Search Results: Authors starting with P from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: Alliance Press Ltd, 1943. First Edition, First Impression . Printed Card Wrappers. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An uncommon book by author Philip Paneth who sets out his suggestions for the post-war treatment of Germany. He writes as "an ardent supporter of real democracy, and comes to the conclusion that the proclamation of clearly defined Peace Aims by the United Nations is an imperative and immediate necessity, giving his belief that this would materially contribute to shortening the war...A number of interesting suggestions for the treatment and eventual rehabilitation of a regenerated Germany are outlined." Dust jacket in fragile condition with splits to joints and holes to spine, but holding together. Buff printed card wrappers are good with minor wear and marking. Age-toning and spotting to page edges. Contents clean with owner's signature to title page but no other inscriptions or markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2021. First Edition, Second Impression Second Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pasternak, Leonid. New copy in the publisher's eco-wrapping (not shrink wrap), as received directly from The Folio Society. Unwrapped to check condition and to photograph, then rewrapped. First edition, second impression of this Folio Society collector's edition. This Folio Society production of 'Doctor Zhivago' brings together the creative brilliance of three generations of the Pasternak family for the first time. Commissioned exclusively for Folio, the author's nephew, Nicolas Pasternak Slater, wrote what is coming to be regarded as the pre-eminent translation of Boris Pasternak's novel. The author's niece, literary critic Ann Pasternak Slater, has crafted an absorbing introduction that examines the remarkable poetic structure of the book, while the eloquent poems of the novel's protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, are presented in English with… Read More

New York: The Traveller's Companion Series in association with The Olympia Press, 1967. First American Edition . Paperback. Fair/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A scarce title. This is the first American edition by The Olympia Press in their Traveller's Companion Series. Founded in Paris in 1953, The Olympia Press was banned from publishing in the USA until 1967. Original green, thin card wrappers with black lettering. Light wear and creasing to wrappers with rubbing to spine tips and edges. Age-toning and minor spotting to page edges. Cheap paper browned. Text block strained in a couple of places (see photo for worst example) and care needed when handling. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Scarce in any format. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London : Ward & Downey, 1889. Limited Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Maurier, George du. First published in two volumes in 1885, this story scandalised critics including Wolff who called it "a very naughty book". Published here in an unnumbered limited edition of 1000, illustrated by George du Maurier, the author of 'Trilby'. Bound in a light buckram which has become darkened and soiled over time with some bumping to edges but is still attractive with deep red titling and gilt decoration to upper board, and gilt to spine. Firmly bound. Top page edges gilt, others untrimmed, many unopened. Endpapers with a brown and gold leaf pattern: lightly marked. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Half-title; tissue-guarded frontis.; title; dedication to Sarah Bernhardt and Fanny Bernard-Beere; limitation; 12 tissue-guarded plates (13 plates in all); 293 pp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12"… Read More

Printed in the City of London by the Edinburgh Press: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pocock, Noel. Humorous, illustrated, gift book with 12 delightful, tipped in, colour plates by Noel Pocock (1878 - 1949) on dark mounts. No date or printing stated so I believe it to be the first edition of 1911 rather than one of the reprints from that year. Hardcover in original pictorial cloth. 61 pp. 12 colour plates. Prologue and 12 songs to be sung to airs such as 'Nanki-Poo's Song' from The Mikado - all illustrated with b/w drawings by Pocock. Illustrated endpapers. The binding is somewhat worn and soiled with rubbing to edges, fraying to spine tips, splits to rear joint at top (8 cms) and bottom (4 cms), and a 1 cm closed tear underneath Pocock's name on the spine. Age-toning and spotting to page edges. The free endpapers and some early signatures (sections of the text block)… Read More

London: John Murray, 1933. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A scarce title. No other copies for sale online at time of cataloging. Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937), the third baronet, was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1871. He published many influential books on law including 'Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity' (1876), 'The Law of Torts' (1887), and 'Introduction to the History of the Science of Politics' (1890). In 1883 he became Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford; he was Professor of Common Law in the Inns of Court from 1884 to 1890, and editor of the Law Quarterly Review from 1885 to 1919. He was involved with several Royal commissions, and had many Honorary degrees conferred upon him. In 1911 he was sworn of the Privy Council. Pollock's interests included philosophy, fencing, travelling, languages, art and music. In 1880 he wrote a life of… Read More

London: Everyman's Library, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Flat-signed by Philip Pullman to title page. A fine, unread copy received directly from Blackwell's book shop in Oxford where it was signed by Philip Pullman. Hardcover in dust jacket. The book is immaculate. The jacket has tiny tears to each side of the spine head, minor rubbing to edges, and a crease to the top corner of the front flap. This is how the book arrived. Minor damage such as this is always a risk with real life book signings where the book is handled multiple times by the author and others. Most collectors think it's worth the risk, knowing the book has actually been handled by the author. The 'His Dark Materials' trilogy includes 'Northern Lights', 'The Subtle Knife', and 'The Amber Spyglass'. There is an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, and a preface by the author. This is no. 342 in Everyman's Library series. xxxvi, 1102… Read More