Search Results: Authors starting with D from Clevedon Community Bookshop

Medway, Kent: Jean Darley, 2006. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Believed to be first edition and fifth printing. In fine blue card with coloured crest of the squadron to front and black titles, spiral bound and with thick plastic cover over. The covers are clean, tight and straight.The text pages are tightly attached, unmarked and in fine condition. B/w photos to rear. No annotations etc. Without jacket. Rare.

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition and printing. In very good smooth olive green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are unmarked, flat and firm; spine ends bumped. Lightly tanned end papers. Tinted red top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are lightly tanned. The text block is in very good condition, with tightly bound pages, clean and straight. With 14 b/w plates and many b/w figures. No annotated and no dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: liffe Books Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition and printing. A 'Yachting World' Publication. In very good deep turquoise coloured cloth boards and gilt titles to back strip. The covers are clean, tight and straight. Lightly tanned and foxed end papers. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and with unmarked pages. Includes b/w photos, some drawings and maps. No inscriptions etc. In quite good pictorial dust jacket with colour photo of man in sailing boat to front. Rather edge-worn, with chips and small open and closed tears; spine area has more further damage. Not price clipped. In quality plastic cover.

London: Cassell And Company, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Selections from the Writers of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries". First edition and printing. 4to size. In very good bright red cloth boards, blind stamped ruled edges to front, black titles to back strip. The covers are straight, clean and quite firm; corners a little bumped; white marks to cloth on spine. Very lightly tanned free end papers; date and part of dedication on front free end paper (the top corner with the remains of dedication has been cut off). Tanned and slightly foxed cut edges. The text block is in very good condition, firm, square and not tanned; some foxing on prelims and a few small marks on a some pages. With b/w plates and colour frontispiece. Without jacket.

London: liffe Books Ltd, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition and printing. A 'Yachting World' Publication. In very good deep turquoise coloured cloth boards and gilt titles to back strip. The covers are clean, tight and straight. Unmarked end papers. Fairly clean cut edges. the___14 text block is tightly bound, square and with unmarked pages. Includes b/w photos, some drawings and maps. No inscriptions etc. In quite good pictorial dust jacket with colour photo of man in sailing boat to front. Rather edge-worn, with chips and small open and closed tears; spine area has more further damage. Not price clipped. In quality plastic cover.

London: Gateshead Corporation, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition and printing. In near fine bright red cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are tight, straight and clean; spine end edges firm. Unmarked end papers. Slightly marked cut edges. The text block is very firm, flat and clean, near fine plus condition. With many b/w photos and illustrations and 5 maps (fold-out). Looks unused. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Michael Renton. Folio edition in slipcase. Introduction by Colin Ward. In pale green illustrated covers, quarter bound with blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and illustration. Spine a little faded and scuffed. Top cut edge and endpapers dark yellow. Some foxing to front ep. Text clean and bright. Tightly bound. Cream slipcase with some marks and fading towards the top. Black and white wood engravings including frontispiece by Michael Renton.

London: A & C Black Ltd,, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. G. F. Nicholls. First edition and printing. In very good mid blue cloth boards, with blind stamped decoration to front with black titles. The boards are firm, flat and clean; spine ends slightly bumped. Lightly tanned free end papers; dedication on front free end paper. Tiny dark blue bookseller's sticker from The Scholastic Trading Co Ltd, Bristol on front paste down. Tanned and foxed cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and with lightly foxed Prelims, end pages, Index and some text pages. Twenty four attractive and clean colour plates by G. F. Nicholls. Very good minus. Without jacket.

Longstanton, Cambs: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Recognition, Prevention and Eradication". First edition and printing. 4to size. In very good plus bright green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are tight, flat and clean; spine ends and corners a little bumped. Very white unmarked end papers; name of previous owner on front paste down. Unmarked cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and clean - near fine condition, excellent for age - with many bright b/w photos. Not annotated. In good slightly faded orange dust jacket with image of beetles to front with white and black titles. The jacket is worn on spine and top edge; the tail end of rear flap is very creased. Not price clipped.

London: Meiklejohn And Son Ltd, 1111. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A Manual for Students, With Chapters on Paraphrasing, Essay-writing, Précis-writing, Punctuation, and Other Matters". Eleventh edition; printing not known. Not dated. In very good olive green decorated cloth boards, black titles and pattern to front. The boards are very tight and flat; spine sunned, otherwise unmarked; spine and edges firm. Lightly tanned free end papers; names of two previous owners on front free end paper with dates and one place. Foxed and lightly tanned cut edges. The text block is firm and straight and with foxed prelims and end pages and Vocabulary to rear and lightly foxed throughout. Good condition. Without jacket. Scarce edition.

