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Inventory No.21314 Author: W.H.Pearsall and Winifred Pennington
The Lake District (Collins New Naturalist Series)
Published 1977 Bloomsbury (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1870630580 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Nice clean copy in edgeworn d/w

Inventory No.15340 Author: Wadsworth, A. P.
The First Manchester Sunday Schools Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 33, No. 2, March, 1951
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Crease across bottom corner of back cover, contents very good

Inventory No.21209 Author: Wainwright Society
Wainwright - The Best of the Rest 2010
Published The Wainwright Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
No. 138 of limited edition of 225 copies. Includes cd in pocket. Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.21208 Author: Wainwright Society
The Lakeland 214 Challenge 9 May-17 May 2009
Published The Wainwright Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
No. 176 of limited edition of 400 copies. Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.20513 Author: Wainwright, A.; Illustrator: A. Wainwright.
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells Book Three The Central Fells
Published 1958 Henry Marshall (Kentmere) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £80
Blue boards with silver lettering and round corners, cover price 12/6. Book is in lovely condition, no inscriptions, d/w is slightly creased and chipped along top but quite presentable.
Walking Climbing Lake District

Inventory No.20201 Author: Wainwright, A.; Illustrator: Brabbs, Derry.
Fellwalking with Wainwright.
Published 1984 Michael Joseph. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0718124286 Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
18 of the author's favourite walks in the Lakeland. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Very nice clean copy
Lakeland Lakes Cumbria Topography Wainwright

Inventory No.20199 Author: Wainwright, A.; Illustrator: Brabbs, Derry
Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes
Published 1989 Guild Publishing Type:
Edition:Book Club ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.21983 Author: Wallace, William
Alston Moor: Its Pastoral People: Its Mines and Miners; from the Earliest Periods to Recent Times
Published 1986 Davis Books (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 094686506x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £15
Folding map at front. Lovely clean copy

Inventory No.20146 Author: Ward, James; Aitchison, George
The Principles of Ornament
Published 1892 Chapman and Hall (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £5
Lacks ffep, hinges weak, name on half-title page, spine and corners worn, working copy

Inventory No.21976 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Helena
Published 1919 Dodd, Mead & Co. (New York) Type:
Edition:First US Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Boards on upside down, spine dulled, front hinge repaired but decent copy

Inventory No.21511 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Eltham House
Published 1915 Cassell & Company (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8.5
Lettering dulled, boards a little rubbed, decent copy

Inventory No.21510 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
The War and Elizabeth
Published 1918 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
A little rubbed and worn with gift inscription on ffep but generally a very good copy

Inventory No.21506 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Cousin Philip
Published 1919 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
A little rubbed and worn with gift inscription on ffep but contents very good and generally a very good copy of scarce title

Inventory No.21505 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Harvest
Published 1920 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Spine a little worn at top, corners bumped, name and address on fep, decent copy

Inventory No.21504 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry; Illustrator: Pegram, Fred
Daphne or Marriage a La Mode
Published 1909 Cassell & Company (London.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Corners slightly bumped and a little wear to top and bottom of spine but nice clean copy

Inventory No.21503 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Missing
Published 1917 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
Spine faded, cloth slightly bubbled but very good clean copy

Inventory No.21500 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Diana Mallory
Published 1908 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Spine faded, some marks on boards, front hinge cracked, decent copy

Inventory No.21428 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
The Story of Bessie Costrell. The Novel Series.
Published 1895 Smith, Elder and Co. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
A very nice clean, tight and bright copy.
Literature

Inventory No.17154 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
England's Effort. Six Letters to an American Friend
Published 1916 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £9
Original blue cloth with label to front board and spine. Boards and spine rubbed. Splash mark to front board. Name on endpaper. Some foxing. Signed "Mary A. Ward June 1916" on title page.
Literature

Inventory No.16387 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Marcella
Published 1894 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:Eighth Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Spine worn and cloth uneven as a result of inexpert repair, corners bumped, hinges cracked but have been mended, inscription, OK as reading copy

Inventory No.16386 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Robert Elsmere
Published 1888 Smith, Elder, & Co (London) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:Fourth Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Green Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £70
Ex-Mudie's with corresponding signs of wear and labels on front boards, spines starting to split but quite good set

Inventory No.16383 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Marcella
Published Nelson (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Nelson's Library, no date. A few small marks on boards but bright and clean

Inventory No.15874 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Helbeck of Bannisdale
Published 1898 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £6.5
Corners bumped, spine a little worn, mark on front board, name on titlepage, decent copy

Inventory No.15420 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
The History of David Grieve
Published 1893 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:Eighth Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £6
Neat inscription inside, very nice clean copy

Inventory No.15418 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
The Marriage of William Ashe
Published 1905 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Blue Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Spine faded, nice tight copy
Novel Fiction

Inventory No.15416 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Lady Rose's Daughter
Published 1903 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Spine worn and faded. Hinges cracked. Slightly cocked.
Novel Fiction

Inventory No.5933 Author: Ward, Mrs Humphry
Love's Harvest. The Novel Library.
Published The London Book Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good+ Price: £4
Top of spine has 5mm split. Dust wrapper chipped with slight loss at top of spine. Page edges browned.
Literature

Inventory No.21512 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry
Miss Bretherton
Published 1891 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £10
Spine a little worn, corners bumped, name on ffep, decent copy

Inventory No.21513 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
The Mating of Lydia
Published 1913 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £9
Lovely clean copy

Inventory No.21509 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
Delia Blanchflower
Published 1915 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Spine a little worn and faded, otherwise VG+

Inventory No.21508 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.; Illustrator: Albert Sterner.
Fenwick's Career
Published 1906 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Spine faded, boards a little rubbed, name on ffep, decent copy

Inventory No.21507 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.; Illustrator: Sterner, Albert
Canadian Born
Published 1910 Smith, Elder & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
A little rubbed but still bright, name on ffep, very good clean copy

Inventory No.21502 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
Lady Connie.
Published 1916 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8.5
Original blue cloth, gilt. Boards rubbed and bumped. Inscription on ffep, but very good clean copy

Inventory No.21501 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.; Illustrator: Albert Sterner.
Eleanor.
Published 1900 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Original blue cloth. Titling black.Boards a little rubbed and faded but very good tight copy

Inventory No.21429 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.; Illustrator: Pogany, Willy
Milly and Olly or a Holiday Among the Mountains: a Story for Children
Published 1907 T. Fisher Unwin (London.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Wear to top and bottom of spine, small piece missing from ffep, which also has name on it, otherwise nice bright copy.

Inventory No.15419 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
Sir George Tressady.
Published 1896 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £4
Original green cloth. Black titling to front board, gilt to spine. Spine slightly worn at top of spine. Rear hinge cracked. Inscription inside but nice clean bright copy.

Inventory No.15412 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
The Coryston Family.
Published 1913 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £4.5
Original brown cloth. black titling to front board, gilt to spine.Spine worn with split at bottom, corners bumped, lacks ffep, contents very good

Inventory No.15411 Author: Ward, Mrs. Humphry.
The Case of Richard Meynell.
Published 1911 Smith, Elder and Co. (London.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £5
Corners bumped, front board damp-stained, label removed from fep, contents very good

Inventory No.15346 Author: Ward, W. R.
The Land Tax in Scotland, 1707-98 Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 37, No. 1, September 1954
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4

Inventory No.21417 Author: Wardale, Roger
Arthur Ransome and the World of the Swallows & Amazons
Published 2000 Great Northern (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0953503542 Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £15
Dust jacket a little rubbed on edges.

