Titles starting with D from Argonaut Book Shop

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1967]. First edition. Translated from German by Alisa Jaffa. Small quarto. A fine copy in spine-faded dust jacket. A study of ancient Peruvian artifacts.. ... more information

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980 First edition. Limited to 650 copies printed by Arlen and Clara Louise Philpott. Introduction by the Editor. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. 128pp. Frontis portrait, plates. Cloth-backed patterned boards, gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy. A collection of stories and humorous sketches by one of the most talented journalists of the West. He was an early associate of Mark Twain who urged him to write his mining history, The Big Bonanza and thus preserve the histor... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959 First edition. [10], 406pp. Map endpapers. Rust cloth lettered in black. A fine copy with lightly rubbed and chipped pictorial dust jacket. An historical novel based on the events, and the resulting conflict with the frontier military, surrounding the religious Ghost Dance of the 1889 and 1890 period when the Plains Indians sought to bring back the Buffalo and the old way of life.. ... more information

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1991 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in red leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic.. ... more information

Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Company, 1904 Number 28 of 267 numbered copies reprinted from the rare 1758 first edition. 76pp. Facsimile title page, index. Maroon cloth, gilt, top edges gilt. Very slight rubbing to spine extremities. A fine copy. [Howes I: E-15; Howes II: E-15]. . ... more information

Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1947. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth. A fine copy in Lightly chipped dust jacket. 51E. ... more information

1950 An original holograph manuscript. 42 leaves, very closely written on rectos only of legal-size lined note paper. Fine condition. Housed in a folding leather case, lettered in gilt on front cover. No place, no date (c.1950). A long holograph manuscript in Bromfield's customary minuscule handwriting. Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize (for Early Autumn) and pioneering innovative scientific farming... more information

New York: Rufus Rockwell Wilson, 1936 First edition. 224pp. Frontis portrait plus 13 illustrations from old photographs. Maroon cloth lettered on spine and front cover in black. A fine copy with spine-darkened pictorial dust jacket (jacket is very obscure!). Biography of this famous Colorado detective from the beginning in 1859 when he went to Colorado during the gold rush, to guarding supply trains during the Civil War, to his death in 1907. Cook became city marshal of Denver, was sheriff of Arapaho County... more information

Privately Printed, 1968 First edition. Octavo. 37pp. Black & white plates. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Minor shelf wear, a near fine copy. This catalog of medals forms a short sequel to the larger catalog of mementos from David Salomons House. The collection consists of two parts, the first concerning railways, the second comprising a number of occasional pieces, many of which commorate some major event in the city of London. . ... more information

Berkeley: Ellis A. Davis, 1914 Second expanded edition. Folio. Pp. [100], 101-410, [3]. Profusely illustrated with portraits, views from photographs, and numerous maps (some folding; many in color). Publisher's pebbled black cloth, gilt. Lower corner of two leaves torn away, else a fine copy. A comprehensive compendium of the geography, resources, industries, development, population, and transportation facilities of each city, town, county, and district throughout the Southwest, with an emphasis on Cali... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1963 First edition. Illustrated with several maps. Spine ends rubbed and dust jacket has light wear, else a fine copy. the story of the the first US Naval campaigns.. ... more information

San Diego: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1981 Cloth-backed boards. Slight flaws to front endpapers, else a very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. First Edition. ... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930 First edition. x, 210pp. Frontispiece, 31 plates; bibliography. Black cloth, gilt. One corner slightly jammed, else a very fine copy. A good history and description of Death Valley. Profusely illustrated with 32 full-page photographic plates. Discusses the Valley's geology, early inhabitants, lost emigrants, mines and mining, plants and animals, as well as some of its well-known characters, such as Death Valley Scotty, Shorty Harris, the Briers, et.al. [Edwards, The... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 First edition. Illustrated with numerous black & white plates. Rust colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Spine ends bumped, else a fine copy in lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. Story of the downfall and spiritual rebirth of the Seneca tribe under Handsome Lake.. ... more information

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in brown leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic.. ... more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927 First edition. Black cloth, lettered in red. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Cracked rear hinge. A very good copy in lightly worn dust jacket.. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933 First edition in this format. Illustrated with ink designs by Harold von Schmidt. Hand set type by Elmer Adler at Pynson Printers. Slim octavo. Printed tan boards. Lightly worn dust jacket with two inch section missing at foot of spine and half inch at head of spine. Owner's inscription on jacket flap. Overall, a fine copy. An excerpt from Cather's previously published novel, beautifully and decoratively printed with decorative dust jacket.. Illus. by Von Schmidt, Har... more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952 First edition in English. Photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Folio. [29]pp. plus 126 photographs, some double-page. Original decorated boards designed by Henri Matisse especially for this book. Lacking the matching dust jacket. Spine just slightly darkened (as usual), but a very fine and fresh copy. First edition in English of Cartier-Bresson's famous and influential testament to the power of photography, showcasing 126 of his classic images, with the boards designe... more information

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1965 2 volumes. First edition. Gilt-lettered brown cloth. Very minor rubbing to covers of both volumes, else a very fine set. An extensive study of the Spanish rule in South America from the voyages of discovery and exploring expeditions in 1492 through the present. . ... more information

Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Pr, 1992 Hardback boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. ... more information