Search Results: Authors starting with D from Ash Rare Books

Frome : Hippopotamus Press, (1991). First edition : one of just ten special copies in hardback numbered and signed by Peter Dale. A collection of fifty-four poems. Demy 8vo (23cm). 72pp. Original green rexine, lettered in gilt; very slightly bruised, but otherwise very good in the original green dust-jacket - inevitably a little sunned at spine, but otherwise also very good.

London : Macmillan & Co., (1970). First edition : the first issue, with the unaltered Macmillan imprint. Loosely inserted is a single-page typed 1985 letter from Peter Dale, signed with forename, referring to some of his early work - "the Macmillan Mortal Fire is an abortion of a book I rushed through when they were axing their list". An early collection of forty-three poems. Post 8vo (22cm). 96pp. Original black boards, lettered in gilt; very good in the original red, white and black dust-jacket - lightly nicked and somewhat sunned at spine.

[New York] : Chariot Books, (1959). First edition. "Fame-crazed dolls" and "the perils, the pitfalls, the passion, and the vice, behind the footlights". Also includes an extract from Victor Sardoux's "The Queen of Sheba". Crown 8vo (19cm). (180),[xii]pp. Original pictorial wrappers; some minor marking and minimal wear, but overall a very good copy.

New York : Magazine Productions, (1953). First edition. "Two dangerous men, two lovely women, in the deadly game of 'Change Your Partners'". Rainbow Book No. 128. Foolscap 4to (20cm). [iv],7-(130)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; minor rubbing and light creasing; slight vertical crease, but overall a very good copy. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

New York : Falcon Books, (1952). First edition. "Lida's abundant beauty and brains combined to make her New York's most dangerous business woman. Her formula for success was infallible ...". Falcon No. 27. Foolscap 4to (19cm). [vi],9-129,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; minor wear at tips; a few faint marks; text and little brittle and tanned, but overall still a very good copy of an uncommon book. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

Manchester : T. A. & E. Pemberton, [1950]. Second edition. "Destine turned swiftly, as she heard a slight sound behind her. Instantly she knew that she had been foolish in coming into this part of the luxurious Arnold mansion at all, with Clive Arnold at home. Her place was the place of all children's nurses in rich men's homes: the nursery - and not the conservatory". Originally published in 1939 and here in the Pembertons' "Thrilling Love" series. Crown 8vo (19cm). 158,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; slightly chipped at foot; lightly rubbed and slightly creased; a few edge spots; staples a little rusted, but a good copy. Just two copies of this edition (Bodleian and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : English Heritage, 1995. First edition. An evocative survey of architectural treasures across the Greater London area at risk from disuse and disrepair. Crown 4to (25cm). 82,[ii]pp. Illustrations throughout. Original wrappers; very slightly bowed, but a very good copy. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

London : B. T. Batsford, (1914). First edition. An autobiographical essay, interspersed with some poems. In the Fellowship Books series. Foolscap 8vo (18cm). [ii],(56),[ii]pp. Original blue cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt; lightly sunned; a few spots, but otherwise a very good copy. Contemporary (1918) ownership inscription.

London : A. C. Fifield, 1910. First edition : with the advertisements at rear and on lower cover dated February 21, 1910. Thirty-seven poems, including "On Expecting Some Books". Foolscap 8vo (18cm). 60,[iv]pp. Original grey boards, printed in black; some spotting, mainly of edges, endleaves and prelims, but a very good, crisp and partly unopened copy of this fragile production.

London : A. C. Fifield, 1908. First edition. The first appearance of the book which made Davies' name - a tramp by road and rail on both sides of the Atlantic in the late nineteenth century. A work of "primitive splendour and directness" (Osbert Sitwell). "Another effect of this book on me is to make me realize what a slave of convention I have been all my life. When I think of the way I worked tamely for my living during all those years when Mr. Davies, a free knight of the highway, lived like a pet bird on titbits, I feel that I have been duped out of my natural liberty" - from the preface by George Bernard Shaw. Crown 8vo (184 x 113mm). [2],xiv,(296),[viii]pp. Bound in a handsome recent half red morocco, banded and gilt, by Bayntun-Riviere; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; trimmed a touch tight at head, but otherwise a very good copy in an attractive binding.

