Weinandy, Thomas.

In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh. An Essay on the Humanity of Christ.

First Edition. Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1993. 21.3 x 13.5. xv, 168 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Spine of dust jacket mildly faded.

Weir, Alison.

The Lady Elizabeth.

New York, Ballantine Books, 2008. 16 x 24cm. 477 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1812. 25 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. With a title vignette, two maps (one folding), one folding panoramic view & 17 plates. Modern fine quarter calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with title in gilt. gilt and blind decorations to spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some dust dulling to edges. Occasional very mild spotting. Very few descriptive pencil annotations. Internally very clean. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1812. 23 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. Complete with engraved title page, two maps (incl. one folding), a folding panoramic view and 17 Plates. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Good condition only. Binding severely rubbed and bumped with material losses to corners. Age darkened throughout. Occasional foxing / browning. Small bookseller label and Ex Libris of previous owner on front past down. Some ink stains in red and black. Red ink used on title page engraving (see image). A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Wellesley, Lord Gerald.

The Diary of A Desert Journey.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1938. 22 x 14 cm. 90 pages. Original marbled boards with paper labels on front board and spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Mild foxing throughout. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Losely inserted photo of a ship, mounted on card board (see images). Internally clean.

Wells, H.G.

In the Days of the Comet.

First Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., 1906. 19 x 13 cm. viii, 305 pages, 14 pages publisher’s list. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to externals. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Edges dust dulled. Some foxing internally. Binding a little shaky, but intact.Front hinge cracked, but holding. Ex Library with remains of a labels on the front board and front paste down. Library stamp on front free end paper

Wells, H.G.

Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul.

First Reprint. London, Macmillan and Co., 1905. 19 x 13 cm. viii, 425 pages, eight pages publisher’s list. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to externals. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Edges dust dulled. Some foxing internally. Binding a little shaky, but intact. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated Christmas 1905.

Wells, J.

The Charm of Oxford. Illustrated by W.G. Blackall.

Second Edition (revised). London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, 1921. 23 x 28 cm, x, 154 pages. Illustrated end papers. With 26 tipped in B&W plates on grey card. Original decorated cloth with gilt and colour decorations. Gilt title on spine and front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and fading. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Mild browning and foxing.

Wenham, Peter.

Watermills.

First edition. London, Robert Hale Ltd., 1989. 16 x 24cm. 254 pages. Original hardcover inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with a short closed tear to top of spine. Now in archival jacket. A very nice clean copy.

Werfel, Franz.

Between Heaven and Earth. Translated by Maxim Newmark.

First Edition, First Printing. New York, Philosophical Library, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 252 pages. Original red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt signature of Franz Werfel on front board. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Front hinge open, but holding. Dust jacket worn with some tears and minor paper losses. Now in protective plastic jacket.

Wesley, John.

Explanatory Notes upon The New Testament. New Edition.

Two Volumes. London, Printed at the Conference-Office by Thomas Cordeux, Agent., 1813. 14 x 21 cm, Vol. 1: vi, 439 pages. / Vol. 2: 453 pages. Half-leather with brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Raised bands. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards bumped and rubbed. Edges and pages age darkened. Minor amounts of foxing. Very few annotations. Small part of spinal label missing on volume 1.

West, Morris L.

The Shoes of the Fisherman.

First US Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1963. Octavo. 374 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt decorations. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good, price-clipped dust jacket.

West, W.J.

The Larger Evils: Nineteen Eighty-Four – The Truth Behind The Satire.

Edinburgh, Canongate Press, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 207 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Westropp, Thomas J.

Archaeology of the Burren. Prehistoric Forts and Dolmens in North Clare.

Ennis, Clasp Press, 1999. 24 x 15 cm. (10), iii, 226 pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled.

Westwood, H.R.

Modern Caricaturists. With Foreword on the Art of Caricature by David Low.

First Edition. London, Lovat Dickson Limited, 1932. 28 x 21 cm. xiv, 204 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket age darkened with minor losses. See images. A bright and clean copy.

Wheen, Francis.

Karl Marx.

First Edition. London, Fourth Estate, 1999. 23 x 15 cm. 431 pages. Original paper covered boards, inside original decorated dust jacket; now inside archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Roger [Katz] on the title page.

White, Arthur S. [Ed].

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army. With a foreword by Field Marshall Sir Gerald W.R. Templar.

Revised Edition. Sussex, Naval and Military Press, 2009. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 331 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

White, Eric W. [Ed].

Poetry Book Society: The First Twenty-Five Years, 1954-1978.

