Search Results: Authors starting with W from Cornell Books Limited

London: Hutchinson Educational, 1971. First edition (softcover). 24cm by 18cm), vii, 117pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. The covers are bowed; overall, this book is in good condition. ISBN 0091073219

London: Faber, 1961. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 16cm), 110pp. 100 plates, including 4 in colour. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing of the endpapers, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good plus condition (some rubbing, some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, Editore, 1982. First edition (hardback), limited to 5000 numbered copies (this is copy number 4495)., signed by the publisher on the limitation page 4to (35cm x 24cm), 231pp. Numerous colour plates. Viaggi e avventure nalla Persia dell'Ottocento secondo Sir Robert Ker Porter, James Justinian Morier, Joseph Arthur, comte de Gobineau, a cura di Gianni Guadalupi. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, colour plate inlaid on the front board, black clamshell box. The book is in excellent condition; the slipcase is in very good condition (lightly rubbed). Text in Italian. I segni dell'uomo, tomo 30. ISBN 8821600297

Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, no date [1909]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 96pp. 8 plates. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine, b&w plate inlaid on the front board. Edges of binding rubbed, endpapers browned, bookplates to the front endpapers. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. Undated; COPAC dates the book to 1909.

London: Hand and Heart, no date [c. 1879]. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 162pp, 6pp adverts. Frontispiece illustration. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown, preliminary pages foxed, some scuffing to the rear pastedown. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition.

Cambridge: John Wilson and son, 1888. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 13cm), 24pp. A disbound pamphlet; generally in sound condition, but the final page is browned.

London: Hurst & Blackett, no date [c. 1929]. Fourth edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), 288pp. 24 plates. Original red cloth, titling printed in black on the spine. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. Author's presentation copy, signed and inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. The inscription is dated April 1929.

London: Virtue and Company, no date [1877]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 4to (34cm by 26cm), xii, 128pp. 40 plates, 116 text figures. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board, all edges gilt. Please note that the gutta percha in this copy has perished, and the contents are loose in the binding. There are tears to the half-title and title pages, but the contents are clean and complete. Suitable as a working, reference or binding copy.

London: Robert Baldwin, 1847. First edition (hardback). 8vo, viii, 175pp, 9pp adverts. Text illustrations. Contemporary green cloth, title label to the front board. Binding rebacked with a new spine, boards rubbed, contents lightly spotted and thumbed. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

National Archives of Zambia, 1970. Revised edition (softcover). 8vo, 36pp. Original printed wrappers. This copy is in very good condition.

Baltimore & London: The John Hopkins University Press, 1990. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xv, 353pp. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There is some minor spotting to the top edge of the text block, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. From the library of Socialist and Academic E P Thompson. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, and inscribed "For Edward, who kindled the flame. Always, Dale". ISBN 0801839181

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2008. Hardback. 8vo (24cm by 16cm), 221pp. 25 colour plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (a little rubbed). ISBN 9781848681217

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), xiii, 287pp. Text illustrations. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. ISBN 0708318258

Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1974. First edition (hardback), volume 17. 4to (31cm by 23cm), xi, 240pp. 85pp plates. Original blue cloth, no dustwrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed, the corners of the boards are slightly bumped, and there is a small mark to the leading edge. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.

New York: G P Putnam's sons, 1948. Second edition, revised (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xxv, 704pp. Plates, maps and diagrams. Original grey cloth, no dustwrapper. Binding a little rubbed, light tanning of the contents, short ownership inscription; overall, this book is in good condition.

London: The Religious Tract Society, no date [c. 1883]. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xv, 188pp, 4pp adverts. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Light rubbing of the boards, and the inner hinges are strained; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

London: The Epworth Press, 1937. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 166pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the edges of the text block, gift inscription to the front free endpaper, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (chipped and torn with loss). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Manchester: The Whitehorn Press, 1953. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xix, 496pp. 4 colour plates, 26 b&w plates, 19 maps. Original grey cloth spine, blue cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board, top edge gilt. This book is in very good condition.

London: The Epworth Press, 1933. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), ix, 328pp. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the spine. The binding is a little dusty, and the endpapers are lightly browned; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. Presentation copy from the author to writer (and presumed relative) Edward John Thompson, signed "to E J from E W T, Feb 17 1933" on the front free endpaper.

Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 22cm), x, 384pp. Text illustrations. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9780226905617