Linhay Downs by Williamson, Signed (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Limited edition. Book has chipping to the top and bottom edges of the spine. Very good- unclipped DJ which is protected in a clear sleeve has small pieces missing on the top and bottom edges of the spine. There is slight discolouring to about half of the front and back endpapers. Number 268 of 530 copies initialled by Williamson. Nos. 1-500 only were for sale and Nos. 501-530 for presentation. Consists of two stories: The Linhay on the Downs and The Firing Gatherer. Both stories had appeared previously in literary journals: 'Linhay' in the Atlantic Monthly (October 1927). It was then printed as a limited edition as No. 12 of the Woburn Books series in 1929. ***** Free shipping available to UK buyers. For customers located outside the UK, if the actual cost of shipping your order is lower than the price paid, then a refund of the difference will be issued. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies, each one initialled by the author (this being #56). Slim 8vo. 26pp. Decorated paper-covered boards with pattern motif repeated on front and rear endpapers. The binding just a fraction tender at two gatherings, and with a little quite light partial toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in dust wrapper, split into two parts at the spine fold, with a single small edge-nick and some light toning. The first bookform appearance of these two Williamson stories, the first of which was originally printed in the periodical 'Atlantic Monthly' in 1927, with the second first appearing in 'Time and Tide' the same year. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition. Pp. 26. One of 530 signed limited editions, this being #281. In original jacket, internally clean, light off setting to end pages, tight binding. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition. Limited edition to 530, of which this is no. 512. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; 26 pp. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history ; Outdoor books. 3 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. Two short stories or vignettes, one of sheltering from an apocalyptic storm in an old farm building; the other of a beachcomber. Limited edition, number 370 of 530 initialed by the author; number 12 of the 'Woburn Books'. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards matching the jacket. Light wear, spine of book & jacket faded, endsheets tanned; jacket shows light chipping, spine partly split; corners lightly bumped. Text clean; 26 pages + HW owl sigil. Size: 6" by 8ĵ". Signed by Author.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED (initialed) by the author. Numbered 523 out of 530 copies. Unusual in the dust-wrapper. Series; Woburn books ; no. 12. Physical description; 26 p; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history ; Outdoor books. English. Nature. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Limited edition to 530, of which this is no. 512. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; 26 pp. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history ; Outdoor books. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. 8vo., 26 pages, set in Montotype English Poliphilus, and printed by Robert MacLehose & Co. Ltd., at the University Press, Glasgow, original patterned boards. A practically fine copy in a matching dustwrapper which has one slight chip to top of upper cover, but still VG+ bright dustwrapper. One of 530 copies numbered and initialled by the author, this being number 267. This slim octavo volume consists of two stories The Linhay on the Downs and The Firing Gatherer . Both stories had appeared previously in literary journals: Linhay in the Atlantic Monthly (October 1927) for which Putnam s statement of payment shows HW received £22.16.8d for both Linhay and The Rabbit Agent together (so presumably about half that each). A linhay is a hut, a small barn, built out on the moors or marshes, as a place for shelter for man, animals and fodder. This story tells a simple adventure which occurs on a day s walk, and the need to shelter from a sudden storm. The story opens with a description of the linhay half fallen into ruin . It lies on the high down above the sea, in the corner of the last rough grazing field . The writer sets out with a companion to have a picnic at the linhay: they climb the road to Windwhistle Cross. Windwhistle Cross was Henry Williamson's name for Ox s Cross, and the road is the one that winds uphill from Georgeham from Vale House where Henry and his wife lived and then west across the fields to where the linhay was perched overlooking the steep path down to the beach above Black Rock (more or less marking the boundary between Putsborough beach and Woolacombe Sands): Henry s habitual route on foot down to the beach. The two walkers are, of course, Henry Williamson and his wife. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED (initialed) by the author. Numbered 523 out of 530 copies. Unusual in the dust-wrapper. Series; Woburn books ; no. 12. Physical description; 26 p; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history ; Outdoor books. English. Nature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies, each one initialled by the author (this being #450). Slim 8vo. 26pp. Decorated paper-covered boards with pattern motif repeated on front and rear endpapers. A short slit to the head of the outer gutter, and a little inevitable toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel and with a little further toning to several margins of the rear panel. The first bookform appearance of these two Williamson stories, the first of which was originally printed in the periodical 'Atlantic Monthly' in 1927, with the second first appearing in 'Time and Tide' the same year. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A limited first edition of this short story by Henry Williamson. Number 473 of 500 copies initialled by the author. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear and foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper generally smart with some light chipping and a close tear to spine measuring 1 inch. Spine sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. signed by author. book.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Cloth covers sun-toned at margins and showing damp-stains. Internally well-preserved: text block tight, with faint foxing only to prelims and edges; title page with minor dust-smudges. Notes; The author's own copy, signed and dated, with some minor manuscript corrections. Physical description; 315 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history. England. Description and travel. North America. 20th century. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Cloth covers sun-toned at margins and showing damp-stains. Internally well-preserved: text block tight, with faint foxing only to prelims and edges; title page with minor dust-smudges. Notes; The author's own copy, signed and dated, with some minor manuscript corrections. Physical description; 315 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history. England. Description and travel. North America. 20th century. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Pp. 26+[2](author's owl device, verso blank), series patterned endpapers printed in green; grey papered boards, lettered and decorated in green, slightly foxed, backstrip chipped at extremities, lightly rubbed and browned, fore-corners of boards a trifle worn; uncut; free endpapers offset, the hinges starting at a few points; Jonathan Cape, London, 1934. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies (500 for sale), initialled by the author. Woburn Books series, No. 12. *Lacking the dust wrapper. Signed.

First edition. With a portrait frontispiece and nine photographs. Inscribed by the author to Walter de la Mare, 'To my dear friend Walter (orion-like) from Henry', and with his pictorial owl device. Spine faded and with two slight punctures, else a nice copy in sometime supplied, dust-soiled jacket, with a few short tears. De la Mare had given Williamson early encouragement as a writer and was the dedicatee of a story published in 1921, as well as the co-dedicatee of the Faber edition of 'The Dream of Fair Women'. His son, Richard, was best man at Williamson's first wedding and became his publisher in 1929. Signed by Author(s).