Search Results: Authors starting with W from Keel Row Books

New York; Burlyman Entertainment, 2014., 2014. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. [unpaginated]. Illustrated throughout in colour cartoon-strip. Publisher's soft card pictorial wraps. An exceptionally neat, bright copy; appears unread. Fine condition. Graphic novel by the writers and directors of the Matrix films, The Wachowski Sisters, in which Frankenstein's creature is resurrected once more in a never-ending battle between good and evil.

Bakewell; Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2016., 2016. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover large quarto, pp. xxx, [2], 323, [1]. Numerous tables and figures throughout text, including many photographs in colour. Pictorial card wraps. Very slight creasing at upper joint and laminate beginning to peel at edge of lower board; no annotation or inscriptions. A Near Fine copy. Detailed study of the excavations on the Northumberland coast which uncovered Mesolithic and Bronzde Age finds. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach; Donning Company, 1997 & 1998., 1997. Hard Cover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS: each of only 1500 copies. Volumes One and Two 1997, Volume Three 1998. Matching set in harlequin colours. Quarto, unpaginated with colour comic-strip illustrations throughout. Green, red and white faux leather bindings with gilt titles to spine and upper boards, each housed in colour appropriate matching slipcase, with gilt titles to upper face Volume One and others plain. Clean bright copies, each with pictorial Limitation plate to front paste-down signed by the Author. Slipcases lightly scuffed with very minor staining to one face of white case. Near Fine in Very Good slipcases. The three first volumes of Mage: The Hero Discovered. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; William Rider & Son, Ltd., 1922., 1922. Original Wrappers. FIRST EDITION THUS. Softcover, small octavo, pp. 75, [1], [2] publisher's catalogue, paginated to include front cover. Limp orange cloth with russet titles to upper cover and spine. Slight water damage to lower portion of upper cover and page block edges, with minor soiling. Light sunning to spine and previous owner's name written in pencil to upper cover. A neat, bright copy; Very Good condition. Part of the 'Mystics and Occultists' series. Rare biography of the life and work of the Catalonian author and polymath, Ramon Llull, who, amongst many other achievements, developed the esoteric philosophy Lullism.

London; Philip Allan & Co Ltd, 1931., 1931. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp 317. Original blue cloth with yellow titles to spine and yellow ruled border to upper board. Edges rubbed; small stain to upper board and crease top edge of lower board. Ownership inscription in pencil to front pastedown dated July 1958. Inner front hinge split; scattered foxing, mainly to early and late leaves. A Good copy. 13 supernatural short stories including "Frontier Guards". Scarce. 68

London; J. Wallis, circa [1810]., 1810. Hard Cover. 12 mo (approx 14.5 x 10 cm), pp. [4] comprising title-page and contents, followed by 43 hand-coloured maps as called for, of which one double-page (Yorkshire) plus the additional Isle of Wight map (not included in plate listing) making a total of 44. Maps printed recto only. Re-backed retaining the original marbled boards and black title label gilt to upper board. Calf lightly scuffed. A little light foxing & offsetting, otherwise clean & bright. A Very Good copy. Pocket-size volume of county maps, with details such as turnpike roads marked with their destinations, and significant settlements and topographical features.

London; Andre Deutsch, 1976., 1976. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [12], [1]-228. Publishers' two-tone cloth: black spine with gilt titles and mustard boards, in unclipped orange dust-jacket. Spine tips rubbed and lower corner of lower board slightly bumped; top edge very slightly foxed. Contents clean and bright; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket moderately spine-sunned, and a little surface scuffed. A Very Good copy in like jacket. Second novel by the award-winning American author and activist. Set in the 1960s and 70s, the novel features Meridian Hill, a young woman at college who embraces the civil rights movement, with lifelong consequences.

London; Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1930., 1930. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 592. 33 captioned images to 16 plates; 13 illustrations throughout text, including 7 maps and 2 plans. Publishers' tan cloth with black titles to spine and company crest to upper board, in printed price-clipped dust-jacket. Edges lightly rubbed; text-block edge a little foxed; contents clean and crisp with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket toned to spine with minor nicks & creases top edge. A very well preserved crisp copy: Near Fine in like jacket. The War history of the oldest and most famous of territorial regiments, which received its Royal Charter in 1537,much earlier than any regiment of the regular army. The First Battalion sailed for France in September 1914 followed by the Second in October 1916, while two Horse Artillery batteries sailed for Egypt in 1915, and two second-line batteries and a siege battery served in France.

London; Lomgman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co, 1835-1845., 1835. 13 maps from the Walker's County Maps series, variously dated between 1835 and 1845 (only Durham is undated). Each approximately 42 x 34 cm, dissected into 15 parts, mounted onto linen and folded into pebbled cloth covers (approx 12.5 x 9 cm) in shades of mainly green and brown. Decorative printed paper title labels to upper boards. Principal roads are marked in colour and county boundaries are hand coloured in outline. Useful information tables to inner front covers showing town populations, market days etc and distance tables. Covers only very lightly rubbed to edge; initials of former owner inscribed to linen verso of each. A little minor toning and foxing otherwise a remarkably clean set. Near Fine. Each map is scarce, so it is unusual to find a run of Walker's County Maps obviously having been together since they were printed, especially in such uniformly fine condition.

London; G W Partridge & Co, 1886., 1886. Hardcover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 146 pp. Book condition: Very Good. Original blindstamped black cloth gilt with minimal wear to corners. Inner front hinge split; associated loosening of ffep and frontis for lower 7 inches; overall condition VG. Presentation copy with inscription from the author (signed "Mrs Sarah Ford, Yours Faithfully, Theodore Walker 1886") to ffep. Endpapers toned otherwise very clean. Frontispiece of The Square in Constantinople plus seven plates. Scarce.

