Search Results: Titles starting with D from The Antique Map & Bookshop

W.& G.Foyle 1933 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With decorated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded. Small pieces missing from top end. Small piece missing from back. Mild foxing. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 112 pp. Physical descriptions of the first editions of the works of D.H.Lawrence together with the value at time of publication.

W. & R. Chambers 1898 1st. Nice blue pictorial cloth, bevelled edge covers with gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition, corners bumped and edges slightly rubbed, a couple of small marks to cloth. Bookseller stamp to front endpaper, some odd few marks else inside pages generally very clean and tight throughout. 8 b/w plates by W. H. C. Groome. First letter decor.& chapter vignettes. 414 pp. Cat.2 pp. "On the Spanish Main" (pp. 1-80). AND: "Joe Polwreath, The Hunchback", (pp. 81-116).

Orr & Comp Amen Corner Paternoster Row Ca1870. Size of engraved surface: 25cm x 30cm. In very good condition. Some faint marks on left hand edge. Some pencil markings and coloured underlining Uncoloured.

Published by Paris, 1850. Lithograph, Size 31cmx48cm, In very good condition. A few very faint marks. Small tear top edge margin. Printed in colour and finished by vintage hand.

London, Ward and Lock, 1860 1st. Hardback, approx 6.25 x 5 inches. Halfbound calf leather with marbled paper to boards. Decorative embossed edging, raised banding and black leather spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, some darkening to spine. Some mild foxing spots to endpapers, bookplate to front “Jenico, 14th Viscount Gormanston.” Some minor foxing and handling marks to pages. Els a very good clean and tight copy. vi + 312pp. Includes cases: An Irish Ghost Story and The Haunted House.

Faber and Faber. 1936 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In light brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. In very good condition. Spine slightly bumped at ends. Cormers slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 413 pp. With b/w plates. An entertainment of the imagination is a fantasia of art, music and fiction.

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1938 1st edition. Hardback, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Plain endpapers. Top page edges red. In very good condition. Some minor fading and darkening to spine else cloth clean and smart, in protective sleeve. Penned inscription to front endpaper “To Dad, Wishing you a happy Xmas, Your loving daughter Betty, 1942.” Some minor darkening to blank prelim and dedication page. A couple of minor odd foxing spots edges of a couple of inside pages, 96, 112, 128-9. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 287pp. Coloured title page with B&W frontis portrait illustration. Illustrated with B&W photo plates.

Hutchinson. 1965 1st.. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In maroon/black speckled cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine slightly rubbed at ends. Slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped. Laminated). Boots Booklovers Library sticker to front board. Else a clean and tight copy. 349 pp. Set in Corfu and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the story concerns a contested will with theft, arson, blackmail and murder. The main character is de Richleau, now a frail old man of 85.

J & A Churchill. London. 1879 second edition.. Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. In dark olive-grey cloth covers with gilt to spine and illustrated front. In very good condition. Slight browning to endpapers with inscription and bookplate to front. Front hinge has old repair. Relevant paper clipping loose in front. Unpaginated but approx 120 pp. with 24 pp cat. With parti-coloured diagrams. The author points out defects to be found in houses, which are detrimental to health. Building regulations, have changed a great deal since.

Copenhage, Jul. Hoffensbergs Tryk og Forlag, no date ca1860. Large hardback, approx 14.5 x 10 inches. In purple/maroon pebbled plain cloth covers. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some fading to cover around boards and spine. Corners slightly bumped, small nicks to ends of spine with minor split top top. Some minor darkening and light foxing to endpapers, embossed owners stamp to corner “Bifrong Cottage, Canterbury.” Some minor foxing spots to title page, some minor spots to text pages, one or two tiny spots to plates else plates all very clean and bright. Else an excellent copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 20 hand coloured plates on pictorial decorative mounts, and 6 full-page colour supplementary trophy/uniform plates. Scarce.

France, Jourde et Allard, 1949 Ltd Edition. Green cloth portfolio with paper spine label, in later slipcase; Illustrated paper cover in original glassine wrap, with loose gatherings (as issued) of text and plates. In very good condition. Later slipcase rubbed and slightly squashed, cloth reinforced edges. Some fading to green cloth cover around boards. Some tanning to paper spine label. Pages all clean and bright throughout. No marks or foxing. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Text 170pp. Illustrated with 2 sets of plates, one set in B&W in text, and seperate set in maroon. All engraved plates. Loose bound. Text in French.

