Darling Will (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tear to dust jacket. base of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First collected volume combining the previous two Bankrupt Bookseller editions. Spine, binding and covers all fine though boards are faded. Dustcover is faded and quite damaged on the top edge. Contents clean throughout and no inscription. 351 pages.

. (illustrator). Very Good: some light wrinkles, name at top of inside cover (which is also the contents page) paperwraps folio, 28 cm, 27 pages, spine-stapled. 9 old songs with music chords and verses: Ballad of the Drover; The Shearer's Jamboree; Overlander Trail; A Bush Christening; What makes it Snow?; Over Hill-top and Hollow; A Song of Wind; Eureka (the Stockade Song); Lightning Ridge. . .

First Collected Edition. First collected edition. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 351 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping and sunning to both ends of spine. Moderate staining to both boards. Book is cocked causing a slight overbite to the textblock. Part of front panel of dust jacket affixed to front pastedown. Interior pages are bright and clean. Sir William Young Darling CBE FRSE LLD MC was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-121).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Price Clipped Jacket.Collected Volume. Classic On Books About Books.

SIGNED & DATED. 8vo, 351 pp.; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained red; VG (moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; stamp in blue ink to ffep; author inscription to tp).

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 351pp., Combined edition with two of the authors previously published books. The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931) & The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938). Tape-marks & Public Library of Victoria stamps & labels o/w a very good reading copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Grant & Son Ltd. 1947 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding firm. Bookplate to pastedown endpaper. Dj missing top of spine with tears to bottom of spine, has been price clipped.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo 351pp., Combined edition with two of the authors previously published books. The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931) & The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938). Very nice copy in very nice unclipped dust jacket. Scarce in this condition & with dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First combined edition, hardcover, has a strong lean to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a touch of dark soiling to the tail of the covers and a few of the first and last pages. Overall, this is a solid, Near Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, faint sunning to the spine, and some mild smudging with a few tiny spots to the covers and spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wragg, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. [6], 7-215pp, [5]. Original cloth in DJ, top edge stained red. DJ slightly chipped to spine ends and corners, tear from foot of upper joint between upper panel and spine of about two inches, spine and lower panel lightly browned. Light foxing to fore edge of text block, internally fairly bright and clean. Large inscription by the author to ffep. With a dust jacket designed by Arthur Wragg, and a frontispiece replicating the upper panel of the DJ. Will Y. Darling is best known for his 'The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller' Size: 12mo. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. [351] pp. DARLING, Will. Y. Robert Grant & Son Ltd 1947 8.5" x 5.5" First Combined Edition, collecting two of the author's previously published books: 1) The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931), and 2) The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket. First Combined Edition. Includes a letter, SIGNED by William Darling, laid in. This collected edition includes both "The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller" (1931) and "The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again" (1938). Dust Jacket shows some marks and a few small, closed tears that were previously repaired with tape. Now protected under a mylar cover. There is light foxing to the book's page edges, and some writing in pencil on the front free endpage. Interior pages are otherwise clean with no writing, underlining, or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE! Signed by Author(s).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Elcock, Howard; Hodgson, E.S.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E.; Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.