Search Results: Authors starting with D from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj - as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/ purchase.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour+monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+grey lettering,rear panel with monochrome aerial photograph; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6- 272pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author's introduction,10 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs,b/w maps+illus all interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices I-X,a bibliography and an index; plus… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated panels of dw/dj,with red,white and brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip of both dw/dj and bds,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright, tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain white cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent
green gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp+1-243pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,10 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) photographs, between pp116/7; plus [unpaginated]… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,uncorrected proof copy.[First ever UK publication of author's 1st novel.] FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean glossy laminated,b/w card covers with b/w author portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with white letters,publisher details to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no reading creases to spine/backstrip - an unread copy? Top edge minimally aged but generally clean,fore-edges brighter with miniscule grubbing; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no discolouration,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,12mo wraps,uncorrected proof,5-139pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, contents list/table.Author's debut novel.
It tells the story of a plantation slave in mid-19thC Virginia who breaks all the rules - by learning to read and
write,by falling in love with a white girl,and by trying to
escape.A brave,subtle and moving book,it marks… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's trademark spidery,black ink handwritten signature and dateline: 'Fred D'Aguiar 28 August 97' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,glossy,colour pictorial illustrated wrap-around artwork by Marianna Kennedy,with white letters; dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip; miniscule bump to front bd's upper edge with some minimal fading/ sunning to same edge and immaculate,unmarked plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-230pp includes half-title+title pages,prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue.… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE++.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial design/artwork by Chris Shamwana,illustrated dw/dj with white lettering and negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black eps. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-206pp [paginated] includes Pts I-IV, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,disclaimer,a dedication,prose extract/quotation,contents list/table,Pts separator pages,and 6pp blanks at rear. When Red Head's uncle accidentally hits him on the head with the back… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy colour pictorial illustrated wrap-around artwork by Marianna Kennedy with white letters dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip; miniscule bump to front bd's upper edge with some minimal fading/ sunning to same edge and immaculate unmarked,plain dark green eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-230pp includes half-title+title pages,prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue. Returning from Africa,the Zong - a slave ship - falls prey to disease which spreads quickly through its human cargo.Captain Cunningham orders his crew to seize sick… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,glossy,colour pictorial illustrated wrap-around artwork by Marianna Kennedy with white letters dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but clean,contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners. Bright,clean,grey paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip; miniscule bump to front bd's upper edge with some minimal fading/sunning to same edge and immaculate, unmarked,plain dark green eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-230pp includes half-title+title pages,prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue. Returning from Africa,the Zong - a slave ship - falls prey to disease which spreads quickly through its human cargo.Captain Cunningham orders his crew to seize sick men,women and children and… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears and no bumped corners either.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine.Unblemished, publisher's original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale blue endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,part-paginated (14- 190) and unpaginated pages includes half-title,vignette illustrated title page, vignetted contents list,foreword by Quentin Blake,Pts 1-7,profuse full+part page colour illustrations by assorted artists throughout the text and the book. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Exuberant rhymes are an… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[First Quentin Blake illustrated edition; reissued again in 1997 as Qrto HB,but with colour illustrations and a different colour pictorial dw/dj.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial,Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned -as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean.Clean, dark green paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,11-189pp includes half-title+title pages,contents +characters lists,30 chapters and profuse b/w line illustrations by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl's own favourite illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime,and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[True 1st edn published Allen & Unwin,1973 (with illus bds by Faith Jacques),2nd edn,same
publisher but with illus by Michael Foreman,this reprint,by
Trade Division of Unwin Hyman Limited,1989.] NFINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated
dw/dj by Michael Foreman; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Top two
corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing to corners+dw/dj,head+foot of spine/ backstrip minisculely affected with reciprocal creases.Top+fore- edges lightly aged but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also.Bright,clean,royal blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,blue+black line illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,9-158pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated title page,contents list/ table,20 chapters,profuse b/w line illus throughout the book and the… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st,2nd imp, illustrated edn thus.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin,1970,then Viking,1996,this edition,completely reillustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged,but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Light accidental dog-ear creasing to lower corners of pp27-58 and also some vertical & diagonal creasing to rear free endpaper - other pages fine and unaffected.Publisher's unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/ dj,1st edn,2nd imp thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Patrick Benson - design repeated to laminated boards; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/ illus repeated to boards,with clean plain brick-red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 47pp [paginated] includes half-title,a vignette colour illustrated title page,8 full-colour, full-page illustrations,4 full-colour double-page illus; plus other thumbnail illustrations in the text and page edges/borders (virtually an illustration to every page) - all by Patrick Benson. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogues. Beware! Beware! The Forest of… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - one miniscule closed tear to head of spine/backstrip which is also bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creasing to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,clean,red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,yellow ink impressed letters to spine/backstrip,a blue+red stiped headband,and clean plain cream endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-444pp includes half-title page,colour vignette Quentin Blake illustrated title page,colour vignetted illustrated contents list/table (Quentin Blake),Tom Maschler introduction [Dahl's publisher],contrib by Ophelia Dahl,short illustrated story by Ralph Steadman; thematic Parts (1-4),… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated omnibus,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 'George's Marvellous Medicine' first published by Jonathan Cape,in 1981; 'Matilda' first published by Jonathan Cape in 1988, and 'The Witches' also by Cape, published in 1983.This combined edition published 2012,' so a 1st edn thus.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around pale sky-blue background with colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake, illustrated dw/dj panels,with silver gilt-lettered author+ illustrator names' and white-lettered title,a narrow white strip at front's lower edge with capitalised,blue-lettered story titles to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured +lettered author+illustrator names' and title as the front's, a thumbnail colour illustration towards foot of same and publisher's white-lettered+illustrated colophon at foot too, rear panel with white-lettered brief synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus.[Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin,1970,then Viking,1996,this edition,completely re-illustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top third of rear wrap minimally creased/wrinkled. Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18 chapters,profuse part+full-page b/w illus by Quentin Blake throughout the text and the book; plus… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Neat,ink,gift presentation inscrptn (Christmas 1998) to front paste-down,price-clip to dw/dj. Glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges - two miniscule closed tears to head of spine/backstrip and top rear corner respectively.Miniscule rubbing to corners;bumped to middle of top edge of front bd and also to head of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges minimally thumbed,but generally clean; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creasing to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,red paper-covered boards with bright yellow ink impressed letters to spine/backstrip with clean,cream endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4- 444pp includes half-title page,colour vignette Quentin Blake illustrated title page,colour vignetted illustrated contents list (Quentin Blake), Tom Maschler intro [Dahl's publisher], contrib by Ophelia Dahl,short illustrated story by Ralph… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper board; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,headband and immaculate plain white endpapers. Minisculely bumped,with reciprocal creases to both head+foot of spine/backstrip; which is also minimally faded towards top of same,bumped top rear corner - else fine.Top edge partially,lightly aged
but clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus,9-158pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the text and the book - all by Michael Foreman; plus [unpaginated] b/w line illustrated title page,a dedication,contents list/table,and publisher advert of other titles in
same series,to rear.… Read More

UK,slim 12mo paperback,1st edn thus.[1st edn,2nd imp.Originally published in 8vo HB,by CAPE in 1981.]FINE.No owner inscrptn, wraps unclipped.Bright,clean,yellow background with colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Quentin Blake wraps; with negligible shelf-wear to edges;
foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.No spine/backstrip creasing,no dog-ear reading corners to pages - so assumed an unread copy.Top+ fore-edges
bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine. UK,slim
12mo (7" tall) p/back,1st edn thus,13-120pp [paginated] includes half-title,b/w line illustrated title page,contents list,15 chapters,profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the book and text all by Quentin Blake.At rear 2pp info on Roald Dahl Foundation, and publisher advert for other books/titles in this series.1st edn thus,in this format.
Roald Dahl's… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,b/w Illus,1st edn,2nd imp,thus.[First Quentin Blake illustrated edition; reissued again in 1997 as Qrto HB,but with colour illustrations and a different colour pictorial dw/dj] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,as no publisher price present - therefore believed to be an export edn,which precedes the UK trade issue.Colour pictorial Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Clean,unblemished,black paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-154pp includes half-title+ title pages,39 chapters and profuse b/w line illustrations by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl's own favourite and… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st thus edn. [UK,Cape,1982 is the true first edn,and this is a 1988 re-issue with renewed text copyright of 1988.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated boards with colour pictorial artwork illustration by Quentin Blake,with brown+black lettering to front panel+ spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain pale beige endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - very minimal in number and almost imperceptible indent impressions to either of the boards.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj,as issued(?),illustrated,1st thus edn,32pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers] includes colour illustration by Quentin Blake to title page - the reverse of which has information on the Roald Dahl Charities:… Read More