Search Results: Titles starting with D from Silence in the Library

This is a fifth edition copy of this popular novel, which was published in 1950 by Oxford University Press. It is illustrated with half-a-dozen or so full page black and white illustrations.
The book is in Very Good condition overall. Blue hardback with lime green dustjacket. Some losses, tears and thumbing to dustjacket Rubbing to top and tail with bumped spine, and slght wear to board corners. Spotting to all page edges, and darkening also to top page edge. Presentation plate to prelims. Textblock very clean, excepting one dash of biro to p. 63. 19cm x 13cm. 254 pages.
Dorita Fairlie Bruce was a Scottish children's author who wrote the popular Dimsie series of books published between 1921 and 1941. Her books were second in popularity only to Angela Brazil's during the 1920s and 1930s. The Dimsie books alone had sold half a million hardback copies by 1947.

This is a first edition copy of this scarce collection of Addison's plays, which was published by R. Urie in 1760. To the extent of my knowledge, this is the only such copy for sale online.
The book is in Good condition overall. Full calf leather hardboards, with remnants of gilt bordering to each board. Spine with 5 raised bands, and remnants of gilt decorative touches. Heavy scuffing to boards, with some scars, including to bottom corner of front board. Missing portions to top and tail of spine, and cracking to spine leather. Very heavy wear to board corners, which are receding beyond the textblock. Front board and front-free endpaper detached. Ownership inscriptions to reverse of title page, which have partially bled across. Textblock remains firm, with some slight pulling. One early leaf misbound, and protruding from textblock slightly. Thumbing to pages, with some creases and dog-earing. 17.5cm x 10.5cm. 272 pages. Given its age, a very nice copy.
Addison was an English essayist, poet,… Read More