1851. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Simply Hell let Loose. Stories of Australians at War.

First Edition. Sydney, ABC Books, 2002. 18 x 24,5 cm. IX,234 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

1852. Depons, Francois Raimond Joseph.

Travels in Parts of South America: During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; Containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Carraccas [Caracas in Venezuela], with an Accont of the Laws, Commerce, and Natural Productions of that Country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and Native Indians.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. 8°. IV, 157, 3 nn. pages. Including the Map (″Chart of the Captain Generalship of Carraccas comprehending the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaybo, Varinas, Cumana, Guiana & the Island of St. Marguerite) AND the “Plan of the town of Caracas”. Modern Hardcover (red cloth). Former library copy in excellent condition besides some slight foxing to the map and plan and occasional foxing to the text only.

1853. Derham, William [Philosopher and Scientist] / [John Senex (Cartographer)].

Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, From a Survey of the Heavens [Including a Chapter on the “Attraction of Gravity”].

Sixth Edition. London, W. Innys, 1731. Octavo. [16], LVI, [8], 246 pages,[10 pages of Index], [with 3 astronomical foldout engravings by english Cartographer and Explorer John Senex / The Engravings show the Ptolemaic Geocentric System with the Earth as centre of the Universe and discuss other models as well by pointing to pages within the text that reflect on the illustrations / Two of the Engravings are showing the Stars and Constellations over Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Asia etc.]. ]. Original Hardcover / bound in contemporary panelled calf. The book has been sympathetically rebacked to style. Besides a spot of hard green adhesive to the front board in very good condition. The armorial 18th century bookplate of one Dr. Blackett appears on the first pastedown [″A coat of arms divided into three portions, with three stars and three scallop shells throughout. At the helm is the head of an eagle, and elaborate mantling, flowers, and leaves surround the crest. Below is the motto ‘Nous Travailler ons dans L’Esperance’”] / The text of this rare and notoriously underrated book is complete and clean with the three foldout engravings of the cosmos to the rear with only a small archival paper restoration to one of the engravings.

1854. Derrida, Jacques.

Du Droit á la philosophie. [Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida].

Paris, Galilée, 1990. Large Octavo. 658 pages. Original Softcover / Broché in Mylar. Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida. / Excellent condition. Inscribed, signed and dated on the half-title by Jacques Derrida to his friend André in New York.

1855. Derrida, Jacques.

D’un ton apocalyptique adopté naguerè en philosophie.

Paris, éditions galilée, 1983. 18,5 cm x 12 cm. 98 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1856. Derrida, Jacques & Fathy, Safaa.

Tourner les mots: au bord d’un film. [Signatures autographes de Jacques Derrida]

Edition limitée (No.60/70). Paris, Galilee, 2000. 8°. 169 pages with illustrations / photographs in colour. Softcover / Reliure Broché. Pages Unopened ! Signatures autographes de Jacques Derrida / First edition, one of seventy examples printed on “verge ivoire,” of this work produced as a companion to the film “D’ailleurs, Derrida”. Only seventy copies were produced, and most were distributed among the film’s collaborators. This copy signed by Derrida on the half title. Fine in publisher’s printed wrappers.

1857. Derrida, Jacques/ Krupnick, Mark / [Paul de Man].

Displacement. Derrida and After. [Includes: Paul de Man: Hegel on the Sublime]. Gregory L. Ulmeaul de Man, Michael Ryan, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1983. 24.5cm x 16cm. ix, (3) 198 pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Even though no sign of it, this was the personal copy of Paul de Man.

1858. Dershowitz, Alan M.

Just Revenge.

New York, Warner Books / A Time Warner Company, 1999. 15.2 cm x 23.5 cm. 322 pagrs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Page 29/30 is missing. Signed by the author on the title page.

1859. Des Salles, Héloïse.

The Adventures of Jonathan Seal. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. Large Octavo. 55 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Héloïse Des Salles on the halftitle. Rare !

1860. Descartes, Rene.

Meditations on First Philosophy In Which The Existence of God And The Distincion of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstrated. Translated from the Latin by Donald A. Cress.

Second Edition. Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing, 1979. 15 x 23 cm. XIII, 56 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

1861. Descartes, Rene.

Selected Philosophical Writings. Translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff and Dugald Murdoch. With an introduction by John Cottingham.

First Edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988. 15 x 22,5 cm. 249 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. With his name on the half title.

1862. Deschin, Jacob.

35mm Photography. Approaches and Techniques with the Miniature Camera [With images of Leica III with rangefinder focusing / Contax IIa / Canon IV-S2 / The Nikon / The Bolsey / The Kodak Signet / The Kodak Retina / etc.].

First Edition. San Fransisco, Camera Craft Publishing Company, 1953. 24.5cm x 17cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

1863. Desenclos, Hubert.

Understanding Graphology. How to interpret handwriting.

London, Collins, 1990. 25cm. 144 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1864. Desmond, Angela (editor) / Johnson, Gina (editor) / McCarthy, Margaret (editor) / Twohig, Elizabeth Shee (editor).

New Agendas in Irish Prehistory. Papers in commemoration of Liz Anderson.

Bray, Wordwell, 2000. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. XIII, 231 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Small creases on cover. Some yellowing of page-edges. A few highlighted passages.