London; L. Upcott Gill, circa [1895], 1895. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. viii, 504. 32 full-page engraved plates of which 15 are chromolithographs; 27 figures within text. Half dark chocolate-brown polished calf with gilt titles and fillets to spine and cloth-covered boards; re-cased retaining original spine and boards. Lower joint repaired; very slight loss at head of spine; boards lightly scuffed, with dent to edge of upper board. Lower board a little mottled. Front free endpaper a little creased; scattered occasional foxing. Contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Detailed guide to the outdated Victorian practice of the capturing and keeping native British species of bird. Detailed instructions on their management and accommodation in aviaries and cages, including their habits, breeding, methods of capture, food, tricks they can be taught, and illnesses they might suffer. Scarce.

London; Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891., 1891. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi, 541 pp, [1], [2] advertisements. Photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue guard plus 89 full page plates and 24 illustrations in text. 8 fold-out maps in colour. Book Condition: Very Good. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette to upper board; black endpapers. Cover cloth a little rubbed to edges and bumped to upper corners but clean and bright. A handsome example of the agricultural classic; subject matter covers crops, Merino sheep and other breeds, cattle and the meat trade, and pests such as rabbits.

London; Edward Stanford, 1861., 1861. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xix, [1], 258, [2], [16] (advertisements). 2 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece, plus 18 coloured plates of strata of which 5 are fold-out. Map of Alston Moor to pocket to lower board. Original blind-stamped diced burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spine sunned, and creased at tips. Armorial bookplate to front paste-down; no annotation or inscriptions. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and catalogue, and edge of textblock; a few leaves corner creased. 4 cm tear to Plate IX at hinge, affecting margin rather than illustration. Rare. Wallace's classic study of the lead mining region in North East England including the formation of the deposits and detailed accounts of individual veins in the district.

Glendale, AZ; Dick Wallen Productions/ Ben Franklin Press, 2001., 2001. Hard Cover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Landscape quarto, pp. v, 395. Lavishly illustrated throughout including several plates in colour. Publishers' black faux-leather with inset pictorial cover plate onlay to upper board, and gilt titles to spine and upper board. Housed in matching printed pictorial slipcase. Lower corners rubbed. Address label of former owner to front paste-down with inscribed dates; bold Author's signature to ffep without dedication; ffep corner creased otherwise contents clean and bright. Slipcase bumped at spine tips with associated repairs. A Very Good copy in like slipcase. A comprehensive and heavily illustrated history of the Mighty Midgets, the popular small cars adventurously raced in California motorsports from 1914 up to the 1950s. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Fortune Press, [1941]., 1941. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo, pp. 51, [1]. Publishers' red cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped grey dust-jacket. Spine lightly rubbed at tips and gilt dull; contents clean. Gift inscribed by the Author to his mother: "From John, Mother, May 7th 42" to ffep. Jacket lightly spine sunned with very minor loss at tail. A Near Fine copy on Very Good jacket. The Author's first book, which no doubt made the recipient very proud! Scarce.

Oxford; Holywell Press, 1941., 1941. Original Wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY. LIMITED EDITION; No. 112 of 307 numbered copies. Softcover octavo, pp. [12]. Stapled printed cream card wraps. Covers lightly toned & soiled with very minor foxing. Presentation inscription and limitation number to verso title page: "To John Pudney from John Waller, 4 March 1949". A Very Good copy. Verse by the Cairo Poets group member.

London; Harper Collins Children's Books, 2011., 2011. Hard Cover. SIGNED. Octavo, pp. 299, [5]. Illustrated throughout by Tony Ross. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial jacket. A clean, bright copy, boldly SIGNED by the Author to title page. A Fine book in like jacket. Ben hates staying at his boring Grandmas house, until he discovers her alter-ego! A gloriously funny novel by the much-loved best selling children's author, brought to life with illustrations by Tony Ross.

London; Harper Collins Children's Books, 2014., 2014. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED. Octavo, pp. 238. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Publisher's laminated pictorial boards in unclipped pictorial jacket. Very light bruising to spine tips. Boldly SIGNED without dedication and INSCRIBED by the Author "Does my BUM look BIG in this?" to ffep. Extremely light sunning to jacket spine. Near Fine copy in like jacket. The Author's first novel, lovingly illustrated throughout by the iconic Quentin Blake. A wonderful tale of tolerance and being different; a modern classic.

London; Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015., 2015. Hard Cover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large square quarto, pp. [32] unpaginated. Colourfully illustrated throughout by Tony Ross. Publisher's laminated pictorial boards in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A clean, neat copy, boldly SIGNED by the author to ffep. A Fine book in like jacket. A cautionary tale about a cheeky polar bear club who just doesn't know when to stop. Hilarious picture-book by the much-loved best-selling children's author, brought to life with illustrations by Tony Ross.

London; Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015., 2015. Mass Market Paperback. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, second impression. Softcover landscape quarto, pp. [32] unpaginated. Colourfully illustrated throughout by Tony Ross. Publisher's laminated pictorial card wraps. A clean, neat copy, boldly SIGNED by the author to pp. 1. A Fine copy. Originally produced for Comic Relief, the bored Queen asks for an orang-utan for her birthday, causing chaos in Buckingham Palace. A hilarious picture-book by the much-loved best selling children's author, brought to life with illustrations by Tony Ross.