Search Results: Titles starting with D from Rachel Smith Books

"Dangerous Work", Number 43 of an anotated limited edition of Doyle's actual diary (logs). This London edition preceeded the U.S. edition and is the First Edition. It is a fine reproduction of the two volume log he kept during his whaling voyage on the S S Hope from February 28, 1880 to August 11, 1880. Doyle was 21 at the time and these adventures stayed with him all his life. Some of his memories from the voyage were later mentioned in several Sherlock Homes stories. The two volume log is reproduced in a color facsimile and also contains a complete annotated transcript of the log. Following the transcript are the short stories influenced by his whaling adventures: "the Adventure of Black Peter", "The Captain of the Pole-Star", "Life on a Greenland Whaler", and "The Glamour of the Arctic".The condition of the diary and the slip case is Fine...as new, unopened and unread.

Desert, Marsh and Mountain Ltd. EditionThesiger, Wilfred. 1979, The first Deluxe Ltd. Edition published by Collins, London.
The Ltd.edition was published in 160 copies and is signed on the title page by Thesiger. This copy is number 65 and is in FINE condition as is the slipcase. Quarto (215 x 275mm). Many fine photos taken by Thesiger, some double page, 304 pages of photos, text, maps, prologue, epilogue, glossary of foreign terms and an index. The title comes from his Desert travels in his first and second crossings of the Empty Quarter, his time spent living with the Marsh Arabs, and his journeys in various unfrequented mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush and Karakorams. Also covered are travels in Iraqi, Kurdistan, Iran, and the Yemen. "One of the last in a great British tradition of individual and often eccentric travellers". Original binding in ½ brown Morocco with beige cloth boards. All edges are gilt and the spine is with gilt lettering. The slipcase is original cloth with a… Read More

Jack KerouacThe Dharma Bums. A very nice copy of this classic from the Beat Generation. Viking, New York 1958, pp. 244. First Edition with unclipped dust jacket. Text is clean, unmarked and tight. The original black cloth covers lettered in silver and green are unmarked, and the book is in FINE CONDITION. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with only slight scuffing and the inside of the front flap has a faint pink mark over the price, See photo.

Diary of A Journey Overland through the Maritime Provinces of China, from Manchao, on the South Coast of Hainan, to Canton, in the Years 1819 and 1820, by J.R., published by Richard Phillips, London 1822. Half calf with marble boards and gilt spine in period style; pages are clean although edges show minor discoloration. Overall a very good copy.

M'Clure, Robert. Osborn, Sherard, ed. The Discovery of the North-West PassageLondon, 1856 first edition, Octavo 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Longman, Brown [&c.]. 406 pages with 26 pages of advertisements dated March 1856. Folding engraved hand-colored map, 4 lithograph plates, original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, terracotta end papers with printed advertisements. The text is clean and tight without any markings. The fold out map is in fine condition with no tears and is properly folded. The binding is unmarked with no fading, spine lettering is bright, slight possible repair to the head of the spine otherwise a FINE copy.Robert M'Clure was a British naval Captain who is best known for his discovery of the course of the Northwest passage. He commanded the H.M.S. Investigator and along with Captain Richard Collinson in the H.M.S. Enterprise, they were sent in 1850 by the British Admiralty to the Arctic to search for the lost Franklin expedition. Their approach was to be from the West through… Read More

Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, with Bessy Bell to which is added, (never before published) The Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chase.
Anonymous: Corymbaeus.
London, Printed for W. Stuart. 1778. Fourth edition enlarged from the 1774 fourth edition with the Chevy Chase Ballad (additional 31 pages).
This is an interesting book of Barnaby's beer drinking tales best described on the title page as follows: Wittily and merrily (tho' an Hundred Years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty Books that had lain a long Time by in a Corner, and now at last made public.
Together with BESSY BELL. To which is now added, (never before published) The Ancient BALLAD of CHEVY CHASE. In Latin and English Verse.
Complete with 6 full page copper plates, the four journeys of Barnaby's, Bess Bell in 8 pages To be sung in altern Courses and modern Voices, the 31 page ballad of Chevy Chase, and the 8 page index.
The binding is in Fine condition with no wear or scuff marks. The text block is clean, tight and… Read More