First Edition. London, Poetry Book Society, 1979. 14 x 22cm. 71 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Text and boards clean and bright, binding firm. Mild wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges.

White, Gilbert.

A Naturalist’s Calendar. With Observations in various Branches of Natural History; extracted from the Papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. of Selborne, Hampshire. Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

First Edition. London, Printed for R. and J. White, 1795. 19 x 12 cm. iv, 170 pages plus six pages TOC. One coloured plate. Half calf over marbled boards. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Serious rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Age darkened and foxed throughout, some knicks and small tears, minor paper losses. Generally still a nice copy. Two Ex Libris on front paste down: Robert Wakefield and Alan Francis Brooke.

White, Gilbert (author) & Nash, John (artist).

The Natural History of Selborne. With Drawings by John Nash R.A. and an Introduction by The Earl of Cranbrook.

Limited Edition. Copy 456 of 1500. Signed by the Artist. Ipswich, Printed by W.S. Cowell for the Limited Editions Club, 1972. 29 x 22 cm. 275 pages. Original quarter calf over decorated paper boards. Hard cover in matching slip case. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to book and slip case. Internally a bright and clean copy. Signed by the artist on the colophone page.

White, Newport B. (Editor).

Irish Monastic and Episcopal Deeds. AD 1200 – 1600. Trascribed from the Originals preserved at Kilkenny Castle. With an Appendix of Documents of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries relating to Monastic Property after the Dissolution.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Published at the Stationary Office, 1936. 23.5 x 15 cm. xxxi, 368 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

White, The Very Rev. P.

History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of Tipperary, Limerick, and Galway. With an Ancient and a Modern Map.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1893. 22 x 14 cm. xv, 398 pages. With two folding Maps. Original green cloth with gilt and blind decoration. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on half title page. Maps complete, but with closed tears, mainly along the fold lines.

Whittle, Robert J.

Bound By Loyalty – Book One of the Victoria Chronicles.[Signed].

Victoria BC, Whitlands Publishing Ltd., 2001. 14cm x 22cm. XII, 338 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author.

Wieners, John.

Selected Poems.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 14 x 22cm. 125 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing and minor shelfwear to dustjacket spine.

[Wilbur, Richard / Stafford, William / Simpson, Louis / Wright, James / Warren, Robert Penn] Stitt, Peter.

The World’s Hieroglyphic Beauty. Five American Poets.

First Edition. Georgia, The University of Georgia Press, 1985. 15 x 23.5 cm. XI, 291 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Wilkins, Walter L.

Some Relations of Medical Psychology and Military Psychology. Report Number 71-38.

Reprinted from Military Medicine, Vol. 137, No. 8, August 1972. San Diego, Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, 1972. 28 x 21 cm. Pages numbered 311 – 316, (4). Original stiff yellow paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Clean copy.

Wilkinson, Nevile.

Yvette in Switzerland and Titania’s Palace.

First Edition. London, Humphrey Milford, 1926. 25cm x 19cm. 132 pages. With 20 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear.

William Wordsworth.

The Poetical Works of Wordsworth. With Memoir, Explanatory Notes &c.

London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co., Not dated.[ca.1900] 14 x 19 cm, xliv, 628 pages. Original dark green cloth hardcover.Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Solid binding. Pages and edges age darkened. Some browing and foxing mainly to end papers. Some pages unopened.

Williams, David.

Rich Man’s War: Class, Caste and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley.

Athens, Georgia / London, The University of Georgia Press, 1999. 16cm x 24cm. XIV, 288 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Williams, Joshua.

Principles of the Law of Real Property. Intented as a First Book for the Use of Students in Conveyancing.

The Twelfth Edition. London, H. Sweet, 1877. 22 x 14 cm. xxxiv, 580 pages. With a folding Plan. New (2022) quarter cloth over marbled boards. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Text block age darkened. Some notes in text and a few pages of handwritten notes losely inserted. See images.

Williams, Michael / Harper, David.

The Making of Ireland. Landscapes in Geology.

First Edition. London, Immel Publishing, 1999. 25 x 18 cm. (2), 98 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. As new.

[Williams, Rowan Douglas]. Bentall, Eleanor (Photographer).

Documents and Photos to Rowan Douglas Williams. Pamphlet 1: The Ordination or Consecration of the Reverend Canon Professor RDW, Bishop of Monmouth. / Pamphlet 2: Confirmation of the Election of the Most Reverend Doctor Rowan Williams as Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan. Incl. Two Photos of Rowan Douglas Williams.

