DAVIS, Harriet Eager (editor).
The Little Delineator. August 1926. Cool-Off Number. Editor.....Picture Editor Robert Graef.
NP: (The Butterick Publishing Company, 1926). Sm.8vo., orig. pictorial self wrappers, two sheets folded to make 8pp. With illustrations in colour including the cover illustration by Graef depicting polar bears fishing and cooking in a 'human-like' way. About fine.
NP: (The Butterick Publishing Company, 1926). Sm.8vo., orig. pictorial self wrappers, two sheets folded to make 8pp. With illustrations in colour including the cover illustration by Graef depicting polar bears fishing and cooking in a 'human-like' way. About fine.
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DAVIS, Hassoldt.
Land of the Eye. A Narrative of the Labors, Adventures, Alarums and Excursions of the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to Burma, China, India, and the Lost Kingdom of Nepal.
New York: Henry Holt, (1941). Later printing. Cloth, 415pp. Spine quite faded as is the top edge of the upper cover, a good copy.
New York: Henry Holt, (1941). Later printing. Cloth, 415pp. Spine quite faded as is the top edge of the upper cover, a good copy.
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DAVIS, John Rev. (compiler).
Life And Times Of The Late Rev. Harris Harding, Yarmouth, N.S. Compiled by......With An Introduction by J.W. Nutting, of Halifax, N.S. Followed by an Appendix, And A Selection of Letters. Charlottetown: Printed For the Compiler, 1866. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, 271, (1)p. Some foxing o/w a near fine copy of this book dealing with Methodism in Nova Scotia.
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DAVIS, Richard C. (editor).
The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846. The Journals of Charles Stuart. Edited by....
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2002. Third Series, Vol. 10. 4to., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, (lxxii), 366 pp. Fine in d/w slightly faded on the spine.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2002. Third Series, Vol. 10. 4to., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, (lxxii), 366 pp. Fine in d/w slightly faded on the spine.
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DAVIS, Richard Harding.
Three Gringos In Venezuela And Central America. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition. 8vo., orig. tan dec. cloth, 282, (2)pp. ads. Marks on pastedown from removal of a large bookplate, some soiling o/w a nice copy.
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DAWBARN, Charles.
France and the French. London: Methuen & Co., (1911). First edition. With the publishers presentation stamp on the titlepage. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, (xii), (324), (32)pp.ads dated "February 1911." Two of the corners are very slightly bumped o/w a near fine copy. ".....this book is an attempt to present a moving picture of this intellectual and brilliant people, a picture founded upon personal observation and inspired by strong sympathies....."
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DAWSON, Fielding.
Virginia Dare Stories 1976-1981. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First edition. 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. Cloth backed boards. Fine without d/w as issued.
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DAY, Mrs. C. M. (Catherine Matilda).
Pioneers Of The Eastern Townships: A Work Containing Official and Reliable Information Respecting The Formation Of Settlements; With Incidents In Their Early History; And Details of Adventures, Perils and Deliverances.
Montreal: Printed by John Lovell, 1863. First edition. 12mo., orig. brown cloth, ix, 171pp. Some wear along spine and at ends but certainly a very good copy.
Montreal: Printed by John Lovell, 1863. First edition. 12mo., orig. brown cloth, ix, 171pp. Some wear along spine and at ends but certainly a very good copy.
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DAY, Samuel Phillips.
English America: Or Pictures Of Canadian Places And People.
London: T. Cautley Newby, 1864. Two volumes bound in one (as issued). First edition, remainder issue. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, ix, 323; vii, 333, (2)pp. ads. Name on title, inner hinges reinforced, some repairs to the head of the spine, foot slightly worn, some general rubbing but still a very good copy of a scarce issue.
London: T. Cautley Newby, 1864. Two volumes bound in one (as issued). First edition, remainder issue. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, ix, 323; vii, 333, (2)pp. ads. Name on title, inner hinges reinforced, some repairs to the head of the spine, foot slightly worn, some general rubbing but still a very good copy of a scarce issue.
