Search Results: Titles starting with D from Zetetic Books

Torino: Centro Studi Piemontesi, 1995. [13], 12-170pp, [6], plates. Original cloth, author and title in gilt to spine and upper cover. Spine slightly faded and a little creased, board edges bumped, otherwise quite bright and clean. With sixteen colour photographic plates and sixty-three monochrome photographic plates. The first in a series on bookbinding in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, this one about the Canavese area. Italian text. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.

London: No Publisher, 1792. Single sided manuscript note, approximately 185mm x 215mm in size. Creased from old folds, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Affidavit sworn at Mansion House on the 17th September, 1792, of ?Searles Wood, second mate on board the Essex East Indiaman, lately arrived from Bombay, affirming the death of a Charles Monk, late fifth mate on board the same ship, and that Monk had died on the island of Johanna, on or about the third day of October 1791. There were several East India Company ships called 'Essex', this one was launched in 1780 (and was replaced by another 'Essex' in 1803). Our unfortunate Mr. Monk died sailing on the fourth voyage, under a Captain Strover, which "sailed from Portsmouth on 17 May 1791, bound for Bombay. Essex reached Johanna on 28 September, and arrived at Bombay on 17 November. On 12 January 1792 she was at Surat, and she returned to Bombay on 22 January. Homeward bound, she was at Tellicherry on 27 February, and Anjengo on 8… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. [8], ix-xiv, 322pp, [4]. Original buckram in DJ. Very slightly rubbed, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: J. Humphrey [4]p, n.d. c.1935, drop head title. Lightly browned, lightly dust stained to edges with tiny tear to head. Reprinted from Berkman's 'What Is Communist Anarchism'. Not in COPAC. First Thus. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: Waterlow and Sons, 1849. [3], 2-54pp. Modern marbled boards, paper title label to spine. Externally very good, internally lightly browned throughout, but clean. Reprinted from the 'Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review' for April, 1849. No physical copies in Library Hub. First Separate. Hardback. Good+. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: J. Humphrey [4]p, n.d. c. early 1930's, drophead title. Stained to corner throughout, hint of foxing to gutter margin. Reprinted from Berkman's 'What Is Communist Anarchism'. First Thus. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1789. [5], ii-vii, [2], 2-234pp. Full sprinkled calf, later rebacked, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, single gilt rule to either side of bands. Corners worn, slightly rubbed to extremities. Browning to endpapers and pastedowns from leather, one or two spots of foxing, previous owners name to head of title, light stain to top corner of first few pages. From the Selborne library, with his round ink stamp to reverse of title and once to foot of text. Book plate of James Tomkinson to front pastedown. Hortensius is "unique in that it was the first published text of the modern era dedicated exclusively to advice for effectiveness in advocacy" (Gaines, 'From Truth to Technique at Trial', from the abstract to Chapter Three). ESTC T88246, showing eleven locations worldwide. Maxwell and Maxwell, page 211. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1865. The first three years, all probably published in the preceding year - 1866, [1], 2-82pp, [14]p adverts; 1867, [3], 2-80pp, [14]p adverts and 1868, [1], 2-82pp, [14]p adverts. Original paper covers, general minor rubbing, creasing, chipping and staining, all lightly foxed and browned internally, the first and third mentioned with heavier foxing, small amount of loss to lower cover of the first mentioned, lower cover and back strip of the second mentioned defective with some loss. The first three years of this white supremacist almanac, published shortly after the end of the American Civil War by John H. Van Evrie, who was described by the historian George M. Fredrickson as "perhaps the first professional racist in American history" (quoted in Wikipedia), here fulminating against Lincoln, the 13th Amendment and any idea of black emancipation. First Edition. Paper Covers. Fair. 12mo.

London: Edward Orme and J. Nichols, 1806. Three items relating to the death and funeral of Nelson. 1. 'Description of the Picture and Print Representing the Death of Lord Viscount Nelson, in the Battle Off Trafalgar', published by Edward Orme, and printed by J. Nichols, n.d. but probably c.1806, broadside, approximately 470mm x 295mm in size. Lightly browned and soiled, central crease from fold, chipped to edges, loss to bottom right hand corner, not affecting text, red ink staining to reverse, but without bleed through. A key with description, to the picture painted by William Marshall Craig, and Orme's engraving of it, of the death of Nelson aboard the 'Victory'; 2. 'The Funeral Car', engraved image, approximately 480mm x 280mm in size, published by R. Bowyer, 1808. Lightly soiled, creased from folds, otherwise fairly clean. Central image is of the funeral car, with elements of the funeral train; and 3. 'Lord Nelson's Coffin, with A Description of the Ornaments… Read More

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-12pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:18; Bibliography of Robert Owen 52; Goldsmiths 30753. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1976. xvi, 304pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ has a light score across the front panel. Internally there is a date to ffep, otherwise very good indeed. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo.

