Search Results: Authors starting with W from Nigel Sustins Books

UK: Smith, Elder and Co., 1905. Green cloth with gilt to spine and front board, spine ends and corners bumped with minor fraying, slight dust to edges, endpapers browned with a little foxing and small marks, slight strain to stitching at one point but binding secure, internally generally clean and good, illustrated with portraits and photographs.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Shrewsbury: Adnitt & Naunton & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1877. Cloth edition with blind-stamped floral designs and gilt lettering to front (no title to spine), some wear/pushing to corners, wear/splitting to spine ends, abrasion to lower edge of front board, some strain to hinges, dust/foxing to edges, brown stains to endpapers, foxing to frontispiece plate, showing the abbey seals, and to abbey plans; 8 sepia photographs in very good condition, as are the double-page drawings of the abbeys; some foxing and handling marks within, but generally a better than average copy of this rare work. Gough's 'History of Myddle' from the same publisher, 1875 printing, cloth binding, also available.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Shrewsbury: Adnitt & Naunton & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1877. Very scarce and attractive volume, in the original blind-decorated and panelled red leather boards, floral designs to upper and lower panels of both boards, gilt titles and leaf design to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, rubbing/wear to corners and to spine at head and heel and along its length (lettering clear), all edges gilt, blue ribbon marker is detached from its anchor in the spine, hinges good, endpapers may have been replaced (?), foxing stains to prelims, title page and frontispiece plate, showing the abbey seals, also some foxing to text pages within, but not serious; 8 sepia photographs, all generally in very good condition; 4 abbey plans, all with some foxing, but more to Buildwas and Lilleshull [sic]; 4 fold-out drawings of the abbeys, all with slight foxing, more to Wenlock; the stitching is strained at various points, more seriously in two places, with cracking and straining, (the pages protrude at the… Read More

Leicester, UK: Edmund Ward No date but assume first edition 1946, book is cocked and shows signs of wear, early and last pages foxed, owner name to title page, dust to edges, dust-wrapper is chipped and rubbed with tears, creases and some losses, cover illustration of a cowled barefoot monk holding a dagger. . Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.

London: Allan Bell, 1836. Early edition of Walton's classic (1836), a neat tight copy re-bound in modern red leather with no titles or decoration, new endpapers, 320 pages, browning to prelims, frontispiece portrait of Walton with slight browning to edges, title page has small ink mark, words and music to the 'Angler's Song', plates of Amwell Hill and Walton's House, Fleet Street, dust to edges, internally generally very good with many engravings (browning to edges which occasionally affects the text without obscuring). 12-page appendix, followed by index.. Hardcover. Good.

UK: The Author, 2001. A hand-crafted book of poetry with printed calligraphy, bound by Sessions of York in imitation vellum white Polyurethane ('Quinel Nubuk'), gilt lettering on the cover, contents very good, some marks/wear to the covers (offsetting of lettering to the front). Inscribed and signed by author as 'Michael' and dated 2008 to front free endpaper. Large volume (12 x 10 inches) which will require extra postage outside Europe.. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: J Nichols, 1779. An extremely rare early work in two volumes, 1779, in the original binding (half-leather and marbled paper boards); covers are very worn and marked, spines are missing with strings exposed (some broken), boards of Vol. 1 detached but present, front board of Vol. 2 just attached by a single string (rear board attached); ex-libris from the collection of John William Willis Bund with his bookplate to the front pastedown of both volumes, and a small gold star sticker to the front boards; Vol. 1 has an ink inscription to front free endpaper, and the first section (preface and introduction up to and including the plate of Rouen Cathedral) is detached but present, rough-trimmed edges dusty and browned, all plates (including frontispiece fold-out map of Normandy) and pages predominantly unmarked; Vol. 2 has the fold-out frontispiece engraving of Coutances Cathedral, the first section (up to page 48 and including the plate of Bayeux Cathedral) is detached but present, and the rest of… Read More

