Search Results: Authors starting with W from Lucius Books

London: Constable and Co. Ltd. 1930. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, lacking the rare dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The contents are entirely complete, without loose or torn pages and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. (Hubin; Cooper and Pike, 2nd edition p.297) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: George G. Harrap and Company. 1913. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Deluxe limited edition, signed by the illustrator. Publisher's original vellum-covered boards with titles and illustrations in gilt to the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Lavishly and profusely illustrated with 8 mounted colour plates, colour lithographs and black and white line drawings throughout by Willy Pogany, with some of the text and drawings being accented with brown, blue and green. A near fine copy, the binding firm, the boards only very slightly bowed. The contents, with very faint spotting to the prelims, are otherwise entirely complete and clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original illustrated box which is worn at the edges, with one side of the bottom half split at the corners. A beautiful, scarce edition. This deluxe issue was issued in a limited edition of 525 copies, this example numbered… Read More

London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton. 1810. Second edition. Second edition. Contemporary calf with gilt titles on a red panel to the spine. Gilt decoration the the board edges. A very good copy, the leather a little rubbed, the inner and outer hinges starting to crack slightly, but the binding remains firm. The lightly foxed contents, lacking the fold out map, are otherwise complete and free of previous owners' stamps and inscriptions. The Quaker philanthropist and writer Priscilla Wakefield was well known in her time as a writer of non-fiction books for children, but is of particular modern interest due to her book 'Reflection on the Present Condition of the Female Sex; with Suggestions for its Improvement' which can be described as a very early feminist work. This title imagines a trip across America in letter form. Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our… Read More

London: Geo. B. Whittaker. 1825. First edition. First edition. Author's presentation copy. Rebound in nineteenth-century purple cloth with gilt red morocco title label to the spine. Illustrated with 3 hand-coloured plates (complete). A very good copy, the binding square and tight with rubbing to the boards, fading to the spine and loss to the title label. The contents with two plates trimmed to the margin at the foot (causing the loss of the imprint to one) and scattered foxing to the text pages (heavier to pp.25-49), are otherwise in good order, the hand-coloured plates remain bright. Inscribed in ink to the head of the title page: "To Mrs Valpy with the / authoress's kind regards / Jan 4 / 1826". Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1832) was a Quaker philanthropist, social reformer, proponent of female education and writer of numerous works on natural science. She was also the author of the notable feminist work "Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex; with… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape. 1980. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. A paperback original. Publisher's brown card covers with black and white photographic illustration and titles in orange and white to the upper cover. A lovely fine, clean and tight copy, without inscriptions or stamps. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1969. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Review copy. Publisher's original quarter brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine and brown paper covered boards, in the Leigh Taylor illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and tight with a touch of bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Publisher's purple paper review slip loosely inserted. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has some toning to the spine and is otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (21s / £1.05 net to the lower front flap). Signed by Derek Walcott in black ink on the title page. The Saint Lucia born, Nobel Prize winning poet and playwright's seventh collection of poetry (the fourth to be published in the UK). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact… Read More

London: Neville Spearman.� 1959. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and two black and white photographic plates. 8pp. of related illustrated advertisements at the rear. Blind-stamp for The Centaur Press to the half title page and publishing details for the press affixed to the title page, presumably indicating their role as distributors of the work, as this does not obscure the existing Spearman imprint. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with toning to the endpapers and some faint spotting to the edges of the textblock are otherwise in very good order throughout. Complete with the very good lightly-soiled dustwrapper which has a few short tears to the head of the spine panel and some shelf wear to the extremities. Not price-clipped (21s. net to the front flap).� The first edition of this wide-ranging mid… Read More

London: A. and C. Black. 1942. First edition. First edition. Publisher's original orange cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in the Serge Drigin illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with four full page black and white plates by Serge Drigin. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with minor bumping at the extremities. The contents, with spotting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of closed tears but remains without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (5s net to the lower front flap). The second title in a small series of highly regarded World War Two novels by Rowland Walker which chronicle the events of the different Military services and are notable for containing the actual names of those involved and dates of operations. The author was, with the publication of 'Dastral of the Flying Corps' in 1918, one of the first servicemen to write flying… Read More

London: A. and C. Black. 1942. First edition. First edition. Publisher's original blue cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in the Alfred Sindall illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further plates in black and white by Alfred Sindall. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the extremities. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears and a small chip to the upper spine fold. Not price-clipped (5s net to the lower front flap). An attractive example. The third title in a small series of highly regarded World War Two novels by Rowland Walker which chronicle the events of the different Military services and are notable for containing the actual names of those involved and dates of operations. The author was, with the publication of 'Dastral of the Flying Corps' in 1918, one of the first servicemen… Read More

