Search Results: Authors starting with D from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: faber, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1950. Presentation inscription from the author Negley Farson and his wife to Henry Williamson and his wife Christine Duffield. This is a book about the wilds of Canada, camping, and fishing. A story of Mr. Luard's account of the long canoe journey over the Height of Land. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. The book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Odd nicks to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17749

UK: G Orioli, 1929. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1929. Translated by D H Lawrence. Of an edition limited to 1,200 copies, this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. Pages uncut and unopened. Bound in vellum-covered boards which are very good++ and in a near fine printed tissue dust jacket with only minor wear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref9365 ###011701

UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ediyion 3rd Imp 1957. In the same format as the 1st UK edition. Book is good++ and quite bright. Age toning to edges. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Small loss to edges. A few small closed tears. . More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16156

UK: Robert Hale, 1968. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1968. Book is very good+ with slight edge rubbing. Small rough mark to rear top corner. Contents good. Text block edge lightly darkened in places. The wrapper is very good+ and complete. Edges lightly rubbed. Light soiling to white rear top edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16316

UK: Chatto and Windus, 1949. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Bawden. 1st Edition 1949. A very uncommon book. Wrapper design and thirty two plates by Edward Bawden. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Light rubbing and nicks to edges. Spine slightly age toned. Minuscule loss to spine tips and corners. Rear top edge reinforced to the rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 12957 ###014934

UK: Sampson Low, 1881. Eighteenth Edition . Cloth. Good ++. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 18th Edition 1881. Single Volume Edition. Book is good++ and quite bright. Light edge rubbing and marking to cloth. Slight rubbing to spine tips. Contents average. Front gutter repaired retaining the original endpapers which are worn and have surface rubbing/tape marks. Title page with tape marks to inner hinge area. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18246

USA: Porter and Coates, 1890. New Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition Circa 1890. Undated but has a preface mentioning the 20th edition which was published in the late 1890's and the publishing company operated as Porter and Coates between 1867 and 1892.. 44 black and white plates. A lovely double volume edition of this classic work including the original cloth dust jackets. Books are fine and very bright. Wonderful gilt work. Contents good. The cloth wrappers are complete with rubbing to spine tops. Very light soiling but overall very nice. Includes the original cloth box. which has rubbing to edges but in good order. More images can be taken upon request. Ref10999###013175

UK: Sampson Low, 1900. New Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition Circa 1900. A lovely half vellum leather bound book with gilt page top edge. Book is very good+ and bright. Light rubbing to edges. Spine lightly soiled. Contents good. Bookplate and blank label to end paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 6648###008922

UK: Collins, 1920. New Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. New Edition Circa 1920. Undated, Full deluxe leather binding with plates. Book is very good++ and bright. Spine a little lightened. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. ref 17129

UK: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jospeh Schindelman. 1st Edition 1991. Limited Edition of 500 copies this being number 341. The Commemorative Edition, published on what would have been the Author's 75th Birthday. It was released a year after his death. Bound in half leather and decorative paper covered boards. Matching card slipcase. Illustrations by William Pene Du Bois. Quality production. Book and slip case are fine and very bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 12629##014530

UK: Viking, 1986. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Graham Dean. 1st Edition 1986. Limited edition of 300 books this being number 289. Inscribed to limitation page by the author. Book is fine and very bright. Never issued with a wrapper. Lovely illustrations. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15857

UK: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jospeh Schindelman. 1st Edition 1991. Limited Edition of 500 copies this being number 341. The Commemorative Edition, published on what would have been the Author's 75th Birthday. It was released a year after his death. Bound in half leather and decorative paper covered boards. Matching card slipcase. Illustrations by William Pene Du Bois. Quality production. Book and slip case are fine and very bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 12629##014530

UK: Cape, 1991. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quentin Blake. ?1st Edition 1991. Limited Edition of 500 copies this being number 164. The Commemorative Edition, published on what would have been the Author's 75th Birthday. It was released a year after his death. Bound in half leather and decorative paper covered boards. Matching card slipcase. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Quality production. The Commemorative Limited Edition of the Works of Roald Dahl Including James and the Giant Peach; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Magic Finger; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; Danny, the Champion of the World; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar; The Twits; George's Marvellous Medicine; The BFG; The Witches; Boy; Going Solo; Matilda; Esio Trot. Books and slip cases are fine and very bright. Original outer slip case is missing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 11804

UK, 1898. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Handwritten Autograph Musical Quotation Signed by Composer Eugene d'Albert. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, 3 bars in the treble clef of the 'Gavotte' from his Suite for Piano op.1 Dated 1898. Rear of paper with a newspaper sjip. Eugene Francis Charles d'Albert 1864-1932 was a Scottish-born pianist and composer who emigrated to Germany. Size is 125mm x 95mm. Condition is good. Age toning and light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17701

UK. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Handwritten Musical Notation with 2 bars from the opening of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and Signed by Composer Eugene d'Albert. Undated. 2 bars from the opening of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Eugene Francis Charles d'Albert 1864-1932 was a Scottish-born pianist and composer.. Size is 130mm x 115mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17151

UK: Blink, 2018. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2018. THANKS A LOT MR KIBBLEWHITE: MY STORY is the captivating story of the founder and singer of iconic rock band The Who. Signed publishers bookplate by Roger Daltry. Book and wrapper are fine. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14326

UK: Blink, 2018. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2018. THANKS A LOT MR KIBBLEWHITE: MY STORY is the captivating story of the founder and singer of iconic rock band The Who. Signed publishers bookplate by Roger Daltry. Book and wrapper are fine. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14495

UK, 1925. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Signed Programme Page by Soprano Marguerite D'alvarez. C1925. Marguerite D'alvarez Soprano 1886 -1953. She studied in Brussels and made her operatic début at Rouen as Delilah in 1907 or 1908. In 1909 she joined Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, first appearing as Fidès in Le prophète. With the Boston Opera Company in 1913 she made a strong impression as the Mother in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I gioielli della Madonna, and at Covent Garden in 1914 her Amneris in Aida won acclaim for the power, rich quality and ease of her singing. She appeared as Carmen at La Scala and as Léonor in La favorite at Marseilles. After 1918 she sang principally in concerts, specializing in French and Spanish song, and gave her last London recital in 1939. She appeared in the film Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) and wrote a colourful autobiography, Forsaken Altars (London, 1954),… Read More

UK: Collins, 1936. First Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 3rd Imp 1936. Very similar wrapper as the 1st edition and priced at 4s. Price on spine blanked out. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed, fine creasing and nicked. Quite a nice example of a scarce title in the Collins Crime Club series. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18482

UK, 1979. First Edition . Paper. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An Original Shaw and Elgar Malvern Festival Programme for the Play The Times Table by Alan Ayckbourn's. It is signed by the actors Dandy Nichols, Amanda Barrie, Robert Grange, Clare Clifford etc. It is further signed by many other cast members and production staff. C1979. The Malvern Festival was first held in 1929 and ran annually until 1939. It was founded by Sir Barry Jackson who also founded Birmingham Repertory Theatre.The Malvern Festival (in 1929) was devoted to modern plays, particularly those of its patron, George Bernard Shaw.? Size is 285mm x 180mm. Condition is good. Light edge rubbing. Light creasing and marking to outer covers. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16869