The Henry Williamson Society

The Flax of Dream, in four volumes

Limited edition of 200 copies, signed and numbered by the author, buckram, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, Faber and Jonathan Cape,1929–1931.

All copies are fine internally, and overall they form a very nice set of this scarce edition. 

  The Beautiful Years, Faber, 1929: No. 9, blue buckram, spine faded and some marks on the front cover.

  Dandelion Days, Faber, 1930: No. 3, yellow buckram, spine and covers age-darkened.

  The Dream of Fair Women; with a Valediction to The Flax of Dream, Faber, 1931: No. 180, red buckram, spine and covers somewhat faded.

  The Pathway, Jonathan Cape, 1931: No. 4, green buckram, spine faded and some slight marks on the front cover.

£350.00

The Gold Falcon, or The Haggard of Love

Hardback, Faber, second edition, reprinted February 1947.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, but otherwise a bright, tight copy.

£2.50

The Gold Falcon, or The Haggard of Love

Hardback, Faber, second edition, 1947.
Book condition: with a nice bright dust wrapper with some minor chipping, this is a very good copy.

£7.50

The Golden Virgin

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1957.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, and the cloth boards have been covered in a clear sticky plastic film, while there is foxing to the top and fore edges; a reading copy only.

£2.50

The Golden Virgin

Paperback, Sutton Pocket Classics, 1996
Book condition: spine is creased but unbroken, generally a very nice copy.

£5.00

The Golden Virgin

Hardback, Macdonald, third impression, January 1966.
Book condition: dust wrapper a little worn at top edge and spine faded and creased, some slight foxing to page edges, otherwise a nice copy.

£7.50

The Golden Virgin

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1957.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, spine bumped at top and bottom, some slight foxing to top and fore edge, otherwise a nice tight copy.

£5.00

The Hound of Heaven: A Commemorative Volume

Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (this copy signed by Henry Williamson), cloth,The Francis Thompson Society, 1967.

Book condition: a fine copy, lacking the original tissue wrapper.

£65.00

The Innocent Moon

Paperback, Pocket Classics series, Sutton Publishing, 1998.
Book condition: spine is creased but unbroken, and generally a very nice copy.

£7.50

The Innocent Moon

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1961.

Book condition: a very good copy with a fine dust wrapper, some slight foxing to upper and fore edges, internally tight and clean.

£14.50

The Labouring Life

Limited edition of 122 copies, signed by the author (this is no.12), quarter vellum with cloth boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, Jonathan Cape, 1932.

Book condition: some fading to the top of the front cover and light foxing to the front endpapers, but generally a very good copy indeed.

The endpapers feature a map of Georgeham and its environs drawn by Henry Williamson and printed in two colours.

£125.00

The Labouring Life

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, first edition, 1932.
Book condition: lacks the dust wrapper, but a nice tight copy, with some spotting to the front fore-edge. The endpapers feature the map of the area around Georgeham drawn by HW.

£15.00

The Linhay on the Downs

Limited edition of 530 numbered copies (this is no. 397, initialled by the author), pictorial boards, fore and bottom edges uncut, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, No. 12 od The Woburn Books series, 1929.

Book condition: the dust wrapper (the same design as the pictorial boards) is slightly darkened and neatly repaired at top edge, otherwise a very good copy indeed.

£25.00

The Linhay on the Downs; And Other Adventures in the Old and the New World

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, first edition, 1934.
Book condition: lacks the dust wrapper, and hence spine and covers faded, as is usual. Otherwise a nice tight copy.

£8.00

The Linhay on the Downs; And Other Adventures in the Old and the New World

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, first edition, 1934.
Book condition: lacks the dust wrapper, and hence spine and covers faded, with some uneven fading to the front cover. Otherwise a nice tight copy.

£8.00

The Lone Swallows

First edition (just 500 copies were printed), cloth-backed boards with a paper label on spine, W Collins Sons & Co., 1922.

Henry Williamson's second book, consisting of thirty-two short essays, mostly concerning nature and the countryside. It was never reprinted in its entirety (various revised, altered and illustrated editions would follow, but one story, 'The Outlaw', was omitted from all subsequent editions).

Book condition: some slight rubbing to the bottom corners of the boards and a little wear to the paper label, but otherwise a very nice copy. Fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed. No dust wrapper called for.

£40.00

The Lone Swallows and Other Essays of Boyhood and Youth

Hardback, G. P. Putnam's Sons, new enlarged and illustrated edition, 1933 (first thus); with woodcuts by C. F. Tunnicliffe.
Book condition: lacks the dust wrapper, front and back joints cracked but intact, some slight spotting on endpapers and top and front edges, but otherwise a nice copy in a cellophane wrapper.

£6.50

The Old Stag, and Other Hunting Stories

Hardback, Putnam, reprint of the first illustrated edition, June 1942.
Book condition: Lacking the dust wrapper, some foxing to page edges, but otherwise a very nice copy. Tunnicliffe's woodcuts are well reproduced.

£6.50

The Pathway

Hardback, Faber, reprinted 1947.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, but otherwise a nice copy.

£5.00

The Pathway

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, third impression, 1928.
Book condition: dust wrapper very worn, but otherwise a nice copy.

£5.50

The Pathway

Hardback, Faber, third impression,1928
Book condition: A reasonable copy, some light foxing to the fore edge, lacking dust wrapper.

£4.50

The Patriot's Progress

Hardback, Macdonald and Jane's, new edition, 1968; illustrated with lino-cuts by William Kermode.
Book condition: dust wrapper in a protective clear film; a very nice copy, but oddly the title page has been neatly cut out.

£2.50

The Patriot's Progress

Paperback, Sphere Books, 1978; illustrated with lino-cuts by William Kermode.
Book condition: Spine creased and small mark on top edge, otherwise good.

