Search Results: Titles starting with D from Roger Middleton

London, Transatlantic Arts, 1944.. FIRST EDITION 1944, 245 x 190 mm, 9¾ x 7½ inches, yellow cloth gilt, 64 pages. Coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates and many charming black and white illustrations. Story of a little Chinese boy and his beloved water-buffalo. Neat inscription on front endpaper, very light creasing to a couple of lower page corners. VG+ bright copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, slightly worn at head of spine, 5 mm (¼") hole in upper hinge, 3 tiny rust marks to lower panel, a couple of tiny closed edge tears). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Coventry, Daimler Company Ltd, no date, circa 1939.. THE DAIMLER TWENTY MOTORING BROCHURE circa 1939, oblong, approximately 300 x 230 mm, 12 x 9 inches, 12 pages, illustrated in colour and black and white, original publisher's wrappers, gilt title and coat of arms to upper cover. Covers slightly marked and dusty, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Oxford University Press, 1984.. FIRST EDITION 1984, 4to, 310 x 245 mm, 12¼ x 9½ inches, colour illustrated shiny boards, shocking pink endpapers, (24) pages. Delightful coloured illustration to every page, with half pages cleverly interleaved to alter the scene slightly. Daisy the cow who wants to see the world gets into television but stardom in Hollywood gets tedious and she longs for the green grass of home. Lower corners and tail of spine slightly worn, small split (10 mm, ½") to gutter of lower hinge, 40 mm (1½") partial split to front endpaper fold (see images), contents bright and clean, no inscriptions. Very good plus copy, (no dustwrapper issued, price printed on lower board). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Heinemann, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 8vo, colour illustrated shiny red boards, 66 pages. Young children's novel, illustrated in colour by Toni Goffe. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean copy issued without dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

New York, Macmillan, 1925.. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1925, in the Little Library series, small 8vo, 165 x 110 mm, 6½ x 4½ inches, green cloth with 7 cat's heads on upper cover, lettered black, colour illustrated endpapers, 76 pages. New jolly illustrations in colour, many full page, by Roy Meldrum. The cats, fully clothed, are rather tall and stand on their hind legs. 160 lines of immortal verse. Extremities lightly worn, bookseller's small label on front pastedown, no inscriptions. A very good plus copy, (lacks dustwrapper). Based on the 1885 version for which Ruskin wrote 4 new verses, originally published in 1823. Meldrum is little known but contributed a large number of illustrations to the Joy Street Annuals. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1926.. Seventh impression 1926, (first published in 1885), small 8vo, 185 x 125 mm, 7¼ x 5 inches, orange wrappers over stiff card, repeat illustration on upper cover, 20 pages. 4 line illustrations by Greenaway to 4 Ruskin verses, the other 18 woodcuts reproduced from the 1823 edition. All illustrations half-page. Spine very slightly faded, some inner joints cracked but binding firm, tiny neat name on front endpaper. A near Fine copy. Apart from the binding this is an exact replica of the first edition of 1885. Greenaway's drawings were mere sketches (pages 3, 4, 8 and 9), but Ruskin felt they needed no improvement and suited his verses, in their unfinished state (see Schuster 64, page 52). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1973.. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1973, large 8vo, green boards gilt, 201 pages. Black and white illustrations by William Stobbs. No inscriptions, a near Fine copy in almost Fine Stobbs DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. Modern rather than ancient Greek, folk and fairy tales. First published by Oxford University Press in 1965 with illustrations by William Papas. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Harmondsworth, Kestrel, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 8vo, green boards gilt lettered, 191 pages. No illustrations. An eleven year old boy abandoned by his mother to some relatives has to fend for himself among people of dubious morals and comes happily to discover the father he has never known. Book leaning very slightly, neat ink name of Margery Fisher on front endpaper (well known reviewer and historian of children's books, author of many books on the subject). Otherwise Fine in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Harmondsworth, Kestrel, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 8vo, green boards gilt lettered, 191 pages. No illustrations. An eleven year old boy abandoned by his mother to some relatives has to fend for himself among people of dubious morals and comes happily to discover the father he has never known. Book leaning very slightly, no inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, a touch of wrinkling at head of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

(Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1955).. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (1955), no publishing information in book. A 'Presso' book by Wallis Rigby, by permission of Eagle comics. Oblong folio, 255 x 385 mm, 10 x 15 inches, original red cloth spine over card covers, upper cover red with coloured illustration of plane and Dan Dare, lower cover white with assembly and flying instructions, 4 card pages with coloured parts ready to press out, 7 page Dan Dare story illustrated in line and 1 page of insignia. A Fine crisp clean unused copy with price 5/- not clipped from lower cover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING.

(Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1955).. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (1955), no publishing information in book. A 'Presso' book by Wallis Rigby, by permission of Eagle comics. Oblong folio, 255 x 385 mm, 10 x 15 inches, original red cloth spine over card covers, upper cover red with coloured illustration of plane and Dan Dare, lower cover white with assembly and flying instructions, 4 card pages with coloured parts ready to press out, 7 page Dan Dare story illustrated in line and 1 page of insignia. No inscriptions, text page edges lightly browned, otherwise a Fine crisp clean unused copy with price 5/- not clipped from lower cover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING.

London, Collins, 1953. FIRST EDITION 1953, 8vo, light blue boards, 254 pages. Coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty. Very slight foxing to edges, half-title and reverse of frontispiece, faint foxing to inner edge of title page, no inscriptions. Near Fine clean bright copy in VG+ Frank Varty DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, very slightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Collins, 1990.. FIRST EDITION 1990. FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscription, a Fine crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Hutchinson, 1979.. FIRST UK EDITION 1979, (first published 1978 in Melbourne), 8vo, dark blue boards silver lettered, 223 pages. No illustrations. Story about a young Aborigine boy. Tiny bump to top corners, very slight rub at tail of spine, no inscriptions. Near Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, very slight wear to 1 corner, tiny wrinkle head of spine). Wrightson is one of the leading Australian writers for children in the post-war era and has won numerous awards. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Macmillan, 1981.. FIRST EDITION 1981, 8vo, gilt lettered red boards, 202 pages. Adult novel, based on a true story set in the horse racing world of Calcutta. Inscription on front endpaper (see image), tiny bump to top corner of lower board, a near Fine unread copy in near Fine price clipped DUSTWRAPPER, 2 pinhead sized scrapes to lower panel. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Doubleday, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 8vo, dark blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 252 pages. No illustrations. Race horse story with love interest for young adults. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, 1 small scratch on lower panel. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Doubleday, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 8vo, dark blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 252 pages. No illustrations. Race horse story with love interest for young adults. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, copyright date 1975.. FIRST EDITION 1975, German text, miniature book, approximately 71 x 57 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, cream thin card wraps with coloured illustration to upper cover, advert for Das grosse Liederbuch on lower cover (the source of our little book), pages: 71 plus 9 pages of publisher's adverts, black and white illustrations throughout by Ungerer. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean tight copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Leipzig, J. J. Weber, 1886. THIRD ENLARGED EDITION 1886 (first published in 1865), German text, 8vo, 36 illustrations in the text, 2 full page, pages: xvi, 620, bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt and blind ruled border to upper cover with gilt lettering and inner border of gilt and black vine, gilt and black decoration to spine with gilt bunch of grapes, gilt lettering and small gilt publisher's device at tail of spine, all edges red, brown and buff patterned endpapers. Head and tail of spine and hinges slightly worn, tiny split at foot of upper hinge and another at tail of spine, corners slightly rubbed, tiny binder's ticket to front and rear pastedown, no inscriptions, very small pale mark on 3 lower margins. A very good copy. Chapters on German wines, Austro-Hungarian, Swiss, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Madeira, Russian, Asian, African, American, and Australian. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Dean & Sons Ltd, (1905).. Circa 1905, 315 x 250 mm, 12½ x 9¾ inches, light green cloth backed card covers with bright coloured illustration, circa 72 pages. 6 picture books in 1, all with brightly coloured illustrations in Brett's characteristic style: A was an Archer; Cinderella; Puss in Boots; 10 Little Black Boys; The 3 Tiny Pigs; and 3 Little Kittens. Each story has a full colour title page and 10 pages of lively brightly coloured illustrations, many full page. Large print text, partly printed on some of the illustrations. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, corners slightly worn, piece of surface paper missing on lower cover, 60 x 30 mm deep, (2½" x 1"), shiny black endpapers just slightly bubbled, contents clean and bright. A very good copy of an uncommon book (1 copy on WorldCat). A was an Archer is a wonderful action packed alphabet in full colour, 10 Little Black Boys is unusual in that the boys all wear the turban and dress in Middle Eastern style. These stories were also… Read More