London: J M Dent & sons Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. James Macintyre. In black ,white and tan illustrated boards.Clean and unmarked throughout, illustrated with monochrome photographs and diagrams.

London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing. In near fine navy cloth boards, silver titles to back strip. The covers are very tight, straight and clean - excellent for age. Unmarked end papers. Tinted dark navy top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are fairly clean. The text block is tightly bound, square and very clean - near fine condition. With 23 b/w plates and many drawings and figures. No inscriptions etc. In very good yellow dust jacket with colour image of yacht on front and black titles; top edge a little chipped. Not price clipped. With very good plastic cover over dust jacket.

John D Vose, 1111. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memories of the wind-up gramophone. First edition and printing. Not dated. Published by the author. In near fine plus pale green stapled card, with green and black titles and black image of a gramophone to front. The covers are very clean, tight and straight. The text block is in fine condition - unmarked and very tightly bound. With b/w illustrations and adverts throughput. No inscriptions etc. Not paginated.

London: Faber And Faber, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maurice Wilson. First edition and printing. In quite good burgundy coloured cloth boards; gilt titles to back strip. The covers are a little wobbly from some damage to hinge, fairly straight and marked along top cut edge. Very lightly tanned and foxed free end papers and rear paste down. Tinted dark red top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are foxed and lightly tanned. The text block is tightly bound, square and not tanned or foxed - very good condition. With line drawings by Maurice Wilson, a colour frontispiece and b/w photos. No dedications etc. In poor grey dust jacket with tipped in colour image (as frontispiece) and black titles. The jacket is only just in one piece with tears along the folds and with small open and closed tears on top and tail edges. Price clipped.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing. From Cambridge Authors' and Printers' Guides series. In very good stapled black and white decorated card with blue titles; tightly bound, square and clean. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is in very good condition with tightly bound and pages. Price in black ink on title page. No dedications etc. Issued without jacket.

London: Heron Books/Macdonald & Co., 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A Tutortext book. Foreword by R Beresford Dew. In black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards in good condition. Foxing to top cut edge. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Text is clean and bright. Tightly bound. No dust jacket.

London: Nelson, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Not dated, believed to be around 1930s, edition not known. In thick boards, with coloured illustration on front of hunters in snow, very good, fairly clean, tight, straight copy, but with chipped corners. Spine tight, continuation of illustration from, front cover, ends slightly bumped. Endpapers and cut edges slightly tanned. Text block lightly tanned, mostly around the edges, with many black and white illustrations. With transparent plastic cover.

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1951. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lionel Edwards. Cream cloth boards with repeating pattern in red; slightly bumped corners & wear round edges; author & title in black in a decorative black box on front; Author, title & pbl in black on spine. Cut edges lightly tanned; top & fore edges foxed. Endpapers have a repeating pattern in red. Text block tight; pages clean bar occasional marks round edges; book contains 24 b/w line drawings & 8 colour plates incl frontispiece; Contents Page at front; info about author on back of title page; List of Volumes in The Children's Classics Series on back of half-title page. Unclipped, red dust jacket (faded spine) has slight wear round edges with 2 small closed tears (top back & top front flap crease); tanning to top flap edges; author, title & illustrator on front with a large colour illustration; author, title & pbl on spine; List of books in the Series on back; info about the books on front flap.

London: Trustees of The British Museum, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition and printing. In very good beige card, clay tablet illustration and black titles to front. The covers are very clean and tight, very slightly wrinkled.Very white, clean end papers; name and address stamp on front free end paper. Very clean cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and very clean - near fine condition. Fully illustrated with b/w plates.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Not dated - first edition was 1913. Edition and printing not known - "new and cheaper edition". In quite good red cloth boards, blind stamped globe emblem and 'The Globe Edition' to front, gilt titles and decoration to back strip. The covers are firm and straight; front fore edge a little sunned and marked; spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. Slightly tanned free end papers. Tanned cut edges; the fore edge is also foxed. Very good text block, tightly bound, square and not tanned or marked. Name in pencil on a prelim. Without jacket. Overall condition good due to state of covers.