Search Results: Books by smith wilbur born

London: Macmillan, 2005. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 501 [1]. Illustrated with cartographic endpapers in colour, frontispiece map in black and white. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new copy. Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, 'The Triumph of the Sun', set againt the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, brings together the Courteneys and the Ballantynes for the first time in one epic novel.

London: Macmillan, 1999. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 674 [8]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers. With the red dust-jacket illustrated by Syd Brak, priced at £17.99. Book is moderately handled, small 'R' discreetly inked to margin of second page otherwise clean and bright in a lightly used jacket. Shows well. Epic adventure novel from a master story teller.

London: Macmillan, 2005. [Adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 501 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Illustrated with cartographic endpapers in colour, and frontispiece map in black and white. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new copy. Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, 'The Triumph of the Sun', set againt the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, brings together the Courteneys and the Ballantynes for the first time in one epic novel.

London: Heinemann, 1974. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 307 [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Ron Alexander priced at £2.25. A blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf, and a little spotting to top edge, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows some toning to spine and a little wear to edges. Very good. A young man's exploits in the South African Air Force.

London: Heinemann, 1985. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 435; [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Andy Seymour priced at £9.95. Lightly used with some expected toning to paper stock, spine lettering not faded; a very good copy.