Search Results: Authors starting with W from Julian Roberts Fine Books

Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Dark red boards with gilt titles. Geometric patterned dustwrapper by William Belper. A near fine copy with clean boards. No marks to textblock edges. Usual toning to leaves & dustwrapper offsetting to endpaper o/w fine. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is complete with some light edgewear to extremities & a couple of short closed tears. Original price of 13s6dnet on front flap. An attractive copy importantly without the heavy toning to spine. The novel which was the basis for the 1963 classic film with Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie. Yorkshire teenager, Billy Fisher is unable to stop lying especially to this three girlfriends; he is trapped in his boring job and living with his working class parents - he dreams of Ambrosia, the name he has given for his fictional idyllic country where he will release the shackles of his everyday.

D. C. Thomson, 1959. Red pictorial boards. A very good+ copy with clean and bright boards. Wear to extremities. Internally very clean. "This book belongs to..." completed. A very attractive copy of a 1950s Dandy annual.

Michael Joseph, 1981. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. Internally, appears unread with no inscriptions. The priceclipped fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean with no tears or chips. A lovely copy. Tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, even when those "quiet fields" are covered with snow. Sets out to prove there is still magic and a sense of peace in Britian's woods and fields.

Corgi, 1991. Signed by artist with drawing of Hedgehog to haltitle & loose large postcard sized letter from artist with another illustration - this time of a teddybear. First paperback edition. A very good+ copy with some edgewear to extremities. No loose or missing leaves. A lovely signed copy with original illustration. "One morning a small prickly animal awakes from his winter sleep - and can no longer who he is

Chapman & Hall, 1955. All first editions, first printings. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrappers by Val Biro. All housed in a dark blue slipcase with silk ribbon pull. A near fine set. Men at Arms - clean boards with clean edges. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has some light edgewear with a few short closed tears & a couple of small nicks. Not priceclipped with Publisher's war price label to front flap. Officer and Gentlemen - clean boards with light wear. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has light wear to extremities. Original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Unconditional surrender - clean boards with no marks to edges & no inscriptions. The dustwrapper has a hint of wear only. Original price of 18snet to front flap. A superb set with absolutely no fading to wrapper spines. Trilogy of novels about World War II largely based on Waugh's own experiences as an army officer. The protagonist is Guy Crouchback from an ancient Catholic family who finds new purpose… Read More

Chapman and Hall, 1957. First Edition, first printing. 8vo. 184pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper by Biro. A fine copy with clean boards & a little light foxing to leading edge - barely noticeable. No inscriptions. The fine dustwrapper is crisp & clean. Original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Waugh described this book as his 'mad book' - a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his Catholic author protagonist Gilbert Pinfold.

Chapman and Hall, 1960. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Brown & green map style dustwrapper. A near fine copy with no marks to boards. Light spotting to edges only o/w fine. No inscriptions. Clean leaves. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete with mild toning & wear to spine. Original price of 16snet on front flap. In the form of a travel diary, describing a tour of East Africa from January to April 1959.

Cassell, 1923. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 304pp. Green boards. First Issue Currey "A" binding with gilt lettered "Cassell" at foot of spine & printer's code of "F.200.123" on p.304. Buff dustwrapper with purple lettering. A near fine copy with clean boards.Internally clean with neat old ink name & date [1923] & offsetting to front endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. Some light occasional spotting to leading textblock edge. No spotting within text and appears unread. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete. Edgewear to extremities with a few short closed tears & some toning to spine. Original price of 7/6net on spine. An attractive copy of the first issue. Wells (80). Wells Society 85. Currey p.521. Referred to by Wells as a "scientific fantasy" - featuring a utopia located in a parallel universe.

Heinemann, 1898. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 303pp + 16pp ads. First Issue with 16pp of ads dated "Autumn 1897". Grey boards with black lettering to spine & front board. Housed in a bespoke quarter black morocco gilt clamshell case with raised bands. A near fine copy with very clean boards - no marks or rubbing. A hint of toning to spine. Internally complete and clean with old ink name & a few small spots to endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. A wonderful copy of this Nineteenth century cornerstone of science fiction. Wells 14. Hammond B5. Currey (2002) p426 Cat A. The Human Race is under threat - an army of invading Martians have landed in England; enormous three legged machines are roaming the country incinerating all that stands in their path.

Herbert Jenkins, 1920. First edition, first printing with 4pp of ads at rear. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. A very good copy with clean boards with no marks. Light edgewear only. Internally complete and clean. Neat old ink name to endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. No marks to textblock edges & none of the usual nasty fading/patchiness to the red spine. A very attractive copy. McIlvaine A23b. Set in New York and Connecticut involves a couple trying to retrieve their "perfect child" from the overbearing Mrs Porter to establish a normal family life; stuffed full of wonderful Wodehousian characters - the bossy aunt, a tetchy millionaire, a good natured boxer and an orotund English Butler.

