information

Chicago:: The Hope Publishing Company,, (1898).. Likely first edition.. Board edges rubbed; some soiling and spotting; a good, sound copy.. 8vo, original brown cloth spine, printed boards, 224 pages. ... more information

Benton Harbor, Mich.:: Israelite House of David, as Re-organized by Mary Purnell,, [1932?].. A later edition of the House of David song book, for use in the community.. A bit worn and soiled; a very good copy.. Small 8vo, original red wrappers printed with the dove device, plus an extra set of drab wrappers printed in blue, "For Meeting Room Use Only, Don't Take Song Books from the Building," 32 pages. A standard religious song book from the well-known vegetarian religious commune in southwe... more information

Benton Harbor, Mich.:: The Israelite House of David as re-organized by Mary Purnell,, [ca. 1940-1950?].. First edition?. Some light browning; a very good copy.. 8vo, unbound, [4] pages. A circular outlining the views and practices (and various publications) of the Israelite House of David, the branch of the House of David re-organized by Benjamin Purnell's widow during the dissension of the 1930s in the wake of Benjamin Purnell's death and the various lawsuits against the organization. ... more information

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1912).. First separate edition.. Cloth a trifle sunned; a fine copy.. Small 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 31 pages. Suffrage activism handled in a not unkindly manner, a light dialect story on a woman running for mayor--and expecting what she hopes will be a daughter. Smith, American Fiction 1901-1925, D-98. ... more information

Ontario, Ohio:: n. p.,, 1897. First edition.. A little browned and worn; a very good copy. OCLC notes OHi only.. Small 12mo, original printed wrappers, 44 pages. I have prepared this volume for the public, for about one person out of ten can name the presidents in order. Davis prepares an educational handbook that goes beyond such dry lists, however; he also includes lists of the causes of presidential death, the cash value of presidential estates, curious facts about vice presidents, etc. Our customers n... more information

Boston:: Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong,, 1816. First edition.. Foxed; a good, sound copy.. 8vo, removed, 36 pages. On the relative merits of heathens versus infidels and the obvious perils for each condition. Includes a list of the members of the American Board of Commissioners as well as one of Foreign Mission Societies. Old ink autograph number at the head of the title. American Imprints 37401. ... more information

Philadelphia:: Porter & Coates,, (1879 but [1878]).. First edition.. Cloth rubbed; a good, sound copy.. 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, 416 pages. Something of a detective mystery, a convoluted tale involving a wealthy paranoid who has absconded with his daughter and is living in "Slowville" under an assumed name; a chance crime results in the unravelling of his secret. With incidental Irish dialect humor and a saloon-keeper with a heart of gold. Some contemporary p... more information

Dayton, O.:: Printed by J. Regans,, 1827.. First edition.. A little rubbed and bumped; foxed; a very good copy.. 12mo, original calf, brown morocco spine label, gilt lettering, 132 pages. I flatter myself, that although the volume is small, it will be found useful and satisfactory, and perhaps be thought worth the money." Meant as an aid to traders in the Ohio Valley, a means to calculate (say) the price of 35 yards of linen at 17 cents, 5 mills a yard, and an early book from the press of Japhtha Reg... more information