Authors starting with D from Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA

NY: Scholastic. (1970). Paperback original, apparently published for junior high school-age students. Photos and capsule histories of two dozen groups or performers, along with a handful of more in-depth pieces. Includes Hendrix and Joplin and the Cowsills, among others. Near fine in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Pantheon Books. 1996. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Pantheon Books. n.d.. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1980. Very Good in Very Good (price-clipped) DJ. Remainder mark on top edge. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

London: Faber & Faber. (1994). Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

(NY): (Crowell). (1976). Uncorrected proof copy. Tapebound. Light staining along the front spine fold, seemingly from the adhesive; very good. A format suggestive of substantial scarcity: the pages are shot from galley sheets; the cover and title page are reproduced from hand-lettered design. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

London: Putnam. (1929). The first edition of his first book, an autobiographical novel that was published in an edition of 520 copies. With an introduction by D.H. Lawrence. This copy is inscribed by Dahlberg: "For ____ ____/ Aristotle says a poet/ is an enthusiastic nature/ and you are without doubt/ an exuberant reader. May 11, '74. NYC." Concave crease to spine; rear hinge cracked; very good, lacking the dust jacket. Rare signed. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

Minneapolis: U. of Minnesota Press. 1964. A collection of essays on various subjects, including a long essay on Melville. Fine in a near fine, lightly sunned and surface soiled dust jacket. An uncommon title. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Crowell. (1976). The last book published in his lifetime by one of the great American men of letters, whose career spanned generations and linked a wide variety of the strands of American literature: he was arrested as a Communist with Nathanael West in 1934; he formed a close friendship with Charles Olson; his writing was included in the suppressed issue of Big Table magazine, along with Kerouac, Burroughs and Corso, and he later became friends with Allen Ginsberg. This copy is inscribed by the author ... more information

NY: Crowell. (1976). A review copy collecting Dahlberg's early writings plus some that were previously unpublished. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with rubbing along the rear spine fold. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

Chicago: Poetry. 1953. Warmly and lengthily inscribed by Dahlberg at his contribution, "Ushant, A Long Lotus Sleep," an excerpt from a work-in-progress. Near fine in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Horizon Press. (1965). Very Good in Very Good DJ (offsetting to back of DJ and some slight rubbing). . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: E.P. Dutton. 1972. Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Crowell. 1976. Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

Austin: U. of Texas. (1965). Poetry. One of only 1000 copies. With a foreword by Allen Tate. Fine in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

London: Calder & Boyars. (1970). The first British edition of this collection of short aphoristic texts, with drawings by Ben Shahn. The first part is devoted to the Western cultural tradition, and the second focuses on pre-Columbian America, ultimately fusing the two to reach for a unified vision of the American cultural legacy. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

(Norfolk): New Directions. (1957). A collection of short aphoristic texts, with drawings by Ben Shahn. The first part is devoted to the Western cultural tradition, and the second focuses on pre-Columbian America, ultimately fusing the two to reach for a unified vision of the American cultural legacy. Fine in a near fine, sunned dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

San Diego: Harcourt Brace. (1987). Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

(London): Virago Press. (1989). Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Vintage. (1990). The first Vintage Contemporaries edition. Fine in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information