Search Results: Titles starting with D from Sky Duthie Rare Books

Frankfurt: Joh. B. Andrea and H. Hort., 1725. Quarto. Handsomely bound in contemporary mottled calf. The boards ruled in gilt, the spine with five raised bands, compartments with decorative devices in gilt, and gilt morocco title label. Engraved title page with hand-coloured allegorical border. Illustrated with 42 full-page contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates depicting the Dance of Death, all but two with additional contemporary watercolour and wash architectural borders, and two further uncoloured engraved illustrations ("Memento Mori" and a the surreal Vexierbild). Curiously, as part of the process of the contemporary owner's embellishment, a number of the central engraved images have apparently been excised and remounted on the decorated text pages. A very good copy indeed, the binding square and firm with the hinges expertly repaired. The contents with some occasional pencil marking to the blank verso of a few of the plates and occasional minor marking to page margins are otherwise in very… Read More

London: Bradbury and Evans., 1848.. First edition. Octavo. Nicely bound in contemporary half purple-brown morocco over purple-brown pebble-grained cloth boards, the spine with six raised bands, ruled in gilt, and with titles in gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page and 38 further plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Extra-illustrated with 12 additional plates by Browne depicting the principal characters of the novel (52 engraved plates in total). Two-line errata page bound in after the list of plates. Lacks half-title. A good copy, the binding square and firm with some marking to the boards and bumping to the corners. The contents with spotting to the plates (as commonly encountered), two plates with a small nick to the edge with neat old paper repairs to the verso, a 2.5cm hole to the bottom of one plate (between pp.564-5) with loss to the caption, 2cm clipped from the head of the printed title page (apparently to remove a previous owner's signature) and with… Read More

London: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington [et al.]., 1785.. Sixth edition. Two volumes. Quarto. Contemporary full brown diced calf, the boards ruled in gilt, the spine with compartments ruled in gilt and titles in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson after a painting by Joshua Reynolds to volume one. Half-title present in volume one. Contemporary owner's name in ink to the head of the title page of volume one. Skillfully re-backed with the original spines neatly re-laid, the boards likewise neatly re-cornered. A very good copy, the bindings square and firm with some scuffing to the boards (more so to the lower boards, particularly that of volume two). The contents with spotting and a watermark to the lower blank margin of the frontispiece, a little wear to the foot of the front free endpaper of volume two, a light tide-mark to the fore-edge margin of 16pp. of volume two, and some light spotting to the preliminary pages and occasionally elsewhere, are otherwise in very… Read More

Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl., [c.1915]. Octavo (19.5 x 12.5cm). Publisher's original pictorial paper wrappers. Two sections of text (14pp. + 16 pp.), followed by an illustrated concertina-style pull-out comprising 20 chromolithographic colour plates depicting German army uniforms and insignia. A very good copy, the binding secure with just a little wear to the extremities and a 1cm tear to the back cover. The contents with a touch of occasional foxing are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An uncommonly good copy of this vivdly-illustrated guide to the uniforms of the German army at the commencement of the First World War.

London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., [1872].. Early printing ("Fifty-third Thousand"). 18.5 x 13cm. Publisher's original illustrated stapled paper wrappers, covered with additional late nineteenth-century plain sewn wrappers with title in manuscript to the upper cover. Illustrated with three black and white wood engravings, in addition to the cover illustration. 31pp. + 1p. publisher's advertisements. A very good copy, the binding secure, the printed wrappers with some light foxing and the odd minor mark. The contents with a light vertical bend running throughout and the occasional minor mark are otherwise in good order. An uncommon tract centring on the lives of two Black British characters - 'Miss Dinah Sunflower' and 'Mr. Barnaby Whiskyfrig', "muffin and crumpet maker, and inventor of the original cough-drops, sneezing stick, and tartlets of toasted cheese" - living in "an unfashionable part of London" at the end of the nineteenth century. The story follows the changing fortunes of Dinah, a talented… Read More

[London: William Peacock]., [c.1860].. Wooden dissected puzzle with hand-coloured engraved alphabet sheet titled "Darton's Children's Pictures", published by Darton, mounted on one side, and a hand-coloured engraved map of Europe by G. F. Cruchley on the other. The completed puzzle measuring 36 x 27cm. Contained within the original wooden box with sliding lid bearing varnished hand-coloured title lithograph decorated with exotic and domestic animals (perhaps a depiction of the Biblical scene of Adam naming the animals). The box measuring 23 x 18 x 4cm. Condition is very good indeed, the puzzle with two pieces with small, neat glue repairs, minor loss to the paper at the edge of two pieces on the map side, and with some light marking/toning is otherwise bright and vivid. The box with a few small knocks, chips and marks and some old, neat repairs to the base is otherwise in very good working order. A beautifully preserved example. A rare and most attractive dissected puzzle produced by Edward Peacock… Read More

[Edinburgh]: For the Members of the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland., 1860. First edition, with a suite of proof engravings. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Folio. Publisher's original green pebble-grained cloth with decorative borders and titles in gilt to the upper board. Inscribed "Proof before letters" in pencil to the front pastedown. Illustrated with 6 fine proof engravings. A very good copy, the binding square and secure with a 3cm split to the joints at the head of the spine, shorter splits to the joints at the foot of the spine, a few marks to the boards, and wear to the corners. The contents with some faint creasing to page edges and some occasional light scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order. Signed and inscribed by Joseph Nöel Paton in ink to the head of the title page "To Miss Fergus / with all good wishes of / J. Nöel Paton / Jan. 1861". A beautifully illustrated edition of this Scottish border ballad of conflict, love and loss, with… Read More

Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: William Collins, Queen's Printer., 1864. First edition thus. Thick quarto. Contemporary half red morocco over red pebble-grained cloth boards, ruled in gilt. The spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt and with titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Additional engraved title page and frontispiece portrait. Illustrated with 14 fine full-page engravings after the work of artists including Henry Fuseli, Joshua Reynolds, Robert Smirke, and John Opie, each with its original tissue-guard. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little cracking to the front hinge and rubbing to the spine, corners and board edges. The contents with a previous owner's pencil inscription to the front free endpaper, foxing to the preliminary pages (heavier to the half-title, title pages and frontispiece) and some occasional light foxing elsewhere are otherwise in very good order throughout. The plates remain clean and sharp. An attractive edition of Shakespeare's plays, with… Read More