£1.00

The Patriot's Progress, Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

Hardback, Macdonald and Jane's, second impression of the 1968 new edition, 1976. This edition retains the woodcuts by William Kermode, and has a new 10-page preface by the author.
Book condition: spine of dust wrapper faded, but otherwise a very nice bright copy, with just a little spotting on the top edge.

£5.50

The Patriot's Progress, Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

Limited edition of 350 numbered and signed copies (this is no.39), quarter vellum with cloth boards, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, Geoffrey Bles, 1930.

Book condition: The vellum spine has darkened unevenly, but the cloth boards are unfaded and unmarked. Some very light foxing to the endpapers, but generally a very good copy. (The cataloguer was surprised to see his name neatly inscribed in pencil on the endpaper followed by the date 1968. He has no recollection of this previous ownership!)

£110.00

The Patriot's Progress; Being the Vicissitudes of Pte John Bullock

Paperback, Cardinal by Sphere Books, 1991; illustrated with lino-cuts by William Kermode.

This edition contains a 2-page Epigraph by the author, noting the death of William Kermode.
Book condition: good, with an uncreased spine.

£2.00

The Peregrine's Saga and Other Stories of the Country Green

Hardback, Collins, Pocket Novels series, [1929].
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, back cover severely damp-stained, and gilt lettering on spine worn. Internally a tight, fine copy.

£1.50

The Peregrine's Saga and Other Wild Tales

Paperback, Futura, 1982.
Book condition: covers a little worn, but spine uncreased and generally a very good copy.

£1.50

The Phasian Bird

Hardback, Faber and Faber, 1948; first edition.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, otherwise a very nice copy of this underrated book.

£4.50

The Phasian Bird

Paperback, The Boydell Press, Country Library series, 1984.
Book condition: a tight copy, spine intact and uncreased.

£2.00

The Phoenix Generation

Paperback, Pocket Classics series, Alan Sutton, 1999.
Book condition: a fine copy, unread and as new, apart from some very light spotting on the fore edge.

£10.00

The Phoenix Generation

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1965.
Book condition: a vey nice copy, with the predominantly white dust wrapper retaining its freshness.

£17.50

The Power of the Dead

Hardback, Macdonald, new edition, 1985.
Book condition:a very nice copy, with dust wrapper.

£14.50

The Power of the Dead

Paperback, Pocket Classics series, Alan Sutton, 1999.
Book condition: a fine copy, unread and as new.

£10.00

The Power of the Dead

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1963.
Book condition: some light foxing to edges, but otherwise a very nice copy, with dust wrapper.

£20.00

The Power of the Dead

Paperback, revised edition, Panther, 1966
Book condition: the spine creased but unbroken, covers worn; a reading copy only.

£2.00

The Scandaroon

Limited edition (signed and numbered by the author, no. 73 of 250 copies), rexine binding (simulated leather), gilt illustration on the cover, all edges gilt, with a ribbon book mark, Macdonald,1972; with illustrations by Ken Lilly.

Book condition: a nick to the top of the spine and scuff mark to the top edge of the front cover, but otherwise a fine copy, with a fine matching slipcase.

£35.00

The Scandaroon

Hardback, Macdonald, second impression, 1972; with illustrations by Ken Lilly.
Book condition: a fine copy, apart from a small tear in top corner of the dust wrapper, with no loss.

£2.50

The Scandaroon

Hardback, Macdonald, second impression, 1972; with illustrations by Ken Lilly.
Book condition: the top edge of the dust wrapper is worn, and some slight foxing on the top edge (not unusual with the paper that the publisher used for this book), otherwise a nice copy.

£2.50

The Scandaroon

Hardback, Macdonald, first edition, 1972; with illustrations by Ken Lilly.
Book condition: lacking the dustwrapper, but otherwise a nice clean copy of Henry Williamson's last book.

£3.50

The Star-born

Hardback, Faber, revised edition, 1948; with illustrations by Mildred E. Eldridge.
Book condition: a very nice copy, with the dustwrapper in a protective sleeve.

£10.50

The Story of a Norfolk Farm

Hardback, Faber, first edition, February 1941.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, spine a little worn, but otherwise a nice copy. Loosely inserted is a contemporary magazine article by Williamson, 'The Farmer Comes into His Own'; which magazine is unknown.

£15.00

The Sun in the Sands

Hardback, Faber & Faber, first edition, 1945.
Book condition: dust wrapper worn and torn, partially repaired with brown tape, covers damp-stained, front joint cracked. A reading copy only.

£1.00

The Sun in the Sands

Hardback, Faber & Faber, first edition, 1945; with a portrait frontispiece.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, front joint cracked, but otherwise a nice copy.

£2.50

The Village Book

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, first edition, 1930.
Book condition: lacking the dust wrapper, spine and covers a little faded and worn but internally a very good copy. Field Marshal Lord Wavell's copy, with his bookplate, which features the drawing 'Private, the Black Watch (Arras 1916)' by Sir William Orpen.

£35.00

The Village Book

Hardback, Jonathan Cape, Life & Letters series, 1933.
Book condition: small tears at the top of dust wrapper (some small loss at the top of the spine), but generally a very nice copy of this edition.

£8.50

The Village Book

Limited first edition (no. 125 of 504 copies numbered and signed by the author), quarter vellum with cloth boards, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, Jonathan Cape, 1930.

Book condition: the vellum has darkened and there is some slight mottling and fading to the green boards, but a very good copy.

£50.00

The Wet Flanders Plain

Limited numbered edition (320 copies bound thus), quarter linen, pictorial paper boards, fore and bottom edges uncut, Beaumont Press, May 1929

Book condition: some darkening to the spine, but otherwise an exceptionally fine copy
 

£100.00