Search Results: Titles starting with D from GN Books and Prints

Dan Russel the Fox by E OE Somerville, Martin Ross.
Hardback, 1911, fourth edition, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 340 pages and 30-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Measures around 7 3/4" by 5 1/4". Brown cloth binding, pictorial front board and spine, black lettering to front board, yellow detail and gilt lettering to front board and spine. Some discolouration, scuffing and a little marking. Some signs of shelf-wear, slight tears at top of spine, bumped and slightly torn corners of boards. Puckering to rear board. Binding reasonably firm, strained in the odd place, slight slackness to spine, split to inner rear hinger but holding. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed, lower edges deckled. Light foxing and marking to page surfaces throughout but generally clean, a few pencil marks to rear pastedown but otherwise no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Dare Boys in Vincennes by Stephen Angus Cox, illustrated by Rudolf Mencl.

Hardback, 1912, first edition, published by A. L. Chatterton Co., New York, 193 pages.

Cloth boards with pictorial paper pastedown on front board. Some marking and scuffing to boards and spine with fading particularly to spine. Corners a little bumped. Binding reasonably firm. A little browning and scuffing to page edges and a little marking. Page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. Interesting copy in that the title on the pastedown states "Dare Boys At Vincennes" but the correct title as shown on the spine and inside of the book is "Dare Boys In Vincennes." See pictures for further information.

Dawn Watch in China by Joy Homer.
Hardback, 1941, first edition, published by Collins, London, 288 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 6" by 1 1/8". No dust jacket. Purple cloth binding, faded gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges and on hinges. Slightly bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Binding reasonably firm though some strain and a little cracking near front inner hinge and elsewhere in textblock. Page edges a little browned, scuffed and a bit marked but reasonably clean. Lower page edges deckled. Map endpapers, previous owner bookplate to front free endpaper. Page surfaces quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, Volume I, Parts I and II: A biographical record of members of His Majesty's naval, military & aerial forces who fell in the Great War 1914-1918, by the Marquis de RuvignyHardback, illustrated, published by The Naval & Military Press, 390 pages (part I) + 324 pages (part II) and four-page catalogue of other publications.Measures around 11 1/4" by 8 1/4" by 2". Protective plastic cover to dust jacket, which shows some signs of scuffing. Some discolouration to spine. Burgundy cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, small chip off top edge of rear board towards spine. Binding firm. Page edges quite marked and a bit scuffed. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Dead Man's Plack & An Old Thorn by W. H. Hudson Hardback, 1920, first edition, illustrated, published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 205 pages + 9-page catalogue of other titles by the publisher.
Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Olive green cloth binding, generally clean, no dust jacket. Logo to front board, lettering and detail to spine. A little scuffing, slight marking, signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges a bit browned and scuffed, staining to upper edges and a little to outer. Marking to endpapers, inscription to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces quite clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Dean's Farmyard Pop-Up Book.
Hardback, 1970, published by Dean & Son Ltd., London.
A short pop-up book, in good condition for age, with three sets of pop-ups plus several more illustrated pages that do not contain any. Minor scuffing and wear to boards and spine and slight fading to spine. Binding is quite firm. Pop-up parts are a little creased and worn but will still stand up. Pages are clean. See pictures for more information.

Deville McKeene: The Exploits of the Mystery Airman by Rowland Walker.
Hardback, undated but circa 1920 (prizegiving bookplate from 1930 to front free endpaper), early edition and possible first edition, illustrated, published by Partridge, London, 248 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4" by 1 1/2". No dust jacket. Red cloth binding, black lettering and pictorial detail to front board and spine. Marking, scuffing and some discolouration to binding and a little puckering to cloth on front board. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, small tears to head and tail of spine, slightly bumped and torn corners. Some slackness to binding, crack to front inner hinge with netting exposed and some strain throughout. Page edges browned, scuffed, marked and a little foxed. A little marking, foxing to endpapers, prizegiving bookplate to front free endpaper. A little foxing and some thumb marking to page surfaces throughout but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Diamond and Gem Stone Industrial Production by Paul Grodzinski.
Hardback, 1942, first edition, with 183 illustrations and 32 tables, published by N.A.G. Press Ltd, London, 256 pages + advertisements at rear.
Measures around 8 1/2"/21.7cm x 5 3/4" x 14.7cm. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering. A little scuffing and marking with shelf-wear and some fading to spine. A couple of corners a little bumped. Slight crack to front outer hinge. A little browning, scuffing and marking to page edges, more so to upper. Page surfaces generally clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. Seller's stamp to FFEP. See pictures for further information.

Dick Whistler's Tramp by Evelyn Everett-Green

















Hardback, undated but circa 1891 (contains gift inscription from that year and that appears to be the year of publication, so possible first edition), illustrated, published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 159 pages +16-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 3/4". Grey cloth binding, pictorial front board, gilt and black lettering to front board and spine. Marking and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Slightly bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed, a little foxed and marked. Patterned endpapers, a little marking, gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper, which also contains a tear. Marking from ink on FFEP to next endpaper. Some marking to page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

A Dictionary of the Church of England by Rev. Edward L. Cutts, B.A. Cantab.

















Hardback, 1889, second edition, illustrated, published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, viii + 670 pages + 10-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/4" by 5 1/8" by 1 3/8". Dark greyish-blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine. A little marking and some scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Some puckering to spine, a little tearing to head and tail. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Slackness to binding, some cracking to inner hingers. Page edges have red hue, with some scuff and discolouration but reasonably clean. Some foxing to preliminaries and hindmost pages, occasional patches throughout, slight water staining to upper edges of a small number of rear pages. The odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Baedeker's Die Rheinlande von der Elsassischen bis zur Hollandischen Grenze Rheinpfalz Saar Gebiet Handbuch fur Reisende von Karl Baedeker (the Rhineland from the Alsatian to the Dutch border, Rhenish palatinate and Saar area, handbook for travellers from Karl Baedeker). German language, 1925, 33rd edition, published by Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 450 pages, containing numerous coloured maps of areas, towns and streets, including a number that extend out. Flexible red cloth boards and spine, with gilt lettering. Spine is split at front outer hinge but still attached at rear and inner hinges also intact. Boards are a little scuffed but have retained much of their colour. They also contain creases and a few small tears. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though strained in several places. Page edges patterned, a little browned but quite clean. Page surfaces are quite clean, a little tanned and there are odd creases and little tears, but no underlining,… Read More

The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie.
Hardcover, 2001, first edition, first print, published by Harper Collins Publishers, London, 250 pages +. Flat-signed by author on title page. Includes bookmark designed for the book.
In very good condition. Dust jacket very clean, some sunning/fading to spine. Binding firm and clean. Some tanning, light marking and scuffing to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

The Discovery of the Nile by Gianni Guadalupi Hardcover, 1998, illustrated, with foldout plates displaying an episode from the Battle of the Pyramids, published by The American University in Cairo Press, 352 pages.
Measures 14 1/4" by 10 1/2" by 1 3/8". In good condition. Scuffing to dust jacket, several tears including one large tear to crease at lower outer area covering front board. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board, reasonably firm and quite clean. Signs of shelf-wear. A little marking to page edges but quite clean. Staining to upper outer/fore-edge area of page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, no marginalia, inscriptions, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

The Discoveries of John Lederer, with unpublished letters by and about Lederer to Governor John Winthrop Jr. and an essay on the Indians of Lederer's Discoveries by Douglas L. Rights and William P. Cumming. Edited with notes by William P. Cumming.
Hardback, 1958, first edition, [no dust jacket] with several maps (including foldout one) and illustrations, published by University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Virginia, 148 pages, appears to be signed/inscribed by William P. Cumming (see picture containing inscription).
Paper on card boards with cloth on card spine. Some discolouration to edges of boards. Corners bumped and a little torn. A little browning to page edges. Page surfaces very clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521 by Bernal Diaz Castillo. Edited from the only exact copy of the original MS. (and published in Mexico) by Genaro Carcia. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by A. P. Maudslay. Part of the Broadway Travellers series, edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power.








Hardback, 1936, illustrated, published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 596 pages + viii and 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.





Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8 7/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 7/8". Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some sunning/discolouration to spine and patchy discolouration to boards. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding quite firm. Page edges a little browned, scuffed and slightly marked but quite clean. Page surface clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Disorienting Vision: Rereading Stereotypes in French Orientalist Texts and Images [GENUS: Gender in Modern Culture 5] by Inge E. Boer.
Paperback, 2004.
This book begins with a painting. Loyalty to cultural artefacts, listening carefully to what they have to say, is the secret of Inge E. Boer's approach to the French Orientalists tradition. In a post-Said manner, Boer provides close readings of philosophical and literary texts, paintings, prints and other artefacts. Her readings establish a dialogue with critical post-colonial and feminist theory as well as (art-) historical and literary scholarship. She treats all these artefacts like subjects in their own right, enabling them to show and tell. This dialogic attention to detail makes for an innovative vision that shuns the sweeping statements of a priori conviction, as much as avoiding the unwitting endorsements that the rhetoric of scholarship sometimes promotes. In very good condition, close to like new. Some scuffing and denting to cover. No… Read More

Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories by Udayan Gupta Hardcover, 2000, first edition, possibly first print (publisher key reads 04 03 02 01 00 and 5 4 3 2 1), published by Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 413 pages + viii.
In good condition, close to very good. Scuffing, a little marking to dust jacket but quite clean. Binding clean and firm. Some signs of shelf-wear. Some marking and scuffing to page edges. Page surfaces clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War by Émile Zola, translated by A. Vizetelly, War Correspondent 1870-1

Hardback, 1892, first English language edition, published by Chatto & Windus, London, 534 pages + xvi + 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.

Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/2". Black cloth binding, pictorial detail to front board and spine, gilt lettering to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding, fading to pictorial detail, particularly on spine. Tearing to outer hinges and tearing and chipping to head and tail of spine. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and especially at corners, which are torn and bumped. Some slackness and strain to binding, some cracking to inner hinges, but holding. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Embossed seller stamp to front free endpaper, occasional thumbing and other marking to page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan with a Memoir of his Life by G. G. S.
Hardback, 1864, Bohn's Standard Library, published by Bell and Daldy, London, 563 pages.
Measures around 7 1/2" by 5". Brown cloth binding, embossed and patterned, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and marking. Signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped and torn corners and edges. Binding reasonably firm, though strained in places. Page edges deckled, browned, scuffed and marked with some staining which has bled onto page surfaces to some degree. A little marking to endpapers. Some creased page corners. Rubbed out inscription to FFEP, the odd pencil mark but otherwise, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Dreadful Lemon Sky [a Travis McGee novel] by John D. MacDonald

Hardback, 1974, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 228 pages.






Measures 8 1/2" x 5 3/4". With dust jacket, which has some scuffs and marks and is a bit tattered, with some wear, chips, small tears but is otherwise intact. Grey paper on card boards with quarter black cloth binding, which is a bit marked but generally clean. Slightly bumped corners. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges a little marked and a little staining to upper edge but otherwise reasonably clean. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.