Search Results: Authors starting with P from Bookbarrow

Macmillan, London, 2003. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illustrator: Padma, Manjula. silver titles spine, b/w. illusts by the author at start every chapter, her first children's book, unread mint copy with no faults, 183 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Padma, Manjula. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. ISBN: 0333986504. ISBN/EAN: 9780333986509. Inventory No: CHD00116. . 9780333986509

Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Mary Paley Marshall was an economist and one of the first women to take the Tripos examination in 1874, achieving top marks, but could not receive a degree on account of her gender. She also was one of the first five women to be admitted and study at Newnham College as part of Cambridge University. In 1875 she was the 25 year old economics lecturer at Newnham College. She had established herself financially as she was the first women lecturer at Cambridge University. She was stylish and known for wearing clothes made from the fashionable prints designed by the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1876 she married Alfred Marshall who had been her economics tutor. After her husband died in 1924, Mary became Honorary Librarian of The Marshall Library of Economics at Cambridge. This book of her reminiscences was published posthumously 3 years after her death. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Thorsons/HarperCollins, London, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Condition. To travel through China is to walk on holy ground. To undertake a pilgrimage to one of the sacred mountains of China is to travel back in time over three thousand years. To understand the soul of China, you must see the sacred in China, which is there in the designs of buildings, the street plans of the cities, in the household shrines at the back of the shops and in the concept that the very land of China is itself sacred. 'Sacred China' is a guide to the soul of China: to the vast religious and spiritual heritage of the many faiths which have emerged or interacted within China. It is also a guidebook which enters into the spirit of the Tao, the Way through which the culture and traditions of China are brought to life. Thus the traveller becomes the pilgrim. Martin Palmer has been a student of Chinese language and culture for over 20 years. He has translated numerous major Chinese religious texts, and… Read More

Dryad Press, London, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. This is an examination of the way our treatment of the natural world is shaped by what we believe about its purpose and our role within it. The author suggests that in order to put right our relationship with our environment we need to recover the integrity of the major beliefs' concepts of nature and encounter alternative views of the natural world held by systems which have never seen themselves as "world forces". He argues that, to become creative rather than destructive, we must widen our view by seeing what are the positive elements of all the major world religions. He explores certain phenomena of the natural world - the land, trees, animals - and shows how various faiths relate to and understand these and looks at what the world religions have said about conservation, especially since the interfaith conference at Assisi in 1986, seen as the start of a permanent alliance between religion and conservation.… Read More

Rider/Ebury Press, London, 2001. New Edition. Paperback. Very Good Condition. The Kabbalah is a practical system for understanding ourselves and our relationship with the world. At the heart of the Western Mystery Tradition, it is based upon a 'map' called the Tree of Life. The Complete Guide to the Kabbalah reveals the ancient mysteries of the Tree of Life in a way that is exciting, effective in its applications, and relevant to our modern everyday lives. The blend of traditional teachings coupled with state-of-the-art psychological understanding makes it an essential book for everyone interested in their own personal and spiritual development. This comprehensive book explains in straightforward terms how the Kabbalah can help us to: Understand the connections between all the different events, ideas, and relationships we experience, and thereby make sense of life and enable us to live it to the full; Work from the heart as well as from the intellect and apply your insights to everyday… Read More

Collins, London, 1978. Publishers Proof Copy. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Old Dunwich no longer exists. What was once one of the most prosperous ports in England can now be seen only as crumbling shapes under the sea. From the information he discovered in long misplaced or forgotten manuscripts - Court Records. Parent Rolls and Inquisitions, the Red Book of the Exchequer - Rowland Parker has recreated the vibrant community of Dunwich, as it was during the Middle Ages. The author shows how the development of the town was dictated not by wars and pestilences, but by details such as the price of salted herrings and the duty levied on a vat of wine. Prominent throughout the narrative is the greatest and most ancient of protagonists, the force that made Dunwich rich and finally destroyed her: the sea itself. Men of Dunwich is social history at its best, the imaginative story of a changing village, its inhabitants. and visitors. With scholarship and wit, Rowland Parker has bridged the centuries and… Read More

Paladin/Granada, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This is the story of an English village - or perhaps more of the English village - for though the setting is Foxton, in Cambridgeshire, built around its now almost vanished stream, the essential facts are true of a myriad of such places all over England. For thirteen years Rowland Parker has devoted himself single-mindedly to discovering what went on in Foxton, from the first traces of human settlement two thousand years ago to the present day. By archaeological excavation, from early histories, from oral tradition, by long laborious research among the manor court rolls, the land tax returns, the wills, the terriers, the bishops' registers, he has built up a staggeringly complete picture of the village and those who lived in it. It is probably true to say that he has found out more about the history of Foxton than is known about any other village of comparable age in England, perhaps even in the world.… Read More