Inventory No.21412 Author: Wardale, Roger
Arthur Ransome Under Sail: Recundra-Namcy Blackett-Lottie Blossom-Peter Duck-Selina King-Swallow
Published 2010 Sigma Leisure (Ammanford) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Looks unread.
9781850588559

Inventory No.20989 Author: Warner, Pauline; Illustrator: Squires, Kate
Telling an Old, Old Story: Christianity and Fairy Stories
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.20930 Author: Warren, Terry
Halifax Speedway 1928-1951, an Illustrated History
Published The Author (Halifax) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Very nice clean copy of this item. pp. 191.

Inventory No.20240 Author: Weaver, David
Essex Tales
Published 1985 Ian Henry Publications. (Hornchurch.) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0860258920 Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Reading Copy Price: £5
Very worn copy

Inventory No.8391 Author: Weir, Rosemary; Illustrator: Richard Cuffari
The Lion and the Rose
Published 1972 Abelard-Schuman. (London) Type:
Edition:First English Edition. ISBN: 0200719181 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4
Dust wrapper lightly rubbed.
Chilrens Fiction

Inventory No.20990 Author: Wellard, James
The Great Sahara
Published 1964 Hutchinson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £5
D/w slightly creased round edges but nice clean copy

Inventory No.21076 Author: Wenham, Peter
Watermills
Published 1989 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709035268 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Corners bumped, d/w a little creased but nice clean copy

Inventory No.21604 Author: Wiggins, Bradley
My Time
Published 2012 Yellow Jersey Press (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 978022409218 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.21331 Author: Willard, Barbara; Illustrator: Eckersley, Maureen
The Dippers and the High-Flying Kite
Published 1975 Hamish Hamilton. (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0241901421 Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.21306 Author: Windbeatt, B. A. Editor; Illustrator: Chris Daunt
The Book of Margery Kempe
Published 2004 Folio Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Slipcase, Good Price: £8
Light finger and splash marks to slip case.

Inventory No.18168 Author: Windle, Bertram C. A.; Illustrator: New, Edmund H.
The Wessex of Thomas Hardy
Published 1978 EP Publishing (East Ardsley, Wakefield) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0715812548 Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
Nice clean copy
Thomas Hardy Wessex Dorset

Inventory No.18111 Author: Winter, W. P.
Shipley Glen An Exploratory Outline of Its Physical Features for the Interested Lover of Our Country
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
With folding map. Reprinted from the Bradford Scientific Journal. Covers slightly browned, some wear to spine but clean copy

Inventory No.15859 Author: Wittenborn, Joyce; Illustrator: Schoofs, Rudolf
A Flight of Herons
Published 1968 Konrad Baumler (Wuppertal, Germany) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Folio Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £60
Plain paper folder a little rubbed and grubby and looks as if there was a label on the spine, label missing. This publication has been composed and printed by Konrad Baumler in the workshop of the Werkkunstschule in Wuppertal, Germany, in an edition of 60 numbered copies, on Velin D'Arches paper. Each with an extra set of the four lithographs, numbered and signed by the artist. The lithographs have been pulled by Peter Schafer in Wuppertal. Privately printed in Germany, 1969. Copy No: 5. The plates have been cancelled. Signed by Schoofs and Wittenborn. This item is complete and includes errata slip.

Inventory No.21997 Author: Wood, Eric
The Boy's Book of Adventure
Published Cassell and Company Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Prize (1st class) label on fep, inscription dated 1925 on ffep, nice clean copy

Inventory No.18634 Author: Wood, Mrs. Henry
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
Published The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Green Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £4
Somewhar rubbed and bumped but clean inside

Inventory No.21179 Author: Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen; Woof, Pamela
English Poetry 850-1850 : The First Thousand Years: With Some Romantic Perspectives
Published 2000 The Wordsworth Trust Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1870787706 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
Lovely clean copy

Inventory No.21020 Author: Wright, Patricia
The Strange History of Buckingham Palace : People, Places and Legend
Published 1996 Sutton Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0750910011 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5

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