Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Petersfield Bookshop

New Naturalist, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. first edition, 9 coloured and 68 black and white photographs, Category: Natural History & Resources; .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Reprint. Half Leather Green Boards. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. . Gilt spine with five raised bands,Fawn title label. The top of spine is torn with some fraying. Internally very good Size: Octavo. Category: Theatre & Plays; .

Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, 2012. Second printing. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Standard paperback binding, illustrated in colour. Just some very light shelf wear. - Reflections about America's relationship with Afghanistan and insurgent groups that military historians, military strategists, and defense advocates may consider as perspectives for the nation to move forward within the Middle East. Compares the reasons for and the responses to the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan since October 2001. Also examines the lack of security and the support of insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the 1970s that explain the rise of the Pakistan-supported Taliban. Explores the border tribal areas between the two countries and how they influence regional stability and U.S. security. Explains the implications of what happened during this 10-year period to provide candid insights on the prospects and risks associated with bringing a durable… Read More

1807. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. vol. 1 of 2 only, col. costume plates & sepia viewsmarbled endpapers One volume of the 2-volume set. Slight wear to spine. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. loose front cover. Category: Travel & Places; .

Sinclair Stevenson, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. With woderful photographs by Bob Gibbons and Gareth Lovett Jones. Very Heavy may incur extra postage Size: Quarto. Category: Natural History & Resources; .

London: Prentice Hall, 1985. Third Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. 3rd impression with dustwrapper, small 4to., red endpapers, 167 colour reproductions from The Clifford Family., signed by the Author and Henrietta Clifford Size: small quarto. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Category: Natural History & Resources; 1980s; .

Ireland: Country House, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. With Black and white photographs Size: Quarto. Category: Travel & Places; 1980s; .

London: Peter Davies, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Fading to sine and some small marks, otherwise a good copy Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Fiction; .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Second Edition. Red Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. This Being this being the real life record of the famous Royal North West Mounted Police. with illustrations Size: Octavo (standard book size). spine slightly faded. Heavy foxing throughout. Edges slightly foxed. slight wear to covers. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1920s; .

John Murray, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Author. This is the first biography of Byron to Originate from John Murray , Byron's own publisher Since the three volume biography published in 1957. Signed by the Author. In protective covering. Heavy Book May incur extra postage Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. .

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Ewan MacColl he dedicated his life to radical theatre and to folk music, forming Theatre Workshopwith Joan Littlewood, his first wife. His writing encopassed eigght plays, icluding Uranium 235 and over 300 songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Some slight marks to page edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Illustrator: . Category: Biography & Autobiography; 1990s; .

Collins, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. A deliciously funny fairy tale of modern Life, by a writer of rare gifts Category: Fiction; .

Keighley: Wadsworth and Company at the Rydal Press, c.1938. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition. Purple cloth. Binding a little worn and faded on spine. Text block edges a little discoloured, previous owner's name to endpaper with a few annotations to text, which is otherwise clean and sound, however there is an area of discolouration cased by inserted press cuttings. Wrapper is in three pieces and is loosely inserted. Size: Octavo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Literature & Literary. .

London: Oxford, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Macdonald was a British politician, son of Prime Minister Ramsey Macdonald, he served in the war time coalition government and held a number of cabinet posts throughout the 1940s. This book was written during his time as High Commissioner for Canada and is regarded as one of the best books on North American ornithology from that period. This copy is from the library of Prime Minister Clement Attlee and has his gray Art Deco bookplate on the front pastedown. It also has a small handwritten card inside saying simply "With the compliments of the author" There are some patches on the boards where is seems the book may have once had a touch of damp. Size: Octavo . Category: Animals & Birds; .

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very lightly faded on the spine, otherwise in very nice condition and illustrated from black and white photos. Size: Octavo . Category: Animals & Birds; .

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. D.M. Reid Henry. Publisher's gilt tooled blue cloth. Illustrated with 12 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations., and a folding map. Very light shelf wear, pen inscription to endpaper and tape residue marks to both ends (Presumably from fixing a protective cover?) Illustrator: D.M. Reid Henry. Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History & Resources. .

London: Bodley Head, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Maurice Sendak. A very nice copy with a series of delicate and slightly eerie illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Size: Octavo . Illustrator: Maurice Sendak. Category: Children; .

Liverpool at the University Press / Constable and Company Ltd, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Gilt tooled red cloth, illustrated with some folding black & white plates. Spine discoloured with a small tear to head. Text block edges and endpapers discoloured but contents are clean and sound, Size: Octavo . Category: History; .

London: Macdonald, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Signed by Author. Black cloth with dust wrapper. Signed by John Francome Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Crime Fiction; Signed by Author. .

Book Press Dublin, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. George Boole was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland Size: Octavo . Category: Biography & Autobiography; .