Search Results: Titles starting with D from Wykeham Books

Greenwood Press, Westport, first edition, 1996. Cloth, 8vo,. 714 pp. This book is a comprehensive and detailed reference guide to Lawrence's life, works, and critical reception. The book begins (pp 3-94) with an original biography by John Worthen, one of the world's foremost authorities on Lawrence's life and work. The chapters that follow provide separate discussions of each of Lawrence's works, except for individual poems and paintings, with critical summaries, discussions of characters, and details of settings. There is also a complete overview of Lawrence and film, with the most complete listing available of film adaptations of his works and of criticism relating to them. Each section of the book has its own comprehensive primary and secondary bibliographical data, including citations for the most recent scholarly studies - in all there are some 98 separate bibliographies on different aspects of Lawrence and his works. So, for example, Section 15 - on "Women in Love" -… Read More

Chu ban, Taibei Shi, 2006. Cloth, 4to, 31 cm,. 247 pp, colour ills. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

Gregg International Publishers, Farnborough, 1968 reprint of the 1593 edition. Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,. 183 pp. A facsimile reprint of the original published in London in 1593 by John Wolfe. Very Good.

Folcroft Library Editions, n.p., 1978 reprint of 1960 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. 40 pp. 389 entries. Very Good.

Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, 1974 reprint of 1921 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. iv, 198, 12 pp, xv plates. 203 entries. This reprint includes the 1922 Addenda and Corrigenda. "A model of painstaking investigation, and contains considerable information on books by Robert Bridges, Laurence Binyon, R.W. Dixon, Margaret Woods, and other modern authors whose work was printed by Dr. Daniel" - Percy Muir. This was a pioneering bibliography of a private press in many respects, not least in that it pays detailed attention to the printed ephemera as well as the more substantial productions, Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, 1974 reprint of 1921 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. iv, 198, 12 pp, xv plates. 203 entries. This reprint includes the 1922 Addenda and Corrigenda. "A model of painstaking investigation, and contains considerable information on books by Robert Bridges, Laurence Binyon, R.W. Dixon, Margaret Woods, and other modern authors whose work was printed by Dr. Daniel" - Percy Muir. This was a pioneering bibliography of a private press in many respects, not least in that it pays detailed attention to the printed ephemera as well as the more substantial productions, Fine.

, , [first edition, Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen, first edition, 1930. Quarter-cloth and patterned boards, paper spine-label, 4to,. 52, [2] pp, frontispiece and 101 plates, [4] pp. From the 'List of Bindings and Details of Bindings described in this Work' - Bindings and Details of Bindings concerning the Introduction: Plate I-XIII; Bindings by Joh. Boppenhausen, Joh. Christ. Boppenhausen and Jac. Wilh. Boppenhausen: Plate XIV-XXVI; Bindings by George Julius Liebe: Plate XXVII-XL; Bindings by Peder Lyman and Andr. F. Lyman: Plate XLI-XLVIII; Bindings by Aug. Heinr. Helmuth: Plate XLIX-LV; Bindings by Jorgen Piper: Plate LVI-LVIll; Bindings by Martin V. Fenden and Carl Gottfr. V. Fenden: Plate LIX-LXIV; Bindings by Joh. Tob. Wilhelmi: Plate LXV-LXXXIII; Bindings by Niels Hjort: Plate LXXXIV-XCII; Details of Bindings: Plate XCIII-CI. Plate XLVIII and conjugate leaf detached and laid in, minor wear to corners, otherwise Very Good.

