Search Results: Authors starting with W from Clearwater Books

St. Martin's Press, New York, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first American edition, issue the same year as the UK edition. 8vo. xxxi, 402pp. Blue rexine boards lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. A virtually fine copy of Reilly's exhaustive and essential Great War poetry bibliography, the writing of which took four years and won her a fellowship of the Library Association. No dust wrapper called for..

The Penmiel Press, Esher, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, designed and printed by Edward Burrett at the Penmiel Press on Basingwerk Parchment and limited to 110 numbered copies, signed by the printer-publisher [this being #108]. Slim 8vo. 15pp sewn into plain card wrappers with an integral marbled paper dust wrapper and a mounted title plate. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a reproduction of an Eric Ravilious wood engraving. A virtually fine copy of this ten-page interview with the noted cricket journalist, followed by a brief note by the printer ("[he] is 'seventy-five - not out' and catching up fast!"), Uncommon. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 192pp. Blue cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. A narrow strip of very light toning to the front free endpaper, and a touch of spotting to the final text leaf. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the front endpaper. A very good copy in slightly rubbed, chafed and dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a short tear to the base of the front panel. The Anglo-Irish author's first novel..

Robert Hale Ltd., London, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 187pp. Black cloth lettered in green at the spine and with a small silver-stamped vignette. Some uneven toning to the front free endpaper. Very good indeed in chafed, spotted, rubbed and a little nicked non-price-clipped dust wrapper. An uncommon crime novel..

The Gregynog Press, Newtown, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first edition with these illustrations, which comprise a title page decoration and eleven delightful colour chapter header decorations. Number 43 of 250 hand-set copies, printed and bound at the Gregynog Press. 4to. 125pp. Terracotta-brown cloth lettered in gold at the spine with a gilt-stamped stag vignette to the upper board. Cloth a little marked and soiled, with some rubbing to the spine ends and several corner tips. Some spotting, mostly marginal, to the final eight leaves, and a small area of browning to the base of the backstrip, suggesting a small sticker was once in situ. A very nice copy, particularly crisp internally. Former owner name neatly inked to the front free endpaper. Originally published in 1897, Fortescue's story is told from the point-of-view of an Exmoor deer and was written for his nine-year-old nephew. Thirty years later Fortescue would pen the introduction to another celebrated Devon nature… Read More

University of Toronto Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 199pp. Beige cloth with white lettering to the spine. Covers bumped at two corners. A very nice copy in dust wrapper, faded at the spine panel and with a single short tear and a minimal area of loss to the front panel. Chapters on Hardy, Mrs Gaskell, J.C.Powys, D.H.Lawrence, R.D.Blackmore, Sir Walter Scott, Emily Bronte &c..

Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1938. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition (never reprinted) - this copy inscribed by the author on the title page to an un-named recipient. 8vo. 240pp. Blue ribbed cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gilt-stamped vignette to the upper board. With map-illustrated endpapers and various plates and illustrations in the text. Cloth a little marked and chafed at extremities, with a five millimetre nick to the base of the upper board and a little resulting creasing. An area of miscellaneous staining to the top edge, encroaching just a fraction of upper margins of occasional text leaves, and some very light sporadic fox-spotting and margin soiled. Quite a nice crisp copy of an uncommon book in the uncommon pictorial dust wrapper, non-price-clipped, but a little tanned and spotted with an inch of loss from the head of the spine panel and a fraction or two more from various extremities. A delightful portrayal of the North Devon village… Read More

Printed for the author by Regency Press, London, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo. 40pp stapled into glossy wrappers. In virtually fine state. Twelve Great War poems penned and privately printed by Robert William Moss, Lance-Corporal 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps and later Second Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps, repeatedly decorated for gallantry. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Hutchinson, London, 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 320pp + xxxii publisher's catalogue at rear. Brown cloth, gilt lettered and ruled at the spine and with a double blind-stamped border to the upper board. Covers a little soiled and marked. Endpapers browned. A good, bright copy. No dust wrapper. "With the Publisher's Compliments" inkstamp to the title page. A novel of the Great War, based upon experiences with a Lowland Scottish Territorial Regiment..

Longman, London, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 224pp. Two-tone cloth with blue lettering to the spine. A fine copy in very slightly marked non-price-clipped dust wrapper with a single short closed tear to the front panel. Attractive former owner bookplate. Two newspaper clippings laid-in..

John Hamilton Ltd., London [1928]., 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), preceding the Australian edition by four years. 8vo. 320pp. Dark blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board, and with the publisher's blue top edge stain. With twenty-six black and white captioned photographs and a three-panel folding colour map tipped to a blank concluding leaf. A touch of light wear to several extremities, a little toning to the free endpapers, and a touch of light spotting to occasional leaf margins. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Uncommon in this correct first edition state..

The Unicorn Press, London November, 1898. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo. Card wrappers, a little rubbed and nicked at the yapped edges with some darkening and just a little chipping to the spine. A good bright copy of this very early Gibson contribution, preceding the publication of his first book by four years. With a laid-in photogravure after Holbein's painting 'The Merchant George Gisze', and a laid-in colour portrait of Henry Irving by Gordon Craig. This issue also includes contributions from T.W.H.Crosland (four fables), Albrecht Altdorfer (five woodcuts and engravings), Christine Rossetti ('Mirage'. A song set to music by Harold Thorp), Louis Barsac (his poem 'Vision') and A.H.Holmes ('The Fancy and the Fact'. A story)..

Atlantic / Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 338pp. Paper-covered red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Map-illustrated endpapers. Former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. A virtually fine copy in very good dust wrapper (from the English edition), just a little rubbed at the head and base of the spine panel..

Macmillan, London, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 50pp. Pictorial boards featuring a striking design by Victor Reinganum, repeated on the dust wrapper. A fine copy in virtually fine price-clipped dust wrapper designed by Victor Reinganum..

Northern House Pamphlet Poets, Leeds, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Eleven poems by Wainwright stapled into very slightly soiled card wrappers and issued as the fourteenth number in the Northern House Pamphlet Poets series. Very good. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Faber, London, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 89pp. Blue boards lettered in silver at the spine. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK edition (first printing), issued two years after the considerably more common US edition. 8vo. 326pp. Orange cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with the publisher's black top edge dye and pictorial endpapers. A small area of light miscellaneous staining to the base of the upper board. A virtually fine copy in slightly rubbed and dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by Bill Botten, with a small area of corresponding internal staining. Former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A one-page foreword by the author precedes 'What the Twilight Says: An Overture', plus his plays 'The Sea at Dauphin', 'Ti-Jean and His Brothers', 'Malcochon, or The Six in the Rain' and 'Dream on Monkey Mountain'..

Faber, London, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. 164pp. White cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board. A touch of very light wear to the spine ends. A very good copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just a touch of corresponding wear to the spine panel ends and a short crease to the front flap..

The Hand & Flower Press, 'Poems in Pamphlet' series, Kent, 1951. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Thirty pages (paginated 99-128) stapled into slightly tanned card wrappers. A short crease to the rear corner, staples rusted and the tip of one text leaf missing. This copy inscribed by the author ("Bob") to Arthur [Calder-Marshall] and dated 1962. Laid-in is a four-sided hand-written letter from the author to Calder-Marshall. The fourth issue of the Poems in Pamphlet series. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Printed for private circulation by The Longman Group Ltd., Harlow, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First editipn. 79pp. Glosy card wrappers, with just a hint of tanning to the margins. Illustratd with photographs and reproductions. Top edge lightly spotted. A very good copy of this history of the noted UK publishing house. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..