Search Results: Titles starting with P from David Ford Books

London: Collins 1941 A further volume of his reminiscences. HB, 2nd impression, 288pp. Boards tanned to edges, heavier to front. Previous owner's signature to fep. Dust jacket rubbed, chipping to bottom edge and spine ends, 2 large areas of loss to top edge (3x4cm). A G+ copy in G+ DJ.

London: Conway Maritime Press, 1993 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 94pp, large quarto. With b&w photos, illustrations and line drawings (incl. ship plans), throughout. A history of the development of steam and paddle fighting ship, Fine in a near Fine jacket. Short 3cm closed tear to rear of jacket. Pictures available.

London, Macmillan, 1973. Hb, Small Oblong format , First Edition. A story in pictures in Mr Goodall's well known style.!Laminated Boards, No dustjacket issued. A lovely copy with a small ownership inscription inside front board. Near fine condition.

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co Ltd.1911 Hardcover , presumed first edition. Pictorial paper covered boards with picture of two Leopards and crocodile. A Childrens book of animals 123 pages with numerous colour illustrations by Edwin Noble. A Very Good copy without any wear save slight bumping to cover corners. No inscriptions. Pictures available.

Croydon The Convent, Woodside, c1928 Hardcover book , First Edition? Signed and dedicated by the author who was Vicar of Hatcham and dated 24-8-28 together with several letters some from the Rev Tooth and one forwarding the letters to a third party. 74 pages of poetry/ prose in old/ English style illustrated with the woodcuts of T. Derrick. Small memorial bookplate on endpaper . Condition Fair only with some looseness to covers and staining to front and rear boards. Pictures available.

Singapore, Singapore Art Museum,1994 Hardcover book, first edition in dyustjacket. 246 pages . Published to coincide with the exhibition held in Singapore in April-May 1994 to celebrate 40 years of the artists work reproduced here in full colour. No inscriptions. Pictures available.

London, Marlborough Fine Art, 2008 Hardcover book, first edition , no dustjacket. 63 pages. Published to coincide with an exhibition showing more than 360 prints made by the artist. A Fine copy without inscriptions. Pictures available.

London: BT Batsford, 1994 First edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Hardcover book . Cloth, and pictorial dustjacket . 128pp. With mostly colour reproductions of paintings (incl. details) and drawings by the author throughout. How to paint garden subjects, flowers, trees etc in various media. Near Fine in Very Good protected jacket. Spine ends & corners of covers v. lightly rubbed, jacket has small loss to top spine (2x2cms). Pictures available.

Tralee: Churchill House Press, 2006 First edition. HB. Cloth and colour pictorial dustjacket. 269pp, large quarto. With over 175 colour reproductions in text and some full page plates, with detailed catalogue entires, of the works of art assembled at Glin Castle by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin: these show great houses, landscapes, townscapes, gardens and some interiors in various parts of Ireland: Munster, Connact, Ulster, and Leinster. A Fine copy. Pictures available

New Haven & London: Yale University Press & Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, 2008 First edition. HB. Cloth and colour pictorial dustjacket. 270pp, large quarto. With 182 illustrations, mostly in colour, in plates and text, some full page. Art and genre painting in relation to changing social and industrial history in Britain. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Clean covers and pages apart from some small spots to top closed page edges; bump to cover and jacket corner. Pictures available.

Tel Aviv, Israel: Mikra Studio, 1948 First edition. Paperback: card wrappers, stapled, with integral outer pictorial dustjacket. pp29, quarto. With 18 colour reproductions tipped in. Introduction in English, captions in English and Hebrew. Published during the conflict when the state of Israel was being founded, this shows the work of 'Palestine Jewish artists'. Good. The outer wrappers are worn with frayed and torn brittle edges, but are clean, and the contents are very good, with some browning to the paper. Neat inscription, 1950, on endpaper.

New York, Harpers, 1895 First U.S. Edition , Hardcover book, vii, 454pp with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. Green cloth, gilt circular design to front board, teg. A Very nice copy clean and bright covers,Internally clean and tight. Two previous owners signatures. A VG copy. Pictures available.

London: Robin Clark, 1987 First edition. A signed presentation copy from the author to a friend (inscribed on half-title). Hardcover book . Cloth and dustjacket. 242pp. With 5 b&w illustrations in plates, and coloured reproduction of a French print to endpapers contrasting two attitudes to food: Il faut manger pour vivre and Il faut vivre pour manger. Partly a biography of the French gourmand Grimond de la Reynière, whose life spanned the late Ancien Regime, the French revolution and after; includes selections from his book The Almanach des Gourmands. Fine copy. in a Very Good dustjacket , very light edge wear. Pictures available.

Milan: Amilcare Pizzi SpA1964 HB, 24x32cms, 121pp, b&w and colour plates, plus plans. Bound in red leather, gilt to front and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Blue card slipcase sunned to all edges, 9cm split along top edge. A near Fine copy in VG slipcase.

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929 Hardcover book, first edition , 303 pages no dustjacket. Lewis's theories on colour and race. ever controversial subjects. Includes publishers promotional flyer. A very Good copy with white velum? spine and black boards. Previous owners name and date and light foxing. Pictures available.

London: George Philip & Son 1889 The story of Palestine Exploration. One of the series "The World's Great Explorers and Explorations". Hb, first edition, viii, 270pp, 5 full page illustrations, 17 illustrations in the text, 7 colour maps and 4 maps in the text. Bound in full dk blue leather, marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt stamping to front (Sudbury Grammar School Suffolk), gilt to spine, inset red title label. School prize plate to front pastedown. Some very minor wear to ends and corners. A near Fine copy.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1852 A two-volume 'life' of 16th Century French crafstman Bernard Palissy of Saintes, detailing his work and discoveries in the fields of art and science, outlining his philosophical doctrines and including translation selections of his works. HB, red cloth boards, embossed decoration to front, spine and rear, gilt lettering to spine. Vol. 1, viii, 320pp. Vol. 2, vii, 352pp. Both volumes show bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners; minor marks to covers and sunning to spines; bookseller's small adhesive label and bookplate of previous owner (Francis Chesswell) to front pastedown. 2 good+ copies.

London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1952 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 125 pages. The story , written in English by a West African is partly the product of African folk-lore and tells the story of the drinkard and his search . A Very Good copy with some off-setting to front endpaper in a near Fine striking, unclipped dustjacket designed by Barnett Freedman. Pictures available.

London: J.M. Dent, 1951 First edition. HB. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and pictorial dustjacket from painting by Phyllis Ginger. 264pp. With frontispiece photo plate. Based on true events, a portrait of the author's friend Paloma, set in London and France. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Clean pages, some fading to red tinted top page edges, owner's label, name and date to front endpaper . Light rubbing to cover edges. Jacket has browned spine and back, and small losses top spine.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1977 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth, and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 112pp, large quarto. Illustrated throughout with 130 b&w photos, some whole page, with detailed text on each, plus introduction. 'A selective glimpse into the past and present sailing of gaff-rigged yachts and other craft.' Very Good in a Very Good jacket which is price-clipped. Owner's details inside front cover, light foxing to front end paper. Pictures available.