Search Results: Authors starting with D from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: Thomas William Rhys Davids.Title: Buddhism; Being a Sketch of the Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha.Publisher: London, Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1878. Sixth Thousand.Language: Text in EnglishSize: 7" X 5".Pages : iv-252 pages + publisher's catalogBinding: Very good original full-cloth binding with an attractive decorative paneling (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, ink stamp of a previous owner on the title page - as shown, offsetting of a small piece of paper on the lower margin of page 144-145 - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the nice folding map.
The book: Rare and very attractive early edition of Buddhism by Thomas William Rhys Davids

Author: Jean de Brunhoff.Title: BABAR et le Pere Noel.Publisher: New Yok, Random House, Inc. 1941. First French Edition printed in New York while the WWII was raging in France.Language: Text in French.Size: Large 14.5 "X 10. ". Pages: 40 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good original publisher's quarter cloth illustrated binding with pictorial boards (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and worn - as shown ) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, part of the original dust jacket freely insert on the first endpaper - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful color illustrations by Jean de Brunhoff.
***** The book: Attractive and rare FIRST French EDITION of Babar & Father Christmas. BABAR is an elephant character who first appeared here, in 1931, in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. In this particular story, Arthur, Pom, Flora, and Alexander, the royal… Read More

Author: Jean-Baptiste de Santeul.Title: Joannis Baptistae Santolii Victorini Operum Omnium.Publisher: Parisiis (Paris), Apud Dionysium Thierry, 1698. Second Edition.Language: Text in Latin, with major poems translated into French.Size: 6.5" X 4".Pages: The book contains two parts in one volume. The first part features a portrait, 10 preliminary leaves, followed by 409 pages (i.e., 397). The second part includes 3 preliminary leaves and 194 pages (i.e., 192).Binding: Attractive and very good original full-speckled calf binding (hinges fine, small hole at the base of the spine - as shown, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the nice frontispiece portrait. **** The book: A rare and valuable second edition of the collected works of Jean-Baptiste de Santeul, an acclaimed 17th-century Latin poet. This 1698 edition, published posthumously, offers a… Read More

Author: Maistre de SacyTitle : Ezechiel traduit en François avec une explication tirée des Saints Pères & des Autheurs Ecclésiastiques.Publisher : À Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1692.Language: Text in French.Size: 6.5" X 4".Pages: 717 pages + Table of Contents.Binding: Very good contemporary original full-calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall lightly scuffed, and worn - as shown) under a protective mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, nice armorial ex-libris on the first endpaper - as shown
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The book: This 1692 edition of "Ezechiel," translated into French by Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy, provides a comprehensive exploration of the Biblical Book of Ezekiel, complete with explanations derived from the Church Fathers and ecclesiastical authors. The Book of Ezekiel is a major prophetic book in the Old Testament, chronicling the visions of Ezekiel, a priest and prophet who lived during the Babylonian captivity. His… Read More

Author: Michel De Montaigne.Title: The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: with notes and quotations, and an account of the author's life made English by Charles Cotton.Publisher: London, Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., no date (circa 1870). The third Edition (stated).Language: Text in EnglishSize: 9" X 6".Pages: 926 pages.Binding: Good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, spine sunned - as shown, overall slightly worn, soiled, and scuffed - as shown) in a scarce original dustjacket under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing, toning, and staining - as shown, rare light pencil underlining on the preliminary pages - as shown, ex-libris of David Morris on the first endpaper).
The book: "A Rare Victorian Edition of "The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne," translated into English by Charles Cotton. This comprehensive collection of Montaigne's essays is a significant work of Renaissance literature.

Author: Mme de Stael.Title: Corinne: or, Italy. By Madame de Stael.Translated expressly for this edition by Isabel Hill.With metrical versions of the odes by L.E. Landon; and a Memoir of the Authoress.Publisher: London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First One Volume Edition.Language: Text in English.Size: 8.5" X4.5".Pages: lvi-392 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good full Morocco leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective mylar cover. All edges are gilt.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, toning to endpapers - as shown, name of a previous owner on the top margin of the title page - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece illustration and the illustrated title page.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies of this edition available for sale worldwide).
The book: A rare first one-volume edition of "Corinne or Italy", a masterwork by Madame de Stael, that stands as a testament to… Read More

Author: Charles Van Sandwyk. Waisiki Doughty.Title: Canadian Content.Language: Text in English.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009. Signed by both Van Sandwyk and Doughty on the last page. Offset printed 2500 copies.Size: 10" X 7".Pages: Unpaginated (21 pages).Binding: Fine and attractive original pictorial covers with hand-stitched binding (hinges fine) with turn-ins under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Fine content (bright, tight, and clean, signed by Charles van Sandwyk and Waisiki Doughty on the last page - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk.
The book: Beautiful signed edition of Canadian Content, a poem about Canada, "sending love to the natural landscapes and animals of Canada" including salmon, bears, beavers, and cougar. A wonderful book!

Author: DUCHARME, Réjean. Title: La Fille de Christophe Colomb. Language: Text in French. Publisher: Paris, NRF, Gallimard, 1969. First Edition, scarce with the original wrap-around glassine dust jacket. #3/25. One of 25 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum, the only large paper. Size: 8.5" X 6 ". Pages: 232 pages. Binding: Attractive and fine softcover binding (hinges fine with the scarce original wrap-around glassine dust jacket - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Content: Fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown, small ex-libris of Vincent Morel on the first endpaper - as shown, pages unopened). **** The book: Scarce First edition with the original wrap-around glassine dust jacket, the third (#3) of 25 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum, the only large paper of La Fille de Christophe Colomb. In 1969, Ducharme published La Fille de Christophe Colomb. Quite rare, it is a novel written in verse. It tells the adventures of Colombe, the disillusioned… Read More

Author: DUCHARME, Réjean.Title: L'Avalée des avalés.Language: Text FrenchPublisher: Paris, NRF, Gallimard, 1966. First Edition - printed October 28th, 1966.Size: 8" X 6 ".Pages: 281 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good original softcover binding (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: Scarce French First edition of L'Avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) -- L'Avalée des avalés [fr] (Swallowed), Ducharme's first novel, was shortlisted for the 1966 Prix Goncourt, even though the author was only 24 years old and unknown. That same year, the book won the 1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama (Poésie et théâtre). L'Avalée des avalés later won the 2005 French version of Canada Reads, where it was defended by actress Sophie Cadieux.

Author: DUCHARME, Réjean.
Title: LE NEZ QUI VOQUE.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher: Paris, NRF, Gallimard, 1967. First Edition, scarce #7/35. One of 35 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum, the only large paper.
Size: 8.5" X 6 ".
Pages: 274 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine softcover binding (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown).
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The book: Scarce Limited First edition, the (#7) of 35 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum, the only large paper of LE NEZ QUI VOQUE -- a novel by Quebec writer and playwright Réjean Ducharme. Gallimard published it in 1967, a year after the publication of L'Avalée des avalés. This work earned the author the Governor General's Prize and a nomination for the Prix Goncourt. Despite the order of the publications, it is the first novel written by Ducharme.