Search Results: Fiction - Signed, Presentation & Association Copies from Wykeham Books

The Arcadia Press, London, limited edition, 1970. Limited edition of 265 numbered copies, signed by the author. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full tan morocco with black and turquoise onlays, gilt spine-titles, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 4to, in original linen box with leather spine-labels,. 336 pp, numerous plates (some colour) and ills. A sumptuous de luxe edition of Innes' account of the Spanish conquests, prepared from the sheets of Collins' 1969 first edition. Copy No. 202, signed by the author. Fine in box (lining of box a little frayed).

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1976. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm,. [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy No. 250 signed by J.B. Priestley. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1976. De luxe limited edition of 80 specially-bound copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 400,. Full morocco, gilt cover decoration, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm,. [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy number XII.Signed by J.B. Priestley. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1976. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm,. [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy No. 119. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Cassell, London, first edition, 1930. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author and printed on handmade paper. 2 vols, vellum, cream spines and yellow boards with gilt filet border, 8vo,. xi, 629, [1] pp. The first of Bennett's novels to be published simultaneously in a signed limited edition, as here (100 sets), and a standard trade edition ( 21,000 copies). Set No. 31, signed by Arnold Bennett on the limitation page in Volume I. Bookplates on front endpapers of Daniel Duff and T G Bonnin. Yellow boards perhaps a trifle sunned, spines a little creased, a few faint spots to endpapers, otherwise a Near Fine set.

Mouette Press, Oxford (printed at the Whittington Press, Andoversford), limited edition, 1975. Limited edition of 250 copies, this being one of 50 with the Mouette Press imprint (the others carrying that of Whittington Press). Canvas, cover illustration, 8vo, 27 cm,. 26 pp, ills (by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone). Paul Gallico's story was first published in a trade edition by Heinemann in 1975. This limited edition was produced by Whittington Press the same year with 165 copies bound in canvas, as here, and 85 in leather. Butcher 13. Copy No. M2. Signed by Paul Gallico. Covers slightly marked, Near Fine.

Methuen & Co., London, first edition, 1902. Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,. 301, [1] pp, ads. Publisher's catalogue (dated March 1911) with thirty-one pages of advertisements at end. List of books by the same author on preliminary leaf. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Mabel Brunskill with kind remembrances from H.G. Wells August 1912". Minor marks to covers and slight bubbling of cloth, corners a trifle rubbed, endpapers browned, fore-edges of pp 292-294 stained and worn with some loss and old repair to 293-4, otherwise Good.