UK: Epworth Press, 1978. SIGNED first edition. One of the major books of spirituality by a renowned Methodist minister, signed by him to half title (name of previous owner also on half title), card covers as issued with slight wear and a few dust marks, but generally extremely good.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

UK: Elkin Mathews/John Lane, 1893. Two volumes: First series published 1893 (one of an edition of 600) and illustrated by Ricketts (all plates present with tissue guards), green cloth with gilt decorations (rose petals and heart with angel), small black spots to front board at bottom, spine ends/corners pushed and rubbed, top edge gilt (dulled and dusty), dust to rough-trimmed edges, affixed to front pastedown and first free endpaper is the text of 'A Poet's Grave' with a quote from De Tabley, internally generally good; Second series published 1895 (one of an edition of 550 for England), not illustrated, same cover design, spine darkened, rubbing/fraying to spine ends and corners, dust to edges, browning/spotting to endpapers, internally generally good with some splitting to hinges and strain to stitching.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by C S Ricketts.

Australia: The Author, 1986. Signed by author to title page, dated 1986. Almost very good, some wear/marks to lamination of card covers. Black and white photographs.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

UK: Headland Publications, 1987. Second edition, 1987, edited with introduction and notes by Gladys Mary Coles who has signed the title page (she has also inscribed and signed the half-title), very good with mild rubbing to corners and fading to spine and adjacent areas. Except for the introduction, the printing is of typescript, presumably to ensure accuracy.. Signed by Editor. New Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Market Drayton, Shropshire: Tern Press, 1989. Illustrated with wood engravings by Nicholas Parry, Second Edition of this rare short story, No. 37 of an edition limited to 100 copies, signed by the artist. Printed in Caslon on Zerkall mould made paper and bound in decorated boards with a buff spine strip. Internally very good, but the boards show wear and marking to the edges, the paper title to the front is rubbed and marked, as is the title to the spine, from which most of the word 'Webb' has been erased by an indentation.. Signed by Artist. Limited. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Nicholas Parry.

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923. First edition in good used condition, Thornton Butterworth 1923, a serviceable reading copy with wear and browning, dust to edges, but intact and sound; re-bound in brown cloth with the title cloth strip laid onto spine; new endpapers; small brown marks and perforations to prelims; illustrated with sepia photographs.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

UK: T Fisher Unwin, 1924. Ex-library, perforated library stamp to title page, catalogue number to verso, other neat ink stamps, large format maroon cloth with gilt lettering (dulled to spine), fan design in blue and gilt to front, some rubbing and marking to cloth, spine ends and corners pushed and rubbed, top of spine frayed with small cracks, edges dusty, some smudging to a few pages, internally substantially very good, with copious photographic illustrations. Heavy item: extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

UK: Privately Printed, 1914. Large format bound in blue cloth, ex-library with sticker, stamps, numbers to prelims, reference number to spine, wear/rubbing to spine ends and lower edge, contents including plates generally very good, some finger marks to page edges. 107 plates plus fold-out charts. Heavy book - will incur extra postage charges.. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: Kenneth Mason, 1987. First hardback printing signed by author and dated 16 June 1987 to front free endpaper, very good book with some signs of wear, internally very good; dust-wrapper has some rubbing, marking and a small nick to front, title faded from spine and front cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Caligula Books, 1974. Caligula Books no. 6; illustrated poetry pamphlet; attractive tissue endpapers with floral design; predominantly very good (some marking to card covers). Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Steve Wheatley.

UK: Chatto, 1994 Writings on art, politics and sexuality 1969-93, signed by author on title page, cover photograph of White by Robert Mapplethorpe, a slight mark to fep, one or two dust marks to edges, otherwise a near fine copy, d/w has minor marks and creases, but is predominantly clean and bright. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1988. No. 212 of a limited edition of 500, published for an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery 1988, 16 silk screen images by Kate Whiteford on Velin Arches paper. Virtually fine in large grey card wrappers with minimal rubbing/marking.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Large paperback (758 pages) in very good condition, copiously illustrated. Slight rubbing/creasing to corners. Extra postage required for despatch outside UK.