Search Results: Authors starting with W from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Kestrel Books, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 25.5 x 25.7 cm black laminated pictorial boards with white titles to the front and spine. Yellow endpapers unpaginated (36)pp with black and white illustrations by Ron Brooks throughout. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at �2.60 that echoes the boards with the exception of the yellow titles A near fine book bright and clean and without name inscription or bookplate and just a hint of shelfwear along the bottom edge. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly rubbed with minimal loss to the front bottom corner and some surface abrasion to the spine tips and other corners. All in all a lovely looking book with some very striking black and white images. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Dawson, 1976. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG++. FRASER, Eric. Limited Edition no 149 of 200 copies. 14.8 x 24 cm putty coloured cloth with paste down image to the front and brown titles to the spine. Fawn endpapers, xli 362 pp with 39 black and white illustrations and six vignettes. Together with an additional complete suite of illustrations 19 x 28.5 cm signed by the illustrator, tied in a green ribbon and contained within a cloth chemise with a paste down image echoing that on the book. Both are housed within a double slip case. The dust marked and slightly spotted slip case has protected the book and the illustrations well. Both the book and the illustrations are clean, bright and unmarked noting only a touch of toning to the spines. A beautifully illustrated edition with a lovely signed suite of additional illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

John F Shaw & Co. Ltd, nd.(1919) 1919. 1st Edition. Softcover. NF. 1st Edition. 14.5 x 20 cm. Publisher's original soft covers with a circular pictorial disc showing pairs of black kittens laid on. 4 full page colour illustrations and many black and white illustrations throughout NF condition covers with slight rounding of the corner tips of the front cover and a 2cm split at the foot of the spine. Internally, the pages are very clean with only the odd very occasional light finger mark. A lovely copy of this very uncommon book. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Harrap, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG++. CLARKE, Harry. 1st Edition. 20.7 x 27 cm fawn cloth with red stamped decoration and grey titles to the front and spine 127[1]pp with 24 full page illustrations on glossy paper, 12 colour, 12 sepia and 20 black and white line illustrations within the text. In original printed dust jacket. Clean bright boards with a hint of pushing to the foot of the spine only. Internally there is a bookplate to the front pastedown and a little tape tape marking to the free endpapers. There is some light spotting to some of the illustrations. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), is surprising well preserved considering its age with some dust marking, mainly to the rear panel, a little toning to the spine and a little rubbing to the spine tips and corners. There is a closed 2cm tear to the upper joint at the head of the spine and a 1.5 cm tear in the centre of the head of the spine and a couple of 2mm holes in the spine… Read More

c1959 1959. VG-. This is the original pen and ink illustration by John Ward RA for Cider With Rosie. It is inscribed top left: 'Chap Six Public Death'. The illustration appears on page 122 of the 1st Edition, showing the Ophelia-like drowning of Miss Fluck. The picture has been professionally mounted and placed in a silver coloured wood frame, 53 x 72cm (image size 31 x 46 cm), with a glass front. Taped onto the back is a card printed: J S Maas & Co Ltd dealers in fine art at a New Bond Street Address with a hand written description above. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

1961. NF/VG++. 1st Edition. 12.2 x 19 cm maroon cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine. 109[3]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at 10s 6d net. A near fine book, internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of toning/acid migration to the endpapers where the dust jacket does not touch. The dust jacket has a little light toning and dust marking to the white on the rear panel and is now protected in a removable cover. There is a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and a couple of tiny closed tears of under 3mm. All in all a lovely 1st Edition copy of this 'carnival of manners'. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Golgonooza Press, 1986. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. NF/ VG. Limited Edition, No 41 of 100 copies signed by Gwen Watkins. 15 x 24cm navy blue boards with red and gilt stamped titles to the spine. Pale blue endpapers, xvii (i), 495 (3 )pp, with original unclipped dust jacket. This limited edition includes two unpublished poems and a drawing by Ceri Richards not included in the trade edition. A near fine copy clean and bright with a very good jacket noting fading to the spine and a section of the rear panel, a hint of spotting to the foot of the spine and a little rubbing to the fore edges. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable cover (not shown in our images). Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Edmund Ward, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/G++. 1at Edition. 12.9 x 18.4 cm turquoise cloth with red stamped titles to the spine 128pp with a colour frontispiece and 26 full page black and white illustrations as called for and numerous drawings within the text. The book comes with its original jacket, clipped but with the 10s 6d net price still showing and with two Monty Woodpig stories advertised on the rear flap The book is very good with a little bruising to the corners and a hint of toning to the spine. Internally clean, without inscription or bookplate although there is evidence of a long erased ownership name on the front free endpaper, and just one or two very small handling marks. The hard to find dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is a little creased on the edges with small losses of up to 0.6 cm on the spine tips and corners. There are a number of short closed tears on the top and bottom edges of between 0.5 and 1 cm and some marking to… Read More

