[Dante] Leithart, Peter J.

Ascent To Love – A Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy.

First Edition. Idaho, Canon Press, 2001. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. 181 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new edition.

Davenport, Guiles.

Zaharoff. High Priest of War. With Illustrations.

First Edition. Boston, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1934. 20 x 14 cm. xi, 319 pages. Original red cloth. Black titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Davidson, Gladys.

Standard Stories from the Operas.

London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1935. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 1048 plus publishers list. Original red cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A nice copy.

De Burgh, William and Margaret.

The Breakaways.[Signed]

Special Limited Edition. Number 35. Austin, Texas, Eakin Press, 1997. 21 x 14 cm. x, 304 pages. With B&W photos and family trees. Original blue cloth. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Signed by both Authors. Internally bright and clean.

De Gaulle, Charles.

War Memoirs Unity 1942 – 1944. Documents. Signed and inscribed to Field-Marshal Alanbrooke.

First UK Edition. Two Volumes. London, Weidenfels and Nicolson, 1959. 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 340 pages / Vol.2: 424 pages. Original green (Vol.1) and blue (Vol.2) cloth with gilt titles on spine. In original unclipped dust jackets. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Minor edge wear to dust jackets. Vol.1 inscribed by Charles De Gaulle to General Sir Alan Brooke. Vol.2 signed and dated by Charles De Gaulle.

Deacon, Richard.

A Biography of William Caxton. The First English Editor, Printer, Merchant and Translator.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller, 1976. viii, 198 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Dean, Donald / Crowdy, Terry [Ed].

Donald Dean VC: The Memoir of a Volunteer and Territorial From Two World Wars.

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2010. 16cm x 24cm. XXIII, 178 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

[Delany, Patrick].

An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David King of Israel. Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions, and Disquisitions. In which (among other Things) Mr. Bayle’s Criticisms, upon the Conduct and Character of That Prince, are fully considered. By the Author of Revelation examined with Candor. To which are prefixed, Reflections upon the present Neglect of the Public Worship of God.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed by S. Richardson, for John Rivington et al., 1759. 19 x 12 cm. xxviii, 346 pages plus two pages publishers list. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Red morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding with mild shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened thoughout. Name of previous owner in ink opposite title page. Inscriptions (some crossed out) on title page (see images). Internally age darkened, but otherwise clean.

Dibdin, Thos. Frognall.

Reminiscences of A Literary Life. With Anectodes of Books, and of Book Collectors. By the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

First Edition. London, John Major, 1836. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, (4), 556 pages. / Vol.2: pages 557 to 982. With 10 Plates and additional Illustrations in text. New (2021) half cloth over decorated paper boards. Hard cover. Spine labels with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges trimmed. Mild browning to some pages, otherwise a very clean set.

[Digby, Jane] Schmidt, Margaret Fox.

Passion’s Child – The Extraordinary Life of Jane Digby.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 23.9cm x 16cm. XVI, 268 pages. With 28 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Douglas, Sir George / Ramsay, Sir George Dalhousie (Editors).

The Panmure Papers. Being a Selection from the Correspondence of Fox Maule, Second Baron Panmure, afterwards Eleventh Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B. With a supplementary Chaper by the Late Rev. Principal Rainy, D.D.

Second Edition. Two Volumes. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: viii, 515 pages / Vol.2: viii, 547 pages. Each volume with a frontispiece. Uniform cloth with gilt titles on spine. Gilt decorations. Top edges gilt. Other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Deckle edges dust dulled and spotted. Spines faded. Internally clean. From the library of Howth Castle, Dublin. No Ex Libris or inscriptions.

Du Maurier, George.

Peter Ibbetson. With an Introduction by his Cousin Lady ***** (″Madge Plunket”). Edited and Illustrated by George Du Maurier.

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1894. 19 x 14 cm. 381 pages with B&W Illustrations. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New pale blue end papers. Original yellow front free end paper with signature of previous owner: ‘A.F. Brooke RHA’ [Royal Horse Artillery] bound in after new end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Text block dust dulled and occassionally mildly foxed.

Dugdale, Blance E.C.

Arthur James Balfour. First Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., Etc. By his Niece Blanche E.C. Dugdale.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1936. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 439 pages / Vol.2: 450 pages. With illustrations. Original cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Dunne, John Joseph. Under the Pseudonym H.R.N.

Here and There Memories.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 22.3cm x 15cm. XI, 411 pages. Original ‘tri-colour’ cloth with gilt title and decorations. Good condition only. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained. Remains of a paper sticker (ex library?) on front board. Front hinge open and end paper nearly detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, but internally clean.

Eliot, T.S.

What is a Classic? an address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 1945. 22 x 14 cm, 32 pages. Original light blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Book is slanted and begins to open between pages 8 and 9. Binding is faded. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Elliott, Arthur H.

The Witty and Humorous Side of the English Poets. With a Variety of Specimens arranged in Periods.

First Edition. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880. 20 x 13.5 cm. (4), 335 pages. With title page and Illustrations printed in black and red. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding a little shaky! Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing and a few pencil lines / annotations. From the library of Howth Castle, Ireland. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1883. Overall a very nice copy.

Father James Clare S.J. (Editor)

The Life of Blessed Julie Billiart. Foundress of the Institute of Sisters of Notre Dame. By a Member of the Same Society.

Edinburgh and London, Sands and Company, 1909. 20 x 13 cm. xxxii, 559 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. With a folding map. Black cloth covered stiff cardboard covers with gilt title on spine. Gilt decorations on front board: Convent of Notre Dame Birkdale. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine (see images). Neat inscription (prize) on verso of half title, dated 1909. Internally age darkened but clean.

Feheney, J. Matthew.

Gentlemen of the Presentation: Brief Biographies of Twenty-Five Presentation Brothers (1762-1999).[Signed].

Dublin, Veritas, 1999. 14 x 21cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Feuillet de Conches, F.

Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette et Madame Elisabeth – Lettres et documents inédits.

First Edition. Six Volumes. Paris, Henri Plon, 1864. 22 x 14 cm. lxxii, 519 / 544, 4 Plates / lxv, 502, 5 Plates / cxix, 506, 4 Plates / 488, 2 Plates / 602 pages, 8 Plates. See notes below. Fine contemporary uniform half morocco over marbled paper boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Title and volume numbers in gilt on spine. Gilt decorations. A wonderful set. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of ‘Castle Pollard’ in all six volumes. Internally bright and clean with occasional very mild foxing, mainly to the Plates. Overall a very nice set in attractive sturdy bindings. Please review all the images on westcoastrarebooks.com.

Ford, Alan.

James Ussher. Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 315 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Portrait of Ussher (from dust jacket?) glued to front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally very bright and clean. A very nice copy.