1992 & 2002. 35 and 19 pages. Two Photos. Original stiff paper covers. Paperbacks. Very good condition. Covers mildly stained and with some pencil notes. ‘Reserved’ in ink on rear cover of the 1992 pamphlet. Internally bright and clean.

Williams, Tennessee.

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1956. 20.5cm x 13.3cm. xiv, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent, very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

Williams, W. Alister.

Heart of a Dragon – the VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments.

Wales, Bridge Brooks, 2008. 27.8cm x 22.4cm. 480 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author.

Williamson, John.

May Street Presbyterian Church Centenary. A History of the Congregation.

First Edition. Belfast, M’Caw, Stevenson & Orr, The Linenhall Press, 1929. 21 x 14 cm. 144 pages. Illustrated with various B&W Photographs. Original blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and front boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners, spine and boards. Long gift inscription to front free end paper (see picture). Text is neatly underlined on several pages. Edges dust dulled.

Willis, N.P & J. Stirling Coyne (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (drawings).

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett; The Literary Portion of the Work by N.P. Willis and J. Stirling Coyne, ESQRS.

Two Volumes. London, George Virtue, ND [1840s]. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 170 pages & 62 Plates / Vol.2: 186 pages & 60 Plates. Lacks portrait of Mr. Willis, otherwise contains all Plates as listed. The Plates of ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ and ‘Carrigogunnell Castle’ are both present but are in each others place. Uniform contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Complete with all Plates with the exception of the listed Portrait of Mr. Willis, which appears to be missing from all copies. Sturdy bindings, but rubbed and bumped with minor losses. Internally clean, with occasonal mild foxing / age darkening. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Small name & address sticker of another owner on front paste downs. A very nice set.

Wills, James / Wills, Freeman.

The Irish Nation. Its History and its Biography. [With short biographies of many Irish historical persons].

Volume 1 & 2 ONLY! Edinburgh, London & Dublin, A. Fullarton & Co., 1876. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: v, 684 pages / Vol.2: iv, 730 pages. Tissue guarded Frontispiece and Plates, incl. genealogical plates of the families Fitzgerald (x2), Niall or O’Neill and Fitzmaurice. New (2021) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. New bindings. Internally clean with occasional very mild foxing, mainly to tissue guards.

[Wilson].

The Post Chaise Companion or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland. Containing a new & accurate Description of the direct and principal Cross Roads, with particulars of the Noblemen & Gentlemen’s Seats, Cities, Towns, Parks, Natural Curiosities, Antiquities, Castles, Ruins, Manufactures, Loughs, Glens, Harbours &c &c. Forming An Historical & Descriptive Account of the Kingdom, to which is added a Travelling Dictionary, or Alphabetical Tables, showing the Distances of all the Principal Cities, Boroughs, Market & Sea Port Towns in Ireland from each other. The 3rd Edition, corrected and enlarged, with an entire new set of Plates.

Third Edition. Dublin, Printed & Published by J. & J.H. Fleming, 1803. 20 x 12 cm. xxvii, 660 pages, (19) [Index]. With a frontispiece, a map and four additional plates, some folding. Modern quarter morroco. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Spine label. New end papers. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Sound new binding with minor shelf wear. Overall age darkened. Some foxing/browning. Map in poor condition. Overall a very good, complete copy of this reference book.

Wilson, Edmund.

A Piece Of My Mind. Reflections at Sixty.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 19.4cm x 11.5cm. 239 (9) pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper signed by preowner.

Wilson, John Marius (Editor).

The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or Dictionary of Scottish Topography. Compiled from the most recent Authorities. And forming a complete Body of Scottish Geography. Physical, Statistical, and Historical. Illustrated with a complete County Atlas, various chorographical Maps, Plans of Ports, Harbours, and interesting Views.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co., ND (c. 1860). 25 x 16.5 cm. Vol.1: lxviii, 816 pages / Vol.2: 872 pages. Both volumes with coloured maps, and B&W plates. Volume 1 with a large folding map of Scotland (repaired in the back). Contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Marbled edges. Gilt and blind decorations. Spine labels. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. folding map with long closed tear, which has been repaired in the back. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy with interesting Maps and Plates. See images.

Wilson, Robert A.

Seeing Shelley Plain. Memories of New York’s Legendary Phoenix Book Shop.

First Edition. New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 23 x 15 cm. (8), 237 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Top edge a little dust dulled.

Wilson, Tony / Sheppard, Colin.

Theory and Practice of Scanning Optical Microscopy.