Herbert Jenkins, 1922. First edition, first printing. first issue without the pebbled cloth - ie, smooth grain and with the correct first issue eight titles starting "Piccadilly Jime" and ending "The Girl.....". 8vo. Sage green boards with black illustrations & titles. A very good copy. Mild edgewear to extremities with some light fraying toward foot of rear hinge. Bumping & pushing to top left corner of rear board. Internally clean with no inscriptions. A very good copy with none of the usual toning to spine. McIlvaine A27a. A story of love, rivalry, revenge and fulfillment on the golf links.

Herbert Jenkins, 1939. First edition, first printing. First issue plum cloth with gilt titles to spine. Plum todedge. A very good+ copy with light edgewear to extremities. No marks to cloth. Internally clean with no inscriptions. A very good+ copy. McIlvaine A61b. Fifth Earl of Ickenham aka Uncle Fred, journeys to Blandings Castle to steal the Empress of Blandings before the ill tempered Duke of Dunstable can lay claim to her.

Herbert Jenkins, 1947. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Orange cloth with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Frank Ford. A near fine copy with clean boards. Internally clean with some light spots to textblock edge. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete with light edgewear to extremities. Not priceclipped with a Barrie & Jenkins £1.50 price label to front flap. An attractive copy of this timeless Blandings novel. McIlvaine A66b. Sixth full length novel set at Blandings Castle, the seat of Lord Emsworth. The Empress [pig] is to be painted, fearsome aunts & mad uncles abound mixed in with Freddie & Galahad Threepwood and Gally's godson, Billy Lister in hot pursuit of Prudence and the full moon is throwing up a lot of strange goings on.

Herbert Jenkins, 1939. Fifth printing. Orange boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Abbey with same artwork as the first printing. A near fine copy. Clean boards with no marks. Some occasional light spotting to edges. Internally clean and complete. No inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper has edgewear & nicking to extremities. Original price of 5/-net to front flap. McIlvaine A54A. Monty Bodkin attempts to woo Gertrude Butterwick on the R.M.S. Atlantic but is hugely distracted by Miss Lotus Blossum - the brightest star in Hollywood.

Herbert Jenkins, 1948. c1946. 8vo. Orange boards with black titles. Publishers illustrated dustwrapper with same artwork as the original. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Internally complete & clean with no inscriptions. No marks to textblock edges. The very good+ dustwrapper has edgewear and light nicking to extremities & a hint of lightening to spine. Original price of 5/-net to spine. Uncommon in dustwrapper even as a reprint. McIlvaine A31a. Ronald Psmith is always willing to help a damsel in distress and offers Eve Halliday his umbrella. Eve works for Lord Emsworth and Psmith imitates a poet to follow her down to Blandings Castle to woo her and so the fun begins.

Methuen, 1933. Eleventh edition. 8vo. Dark blue boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Spotting to edges. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper has light edgewear with tiniest nick to bottom right foot of spine. Unusually bright sunburst spine to wrapper with none of the commonplace fading. Original price of 1/-net to spine. Sam Shotter has settled in the sleepy suburb of Valley Fields and appears to have been unwittingly sitting on a small fortune and is smack bang next to the girl of his dreams!

Herbert Jenkins, 1940. Second printing. 8vo. Orange boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some foxing to edges o/w fine. No inscriptions and internally very clean indeed. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is complete with some light edgewear and a few very short closed tears. Original price label of 5/-net to spine. A very attractive early copy with none of the usual darkening to yellow hues in spine. When an imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country home near London it affects the lives of everyone.....!

Herbert Jenkins, 1924. First edition, first printing, first issue with 13 titles on verso of half title starting "A Damsel..." and ending "Leave it to Psmith". Green boards with black titles & illustration to front board. A very good+ copy. A few small light marks only. No chipping or splitting to cloth. Internally clean and complete with small neat ink name to endpaper. A few small light marks to endpapers which are original an unsplit. A very good+ copy. McIlvaine A32a. Ukridge is a schemer who will do anything to increase his capital - except of course, work.

Herbert Jenkins, 1959. First edition, first printing. 8vo. First issue red boards with black titles to spine (not the later issue blue/black boards with similar dustwrapper but priced at 7/6net). Pictorial dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. A sprinkle of spotting to prelims/edges. No inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper is complete with some edgewear and nicking to extremities. Original price of 12/6net on front flap. A very good copy of the true First Issue. McIlvaine A82b (1). A series of short stories including Jeeves & Wooster, Bingo Little, the Oldest Member, Freddie Wigeon & Mr Mulliner.

Herbert Jenkins, 1938. First edition, first printing. 8vo. First issue red boards with black titles. A very good+/near fine copy. No nicking or tearing to very clean & bright boards. A couple of tiny light marks only. Internally complete with neat inscription to endpaper. A sprinkle of spotting to titles. An attractive bright copy with none of the usual fading to red spine. McIlvaine A59b. Former big game hunter Sir Buckstone Abbott, finding himself hard up, takes in paying guests at his pile, Walsingford Hall, while hoping to sell the place to a wealthy Princess. Pretty soon, all kinds of schemes, plots and romantic entanglements are going on.