Search Results: Titles starting with W from Wykeham Books

Helm Information, Robertsbridge, first edition, 2000. 4 vols, rexine, 8vo, in publisher's card box, 24 cm,. xxx, 678 + ix, 597 + viii, 554 + viii, 856 pp. An attractively produced set bringing together much of the most important critical material on Yeats, with an introduction, a chronology of Yeats's life, a list of his writings and a chronological list of criticism included in the set. Vol. 1 : Contemporary Reviews; Select List of Reviews of Plays in Performance; 1887-1988; Vol. 2 : Assessments 1889-1959; Vol. 3 : Assessments: 1960-1979; Vol. 4 : Assessments: 1980-2000. From the publisher's description: "Volume I arranged chronologically, gathers together the first reviews of Yeats's writings from Mosada in 1886 to the first volume of Collected Letters in 1986. Also included are over twenty reviews of productions of Yeats's plays from Cathleen ni Houlihan in Dublin in 1902 to the Yeats Theatre Festival in Dublin in 1991. Volume II which reproduces many of the obituary… Read More

Hutchinson, London, first edition, 1988. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. x, [i], 374 pp, ills. From the blurb - "Forty years ago A. Norman Jeffares produced a biography of W. B. Yeats which was taken as definitive. However, that book appeared just ten years after Yeats's death, and since that time much new material has come to light, both written and illustrative, so that in the fiftieth year since the great poet's death a major reassessment is called for. Professor Jeffares has drawn upon material in the Yeats collection now in the possession of the poet's son and daughter, Michael and Anne Yeats, in the Jeanne R. Foster - William M. Murphy Collection in Schenectady, New York, in the National Library of Ireland, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the Brotherton Library in the University of Leeds, the University of Manchester, the University of Reading, and the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland. He has had access to unpublished correspondence, and has based some of his… Read More

University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, second edition, 1972. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo,. xvi, 420 pp. Over 2,000 entries. ...an exemplary descriptive bibliography. Its comprehensiveness is most impressive..." - Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature. Descriptions include full title-page transcriptions; collations; contents; notes on bindings, paper, printing and publishing history; and checklists of reviews. An appendix contains a selectively annotated bibliography of critical studies of Auden. There is an index of critics, editors, and primary works. Fine.

Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, Delaware / St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition,1993. Cloth, 8vo,. 288 pp. From the introduction: "In this bibliography I have tried to trace the publishing history of his works... The title-pages are described in quasi-facsimile and are, as far as possible, accurately represented using upper and lower case, italics and underline where originally used. WHD's inscriptions in his presentation copies are faithfully transcribed. " Contents include: Introduction; A chronology of events in the life and work of W. H. Davies; Section A Books and pamphlets; Section B Works edited or compiled by WHD; Section B Introductions and epilogues by WHD; Section C Contributions to periodicals Section D Prose and poems appearing in anthologies; Section E Broadcasting; Section F Articles and books about or referring to WHD; Index of titles and first lines of poems; General index. Near Fine.

Faber and Faber Limited, London, first edition, 1982. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 314 pp, [8] pp of plates, ills, facs. From the blurb - "William Henry Hudson (1841- 1922) lived two lives, literally worlds apart: as a young adventurer in South America, and later as an English field naturalist, a wandering Gilbert White. Bom in wild surroundings on the pampas, he grew up among shepherds, gaucho herdsmen and vast flocks of wild birds. His boyhood was spent watching birds and snakes, and as a young man he travelled widely on horseback, visiting Brazil, Uruguay and Patagonia, making collections of birdskins and writing brilliant accounts of bird life which won the admiration of leading naturalists of the day, Darwin among them. Two South American bird species bear his name. Yet, when he came to England in 1874, aged 32, he could find no place in the world of professional natural history. For 18 years he lived in London in great poverty, until a book on the wild life of La Plata made his name. Thereafter he… Read More

