Search Results: Titles starting with D from Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books

Fourth printing, from same year as the first.
An instant classic of comic country life, the adventures of the Larkin family have been delighting British readers since the 1950s.
This first installment defines their gypsy charms and semi-legal schemes for having a good time at the expense of their more respectable neighbors.
Jacket spine and corners show wear, otherwise a very good copy, with wrapper design by Broom Lynne.

New York: William Morrow, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Witha preface by Lawrence Durrell, this outpouring of affection from Miller in his late eighties to a much younger confidante is, in a sense, his last book. He is at times the amorous lover, but mostly an old wizard passing on a life time's experience of being true to himself.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Self-obsessed and convoluted gastronomical musings slowly reveal a more sinister agenda. The first novel from the deputy editor of the London Review of Books.

An immaculate copy of the late lamented Carrie Fisher's comic novel about maternity.
Hardcover.

Stories. : Little Brown & Co, 1979. . First American paperback edition. . Paperback.. Near Fine. . One or two tiny dots to front, otherwise immaculate copy of first printing of paperback of author's scarce first book. Extremely rare, issued at the same time as the unobtainable hardcover first.

Second printing
One of the true Victorian eccentrics and geniuses, Burton was a legendary scholar, explorer, linguist and raconteur.
He penetrated the forbidden cities of Mecca, Medina and Harar, 'discovered' Lake Tanganika and translated the erotic classics of the East and Africa, as wells being an amateur botanist, poet and swordsman.

This is the remarkable story of his life and travels.

Hardcover

This old-fashioned adventure is a swashbuckling tale of life on the high seas at the end of the eighteenth century.
Georgina escapes her mad family by disguising herself as a boy and joining the British Navy.
Her adventures include a long voyage to the South Seas, under the command of Captain Cook and every type of adventure, except discovery.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. First American edition, second printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Diaghilev revolutionized ballet at the turn of the twentieth century, the catalyst between composers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev, dancers such as Nijinsky and Balanchine and artists such as Picasso and Matisse. Of obscure Russian origin, he occupies a central role in the Modernist movement, creating performances with the Ballet Russes all over Europe.

London: Heinemann, 1987. First UK edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. If you love Douglas Adams's peculiar sense of humour about the physical universe, an irrepressible mix of Monty Python and Steven Hawkins, then his detective novels, which follow seamlessly on from the Hitchhiker series, will strike you as hilarious. This is the first and is full of his perversely logical nonsense. Pages show some age toning.

Bemelmans's caustic tale of a celebrity pig in Hollywood allows him to poke fun at every level of the business.
No writer, producer, agent, star or director escapes his shrewd eye in this comic novel.
Chip to dust jacket spine and closed tear to front top.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1965. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. The third volume of what has been called The Danzig Trilogy, following The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse. Grass assembles a partly fantastic cast of men, women and animals to represent every aspect of Germany's terrible war years. Jacket has minor wear and chipping.

Dogs in English Porcelain, by Dennis G. Rice. Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collector's Club, 2002. First Printing. A well-illustrated history of the Porcelain Dog as produced in England in the 1800's. The book looks at different breeds, the factories making the ceramics and the history and development of the designs. The book includes a full factory by factory list of all the known models. 186 pages. Hardcover.

3rd printing of re-print edition.
First published in 1908, this was the fourth Oz adventure, in which Dorothy reunites with her Wizard and makes her way back to the magical kingdom.
Once there, she meets her old friends the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, Princess Ozma and the wooden Sawhorse.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First printing. Near Fine/very good. A chilling short novel about the lengths a wealthy host and his guests will go to, in pursuit of their pleasures. Jacket spine and front cover have some yellowing.

New York: Little Brown & Co, 2004. . First printing. . Hardcover.. Fine in fine dust-jacket. . 257 pp. Twenty-two autographical pieces that will un-nerve you.

Third printing.
One of the more fascinating, early trips in the series, concentrating on the animals of Argentina and Paraguay.
Front of jacket and first page have slight foxing and jacket has minor chips to edges.