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-24pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:20; Bibliography of Robert Owen 53; Goldsmiths 30754. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

No Place: No Publisher, 1877. Single sided printed ballad, approximately 125mm x 315mm in size. Lightly foxed, creased from old folds, couple of minor nicks to edges at folds, but fairly bright. A dialogue between W. and K. about a land sale, where W. notes that K. has enough money to buy the land over the local lord. K. states that W. couldn't even afford the deposit and bemoans Radicals assailing his property rights. W. then advises K. that Death is at hand, and he would do better to retire and marry a widow, rather than a young maid, as "It may be that the Lass for lucre's sake, To the old Man may in appearance take, But youth and beauty 'tis a shame to see, Grafted upon an old and sapless tree". Swanbourne is in Buckinghamshire. Broadside Ballads Online: BOD628. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadside.

London: J. Noon, 1732. [2], 36pp, [2], disbound. Browned to edges, with pen number to corner of each page and authors name beneath title, otherwise fairly clean. ESTC T11676, with ten locations worldwide. First Edition. Disbound. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: [W. Jaggard] for John Jaggard, 1612. [4], 1-186, 189-287pp, [1], Later full calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, remaining panels with central lozenge shaped tool in gilt, covers with double fillet gilt border. Recently rebacked to style. Minor rubbing to extremities. Text block slightly cropped at head. Internally some minor browning and staining, but generally fairly bright. Lacks A1, which is blank apart from the signature letter 'A' to foot, small flaw to title catching fore-edge, with an ink number '3' to title, the head of G1 has '35 comes after 50' in ink (a legacy of signature G being bound before F - now rectified), the final page is blank (sometimes found with errata). Sir John Davies, "firmly believed that the successful government of Ireland could not be achieved through military conquest alone, but depended instead on laying the legal foundations for a civil society ... From 1606 he was busy with the management of the… Read More

Newcastle: T. Fordyce, 1865. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 225mm x 285mm in size. Lightly browned and creased, several small tears to left hand side, a few spots of light foxing. The printer was T.[homas] Fordyce, the brother of William (see Hunt, The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860, page 36). The broadside relates to a statue of Charles II, which had been recently moved, which had "so greatly irritated some inveterate enemy to the Stuart race, and fiery zealot of the House of Brunswick, that on the 18th, the following most ill-natured pasquinade was found posted upon a door immediately under the statue". The said pasquinade is here reprinted, with a contemporary reply by Philanthropos. Not found in JISC. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 4to. Broadside.

London: J. Creswick, and Co., 1794. 4, [1], vi-xxxii, [1], 2-392pp. Contemporary full calf, smooth back, spine divided into six panels by triple rules in gilt, leather title label to second panel. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, especially bottom corner of upper cover with small amount of loss to leather, upper outer joint with coloured Japanese tissue repair. Internally lightly foxed, occasionally heavier (signatures M, R, U, X and Bb), some staining, ink stains to Bb4-CC1 catching a few letters, but with no loss of sense, D6 with short closed tear to head catching text but with no loss. The full title is 'Domestic Economy; or, A Complete System of English Housekeeping: Containing the Most Approved Receipts, Confirmed by Observation and Practice, in Every Reputable English book of Cookery now Extant; Besides a Great Variety of Others Which Have Never Before Been Offered to the Public. Also a Valuable Collection, Translated from the Productions of Cooks of Eminence who have published in France,… Read More

New York: Paragon House, 1987. xiv, 328pp, original cloth in DJ. Boards very slightly splayed, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: No Publisher, 1796. [3], 4-8, [1], 2-61pp, [1]. Modern marbled boards, paper title label to spine. Externally very good, internally some loss to fore-edge of title (not affecting text), lightly browned and lightly foxed throughout, but nothing too obtrusive. Hailstone had published earlier in the same year a pamphlet called 'A Dose for the Doctor; or, A Bitter Pill for George Mossman: Containing an Account of His Life and Adventures on this Side of the Tweed' (see Wellcome III:193), apparently exposing the lack of any medical qualifications for George Mossman. Mossman seemingly made an attempt at replying "but, instead of producing any evidence in support of these charges, he has the effrontery to bid me look back into his letters" (pages 1-2), and here is Hailstone's reply to Mossman's defence, noting that "whatever opinion the public may have of his medical knowledge, they will unanimously agree, that in one art, - the art of lying, he has made a very decent progress, and may rank with the… Read More

Paris: Roger Tirand Double sided printed broadsheet, approximately 210mm x 270mm in size, n.d. early 1960's? Creased from central folds, creased to fore edge, very light water damage towards fore edge, lightly browned, otherwise fairly clean. Broadsheet noting the jailing of twelve men from Martinique, for "damage to the integrity of the territory, conspiracy against the authority of the state - this reason is commonly used to try to stop the protest of the democrats who express an opinion contrary to that of the government". First Edition. Unbound. Good. 4to. Ephemera.