Compton Press Ltd, Tisbury, first edition, 1978. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xiii,127 pp, 8 pp of plates. From the blurb - "This timely new biography comes when there is a widespread revival of interest in W. H. Hudson, author of the masterpiece A Shepherd's Life and other outstanding books about the English countryside. Here is 'the story of a man who chose to spend his life looking at and thinking about Nature: he did so first to satisfy his own innate desire, and secondly to communicate to others something of the wonder and beauty which he discovered'. Up until now, much of Hudson's life has been shrouded in obscurity. Born on the Argentine Pampas in 1841, he did not come to England until he was thirty-two. Reticent about his private life, Hudson destroyed most of his personal papers and letters before he died in 1922. Fortunately, however, some, which were not in his possession, have been discovered. Dennis Shrubsall has had access to this largely unpublished material, transcribing… Read More

Wm Dawson & Sons, Folkestone, first edition, 1977. Cloth, 8vo,. xv, 248 pp. This bibliography attempts to record all the important writings of W. H. Hudson: books and pamphlets, contributions to books, contributions to periodicals and translations. Section A describes all first English and American editions and issues together with other editions that may be of interest to the scholar and collector, such as first illustrated editions, later collected editions of textual importance and finely printed editions. A typical entry contains the following information: edition statement; title page; collation; pagination; contents; illustrations; binding, notes (including the number of copies, publication date, price upon publication and summary of later printings in every case where this information was available through publishers' records or published reference works). Section B describes books with original contributions by Hudson; Section C is a chronological list of Hudson's contributions… Read More

Adam and Charles Black, London, first edition, 1913. Pictorial cloth, small 4to, 22 cm,. viii, 50, [2] pp, numerous ills, 7 colour plates. Name on front free endpaper, covers rubbed, endpapers somewhat stained and contents slightly marked, otherwise Good.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, first edition, 1929. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xvi, 272 pp, 16 ills, fold-out map at end. From the introduction: " This book is written that those who live in the two parishes might know more about the history of their forefathers, who through long centuries ploughed in the same fields and worshipped in the same Church. Yet it is hoped that many who live beyond the bounds of the parish, and indeed of " the Vale," may glean something of interest from a history, which though fragmentary, helps to preserve some records of English rural life which might otherwise be lost. Bookplate on front free endpaper, a trifle rubbed, Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, first US edition, 2000. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. xix, 276, [5] pp, 46 ills. From the blurb - "In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery-evidence was lacking to prove the murders-he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright' s double life in a tour de force of the biographer' s art. Cast in the form… Read More

Chatto & Windus, London, first edition, 1986. Cloth, 8vo,. xxi, 326 pp. Inscription on front free endpaper, age-toning to page edges, otherwise Very Good in a price-clipped dustwrapper.

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, the "ordinary" or "C" issue without samples of original wallpaper,1988. One of 40 ordinary copies from a limited edition of 120 copies. Quarter buckram and patterned paper boards (the design being Bawden's 'Birds Nest' pattern wallpaper, folio, 49 x 33 cm,. 18, [3] pp, plates (one folding). Butcher 98. A very elegantly printed work. From the introduction - "Between 1927 and 1933 the Curwen Press produced a series of wallpapers that challenged an industry dominated by a few manufacturers, and a public often anxious for change but uncertain where it wished to be led. Nearly all of these papers were the work of Edward Bawden.. [His and other artists'] experiments with the letterpress and lithographic facilities available at the Press occurred at the same time that it was producing some of the most distinguished everyday printing of their generation. In addition, pattern papers, many of them deriving from complex… Read More

