Search Results: Authors starting with D from Renaissance Books

London: Church Missionary Society. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Bruising to edges of boards. Abrasion to spine cloth. Boards rubbed with some marks and abrasions. Some insect damage to blank inner margins.; xii, 150, [1] pages + frontispiece "An Old Palace in Lahore". Untitled green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 193 x 132mm. Contents divided into three sections: The Indian Woman; The Moslem Woman; The Christian Woman. "My first impression of India as a whole - of the sight of her face, the sound of her voice - dates back to what I saw from the roof of an old palace in LAhore and from what I heard while listening to a friend. We used to sit, in the evening, in a chubara next to the throne room, and converse about many things. This upper room was a great height. It was a watch-tower from which we could see the whole city and the plain beyond - as far as the round rim of the horizon. Across the Ravi the tomb of Jahangir commands the… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1931). Softcover. No signatures. Moderate fading to wrappers. Small 1/2" tear to margin of rear wrapper. ; Second printing (the first printing was in 1930). 30 pages. Green printed French flaps. Page dimensions: 190 x 129mm. ; 8vo .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1964). Softcover. Previous owner's signature. Library of Congress call number in ink on copyright page "BF698 D25", however does not appear to be an ex-library copy (there are no other library markings). Moderate rubbing and some fading to covers. Some cup marks stains to the rear cover.; xxviii, 132 pages. Softcover. Page dimensions: 196 x 126mm. Psychology, theories of personality. Polish psychiatrist. Contents: The Theory of Positive Disintegration; The Principal Dynamics of Multilevel Disintegration; The Feeling of Inferiority toward Oneself; The "Third Factor" in the Development of Personality; Remarks on Typology based on the Theory of Positive Disintegration; Psychopathy and Psychoneurosis; Jackson's Theory and Positive Disintegration; Positive Disintegration and Child Development; Mental Health as the Progressive Development of Personality. .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some minor rubbing and fading to spine and boards. ; xxviii, [2], 132 pages. Blue cloth boards. Red panel and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 209 x 138mm. Psychology, theories of personality. Polish psychiatrist. Contents: The Theory of Positive Disintegration; The Principal Dynamics of Multilevel Disintegration; The Feeling of Inferiority toward Oneself; The "Third Factor" in the Development of Personality; Remarks on Typology based on the Theory of Positive Disintegration; Psychopathy and Psychoneurosis; Jackson's Theory and Positive Disintegration; Positive Disintegration and Child Development; Mental Health as the Progressive Development of Personality; Index. .

Christchurch: The Nag's Head Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1964)-(1982). First Edition. Softcover. 9 volumes only of 10, parts One to Nine. Parts 1 to 4 are variously numbered copies of an edition of 100 numbered copies. Parts 5 to 9 are variously numbered copies of an edition of 150 numbered copies. Page dimensions: 165 x 112mm. New Zealand small press publication. This series is a spoof on regional histories. "The whole series of 10 Barnego books was in part a satire of local histories, but was also a hand press publishing entertainment for Gormack and the enthusiastic collectors of such material [. . .] Part two has more than a few digs at Roger Duff and earlier scholars who wrote about moa." - Wikipedia entry on "The Centennial History of Barnego Flat Part Two", accessed December 2022. .

London: Penguin. Good with no dust jacket. (1980). Softcover. 0140055770 . Rubbing and creasing to covers. Spine faded. Foxing. Previous owner's name. ; Paperback reprint. 205, [3 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 181 x 119mm. "Uncle Oswald discovers the electrifying properties of the Sudanese Blister Beelte and the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, a girl absolutely soaked in sex, and sets about seducing all the great men of the time for his own wicked, irreverent reasons." - from blurb on rear cover. .

London: Robert Hale. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0709122594 . 174 pages. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Dustjacket is price-clipped. No signatures or markings in book. The "ordinary life of a boy who lived happily on the 'Roof of the World' until communist invasion drove him in haste from Tibet. "; 8vo .

London: Hutchinson and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Pencil owner's signatures and scribbles on front endpaper. Spine and boards rubbed and faded. Some splits and small chips to cloth in front joint and at spine ends. ; Uncommon. viii, 444 pages + [4] pages advertisements. Green cloth boards with mottled pattern. Page dimensions: 188 x 125mm. A novel. "It was a May-day and the wind was not in the east." - the opening sentence. .

