WILSON, AUGUSTA J. EVANS.

Infelice.

London:James Nisbet,nd. Aeg. Pp.424/16(ads),frontis.+3 other b/w plates, toning to endpapers, some spotting throughout. Green blind-stamped cloth with gilt decorated title to front and spine. G.

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WILSON, ANGUS.

The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. 0. 1st ed. Fiction. "Sombre, but shot through with Mr. Wilson's ironic humour, 'The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot' is a study of the sources of the human will". Pp. 430. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w edges chipped. G+/G.

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Book number: 15021

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WILSON, HARRY LEON.

Ruggles of Red Gap. (Illustrated by F.R.Gruger).

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st edition. The story of a newly rich American couple from the West who win a British gentleman's gentleman in a poker game. Pp.371, black & white frontispiece + 7 further illustrations by F.R.Gruger, faint ownership details to front free endpaper, lower edge of one plate creased. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+. **Adapted into a 1935 comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and ZaSu Pitts, and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams.(wiki).

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WODEHOUSE, P.G.

Carry on Jeeves.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1999. "Jeeves makes himself totally indispensable in every way, disentangling the hapless Bertie from scrapes with formidable aunts, madcap girls and unbidden guests". Pp 242. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 28439

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WODEHOUSE, P.G.

The Coming of Bill.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 1st British edition. (First published in the US as Their Mutual Child in 1919 by Boni & Liveright, New York). "The novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth, and their young son, Bill. Bill's upbringing is interfered with by Ruth's busybody aunt, Mrs. Lora Delane Porter, who is an author of books intended to uplift the public mind.Unlike most of Wodehouse's novels, it is not a comic novel."(wiki). Pp.251/4(publisher's ads), spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, black titles to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

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WODEHOUSE, P.G.

The Head of Kay's.

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1922. Third edition. "Set at the fictional public school of Eckleton, the story centres upon the "House of Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr Kay, and Kennedy, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys, burglaries, a mugging in the local village, politics amongst the houses of the school, a trip to an army-style camp, and plenty of cricket, rugby, and other school sports."(wiki). Pp.viii/280, colour frontispiece, gift message to front free endpaper, minor spotting to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Red cloth, black titles to front and spine. G+.

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WODEHOUSE, P.G.

Mr Mulliner Speaking.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, nd.(c.1930). Second printing. A collection of nine short stories narrated by the inexorable Mr Mulliner about members of his prodigious family, including one who is also a member of the Drones Club. The last three of the stories are about Bobbie Wickham. Pp.320, owner's name to front free endpaper. Bright orange cloth with black title to front and spine, minor rubbing to top and tail of spine. VG.

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WOHL, LOUIS DE.

The Quiet Light.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. 1st ed. A novel in which Aquinas figures. Pp. 320. Inscrip. to fep. Red cloth, d/w rubbed and toned. G+/G.

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WOOD, JAMES.

The Book Against God.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 0224063952. 1st edition. ""James Wood's novel brings a new comic voice to British fiction - edgy, lyrical, intellectual and passionate. 'The Book Against God' explores questions of belief and unbelief, truth and lies, the relation of father and son, and husband and wife, in a tone that is at once poignant and funny. Above all, it introduces readers to the irrepressible presence of its narrator, Thomas Bunting, liar, doubter, and the strangest philosopher in contemporary fiction." Pp.247. Yellow boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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WOOD, ANDREW.

Street Paved with Water.

London: Withy Grove Press, nd. (c.1940's). Cherry Tree Book No.223. Mystery. Pp.96, pages toned. Pbk, spine scuffed. G.

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WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER.

Dead Men's Boots and Other Tales from the Foreigh Legion.

London: Gryphon Books,1949. 1st 1 volume edition. "These Tales were originally published in book form in Stepsons of France (1917); Good Gestes (1929); Flawed Blades (1933) and Port O' Missing Men (1934)". Pp.446, owners name to fep. Red cloth, crease to spine. G+.

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WRIGHT, ROBERT.

The Eye of the Beholder.

Lewes: The Book Guild, 1997. 185776241X. 1st edition. Pp.153. Black cloth, dustwrapper (design by Hilary Prosser) has two small top edge tears. VG/G+.

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YEATS, W. B.

Fairy Tales of Ireland.

London: Diamond Books, 1996. "The author's classic collection of Irish myths and legends, tales of witches, fairies, giants and people of the otherworld, draws on the glorious storytelling tradition of Ireland." Pp, 160, many b/w sketch illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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YOUNG, HENRY LYON.

Baroque Tales of Chile. (Signed).

Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1963. 0. 1st edition. "a conglomeration of folklore, anecdotes, gossip, and fantasy. Stories include the 'Virgin of Andacollo', the legend of the miracle-working Virgin to whom the Indians dance for three days and three nights without ceasing..The second story is 'La Quintrala', the most dreaded and sinister figure in the history of South America, whose deeds woud have put the Marquis de Sade to shame." Pp.207, inscribed (in Spanish) by the author to front free endpaper with full name 'Henry Lyon Young'. Grey cloth, dustwrapper (not price-clipped) has 1cm loss to top of spine + further small edge losses and closed tear to spine and has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce. VG/G+.

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Book number: 35110

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