Collins, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Good. Brown end-papers with map illustration. Old Dunwich no longer exists. What was once one of the most prosperous ports in England can now be seen only as crumbling shapes under the sea. From the information he discovered in long misplaced or forgotten manuscripts - Court Records. Parent Rolls and Inquisitions, the Red Book of the Exchequer - Rowland Parker has recreated the vibrant community of Dunwich, as it was during the Middle Ages. The author shows how the development of the town was dictated not by wars and pestilences, but by details such as the price of salted herrings and the duty levied on a vat of wine. Prominent throughout the narrative is the greatest and most ancient of protagonists, the force that made Dunwich rich and finally destroyed her: the sea itself. Men of Dunwich is social history at its best, the imaginative story of a changing village, its inhabitants. and visitors. With scholarship and wit, Rowland… Read More

H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd, London, 1935. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Frederick Parkes Weber was an English dermatologist & a pathologist who practiced medicine in London. His father, Sir Hermann David Weber was a personal physician to Queen Victoria. Endowed with a scholarly mind, he had many and varied interests as is evidenced in this book in which he put aside the clinician and wrote on diverse matters that interested him. Among the many subjects covered are: Free Will & Heredity; Gambling; Eugenics; Dreams; The Soul in Trouble & Psychiatry; Exercise, Work, Rest & Sleep; Fasting; Suicide & Euthanasia; Nature & God and many more. A scarce title, revised edition in the year of the first publication. First Thus. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 183 pages. mottled marks to front & rear covers. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's inscription, lavish, in ink to pre-title page. Black… Read More

Collier Books, New York, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. illlust. by one b/w. map; "headlines carrying news of the war in Europe took second place one day in 1915 when the Denver Rocky Mountain News carried this eight-column streamer: INDIAN BATTLE RAGES, 3 DEAD, TOWN IS IN PERIL. The battle was the "Ute War"- the last struggle of the American Indian to save his lands from range-hungry cattlemen. The murder of an obscure sheepherder and the indictment of a Ute Indian touched off the war, but its roots lay deep in history. In this fascinating book Forbes Parkhill tells how and why the Indian resisted the white man's civilization and the price he paid."; previous owner's name in red to pre-title page; a neat, tight copy; incld. index - 127 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Anthropology; Military & Warfare; Native Americans; United States; 19th century; Indigenous… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1983. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colourful textiles produced by William Morris and the two commercial companies he founded and managed. To this day it remains the authority in the field, and this revised edition has been completely rewritten and expanded. Linda Parry provides new insight into the embroideries, printed and woven textiles, carpets and tapestries produced by Morris & Co., giving in-depth information about their design and manufacture. The varied, often highly specialized processes involved are discussed in detail, as are Morris's working methods. The very varied, often highly specialised processes involved are discussed in detail, also included, is a fully illustrated, definitive checklist of Morris & Co.'s patterns for printed textiles. Fully illustrated by mainly colour photographs with a few in b/w. Size: 4to… Read More

HarperCollins (Harper Collins), London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. About 30 miles south-west of Land's End is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the imagination of story tellers and historians. In this New Naturalist volume she examines the many aspects that make the islands and their flora and fauna so unique: their geography, geology and climate, the people of the islands, the way they used the land, and its present day management. She brings to life the major kinds of habitats found in Scilly: the heathlands, the coast, cultivated fields, and wetlands. She also discusses the people who have been important in the study of the island flora and fauna, and tells the story of the rise in popularity of the islands for birdwatchers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 450. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in… Read More

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1936. First U.K. Edition. Red Cloth. Good/Good. gilt titles spine; blind-stamped design front cover; red top edge; translated from the French original edition published three years earlier; "the record of the struggles of a very noble and courageous woman to adapt herself to the tragic conditions of an invalid life, when suddenly arrested in a musician's career, and isolated from the world at large by a form of heart disease which keeps her life in constant jeopardy. It deals with two dramas; the solitary drama of the inner self which shows its gradual spiritualisation, and that enacted between herself and those round her. The book is of special interest to the sick, their doctors and nurses, but it should also make a strong appeal to the general reader, for no one is exempt from a similar trial, or from the call to make such crippled lives more tolerable."; price-intact D/J. has edge-wear & is a litlle grubby; 224 pages. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Book Guild Publishing Ltd, Lewes, East Sussex, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine Condition. Illustrator: Tim Jaques. Signed by Author. signed by the author on the pre-title page with the inscription: "to Anne-Marie with best wishes, Jeremy Paul"; also, loosely inserted, is a handwritten & signed card from the author gifting the book to Anne-Marie (believed to be Anne-Marie Minhall - a presenter on Classic FM radio station). In 1933 A. G. Macdonell wrote a novel, England, Their England, which remains in print on the basis of a single chapter generally acknowledged to be the funniest account of a cricket match ever written - when a motley group of Londoners and one American, led by the incomparable Mr. Hedge, arrive in various states of dysfunction to play a village cricket team. The comic antics were based on real people - Mr. Hedge was poet, publisher and critic Sir John Squire - and a real team, the Invalids Cricket Club. This is the first book… Read More

