Search Results: Authors starting with P from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

PENGUIN BOOKS 1989 S/B. 1989. Paperback. V GOOD (EXLIBRIS USUAL STAMPS MARKS ETC) BOXAM; 7457 .

London: Alvin Redman. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cream cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. The d/j is complete but there is some edge-wear, chipping, rubbing and small closed tears to the dustjacket extremities, which are neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 326 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates and map endpapers. Three Appendices; Index. Overall, apart from the 'faults' to the dustjacket, as detailed above, this is a Clean, Tight and Secure,' Very Good' copy. "In this interesting book Captain Pack has captured the atmosphere of life on the Britannia and the spirit that has lived on. The book is greatly enlivened by personal anecdotes from old boys. It is hoped that all whose heart is in the navy will derive pleasure and inspiration from its splendid record of… Read More

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO. 1966. Hardcover. Hardback. Good Plus/Good+. First Edition. EX-LIB USUAL STAMPS AND MARKS. 8vo. ILLUSTRATED. SIX CLIMBS ON MAJOR CANADIAN PEAKS. MAPS BY JOHN A HALL.; 60385 .

Wales: H G Walters Publishers Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. Paperback. No date (c1973) Staples rusting, covers dusty, few small stains. NO INSCRIPTIONS. 32pp. Crease to rear cover. Map of Laugharne. Sketches included in this book; Laugharne from the south; Dylan's walk; Dylan's view; In Market St; The Portreeve's Chain; Brown's Hotel; Dylan's workroom; Laugharne Castle; St Martin's Church etc. Internally CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT.; 105379; 8vo .

Croydon, London: The Croydon Advertiser Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Clean, Tight, Green boards with deep black titiling and blind-stamped decoration to the front board. Small repaired 'nick' near to the bottom, inner spine edge of the rear board. No dustjacket. All page fore-edges lightly toned with age. NO Inscriptions or Marks. Illustrated in b/w. 94 pp + inner pastedowns. The paper and binding of this book conform to the authorised economy standard - book production war economy standard. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. See Images; Slim 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Croydon, London: The Croydon Advertiser Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Clean, Tight, Green boards with deep black titiling and blind-stamped decoration to the front board. No dustjacket. All page fore-edges lightly toned with age. NO Inscriptions or Marks. Illustrated in b/w. 94 pp + inner pastedowns. The paper and binding of this book conform to the authorised economy standard - book production war economy standard. Loosely inserted in this copy are 3 Ads/Notices for Members of the Rose Society. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. See Images; Slim 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Horace Cox. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titling to the spine, and gilt titling and a gilt coastal illustration to the front board. Covers are clean but with some rubbing/'turning'/closed nicks to the head/tail of the spine and tips of the corners. Page fore-edges are lightly 'toned' due to ingrained dust over time as usual with a book of this age. FIRST Edition 1895. Internally the inner hinges have been re-glued at some point in the past. Some pale foxing spots/patches to the endpapers, prelims, Title and first few pages, but, although there is the odd spot here and there in the text, most of the book is spot free and very clean, but some of the gathers are uneven. Probably due to the page block being pretty 'heavy'. A page very near the end has some clear archive tape repairs to the blank margin/outer edges, o/w NO Inscriptions or other major marks that I can see.… Read More

KOGAN PAGE 1987 3RD EDIT P/B. 1987. Paperback. 185091222X . V GOOD 1SBN 185091222X EXLIB STAMPS & LABEL BOXJO; 9542 .

Cheltenham, United Kingdom: THORNES. 1995. Paperback. 0748717838 . Illustrated Soft Back Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library Usual Stamps Marks.; 48679 .

Cardiff: University of Wales Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0708309623 . Bought New and never read - NEW. Glossy Scarlet Red boards, bright gilt titling to spine. In the original publisher's David Jones' decorated dustjacket. Dustjacket NOT price clipped. NO INSCRIPTIONS or Marks, VERY CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Unread / Unmarked . (viii) +162 pp. An AS NEW, MINT copy. " Christine Pagnoulle's commentary provides a detailed study of eight among David Jones's more accessible poems: those pieces in fact which he reluctantly detached from his work-in-progress and released for publication between 1955 and his death in 1974. It elucidates difficult passages, relates them to his other works, whether poems, essays, or drawings, and shows how David Jones's vision of the world in the middle of our century bears on our present concerns. While developing orignal interpretations this commentary also integrates previous critical approaches into… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297823698 . Pakenhams' first book on this subject was published in 1959 in a smaller 8vo format - Nearly 40 years later, the author, now an accomplished photographer, retraced his 1953 footsteps, adding historical insight and new full colour photography to his original story. The result is a magical book. This is the First Edition of this Superb Large Format Fully Illustrated Edition. A Beautiful book/copy. Black boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is some VERY light edge-wear and VERY SLIGHT chipping/surface rubbing to the tips of the dustjacket edges/corners. The top board is very slightly bumped to the top of the spine and is slightly rubbed to the top edge. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 176 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates and maps. Index; Acknowledgements.… Read More

THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1967 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. V GOOD SPINE DULLED FBCC; 9515 .

