Search Results: Authors starting with D from JimsOldBooks

Singapore: Double-Six Press, 1993. Hardback edition. No dustwrapper (as issued?), a small scratch-mark to back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of Gan Eng Seng school in Singapore, founded in 1885 as the Anglo-Chinese Free School for teaching English to Chinese boys but now a co-ed secondary school. 199pp, b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Second (revised) edition. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A history of the Ismaili sect of Islam. Originally published in 1990, this is a revised, second edition with parts of all chapters re-written or otherwise revised and with new material added. Please Note: this is a heavy book, packaged weight would be about 1700g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 772pp, 25 b&w illustrations.. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1989. Title page has been removed, a small clipping re the author pasted on half-title, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good tight copy. The author's second collection of poems. Includes a hand-written letter by the author to this book's previous owner thanking her for the gift of a book. 63pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Harvill Secker, 2015. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The fourth in the author's "Intercrime" series, originally published in Swedish under the same title in 2001. The English translation by Alice Menzies was published in 2015. Signed by the author to original owner on half-title "Orkney 16-11-15, To ....., greetings from Arne Dahl". 360pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harvill Secker, 2014. A small scuff to the top corner of front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The third in the author's "Intercrime" series, originally published in Swedish as" Upp till toppen av berget" in 2000. The English translation by Alice Menzies was published in 2014, number line on rev of title page starts with a 1, so this copy is a first (UK) edition. Signed by the author to original owner on half-title "Orkney 16-11-15, To ....., With greetings from Arne Dahl". 390pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Duns: Black Ace Books, 1994. A very good copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book, being a collection of seventy-five poems by the author. 125pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild, 1992. Ex library copy with paper label inside front board and marks on facing page where others have been removed. Ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, and on top and bottom edges of pages. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. The authors life-story (1911-91) from her poverty-stricken childhood in Seddon Buildings, Aldwych, central London; living in Dagenham from 1936, suffering severe leg injuries after a German bombing raid in 1940, and her later life. 138pp, 4 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1993. A tiny crease to the lower corner of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Modernity and Political Thought" series, this book looks at how nineteenth century German thinker Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's philosophy "articulates a viable form of public life in the context of the modern emphasis on Free Will". 270pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2011. Slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The autobiography of veteran Scottish Labour MP Tam Dalyell, who served as MP for West Lothian and Linlithgow for forty-three years, retiring in 2005. Signed by the author on title page. A number 3 below the publishers informantion on the rev of title page, so a third printing. 306pp, 16pp b&w illustrations.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to right-hand side of back panel of same, some old damp-marking to green boards, some pencil marking in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book in which the author looks at Wordsworth's ''Simple'' poems such as the ''Lyrical Ballads''. Originally published in 1960, this is a later reprint from 1968. 152pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1990. Ex library copy with paper label inside front board and mark on facing page where another one has been removed, ink stamp on f/ep, title page and on top and bottom of page edges, otherwise a good clean tight copy in clear plastic dustwrapper (as issued). A history of the baking trade in Scotland, the various incorporated trade organisations, and the Scottish Association of Master Bakers. 242pp, 12pp b&w illustrations, and some other b&w illustrations in the text.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the work of Charles Ricketts (1866-1931), an English artist, illustrator, typographer and stage designer. 200pp, b&w illustration throughout, also 8pp colour illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a tiny bit of bumping to corners of purple boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Signed by the author on an extra page, this being an exclusive FairyLoot edition. I understand FairyLoot is a book subscription service specialising in YA fantasy. So this is a YA fantasy, the story set on a star system ruled by an oppressive empire, and involves a girl kidnapped to act as a body double for a royal princess. 311pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949. Ex library copy with card packet inside front board, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev. No dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, part of the publisher's ''Yale Studies in English'' series. Deals with the novels left unfinished by Nathaniel Hawthorne at the time of his death in 1864, namely: ''The Ancestral Footstep'', ''Doctor Grimshawe's Secret'', ''Septimus Felton'', and ''The Dolliver Romance''. 172pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Pontypool, Gwent: Hughes & Son Ltd., 1977. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or rusting to the staples, of this little booklet looking at the ''Ancient'' (Mediaeval really) churches of Gwent in south Wales. 32pp, b&w drawings... First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Collins, Sarah. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bishop Auckland, Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. A very good copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book dealing with the Wartime service of the author, who served in Coastal Forces (RN) as an Anti-Aircraft gunner for the first four years of WW2. 284pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1985. Some fading to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, a fold to first two pages, a handwritten note re one of the contributors on page vii, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains papers originally given at the First National Conference of Aboriginal Writers which was held in Perth in 1983, namely "Aboriginal Writing: a Personal View" by Jack Davis, "White Forms, Aboriginal Content" by Colin Johnson, "Black Policies" by Kevin Gilbert, "The Politics of Aboriginal Literature" by Bruce McGuinness and Dennis Walker, "The Role of Research" by Faith Bandler, "Black Theatre" by Gerry Bostock, "Aboriginal Poetry and White Criticism" by Cliff Watego, and "Traditional Aboriginal Oral Literature" by Catherine Berndt. 112pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1954. No dustwrapper, some fading to spine of blue boards but gilt titles thereon are still clear, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Volume 84 (LXXXIV) in the publisher's Camden Third Series, this is a Latin text originally written in the late twelfth century listing the revenues due from the Hundreds of the Liberty of Bury St Edmunds to the Abbey. Edited and with introduction by R H C Davis. 200pp, frontispiece map.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Paperback edition. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the impact that Tourism, particularly mass-tourism, has made on Venice. Written in the early 2000s, but still relevant. 360pp, 27 b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B T Batsford, 1905. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of dark green boards, gilt titles on spine are rubbed but still readable, the black titles and decoration on front board is all clear. Contains 100 full-page b&w pictures of houses from photographs taken by W Galsworthy Davie; and an introductory account by E Guy Dawber. A heavy book, packaged weight is about 1.7 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 78pp (introduction), 100pp (illustrations).. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Davie, W Galsworthy (photographer). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.