C W Daniel, Saffron Walden, Essex, 2000. Reprint. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. The success of any plan depends not only on the availability of the necessary skills and resources, but also very decisively, on the timing. In former times people gathered knowledge of axioms such as this by direct observation. They discovered that numerous natural phenomena are directly related to the movements of the moon Johanna Paungger is one of ten children of a Tyrolean mountain farmer. She belongs to the select few in whose environment this wisdom was kept alive for centuries handed down from one generation to the next. For the first time this knowledge is now made generally available. This book has an abundance of tips and advice to do with all the important areas of our daily life, from health, the home and nutrition to farming, forestry and gardening. In Germany it has been a massive bestseller for several years. Patience is the only thing necessary to profit from this book. Working with the lunar cycles… Read More

The Pevensey Press, Cambridge, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Photo's. b/w. map frontis; "Side by side, the M.A. and the mechanic, men in broad cloth and boys in fustian." John Pink was describing users of the Cambridge Free Library (in "The Cambridge Public Free Library, Its Rise and Progress", Cambridge, 1882), but his words are still relevant and apply to the people we meet in the pages of this book. In the streets of Cambridge people mingle - those who make the city, those who have been made by the University, long-term resident and transient undergraduate. Unlike many historians of Cambridge, Sara Payne studies the whole community, giving equal attention to town and gown. She takes us inside the colleges, offices and shops that dominate the streets of the city centre to meet the individuals behind counter or desk; and she goes into the homes of citizens to learn their stories and memories, which have been recorded in no other book - an… Read More

The Pevensey Press, Cambridge, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Photo's. b/w. map frontis; "Following the highly successful first volume of Down Your Street, Central Cambridge, and again in response to public demand, this book brings together articles on East Cambridge from Sara Payne's ever-popular series in the Cambridge Weekly News. Oral testimony, documentary record and photographic evidence again combine to reveal the identity of the individual streets that give a neighbourhood its character. This time, however, the story is about part of the City that tourists seldom see but thousands of Cambridge residents, past and present, have been born and brought up in: the area that includes Barnwell, Romsey, St Matthew's and the Kite. Open fields in the Middle Ages, it was still agricultural land in the 1830s; then speculative building and the advent of the railway filled it with narrow streets of terrace houses for Cambridge's new workforce. Sara… Read More

Junction Books Ltd, London, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Drain Pig - the pork that talks - the stunning strip cartoon debut of an unforgettable anti-hero for the anti-nuclear eighties. Dan Pearce has done editorial work for many magazines and newspapers including New Society, Honey, 19, Oz, The Observer, The Times and Sunday Times, Mayfair and Penthouse. Dan has created book and record covers, political cartoons, comic strips and caricatures and he has written two graphic novels: (this one) - ‘Critical MessÂ’ (against the nuclear industry) and ‘Oscar: The Second ComingÂ’. His labour of love is the graphic novel, ‘DepressionÂ’ which is unfinished. Size: Oblong 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. unpaginated. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles spine. Light bumping to outer corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Humour; New Age & Alternative;… Read More

Pan Books Ltd, London, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Condition. Two professional astrologers open up the world of astrology to everyone wanting to find the key to their unique personality. Armed only with the birthday of anyone born between 1920 and 1985, you can consult the special tables and quickly devise a simple profile of them. Or if you want to delve deeper, here's how to draw up a more complex chart, with details on the elements, qualities and planetary aspects. 578 pages including Appendices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 578 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Red titles spine (faded). illustrated by b/w. charts, tables & diagrams . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Astrology; Divination; Esoteric; New Age & Alternative. ISBN: 0330284762. ISBN/EAN: 9780330284769. Dewey Code: 133.5. Inventory No: 5024. . 9780330284769

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A volume (BE13) in Pevsner's 'The Buildings of England' series, documenting the important buildings of all the counties of England; this copy covers North Somerset and Bristol; b/w. frontispiece map of the County plus numerous b/w. photo's.; several blank pages at rear for writing notes. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 510 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes illustrated glossary & indexes of plates, artists & places. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Architecture; Topography Great Britain; Genealogy & Local History; History; England; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 4115. .