Search Results: Titles starting with D from D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA

The Dark Ground by Gillian Cross (Oxford University Press, 1st edition 2003). Signed by Gillian Cross to the title page. Hardback in dustwrapper, hologram to front panel. pp [6], 242, [7] author's other titles. Size: 8 x 5.25 inch approx. (204mm x 131mm). Dustwrapper with light wear and creasing to upper corner tips. Boards knocked to upper corners. Light age toning to pages; top edge of page-block spotted and tanned. Overall, light wear otherwise a a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Darrington – Memorials of a Yorkshire Parish by J. S. Fletcher (Old Hall Press, 1993). A facsimile reprint of the 1917 original edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 225pp plus b/w plates. 9 x 5.75 inches approx. (227mm x 148mm). A lovely, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

David Jones by Paul Hills (Tate Gallery Publications Department, 1st edition 1981).
Exhibition catalogue, illustrated throughout.
Card covers. 144pp including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 9.75 x 7.5 inches approx. (246mm x 188mm).
Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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The Dawn Patrol novelized by Guy Fowler (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, [1930]*), original story by John Monk Saunders. The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork. A film tie-in of the Howard Hawks directed 1930 First National Pictures production starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp 188, [2] adverts. Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches approx. (169mm x 107mm). Dustwrapper somewhat worn with tears and creasing to top and bottom edges; flap folds stretched and loose fitting to boards; stain to bottom edge of rear panel verso; a little dusty/grubby in places. Shelf wear and dustiness to boards and spine; gilt dulled to spine; stain to lower edge of rear board. Pages very tanned throughout but generally clean. Overall, showing wear but otherwise remaining a reasonably nice copy – presents well with its striking… Read More

The World at Work – A Day in a Shipyard by Arthur O. Cooke (Humphrey Milford at the Oxford University Press, reprint 1924). A volume in 'The World at Work' series produced for the younger reader. This title originally published 1911 by Henry Frowde at Hodder and Stoughton and based on the author's visit to the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast whilst the ships Olympic and Titanic were under construction. Hardback – decorated paper over boards, title to spine, title and onlay plate to front board, pictorial endpapers. 87pp with b/w illustrations in the text, plus plates in b/w and colour. 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (175mm x 117mm). Covers a touch rubbed and worn to extremities; boards a little bowed. A previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down; some corner creasing to pages; some staining to pages 32-33; pages edges spotted and dusty with some encroachment into page margins. Overall, showing light wear but otherwise a nice copy – very attractive. *International shipping rates are… Read More

