JONKERS RARE BOOKS
FIRST APPEARANCE OF “WILLIAM”
58. Just William CROMPTON, Richmal
Newnes, [1922]. First edition. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering. 248pp, plus 4 pages of adverts. Illustrated with line drawings by Thomas Henry. A very good copy, some spotting to page edges and endpapers, but generally bright. [45150] £750 The first book in this long running and popular series.
59. William - The Conqueror CROMPTON, Richmal
Newnes, [1926]. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering in the rare original dustwrapper. Illustrated in line by Thomas Henry. A near fine copy, bright and crisp with an ownership inscription to the front pastedown and the page edges a little dusty, in an about very good dustwrapper, which shows some wear to the corners and a shal-
low chip across the base of the spine about 1cm deep and some closed tears, mostly short with one longer encroaching on the front panel. [45419] £1,500 The sixth Just William book. Extremely uncommon in the original dustwrap- per.
60. William - The Good CROMPTON, Richmal
George Newnes Ltd., [1928]. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth let- tered in black, in the original pictorial dustwrapper with 2/6 price printed on the upper panel. Dustwrapper illustration and line draw- ings throughout by Thomas Henry. A fine, bright copy in a near fine dustwrapper, with minor wear to the base of the spine. [45261] £2,000 Lofts and Adley, p.24
61. William And The Brains Trust CROMPTON, Richmal
Newnes, 1945. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth titled in gilt, in the original dustwrapper illustrated by Thomas Henry. Dustwrapper illustration and line draw- ings throughout by Thomas Henry. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, one tape repair to verso. [43800] £1,750 Number 25 in the William series.
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