William Young Darling (37 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. [POD] Classic fictional memoir of a bookseller, bookselling and his times. Slight signs of handling wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 32 p. ; 19 cm. Subject; Great Britain Politics and government 1945. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 32 p. ; 19 cm. Subject; Great Britain Politics and government 1945. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 363p. A very good copy, the covers of which are a bit blotchy and the spine is cocked, in a good d.j. which is complete, but which is worn at the top of the spine, has some wear at the top corners, has been price-clipped and has a stain mark, about the size of a dime, on the front panel. The front panel of the dust jacket is outstanding as it shows a very elegant, tall, slim, and fashionably dressed woman striding, with a cigarette in her left hand and a modern purse in her left. There is more in the picture, a London street with stores, autos, and even a bus. It's all in green (the color of her dress), black, and cream. The d.j. artist has put their initial at the bottom of the front panel and it seems to read ML and I wish I knew who did this memorable d.j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First collected edition of the two satirical Bankrupt Bookseller volumes: The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931) and The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938). Hardcover. Red cloth binding is tight. Dust Jacket in Good+ condition with some slight tears at top of spine, but otherwise still clean and whole with original price. p. 351. Original orange cloth gilt, in a dustwrapper.…

Condition: Very Good. Printed at The Curwen Press hard back binding in publisher's original black buckram cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 10'' x 6¼''. Contains 382 pp. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SOCIAL & HUMANITIES.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Near Fine or better copy. Internally unmarked and the pages are in fresh condition. Edges rough cut. Brick coloured boards with titles on light green paper label on spine. Spine lightly faded. Edges lightly to moderately worn. In the price clipped soiled, chipped and faded jacket, which is price clipped. A Scarce book. By the author of The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller. Robust shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo; [314p]. Original green cloth, slight darkening, original paper label to spine. Untrimmed edges. VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 314pp. Spine ends & cover edges rubbed.Covers marked. Internally good. Undated but [1938]. Follow-up to "The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller," from 1931, and along with this title, published anonymously. An extra paper spine label tipped in at the bottom of the final page of text.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book with firm and clear binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D. Appleton & Co., 1932; likely the second edition but (unlike other copies we've seen) no edition stated on copyright page; 306pp. Extra title plate, once tipped, is now laid-in at rear. Binding is firm and fully intact; mild toning, moderate amount of wear to edges of green cloth boards; mild fraying to cloth at head of spine, title plate toned but otherwise clearly legible and well-preserved; text very good throughout; light foxing, toning to end pages; two corners chipped from extra title plate. Light wear, a few small chips/closed tears, mild toning to edges of dust jacket; spine panel toned, text remains clearly legible; several small light brown smudges on rear panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 3rd [Cheap] Edition as stated. Blue cloth boards faded to edges. Binding is tight and pages are clean and crisp. p. 307. Dust jacket is stained with a large missing tear on top front, otherwise whole. This is a satirical look at bookselling in London--an imagined diary written by a failing bookseller.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Spare paper label to back. Published anonymously, this is the scarce first printing of the book published posthumously and actually by William Young Darling. Green boards with original paper label (bit tanned) to spine are near fine with minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small mark, a few small scratches, minor browning to spine, the odd minor bump/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed yellow have the odd small mark/minor scratch. Rough cut page edges and bottoms have the odd small mark/spot of foxing. Pages little tanned. End-papers tanned. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…

Condition: Very Good. Printed at The Curwen Press first edition hard back binding in publisher's original cornflower blue buckram cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 10'' x 6¼''. Contains 382 pp. Sun faded to the top of the spine where the dust wrapper has a chip. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with fox spotting to the paper, chip to the top of the spine, not price clipped, 25s. SIGNED and dated by the author on the Introduction leaf 'William Young Darling 1954'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SOCIAL & HUMANITIES.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. With Pictorial jacket. xv, 363 pp. Partially untrimmed. Just light foxing to endpapers and fore-edge. Pages faces clean. Jacket beautifully clean and sound. VG / VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. The Travellers' Library. 1st thus (1936). 256pp. Original oatmeal cloth with blue titles and decoration to spine. VG+ book, binding square and tight, internally excellent, in Poor incomplete jacket consisting of front panel and flap only and some chipped remnants of spine.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo, pp. [4], 5-307, [1]. Green cloth-covered boards with gold accents and bumped boards. Tanned pages and edges, including uneven tanning inside covers. Some repairs have been made inside the front and back covers (see photograph). Small tag inside back cover with book title on it. Dust jacket with heavily sunned spine, chips and tears, including a larger tear at top back spine. Dust jacket now encased in a clear, protective cover. Sir William Y. Darling was a British banker, soldier, and politician. He was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1941-1944; a member of Parliament for South Edinburgh, 1945-1957. He also served as the Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1942-1957. In 1931, he anonymously published The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller, a fictional account of a British bookseller and followed this with The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again in 1938. An omnibus edition, combining both titles, was published in 1947 under the title The Bankrupt Bookseller, giving him full credit for authorship. Darling delves into the life of a fictitious but typical British bookseller and the bookselling trade in the first decades of the 20th century.…