London, Academic Press (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers), 1984. 23 x 15 cm, ix, 213 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs and drawings, charts, etc. Illustrated hard cover. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition. As new.

Wolf, Joseph (Illustrator).

Feathered Favourites. Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds from Drawings by Joseph Wolf.

First Edition. London, Thomas Bosworth, 1854. 25 x 18 cm. (6), 54 pages. Illustrated with 12 colour plates. Dark green Morocco with extesive gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. Gilt title on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. In custom-made clamshell box with paper label. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Dust dulled. Occassional some mild browning / foxing. Internally clean. All 12 plates with tissue guards.

Wolkonsky, Prince Serge.

My Reminiscences.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson, [1924]. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 313 pages w/ eight Illustrations / Vol.2: 276 pages w/ eight Illustrations -complete. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original pale blue dust jackets, now inside clear archival jackets. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Losely inserted letter by Peter Wolkonsky M.D., dated 1992. Also losely inserted two newspaper clippings about the dicovery of the Tsarist graves in 1992. A very nice set. See images.

[Wollstonecraft, Mary] Nixon, Edna.

Mary Wollstonecraft. Her Life and times.

London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1971. 24 x 16 cm. 205 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Wolstenholme, Edward Parker / Brinton, Wilfred.

The Conveyancing Acts, 1881, 1882. The Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874, The Land Charge Registration and Searches Act, 1888, The Trustee Act, 1888, The Trust Investment Act, 1889, The Married Women’s Property Act, 1882 and The Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890, with Notes and Rules of Court.

Sixth Edition. London, William Clowes and Sons, 1891. 21 x 14 cm. xxvi, 424 pages. Publishers list printed on end papers. Original dark cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some mild discoloration. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Lake Dwellings of Ireland. Or Ancient Lacustrine Habitations of Erin, commonly called Crannogs.

First Edition. Dublin & London, Hodges, Figgis & Co./ Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xxi, (2), 268 pages. Illustrated. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Later fine green half morocco over ‘marbled’ boards. Dark green end papers. Raised bands and gilt decorations. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. With a stamp of the ‘Kildare Street Club’ on half title and title page. Otherwise internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland. (Co. Sligo and the Island of Achill).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1888. c. 25.5 x 15.5 cm. xvii, 268 pages. Later cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Only minor shelf wear to binding. First pages, incl. the old wrapper very edge worn (see images), otherwise very bright and clean internally. Last few Index pages missing (Index ends at ‘N’).

Wood, Alan C.

Military Ghosts.

Stroud, Amberley Publishing, 2010. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 190 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Wood, Herbert / Langman, Albert E. / Griffith, Margaret C.

Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls or Proceedings in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland I to VII Years of Edward II. Prepared under the Direction of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records.

First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, [1952]. 26 x 17 cm. vii, 406 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Two Ex Libris on front paste down, including one for Castle Hacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Woodfall, William.

An Impartial Sketch of the Debate in the House of Commons of Ireland. On a Motion Made on Friday, August 12, 1785, by the Rt.Hon. Thomas Orde, Secretary to the Rt.Hon. Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant, for Leave to Bring in a Bill for Effectuating the Intercourse and Commerce between Great Britain and Ireland, on permanent and equitable Principles, for the Mutual Benefit of both Countries. Together with an impartial Sketch of the principle Speeches on the Subject of the Bill that were delivered in the House on Monday, August 15, 1785. With a Copy of the Bill, presented to the House of Commons of Ireland…

[First Edition]. Dublin, Printed for Luke White, [1785]. 23 x 14 cm. Title, ii, 200 pages (Sketch), (2), 24 pages (Bill) plus eight pages publishers list. Modern paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Hard cover. New end papers. Fore and tail edge rough deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, slightly faded. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened. Some water staining. Title and next two pages (‘To the Public’) with tape repaired closed tears. Occasional foxing.

Woodward, B.B.

The Life of the Mollusca.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1913. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 158 pages, 32 plates and a small fold out map. 33 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, partially faded and a little stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed. All plates present and clean.

Woolf, Jenny.

The Mystery of Lewis Carroll. Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland.

First US Edition. New York, St. Martin Press, 2010. 23 x 15 cm. x, 326 pages. Original pale blue cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Traces of a sticker on front of dust jacket.

Wooodruff, Everleigh / Danks, William.

Memorials of the Cathedral & Priory of Christ in Canterbury. With Illustrations by Louis Weirter.

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1912 16 x 22 cm, xxi, 489 pages. With Frontispiece and many B&W Illustrations throughout. Original dark blue cloth hard cover with with illustrations and title on spine. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. White title on spine rubbed off. All edges age darkened. Text block clean and bright. Front and rear hinges start to open, but binding still sound. Small amount of foxing to end papers.

Wordsworth, Charles / Hodgson, W. Earl (Editor).

Annals of My Early Life 1806-1846 / Annals of My Life 1847-1856. With occasional Compositions in Latin and English Verse.

Two Volumes. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891 & 1893. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 42 pages plus 24 pages publishers list / xxxvi, 230 pages. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Hard covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Library sticker on front paste down of ‘Early Life’. Hinges starting to crack. Bindings remain sound. A few pencil annotations. Internally clean.

Works, David / Works, Marie / Merrill, Dean.

Gone In A Heartbeat: Our Daughters Died, Our Faith Endured.

Carol Stream, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2009. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. XV, 216 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Wornum, Ralph Nicholson.

Etchings from the National Gallery. Eighteen Plates after Bellini, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Turner et al.

First Edition. London, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1876. 38 x 28 cm. (2), 37 text pages and 18 engraved Plates – complete. Rebacked in 2022 using the original decorated boards, with a new spine and new end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rebacked. Internally occasional mild foxing.

Wright, Rev. G.N. (text) / Petrie, George (illustrations).

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq., and a Large Map of the County, from an original Survey.

First Edition. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. 17 x 11 cm. xi, 159 pages, (2)[Lists of Mountains and Lakes], (4)[Index], Publishers List. Illustrated. Original paper covered boards. Paper label on spine. Good condition only, due to lack of Map! All five Illustrations are present. Some shelf wear, age darkening and damp staining. A few pencil marks. Name of previous owner (‘James Kirkwood ?, Woodbrook, Sep. 13th, 1826’) on title page in ink. Small bookseller label on front paste down. See images. A good rerading copy of the now scarce first edition.

Wright, Richard.

Early Works: Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom’s Children and Native Son. Edited by Arnold Rampersad.

New York, Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1991. 12.5 x 20.5cm. 936 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with silk pagemarker in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new. [The Library of America, No. 55].

Wynne, John Huddlestone.

A General History of Ireland. From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.

[First Edition]. London, Printed by Edward Cox for George Riley, 1772. 20 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, 480 pages plus 11 pages Index. With six Plates, incl. frontispiece and plate showing the Author. Engraving on dedication page. Also a folding hand outlined folding Map. / Vol.2: 388 pages, (2) [Genealogical Table] plus four pages Index. With a Frontispiece. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Red morocco spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt volume numbers on spine. Raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with minor abrasions and material losses to spine ends and corners. Hinges weak, but holding. Boards remain attached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris on front paste downs. Name of previous owner on front free end papers, dated 1787. Internally mildly age darkened, but otherwise very clean. A very nice copy.

Yeats, W.B. / Bradford, Curtis Baker [Ed].

The Writing of The Player Queen. Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats transcribed, edited and with a commentary by Curtis Baker Bradford.

First Edition. DeKalb, Northern Illinois University Press, 1977. 18 x 27cm. (24), 483 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Binding, boards and text in very good condition, clean and bright. Dustjacket spine and rear sunned with minor signs of shelf wear to edges. From the series Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats, edited by David R. Clark.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Higgins, F.R. / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935. A Collection of Old and New Song. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O’Connor, Lynn Doyle, Bryan Guiness, Padraic Colum. Illustrattions by: Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Sean O’Sullivan, E.C. Peet, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by Arthur Duff.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M.MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 unnumbered pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine in very good dust jacket. Very mildly age darkened. Dust jacket with minor edge wear and and short tears. See images. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935 and 1937.

Photo-Lithographic Reprints of the First Cuala Press Editions. Two Volumes. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29-21 cm. Both Volumes: 64 pages, incl. blanks and title pages. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine and very good in very good dust jackets. For exact descriptions please go to westcoastrarebooks.com and search for items 103459 & 103460.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1937. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs 1937. Songs by: W.B. Yeats, W.J. Turner, Oliver Gogarty, Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Wellesley, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Frank O’Connor, Gordon Bottomley, F.R. Higgins, Padraic Colum, Walter De La Mare. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by W.J Turner, Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebich, Hilda Matheson, Art O’Murnaghan, Hilair Belloc.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket creased, mildly stained and with short tears. Internally very clean. See images.

[Yeats, W.B.] Murphy, William M.