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De BEER, G.R.
Early Travellers In the Alps.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1930. First edition. Cloth, 204pp. Spine discolored o/w very good.
This book is based on a number of accounts of wanderings in the Central Alps, from the earliest available (the 16th century) until the end of the eighteenth century.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1930. First edition. Cloth, 204pp. Spine discolored o/w very good.
This book is based on a number of accounts of wanderings in the Central Alps, from the earliest available (the 16th century) until the end of the eighteenth century.
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DE BUNSEN, Madame Charles.
In Three Legations. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xv, 375pp. A bit of rubbing o/w a nice copy.
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DE CORDOVA, Don A.
A Voyage Of Discovery To The Strait of Magellan: With an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; and of the Natural Productions of Patagonia. Translated from the Spanish. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, nd. (1820). Tall 8vo., rebound with a calf spine, paper boards, leather spine label, 104pp. Fine.
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(DE FLORIAN, Jean Pierre Claris.)
The Adventures of Numa Pompilius, Second King of Rome. Translated from the French of M. De Florian.
Brussels: Printed by B. Le Franco, 1790. In four volumes. 12mo., full cont. calf, leather spine labels, (218); (230); (262); (248)pp. Chipping to the spine ends o/w very good.
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian [1755-1794] French poet and romantic writer. Florians mother died leaving him with his uncle the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire. Florian became a captain in the Dragoons. At the outbreak of the Revolution he retired to Sceaux but was found and imprisoned, dying shortly after his release. Florians first literary efforts were comedies, his verse epistle "Voltaire Et Le Serf Du Mont Jura" and "Ruth" were accepted by the French Academy. In 1782 he produced a one act comedy, "Le Bon Mendee" and in 1783 a romantic title "Galatee." In 1786 "Numa Pompilius" appeared which was an undisguised imitation of Fenelon's "Telemaque." It was said that the great merit of "Telemaque" was that the "art that goes into each adventure its hidden moral, to each scene some sly reflection of Versailles." In 1788 he became a member of the French Academy, in 1792 published his famous collection of fables. In these Florian imitated the Seiss Idyllist Salomon Gessner.
Brussels: Printed by B. Le Franco, 1790. In four volumes. 12mo., full cont. calf, leather spine labels, (218); (230); (262); (248)pp. Chipping to the spine ends o/w very good.
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian [1755-1794] French poet and romantic writer. Florians mother died leaving him with his uncle the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire. Florian became a captain in the Dragoons. At the outbreak of the Revolution he retired to Sceaux but was found and imprisoned, dying shortly after his release. Florians first literary efforts were comedies, his verse epistle "Voltaire Et Le Serf Du Mont Jura" and "Ruth" were accepted by the French Academy. In 1782 he produced a one act comedy, "Le Bon Mendee" and in 1783 a romantic title "Galatee." In 1786 "Numa Pompilius" appeared which was an undisguised imitation of Fenelon's "Telemaque." It was said that the great merit of "Telemaque" was that the "art that goes into each adventure its hidden moral, to each scene some sly reflection of Versailles." In 1788 he became a member of the French Academy, in 1792 published his famous collection of fables. In these Florian imitated the Seiss Idyllist Salomon Gessner.
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DE GAURY, Gerald and H.V.F. Winstone. (Editors).
The Road To Kabul. An Anthology. London: Quartet Books, (1981). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 235pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. History of the struggles in Afghanistan, a scene of unending conflict between Turkey, Persia, Russia, Afghanistan and British India; battleground of the long dispute between imperial Britain and Czarist Russia.
