Search Results: Authors starting with D from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Paris: Ancienne Libraire Thorin et Fils, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Paris: Ancienne Libraire Thorin et Fils, 1904. Reprint. Very Good. Half dark green morocco on green cloth. gilt lettering, scuffed in places but attractive, interior with very minor pencil bullet points, otherwise bright and clean, tight binding.

Boston and London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Boston and London: Faber and Faber, 1993. First edition. Very Good. Cover with some indentations, top of pages affected by water, particularly at the rear, otherwise clean and with sound binding.

New York: The Society, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. New York : The Society, 1912. First edition. Very Good. Original blue cloth very slightly rubbed, endpapers mildly tanned, tissue guards lightly foxed, interior bright and clean, tight binding. Uninscribed.

New York: The Society, 1915. Hardcover. Good +. New York : The Society, 1915. First edition. Good +. Original blue cloth, corners mildly bumped, end papers lightly tanned, some mild foxing to tissue guards, interior otherwise bright and clean, a tear to page 191/2. Uninscribed.

New York: The Society, 1914. Hardcover. Good +. New York : The Society, 1914. First edition. Good +. Original blue cloth, rubbed on the extremities, light tanning to end papers, mild foxing to tissue guards, otherwise bright and clean, binding sound. Uninscribed.

New Haven: Peck, White and Peck, 1861. New edition, revised and enlarges. . Hardcover. Good. New Haven: Peck, White and Peck, 1861. New edition, revised and enlarges. Good. Quarter leather over green cloth, bottom portion (1/5th) of spine missing, remainder worn, splits to hinge at the top, interior with tanned endpapers, some foxing and tanning to page tops, ink owner's signature and date (1862) to ffep, otherwise a good copy with sound binding

London: Grant Richards, 1900. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, xlvi, 333, original gilt decorated and lettered blue cloth, rubbed to extremities but bright and fresh, interior with bookplate to fep, ffep unevenly toned, same at rear, light foxing throughout but particularly noticeable on opening and closing pages, frontispiece clean but small tear at base, foxing to edges, binding tight.

London: The King Penguin Books, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. London: The King Penguin Books, 1954. First edition. Near Fine/very good. King Penguin # 71. One of many King Penguins in stock, mainly in as issued condition The unclipped d.j. with the fainest of fading to spine, a few very minor tears and rubbing, interior very clean and crisp

Dublin: Printed by Joseph Hill for J. Williams, W Hallhead, E. Cross, D. Jenkin, L. Flin, W. Gilbert, T. Walker, W. Wilson, L. White, J. Beatty, and R. Burton, Booksellers., 1780. First thus . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo, pp. I (xiv), 274; II (vii), 311, errata, original full leather with title and volume number to second of six panels separated by raised bands, , chipping to tops and bottoms of spines, cracks at hinges and on the spine of Vol I, some small loss of leather to rear of Vol II, corners bumped and chipped, interiors lacking ffeps, engraved portrait frontispiece (after in Vol I with a copied Garrick signature above image, faint pencil address on fep of Vol II which ends with 'Cork' in ink, some foxing and staining to pages but perfectly presentable, small paper loss to bottom corner of page 3/4 in Vol I, not affecting text, binding is fragile to Vol I, sound to Vol II. Issued the same year as the first edition in London.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1959. Hardcover. Good. New York : Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1959. First edition. Good. Spine tanned and lettering rubbed, badly faded at base, some staining to cover and corners bumped, ink owner's signature to ffep, contents clean and binding sound

London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd Undated but preface is dated 188. Hardcover. Fine. London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, Undated but preface is dated 1885. First edition? Fine. Beautiful blind stamp embossing with gilt ground to spine, green cloth, a.e.g. With presentation label pasted onto ffep, dated 1902. The merest rubbing to the corners, internally clean and attractive.

London: John Taylor, 1830. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo, pp. viii, 89, 15 pages of advertising, original brown cloth with black lettering, this tanned and worn, some losses to spine, corners bumped, some offsetting to fold-out frontispiece map of world hemispheres, fore edge tanned but not affecting image, some light tanning and occasional foxing, one page with a tear to fore edge, binding tight. Scarce.

Dublin: James Duffy, 1846. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 16mo, pp. 232, illustrated paper wrappers worn, creased, spine creased and with small splits, very minor losses, edges mildly curled, interior largely clean, edges dust-dulled, corners bumped, binding tight.

Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co., 1860. Hardcover. Good +. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co., 1860. Third edition. Good +. A summary of the legal obligations of both landlord and tenant in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, brought up to date with the introduction of the Landed Property Improvement and Landlord and Tenant Amendment Acts of 1860. Rare. Original blind stamped red cloth with gilt lettering and garter around title, covers rubbed and corners bumped, inked owner's name and address to ffep, otherwise interior clean and binding sound.

London: Caldeer and Boyars Ltd., 1956. First thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, pp. 191, unclipped dust jacket with some toning, small tears, spine slightly faded, interior with some toning to end papers, otherwise clean and bright, binding tight.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Paperback. Good. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1955. First edition. Good. With Langston Hughes' card attached to front cover by a paperclip, upon which is inscribed 'Happy Hoildays!' in Hughes' favoured green ink, together with a picture postcard handwritten by Hughes to John Wakeman in which he describes a visit to the Durems (poet Ray and his second wife) in San Francisco, postmarked 24 Feb 1956. Hughes had sent John Wakeman The Sweet Flypaper of Life as a Christmas present. From the library of John Wakeman. Spine and edges to cover toned, spine rubbed, some small rust stains to cover, inside cover and page three from a paperclip, disturbance to first few pages from same paperclip, otherwise in clean condition, binding good.

New York: Grove Press Inc., 1961. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. 104, pictorial covers, the spine slightly faded and with a gentle lean, some rubbing, interior clean and bright, peripheries/edges yellowed, tight binding.

New York: Grove Press Inc., 1959. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. 87, original pictorial covers, some discolouring towards peripheries but overall bright, interior with some mild foxing to end papers and a single pale fox mark to title page, otherwise clean and bright, binding tight.

Dublin: Staionery Office, 1937. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo, xi, 264, linen backed folding map inside rear board, original cover bright and fresh, smallest bump to lower right corner, interior similarly fresh and crisp, binding tight. A lovely copy.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1945. Hardcover. Good. M. Forster Knight. London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1945. First edition. Good. M. Forster Knight. Fawn covers stained, corners bumped, first few pages with light creasing otherwise clean, ffep with ink and pencil juvenile signatures