The Kent State University Press, Kent, first edition, 1994. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. x, 162, [1] pp, numerous ills (some colour). From the blurb - "The Danse Macabre of Women is a 15th century French poem found in a lavishly illuminated late medieval manuscript. The only Dance of Death devoted entirely to women, it was written by an anonymous author and subsequently expanded by several poet/editors In this version, one of the later productions, 36 women are called in the midst of their bustling daily lives to join the eternal Dance of Death. Young and old. rich and poor, widow, matron, and child - each is the focus of two short poems written in the form of a dialogue (Death calls and the victim replies) and accompanied by an illumination (or a miniature). ..The book contains reproductions of each manuscript folio, five in full color, a transliteration and translation into English of the text (on facing pages), and explanatory chapters by Ann Tukey Harrison and by art historian Sandra L Hindman.… Read More

The Arcadia Press, London, limited edition, 1970. Limited edition of 265 numbered copies, signed by the author. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco, with orange and brown onlays to front board, gilt spine-titles, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 4to, in original linen box with leather spine-labels,. 280 pp, numerous plates (some colour) and ills. A sumptuous de luxe edition of Moorehead's gripping account of the Beagle Expedition, produced form the sheets of Hamish Hamilton's 1969 trade edition. Copy No. 202, signed by the author. Fine in box which is partly sunned.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 12th December, 1992,. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 159 pp, + numerous plates, ills. 431 lots. The sale included the following special sections devoted to individuals : Darwin Lots 71-198; Galton 211-222; Huxley 235-259; Lyell 276-286; Owen 306-335; Wallace 389-420. From the collector's introduction: "... the collection contains both works which represent the modern point of view, such as Darwin, and representatives of the opposition, such as Richard Owen. It is focused around collections of first and later editions of the writings of the leading protagonists in Darwin's Century. Apart from Darwin himself, these included Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir Charles Lyell, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, Francis Galton, Herbert Spencer, Samuel Butler, and others. Precursors of Darwin who figure in the collection include his grandfather, Erasmus, James Burnett, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, William Charles Wells and… Read More

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 12th December, 1992,. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 159 pp, + numerous plates, ills. 431 lots. The sale included the following special sections devoted to individuals : Darwin Lots 71-198; Galton 211-222; Huxley 235-259; Lyell 276-286; Owen 306-335; Wallace 389-420. From the collector's introduction: "... the collection contains both works which represent the modern point of view, such as Darwin, and representatives of the opposition, such as Richard Owen. It is focused around collections of first and later editions of the writings of the leading protagonists in Darwin's Century. Apart from Darwin himself, these included Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir Charles Lyell, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, Francis Galton, Herbert Spencer, Samuel Butler, and others. Precursors of Darwin who figure in the collection include his grandfather, Erasmus, James Burnett, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, William Charles Wells and… Read More

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 12th December, 1992,. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 159 pp, + numerous plates, ills. 431 lots. The sale included the following special sections devoted to individuals : Darwin Lots 71-198; Galton 211-222; Huxley 235-259; Lyell 276-286; Owen 306-335; Wallace 389-420. From the collector's introduction: "... the collection contains both works which represent the modern point of view, such as Darwin, and representatives of the opposition, such as Richard Owen. It is focused around collections of first and later editions of the writings of the leading protagonists in Darwin's Century. Apart from Darwin himself, these included Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir Charles Lyell, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, Francis Galton, Herbert Spencer, Samuel Butler, and others. Precursors of Darwin who figure in the collection include his grandfather, Erasmus, James Burnett, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, William Charles Wells and… Read More

N.G. Elwert, Marburg in Hessen, first edition, 1901. Cloth-backed portfolio boards with laid down copy of front wrapper on front board, containing text brochure in printed wrappers oblong 4to, 23 x 30 cm. 12 pp. The text brochure only ; the 5 phototype plates discussed in the text are not present. Signature of Edmund Tilley on front board, rera inside board and front wrapper, boards marked, brochure Good.

Antiquariat Bibermühle A.G, Ramsen, first edition, 2014. Laminated illustrated boards, large 8vo, 28 cm,. 232 pp, colour ills. Katalog Nr. 74. Illuminationen. Studien und Monographien XXI. Very Good.