London: George Allen and Unwin. 1959. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with silver titles, lacking the dustwrapper. A near very good copy, lightly rubbed to the board edges and with afew light marks and indentations. The contents are complete and clean throughout but with a previous owner's signature and a little spotting / browning to the front free endpaper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1935. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original light blue mottled paper covered boards with illustration and titles in dark blue to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 16 plates in black and white (on gloss paper) and line drawings throughout the text by Dorothy Wall. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and corners, the boards bright and fresh. The contents, with a small bookseller's stamp to the bottom of the front endpaper, a gift inscription to the upper left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the dustwrapper flap) and heavy toning to the half title and the last page are otherwise clean throughout. One of the plates was folded to the lower margin (in production) and now has two crease lines not affecting the illustration. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has tiny closed tears and chips at… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1935. Second printing of the 1933 first edition. Second printing of the 1933 first edition. Publisher's original light blue mottled paper covered boards with illustration and titles in brown to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 13 plates in brown and white (on gloss paper) and line drawings throughout the text by Dorothy Wall. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and corners, the boards bright and fresh. The contents, with a small bookseller's stamp to the bottom of the front endpaper, and some spotting to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has tiny closed tears and chips at the spine tips and fold corners (secured with tape to the underside). An attractive example, distinctly uncommon in the dustwrapper. The New Zealand born author and illustrator's first book to… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1937. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pictorial boards. Illustrated with 22 full page drawings in brown and many other smaller drawings throughout the text. A very good copy, the binding firm with some rubbing and nicks to the extremities, the corners and board edges a little bumped, the spine a touch faded. The contents, with a gift inscription dated 'Xmas 1938' to the black reverse of the pictorial front endpaper and some dustiness to the text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Scarce. The third book in the Blinky series. (Muir 7831) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1935. Second printing of the 1934 first edition. Second printing of the 1934 first edition. Publisher's original light brown mottled paper covered boards with illustration and titles in green to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 16 plates in black and white (on gloss paper) and line drawings in black throughout the text by Dorothy Wall. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and corners, the boards bright and fresh. The contents, with heavy toning to the half title and final page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a few closed tears at the fold corners (secured with tape to the underside). An attractive example, distinctly uncommon in the dustwrapper. The second of the New Zealand born author and illustrator's books to feature the anthropomorphic koala Blinky Bill. (Muir 7825). Further details and images for any of the items… Read More

London: Hutchinson. 1930. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding clean, the contents with spotting but without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the scarce original dustwrapper which is rubbed and nicked to the extremities and with a few scuffs to the darkened spine. Correctly priced 7/6 to the front flap. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. [1925]. First edition. First edition. Original light blue cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and bright The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of small chips at the head of the spine. Correctly priced 3/6 net to the spine. An attractive example, scarce in the dustwrapper. A collection of eight short stories and the only title by Edgar Wallace to make the Queen's Quorum list. It is also a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. The American edition was published in 1929 under the title "The Murder Book of J. G. Reeder". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Calstock: Peterloo Poets. 1995. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original illustrated card wrappers. A very good or better copy, the binding square and tight with minor shelf wear to the extremities. The contents with a very few small dots of foxing to the page edges are otherwise clean throughout and free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Signed and inscribed by Wallace in black ink on the title page: "To Pat / with hope + peace. / Naomi Wallace / 2002". The author's first published collection. A scarce signature. Provenance: from the library of the multi-award winning poet Pat Borthwick. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Collins, The Crime Club. 1931. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original orange cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding clean and unfaded, the contents spotted but without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which has small chips at the spine tips and some darkening to the top half of the spine and panel edges. Correctly price 7/6net to the spine. Scarce in the first edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Manchester: Carcanet. 2008. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original illustrated card wrappers. A near fine copy, the binding tight with just very minor shelf wear to the extremities. The contents are clean throughout and free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the title page: "For Pat, / Aldburgh, 2011: / warmest greetings / Chris Wallace-Crabbe". Provenance: from the library of the multi-award winning poet Pat Borthwick. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Lindsay Drummond, Ltd. 1946. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original light brown cloth with black lettering and blocking to the spine and front panel, in the John Heartfield designed dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. There is a little rubbing to spine tips and some minor toning to the spine panel and outer edges. The contents are clean without inscriptions of stamps, with some light spotting to the page block edges and to the margins of a few pages within. The dustwrapper shows some minor toning and soiling, the spine a little darkened. There is a half-centimetre patch of loss to the head of the spine and a name written in blue ink to the rear panel. A generous anthology, featuring prose and poetry by a host of writers including Keith Douglas, Lawrence Durrell, G. S. Fraser, Sidney Keyes, and Olivia Manning. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our… Read More