Helm Information, Robertsbridge, first edition, 1995. 4 vols, rexine, 8vo, in publisher's card slipcase, 24 cm,. xviii, 386 + viii, 451 + xi, 299 + ix, 899 pp. An attractively produced set bringing together much of the most important critical material on Walt Whitman, with an introduction, a chronology of Whitman's life, a bibliography of his writings, a critical bibliography, and a chronological list of criticism. Vol. 1: The Man and The Myth: Biographical Studies; Vol. 2 : The Response to the Writing; Vol 3 : Writers on Whitman's Writing; Vol. 4 : Walt Whitman in the Twentieth Century : A Chronological Overview. From the publisher's description: "Volume I: The Man and the Myth; is given over to early biographical studies (some reprinted in full) and associated material, juxtaposing those over which he had considerable influence and others over which he had none. Volume II: The Response to the Writing charts the contemporary response to Whitman. Through a series of reviews,… Read More

The National Book League, Cambridge, first edition, 1956. Printed wrappers, small 8vo,. xiii, [3], 56 pp, ills. 339 entries. A valuable checklist with much bibliographical information, arranged in 7 sections - A : First and variant editions of books by Walter de la Mare; B : Contributions to books by other authors; C : Contributions to periodicals and ephemera; D : Foreign editions; E : Musical Settings; F : MSS, corrected typescripts and proofs; G : A selection of books and articles about Walter de la Mare. Rear wrapper slightly creased, wrappers somewhat darkened, Good.

The National Book League, Cambridge, first edition, 1956. Printed wrappers, small 8vo,. xiii, [3], 56 pp, ills. 339 entries. A valuable checklist with much bibliographical information, arranged in 7 sections - A : First and variant editions of books by Walter de la Mare; B : Contributions to books by other authors; C : Contributions to periodicals and ephemera; D : Foreign editions; E : Musical Settings; F : MSS, corrected typescripts and proofs; G : A selection of books and articles about Walter de la Mare. Very Good.

Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1974 facsimile reprint of the 1885 Nurnberg edition (Band I. Abt. 4. ). Cloth, large 8vo, 28 cm,. xi, 378 pp, 335 plates, ills. Coats of arms of the cities and markets in Germany and neighboring countries. Name and date on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good.

Greenwood Press, Westport, first edition, (third printing), 1996. Laminated boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. vii, 119 pp. 504 entries. In Part I : Narrative and Historiographical Survey (pages 1 - 75), Baxter considers the various North African campaigns in more or less chronological sequence, highlighting the main issues and controversies about the war and its personalities, and discussing and evaluating what has been written about them. The contents of this part are : 1 Historical Background; 2 Sources for Research on the War in North Africa; 3 The Desert War, 1940-1942; 4 The Axis Powers in North Africa; 5 Montgomery, Alam Halfa, and El Alamein; 6 Torch: The Landings in French North Africa; 7 The Tunisian Campaign; 8 Future Research. These narrative chapters integrate comment on the majority of the works listed in Part II : Bibliography, which occupies the remainder of the book and lists some 504 works (books and major articles), principally English-language works but including a few German and Italian… Read More

Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1917. Editions of 89. 89, 88, 93, and 121 copies, respectively, for private distribution. 5 vols, printed wrappers,. various paginations. A complete set of the true first editions of these five articles, these American copyright issues being published simultaneously with the first newspaper publication in The Daily Telegraph and The New York Tribune. The articles were prompted by the British Ambassador to Rome asking Kipling to visit and write about the Italian front in the First World War, finding it "maddening" that the British seemed to think that Italy was "not pulling her weight". The articles are: The Roads of an Army; Podgora; A Pass, a King, and a Mountain; Only a few steps higher up; and The Trentino Front. The Kipling Society website records that "anecdotal evidence claims that an Alpini general described it as ‘one of the best accounts of alpine warfare ever written’". A Near Fine set… Read More

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogues for the sales held on 18th October, 2005. Cloth, 4to, cover illustration, 27 cm,. 347 pp, plates (many in colour), ills. 244 lots. The first part of a two-part catalogue. Estimates included with lot descriptions. Near Fine. Print-out of prices realized for Part One laid in.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogues for the sales held on 18th October, 2005. Cloth, 4to, cover illustration, 27 cm,. 347 pp, plates (many in colour), ills. 244 lots. The first part of a two-part catalogue. Estimates included with lot descriptions. Fine.