Dahl, Roald: (Blake, Quentin, illust.:) The Witches. London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. 8vo., pp.208. Turquoise cloth, gilt title to spine, very mildly cocked but near fine. Dust jacket price-clipped, top edge with a few very slight creased and a tear of approx. 3mm, very good indeed. First edition of Dahl's 12th novel for children. Ref: 54965show full image..
Dawson, Clara: Victorian Poetry and the Culture of Evaluation. Oxford University Press, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. 238. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf wear, very good. Ref: 54697
De B?ze, Th?odore; Muret, Marc-Antoine; Secundus, Joannes: Poemata; Juvenilia; Juvenilia. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] [i.e. Paris]: s.n. [Barbou] 1757. Small 8vo. (155 x 90mm), pp. [ii], iv, 124 + portrait frontispiece; x, 11-106 + portrait frontispiece; iv, [i], 4-156. No loss to the 3rd work, just unusual pagination, and no portrait called for. Woodcut printer's device (formerly used by the Elzevirs) to each title-page. Occasional very light foxing. Contemporary brown mottled calf, spine gilt with dark red morocco label, gilt borders and dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, pink ribbon bookmark bound in. Spine a little creased, very light wear to endcaps and corners, a very good, attractive copy. Three highlights of 16th-century Neo-Latin poetry, bound together as usual. All three title-pages bear a false imprint, 'Lugduni Batavorum'; according to Brunet this edition was actually published in Paris by Barbou, and it does indeed have the appearance of a Barbou book. The first work comprises the poems of the Calvinist theologian Th?odore de B?ze (or Theodorus Beza, 1519-1605,) originally published in Paris in 1548. He is most known for his editions of the New Testament: a Latin translation and a Greek critical edition. The Juvenilia of Marc-Antoine Muret (or Marcus Antonius Muretus, 1526-1585) was first published in 1552. A Classical scholar, as well as writing poetry he lectured in schools in France and Italy and was involved with the rediscovery and interpretation of ancient texts. The final work is that of Janus Secundus Nicolai Hagiensis (1511-1536). The first publication of his works was posthumous, Secundus having died very young, and appeared in Utrecht in 1541. It was edited by his brother Marius. Secundus is primarily remembered for his love poems, often known as the 'kissing poet' for his variations on two kiss poems by Catullus. Brunet I, 239 Ref: 52284show full image..
De Labessade, L?on: Le Droit du Seigneur et la Rosiere de Salency. Paris: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First edition, inscribed by the author. 8vo., pp.[vii], xvi, 245, [iv], 248-253, [viii]. Title page in red and black. Original wrappers bound in, includes half-title and advertisements at rear. Contemporary binding of fleur-de-lys-patterned paste paper over boards, edges uncut. Spine toned, cover paper splitting at joints but still firm, corners bumped, very good. Author's inscription of "Hommage" to Edouary Gratpauche to preliminary blank. 'No. 197' pencilled to ffep. Ref: 53844show full image..
Deaver, Jeffery: Carte Blanche. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. First, limited edition. Signed by the author. 8vo.. Still in the original shrink-wrap. Hardback book housed in a printed box designed to open in a way reminiscent of a cigarette packet. Fine. Limited edition of 750. Commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications, Carte Blanche is the 37th original James Bond novel. Ref: 54858show full image..
Donnelly, Brian: Reading Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Painter as Poet. Farham & Burlington: Ashgate, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 178 + plates. Hardback. Three matching small dents to fore-edges of boards, otherwise very good. Ref: 54695
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1775. 2 vols. bound as 1. 12mo., pp.viii, 251, [ix]; viii, 255, [iii]. Variant on the better, medium-quality paper. Vol.I with half-title, and 4-page printer's catalogue at rear. Occasional light foxing. Contemporary calf, gilt spine, raised bands, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Spine dry and a little creased, a bit rubbed, very good. Inscription of J.H. (possibly John Hamilton) to title-page, dated 1780. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124935; Gaskell 582. Ref: 54580show full image..
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: Printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis, 1756. 2 vols. 8vo., pp.[vii], 237, [iii]; vii, [i], 240. Vol. I with half-title, each section with divisional title-page. Some codes in various hands to each paste-down. Vol. II with some faint foxing, tiny holes where the page number should be to I8, O8 and P8. Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt, labels lost leaving on impression of titles, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. I head cap a little worn, very good. Ownership inscription of John Hamilton in an old hand to title-page of each volume. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124934; Gaskell 312. Ref: 54579show full image..
Fleming, Ian: The Man With the Golden Gun. London: The Book Club, [1966.] Foyles Book Club edition. 8vo., pp.152. Only very lightly toned, nice and clean inside. Blue cloth, black title to spine,again very nice and clean, top corners only very lightly bumped, edges a bit foxed but still very good overall. Dust-jacket very lightly creased along top edge with one tiny nick. Altogether an unusually bright and crisp copy, very good indeed This early edition published in the summer of 1966 by the The Book Club (a Foyles company), having originally been published by Jonathan Cape the previous year. Ref: 55023
Fleming, Ian: Thunderball. New York: Viking Press, 1961 First American edition, first printing. 8vo., pp.[viii], 248. A few toned marks to margins, pp. 23-4, 73-4 and 119-20 all with a fragment of the top corner margin lost but text unaffected. Yellow cloth, red title to spine, top edge pink. Four small patches of toning to cloth and some toned marks to endpapers all seemingly from old tape, good. Dust jacket very slightly worn at top edge, to rear flap two small tape marks and a short ms note, but very good overall. To ffep, bookplate of Ben and Carole Palmer. Ink stamp of Ben Palmer to ffep, p.101 head margin and rear pastedown. Dust jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. First American edition of the ninth story in Fleming's James Bond series. The first (U.K.) edition appeared in March of the same year. Ref: 54702show full image..