Faksimile Verlag Luzern, Lucerne, first edition, 2005. Limited edition of 980 facsimile copies numbered in Arabic numerals. Facsimile bound in red velvet with four gilded silver fittings by Steinbrener of Schärding, with accompanying commentary volume in red cloth, 8vo, presented together in a plexiglass case, 22 cm,. Facsimike: 73 folios with 46 miniatures and 74 painted initials; commentary: 411, [1] pp, ills (some colour). A very fine facsimile of the only illuminated manucript of Jacques Bruyant's "The Way of Poverty or Riches", together with the commentary volume (in German). Commentary includes: Eberhard König - Vorwort: Ein Buch in Philadelphia; William Lang - Die Handschriftensammlung der Free Library in Philadelphia und das Livre du Chastel de Labour; Gabriele Bartz and Eberhard König - Das Buch vom erfüllten Leben; Die Gestaltung des Textet durch die Malerei; Der Maler; Ein fürstlicher Aufwand für bürgerliche Weitsicht; Zusammenfassung in… Read More

Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, first edition, 2010. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo, 25 cm,. 245 pp,100 colour ills. A commentary volume published to accompany a facsimile of the Da Costa hours. The Da Costa hours is a ms. book of hours for indeterminate use (Hours of the Virgin) and the use of Rome (Office of the Dead) illuminated by Simon Bening ca. 1515, probably at Ghent. Contents of the commentary volume include material in English and a German translation. The English-language contents comprise: Preface; List of Frequently Cited Manuscripts; Critical Essay: (A Brief History of the Da Costa Hours; The Texts of the Da Costa Hours; A Brief Biography of Simon Bening; The Miniatures by Simon Bening in the Da Costa Hours; The Miniatures by the Baudeloo Missal Master in the Da Costa Hours; The Borders in the Da Costa Hours; The Date and Original Owner of the Da Costa Hours; Conclusions); M.399: Miniature Descriptions (Physical Description of the Da Costa Hours; Collation of the Da… Read More

Akademische Druck- Und Verlangsanstalt, Graz, first edition, 1989. Cloth, 4to, 28 cm,. 206 pp, ills, (some colour). Text of original illuminated manuscript in Old French (15th century); editorial commentary in German. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Caissa Limited Editions, Yorklyn, 1979 reprint of 1881 first edition. Limited edition of 700 numbered copies. Cloth, 8vo,. [vi], [3]-112, [4] pp. Approximately 3,460 entries. A difficult-to-find reprint of a valuable bibliography of chess books and periodicals, being van der Linde's last attempt to compile a complete list of the chess literature from the beginnings to his day, and in which he captured most of the chess writings then known. Coverage extends to chess books, papers of chess content in non-chess periodicals, chess passages in non-chess books, reviews (especially of the works from his own pen), chess manuscripts, chess pictures (including copperplates and similar pieces), and books on checkers and other board games such as shogi and Chinese chess. He began with the earliest Arabic chess writings from about 850 and ended with the year 1880. Bibliographic details are typically limited to author, title, place and year of publication and format. The introduction and preamble are provided… Read More

Quaternio Verlag, Luzern, first edition, 2011. Limited edition of 680 copies. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo, 22 cm,. 355 pp, ills (some colour). This is the commentary volume published to accompany Quarternio's facsimile of the Flemish Book of Hours of Maria de Medici, a masterpiece of the Ghent-Bruges school from the first quarter of the 16th century. Includes material in German and English. The English-language contents include: Introduction; The Sequence of Picture and Text ( A Blank Page and the Secret of Layout - A spectacular beginning: Veronka and the Taking of Jerusalem - The Brawn Serpent and Scene* from the Passion for the Hours of the Cross - Overcoming the Confusion of Tongues and the two Testaments: the picture pair for the Hours of the Holy Spirit - the Virgin and the Worshipping of the Sacred Host for the Mass of the Virgin and the Suffrage of the Altar Sacrament - the Four Gospel Pericopes and the Passion According to St. John - The Office of the Virgin - The Penitential Psalms… Read More

Artia, Prague, first edition, 1958. Cloth, 4to, 34 cm,. 20 pp, 52 colour plates. Very Good in a dustwrapper which has a browned spine-panel, in plain card slipcase which is browned and bears some scribbled notes.