Search Results: Authors starting with P from Mad Hatter Books

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Copyright . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Henry Vallely. Hardback: colour pictorial boards rubbed on edges & corners, neat tiny hole from rear board through pages to just touching front, dark blue cloth spine, name on flyleaf, a few short tears, page edges finger creased and a few marks, else good. sq 4to, unpaginated. Many photographs (courtesy of Universal Studios), line drawings by HENRY VALLELY. Edward Bergen, a ventriloquist, and his dummy were a very popular act on American radio, TV and film from 1937 until well in the 1950s.

UK: Blackie (Rambles in Biography). No Date . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 mono plates. Hardback: dj (with colour picture pasted on by H.M.Brock), slightly frayed, brown boards with the same paste-on, inscription (dated 1945) on reverse of frontispiece, some very light foxing, vg. sm 8vo, 75pp.

London: Cassell (New Girls' Library), 1928. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Elizabeth Earnshaw. Grey cloth decorated & lettered in blue, colour pictorial oval onlay (detail of frontispiece), a little rubbed at spine tips, spine slightly darkened, stain on lower edges - including endpapers, colour frontispiece + 3 b/w plates by ELIZABETH EARNSHAW, foredge and some internal foxing, prize plate, still vg. thick 8vo, 215pp.

London: Collins, 1969. The effects of the deliberate flooding of a remote valley in Australia. dj by MARGERY GILL (price unclipped), edges lightly rubbed, flyleaf removed, vg. 8vo, 192pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1927. Book. Illus. by Mrs Bernard Darwin. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: 12 colour plates by Mrs BERNARD DARWIN, dj has a window on the front which is torn and repaired, some creasing, edges slightly worn with one more tape repair on the top front edge, price unclipped, nice blue covers with a colour picture (lightly foxed) pasted on the front (which shows through the window), foredge and internal foxing, frontispiece is tissue protected, vg. 4to, 94pp. The Story of These Stories + 14 stories..

USA: Harper & Row, 1925. Copyright . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Frank Ver Beck. The story of a travelling fiddle-playing bear called Horatio and his friend Bosephus, Bo for short. No dj, light grey cloth with black spine lettering, small bump at top rear, some rubbing on front edges, many b/w pictures by FRANK VER BECK, name and address stamp on endpapers, slight paper remains on back endpaper, else vg. 8vo, 253pp.

USA: Back to the Bible, 1985. Copyright . Soft cover. Very Good. A paperback, back cover a little dusty, book shop stamp on the title page, vg+.

London: Carousel Books, 1973. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback: edges and folds slightly rubbed, vertical crease on spine, paper browning on edges, some foxing, vg. Set in Jamaica.

London: Odhams Books, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Cyril Deakins. Hardback: dj, top edge slightly creased, back of jacket slightly marked, sticky tape marks on reverse, inscription on front flyleaf 'whited' out, foredge and some internal foxing, else g. 8vo, 96pp. Illustrated by CYRIL DEAKINS.

London: Frederick Warne, 1975. 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Denis Wrigley. Paperback, illustrated in colour by DENIS WRIGLEY, covers are a little dusty, lightly rubbed on spine tips and corners, light foredge foxing, vg. 4to, 126pp.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. David Killick. dj lightly rubbed on spine tips and corners, a little dusty, price clipped. Top front corner of cover lightly bumped, light foredge foxing, vg. 8vo, 187pp. (Written in a vivid, dramatic style, this book takes the reader to the sites of some of the greatest archaeological discoveries.)

London: Macmillan, 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour by the author, dj is slightly rubbed on the edges, a couple of short tears, price unclipped, colour pictorial covers are lightly rubbed and bumped on the spine tips and corners, name on the front flyleaf and there is a short tear and light creasing on the lower edge, endpapers slightly foxed plus a few internal marks, else vg. obl 4to, (31pp). A picture book about the hardy sheep that graze the high Welsh mountains and the men and dogs who go out to bring them down for shearing. .

London: Macdonald, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Antony Smith. dj slightly worn on edges, back of jacket a little foxed, 1 short tear at top of spine, blue cloth, very light foredge foxing, vg. 8vo, 155pp. (A story of smuggling and piracy in Indonesian waters.)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Fen H. Lasell. Illustrated by FEN H. LASELL. Hardback: dj (price clipped), yellow cloth with front vignette and spine lettering in blue, back corners slightly bumped, slight foredge foxing and a few page corners are lightly bumped, vg. 8vo, 155pp. Dorkling is an Island and the Dolmop is its ruler.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. 2nd Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Billl Sokol. Hardback dj (price clipped),discoloured and slightly worn on edges, cream cloth with pale green front vignette & spine lettering (faded), illustrated by BILL SOKOL, inscription on flyleaf, a few page corners creased, some foxing, else vg. 8vo, 93pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (Story Parade Picture Book), 1945. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rafaello Busoni. dw sl worn on edges with 1 short tear, pict brds, ll by Rafaello Busoni, v sl foxing, vg. sq 8vo. (A Story Parade picture book)

London: Nelson, 1958. Repr . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. W. Neave Parker. Hardback: no dj, orange cloth with front vignette and spine lettering in black, cloth is dusty and slightly faded, spine tips and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, 6 full page b/w pictures + many text ills by W. NEAVE PARKER, name on flyleaf, light foredge foxing, else g . tall 8vo, 92pp + 3pp list of similar titles illustrated by W. Neave Parker. 'Animals All' series.

NZ: Lopdell House Gallery, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardback:12 full page colour paintings by the author, nice dj, SIGNED by the author on the half title, vg+. oblong folio, 28pp. Produced on occasion of the art exhibition 'To the Harbour' in 2007. The author/artist tells in words and pictures about a camping summer holiday with his brothers at the Manukau Heads just after WWII. .

London: Oxford University Press, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: illustrated by the author, dustjacket is lightly foxed, top edges slightly bumped, price unclipped, covers are a bit marked, slight internal foxing, else vg. 4to (31pp). Taresh was the naughtiest boy in the Indian hill village where he lived and when he was sent away in disgrace he discovered people worse off than himself..

London: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No dj, nice colour pictorial boards with green cloth spine, lightly foxed, spine tips and corners slightly rubbed, colour illustrations throughout by the author, inscription facing title page, some foxing, else vg. 4to, (30pp). Tasso plays the bouzouki in a cafe until the owner replaces him with a Rock-a- Rola machine.