Search Results: Authors starting with W from Fine Book Cellar Ltd.

First edition, first impression (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. The author's first book. A fine book in a near fine or better dust jacket with a just a touch of fading to the spine panel.

First edition, first impression with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To Grace and Cassady I hope you like my book! Much love, David Walliams'. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in red. A fine book in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel. An excellent copy of the author's second book.

First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'To Ronnie Merry Xmas David Walliams'. The author's first book with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
Original pictorial boards. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a little fading to spine panel.

First edition, first impression (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2014). Signed by the author to half-title. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing to spine head.

First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968). A very good copy with a previous owner's name to front endpaper and isolated instances of very faint spotting to preliminaries and rear paste-down; crease to top corner of page 68. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing to extremities and a few tiny chips to spine ends. Closed tear to bottom of lower panel fore-edge and to top edge of upper panel with some lifting to laminate on lower panel hinge.

First edition with Robinson's illustrations (Duckworth, 1913).
Purple cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Featuring 12 colour plates mounted under captioned tissue guards a few of which with one or two light creases and a number of attractive line drawings. Some toning and spotting to edges and browning to front and rear endpapers. The covers are in very nice bright condition. A very good copy indeed, accompanied by remnants of the rare original dust jacket.

First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1947). Slight cocking to spine; previous owner name to front endpaper with a little pushing to spine tips. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing, chips and small tears to edges with a little rubbing to rear spine panel hinge; some loss to spine head. A good copy.

First edition, second impression (Herbert Jenkins, 1931). Minor spine slant with some mild rolling to spine ends; gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1934; mild scattered foxing to edges; contents very nice and clean, except for a touch of very faint and occasional spotting to first and last few pages. Very good indeed. The dust jacket has a significant amount of loss to spine ends and to lower panel with several small nicks and tears; occasional abrasion to edges and to fore-edge of upper panel; some discreet tape reinforcements to verso.

First edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the previous year. The eighth Blandings Castle novel.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with some spotting to top edge and a little rubbing to board edges in places.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with some edge wear, a few shallow chips, and a small area of abrasion to lower panel.

First edition, first impression (Barrie & Jenkins, 1973). Publisher's original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a previous owner's name and date to front endpaper with some remnants of a removed bookplate. Hint of spotting to top edge. The original and unclipped dust jacket is in excellent, fine condition.

First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1965). Published in the US under the title 'The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood'. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy with some toning to edges and a crease to the top corner of a few pages. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with a few shallow chips and a small closed tear to top edge of lower panel and upper panel fore-edge.

First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins, 1939). Publisher's original orange cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. Some browning and off-setting to endpapers with spotting to edges and some darkening to cloth where it has been exposed due to areas of loss to dust jacket. The original dust jacket has no restoration of any kind and bears the correct 7'6 price to spine. Some loss to spine ends and wear to edges with spotting and a few discreet tape repairs to verso.

First UK edition, first impression (William Heinemann Ltd, 1930). Originally published in the US the previous year. The author's first novel.Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than near fine copy with just a little off-setting to endpapers, contents lovely and clean otherwise.The original dust jacket is similarly in near fine condition with some of the usual fading to the spine panel that the colour of the jacket makes it especially prone to.A fantastic copy, not easily found in such good condition.

First edition, first impression (Hogarth Press, 1933). Half-bound in green morocco with five raised bands and lettering to spine in gilt and marbled boards. A little toning to edges with some browning to half-title and reverse of final page of text, contents nice and clean throughout otherwise. A near fine copy in a very attractive binding.

First edition, first impression of the Omnibus edition containing the author's first three novels written under his 'John Wyndham' pseudonym.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to edges and to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs with '1.00' written on front endpaper in biro.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good with light wear and marginal spotting to edges. A very good copy.

First Edition, First Impression (Michael Joseph, 1959). Light toning to edges; dustiness to top edge of text block; spotting to top edge of and rear paste-downs. Original and unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear to top edge of front panel; some abrasion and a small nick to bottom corner; abrasion to top edge of spine panel; light edgewear with some soiling to rear panel.