Search Results: Authors starting with P from Thomas Rare Books

Antwerp: Ratinckx Freres, 1885. [vi], [iv ship plates], 206, civ pp., engrv. port. frontis., engraved plates. Ex-libris book plate, library rules and a few small stamps. Lacking rear end-paper. A complete example of the scarce first edition. Rather tired original binding. Gilt embossed front board faded and worn spine. Good working copy. FROM KEEL TO TRUCK: a Marine Dictionary in English, French and German, Amply Illustrated by Explanatory Diagrams of the Most Important Details. 1st Edition. hard back. Good. 8vo.

Munchen: Prestel Pub, 1994. 263pp. German text. Illus. throughout including 8 fine colour plate and 188 text plates. Large folding colour plate at the rear.. 1st hardback edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London: Goulding & D'Almaine, 20 Soho Square, 1829. ND c 1829. 15pp. Disbound copy. Engraved title-page to head of page1 with plate engraved notation. Paper water-marked 1828. PN 2087. Vocal parts above piano score. 1st UK edition. paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. Printed Music.

London: Birchall & Co., 140 New Bond Street, 1829. ND c 1829. 17pp. Disbound copy. Engraved title-page to head of page 1 with plate engraved notation. PN 2291. Vocal part above piano score. WM 1829. [Giovanni Pacini 1796-1867]. 1st UK edition. paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. Printed Music.

New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand, 1961. 396pp, illustrated throughout. A trifle musty. third edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Lincoln: Edwin Bell Drury, 1831. 24pp, [1pp adverts], .ADDRESS AT THE MEETING OF THE FREEHOLDERS OF LINCOLNSHIRE on the 28th January 1831 For Reform, Retrenchment, and Vote By Ballot. An original unrecorded pamphlet disbound from a nonce volume. Mr R. Paddison was a solicitor in Louth, Lincolnshire spoke out for electoral reform and the vote at this public meeting. Orignal Printing. Disbound Pamphlet. Fine. Small 8vo.

Boston, USA: Museum of Fine Arts,Boston, 1993. 275pp, Colour illus. card covers. Near mint copy. No inscriptions, wear, marks or fading.. 1st edition. Paperback. Fine Fin. 4to.

Cambridge: Bird's Farm Books, 2004. 144pp. Illustrated throughout. D.j. spine sunned otherwise as new.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine, spine sunned. square 4to.

London: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 580pp. Pictorial d.j. Inscribed and signed by the author to Nina [Bawden] on the title-page. No fading, clipping or wear.(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Inscribed and signed by the Author. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

Croyden: National Rose Society, 1929. 322pp. Photo illus. incl. some in colour. rt end-papers. Original green buckram, gilt. blind stamped borders and black titles and edge border. . Original Edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.

London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1972. xvii, + 91pp., buckram, colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations. The history of the 'Observer Singlehanded Yachting Race' across the Atlantic. Signed by Frank Page. Small closed tear to top edge of d.j. and a trifle shelf wear to lower edge of d.j. spine otherwise a nice clean, tight copy. Signed by Author. 1st edition. Hard Back. Fine/V.g.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: S.W. Partridge & Co Ltd, 1912. ND c1912. 158, 32 [pub. cat.]pp. Attractive pictorial binding, with pasted down photograph. Prize label to end-paper dated 1912.. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.

London: Frederick Warne, 1980. 184pp. Well illustrated with 10 black and white and 63 colour illustrations by Norman Barber. No 85 in the series. Very nice copy with no wear. Neat inscription and just a trifle sunning to the spine. Small blemish to lower inner front hinge. Red lettering on the spine very little fading but still v.g.+. Photo available.. 1st edition. Laminated boards. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2006. 144pp. Colour plates throughout with descriptions. Hardback complete in fine condition. No inscriptions, clipping or fading. 1st edition. hardback. Fine/Fine. oblong small 4to.

London: Collins, 1945. 48pp, 12 plates in colour and 21 in black and white. From 'Britain in Picture' series. Spine rubbed and a little foxing to end-papers otherwise a nice copy. 1st edition. Olive boards. V.g./No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albrighton: Waine Research Publications, 1980. 361pp. Illustrated end-papers with a complete illustrated d.j. near fine d.j. now protedcted in a clear mylar cover. b/w photographs, line drawings and colour plates with descriptions of all the navigable rivers and the canals of Britain, including those no longer in use. [orig. pub. 1978]. reprint [corrected]. Hardback. Fine/V.g.. 4to.

Dorset: The Dovecote Press, 2002. 160pp. Signed 'best wishes Clive' to the title-page. Illus. colour card covers by Constable a detail from "Golding Constable's Flower Garden" . As new.. Inscribed and signed by the Author. 1st paperback edition. paper wrappers. Fine. 8vo.

London: R. Carlile, 55 Fleet Street, 1819. 71pp. Part the Fourth. A scarce Thomas Paine item lacking the binding but otherwise complete. Title-page dated 1819. Lacking a cover but 71pp complete.. 1st Edition. Disbound. V.g.. 8vo.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. 552pp. Pictorial card wrappers [rear lower corner creased]. 12 photos. No inscriptions or marks but rear cover corner crease.. 1st paperback edition. Soft Cover. V.g.. large 8vo.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Jonathan Ball, 1998. 659pp. Pictorial d.j. 32 pages of illustrations. Originally pub. by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1979. No inscriptions or clipping. A lovely copy.. reprint. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.