Search Results: Authors starting with D from Stella & Rose's Books

Published by S.W. Partridge & Co., 1892. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Second Edition. Pictorial glazed boards show a young girl in a high chair with title banner and cat looking up at two butterflies. First story is 'A Lesson in Kindness'. 4 Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Cracking to laminate at spine edge with some loss of surface paper. Corners worn. Boards bowed. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few marks to contents but generally a lovely copy.

Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Wain, Louis & Cubitt, Edith A. & Hickling, P.B. & et al., . Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Picture Story Book For Little Ones. Large format (10.5 x 8"). Pictorial boards, front shows Grandpa guiding a donkey and cart with three little ones in the cart. First story is "A Windy Day". B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Front free-endpaper removed(?). A piece of white paper has been stuck to the front free-endpaper (covering previous inscription perhaps?). Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

Published by Copple House Books, 1979. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Blue boards, silver title to spine, vignette to front. The story of the Lockheed C-130 and its adventures around the world. B/w photos. Corners of boards are scuffed. Wrapper is edge rubbed; wrapper spine has small sticker, and faded title.

Published by L. Mame, 1835. Hardback. Fair/Poor. Fair condition with no wrapper. Volume I only. Text in French. Brown leather spine with gilt title. Contents very good, a little browned in places. Covers dampstained with surface paper missing from rear board.

Published by Lansdowne, 1981. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Very large format. Papilionidae & Pieridae. Packed with colour photos. Front cover a little bowed. Some marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks and chips; large tear along rear edge of spine; repaired with tape.

Published by Lansdowne, 1977. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper. Very large format. Revised edition of the original classic. Packed with colour photos. Second Edition Top edge slightly spotted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1995 (Circa.). Paperback. Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition. Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Light cover corner creases. Page edge browning.

Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1991. Paperback. Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition. Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. Schiffer Military History Volume 47. The History & Development of the Ho 229. Some light page edge browning.

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1966. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Kidger, David. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The story of a boy who helps an antique motor car, the OK, to escape from the wreckers and from a ditch full of nettles. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Covers clean. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and a little grubby.

Published by Ashgate, 2003. 1st edition.. Hardback. Fine/Nearly Fine. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Gilbert White as naturalist and scientist - a re-examination. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which is slightly creased at edges.

Published by Prentice-Hall, 1970. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Very Good. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Wrapper browned.

Published by Ginn and Company, 1971. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Brown, Marc Tolon. Very good condition with no wrapper. A Magic Circle Book. The story of William the Dragon. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 15 pages. Boards scuffed. '20p' and name in ink to front endpapers.

Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1928. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Daglish, Eric Fitch. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Animals in Black and White Volume Four. Text and woodcuts. Cream covers with black titles and ornate animal and bird themed border around titles on front cover. 47 pages. 20 birds featured. Some bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Some edges darkened. Large presentation plate to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with large closed tear to front panel which has been repaired on verso. Small hole to fold of front flap. Wrapper is grubby with a browned spine.

Published by Foyles, 1978. Hardback. Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. A Foyles Handbook. Revised Edition. Small format. Blue & yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w and some colour photos. A nice, clean copy.

Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1930. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Daglish, Eric Fitch. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Very pale green cloth with black titles and illustration to front. 236 numbered pages plus index. 20 b/w wood engravings. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrpaper is browned, particularly to spine (with a couple of small damp spots), slight wear and loss to top of spine.

Published by Aviani & Aviani Editori, 2007. 1st edition.. Paperback. Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition. The First Italian Commercial Airline. Text in Italian. Yellow cardwraps, no title on spine, title & illustration to front. B/w photos. Covers and text block slightly grubby, contents fine.

Published by Century Publishing, 1991 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Written in the last months of Dahl's life for the benefit of The Dyslexia Institute. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Minmal rubbing to edges of dustwrapper. 3rd printing.

Published by Viking, 1995. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations througout. 189 pages. 9.5 x 6". Spine bumped. Pale page browning and some foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1989. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. A few spots to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small chips to top and tail of spine.

Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. 1st USA edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. US edition. Colour illustrations. Small split to base of spine, which is faded. Inscription in ink to title page, which also has quite a bit of foxing. Also some foxing to other pages.