Auckland: Godwit / Random House. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. (2004). First Edition. Softcover. 1869621085 . This copy signed by the author on the title page. [6], vi,118, [1], vi (index), [2 (blank)] pages. Card covers with flaps. Page dimensions: 266 x 236mm. Black and white photographic illustrations of people in Auckland and Wellington in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in downtown areas e.g Queen St, Karangahape Road, Courtenay Place. "The photographing of city people, now entitled 'Big Smoke', came of Daley's curiosity about the inhabitants of Wellington and spread at holiday breaks to Auckland. Every available hour was spent walking the streets with his Pentax. People generally didn't know they were being photographed and he became adept at looking nonchalantly in other directions as he worked. This glimpse of Wellington and Auckland from the 1960s and 1970s confirms, for the 'people photographer', intuition is still the most powerful tool,… Read More

Dunedin: University of Otago Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1976). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Fading to spine and margins of covers.; 55 pages. Yellow printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. New Zealand poet. Poems selected and with an introduction by Charles Brasch. .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0908563019 . 57 pages. Green boards with red titles on spine. Dimensions: 8 3/4" by 5 5/8". Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper, dated 1976. <1/8" chip at one corner of dust wrapper. No other tears in dust wrapper. Minor creasing to head of dust wrapper spine. The author's fifth collection of poems. ; 8vo ; Signed by Author .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Slight rubbing to ends of spine. Some rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. A couple of adhesive tape stains to reverse of dust wrapper. ; 33, (1) pages. Textured maroon cloth covers with red lettering and gold turning wheel emblem on front board. Page dimensions: 212mm x 136mm. Included loosely a typed poem entitled, "On Opening A Book Of Chinese Paintings," signed "Ruth Dallas 1963," in the top right-hand corner. Selected contents: Letter To A Chinese Poet - On Reading Your Poems; The Written Word; Clouds On The Sea; Autumn Wind; Dust; Reeds; Ananda; The Year's End; Beating The Drum; Six Songs - Song At Full Moon; Spring Day, near Arrowtown; Tombstone Song; The Gardener's Song; Felled Trees; The Turning Wheel - Headlands In Summer; Autumn Jig; Narcissus; Meditation In Winter; The Sea; Song In Spring. ; 8vo .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Moderate foxing to dust wrapper. 1 3/4" tear to dust wrapper spine. Some spotting to page edges. Off-setting to endpapers. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; The author's first book. 44 pages. "The circle will remain, of mountain, hill / And curving sea that once enclosed the world, / And winds that smell and taste of the sea and shake / The needles from the pines with the sea's anger, / And great skies, and rivers blue as veins." from The World's Centre. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Dunedin: Otago University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. 1877372307 . No signatures. ; 60 pages. Illustrated papered boards. Bookmark ribbon. Page dimensions: 210 x 139mm. New Zealand poetry. "There are poems in this collection about Dutch Masters, the remembered voice of a deceased soprano, a waterfall, ancient Chinese artefacts, victims of the World Wars, kites and flowers; but each piece is sensitively imbued not only with the poet's awareness of impending death but also with the incorrigible fragility of life. While Dallas is at home in a number of different modes, her high regard for literary tradition as a form of spiritual realism makes her eminently readable as a disciplined watcher of the seasons." ; 16mo .

Dunedin: University of Otago Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (2000). First Edition. Softcover. 187713385X . Bookseller's price sticker on rear cover.; 111, [1 (blank)] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 210 x 138mm. New Zealand author. A book of short stories. "The stories of Ruth Dallas echo the precisely observed landscape of her poems; a New Zealand of small towns and struggling farms where sheets of water cover the lowlying paddocks, and macrocarpas shade the rusted roofs of old wooden farmhouses." - from blurb on rear cover. ; .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings, including call number on front board and labels partly removed from the rear endpaper. ; The author's first book.; ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44, [3] .

Dunedin: University of Otago Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1976). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Spine faded.; 55 pages. Yellow printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 214 x 138mm. New Zealand poet. Selected and with an introduction by Charles Brasch. .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature, "G J Griffiths 1953". Small 1/2" chip to corner of front panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; The author's first book. 44 pages. Brown papered boards. Page dimensions: 213mm x 136mm. "The circle will remain, of mountain, hill / And curving sea that once enclosed the world, / And winds that smell and taste of the sea and shake / The needles from the pines with the sea's anger, / And great skies, and rivers blue as veins." from the poem 'The World's Centre.' ; .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 54 pages. Green boards with red lettering on spine. Owner's signature and address. Minor abrasions to front free endpaper where previous owner's signature erased. 1/8" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. A couple of <1/8" chips at corners of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. The author's fourth collection of poetry. ; 8vo .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Spotting to page edges. Some bumping to ends of spine. Some spotting to dust wrapper. 1/4" x 3/8" chip missing to dust wrapper at tail of spine. 3/8" tear to dust wrapper at head of front panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; The author's first book. 44 pages. Brown papered boards. Page dimensions: 210mm x 134mm. "The circle will remain, of mountain, hill / And curving sea that once enclosed the world, / And winds that smell and taste of the sea and shake / The needles from the pines with the sea's anger, / And great skies, and rivers blue as veins." from The World's Centre. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .