Willie Riley

List of books in chronological order of publication

Book Title		Published	Out of Print	Publisher	Illustrated Version
1. Windyridge.	Novel	1912	1961	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
		2010	-	Jeremy Mills	Yes	10 photos
				with long introduction by D.M. Copeland
2. Netherleigh	Novel	1915	1950	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
3. Way of the Winepress	Novel	1916	1949	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
4. Number Seven Brick Row	Novel	1918	?	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	4 plates
5. Olive of Sylcote	Novel	1918	?	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
6. Through a Yorkshire Window	Novel	1919	1940	Herbert Jenkins	Only	16 photos
				later illustrated edition		8 photos
7. Jerry and Ben	Novel	1919	1949	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	6 photos
8. A Yorkshire Suburb	Novel	1920	1942	Herbert Jenkins	Only	8 plates
				later illustrated edition		4 plates
9. The Lady of the Lawn	Novel	1920	1941	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
10. Men of Mawm	Novel	1921	1942	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
11. Rachael Bland's Inheritance	Novel	1922	1942	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
12. The Garden of Delight	Novel	1923	1941	Herbert Jenkins	Yes	8 photos
13. Laycock of Lonedale	Novel	1924	1949	Herbert Jenkins	No
14. Peter Pettinger	Novel	1925	1950	Herbert Jenkins	No
15. A Village in Craven	Novel	1925	1943	Herbert Jenkins	Only	12 plates
16. Children of the Outcast	Novel	1926	1940	Herbert Jenkins	No
17. A Late Harvest/The Lord's Poor Brother	Plays	1927	?	Herbert Jenkins	No
18. Windyridge Revisited	Novel	1928	1949	Herbert Jenkins	No
19. Witch Hazel	Novel	1928	1949	Herbert Jenkins	No
20. Doctor Dick	Novel	1929	1950	Herbert Jenkins	No
21. Squire Goodall	Novel	1930	1948	Herbert Jenkins	No
22. Kit of Kit's Folly	Novel	1931	1942	Herbert Jenkins	No
23. The Silver Dale	Topography	1932	1942	Herbert Jenkins	Only	16 photos
				later illustrated edition.		8 photos
24. Old Obbutt	Novel	1933	1942	Herbert Jenkins	No
25. Yorkshire Pennines of the North West	Topography	1934	1942	Herbert Jenkins	Only	23 photos
26. Jack and John	Novel	1935	?	Herbert Jenkins	No
27. The Man of Anathoth	Religious fiction	1936	1951	Herbert Jenkins	No
28. Old Asa and other Stories	Short stories	1936	?	Epworth Press	Only	1 plate
29. The Sixpenny Man	Novel	1937	1949	Herbert Jenkins	No
30. Gold Chains	Novel	1938	1950	Herbert Jenkins	No
31. The Valley of Baca	Novel	1939	?	Herbert Jenkins	No
32. The Voice in the Garden	Novel	1940	1943	Herbert Jenkins	No
33. Common Clay	Novel	1941	1950	Herbert Jenkins	No
34. Grapes from Thorns	Novel	1943	1950	Herbert Jenkins	No
35. A Stick for God	Novel	1946	?	Herbert Jenkins	No
36. Services of Song	Church services	1954	?	Epworth Press	No
37. Sunset Reflections	Autobiography	1957	?	Herbert Jenkins	No
38. In the Silver Dale (abridged version of 23)		1958	?	Dalesman	Only	11 photos
39. The Man and the Mountain	Novel	1961	?	Herbert Jenkins	No

Titles 1-5, 7 and 9-12 were all initially published without illustrations. Later, an illustrated edition was also published.
Titles 6, 8, 15, 23, 25, 28 and 38 were only ever published with illustrations.
Titles 6, 8 and 23 (illustrated) editions were later reprinted with only half the original number of illustrations.

Riley kept royalty records for the books published by Jenkins, from which the 'out of print' information has been derived. This record ceased in 1952, hence for those books that were still in print in 1952 and beyond there is no 'out of print' information available.

Riley wrote in his royalty records book that 'enemy action' caused the abrupt deletion of several of his titles during World War Two. After the war ended, Jenkins soon ceased to reset and reprint Riley's remaining titles, due to the rapid rise in costs.
13 books went out of print during the war.
14 books went out of print 1948-1951.

In addition to these books, Riley wrote many articles and short stories, lectures, and some poetry. He also wrote a few introductions to the books of other writers, and a few plays. In his role as Methodist local preacher, he also delivered many sermons.