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DE GENLIS, Comtesse. (Felicite)
De L'Emploi Du Temps. Paris: Arthuss Bertrand, 1824. irst and only edition. 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, two small gilt decorations on the spine, leather spine labels, xxxii, (264)pp. Rubber stamp on front free e/paper, cont. name on pastedown o/w a fine copy. Mme De Genlis [1746-1830] born near Autun and was a woman of "encyclopedic information with a mania for instructing others." She "captivated" society after marrying the Comte De Genlis, and became governess to the children of the Duchesse de Chatres; teaching them about the novel while writing and producing plays for their entertainment. Her husband was the first of the Girondins beheaded in 1793 (a fate subsequently shared by her lover Philippe-Egalite.) After the death of her husband she emigrated to England and Switzerland, where she supported herself by writing. "She lived on through the Restoration....one of the great ladies of the 18th century. She was an inexhaustible writer of popular romances which combined sentiment and sensation, morals and history...." The present work is an ambitious treatise about about how one might best use ones "time" from an early age to one's last days, and even posthumously with the work one leaves behind.
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DE GENLIS, Comtesse. (Felicite)
Jeanne De France, Nouvelle Historique. Paris: Maradan,.... 1816. Two volumes bound in one. First and only edition. 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, two small gilt decorations on the spine, leather spine labels, xii, 212; 196pp. Rubber stamp on front free e/paper, cont. name on pastedown o/w a fine copy. Mme De Genlis [1746-1830] born near Autun and was a woman of "encyclopedic information with a mania for instructing others." She "captivated" society after marrying the Comte De Genlis, and became governess to the children of the Duchesse de Chatres; teaching them about the novel while writing and producing plays for their entertainment. Her husband was the first of the Girondins beheaded in 1793 (a fate subsequently shared by her lover Philippe-Egalite.) After the death of her husband she emigrated to England and Switzerland, where she supported herself by writing. "She lived on through the Restoration....one of the great ladies of the 18th century. She was an inexhaustible writer of popular romances which combined sentiment and sensation, morals and history...." The above recounts the ill-fated romance between Jeanne de France, younger daughter of Louis XI, and Louis, duc d'Orleans, son of Charles, duc D' Orleans and Marie de Cleves.
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DE GRAMONT, Sanche.
The Strong Brown God. The Story of the Niger River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Cloth, 350pp. Fine in d/w. Story of the European explorers who tried, first to find the fabled river and then, to reach its mysterious mouth. A fascinating book.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Ding Dong Bell. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1924. First edition. 1 of 300 copies signed by the author. Fine in a near fine d/w.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Early One Morning.
NP: (London): NP, (Faber and Faber), nd. (1935). Advance copy/proof of the first edition. With "Publication Date May 9" and "Recommended by the Book Society" written in pen on the upper wrapper. With a printed description of the book with information about the limited signed edition and the trade edition and their respective prices on the upper cover. This proof has been issued without a titlepage and the 16 illustrations found in the published version. Also, the pagination differs with the proof being (548)pp and the published book 605pp. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (548)pp. Some chipping to spine ends and some wear but o/w very good.
NP: (London): NP, (Faber and Faber), nd. (1935). Advance copy/proof of the first edition. With "Publication Date May 9" and "Recommended by the Book Society" written in pen on the upper wrapper. With a printed description of the book with information about the limited signed edition and the trade edition and their respective prices on the upper cover. This proof has been issued without a titlepage and the 16 illustrations found in the published version. Also, the pagination differs with the proof being (548)pp and the published book 605pp. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (548)pp. Some chipping to spine ends and some wear but o/w very good.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Lispet, Lispett and Vaine.
London: (Morland Press), 1923. 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. "This is the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal" ... and is decorated by three original woodblocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Tall 8vo., orig. limp vellum. Fine in the slipcase (which has a bit of wear to corners) as issued.
London: (Morland Press), 1923. 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. "This is the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal" ... and is decorated by three original woodblocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Tall 8vo., orig. limp vellum. Fine in the slipcase (which has a bit of wear to corners) as issued.
| $300 | Book Number: 24823 | Order / Enquire |
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