Search Results: Titles starting with D from Roz Hulse

Mathias. Roland., David Jones: Eight essays on his Work as Writer and Artist. Gomer Press, Dyfed, 1976. 1st edition. 8vo. Unclipped dustwrapper. Brown boards, gilt titles to front and spine. Pp144. Dustwrapper age toned to edges, binding andl pages in tight, bright and clean order throughout. Included in this item is a 6 page typed bibliography of David Jones work and covering letter dated 31st March 1979.

Cole. Barry,. Dedications. Byron Press Pamphlet Series. Nottingham. 1st Edition. Limited No.2 of 25. Inscribed by author. 8vo. Pink card covers. Printed titles to back and front. Pp14[1]. Inscribed on title page by author "for Arnold - hoping/we'll one day meet!/ in respect - /Barry/Christmas '74. 3 little marks on front cover, otherwise in tight, bright and clean condition. A neat pamphlet with an interesting poet to poet provenance.

Warre, Michael: Designing and Making Stage Scenery. Studio Vista, London, 1968. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. PP140, Inscription by author on fep to Arnold and Sim [Arnold and Sim Rattenbury]. A little age tone to dustwrapper, otherwise in near fine condition. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism.

Knight., Damon. Dimension X. Five Science fiction Novellas. Gollancz, London, 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo, Purple boards, gilt title to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp350. Dustwrapper sunned with some shelf wear. Binding and all pages in clean, bright and tight order throughout. The book includes work by Robert A Heinlein, C M Kornbluth, Richard McKenna, Brain W Aldiss and Isaac Asimov.

Cook, Frederick A. & Robert E. Peary, edited by miller J.M. Discovery of the North Pole. Large 8vo. Red cloth gilt titles to front and spine. Inset blue and white illustration of explorers planting the flag. All edges red. Pp12, p1, 141-428, 32 plates. Binding bumped and rubbed. All pages and illustrations tight and bright. Accounts given from contemporary journals and illustrated with cartoons of the period regarding the controversy between Cook and Peary and on the Artic in general. Arctic Bibliography 11467.

Lever, Charles, The Dodd Family Abroad Illustrated by Phiz: London: Chapman & Hall, 1854. First edition. Octavo. Half calf on Marbled boards, bumped and rubbed with some loss to calf. PP624. Illustrated on Frontis, Title and throughout. Bright and clean.

Blishen, Edward. Donkey Work. London, Hamish Hamilton. 1983. 1st Edition. 8vo. Black hardback, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper designed by Edward Blishen. Pp249. Dustwrapper binding and pages all in near fine condition. Inscribed on front free endpaper To Sim and Arnold/ - in memory of Hyola/ & anticipation of Ffestiniog/ from/ Edward/ 1988. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997.

Townsend Warner. Sylvia,. Dorset Stories. Norwich, Black Dog Books. 2006. 1st Edition. Green boards, silver titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp288. Neat gift inscription on title page to Arnold [Rattenbury] from his wife Sim. Arnold Rattenbury was a close friend to Sylvia Townsend Warner. One small tear at lower spine, without loss to dustwrapper. Binding and all pages in excellent condition.

Draft-Book of Centennial Carriages, Displayed in Philadelphia, at the International Exhibition of 1876. New York, Hub Publishing Co, 1964. Reprint of Suffolk Museum and Carriage House, Stony Brook. L.J. . Folio. Original light card wrappers, pp123. Illustrated throughout with examples. Details of the Exhibition is provided and drawings of carriages exhibited with full descriptions in a scale of one half inch to the foot. Front cover has one sunned area. All pages and illustrations are in near fine condition. A very detailed reference.

Ch'ien, Hsiao: The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. 'Meditations on post-war culture'. London: The Pilot Press, 1944. 1st ed. Slim 8vo. Recent half cloth over handmade marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. Viii, pp36, pages a little age toned, full page woodcut frontispiece by Leon Underwood. The writer covers areas of thought of Chinese intellectuals over East and West differences of it's time. An interesting commentary given the changes in lifestyle in China in the 21st Century.

Leonard. Michael. Drawings by Michael Leonard. Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London, 2004. 8vo, 1st edition. Card covers, pp48. Catalogue for exhibition held16th march to 27th April 2004. Illustrated throughout with black and white images of Micheal Leonard's work of Nudes and Portraits in Time. Inscribed on the front page "for Arnold [Rattenbury] with Love from Michael 4th August '04" There is also a 'post it' note on the title page in the hand of Leonard "How lovely talking to you. Keep well! Love M. Additional entry in the Biography section in the hand of Leonard. In fine condition.

MacDiarmid. Hugh. A Drunk man looks a the Thistle. Castle Wynd Printers, Edinburgh. Third Edition. 1956. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. PP116. Lacks dustwrapper. Binding in good condition, all pages in excellent clean and bright condition throughout.

Drury Lane Plays. Gil Blas A Comedy, The Regicide or James the first of Scotland a Tragedy, Coriolanus, The Foundling. Bound in one volume. 8vo Approx 120mm x 190mm. Recent half calf on cloth, 5 raised bands, leather title piece with gilt titles, hand sewn headbands. New end papers, early hand written note retained on front pastedown, by Delrue. Gil Blas As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane By Mr Moore. London R Franklin, in Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1751. Title page with woodcut motif, Contemporary handwritten page indexing 5 of the 4 dramas included in this volume., Dedication, iv, Prologue, I, PP92 Introduction close cropped to edge. Woodcut motif at Finis. Publishers Advert. The Regicide or James the first of Scotland a Tragedy by the author of Roderick Random [Tobias Smollett ]. Preface v, Persons of the Drama i, PP80. Title page torn with loss, missing Publ details. [Osbourne and Millar 1749]. Woodcut motif at Finis. Coriolanus A Tragedy As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in… Read More

Stark, Freya. Dust in the Lion's Paws. London, John Murray. 1961. Ist Edition. 8vo. Hardback, green coloured cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt authors signature to front. Pp297 with black and white photographs within text and full page sketch map of the Middle East. Lacks dust wrapper. Laid on front pastedown is a card printed "With the Author's Compliments", also, armorial bookplate of Gerald de Gaury. There is some marginalia on pages 66,113, 117 in ink and on back endpaper in pencil, in the hand of de Gaury; commenting on various aspects of the text. Some light marks on the front cover and rust residue from a paperclip on the front free endpapers. Print is strong and binding is tight. Gerald de Gaury, friend of Freya Stark was an experienced traveller, photographer, Arabist and diplomat and perhaps his remarks reflect his view on the situation recorded in this Freya Stark autobiography.

JURY, C.R.: A Dweller on Delos Selected Poems and Prose. Edited by Barbara Wall and Douglas Muecke. Adelaide: Published by the Friends of Charles Rischbieth Jury 1893-1958 to mark The Centenary of his Birth: 1993. First limited edition. No 229 of 250 copies with signatures of both Barbara Wall and Douglas Muecke. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, with dustwrapper. pp. viii, 40. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. A rare Book.