Hollis & Carter, 1952. 1st Edition. 18.9 x 25.2 cm blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine. (viii) 142(1)pp with 16 colour plates, black and yellow decorative title page and black and white line drawn chapter headings. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at 18s net. A very good book with some fading to the spine and edges, more so at the spine tips. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little toning and spotting to both endpapers. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has some minor loss to the foot of the spine and corners of up to 0.5 cm with a little additional surface abrasion on the spine tips and edges an a touch of creasing. A very presentable copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gaze . 1st Edition.10.5 x 17 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine, x [ii] 178 [2]pp with black and white full page frontispiece, headers to each chapter by B.B. and a diagram of a carp fisher's alarm bell by Richard Walker. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at 9s. net. The boards are clean with just a touch of fading to the spine with 0.5 cm band of more significant fading on the head of the spine. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate but with the occasional light handling mark. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) and a little rubbing to the spine tips and corners with minimal loss and a small 3mm tear to the bottom of the spine and a similar one on the top joint. A very presentable copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Hollis and Carter, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG-. 1st Edition. 19 x 25.2 cm blue/green cloth with silver titles to the front and spine. Top edge red, xvii(i), 140(1)pp (3) blank with 15 colour plates, black and blue decorative title page and black and white line drawn chapter headings. With original price-clipped dust jacket. A very good book with some fading to the spine and edges, more so at the spine tips. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little toning to the front free endpaper. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has some chipping and minor loss to the spine tips and corners of up to 1cm some with short closed tears extending from them to a maximum or 2cm. These have been stabilised with tape on the verso of the jacket at the head of the spine and on the top of the flap folds. There are also two closed tears at the top of the rear panel and one on the bottom of the front panel all around 1cm and with… Read More

Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1932 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG-. First Edition No. 26 of 250 copies, signed by the author 15 x 23 cm purple beveled cloth with gilt stamped roundel to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut xi[i] 13-323[1]pp with purple ribbon book mark. In original jacket with Two Guineas Net price on the spine. The boards are generally clean and bright with a touch of general fading to the spine with more obvious fade to three patches of the spine which match loss to the dust jacket. Internally clean and bright with only the author's signature on the limitation page. The ribbon book mark is in two pieces. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a clear removable cover [not shown], has minor loss to the spine tips and corners extending to 1cm. There is also a section missing from the spine measuring 4.5 x 2.5 at its greatest, some small holes in the rear lower corner, one or two chips to the edges and a couple of short closed tears. All in all a very… Read More

McLoughlin Bros., nd (1870s) 1870. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG. NAST, Thomas. 1st Thus. 23.2 x 27.2 cm blue cloth with pictorial pastedown to the front cover, black and gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine and blind stamped decoration to the rear cover. Red stained edges,brown endpapers unpaginated (112) printed on one side of the page only with 24 full page colour lithographs. Six illustrating each tale. The six lithographs in Santa Clause and his Works are by Thomas Nast and are accompanied by 7 black and white illustrations within the text. The boards are very good with a little rubbing to the spine tips, where the cloth has a couple of tiny holes, and corners where the bottom two have been rubbed through. There is also some light marking to the image on the front cover. Internally it is clear that some restoration and repair has been carried out in the past. The text page entitled The Pony in Kindness to Animals has japanese paper repairs to tears to the fore and bottom… Read More

Acorn Press, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 1st Edition 1945 27.7 x 22.2 cm pictorial paper covered boards with alphabet pastedowns. Unpaginated [28] with a page to represent each letter of the alphabet containing woodcut illustrations and a rhyming couplet. In original unclipped jacket priced at 6s. net. A near fine copy clean and bright with a small crease across the spine and to the top corner of the upper board. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly toned with just a tiny chip on the top edge and a 1.5 cm closed tear with associated creasing on the bottom edge. Hellmuth Weissenborn was born in Leipzig in 1898 and moved to England in 1938, He married his wife Lesley Macdonald in 1945 and together they founded the Acorn Press. This is the first book published by the press and is rare. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require… Read More

Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 1st Edition. 14 x 22 cm red boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, [vi]391[1]pp with original unclipped dust jacket priced at 16s net. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Clean bright boards with a touch of shelf wear to the bottom edge. Internally, there is a small area of toning on both of the front free endpapers where the dust jacket does not reach. The author's signature on the front free endpaper is dated January 1957. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly toned on the spine and has a touch of rubbing to the spine tips, joints and corners with minimal loss. There is a stamp for - Macmillan's Overseas Library on the back flap which has been crossed out in purple pen. There are no other indications that the book is a library copy. All in all a very good looking signed first edition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to… Read More

Macmillan London Ltd, 1975 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/NF. 1st Edition, 1st impression. 12.5 x 21cm original black boards with silver titles to the spine, 189pp, in John Williamson designed dust jacket, unclipped, showing original price of �2.95. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and named one of the top ten Medal-winning works for the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. The boards are in fine condition, all corners are firm, sharp and square with virtually no shelf wear. The binding is tight and square. Internally, there is no name or inscription and all pages are lovely and clean. The beautiful Williamson designed dust jacket is in excellent condition, with no tears and only miniscule surface loss at the tips of the spine head corners and tip of the top corner of the front flap joint. There is a little fading to the spine, more so the top half. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books… Read More

L Forster-Jones, nd(1955) 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG. 1st Edition. 12.7 x 21 cm blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 111(1)pp with two 6 page poems by the same author sewn in in the rear. With a note from the author dated July 1960, 'To/the lover of cats,/ Christabel Aberconway/ from/ a lover of cats,/ John Jayne / Westroppe/ a token of gratitude/ for much pleasure/ given by her/ able compilation/ in the Dictionary' laid in. The author has also annotated the contents page to add the two poems sewn in at the back. The book has been well protected by the jacket and the boards are clean and unfaded with firm, sharp corners and just a hint of shelfwear. Internally, the book is clean and bright noting the annotation by the author and the laid in note. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a couple of very small ink spots to the rear a little toning to the spine. There is minimal loss to the spine and a couple of closed tears along the top edge. The dust jacket is now… Read More

Hutchinson, nd [1937] 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition,1st Impression. 12.55 x 18cm. Publisher's red cloth boards with black titles to spine and front cover. 288pp [viii] adverts 40pp publisher's catalogue dated Spring 1937, Early Spring List. Front and rear Ethiopia map endpapers designed by Joan & Dennis Wheatley and Diana Younger. With publisher's original dust jacket priced at 7/6. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. The boards and spine are clean and fresh, with sharp clear titles, noting a tiny bump to the bottom corner of the front cover. There is a little light spotting to the fore and bottom edges. The binding is tight and square. Internally, there is no owner name or bookplate, just the inscription on the title page: "For Mr W Wolpert, with the best of good wishes from Dennis Wheatley". The scarce dust jacket creasing with associated closed tears and small chips along both top and bottom edges, loss to the spine head and to a much lesser extent, the… Read More

1957. VG. Letter dated 1st January 1957 thanking "the Brigadier" [Brigadier L F E Wieler] for showing him around Traitor's Gate at St Thomas' Tower for research into his planned next book. 'My Dear Brigadier, This is just a line to say how very gratefull (sic) I am to you for having taken me round the Tower yourself last Thursday and for making my visit such a pleasant one. St Thomas' Tower, will I am sure, 'fit the bill' as far as my book is concerned; and I feel now, thanks to you, that I shall be able to make the escape part of my story plausible. I may, after all, call the book 'Traitor's Gate', as the Wallace book was published many years ago and there is no copyright in titles. (Two of my own have been used by other people only last year). I am all against duplication in the ordinary way, but in this case the title would be so sensible. I'll have to think about it. Should you and your wife be coming down into Hampshire at any time, do let me know and come to lunch with us. In the meantime… Read More

London Transport, 1936 and 1937 1936. 1st Thus. Softcover. VG+/VG+. RAVILIOUS, Eric. 1st thus, 10.7 x 17 cm paperbacks all with 124pp, a header to the contents page by Eric Ravilious, plus black and white photographic illustrations and line drawn route maps. The three books each have their scarce original dust jackets with a Ravlilious illustration on the front. All the books are very good with just a touch of rubbing mainly to the bottom edges with minimal loss to the head of the spine in the First Series. There is also a little ceasing to the bottom corners of the first and second series and a tape mark at the gutter of the last page. There are small splits in the bottom joints of the First Series and a slight lean. The jackets which are now protected in clear removable covers (not shown) are generally very good. There is minor loss to the spine tips more so to the first book which also has old tape on parts of the front and rear flap folds and is a little dust stained. All in all a scarce… Read More