Dietz, Peter.

The Last of the Regiments: Their Rise and Fall.

First Edition. London, Brassey’s, 1990. 15cm x 23.5cm. XIV, 271 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Dillon, T.G.

Notes on Crouchan Ai & Carnfree. Co. Roscommon.

Dublin, Alex. Thom and Iona Works, Glasnevin, [1924]. Eight text pages and a folding Map. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Original metal staples missing. Wrapper lose. Internally bright and clean.

Dimnet, Ernest.

France Herself Again.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1914. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 511 pages. With a collection of newspaper cuttings by the previous owner. Original brown cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Top edge gilt, other deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Internally clean.

Ditchfield, P. H. / Jones, Sydney R.

The Manor Houses of England. Illustrated by Sydney R. Jones.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1910. 17.2cm x 26.4cm. Frontispiece, VI, 211 pages with many (nearly 100) wonderful sketches of Manor Houses in rural settings. (The Frontispiece is a beautiful original, coloured engraving of Grimshaw Hall in Warwickshire). Original Hardcover (illustrated blue cloth). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent publication !

Dodd, C.E.

An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in some of the German States bordering the Rhine.

First Edition. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 21 x 13 cm. 525 pages. Half title and title page are preceeded by two pages of publishers list. No maps or illustrations. Later quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Dark blue morroco label with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. A bright clean copy in a sturdy binding.

Dodsley, J. / Burke, Edmund (Editors). Washington, George / Jefferson, Thomas / Founding Fathers et al.

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1774, 1776, 1778 – 1781, 1783 and 1787. [A Crucial Primary Source for the American Revolution / Early Printing of the Declaration of Independance / American Civil War / 1787 Constitution of the United States of America etc.].

1774 & 1776 Fourth Editions. All others: First Editions. Eight Volumes. London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1789, 1788, 1779, 1780, 1780, 1782, 1785 & 1789. 21 x 12.5 cm. 1774: (2), 280, 245, (10) / 1776: IV, 270, 259, (9) / 1778: IV, 334, 245, (11) / 1779: vii, 442, 193, (10) / 1780: vii, 404, 251, (12) / 1781: (2), 339, 207, (12) / 1787: II, 320, 202, (14). Uniform contemporary tree calf. Gilt decorations to spine. Dentelles. Generally very good condition. Bindings seriously rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened and dust dulled. Spine labels missing. Some joints started to crack. Some material losses to heads of spines and corners (see images). The 1779 volume has a split spine. Bindings remain sound. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, occasionally foxed, otherwise clean. The 1781 volumes shows some damp and bookworm damage for the last 20 pages or so, not affecting readability. No annotations, library stamps etc. Eight clean copies. Excellent reading copies or candidates for rebinding.

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.

Downey, Edmund (Editor) / Walker, Francis S. (Artwork).

Killarney’s Lakes and Fells. Twelve Mezzotint Engravings by Francis S. Walker. Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers; Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. With some Accounts of Killarney, its Legends and its Poems. Edited by Edmund Downey.

First Edition. Ordinary Edition, printed on India paper by Gilbert & Rivington. London, Downey & Co., 1902. 27 x 37 cm (oblong). (4) [Title / TOC], 120 pages plus 12 Mezzotint Engravings, as called for. Original boards, rebacked in 2024 with new cloth spine. Original green moire cloth boards with gilt title across fron board. New black end papers. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, and damp damaged (see images). Half-title and first title page chipped on side edges; light chipping to edges of feps and pages. Internally dust dulled with light ink smudging from plates to opposite pages. Most pages show mild damp staining to the bottom edge, not affecting the text or the actual angravings. Despite the wear; still an impressive book with wonderful illustrations.

Dressler, Roland / Klecker, Christine.

Zur Geschichte des Freiberger Theaters.

Erstauflage. Chemitz und Dresden, Verlag Klaus Gumnior, 2015. 25 x 22 cm. 320 Seiten. Illustriert. Original Hard Cover. Neuzustand. Mit Inschrift und Signatur Christine Klecker.

Duckett, Eleanor.

The Wandering Saints.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1959. 21 x 14 cm. 319 pages. With 5 B&W Maps and two Tables. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding and edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of one former owner on front paste down. Signature on front free end paper.