Search Results: Authors starting with D from E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]

Davies, Robertson. The Manitcore. 1972. Viking Press. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good condition. Light shelf wear to jacket and small bend to inner front flap (as pictured). "David Staunton, a most successful criminal lawyer, is, above all, a tidily rational man. Even so, it is perhaps not so odd that he should feel a touch of madness and plunge himself into Jungian analysis as a result of his father's accidental (suicidal? homincidal?) death." Very good condition. Interior pages are clean and readable. Jacket is not wrapped in protective plastic.

Dickinson s, London, 1904. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Book. Folio - over 12. No. 16 of 175 of the Edition de Luxe printed on Japon Vellum paper, Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with 11 hand-colored plates, 51 other black and white plates. xxxiv + 196 pp. Morland was late eighteenth century artist revered especially for his treatment of pre-Industrial Age rural life, often of human subjects of modest means, and of animals, sometimes as the primary subject of his work but more often as part of the genre scene including people. His work came to be treasured for its nostalgic quality, as his subjects are typically of contented farmers, squires, lasses, maidens and wives at play or work, and it can seem that Morland was prescient in anticipating that this would soon be so. To most people his work is best known for its reproduction in prints, and this reflects his very accessibility while possibly compromising his critical reputation in the long-run. This book greatly expands… Read More

Plants of Hawaii National Park Illustrative of Plants and Customs of the South Seas Degener, Otto Published by Edwards brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan (1945) Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1945. Paperback. Book Condition: Orange softcover in good condition, with some light wear to the spine. No markings, illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Tipped in at the back of the book is a pamphlet titled "Hawaii - National Park, Hawaii." 6" x 9"; 314 pages

Donaldson, Stephen R. Gilden-Fire. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near fine with no marks from previous owner. Teal boards with illustrated design. "This is the tale of Korik Bloodguard, the Lords Shetra and Hyrim, and their company on their mission to Seareach." Excellent condition.

A LADY OF THE LAST CENTURY A Lady of the Last Century (Elizabeth Montagu): Illustrated in Her Unpublished Letters; Collected and Arranged with a Biographical Sketch and a Chapter on Blue Stockings Extra Illustrated & Inscribed by the Author Doran, John Richard Bentley & Son, London. 1873. First Edition Frontice of Elizabeth Montagu, as Anne Boleyn, hand coloured reproduction of a miniature by Christian Frederick Zincke, in a friendship box, circa 1740. Pp.xvi, Erratum tipped in before chapter 1, 372 pp. Extra Illustrated with 22 extra portrait 3 of the coloured 2 extra scenery engravings, one of them full page and beautifully hand coloured. Bound in ½ Blue Morocco by Bayntun Bath England. 16 Royal Crescent, in Bath, was used as a residence and to host the Blue Stockings Society events by Elizabeth Montagu. Elizabeth Montagu (2 October 1718 25 August 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, literary critic and writer who helped organize and lead the Blue Stocking Society. Her parents… Read More

First English Illustrated Edition, with frontispiece and 120 illustrations from drawings by the author, (447 pages), hardback, spine lettered in gilt on brown leather, edges gilt, marbled blue endpapers, one page publisher's advertisements at end,
The first edition published in three volumes in 1894 was unillustrated, this well illustrated edition was published in 1896. George Du Maurier's plot for his Gothic novel 'Trilby' inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel entitled 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
CONDITION: Very Good. The covers are very good, clean and the lettering is clear. The binding is tight and the interior is clean for age. Text is clear and sharp. Minor rubbing to reading edge of boards.