Bath : Postal Museum at Bath, 1984. First edition. An illustrated study of John Palmer (1742-1818) and the development of the first modern postal delivery service. Foolscap 4to (21cm). 24pp. Portraits. Illustrations. Facsimiles. Original stapled wrappers; just slightly bruised, but a very good copy.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Frank Graham, (1971). First edition : limited to 450 copies. An attractive facsimile of eighteen of the illustrated halfpenny chapbooks produced for children by William Davison of Alnwick in the early nineteenth century. With an introduction by Peter Isaac (1921-2002). Foolscap 8vo (15cm). 14,[152]pp. Illustrations (some by Thomas Bewick). Facsimiles. Original cloth gilt; very good in the dust-jacket - just slightly nicked and slightly dusty on lower panel.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Autobiography of the poet and (as Nicholas Blake) crime-writer. Demy 8vo (23cm). (244)pp. Plates. Portraits. Original tan buckram, blocked and lettered in black and gilt; a few minor signs of age and use, but overall a very good copy in the Reynolds Stone dust-jacket - just lightly tanned and slightly spotted, with a chip to rear panel. Contemporary (1961) ownership inscription of Mary Mitchell.

Paris : Librairie Garnier Frères, [1936]. First edition : a secondary issue, with a manuscript price revision to the lower wrapper. A study of roulette and other games of chance, with explanations of the various winning systems. Crown 8vo (19cm). [vi],(122) + 32pp. Diagrams. Tables. Original pictorial wrappers; a little minor wear, but a very good copy of a fragile production.

London : Duckworth & Co., 1910. First edition : a later issue, in the secondary binding, and with inserted advertisements datable from internal evidence to perhaps 1920. De La Mare's neglected masterpiece – an enduring fantasy of the quest of the three royal monkeys. When asked about its possible influence on "Watership Down", Richard Adams reportedly replied, "To try to copy 'The Three Mulla-Mulgars' would be like trying to copy 'King Lear'".
Crown 8vo (20cm). (viii),312 + 16pp advertisements. Coloured frontispiece and colour plate by John Robert (Jack) Monsell (1877-1952). Original olive pictorial cloth, blocked and lettered in black; a few minor signs of age and use; some minor spotting, mainly to edges and endpapers; one leaf a little frayed, but overall a very good, bright and sound copy in the matching dust-jacket – just slightly rubbed, but very good indeed.

London : Hollis & Carter, (1959). First edition. A witty guide for the new generation of innocent and not-so-innocent tourists, delightfully illustrated by Anton. Post 8vo (22cm). (128)pp. Illustrations. Original red boards, ruled and lettered in gilt; a very good copy in the original Anton dust-jacket - a pictorial design in red, white and black - price-clipped, very slightly rubbed and lightly tanned, but also very good.

London : Hutchinson, (1994). First edition. Maurice Girodias and his authors - one of the most bizarre tales in all twentieth-century publishing - with much on Dominique Aury, Samuel Beckett, William Burroughs, J. P. Donleavy, Lawrence Durrell, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kahane, Christopher Logue, Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, Alexander Trocchi, Miriam Worms, etc. Medium 8vo (25cm). [xx],332pp. Plates. Original boards; very good in dust-jacket.

New York : Falcon Books, (1951). Second edition. "Doris had a problem. She was being supported by Mr. Whittmore, loved by Mr. Baker and protected by the impetuous Ed Morley. But Doris wanted the elusive Eric Myers". Originally published as "Easily Persuaded" in 1929 and here re-titled and slightly revised. Ecstasy Novel No. 14. Foolscap 4to (19cm). [iv],7-128,[ii]pp. Photo illustrations. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a little rubbed; upper wrapper slightly frayed at fore-edge, lower wrapper more heavily so; a few internal marks and minor discolouration, but a serviceable copy. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

London : Panther Books - Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), [1953]. First edition : the paperback issue. The first in the Corridors of Time trilogy - Dysart and Magda know they must plunge into Time itself in pursuit of the avenging Kazan - four times the time-warp hurtles them to unknown dimensions. Panther Book 85. Crown 8vo (19cm). 159,[i]pp. Original pictorial wrappers -a design by John Richards; worn at foot; wrappers slightly creased and a little frayed; a sound and serviceable copy. Just two copies (Bodleian and Liverpool) traced in the major UK libraries.

London : Panther Books - Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), [1954]. First edition : the paperback issue. Illegal excavations below the portals of time. The final volume in the Corridors of Time series - Panther Book 117. Crown 8vo (19cm). 159,[i]pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a design by John Richards. A poor copy - worn at extremities; spine splitting; some creasing; text shaken. Just two copies (Bodleian and Liverpool) traced in the major UK libraries.