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. No edition specified. Some fading to the spine, but text is clean and binding tight. No DJ. Scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. With pictorial jacket. 314 pp. Partially untrimmed. Pages very clean. Jacket has a little tanning to spiene and extremities but overall bright and sound. VG / VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page and dated 1942. 8vo. xv, 363pp. Reddy-brown cloth with a paper spine label (and a spare tipped-in at the rear). The cloth lightly faded at the backstrip, and with a small enclosed split to the head of the upper joint, which just impacts the spine label. Top edge lightly dust soiled, and the free endpapers very lightly toned and spotted. A very good copy in lightly dust soiled price-clipped dust wrapper, with several centimetres of corresponding loss to the head of the front panel-spine panel join, and a little accompanying creasing. The author's second book, the humorous fictional diary of a west end draper, presumably inspired by his own experiences managing the family draper business. The format of the present work is not dissimilar to the author's first book, 'The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller' (1931). The rear panel of this present dust wrapper includes some reviews of his previous effort, my personal favourite being "Badly presented, poorly edited.the outpourings of a genius". Sir William Young Darling (1885-1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957, and also director of the Royal Bank of Scotland over roughly the same period. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo; xvi, 363 pages; full original dark russet cloth, green paper label to spine (a spare tipped in between rear endpapers). Top edge stained a dark greenish gray. In its attractive pictorial dust jacket priced 7/6 net. Dj cover image of deco style tall stylish lady with cigarette case and cigarette. Book fine, jacket a little toned . a wonderful copy. Written anonymously by Will Darling (also the pseudonymous author of 'The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller'). First edition, with a Foreword by Sacheverell Smith. An charming and amusing spoof comprising a collection of short essays and observations. Cavers ".loved his business and he loved the Ladies". This copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in seven lines in ink and dated 1933. "To Hilda / and Arthur / with the / compliments / of the author / Christmas / 1933 -". Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo, 314 pp. Follow-up to "The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller," from 1931, and along with this title, published anonymously. Sir William Young Darling was a member of the British Parliament and director of the Royal Bank of Scotland. He also authored several books both anonymously and under his own name including a book of poems, an autobiographical work, and a few novels. Very good in publisher's green cloth with darkening to spine and paper spine label. Rubbing to corners of boards and along joints. Internally, clean and sound with some toning to end papers and an extra paper spine label tipped in at the bottom of the final page of text. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Rebound to style with new endpapers, green cloth with printed paper spine label; clean bright tight and unmarked, outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Second edition, revised; published in February 1932; extra copy of original spine label included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition, revised. 21 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 307pp. Green cloth, paper spine label, in the uncommon dust jacket. Chipping to jacket at head of spine and jacket spine is a bit toned. Light wear to tail of cloth spine. Fictional account of an English bookseller.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. o pp 314. Original publishers green cloth title on spine label spare spine label at rear page, attractive armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Wilshaw on pastedown. The sequel to cult classic Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller, a account of a bookseller in difficult financial straits. The book purports to be papers found after the luckless booksellers' death. The author was in fact a member of parliament and a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland. First edition (issued without a date or a printing statement). A very good or better copy in a near very good dust jacket (no inscriptions, price-clipped) with a bit of chipping to the the spine ends and tanning at spine and edges. Front panel of jacket in good order showing an illustration of a man frying something on an oven whilst reading a book with another man in the background looking through books, attractively done in purple ink. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Wonderful nostalgia for book collectors. The first Cheap Edition. . pp.307. Frontis. Solid binding. Top of boards badly sunned. DW in archival sleeve; chips, and tear at base of spine, worn.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. The uncommon first edition, first impression of William Young Darling's first novel published anonymously. The first edition, first impression of The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller by William Young Darling in the original publisher's green cloth binding.Uncommon edition of Darling's first novel, published anonymously. The tragedy of a failing book seller during the War.Darling is best known for his role as the Unionist MP for Edinburgh South between 1945 and 1957. He served in World War I and his fiction work is likely inspired by these experiences.No dust wrapper present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. No dust wrapper present. Externally, smart. There is bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. This has resulted in some wear to the cloth particularly to the tail of the spine where there is some slight loss. The title label to the spine is slightly faded as is the spine itself. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. The front hinge is starting. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some aging throughout. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Impression. 5.25 x 7.75in. 313pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges and corners, spine ever so slightly tanned, endpapers very light toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows the spine toned, marginal shelf rubbing along the edges and corners with bouts of minor loss, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.…