Utah: Deseret Book Company Publishers,. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Good++. First Edition. 8vo. Beige cloth bound boards with red decoration. Boards are mottled with old damp stain. The red titling and decoration is bright and clean. The book is tight and sound in pictorial dust wrap which is chipped and torn to edges. 134 pp. Presentation note on front paste down from a former owner from the US 'Salt Lake City', to a Welsh couple. Internally the book is NEAR FINE with lovely black and white illustrations.; 000172; 8vo .

Reading & London. UK: Huntley & Palmers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1900. Unknown. Hardcover. A GOOD PLUS/NEAR VERY GOOD fancy embossed British Biscuit Tin from Huntley & Palmers, in shape of a small Library of bound CLASSIC BOOKS, each with a separate embossed design/title and individual marbled edges, all encircled with a 'simulated leather' tin strap. The Tin box measures approximately 6 ¼ in x 6 ¼ x 4½ in. (c. 16 cm x16 cm x 11. 5 cm). Its appearance, although moulded in tin, is that of eight 'leather bound' books all tied together with a 'leather' strap. The 'spines' have the titles of eight novels. The 'fore-edges' and the 'top & bottom edges' are in various types of marbling. The top panel of the box opens on a hinge with a metal tab to reveal the inside - now empty. Undated but about 1900 according to research, but these book tins were one of the most popular tins with customers and were… Read More

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0192731181 . A large pictorial hardcover, white based, lettered in black with colour illustrations. In an identically illustrated/lettered dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has been carefully covered with clear archival book film by the former owner - and although not adhering to the d/j front cover - it has been stuck to the reverse of the d/j causing some SLIGHT discolouration to the white base of the top edge of the book, and to the very bottom of the spine. The d/j looks fine - though the reverse where the clear cover has been stuck on is discoloured - but doesn't show through. The clear cover has, however, preserved the d/j nicely. NOT price-clipped. Internally excellent - NO Inscriptions or marks. Plain bright pink endpapers. 56 pp. Illustrated throughout mainly in full colour, and some b/w by Papas. "In this letter home to his son, Papas and his daughter Peta,… Read More

Paris et Bruxelles: Les Editions G. Van Oest. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue wavy-patterned cloth-covered boards with a brown cloth-covered spine, and bright gilt titling to the spine. Some marks and discolouration with some wear to the bottom corners, but overall sound and tight. A slight 'lean' to the book from poor storage. The page fore-edges are lightly 'rough-cut' and browned/dusty. Internally plain cream endpapers and the former owner' s details (Geoffrey Webb, Burlington Mag: 1929) written on the front free endpaper in fading ink - Geoffrey Webb (1898–1970) was a British art historian, Slade Professor of Fine Art and head of the Monuments and Fine Arts section of the Control Commission during World War II. Some light foxing and dusty gutters here and there, but all plates very clean. (28pp) + 96 plates of wonderful IRONWORK / IRONWORK ART - gates, railings, stairs, ornamental work, etc! - 97 planches, portails, rampes… Read More

Tymbl ( Tumble) , South West Wales. UK: Eglwys Bethel, Tymbl. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1954. Presumed First UK Edition. Softcover. In red, textured, card covers with (slightly tarnished) gilt titling to the front cover. All text in WELSH. A Local Chapel History. 40 pages with 5 photo Illustrations in b/w, and a b/w chart. NO Inscriptions or marks - a few creased tips to some corners, but o/w Excellent inside. Very Clean, tight and bright - quite scarce. See Images. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: George Allen and Unwin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0047110074 . In the original publisher's glossy lettered card covers. Ex Reference library usual minimal stamps marks etc. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy a Clean, Tight copy. ; The Resource Management Series, No. 1; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages .

London: The Folio Society. As New with no dust jacket. 2003. Seventh Printing (Folio Society); Seventh Printing. Hardcover. NO Slipcase. In the original publisher's FINE glossy pictorial silver and black laminated boards. No dustjacket - as issued. No Inscriptions or Marks. Plain grey endpapers. 233 pp. Introduction by Mervyn Horder. Illustrations in b/w by Helen Smithson - with a lovely Art Deco style. As NEW copy in Gift Quality - but without the Slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

LUTTERWORTH PRESS 1948 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD FOXING MAINLY TO E/PS & PAGE EDGES BOXJZ; 9754 .