Search Results: Titles starting with D from Rickaro Books Ltd

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy. Paperback with 2 staples to spine. some sunning to spine. Essay first printed in the Chicago Review. 16pp..

Leeds: Royal Armouries, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy of this illustrated book on arms and armour. 96pp..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Third Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy with presentation inscription from the author to title page. A dramatised story of the Brontes and their life in Yorkshire. 374pp..

Hamburg: Hoffman Und Campe, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The german translation of 'The Secret Life of Lawrence of Arabia'. A very good clean copy in green boards with black decoration to front board and black title to spine. 323pp. A rare find..

Königstein im Taunus & Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, 1909. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very good copy retaining the d/w. This bears a tiny sticker indicating it was purchased at Blackwell's Oxford. The neat bookplate of Frank S Wood to inside of front cover. 72pp +2+16 full page colour illustrations. Carl Olof Larsson was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in d/w f irst One Volume Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. 692 pages including index, glossary and editorial note. A very good, clean copy in unclipped jacket (4 guineas). This is the first one volume edition of The Dawn in Britain of which Five hundred and thirty five copies were printed, of this number five hundred only were for sale. This is copy no 56..

Auckland: Blackwood & Janet Paul, 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The autobiography of New Zealand novelist Mary Scott, recalling her time as a farmer's wife, librarian and novelist. D/w has some losses to edges and dust-staining. Neat Christmas inscription to fep dated 1966..

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1833. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The three volumes nicely rebound in a brown cloth with brown leather title labels to spines. Volume I.286 + 4pp publishers catalogue + Vol II. 283pp., Vol III, 286pp. The first of the novels by Mrs Anna Eliza Bray, formerly Mrs Charles Stothard. .

Francestown, New Hampshire: Typographeum, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy of this edition. Bound in brown paper covered boards with oatmeal cloth spine. Spine cloth mildly foxed. 20pp. Laid in a typed letter signed "Terry" the printer and publisher, together with a prospectus for Typographeum books, a compliments slip from the Press and a further prospectus for "Adrian Lawlor; A Memoir". Altogether an interesting little collection of Press related material..

The Fleece Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Prospectus only, 'Dearest Joana: the wood engravings of Joan Hassell'. and "Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard" Featuring an engraving by Joan Hassell..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2001. Book. As New. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Documents the practice of Sati and the role of women in modern India. 270pp. A very good, clean copy..

Greenock: The Signet Press, 1960. Book. Illus. by Chambers, David. Fine. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An attractive publication. Bound by Thomas Rae in a limited edition of 100 copies. This is copy No 68. Cream vellum binding with royal crest on front cover. Frontispiece image of Mary Queen of Scots is a wood engraving by David Chambers after the Morton portrait in Glasgow Art Galleries. Retains original glassine that has tear to rear..

Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. From the time of the Bronze Age, the warriors of all tribes and nations sought to emblazon their arms and armour with items and images to impress upon the enemy the wealth and power of the wearer. Magnificently decorated shields were as much a defensive necessity as a symbol of social status. Equally, decorative symbols on shields and armour defined the collective ideals and the self-conceived important of the village or city-state its warriors represented. Such items were therefore of great significance to the wearers, and the authors of this astounding detailed and extensively research book, have brought together years of research and the latest archaeological discoveries, to produce a work of undeniable importance. Shining Under the Eagles is richly decorated throughout, and as well as battlefield armour, details the tournament and parade armour from Rome's the… Read More

Donongton: Shaun Tyas , 2023. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. The immediate post-Reformation period in England was one of tumultuous change, upheavals which greatly affected the design and layout of parish churches. In this illustrated and fully referenced study, the late Susan Orlik examines the detailed surviving evidence for these innovations in the parish churches of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, in the context of national trends, making frequent comparisons with examples elsewhere in the country. Areas covered include the importance of pews, pulpits, the display of Royal Arms, design of fonts, communion rails and communion tables; and the display of Biblical texts on the walls. There is a glossary of technical terms and a gazetteer of sites discussed, a bibliography and a comprehensive index. 384pp.

Colonia: C.M.G., 1632. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first part of Bentivoglio's three volume history of the Eighty Years War. Bentivoglio was Papal Nuncio in Flanders. Bound in eighteenth century quarter leather, marbled paper boards and red title label to spine, front hinge tender. 1-484pp; 26pp index; 1pp Errori & Correttioni. Stamp of Stonyhurst College to title page and an ink signature dated 1633. Staining to title page and first 2 leaves, otherwise clean and crisp..

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1897. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original orange decorative paper covers Wear to spine and chips to cover,These poems relating to Inda in the days of the Raj. 126pp with glossary and 2pp advertisements..

London: W Thacker & Co, 1897. Book. Illus. by Cleaver, Dudley. Good. Hardback. Ninth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt title and decoration to front board. teg. These poems relating to Inda in the days of the Raj. 189pp with glossary and 24pp advertisements..

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy of this paperback volume text in French. 989pp Index by Lares..

Vienna: Amalthea-Verlag, 1923. Book. Illus. by Goetze, Otto. Good. Hardback. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A good copy. Some dust-staining to boards, otherwise clean and unmarked. German text with illustrations by Otto Goetze (1868-1931). 96pp..

London: Arundel Society, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A copy bound in red cloth with original paper covers laid on, red leather spine that shows some wear. 99pp..