Search Results: Authors starting with W from Rosley Books

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers , 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Engraved Portraits. FIRST EDITION. EDINBURGH : 1855. Individual biographies with vignette engraved portraits to each part; individually numbered; Oberlin; Columbus; Madame Roland; Peter the Great; Rob Roy; John Howard; Clan MacGregor, Walter Scott, James Watt, Alexander Murray; Isaac Newton and others. Original red textured cloth; gilt lettered and decorated spine. Blind-stamped decorative cover with gilt decorative motif. Original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. Bright, tight and clean. Neat contemporary owner name; no internal markings. Minor use only. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

Edinburgh & Glasgow: J. Menzies & Co. ; Glasgow : T. & J. Lochhead and Wm. Love, 1902. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Two Plates. EDINBURGH : 1902. [ First published in 1871 ]. Quarto. Hardback. Illustrated with two plates. Black pebble-grained cloth. Gilt title to cover within bold blind stamped border. Lemon end-papers. Minor wear to spine. Neat owner names; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. (ii), (ii), 105, [i] pages. With 'Notice to the general reader' in English, Introduction in Scots. Text in double column format. With marginal references, illustrations and map by R. Wilson. See Herbert number, 2520. **Book now in an archival quality clear protective jacket**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian Literature, Theology and History ].

London: Constable, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1947. Hardback. Original blue cloth; black lettered spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name; no internal markings. Spine slightly dulled. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (vi),303 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

London: Encounter, 1964. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. LONDON : 1964. Blue printed card covers. Quality sewn book; 96 pages. Not recorded in Gerard's Bibliography of Wain. Four page article by Wain on his friend the late C.S. Lewis who died the previous autumn. Other articles; 'Words' - a 11-page article by Jean-Paul Sartre, 'The Suitor' (a 5-page story) by Ted Hughes. A bright copy. Owner name to head of cover; no internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. 96 page. JOHN WAIN (John Barrington Wain, March 14, 1925 to May 24, 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group the Inklings (Oxford with Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, C.W. et al), and The Movement (English poets). **collectable item** **our listings here represents a small percentage of our stock of over 3,000 Inklings books! **We buy new stock all the time - we would love to hear from you**

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1879. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1879. [ First published 1872. ]. Hardback. With a Biographical Sketch. Dark-green cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover; black and gold pictorial cover. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name (contemporary); no internal markings. Minor wear only. Slight browning to end-papers. VERY GOOD. 406 pages. Index (p. [11]-16). Appendix. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter: sold by Parker, Oxford, and Hatchard, London,, 1821. New Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. Small Octavo. LONDON : 1821. [ First published in 1772. Abridged here by Edward Berens.] Hardback. Full contemporary brown calf-leather. Gilt ruled spine; red leather label gilt lettered. Spine worn; strong and sound. Tight and clean internally; very good indeed. GOOD. (viii), 326, (ii) pages. Referenced by: Bradshaw 182. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Darlington: Evangelical Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HARDBACK in JACKET. First edition. Minor wear only. No owner marks. A little foxing to top-edge. Clean. VG / VG. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Smith Settle for Chipping Local History Society, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - 11 x 9 Inches Tall. FIRST EDITION. OTLEY : 2000. Hardback. Title on dust jacket and half-title page: The Diary of the Reverend Peter Walkden, 1733-1734. Colour frontispiece. Illustrations and facsimiles. Light-brown cloth; gilt lettered title to a red panel on spine: Peter Walkden's diary, 1733-1734. In light-brown colour pictorial dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xxiv), 517 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. Folio; approx. 11 x 9 inches. **Heavy; extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History.]. We accept PayPal. SCARCE

Birmingham : Printed by R. Peart, 38 Bull-Street, 1812. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Engraved Frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. BIRMINGHAM : 1812. (i), 16pp. Old owner name and numbers to top right corner. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Halifax: Whitley & Booth, 1885. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Plates. FIRST EDITION. HALIFAX : 1885. Hardback. 2 plates; 2 facsimile of original manuscript. Contemporary plain brown leather spine; blue cloth sides. Neat stamp of the Athenaeum Library; Liverpool to foot of title-page foot; no internal markings. Gilt number 29 to foot of spine. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear only to spine foot. VERY GOOD. (iv), 163, (vi), 96 pages. Indexes. CONTENTS--Vicar Favour and his times.--Commonwealth marriages.--Buried alive in the parish church.--Another wife buried in a trance in the parish church.--Remarks on the registers.--Appendix: Halifax parish church registers, 1538-1541. SCARCE. Referenced by: Franks 13225 var. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Glasgow: John Smith & Son, 1843. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. FIRST EDITION. GLASGOW : 1843. Hardback. Original brown ribbed-cloth. Original dark-brown ribbed cloth as issued; blind-stamped decoration. Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner bookplate of James Hutchison (corner of Argyle Street), Glasgow; no internal markings. Minor wear; not faded. VERY GOOD. (viii), 434 pages. Appendix. Errata leaf. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. LONDON : 1930. [ Hodder & Stoughton Yellow Ninepennies ]. Short stories, first published in 1928; this edition not dated - circa 1930. Paperback. Yellow pictorial covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. 128 pages. RICHARD HORATIO EDGAR WALLACE (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short… Read More