(Scenes From the Past:49) Delph, Saddleworth and Greenfield to Oldham by L. Goddard and J. Wells (Foxline, 1st edition (2005)). Well illustrated study.Card covers. 160pp including b/w illustrations. 10.75 x 8.5 inches approx. (273mm x 215mm). A lovely, clean copy in near new condition. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Derbyshire (The Buildings of England) by Nikolaus Pevsner and revised by Elizabeth Williamson (Penguin Books, reprint 1998). A volume in the Pevsner "The Buildings of England" series. Excellent study, this copy a 1998 reprint of the 1986 printing with corrections and addenda. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp 414, [2] title list, including b/w line drawings and plans, plus [64]pp b/w plates. Size: 7.5 x 4.75 inches approx. (187mm x 116mm). Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Design and Form - The Basic Course at the Bauhaus by Johannes Itten (Thames and Hudson, reprint 1997) . Originally published in 1963, this copy a reprint of the 1975 revised edition. Well illustrated throughout. Card covers. 136pp including b/w and colour illustrations . Size: 8 x 8 inches approx. (205mm x 205mm). Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Devil in the Fog by Leon Garfield (Kestrel Books, 3rd impression 1975), illustrated by Antony Maitland. Signed and dated by Leon Garfield to front free endpaper.Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper, with publisher's price label to flap. 188pp including b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.5 inches approx. (222mm x 143mm). A little sunned/faded to dustwrapper spine. A particularly nice, clean copy – quite lovely. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Arco Publishers Ltd, 1st edition 1955. The author's second detective novel, the first being 'Model for Murder' (1955). Hardback in dustwrapper. 186pp. 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 128mm). Dustwrapper rubbed and worn; foxed and grubby in places; worn and creased to spine ends especially to head. Boards clean; a little bumped to spine ends; heavy foxing to endpapers and edges of page-block; scattered foxing throughout but generally pages clean. Overall, showing shelf and handling wear but remaining an attractive copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Diary of Roger Lowe of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire 1663 - 1678 including a record of burials at Winwick Church 1666-71 (Picks Publishing, second edition 2004).
From the back cover blurb: 'This reprint of an unpublished edition of the diary contains many interesting facts of local history in the Leigh, Ashton, St. Helens and Wigan areas and is a good source of local names'.
Card covers. pp [4], xv, [1], 116. Size: 8.25 x 6 inches approx. (210mm x 148mm).
Light shelf wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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Didcot to Winchester (Country Railway Routes) by Vic Mitchell and Kevin Robertson (Middleton Press, 1st edition 1998). Well illustrated throughout. Hardback - pictorial boards. 96pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (240mm x 172mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Dingo Firestorm - The Greatest Battle of the Rhodesian Bush War by Ian Pringle (Helion & Company Limited, 1st UK edition 2013).
A detailed study.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xix, 266, including maps plus b/w and colour plates. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches approx. (235mm x 156mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Dino – The Little Ferrari - V6 and V8 Racing and Road Cars 1957 to 1979 by Doug Nye (Motobooks International, [reprint] 2004). Originally published by Osprey in 1979, this is the standard work on the Dino – well illustrated. Hardback in dustwrapper. 320pp including b/w plus colour illustrations. 10 x 7.5 inches approx. (253mm x 195mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Distribution and Variation of the Brown Towhees by John Davis (University of California Press, 1st edition 1951).University of California Publications in Zoölogy - Volume 52, Number 1. Card covers. pp iv, 119, including b/w figures in text. Size: 10.25 x 6.75 inches approx. (259mm x 172mm). Some wear and fading to covers; wear to tail of spine; previous owner's rubber stamp to front cover. An ownership inscription in ink to title page; pages a little dusty and marked in places but generally clean throughout. Overall, showing wear from use but otherwise a reasonably nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Distribution and Variation of the Horned Larks (Otocoris Alpestris) of Western North America by William H. Behle (University of California Press, 1st edition 1942). University of California Publications in Zoölogy - Volume 46, Number 3. Card covers. pp [4], 205-316, including figures in the text. Size: 10.25 x 6.75 inches approx. (262mm x 173mm). Some wear and fading to covers; previous owner's rubber stamp to front cover. An ownership inscription in ink to title page. Overall, showing light wear from use but otherwise a nice copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Don Whillans: Portrait of a Mountaineer by Don Whillans and Alick Ormerod (William Heinemann Ltd, 1st edition 1971). From the dustwrapper blurb: Whillans has kept a series of diaries from 1951 onwards, and from these has vividly and authentically reconstructed his famous climbs. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp ix, 266 plus b/w illustrations. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (222mm x 142mm). Dustwrapper with a few tears and creasing to upper edge; small puncture to spine (next to upper corner of 19A filmstrip on spine); light wear and rubbing to extremities. Cloth clean and bright; light rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. A little dustiness to pages but generally very clean throughout. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy – presenting well. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Don't Bet on the Prince - Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England by Jack Zipes (Routledge, 2012). Originally published by Methuen in 1987, this copy published by Routledge in 2012.Card covers. pp xiv, 270, including b/w illustrations. 8.25 x 6 inches approx. (212mm x 152mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Doors & Windows - 100 Period Details form the Archives of Country Life by Mary Miers (Aurum Press, 1st edition 2000).
Well illustrated throughout.
Card covers. 108pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches approx. (215mm x 213mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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The Dorsetshire Regiment – The Thirty-Ninth and Fifty-Fourth Foot & The Dorset Militia and Volunteers by C. T. Atkinson (Oxford University Press, 1st edition 1947). A comprehensive regimental history – three parts in two volumes. Hardback – publisher's cloth with titles and decoration in gilt. pp. xvii, [1], [1]-355; viii, [2], [1]-223, [2], [1]-284; including maps within the text plus fold-out maps and plans. 9.5 x 6.25 in. approx. (242mm x 159mm). Foxing/spotting to endpapers; occasional foxing/spotting throughout but generally very clean; spotting to page edges; first volume slightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Overall, a particularly nice, clean set. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*