Search Results: Authors starting with D from Cornish Books

New York: Vantage Press, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) "Carefully and extensively researched tribute to one of the first citizens of the first State, Delaware.Superior Couert Judge when American Law was in a transitional stage, later Chief Justice and Chancellor." Signed by the Author on Front Free Endpaper with gift inscription, dated 1994. Stated First Edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Pimlott, E. Philip. Vivid Short Stories with much Cornish Interest. Includes "Pilchards in the Bay", "The Smell of the Sea" and "A Scandal in Arcady". Beautifully illustrated with 6 Full-Page Plates. Frontis illus, a country scene with a distant train, protected by tissue Guard. Black Quarter Cloth with lovely Gilt Lettering & Foliate Decoration on spine. Buf cloth covered boards with illus of Pan playing music to 3 nymphs on the front. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 201 p. pages + adverts of the Author's other works and Publisher's catalogue. 7 3/4" Tall, 550g. From the Library of Prof. Charles Thomas, Cornish Historian & Author, his illustrated Bookplate is on the Endpaper with another Bookplate illustrated with Armorial Bearing of "Charles I. Dickens". Prof. Thomas's penciled note of ffep with another owner's inscriptions beneath and… Read More

London: John Lane, 1895. First Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine. Robinson, Charles & Pimlott, E. Phillip. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) A set of 6 Books by Cornish Writer H. D. Lowry, in fine Dark Blue Half-Leather Bindings with Light Blue cloth covered Boards and Leather Corners. 5 Raised Bands to spines and Gilt Lettering in 2nd & 4th Compartments. All page edges Gilt. Marbled Endpapers. 7 1/2" Tall. 3 Books are Published by John Lane: "The Happy Exile" 1898, illustrated with 6 Etchings by E. Philip Pimlott. 201 Pages + Publisher's adverts; "Make-Believe" 1896, illustrated by Charles Robinson. Frontispiece depicts "Lady Mary in your Bower", protected by Tissue Guard. 177 Pages + illustrated adverts for Children's Books, Gift inscription to "Blossom" SIGNED BY H. D. LOWRY on blank preliminary page, Dated 1896 (Lovely Pictorial Bookplate "for the Library of Blossom" on Endpaper; "Women's Tragedies",… Read More

London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Pimlott, E. Philip. Vivid Short Stories with much Cornish Interest. Includes "Pilchards in the Bay", "The Smell of the Sea" and "A Scandal in Arcady". Beautifully illustrated with 6 Full-Page Plates, all protected by tissue Guards. Brown ribbed Quarter Cloth with Gilt Lettering & Decoration on spine. Ochre cloth covered boards with Brown Sundial on front. Top page edges Brown, other page edges untrimmed. 210 p. pages + adverts of the Author's other works. 7 3/4" Tall, 550g. From the Library of Prof. Charles Thomas, Cornish Historian & Author, his illustrated Bookplates are on the Endpaper. Previous powner's inscripti0on on ffep, dated 1918. No other inscriptions. Slight edge wear and a very small closed tear to ochre cloth at the back. Hinges sound & text block firm. An occasional small spot of light foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ -… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Dr Robert Ballard's thrilling account of how he dove into the darkest reaches of inner space to explore the most famous lost ship of all time." 229 Pages. B&W and Colour photographs on almost every page. 11 1/4" Tall, 1 Kilo. No inscriptions. Jacket clipprd. Weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Facsimilie Reprint of the 1961 Edition. Complete record of every class of Destroyer from 1893. Illustrated with 120 photos. 148 pages, 720g, 10" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: BBC Books, 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. John Parker ( Photos ). Beautifully illustrated with fine Colour Photos by John Parker. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 11/4" Tall, 240 Pages, 1.6 Kilos. No inscriptions. Jacket has very slight edgewear. Unclipped. Book weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

London: BBC Books, 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. John Parker ( Photos ). Beautifully illustrated with fine Colour Photos by John Parker. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 11/4" Tall, 240 Pages, 1.6 Kilos. No inscriptions. Jacket has very slight edgewear. Clipped. Book weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

London: BBC Books, 2004. Francesco, whose ancestral History is intertwined with Venetian, gives his History of the Amphibious City. Beautifully illustrated with fine Colour Photos by John Parker. Black cloth cover with Silver Lettering on spine. 11/4" Tall, 116 Pages, 1.4 Kilos. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edgewear at the top and a tiny nick in the bottom corner. Clipped. Book weighs 1.4 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Book.

