Search Results: Authors starting with W from David Ford Books

London: Stobart & Son Ltd, 1984. First edition This practical manual covers all aspects of the subject from the selection and storage of the veneers, through every conceivable stage in their application, to the preparation of the completed piece ready for finishing. Hardcover book , first edition, 400pp, with b/w illustration throughout. No inscriptions and not price clipped. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Pictures available.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1936. First edition A novel based in the times of Elizabeth I, and the fire which burnt in the hearts of Englishmen in those days. Hardcover book, first edition, 316pp. Lightly foxed early and late. Inscription of previous owner to fep. Boards and spine lightly rubbed and bumped. Dust Jacket is chipped with tears and creases. A VG copy with G+ DJ. Pictures available.

London, Folio Society, 2007 Hardcover Book in slipcase First Edition in Folio. 336 pages, with illustrations by Linda Farquharson. Bound with design in Cloth by the artist. A Fine copy in a Fine slipcase. Still Shrink wrapped Pictures available.

London, Folio Society, 2007 Hardcover Book, First Edition in Folio. A Volume in the Folio Poets Series. 536 pages, with engravings by Harry Brockway. Bound in quarter leather with design in Cloth by the artist. A Fine copy in a near Fine slipcase. No inscriptions. Pictures available.

London: Quiller Press, 1995 First edition. HB. Cloth, and dustjacket. 108pp. With b&w photos in plates, map and family tree. The author grew up in pre-Revolutionary Russia and her family made their way to England after 1917. Fine in Fine jacket.

Vancouver: Cordillera Publishing Company, 1994 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 256pp. 24cms. With many b&w photos and some maps, in text. The author served as a cipher officer on the battleship Queen Elizabeth in the Mediteranean from 1941, and later in other ships involved in the battles for Crete, Tobruk, Malta and Sicily. the Battle of the Atlantic. Fine in Very Good protected dustjacket, which has colour fade to spine and adjoining margins.

London: Charles Buchan Publications, 1960 First edition. March 1960. Vol.4. No.3. Paperback magazine: stapled pictorial wrappers. 45pp. B&w photos and illustrations throughout, including adverts. A tribute to Fausto Coppi, who had just died. Also includes some articles on British races eg Tour of the Lakes, and on Jimmy Linden. Includes page on Coppi's palmares. Good. Clean wrappers and pages. Rubbed edges to wrappers and lightly frayed 'spine' to wrappers with a little rust to staples in centre. The pages are held but the wrappers are a little slack. Two small holes by spine where appears had been inserted into a binding.

London: Charles Buchan 1964 A complete year of 12 issues for 1964. Edited by J.B. Wadley. Paperback, each 18.5x24.5cms . Pictorial black and white covers, over 40pp in each, advertising, articles and photographs featuringRik van Looy,Keith Mernickle, Ken Craven, Vin Denson, Arthur Metcalfe, Bahamontes, Mike Payne,Leon Meredith. A Very Good set.

New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1987 First edition. HB. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 386pp, folio. With 124 colour reproductions of paintings by Renoir, some as fold-outs, and 116 b&w illustrations and historical photos. With chronology, introduction by the editor, then many texts on Renoir's art and life, from the early Impressionist years to the late 20th century. A large and comprehensive book, in Fine condition, with a couple of tiny abrasions to rear of jacket. Photos available.

Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2009 First edition. Paperback book : photo-illustrated card wrappers. 127pp, quarto. Consists of archive b&w photos throughout, with detailed captions to each, plus introduction, showing the development of the city of Cape Coral in Florida. Fine copy. Photos available.

London, William Heinemann, 1911 Translated by Margaret Armour, Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover book ix, 181 pages , frontispiece followed by 29 other tipped in colour illustrations. Light brown boards with gilt decorative design, cloth spine, some rubbing to all edges, some splits and rubbing to spine folds. with three small areas of loss on spine edges. Decorative end-papers with some foxing throughout although all plates are clean and in very nice condition with tissue guards.A Good copy. No inscriptions , pictures available.

Fishguard: Pembrokeshire and Canine Press, 1995 First edition. No ISBN apparent- probably published by the author. HB. Cloth, and pictorial dustjacket by Colin Morse. 92pp. Tall quarto. With b&w photos of each dog (1955-1994 champions), history, character and pedigree. Very Good in Very Good protected jacket.

New York: Facts on File, 2007 First edition. Hardcover book . Paper-covered boards and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 308pp. With b&w photos in text, and maps. Shaista Wahab was a professor at the University of Nebraska when this book was written. Very Good+ in Fine protected jacket. Previous owner's name to flyeaf, otherwise fine. Pictures available.

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, 1933 Hardcover, First edition, no dustjacket-( none issued) Twenty stiff card pages with the classic Louis Wain illustrationstogether with alternative pages of story. Rubbed Illustration to inside of front board-no endpapers book begins with title page with illustration and publisher's details . No date but gift inscription from Auntie Kitty!! dated Xmas 1933. A total of 15 full side colour illustrations including front and rear boards. The overall condition is fair only with the front board just attache by the webbing. The Spine cloth is missing. Internally the book is Very Good with only the illustration inside the front cover showing edge damage, Pictures available. A scarce item by Louis Wain.

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette 1980 Hardcover book , first edition? , 24x18cms, 78 ink drawings with corresponding page of description. Dar green leatherett covered boards, gilt lettering, Previous owners name, date (1983) and place purchased Dust jacket has some light handling wear to slight edges of jacket, Jacket is not clipped but no price showing. A VG+ copy in VG DJ.

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette undated Hardcover book , first edition? , 24x18cms, 75 ink drawings with corresponding page of small map and description. Green leatherett covered boards, gilt lettering, No inscriptions. Dust jacket has some tanning to white of jacket, Jacket is not clipped but has £7.95 Westmorland sticker to flap A VG+ copy in VG DJ.

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette undated Hardcover book , first edition? , 24x18cms, 80 ink drawings numbers 241 -320 with corresponding page of small map and description. Cream/faun cloth boards, gilt lettering, Dust jacket has some light handling wear with slight foxing of white edges of jacket, Jacket is clipped £2.50 sticket to flap A VG+ copy in VG DJ.

Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, 1983 Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, Signed by A.W. Wainwright Limited Edition No 625/1000. A large collection of Wainwright's Lakeland Drawings. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Previous owners name to front end paper. Pictures available.

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette undated Hardcover book , first edition? , 24x18cms, 80 ink drawings numbers 161-240 with corresponding page of small map and description. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, previous owners name. Dust jacket has some light handling wear with slight tanning of white of jacket, Jacket is clipped A VG+ copy in VG DJ.

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette 1981 Hardcover book , first edition? , 28 x 23 cms, 100 ink drawings with corresponding page map . Dark green leatherett covered boards, gilt lettering, Previous owners name, date (1987) and place purchased Dust jacket has some light handling wear to slight edges of jacket, Jacket is not clipped ,£6.90 ? Westmorland sticker price showing. A VG+ copy in VG DJ.