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

Sonia Delaunay - Fashion & Fabrics by Jacques Damase (Thames & Hudson, reprint 2014).
Very well illustrated throughout.
Card covers. 176pp including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 12.5 x 8.75 inches approx. (320mm x 222mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Fishing for Life by Derrick Davenport (Wye Angling Publications, 1st edition 2010).
Illustrated throughout. Includes six postcard size images plus two bookmarks.
Number 246 of a Limited Edition of 290 copies (250 copies cloth + 40 copies leather).
Hardback in dustwrapper. Sewn-in ribbon pagemarker. pp [16], 152, including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 6.5 inches approx. (240mm x 159mm).
The too tall dustwrapper lightly worn to head of spine and upper corners.
Overall, a nice, clean copy - appears unread.
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Atlas of Medieval Europe edited by David Ditchburn, Simon Maclean and Angus Mackay (Routledge, 2nd edition 2007). Well illustrated with maps throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp x, [1], 339, including maps. Size: 10 x 7.75 inches approx. (252mm x 194mm). 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.*

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.*

Peter Blake About Collage by Dawn Ades, Peter Blake, and Natalie Rudd (Tate Gallery Publishing Limited, 2000).
Exhibition catalogue.
Card covers. 64pp including colour illustrations. Size: 8.25 x 8.25 inches approx. (210mm x 210mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Charles Dickens - Conjurer, Mesmerist and Showman by Trevor Dawson (Trevor Dawson, 1st edition 2012).
Illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xiii, 231, including b/w illustrations. Size: 10 x 7 inches approx. (252mm x 176mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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The System of Natural History, written by the celebrated Buffon, carefully abridged; with additional extracts from other writers. By M. de Buffon. Perth: R. Morrison, 1791 (bound with) The Natural History of Insects, compiled from Swammerdam, Brookes, Goldsmith, &c. Perth: R. Morrison, 1792. Leather over boards. pp (vol I) [2] blank, frontispiece, [i] title page, iii-x, 211, with 16 numbered and 6 un-numbered plates; (vol. II) [1] title page, 184, with 23 numbered plates; [1] title page, [2] contents, 210, with 20 numbered plates. 8.5 x 5.5 inches approx. (217mm x 136mm). Bears the armorial bookplate of John Jeane Coney. Later full leather binding with gilt decoration to spine and gilt tooling to edges. Binding somewhat worn, cracking to hinges, front hinge split to lower and upper but holding firm; partial loss of label. Front free endpaper holed to upper margin; occasional light foxing but generally pages and plates remarkably clean throughout. Overall, showing wear to binding but otherwise a nice,… Read More

Systema Avium Rossicarum - Volume 1 Accipitres, Striges, Passeres by Georges P. Dementiev (Paris: L'Oiseau et la Revue Française d'Ornithologie, 1st edition 1935). French text. Card covers. pp vi, 288, plus b/w and colour plates. Size: 9.75 x 6.25 inches approx. (247mm x 161mm). Covers faded/tanned with some wear; spine creased. An ownership inscription on title page; some spotting/foxing throughout and especially to colour plates otherwise generally clean. Overall, showing wear commensurate with age and storage 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.*

Traditional Buildings and Life in the Lake District by Susan Denyer (Victor Gollancz Ltd/Peter Crawley, 1st edition 1991). An interesting study, well illustrated throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. 208pp including b/w illustrations plus colour plates. 10 x 7.75 inches approx. (253mm x 194mm). 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.*

'Iron Harvests of the Field': The Making of Farm Machinery in Britain Since 1800 by Peter Dewey (Carnegie Publishing ltd, 1st edition 2008). A detailed study, illustrated throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xvi, 352, including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.75 x 7 inches approx. (250mm x 174mm). 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.*

Hamish Hamilton, 1st edition 1954.Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 236pp. 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 130mm).Dustwrapper a touch worn and rubbed; some creasing to spine ends; light sunning/fade to spine; toning/foxing and offsetting however in the main only visible to reverse side; some dustiness. Boards a touch bruised to corner tips; lightly bumped to spine ends; offsetting to endpapers; label to title page gummed to left side only; foxed to edges of page-block but generally pages clean.
Nonetheless, a nice, bright copy – very attractive in its Val Biro designed dustwrapper.
The story 'The Third Bullet' was originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1937 under Carr's pseudonym Carter Dickson, this version in a shorter form together with six other short stories.Interestingly, although a publisher's edition this copy was supplied through a book club – see gum backed label to title page.International shipping costs outside of the United Kingdom are estimated and may incur… Read More

The Collages of Kurt Schwitters - Tradition and Innovation by Dorothea Dietrich (Cambridge University Press, 1st edition 1993).
A good study, well illustrated.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xvi, 240, including b/w illustrations plus colour plates. Size: 10.25 x 8.5 inches approx. (260mm x 210mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Titanic Voices written, compiled and edited by Donald Hyslop, Alastair Forsyth and Sheila Jemima (Southampton City Council, 1st edition 1994). Inscribed and signed by survivor Millvina Dean plus signatures of the book compilers. Hardback in dustwrapper. 296pp including b/w and colour illustrations. 12 x 8.5 inches approx. (304mm x 219mm). Dustwrapper sunned/faded to spine; marks to front panel. 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; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

On the Marshes by Carol Donaldson (Little Toller Books, 1st paperback edition 2018). "A journey into England's waterlands". Card covers. 257pp including b/w illustrations. 7.75 x 5 inches approx. (197mm x 130mm). 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.*

Red Roses on the Veldt - Lancashire Regiments in the Boer War, 1899-1902 by John Downham (Carnegie Publishing, 1st edition 2000). Well illustrated study. Card covers. pp xiv, 338, including b/w illustrations. 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (243mm x 169mm). A nice, 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; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

No Landing Place - Volume 2 More Tales of Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia by Edward Doylerush (Midland Publishing LImited, 1st edition 1999).
Well illustrated throughout.
Card covers. 112pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8.5 x 6 inches approx. (215mm x 152mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Understanding the Working Lurcher by Jackie Drakeford (The Crowood Press, 1st edition 2000). Illustrated throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. 175pp including b/w illustrations. 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (241mm x 173mm). Dustwrapper suned/faded to spine. Some spotting to edges of page-block; occasional dustiness but generally pages clean. Overall, 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.*

The Morgan 3 Wheeler - Back to the Future! by Peter Dron (Veloce Publishing Limited, 1st edition 2015).
Well illustrated in colour throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 144pp including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 10 x 10 inches approx. (255mm x 255mm).
A nice, clean copy - the uncommon hardback edition.
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The Laughter of Mothers by Paul Durcan (Harvill Secker, second printing 2007). Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [12], 131. Size: 8 x 5.25 inches approx. (203mm x 135mm). 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; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Blackburn, Lancashire. Chronological Notes of the History of the Town and Parish of Blackburn: from A.D. 317 to A.D.1861; with the Census of 1851 to 1861 by William Durham (T.H.C.L Books, reprint 1988). A facsimile reprint of the revised second edition originally published in 1866.Hardback in dustwrapper. 96p. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (188mm x 124mm). A little sunned/faded to dustwrapper.Nonetheless, 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.*