Search Results: Titles starting with D from William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop

[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French politician (chancellor) Charles Dambray, by Delpech after Zéphirin Belliard. Hand-tinted (clothing), with a facsimile of Dambray's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At left: "Z. Belliard". At lower right: "Lith. de Delpech". A clean and attractive image, some foxing. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs lithographiés d'après nature par MM. Hesse, Dupré et Maurin."

[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French painter Jacques-Louis David, by Delpech after Monanteuil. Hand-tinted (clothing), with a facsimile of David's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At left: "Monanteuil". At right: "G. lith. de Delpech.". A very good copy, some foxing, several very short marginal tears at the left side. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs lithographiés d'après nature par MM. Hesse, Dupré et Maurin."

[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French statesman Achille Léonce Victor Charles, 3rd Duke of Broglie, by Delpech after Antoine Maurin. Hand-tinted (clothing), with a facsimile of De Broglie's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At lower right: "Lith. de Delpech A Paris". At lower left: "Maurin (signature/monogram) / dessine d'apres nature par". Light creasing, short marginal tears, a very good copy. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs… Read More

[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French statesman Élie-Louis, 1st Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg, by Delpech after Dupre. Hand-tinted (clothing), with a facsimile of Decazes's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At left: "Dupre / 1828". At right: "G. Lith. de Delpech.". An attractive image, some foxing. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs lithographiés d'après nature par MM. Hesse, Dupré et Maurin."

[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French politician André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin, by Delpech after Antoine Maurin. Hand-tinted (clothing and hair), with a facsimile of Dupin's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At lower left: "Lith de Delpech". At lower right: "Maurin (signature/monogram). A little spotting and foxing, two short marginal tears on left side, a fresh and attractive copy. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs lithographiés… Read More

Frankfurt, [c.1691]. . A copper engraved map on laid paper, uncoloured. Descriptive text with alphabetical key in upper right, inset map in upper left. Image size 36.5cm x 28cm. Verso blank. Issued in Volume 12 of Merian's Theatrum Europaeum, which saw several editions. Some short tears in margins, a couple extending slightly into the plate; bits of old paper tape at top margin on verso, a very good copy. A plan of the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.

Modern Language Notes, January, 1948. A 4-page offprint, on two leaves, stapled. Twice folded, very good condition. Inscribed by Bronson in pencil on the first page, "For Albert, affectionately / B..;d." This short piece on Shakespeare's songs from Love's Labour's Lost appeared in Modern Language Notes, January, 1948, pages 35 - 38. This is evidently an offprint prepared for the author, as the first and last pages contain only the text of his piece, not any of the other text as it appeared in the periodical. From the Bronson collection distributed by Serendipity Books some years ago.

San Fransicso: Andrew Hoyem, Arion Press, 1982. First edition. . Gray-blue decorative wrappers. A 3-page foldout, containing several poems. Signed by the author. A fine copy. Issued as a greeting to friends of Cadmus Editions, limited to 110 copies.

NY: Schilling, 1944. First edition. Two 11 x 6 inch booklets, illustrated in color, accordion fold-outs. A children's story of a king and his twelve daughters. A little wrinkling to lower corner, some small scuffs, but about fine. An unusual format, nicely illustrated.

Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 1984. First edition. . Original tan printed wrappers, sewn. Small ownership signature to inner front cover, a fine copy. A keepsake, limited to 275 copies "privately printed by Richard Murdoch for distribution by Wake Forest University Press as a keepsake at the XXII Annual Meeting of the American Committee For Irish Studies. May 1984". This copy is signed with a short inscription by Heaney at his contribution (Hailstones); also signed at their contributions by Maire Mhac an tSaoi, Derek Mahon, and Tom Paulin.

cat40a. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888. Reprint - first published in 1880. Decorative wrappers; rebound in plain brown paper, with the original front wrapper pasted to the front, the spine lettered by hand with the title & author. Issued as No. 86 in Lippincott's Series of Select Novels, June 1, 1888. New covers pasted to first & last leaves, some edge wear, very good in general. First published in 1880, this is a tale told by a Stradivarius violin.