Family Secrets – William Butler Yeats and His Relatives.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1995. 23.6cm x 16cm. XXVII, 534 pages. With 101 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Edges mildly dust dulled. Internally clean.

Yeats, William Butler.

Werke (Sechs Bände). Band I: Ausgewählte Gedichte / Band II: Erzählungen / Band III: Dramen 1 / Band IV: Dramen 2 / Band V: Essays und Einführungen / Band VI: Autobiographie. Herausgegeben von Werner Vordtriede.

Neuwied / Berlin, Luchterhand Verlag, 1970 – 1973. 8°. Frontispiz, 315 / Frontispiz, 225 / Frontispiz, 246 / Frontispiz, 220 / Frontispiz, 344 / Frontispiz, 538 Seiten. 6 Bände (vollständig). Ausgabe Luchterhand Verlag 1970-1973. Insgesamt 1894 Seiten. Originale Ganzleinenbände mit Original-Umschlägen sowie zusätzlichen Klarsicht-Schutzumschlägen. Kopfschnitt der Bände etwas angestaubt. Sonst sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

Yeats. Jack B.

Life in the West of Ireland. Drawn and Painted by Jack B. Yeats.

First Edition. Dublin and London, Maunsel and Company Ltd., 1912. 24 x 17 cm. Frontispiece, Titel Page, (2) [TOC], 111 pages. Complete with eight tipped in colour prints (incl. frontispiece), 32 line drawings and 16 tipped in reproductions from paintings, as listed. New (2022) blue cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Protected by an archival clear wrapper. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled and mildly spotted. Internally occasional mild spotting. Last page with minor paper loss to bottom corner, not affecting text or illustration. A very nice copy of the now scarce first edition in a new binding. Please see images.

Yockney, Alfred (essay), Monk, W. (artist), Paterson, Emily M. (artist).

The Art Journal: Clew Bay & Croagh Patrick. A Silent Waterway.

London, Virtue, 1907. 34 x 27 cm. Pages 1 – 4 [Art Journal Advertiser], pages numbered 257 to 288, pages 5-8 [Art Journal Advertiser]. Illustrated throughout. With two full page Plates, one in colour. Original paper wrappers. Stapled. Very good condition. Paper wrappers frayed with minor losses to spine (see images). Internally bright and clean.

Yool, Helen (Text) / Winthrop, Barbara (Illustrations).

The Day Before Yesterday. The Story of Pirbright.

First Edition. Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, The Vicarage (sold in aid of the Church Restoration Fund), 1973. 21 x 15 cm. 56 pages. With Illustrations. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Signed by the Author and the Illustrator on the title page.

Yorke, Malcolm / [Cole, Brenda] / [Cole, Leslie].

Today I worked well – the picture fell off the brush. The artistry of Leslie Cole, told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole.

First and limited Edition [500]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2010. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 198 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over marbled paper boads. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clan copy.

Young, Andrew.

The Collected Poems of Andrew Young. Arranged with a bibliographical Note by Leonard Clark. Wood-Engravings by Joan Hassall.

First Edition. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. 21 x 14 cm. 219 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket a little worn with some short tears and minor paper losses to corners and spine. Some notes written on the dust jacket inner flap. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Young, Edward.

The Poetical Works of Edward Young.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Pickering, 1852. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: lvii, 298 pages. With a Frontispiece. / Vol.2: vi, 334 pages. Full brown morroco with armorial gilt designs to both boards. Raised bands and gilt title. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally clean. Name of previous owner on front free end papers.

Young, F.W. (Editor).

The Story of the Staff College 1858 – 1958.

First Edition. Camberley, Surrey, Staff College, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. (8), 59 pages. With B&W Illustrations. With a small unsigned letter from the librarian of the staff college. Original red cloth with gilt decorations and titles on spine and front board. In original plain white dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Some wear to dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Younghusband, Col. G.J.

The Story of the Guides.

First Reprint, London, Macmillan and Co., 1908. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 207 pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, some staining and fading (see images). Gift inscription on front paste down. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Complete with 16 Plates, as listed.

Ziegler, C.H.

Ringwood’s Outlines of the Law of Torts.

Fifth Edition. London, Sweet and Maxwell, 1924. 21 x14 cm. xxviii, 356 pages plus 32 pages publishers list. Original textured cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some pencil annotations, underlining. Publishers stamp and name of previous owners on front free end paper. See images.

Zigman, Laura.

Animal Husbandry.

First Edition. New York, The Dial Press, 1998. 14 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Partial sunning to wrapper, otherwise excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.