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Wallace Edgar - The Black Avons Europe in the Melting Pot

Boards rather dusty otherwise a very good copy with pictorial onlay on upper board. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 75 pages. A short story.
Published : George Gill & Sons, London 1925, First Edition
£10.00

Watson William - Ode on the Day of the Coronation of King Edward VII

Hardback. A very good copy in a vellum binding lettered in gilt. Edition limited to 175 copies. Bookplate of Kenneth Newton Colville, an author who has written and signed a couple of adulatory lines in pencil on the book about being at the coronation. 36 pages. Watson was twice in the running to be poet laureate but was overlooked both times.
Published : John Lane , The Bodley Head, London 1902, First Edition
£18.00

Webb Elizabeth - The Quondong Tree

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Bookplate of Compton Mackenzie. 256 pages. A novel of the Australian outback.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1963, First Edition
£12.00

Wells H. G. - A Year of Prophesying

A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Patches of damp-fading to boards, but not spine, and the book is not affected internally. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 272 pages. Comprises 55 articles being one year of the author's journalitic writing.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London 1924, First Edition
£12.00

Wells H. G. - Apropos of Dolores

A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. In a near very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper which has two or three small closed edge tears and which is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper otherwise a nice copy internally. 352 pages.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1938, First Edition
£30.00

Wells H. G. - Christina Alberta's Father

A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt In a near very good dustwrapper which has a smallish red stain at the foot of the front panel. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription, foxing or other internal marking. 410 pages.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1925, First Edition
£45.00

Wells H. G. - God the Invisible King

A near very good copy in the original cloth. Spine lettering faded. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. Some foxing. Pp.xvii,[ii],206. Wells sets out his religious belief "as forcibly and exactly as possible."
Published : Cassell, London 1917, First Edition
£8.00

Wells H.G. - You Can't be Too Careful : A Sample of Life 1901-1951

A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt. In a good dustwrapper which shows a little edge wear and tear but which is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Light edge foxing but a nice clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 297 pages. Described as "a novel of character and a picture of lower middle-class life in England during the first half of the twentieth century." Photograph available on request.
Published : Secker & Warburg, London 1941, First Edition
£38.00

Whigham Peter - Things Common, Properly Selected Poems 1942-1982

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 214pp. Includes all the poetry the author wishes to keep in print including much previously uncollected and unpublished work.
Published : Anvil Press Poetry, London 1984, First Edition
£10.00

White T. H. - The Godstone and the Blackymor

Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper with a little wear and tear at top of spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription. Black and white illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. A book about living on the west coast of Ireland.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1959, First Edition
£18.00

White, Patrick - The Twyborn Affair

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Top edged brown. 432 pages. Very good dustwrapper showing minor edgewear, not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1979, First Edition
£8.00

Williamson Henry - A Solitary War

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper which shows a touch of wear at spine ends. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 374 pages + publisher's adverts. A volume in the "Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight" series.
Published : Macdonald, London 1966, First Edition
£16.00

Williamson Henry - In the Woods

A very good copy. Green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Cream boards. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 50 copies are stated to have been bound in cloth and signed but this copy is unnumbered and unsigned. 54 pages.
Published : St. Albert's Press, Llandeilo 1960, First Edition
£30.00

Williamson Henry - The Lone Swallows

Hardback. Just about good in paper-covered boards with black cloth spine. The paper covering has been rubbed from the upper board tips which are rather soft. A clean copy internally without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.x,245 + adverts. Short nature stories from Devon.
Published : W. Collins Sons & Co., London 1922, First Edition
£15.00

Winterson Jeanette - Written on the Body

An uncorrected proof copy in paper covers and in near-fine condition.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1992,
£7.00

Wodehouse P.G. - The Old Reliable

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's red cloth with title in black on front board and on spine. No inscriptions. Some foxing to page ends. Some spine lean. Fair dustwrapper with chips, tears and an external sellotape repair now protected in a removable cover.
Published : Herbert Jenkins, London 1951, First Edition
£25.00

Wood James - Bay of Seals

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's light blue cloth with title in gilt on spine which is very slightly faded. No inscriptions. 223 pages.Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1964, First Edition
£10.00

Wood James - Cry of the Kestrel

Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in white on spine. No inscriptions . Lacks front end-paper. 224 pages. Good illustrated dustwrapper is a little chipped and with some edge wear. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable over. Internally a nice clean copy.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1962, First Edition
£10.00

Wood James - Rare Summer

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's black cloth with title in white on spine. Free front endpaper missing. No inscriptions. 207 pages.Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover. This is a lovely tight clean copy. James Wood's 10th novel is set in the Flanders of 1940 as seen through the eyes of a young Scottish private soldier. "Here are those disastrous months leading to Dunkirk as they were experienced by raw. uninformed, badly supported infantrymen."
Published : Hutchinson, London 1965, First Edition
£8.00

Wood James - The Shop in Loch Street

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's maroon cloth with title in silver on spine. Lacks blank front free end-paper. 208 pages. The good dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows fairly minor edge wear and tear. It is now protected in a removable cover. "Glasgow's back strreets, stabbed bodies, women reporters, policemen, Teddy boys....all these have their place in this fast-moving novel."
Published : Hutchinson, London 1958, First Edition
£15.00

Yates Dornford - Shoal Water

Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which shows a little edge wear and tear and which is not price-clipped. . No ownership inscription. Moderate edge foxing. 317 pages.
Published : Ward Lock, London 1940, First Edition
£15.00

Yeats William Butler (Writing as "Ganconagh") - John Sherman and Dhoya

Hardback. A very good copy in the original tan cloth ruled in green. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Some foxing to front end-papers but generally clean. 195 pages. An early work by Yeats published as the tenth title in the Pseudonym Library. Only 356 hardback copies are believed to have been printed.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London 1891, First Edition
£650.00

Yeats, William Butler - Responsibilities; Poems and a Play

Hardback. No. 237 of 400 copies. A very good copy in grey paper-covered boards with linen spine. Lettered on the upper board in black. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Grey end-papers. A little spotting to boards and some discolouration of end-papers. Otherwise a clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Photograph available on request.
Published : The Cuala Press, Churchtown, Dundrum 1914, First Edition
£395.00

Young Andrew McLaren - The Green Man

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is chipped at the foot of the spine. Not foxed and no ownership inscription. 46pp.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1947, First Edition
£8.00

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