Privately printed. 1940 1st edition.. Tall 8vo. In grey limp card covers. In very good condition. Covers slightly browned and creased at edges. Mild foxing to edges. Else clean and tight inside. 32pp. The star Procyon has a dark companion, and the two revolve round each other in a period of forty years. A dialogue poem between Procyon and his dark companion. They debate religion and war. Oxford, Berkshire, Kent, Paris, Rome, Jordan, Jerusalem.

Faber and Faber. 1964 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In red cloth covers with yellow lettering to spine. With decorated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly rubbed at ends. Edges slightly rubbed. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 190 pp. A novel about a clash of civilisations with very different attitudes and values.

Methuen & Co. 1896 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Small worm holes to front hinge. Corners slightly bumped. Hinges slightly cracked. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat inscription to first blank page. Occasional small marks Else a clean and tight copy. 255 pp. 40 pp cat. A collection of short stories set in and around Dartmoor from Sabine Baring-Gould.

Collins. London. 1953 1st. edition. Size 6.25 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with a good dustwrapper (dw; Small nicks to the and bottom and top edge of the spine. Slight foxing to the Dw, in protective cover Not price clipped). Inside very clean and tight copy. 273pp. With 17 colour & 36 b/w photographs; 3 maps. This is a general introduction to the region and its natural history, and covers every aspect of Dartmoor, including its geology, climate, drainage system and flora and fauna.The moors, tors, bogs and woodlands are each given careful attention, and there are two chapters on the history of the area from prehistoric times and the character of the Dartmoor people.The controversy over the competing claims on Dartmoor of national defense, water supply, mineral working, afforestation, hill sheep-farming, public recrreation and nature conservation is also fully discussed.

London, Macmillan & Co., 1957 1st edition. Hardback, approx 9 x 6 ins. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Brown paper dustwrapper lettered in red. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW darkened at spine, some rubbing and minor nicks to edges, in protective sleeve.) Cloth clean, some partial darkening to endpapers with neat inscription to front “Brian Chadwick”, else a very clean and tight copy. 481pp. With a b&w photo portrait and b&w diagrams in text.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1958 (1st.).. Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. In black/dark blue polished full morocco leather fine binding by “Zaehnsdorf.” Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine, full gilt page edging, and wide decorative inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. In very good near fine condition. Very good clean smart cover. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions. A couple of minor light foxing spots to edge of title page and last index page. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xx + 427pp. Illustrated with 8 B&W full-page plates, and pedigree. (Without cover illustration as listed.) David Garrick (1717-79), the English actor, producer, dramatist, poet, and joint manager of the Drury Lane Theatre (1747-76).

BLANDFORD First edition Limited edition to 1000 copies only (1990). Large softback volume Size 11.5 x 8 inches In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, slight crease down centre of spine. Small crease lower front corner. Inside clean & tight. 524 pages Fully illustrated. Limited edition to 1000 copies only (1990) Number 89 SIGNED by Author

London. Faber and Gwyer. 1926 1st.. 8.5 x 6.75 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and gilt and black illustration to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded and rubbed at ends. Vertical crease to back. Corners slightly rubbed. With protective plastic wrap). Front board part faded. Slight browning to endpapers. School stamp and presntation inscription dated 1929 to front endpaper. Colours clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. 251 pp. With 8 colour plates and b/w illustrations in text. Children’s story. Mig runs away from her grim old cousin Belinda. After being caught, she escapes with the help of the Dawnchildren and eventually finds her Mother and her Fairy Prince.

New York. E.P.Dutton and Company, Inc. 1948 1st edition.. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. In grey cloth covers with maroon decor and title to spine and front. With decorated dustwrapper. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Small pieces missing fromt spine and ends. Fore edges slightly rubbed. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Foxing to edges. Browning to endpapers. occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 213 pp. The author, the widow of Llewelyn Powys, gives reminiscences of her time in the USA during and following the First World War. She writes of the people she knew and recalls the struggle for Suffrage and of industrial injustices.