Search Results: Authors starting with P from Wheen O'Books

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959;. 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dw Very good; 288pp; Small ink mark on ffep; Navy covers with silver tittle on spine; Dust wrapper by Val Biro has nicks, edge wear, price intact. . Novel is set on the Cape Pennisula in South Africa. .

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961;. 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dw Good+; 318pp; Navy covers by Gillian Willett with silver title on spine; Dust wrapper price clippeed has slight edge wear. A book about young South Africans during the time of the Langa riots. .

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1969; 413 44440 6. 1st Edition; Hbk; Nr fine/ Dw Very good; 231pp; Blue covers with silver title on spine; Dust wrapper has small loss at the back, closed tears, price intact. "Set in South Africa and Australia." .

Manchester, Abel Heywood & Son, nd ( c 1900). Paperback. The White House Plays series, A One Act Play. Good condition. 16pp. Light blue card covers with staples, price 9d. " There is real mystery in the play and yet the humour of the dialogue never flags." .

London, Heinemann, 1989; 0-434-57482-1. 1st edition; Hardback; Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine; 303pp; Navy cover swith gilt ttile on spine; Dust jacket has price intact. " A wise, funny , thought-provoking novel of the exhilaration and suffering of love and parenthood." .

London, Simon & Schuster, 2003; 0 7432 3936 9. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dust jacket Nr fine. xii, 580pp. Black covers with silver title on spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact. " The Murdoch Archipelago is both a riverting psychological profile and a devastating case against the dangers of media monopoly." .

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982; 0 340 26327 X. 1st Edition; HBk; Nr fine/ Dw Very good; 272pp with Illustrations by Fiona Silver; Brown covers with gilt title on spine; Dust wrapper has price clipped. Robin Page travels throughout Britain & preferes to record what he saw, heard & felt .The result is fascinating & amusing. .

London, British Technical and General Press, 1952;. 1st Edition; Hardback; Good/ No dj; 72pp with coloured frontis & delightful Illustrations by Charles Simpson. " Translated from the original Doggerel by Guy Paget " Blue covers with title on spine; Covers sunned at edges & spine plus small split top of spine, internally good. .

London, Collins, 1945;. 1st Edition; Britain in Pictures Series; HBk; Very good/ Dw Good; 48pp with 12 Plates in colour and 21 Illustrations in Black & White; Light foxing to ffep; Pictorial covers; Dust wrapper has edge wear, nicks, price intact. .

London, Macmillan, 1915;. 1st Edition; HBk; Good+/ No dw; 198pp with 16 lovely Illustrations reproduced from Punch; Navy covers with title on spine; Spine faded. A book written for Children tostudy the Great War of 1914-18. Hard to find title. .

London, T. Werner, nd ( c 1915);. Hardback. Good+/ No dust jacket. 114pp with 8pp publisher'sa catalogue. Some foxing to prelims. Text clean & clear with small illustrations in the text. Blue/black marbled covers with maroon corners & . Gilt title on spine.spine .

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1953;. 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dw Good+; 244pp with full page Illustrations and chapter headings by J. Yunge Bateman; Green covers with blind embossed decoration of beetle to centre , title on spine; Dust wrapper has small piece missing, price intact. An interesting & insightful view of the insect world. .

London, National Extention College, 1988; 0860828123. Softcover. Very good condition. 470pp. " An outstanding account of contemporary developements and an accessible handbook for anyone wishing to open the door to the current open-learning scene." .

London, Isaac Pitman, 1964;. 7th edition. Very good/ No dust jacket. xvi, 576pp with diagrams. Navy covers with gilt title on front & spine. .

London, Macmillan, 1880;. Golden Treasury series; Good/ No dw; 248pp with Notes & index of first lines; Foredge untrimmed. Green cloth covers with gilt motif in centre, line decoration at edges. Foxing to tissue guard ; Small closed tear on front cover, crease on back cover, small holes on spine. Internally good. .

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1906;. Hbk; Very good/ No dw; vii, 374pp incl. Explanatory and Biographical Notes & Index.; Green covers with bright gilt decoration on upper board, bright decoration & title on spine, blind decoration on lower board; One corner bmpd otherwise very good. Words only. .

London, Macmillan, 1925;. Reprinted. Hardback. Good+/ No dj. Complete edition. xii, 648pp with Notes, Index of Writers & Index of First Lines. Blue covers with gilt tile on spine. .

London, Country LIfe, nd;. Hbk; xii, 218pp with Maps; Lacks title page; Green covers with yellow motif & lettering. Very good except for missing page. .

lonson, Blackie, nd;. Lands and Their Stories series. Book V. Hardback in poor boards but good internally. viii, 288pp with numerous coloured & black/white illustrations plus Maps & diagrams and with Appendices by David Frew. Green faded |& rubbed boards with black pictorial decoration. .

London, Peter Davis, 1962;. 1st Uk Edition; Hbk; Very Good/ Dw Very Good; 304pp ; Lilic covers with silver title on spine; Dust wrapper has price intact, a bit soiled, spine darkened, price intact .