Manchester & London: Abel Heywood ; London : F. Pitman,, 1897. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. MANCHESTER : 1897. Cream red and black printed paper covers. Tight, bright and clean. No owner name or internal markings. No foxing. Minor wear and aging only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (iv), 104 pages. 16pp publisher's catalogue at end. FULL TITLE: The temperance handbook and entertainer : valuable hints and aids to speakers and workers, quotations from scriptural, philosophical, clerical and medical authorities; also readings, recitations, lyrics for popular tunes, short speeches, "words for women", easy dialogues and a new and original cantata - "The band of hope queen", suitable for bands of hope, "Young crusaders", boys and girls guilds, juvenile or adult good templar lodges, temperance societies, etc. Compiled and in part written by John Wallace, Jun. Contains articles by E. Paxton Hood, Joseph Parker, C. H. Spurgeon, Rev. Dr. Nott, Ella… Read More

London: Macmillan's New Story Readers., 1939. Sole Edition. . Soft cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. LONDON : 1939. [ Not dated; the British Library dates as 1939. No other copies recorded in the UK.]. Soft cover; stapled. Red pictorial covers. Illustrated throughout. 64pp. Children's story taken from Walpole's 1913 book 'Jeremy'. A good copy with moderate use. A few pen marks to margin of cover. No owner name or internal markings. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE

London: William MacKenzie, 1881. Not Given . No Binding. Near Fine. Folio. LONDON : 1881. Antique Portrait of Spencer Horatio Walpole. Size of print area; 6 x 9 inches. Un-mounted. NEAR FINE. Ideal for framing. SCARCE. SPENCER HORATIO WALPOLE, QC, LLD (1806-1898) was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby. Sm.Folio. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1926. [ This is described as a 'Library Edition Bound in Reinforced cloth'. Everyman's Library: Biography ; no. 775. ]. Hardback. Dark-brown cloth, simple gilt spine within panel. End-papers reinforced with linen. All edges dark-green. An attractive edition. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. NEAR FINE. No. 732 in the Everyman Library, edited by Ernest Rhys. (xvi), 535 pages. Includes bibliographical references; p.xv-xvi. Printed at 'The Temple Press, Letchworth, England'. See Seymour's Guide page 280. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Dent Everyman's Library. No. 775. SCARCE.

London: William MacKenzie, 1881. Not Given . No Binding. Near Fine. Folio. LONDON : 1881. Antique Portrait of Spencer Horatio Walpole; professionally mounted. Size of print area; 6 x 9 inches overall mounted; size 12 x 9 inches. NEAR FINE. Ideal for framing. SCARCE. SPENCER HORATIO WALPOLE, QC, LLD (1806-1898) was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby. Sm.Folio. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1959. Second Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Small 8vo. LONDON : 1959. [ First published in Everyman 1926. Everyman's Library: Biography ; no. 775. Larger-format.]. Hardback. Introduction by William Hadley. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. In yellow pictorial dust-jacket. Neat owner name and some neat internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Jacket has minor wear and chipping. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. No. 732 in the Everyman Library, edited by Ernest Rhys. (xvi), 535 pages. Includes bibliographical references; p.xv-xvi. Printed at 'The Temple Press, Letchworth, England'. See Seymour's Guide page 280. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Dent Everyman's Library. No. 775.

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1899. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Large Octavo. Illustrated; each volume has a photogravure frontispiece and colour-tinted prints. Illustrated throughout. PHILADELPHIA : 1899-1900. Hardback. 9 volumes complete. Illustrated; each volume has a photogravure frontispiece and colour-tinted prints. Illustrated throughout. Grey cloth; printed paper-labels top spines. Matching set. Ex library with minimal markings. Bookplate of David Bloomfield. Plus a label saying To the French Library a gift of David Bloomfield 1961. No internal owner markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. Lg.8vo. Heavy (over 11kg); extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Sheed & Ward, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1973. Hardback. Original brick-red cloth; gilt lettered spine in cream printed dust-jacket - now in a clear protective sleeve. Neat owner's name, but no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (viii), 147 pages. Very scarce. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.