Search Results: Titles starting with W from Daniel Vince Rare Books

London: The Bodley Head (1952). First UK edition, first printing. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Vinten, is bright to both panels though suffers from some wear at the corners. There is some major separation at the head and foot of the spine. It has not been price clipped, showing the original 9s. 6d. net price. There is a mild tear to the front panel, with tape repairs internally. The boards are free from notable wear in the publisher's red cloth. The text blocks are mostly clean, with sparse spotting present. The internals are clean and this is a very good copy overall.An unbearably tense classic thriller about men with nothing to lose in the toughest place on Earth.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The Charl dust wrapper is bright to each panel, but with scuffing to the corners and spine tips. There is a band of toning to the rear panel. The text blocks are bright and clean throughout. The publisher's green boards with silver foil tooling are fine. The author's signature is present on the front fly leaf, reading 'Signed for Dinah by Rhoda Power'. There are no further inscriptions. This is a near fine copy.

London: Faber & Faber, 1964. First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed along the back strip and with some light shelf wear at the top and tail edges. It has been neatly price clipped at all four corners, but retains the original price (12s 6d net). The boards are nicely bound in the original publishers cloth and although there is some very light rubbing to the spine tips, it remains attractive and highly presentable. This copy is mostly free from foxing (very faint) and from inscriptions and is, overall, a near fine copy. Currently in its sixtieth year, The Whitsun Weddings launched Larkin into the hall of literary fame. Several poems contained in this volume mark themselves eternal, with notable examples being 'An Arundel Tomb', 'Here', 'The Whitsun Weddings' and 'Reference Back'.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The stunning dust wrapper (designed by Eric Thomas), which depicts a young Antoinette Cosway on the front panel, is very presentable. It has not been price clipped (21s net) and has only some very minor shelf wear to note. The boards are free from notable wear and the corners sharp. The text blocks are mildly foxed to the top and foredge. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in near fine condition. Despite being published 119 years after Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea is its prequel, narrating the life of the tragic character Berta Mason. Written in a polyphonic narrative, various characters voices come to prominence in this work, but those which prevail are those of Antoinette (Bertha) herself, and a gentleman only referred to by his pronouns – this gentleman is, of course, Edward Rochester.