Search Results: Authors starting with W from BookAddiction

London, UK: Omega Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Willis, G; Holding, R E. viii, 152pp, central section of colour plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Page margins just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has small closed tear at top front, has shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Designed to enable anyone to recognise and readily distinguish the birds on the British list by a system of elimination somewhat similar to that adopted in 'Our Country Flowers'.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge, At the University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reprint. lxxii, 208pp, with some facsimile productions of the original manuscript. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 12mo. Boards a little dull, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Ex lending library with usual markings, including spine label. Top edge dust marked. Faint and occasional spotting and some pencil underlining and pencilled notes on last leaf.

Titan Books, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Skroce, Steve; Darrow, Geof. 485pp, richly illustrated in colour throughout. Black cloth-covered boards, metallic green lettering on spine. 4to. A large and heavy volume which will incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Boards a little bruised at spine tips. Dust jacket mildly bumped and rubbed on edges and corners, slightly rubbed and cracked at spine ends, small indentation at top of rear inner flap.

Manchester, UK: World Distributors, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Claxton, Robert (designer). 78pp, with many colour and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout and illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated paper-covered boards; white titles on front, black titles on spine. 4to. Spine and corners rubbed with minor paper loss. Light wear to boards. Gift inscription in pen on contents page. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Articles (animals, science, fashion, gardening, sport, etc) and activities (puzzles, things to make and do, a competition, etc.) for children.

London, UK: Camden History Society, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 142pp, several illustrations and photographs. all in-text and black and white. Laminated printed light card covers. Tex block edges slightly sunned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. The story of a Charitable Trust founded 300 years ago to benefit the poor of Hampstead - the first assets were six acres of Hampstead Heath, which spawned valuable residential estate, and the Trust now hands over half a million pounds to the poor of Hampstead - whose numbers include the sick, the elderly, young unemployed, refugees and others who need help not provided by the State.

London, UK: Geographia. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated (circa 1970s). 128pp, some black and white photographic plates. Pictorial light card covers. 12mo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

Exeter, UK: British Agricultural History Society, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 214pp, a handful of maps and black and white photographs. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges, small fold bottom corner of front cover. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Presents a comprehensive reassessment of agricultural change during the period 1700-1870 examining the agricultural revolution from the ground up.

UK: Pen and Sword, 2016. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. 160pp plus 8pp plate illustrations. Indexed. 8vo. Traces the development of the struggle for equality and equal status for women in the UK's police forces, prisons and criminal justice system, largely through biographical studies of individual officers. As new condition throughout. 8vo

London, UK: J M Dent & Sons, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Wadia, Ardaser Sorabjee N. 112pp, twenty tissued guarded black and white photographic plates (inc. frontispiece). Multi-colour cloth-covered boards, blue titles on front and spine. Bumped extremities. Black felt tip mark on bottom (may be remnant mark). Top text block edge sprayed purple, remaining edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to.

London, UK: Cassell & Co, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 288pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine and top edges, lightly rubbed spine ends. Some soiling to boards. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Prelims foxing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Nicolson & Watson, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 232pp. In red cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth is worn and faded, moderately rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, with a few mild marks. Small paper scar at top of front hinge. Gift inscription, dated 1944, on front free endpapers. Slight soiling to text block and page edges. An examination of the Second World War campaigns in Sicily and Southern Italy based on the contributions of two war correspondents.

London, UK: Isbister, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xvi, 366pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Spine sunned and bumped ends. Bottom corners bumped. Gilt top edge; remaining edges untrimmed. Decorated endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo.

New York, NY, USA: Cosmopolitan Books, 1972. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 198pp. Purple cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front, purple endpapers, four full page line drawn illustrations. 8vo. Heavily sun-faded spine and board edges, small closed tear in rear joint, lightly rubbed spine ends, corners rubbed with cloth starting to fray; slightly cupped. Top text block edge lightly foxed, remaining edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

UK: William Heinemann, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rackham, Arthur. Both volumes first trade editions (preceded in the same year by a vellum-bound, signed, limited edition). 180pp, 160pp with 36 tipped-in colour plates in volume 1 and 30 in volume 2, all with captioned tissue-guards. Plates complete. Contains the text of Wagner's mammoth opera. Illustrated with headpieces. Characters' names in gothic font. Original tan buckram boards with extensive gilt decoration and lettering (a little worn, rubbed at corners and spine ends, a few mild marks). Internally a little faint foxing, previous owner's inscriptions, dated 1957, on both front free endpapers. Richly decorated, elegant endpapers. Nice set. A large and heavy set which will incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Reasonable offers welcome.

Cape Town, South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxx, 250pp [10]. Tipped in colour frontispiece and occasional further illustrations and maps in text. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. 8vo. Cloth very gently rounded at spine ends. Text block edges a little toned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, illustrated, dust jacket, lightly bumped on edges with a mildly sunned spine. This volume gives a full account of the journeys of the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg in the years between 1838 and 1856 in pursuit of scientific specimens in the interior of southern Africa, particularly Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, Namibia and Botswana. English translations of his original journals and letters are accompanied by analysis and commentary, providing a Swedish perspective on a history more usually told from an English, French or German perspective.

London, UK: Fountain Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 94pp with black and white illustrations in text and central section of monochrome plate illustrations. In pale brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Speckled text block edges. 16mo. Ex library with withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper, discreet stamp on copy right page and remnant of pocket on front pastedown. A couple of mild marks on cloth. A neat and tidy little volume forming a complete guide to filming and visual recording of family events and milestones, 1960s style.

London, UK: Macmillan, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 78pp. Orange cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. A collection of Wain's long poems to five artists, each of whom is a personal friend.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 224pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear.

London, UK: The Hogarth Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. x, 340pp. Printed card covers. Chipped around edges. Top right corner and first few pages mildly dog-eared. Spine curved, but not cracked. Lightly tanned pages toward edge of text block. 8vo.

London, UK: George Bell and Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. viii, two colour fold-out map, 160pp, xlviii, [8]pp publisher's ads. Green cloth-covered boards; dark blue publisher's logo on front, dark blue titles on front and spine; rear board cracked, some light soiling. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed extremities. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers starting to tan. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.