London: BBC Books. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Very Good. Beautifully illustrated with fine Colour Photos by John Parker. Black cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 11/4" Tall, 216 Pages, 1.5 Kilos. No inscriptions. Fore edge of front board has some fading at the botttom. Jacket has slight edgewear and a few little nicks. Also a very small piece missing of fore edge right at the bottom. Clipped. Book weighs 1.5 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1978. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Well illustrated with many Colour Plates & Drawings. Brown cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 191 Pages, 13 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight curling at top of jacket. Not clipped. Weighs 1.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

9 Lyncroft Gardens, West Hampstead : 7 Imperial A: L. N. FOWLER One of the Alan Leo Astrological Manuals Series from the early 20th C. Contents include "How the Planets Crystallise in Organic and Inorganic Life" & "Planetary Sympathy & Antipathy". Brown cloth clothcover with Black lettering to front. 110 Pages, 6 1/4" Tall, 130G. Slight darkening around spine and at fore edge. No inscriptions. Some tobacco odour, otherwise a nice, clean copy. ( Other Astrology books by Raphael and Sepharial etc also available, I'm happy to give a Discount on 2 or more.) Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Book.

10 Rue Garanciere, Paris: E. Plon , Nourrit et Cie. Cloth Spine and Boards. Good+. Cet album est donc une sorte de revue artistique en meme temps qu'une revue militaire. C'est l'histoire pittoresque de l'armee Francaise depuis un siecle." Very well illustrated book consisting of 1 page of explanatory text, title page with full-page Colour illustration of a Chasseur a Cheval and Full-page Colour Plates illustrating Military Uniforms from 1789 -1889. Captions beneath. Some pages have 2 illustrations to a page. Red cloth cover with large Colour pastedown of Chasseur a cheval officer on front (as on title page), with gilt background. Landscape format, 13 1/4" x 9". 730g. Undated Edition, circa early 20th C. Some edge wear. Front hinge paper broken, long closed tear to ffep and some smaller edge closed edge tears. Illustrations in nice, clean condition, just a few light marginal fionger marks. Large child's inscription on ffep. No other inscriptions.

Popular Dogs, 1987. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated Eleventh Edition. Revised by Amyas Bliss and Jeff Crawford. Illustrated with B&W Photos of fine Dogs. Green cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 313 Pages, 530g,.8 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear to top of jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Blake, Quentin. Delightful Children's story with Colour illustrations on every page. 12 1/2" Tall, 500g. Gift inscription in silver on ffep. No other inscriptions, pages in very nice, clean condition. Spine colour faded. Small tear at bottom edge of rear board. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall

New York: Avenel Books, 1981. Imitation Leather. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 2,000 Entries, from Saxon times to today." Dark Blue imitaion Leather cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9" Tall. No inscriptions apart from a few little marks on endpaper. Some edge wear to bottom corners and a little to spine ends. Slight edgewear to jacket. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Tetra Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Definitive Reference to more than 300 Marine Fish and Invertebrate Species and How to Establish & Maintain a Reef Aquarium." Well illustrated with many Colour Photos. Grey cloth-textured Paper-covered Boards with Gilt Lettering on spine. 400 Pages, 1.9 Kilos, 12" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has a very small closed tear (1/2" long) at bottom edge on the back (repaired from inside with clear tape. Very slighjt edge wear. Book weighs nearly 2 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Birmingham, Michegan USA: The Charlton Press, 1995. Soft cover. Good+. Over 500 Listings, Toby Jugs, Character Jugs, Liquer Containers etc. Illustrated with many B&W Photos. 598 Pages, 910g, 9" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight wear to cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George Philip & Son Ltd, 1899. Pictorial Wrapper. Good+. Walter Crane. From the "Dale Reader's" Series. "New Edition, entirely reset in large type." This is probably Book II as the sections are numbered 48 - 86. Beautifully illustrated with 6 Full-Page Full Colour Plates by Walter Crane. Also many Colour In-Text illustrations. Title page printed in Red & Black, illustrated with a girl and boy opening a front door. Grey card cover with same illustration as title page. 7 1/4" tall, 100g. About half the backstrip missing from spine. a few small pencil marks on some pages. No inscriptions.

London: Between the Lines, 1999. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Fascinating account of an interview with Poet, Anthony Thwaite. Thwaite's Gift inscription to author Jessica Mann "for research purposes.With Love from Anthony, July 2002, on Title Page with his note of which pages he thought would be of interest. No other inscriptions. Illustrated with a B&W Photo Portrait of Thwaite. 96 Pages, 8 1/2" Tall. Very light crease to corner of rear cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall