Search Results: Titles starting with D from The Plantagenet King

John Lehmann. First UK edition published by John Lehmann in 1949. Translated by Richard Hare. This is a very good copy. The Humphrey Spender dust wrapper is complete and hasn't been price clipped. There is minor wear to the spine ends and corners. There is a smattering of spotting to the text block and to the first and last couple of pages. Overall a very good copy. A collection of short stories by the nobel laureate, mostly of russian life before the revolution. Regarded as Bunin's masterpiece.  A very rare book and particularly so with the wrapper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1949.

G.A. Blunden. First edition pulished by G.A. Blunden in 1930 and one of only 250 copies. This is a near fine copy. The paper covered boards are in clean condition with just the odd mark. The paper label on the spine has browned. The pages are clean in general and the binding is square and firm. Overall a well preserved copy. This one has been signed by the author Edmund Blunden on the front free end paper to prolific true crime author W.N. Roughead. The inscription reads 'W.N. Roughead with E Blunden's regards June 27, 1931'. William Roughead was an early practitioner in the 'true crime' genre and wrote many on the subject including about grave robbers Burke and Hare. He was a Lawyer and would attend trials as research for his works. Blundens factual account of life in the trenches in the great war as a follow on to his classic biography Undertones of War. A scarce title to find with this inscription between the two authors.    . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st… Read More

Van Longhum Slaterus. The first appearance in print of Anne Frank's Diaries, this being fragments of her diary published in De Nieuwe Stem in 1946. This volume, in the publisher's hardback binding is in near fine condition. It is in an oatmeal cloth with blue lettering on the upper board and spine. The pages are very clean and the binding strong and square. There is a circular previous owner's bookplate on the title page. The contents is listed in contributor order and 'Frank, Anne. 'Dagboekfragmenten' (diary excerpts) is listed.  The diary excerpts are 11 pages from page 431 to 442.  Otto Frank typed his daughter's diaries out and then initially gave a draft to people within his close circle to read. One of these people was professor Jan Romein. He initially wrote an article about what he had read on the front page of the newspaper 'Het Parool' in April 1946. He was also on the editorial board of literary journal De Nieuwe Stem… Read More

Chatto & Windus. London: Chatto & Windus (1929). A near fine first UK edition. The wrapper is very clean and bright without loss. The spine is a tad sunned. It is not price clipped. The book itself is very clean and without wear apart from the tinest of spotting to one side of the text block. Overall a near fine copy. With the Paul Nash designed Dustwrapper. Death of a Hero is the story of a young English artist named George Winterbourne who enlists in the army at the beginning of World War I. The book is narrated by an unnamed first-person narrator who claims to have known and served with the main character. It is thought it is partly autobiographical. An uncensored version was published in Paris a year later    . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1929.

Hodder & Stoughton. London: Hodder & Stoughton (2013) 8vo., black publisher's boards lettered in gilt to spine; unclipped dust wrapper (£18.99); pp. 340; a fine copy. First edition. Signed by John Le Carre to the title page. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2013.

Faber and Faber. London: Faber and Faber (2006). First edition. 8vo., original green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. 76; A fine copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped. The jacket is crisp and the book presents as new. This copy has been signed without dedication by Seamus Heaney to the title page.   . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2006.