Search Results: Authors starting with D from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Glasgow & London: Ripped & Torn & Rough Trade, 1979. A broken run of 13 original issues of the punk fanzine, spanning from the scarce first issue to the last. Consists of nos. 1, 4-10, 13, & 15-18. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good condition overall with many issues in better shape than that, occasional staining, toning, light shelf wear. First issue has staining to front wrap and rear wrap re-stapled on, creased and worn. Issue 8 has additional later staples. Rusted staple and a little wrinkling to issue 16. A collection of one of the very first and most famous punk 'zines, beginning with the very first issue, billed as "The first Scottish Punk mag., written by fans.. for fans." All manner of musicians from both sides of the Atlantic were profiled, as punk didn't really have a defined sound when the publication began. With the rise of The Sex Pistols, The Damned, and other UK groups the modern punk sound was codified. By the time of the final issue (#18) post-punk and a more distilled… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Reprint. Very Good. Reprint. Signed by Roald Dahl on the front free end paper in black marker. Fine, with very light offsetting to pastedowns. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price-clipped by the publisher and with new sticker price, and light shelf wear. A very bright copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. (Six-lines at rear colophon. Jacket has no ISBN on rear panel.) [xii], 162 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, mustard endpapers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Clean, bright pages with no inscriptions or marks, etc. Jacket price-clipped, lightly foxed, chipped along top of back panel and on bottom of front panel, rubbed with light wear from being used as a surface to write on. The first appearance of the beloved kids' book about gluttony and punishment that formed the basis of two films.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's red wraps printed in black. Near Fine with light edge wear, fading and tiny scrape to spine, "Sept/Oct 80" penned to top margin of front cover, light foxing. A rare format.

London: George Allen & Unwinn, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's illustrated laminate boards. Two-inch diagonal divot to spine roughly at center, and light foxing to textblock edge, Near Fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. An association copy, signed by Roald Dahl on the front free end paper in black marker, and further inscribed "To John" by both Jeremy Irons and Sam Irons on the front free end paper. Jeremy Irons is a British Oscar-winning actor, who, with his son Sam, starred in this book's 1989 film adaptation playing the main characters William Smith and Danny. Near Fine with toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket, price clipped by the publisher with new sticker price at bottom of front flap. A lovely association copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to binding, slight sunning to edges of boards and slight wear to spine ends, foxing to textblock edge. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with toning to spine and slight edge wear, slight offsetting to front flap and front pastedown from the author's signature.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Blake, Quentin. First American edition. Number 24 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Near Fine or better with lightly bumped corner in a Near Fine original yellow slipcase with light soiling, small area of abrasion near center of opening on one panel and bumped corner. A very lovely copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, second printing. Signed by Roald Dahl on the front free end paper in black marker. Fine, with very light wear to spine ends and a small indentation to the rear board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact though front flap slightly tripped along the vertical edge, and light surface indentations. A very bright copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. Reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Signed by Roald Dahl and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, light foxing, light offsetting from Dahl's signature onto the front pastedown. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Signed and inscribed to a previous owner by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with lean to spine, light wear at corners and spine ends and small abrasion to front cover, faint foxing to endsheets. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine and bumping to corners and spine ends. A lovely copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's special presentation proof edition; copy #65 of a limited 500 copies. Bound in publisher's pictorial glazed boards. Near Fine, with some crackling to the glaze finish. The last children's book Dahl wrote, which was published several months after his death.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First Edition. Unbound. Near Fine. Uncorrected galley proofs of the first edition. 136 unbound sheets printed on rectos only plus one final blank sheet; without illustrations. Textual pages dated 23.11.87 at tops; question marks in the heading of the Contents page indicate no printer had been appointed yet; chapter pages on Contents page all numbered 000. Near Fine with light toning and a bit of wear. A scarce format of the of the Dahl's best-known works.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Blake, Quentin. First American edition. Number 174 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Fine in a Near Fine lightly soiled slipcase. A fantastic copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. First American Edition. Near Fine. Deluxe limited first American edition, number 20 of 300 copies, signed by the Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake. Bound in publuisher's original red cloth stamped in gilt, housed in grey cloth-covered slipcase. Near Fine with a bump to one corner of the slipcase with a corresponding bump to the top corner of the covers of the book itself, else Fine.

New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Advance reading copy of the first American edition and uncommon in this format. Bound in publisher's original yellow wraps printed in black. Near Fine with light soiling, light wear and light toning to wraps, several stray ink marks to the textblock edge. Contents toned. The beloved young adult novel that inspired a film adaptation in 1996, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing with five line colophon with "Bound by H. Wolff, New York." [viii], 119, [1] pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering, yellow topstain. A Fine copy in correct dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.95 intact and no ISBN on the rear panel, easily Very Good+ with chipped head and tail, faint crease and a few small stains to spine panel, two small pieces of tape reinforcement to verso. The author's first book for children. This edition preceded the better-known British edition by a full six years, and features color illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, different from that edition, as well as a subtitle that was later dropped.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth impression. Signed by Roald Dahl on the first page in black marker. Very Good. Light soiling, light toning and light bowing to boards. Lacking the dust jacket, as issued. Signed by the author.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with five line colophon with "Bound by H. Wolff, New York." Near Fine with cloth faintly spine faded, lightly wrinkled at rear cover. Rear corner bumped. In a Near Fine dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.95 intact and no ISBN on the rear panel, with light edge wear, toning and foxing, small stain to spine, extending onto rear panel. The author's first book for children. This edition preceded the better-known British edition by a full six years, and features color illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, different from that edition, as well as a subtitle that was later dropped.

London: Peter Owens, 1973. Signed Limited Edition. Near Fine. First English edition. One of a limited 100 copies signed by Salvador Dali; this copy is unnumbered and out of series. Publisher's gilt stamped vellum and marbled paper covered boards. Near Fine, in Near Fine slipcase, lacking 20-page Postface booklet. Slight yellowing to vellum and light wear at joints, slipcase slightly marked and with one joint tender. The artist's only novel, signed.