1881. Dickens, Charles.

Christmas Books.

London, Paul Elek Limited, 1960. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 254 pages, with illustrations from engravings. Original softcover. Fair condition with some signs of external wear and a faded dampstain. [Bestseller Library].

1882. Dickens, Charles.

Collection of six First Editions, all bound uniformely around 1850 and all in their original state. A stunning set with nearly all of the books in their First state of First Edition printing and with all plates complete. The collection includes: Bleak House / Little Dorrit / Nicholas Nickleby / Martin Chuzzlewit / Dombey and Son / David Copperfield. A very rare occasion in which a contemporary 19th-century lover of Dickens’ Literature had all Novels in their first edition bound to his/her liking. The mid-19th-century bindings beautiful in their simplicity and uniform style.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839 – 1857. Octavo. Hardcover / Mid-19th-century Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Original marbled endpapers. Very good condition with only few layers and illustrations loosened and the usual tanning to the illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [The David Copperfield Volume has a defect (see detailed description below)]. Perfect collection of first editions to start a Dickens-Collection in contemporary, 19th-century bindings.

1883. Dickens, Charles.

Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

Later Edition of the original 1857 – edition. London, Chapman & Hall, 1889. 23 x 15 cm. XIV, 625 pages with thirty-nine engraved plates by H.K.Browne. Hardcover / Original dark green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Recently professionally repaired binding with new endpapers but also the original endpapers retained and the original Exlibris mounted to pastedown. Excellent condition after restauration. Ex-Libris (dated 1915) of sporting specialist Hugh McCausland on front endpaper. A lovely late-nineteenth century copy of Dickens’ classic novel. Manuscript entry in ink by McCausland: “Some of the illustrations in this book are probably reproductions of those by Phiz in the 1st edition”. An important, society-critical Dickens Novel, still highly relevant.

1884. Dickens, Charles.

Sketches By Boz.

Volume 1. New York / Cambridge, Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press, 1869. 12 cm x 17 cm. VIII, 338 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Contains inscription and plate by pre-owner.

1885. Dickens, Charles.

The Major Works – Unabridged Cambridge Scholars Classic Texts Edition [The Major Works of Charles Dickens in 29 Volumes].

29 Volumes. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Octavo. c.5000 pages in 29 Volumes. Original Softcover / Paperback Edition. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. All the texts have been newly typeset for this edition.

1886. Dickens, Charles.

The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. With Thirty-Eight instead of Forty-Three Illustrations by R[obert] Seymour and PHIZ.

First Edition of Charles Dicken’s First Book. London, Chapman and Hall, 1837. Octavo. Double-Frontispiece, XIV, [1], 609 pages plus 38 illustrations (instead of 43). Hardcover / Beautiful contemporary half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. with dustjacket. Lesion to outer margin of pages 569/570. Two plates with very minor tears. Faded dampstain to very few pages. The Frontispiece the cleanest example we have ever seen, the interior illustrations as usual with some browning but some of them very clean indeed. Overall an unusually clean and beautiful example of the First Edition with some minor signs of wear only.

1887. Dickey, James.

The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and Mercy.

Second Printing. New York, Doubleday, 1970. 15 cm x 23 cm. 63 pages. Original Softcover. Some signs of foxing. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his stamp to front free endpaper.

1888. Dickey, James.

The Starry Place Between the Antlers. Why I Live in South Carolina.

First Edition. Michigan, Bruccoli Clark, 1981. 17,5 x 25 cm. 16 pages with two beautiful photographic portraits of Dickey on page 5 and 13. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the edition page. Number 102 of only 500 printed editions. Minimal signs of edging on the wrapper only.

1889. Dickey, James / Angel, Marie.

Tucky The Hunter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.

New York, Crown Jewel, 1978. Oblong Large Octavo. 44 pages with colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by James Dickey to Peter [Viereck] on the endpaper: ″ – to all in Peter’s house – from James Dickey”.

1890. [Dickinson, Emily] Clendenning, Sheila T.

Emily Dickinson. A Bibliography: 1850-1966.

San Fernando, The Kent State University Press, 1968. 8°. XXX, 145 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1891. Dickinson, Josephine.

Scarberry Hill.

First Edition. Norwich, The Rialto, 2001. Octavo. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some slight foxing.

1892. Dickson, George.

Railways Shown to the Children.

London & Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, no year [c.1917]. 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 95 pages. 40 coloured plates and numerous illustrated within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral on front board with gilt lettering and bordering. Deckled edges. Bound purple nylon bookmark. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on front end paper. Interior bright and clean. [Shown to the Children Series, No. 15]

1893. Dickson, R. W.

The Farmer’s Companion; being a complete System of Modern Husbandry: Including the Latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. With 102 copper engraved plates (including two larger hand-coloured fold – out plates).

Second Edition. In two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813. Large Octavo. Both volumes together contain 948 pages interleaved illustrations throughout the volumes (many of these plates are folding out) including a General Index. [Please ask for a full list of the illustrations]. Hardcover / Two modern halfleather / full leather bindings (see images). Volume I in octavo format and in a brown full leather with spinelabel / Volume II in large octavo and bound in an excellent green half morocco with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and leather corners. Both volumes with new endpapers. Some illustrations and text towards the end of Volume II with some faint dampstaining only. Three illustrations are present twice in these volumes (Plates 35, 54 and 84). Extremely rare publication in very good condition !!

1894. Diderot, Denis.

The Nun. Translated and with an Introduction by Leonard Tancok. Lithographs by Charles Mozley.

London, The Folio Society, 1972. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 168 pages. With 7 illustrations. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and ornaments to boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded.

1895. [Diderot, Denis] Jüttner, Siegfried [Hrsg.].

Présence de Diderot. Internationales Kolloquium zum 200. Todesjahr von Denis Diderot an der Universität – GH – Duisburg vom 3.-5.Oktober 1984.

Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York/Paris, Lang, 1990. 8°. V, 315 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Europäische Aufklärung in Literatur und Sprache ; 1]

1896. Diehl, Margaret.

Men.

First Edition. New York, Soho, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1897. [Dietrich, Marlene] Bemmann, Helga.

Ihr Weg zum Chanson.

Wilhelmshaven, Florian Noetzel Verlag, 1987. 22,5 cm x 29,5 cm. 239 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

1898. [Dietzsch, Barbara Regina] Ludwig, Heidrun.

Nürnberger Naturgeschichtliche Malerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.

Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken Presse, 1998. 21 cm x 28,5 cm. 462 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand.

1899. Dillistone, F.W.

The Novelist and The Passion Story.

London, Collins, 1960. 14.2 cm x 20.7 cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket by Michael Harvey in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate discolouration and foxing to edges and dustjacket. Spine of dustjacket slightly faded. Minor discolouration to front and rear pastedown enpapers and enpapers. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

1900. Dillon, Helen.

On Gardening.

Dublin, A. & A. Farmar Ltd., 2010. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. XI, 243 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.