Search Results: Authors starting with W from David Edward Hellawell

London: Constable and Co, 1934. Seventh revised and enlarged hardback edition of book first published in 1927. Good. No DW. Previous owner's name and date inscribed on front endpage. Slight foxing on endpapers. Otherwise this is a bright, tight copy. Gilt lettering on spine still in excellent condition. 302 pages including table of biographical dates, extensive bibliography and index. 13 cms by nearly 20 cms. The classic text on the subject. .

Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2000 019512152X. First edition thus. Paperback. Fine. No inscriptions or annotations. Glossy covers are in excellent condition with no creasing etc. The 1999 Hemingway centennial marks the perfect time for the reevaluation of his position as America's premier modernist writer. These essays, all written specially for this collection, plumb unexplored historical details of Hemingway's life to illuminate new and often unexpected dimensions of the force of his literary accomplishment. Discussing biographical details of his personal and professional life along with the subtleties of his character, the text includes a number of fascinating photos and images. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960. First edition. Paperback. VG. 252 pages. The writer's first novel as one of the 'Angry New Men' of the 1950s. .

Kendal: Westmorland Gazette, not dated but bought as new in the 1960s.. Very Good/Very Good. 69th Impression. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Bound in brown cloth with bright, gilt lettering to front board and spine, this hardcover 69th impression is VG in un-price-clipped wrapper. I bought it as new in the 1960s and am the sole owner so far. No inscriptions or annotations. Wrapper has slight wear at top of spine and corners. Pages not numbered, usual sketches, maps and handwritten text. From Allen Crags to Whin Rigg. Wainwright's notebooks on the mountains of the English Lake District are the best guides to walking the fells, and dearly beloved by a growing group of walkers and collectors. .

London: Simon and Schuster, 1998 0684819759. First edition. First printing of first UK hardback edition. Fine/Fine. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. 256 pages. Quarto size = 8" by 10.5". Lavishly illustrated in colour. Ustinov's recreation of Mark Twain's journey round the equator 100 years before. A very different world is revealed! This is a heavy item so extra postage will be required. .

London: Westaway Books, 1950 9781111696351. First Edition. First printing. Hard cover. Fine/Poor, Book itself s in excellent condition. No inscriptions or annotations etc. DW is damaged but repaired and features the Plymouth coat of arms.. Silver gilt titles on spine, 8.4 X 5.5 X 1.2 inches; 312pp. Frontispiece,of Francis Drake. 6 b/w illus & 2 maps by Lewis Druckett, 1 folding colour map, 10 b/w plates..Line drawings also by Lewis Druckett. Navy boards. Front cover of hardback does not have the Plymouth coat of arms as usually depicted in photos but is blank except for gilt name W. G. Parnell embossed in bottom right hand corner. This suggests it was a special presentation copy.. The author's obituary referred to him as "the acknowledged prince of Devon and Cornwall journalism." Walling himself died the year before the publication which was supervised by his son. .

London: BCA, 2001. BCA hardback reprint. VG/VG. Unclipped. No inscriptions. 5" by 8". The eighth novel by one of the UK's leading exponents of crime fiction. "Acid Row: The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to the place they live. A no-man's-land of single mothers and fatherless children where angry, alienated teenagers control the streets." .

London: Bantam Press, 1990 0593021568. First Edition. First impression. Good/Good. Small stain on front cover. Reverse side of DW is somewhat soiled. No inscriptions or annotations. .

London: Methuen, 1920. Second hardback edition. VG. No DW. Original gilt cloth in very good condition as is book internally except for one loose plate at p.152. 289 pages including index and 77 illustrations. .

Devizes: Selectabook, 1991 0906506220. First edition. Hardback. Fine. DW is VG but comes from a later edition. Pictorial laminated boards. no inscriptions. Highly evocative B/W photos of traditional farming and rural life from the 1920s to the early 1960s. Informative commentaries by the author. 96 pages. Over 9" by 9.5". .

Shepperton, Town and Country Books 1984 0863640184. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition. VG/VG. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. 64 pages. Lavishly illustrated mainly with colour photographs. 7" by 9.5". A handsome picture in text and photos of the South Pennine landscape. .

London: Guild Publshing, 1992. Fine. Spine in blue leatherette with gilt lettering, marker ribbon, blue paper covered boards with gilt title. No jacket as published. A handsome publication in excellent condition that would make a fine gift. No annotations or inscriptions. Revised edition with introduction and notes by Robin Seager. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1944. First edition. Penguin paperback edition of novel originally published in 1941. 192 pages. Photograph of author opposite title page. Very Good for a wartime publication. A tight, bright copy. Greys Cigarettes advert on back cover. No inscriptions. Scarce. One of the first attempts in English Literature to emulate the writing style of Franz Kafka. Regarded as the author's masterpiece, it has since been published as a Modern Penguin Classic. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1944. Penguin paperback edition of novel originally published in October 1938. Photograph of author opposite title page. Some very slight wear at top and bottom of spine but this is otherwise a VG tight copy for its time. No inscriptions. Pears Jif shaving stick advert on back cover. 171 pages excluding other adverts for Cadbury etc. One of the first attempts in English Literature to emulate the writing style of Franz Kafka. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1948. First edition. Penguin paperback publication. VG. A bright tight copy which is in excellent condition.175 pages. No inscriptions. One of the most famous novels by this now acclaimed writer. .

London:Thames Methuen, 1992 0413655600. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine in unclipped DW. No inscriptions or annotations. 386 pages. Over 9" by 6". Many photographic plates and maps. An insightful analysis of the Germans and the German nation just after reunification. Linked to a Channel Four television series. The author has a lifelong involvement with Germany and is a shrewd observer of the German scene. His analysis of where Germany is heading holds up well after some twenty years of reunification. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 0340207795. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. No annotations or inscriptions. No DW. . 500 g; 240 pp., including bibliography. The book is decorated with small black-and-white illustrations of ants.. Author's voyage to a small volcanic island in Indonesia - where he experiences a dimension where natural & supernatural coexist. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. South African botanist. anthropologist, and new age author Lyall Watson (1939 - 2008) is known for analyzing natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. This volume is a tale of his travels between the many islands of Indonesia. It recounts a true adventure; washed onto a remote island in Indonesia, he is greeted by local people who have a strong and mystic culture and a unique comprehension of colour, sound and movement. .

London: The Literary Guild, 1969 029717858x. First book club edition thus. VG/VG apart from small 'puncture' on the top gilt line above the title on the spine and small repaired nick at the top edge of the back of the unclipped DW. Otherwise a bright, clean and tight copy. 604 pages including index. The history of the failed German revolutions at the end of the Great War. This is a heavy item so extra postage may be required. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. First edition. Paperback. Covers soiled and wear at base of spine repaired. Inscribed on title page. Some foxing. Otherwise Good. 326 pages. A selection by Waugh of the travel pieces between 1928 and 1937 which he wished to preserve. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. First edition. First printing of first UK paperback edition thus. Slight nicks at top and bottom of spine and one crease to back cover, but otherwise Good for a Penguin of its time. No inscriptions. 248 pages. .