London: Herbert Jenkins, (1939). First edition.. cat40a. Orange cloth designed and lettered in black. A nice, bright copy. A novel of Scotland, including smuggling, romance and murder. A scarce book.

Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus, 1748.. A copper engraved view on laid paper, uncoloured. Titled on a scroll/cartouche at the top. A-C alphabetical key below title. Image size is 28cm x 19cm. Original folds, light foxing to margins, a nice clean copy. Issued in Johann Joachim Schwabe's Allgemeine Historie der Reisen (1748 - 1774), (Volume 3, 1748). A view of Fort William at Anomabu, Ghana. The fort was built by the British in 1743, on the site of a previous British fort, Fort Charles, which was abandoned in the late 17th century. Also known as Anomabu Castle, the fort became the center of British slave trading along the Gold Coast until the slave trade was outlawed in 1807.

Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus, 1749. A copper engraved map on laid paper, uncoloured, from Volume 5 of Schwabe's Allgemeine Historie der Reisen (1748 - 1774). Image size is 28cm x 23cm. Text in German. Verso blank. In upper right corner: "No. 44". At lower right: "T.V.H.". Original folds, very good condition; paper tape on verso at left edge, some yellow glue marks showing through. From Bellin's French map (L'Isle Formose Et Partie Des Costes De La Chine ) published in Prevost's L'Histoire Generale des Voyages (Volume 5, 1748). The German edition of Bellin's well-known map of the Island of Taiwan.

Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus, 1748.. A copper engraved view on laid paper, uncoloured, from Volume 3 of Schwabe's Allgemeine Historie der Reisen (1747 - 1774). Image size is 28cm x 19cm. Text in German. Verso blank. At upper left: "No. 18." At bottom right: "T.3.L.". Original folds, clean, very good condition. This view, likely by Bellin, first appeared in Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages. A coastal view of Fort Nassau, Ghana, Africa.

Wurzburg: Stahel'schen Buch- & Kunsthandlung, 1881. . 4to Printed wrappers. 21pp. Mounted photographic illustration at rear. Chipped at edges, vertical crease down center, tear in rear cover, about very good. The photograph at the rear is very faded and oxidized, not very legible.

Verlag von E.H. Schroeder in Berlin, [c.1870]. A color lithograph measuring 22.5 x 15 cm, partially enhanced with varnish (or possibly egg-white or gum arabic) as issued. Printed paper label on the rear with title and imprint: Verlag von E.H. Schroeder in Berlin, unter den Linden 23. im Jagor'schen Hause. Pinhole at top centre, faint wear to edges, very nice condition.

Verlag von E.H. Schroeder in Berlin, [c.1870]. A color lithograph measuring 22.5 x 15 cm, partially enhanced with varnish (or possibly egg-white or gum arabic) as issued. Printed paper label on the rear with title and imprint: Verlag von E.H. Schroeder in Berlin, unter den Linden 23. im Jagor'schen Hause. Pinhole at top centre, some foxing to verso, slightly rubbed, very nice condition.

Mainz und Frankfurt: Mainzischen Buchhandlung, [c.1727]. . 8vo. 1590pp. [1600pp including final register]. Full calf, leather clasp, edges stained red. Frontispiece. Many woodcut illustrations in the text. Some wear to corners, center gatherings bowed outward, very good generally. Slight worming in the centre. The frontispiece bears a date of 1727. Cochem's life of Christ, first published in the 16th century, and in this form about 1681; many editions exist. This is in a rather crude but durable binding, with the old leather strap/hook still intact, which is unusual.

NY: Cosmopolitan, 1929. First American edition.. cat40a. Original dark blue cloth lettered in yellow. Patterned end papers. A bit rubbed on the spine, light shelf wear, but a nice, clean, tight copy. The original dust jacket has been cut into sections and the front and rear panels and flaps have been tipped into the front & back of the book with small spots of paste. The spine of the dust jacket is laid into the book. The jacket could be re-assembled inside of a mylar protector, if one so desired. The sequel to DELUGE, a science-fiction disaster novel of the future in which the waters rise and destroy civilization. This American edition precedes the British edition, which was published by Harrap in 1930.