1865. Desmond, Barry [Seán].

Finally and in conclusion – A political memoir.

Dublin, New Island, 2000. 22cm. 411 pages with several illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1866. Dessau, Bettina.

Nathans Rückkehr. Studien zur Rezeptionsgeschichte seit 1945.

Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York, Lang, 1986. 8°. 279, [11] Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEIN Besitzvermerk. [Analysen und Dokumente ; Bd. 22]

1867. Dettling, Warnfried [Hrsg.].

Die Zähmung des Leviathan – Neue Wege der Ordnungspolitik.

Baden-Baden, Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1980. 8°. 328 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1868. Deutsch, Eliot. (Editor).

Culture and Modernity. East-West Philosophic Perspectives.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii, 1991. 24 cm x 6 cm. XVII, 641 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper.

1869. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,

Bild. Raum. Klang. 11 internationale Künstler, Gäste des Berliner Künstlerprogramms, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, im Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Ahrstrasse 45, 15. Dezember 1976.

Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1976. 21,5 x 30 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 60 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1870. Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (Institut Historique Allemand).

FRANCIA – Forschungen zur Westeuropäischen Geschichte. Band 25/1 (1998): Mittelalter – Moyen Age.

Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke, 1999. 8°. XII, 463 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Mediaevisten Josef Fleckenstein mit einer handschriftlich signierten Grusskarte an Fleckenstein von Wolf Jobst Siedler.

1871. Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (Institut Historique Allemand).

FRANCIA – Forschungen zur Westeuropäischen Geschichte. Band 26/1 (1999): Mittelalter – Moyen Age.

Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke, 2000. 8°. X, 405 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Mediaevisten Josef Fleckenstein.

1872. Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (Institut Historique Allemand).

FRANCIA – Forschungen zur Westeuropäischen Geschichte. Band 27/1 (2000): Mittelalter – Moyen Age.

Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke, 2001. 8°. X, 430 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Mediaevisten Josef Fleckenstein.

1873. Deutschkron, Inge.

…Denn ihrer war die Hölle. Kinder in Gettos und Lagern.

Köln, Wissenschaft und Politik, 1979. 12.4 cm x 20.5 cm. 158 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1874. Devane, James.

Isle of Destiny – The Clash of Cultures [With a chapter: The Three Societies: The Irish / The Anglo-Irish / The Scots-Irish].

First Edition. Clonskeagh, Browne & Nolan, no year [c.1920]. Small Octavo. 256 pages with a printed map to pastedowns and endpaper, titled “Imperium Celticum – Circa 350 B.C.” (with Ireland shown as “Hibernia”, The Irish Sea as “Oceanus Hibernicus” and the River Shannon as “Senus”). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1875. Devine, Francis.

Organising the Union. A Centenary of SIPTU 1909-2009.

Dublin, SIPTU, 2009. 20.9cm x 29.6cm. 176 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1876. Devlin, Polly (Editor).

Vogue. Book of Fashion Photography. With 235 Illustrations, 25 in Colour. Introduction by Alexander Liberman.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1979. 30,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 240 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1877. Devoy, John.

Recollections of an Irish Rebel – The Fenian Movement – Its Origin and Progress. Methods of Work in Ireland and in the British Army. Why it failed to achieve its main object but exercised great influence on Ireland’s Future. Personalities of the Organization. The Clan-Na-Gael and the Rising of Easter Week, 1916. A Personal Narrative by John Devoy.

New York, Young/Estate of John Devoy, 1929. Large-Octavo. III, 491 pages with the portrait of John Devoy as frontispice (with original tissue-guard present). Original Hardcover with the extremely rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. With a Bookplate to the endpaper, identifying this copy as a Presentation-copy from the “Friends of Irish Freedom – New York”, presented to the Library of the Sisters of Mercy Schools in Macroom (County Cork).

1878. [Dewey, John] Borsche, Tilman (Hrsg).

“Moralität und Sittlichkeit bei John Dewey” in Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Jahrgang 24, Heft 2. Sonderausgabe im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung.

Erste Auflage. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstadt, Friedrich Frommann Verlag, 1999. 15,5 x 23 cm. 101-220 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1879. Dick, Uwe.

Ansichtskarten aus Wales. Erfahrungstexte.

München, Ehrenwirth, 1978. 8°. 52 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Englisch-Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

1880. Dickason, G.B.

Irish Settlers to the Cape – History of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour [and Passage West].

Cape Town, A.A.Nalkema / Cape Town, 1973. Octavo. 113 pages with numerous photographic illustrations. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1881. Dickens, Charles.

American Notes for General Circulation.

First single-volume edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1850. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece by C. Stansfield, XIII, 175 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Endpapers and pastedown with original publisher’s advertising. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent and firm condition.

1882. 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].

1883. 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.

1884. 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.

1885. 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.

1886. 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.

1887. 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.

1888. Dickens, Michael / Storey, Eric (Photography).

The World of Butterflies.

Reading, Osprey Publishing Limited, 1972. 14 cm x 22 cm. 127 pages. Several colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers only. Previous owner’s name in ink pen on endpaper.

1889. 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.

1890. 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.

1891. 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”.

1892. [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.

1893. 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.

1894. 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]

1895. 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 !!

1896. 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.

1897. [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]

1898. 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.

1899. [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.

1900. [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.