Authors starting with D from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Paris: L. Hachette & Co., 1854. Hardcover 6.5" x 4". 388pp. Rebound in a custom designer binding with light brown calf, with a black bordered red diamond panel in the middle of the front board, embossed with fleur-de-lis patterned. Top edge gilt; red leather spine label with gilt lettering. This French language work on playing cards features many illustrations of antiquarian cards. The book is housed in a custom clamshell box, to which someone has added a set of hand drawn playing cards... more information

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1936. 12" x 8.5". 52pp. Color illustrated paper covered boards with a black cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Mild edge rubbing, else nice VG+ condition; the jacket is heavily worn with some chips and is price clipped. Early printing. A life story of the father of our country, with color and black & white illustrations from lithographs by the authors. ... more information

Puspashrama, Mysore, India: Divya Jyothi Publications, 1973. Paperback 8.5" x 5.5". 214pp. Illustrated wrappers. Mild general wear; overall nice VG+ condition. Theological philosophy with the main theme being spiritual renewal. ... more information

New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1925. Hardback 11" x 7.75". 209pp. Red and black cloth, gilt lettering. mild soiling, ownership signature (of a known Seattle architect), spine lightly faded, else VG+ condition. A great architectural design study, packed with black & white photo illustrations and design plans. ... more information

Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1989. Hardcover 11" x 8.25". 214pp. Beige illustrated cloth. A fine copy. Volume 4 in a series about the Tell El - Hesi archeological site. This important work includes chapters on the past and present physical environment of the site, early excavations at the site, especially by Petrie and Bliss, methodology, the volunteer and educational program of 1970 - 1975, stratigraphy at the site, reports on Chalcolithic remains, a cemetery from the Persian period,... more information

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First edition 7.25" x 4.5". 400pp. Green cloth with gilt decorations. Front flyleaf lacking, else near fine condition. A memoir by a recognized authority on social etiquette. Dahlgren was a novelist and also published books on such matters as the subject of early marriage. She was also an adamant anti-suffragist. ... more information

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. Hardcover First edition 8.5" x 5.5". 253pp. Black cloth hardcover. Some edge wear and rubbing on spine tips and edges, bookplate inside front cover, small pencil mark on first free leaf and sticker remnants on inside back cover, else VG condition. ... more information

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1939. Hardcover First edition Octavo. 239pp. A fine, bright copy in a very nice jacket with only mild edge wear and very light soiling. This book includes Daladier's speeches on various subjects during the time of the disastrous capitulation to Hitler at Munich and Germany's siezure of Czechoslovakia. An interesting and important book, and quite uncommon in a dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949. Hardcover 7.75" x 5.25". 260pp. Red cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering and device in dust wrapper. Top spine tip is lighly bumped, else fine condition. The dust jacket has edge wear with a .75" x .5" chip missing from the bottom spine tip, fading on the spine with light general soiling, VG condition. Black and white illustrations by Bill Charmatz ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Hardcover 7.75" x 5.5". 169pp. Illustrated hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped, edges are faded, quote pencilled on first leaf, gilt lettering is rubbed on spine, else VG+ condition. illustration page was opened poorly. Black and white illustrations by John Sloan. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Hardback First edition 9" x 5.75". 363pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket is lightly rubbed. A study of Webster's legendary speech of March 7th, 1850 and its place in the political milieu of the day. ... more information

Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1947. Hardcover 10.5" x 6.75". 206pp. Dark green cloth covered boards with light green lettering on spine and some edge wear in VG+ condition; in original black decorative dust jacket with edge wear and rubbing, front top right corner torn off and lower right corner repaired with tape. This book is designed to provide primary instruction in the proper use and care of those firearms which are now in common use. The text and pictures unit... more information

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. Hardback 8.5" x 5.5". 344pp., plus plates. red cloth, in dust wrapper. Ownership inscription, else near fine condition; nice VG+ jacket with a small bit of edge wear. A detailed study of shells and shell collecting. With chapters covering Buonanni, Linnaeus, the Linnaean era, the Lamarckian era, Hugh Cuming, the modern era, shell dealers and collectors, major collections, a guide to collecting, etc. With a marvelous section ... more information

[No place]: Privately Published, 1936. Hardback 8.25" x 5.5". 122pp. Red embossed checkboard cloth. Near fine condition. Stated sixth edition. The author founded the Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis, Missouri. This volume describes Danforth's personal motivational philosophy. ... more information

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, United States Government Printing Office, 1957. Paperback 9.25" x 6". 26pp. Dark green printed paperback. Light edge wear, else near fine condition. From the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 164, pp. 279 - 296. Anthropological Papers, No. 55. ... more information

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Hardback 9.25 x 10. 44pp. Color illustrated paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Light edge wear else nice VG+ condition. Jacket has heavy edge wear and chipping. Illustrated with official US Navy photographs. Depicts the naval battle fleet of the time with photos and descriptions of each type of ship, including submarines. ... more information

New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1958. Hardcover 8" x 5.25". 282pp. Grey cloth covered boards with red lettering; in original decorative white, black and red dust jacket. James Daniel was a contributng editor of Time Magazine. "This book is the record of what was said and done at a gathering of historic importance--when over 600 world business leaders from 62 non-communist countries met, by invitation only, to exchange views, experience, and proposals about econ... more information

London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1950. Hardback First edition 7.25" x 4.75". 206pp. Green cloth. Fine condition. Packed with delicious salad recipes, including French salad, "the recognised classic among salads." ... more information

Gonvick, Minnesota: Richards Publishing Company, Inc., 1985. Hardcover 11" x 8.5". 28pp. Blue buckram with silver lettering. Small gift inscription, else fine condition. A good local history of this Minnesota region. With much on early pioneers to the area, homesteading, various villages and towns such as Berner, Winsor and Wildwood, local businesses, railroads, schools, the fire department, the local newspapers, and much more. With black & white photo illustrations and maps.. ... more information

Indianapolis and New York : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 5". 302pp. Green cloth, lettering in gilt. A good+ copy lacking dust jacket. Moderate soiling & wear to boards and page edges, bookplate removed; text clean & unmarked. Overall a sound copy if this mystery not common in original cloth edition. ... more information