Search Results: Authors starting with P from Nigel Sustins Books

Cambridge, UK: Deighton Bell, 1890. Small volume in the 'Cambridge Texts' series, flexible green cloth with slight wear/rubbing, split to front hinge, but binding secure, internally generally good - one or two underlinings and markings. Greek text with notes in English.. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Sampson Low, 1890. Rare first edition. Olive green cloth with some wear and marking, but substantially good, title and facsimile of Cromwell's signature in gilt, some browning and foxing to edges, foxing marks to prelims, a few slight stains to page margins throughout; an appreciation based on papers and letters from Cromwell's time; inserted is a leaflet inviting subscriptions to a forthcoming volume: 'The House of Cromwell and the Story of Dunkirk' by James Waylen; the leaflet reproduces an engraving of Cromwell in childhood. No d/w.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

UK: Lovat Dickson, 1936. The author's scarce first book, true first printing, set in Ancient Rome; signed 'with best wishes' by author opposite the title page; purple cloth with gilt design of Caesar's head on the front, illustrations to chapter heads and title page by Farleigh, book is cocked, some wear/rubbing to cover, wear/pushing to corners and spine ends, fading of gilt lettering to spine, dust to edges, front and rear endpapers have been strengthened with strips of white linen-effect tape, foxing marks to endpapers, first free endpaper is clipped diagonally at the top, internally predominantly very good, no d/w. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Farleigh.

UK: Macdonald, 1986. Set of three volumes of The Heaven Tree, first hardback reprint of the Macdonald edition, The Heaven Tree (1986), The Green Branch (1987), The Scarlet Seed (1987). The binding of all three is extremely good, internally clean and tight, though page edges are tanned. A blank front endpaper has been neatly removed from vols. 1 and 3. Dust wrappers are predominantly bright and clean, not price-clipped. A handsome set. Extra postage required outside the UK.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Parker, 1882. 6th edition 1882, red-brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, spine ends and edges of bevelled boards worn/rubbed with minor loss to bottom of spine, dust to edges, browning to endpapers, hinges cracking, some internal straining but binding sound, highly illustrated, frontispiece is a folded tinted plan of Wells Cathedral, text generally good. See also: Introduction to Gothic Architecture (006404).. Reprint. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Epworth Press, 1949. Hardback in good used condition in a rubbed, chipped and soiled dust-wrapper, text sound.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.

London: Private (for Subscribers only), 1901. A single volume in the 'Oriental Tales' series, No. 696 of the Delhi edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good in green cloth with paper title panel to spine (slightly rubbed and faded). Some wear/marking to boards, dust to rough-trimmed page edges. Internally predominantly very good. Other volumes in the series available. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Limited. Hardcover. Good.

London: Private (for Subscribers only), 1901. A single volume in the 'Oriental Tales' series, No. 696 of the Delhi edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good in green cloth with paper title panel to spine (slightly rubbed and faded). Some wear/marking to boards, dust to rough-trimmed page edges. Internally predominantly very good. Other volumes in the series available. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Limited. Hardcover. Good.

London: Private (for Subscribers only), 1901. A single volume in the 'Oriental Tales' series, No. 696 of the Delhi edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good in green cloth with paper title panel to spine (slightly rubbed and faded). Some wear/marking to boards, dust to rough-trimmed page edges. Internally predominantly very good. Other volumes in the series available. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Limited. Hardcover. Good.

London: Private (for Subscribers only), 1901. A single volume in the 'Oriental Tales' series, No. 696 of the Delhi edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good in green cloth with paper title panel to spine (slightly rubbed and faded). Some wear/marking to boards, dust to rough-trimmed page edges. Internally predominantly very good. Other volumes in the series available. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Limited. Hardcover. Good.

London: Private (for Subscribers only), 1901. A single volume in the 'Oriental Tales' series, No. 696 of the Delhi edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good in green cloth with paper title panel to spine (slightly rubbed and faded). Some wear/marking to boards, dust to rough-trimmed page edges. Internally predominantly very good. Other volumes in the series available. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Limited. Hardcover. Good.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894. Appears to be a different book from the binding ('Cornish Drolls' published by Bridger, Penzance), but is in fact 'Tales of the Masque', tan cloth with some wear and marking, dust to edges, browning to endpapers, slight strain to binding, otherwise internally good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Collins Crime Club, 1988. Rare first edition of the first Mamur Zapt mystery, rebound in brown cloth with new endpapers, so assume once a library copy (no other library markings), text is complete, with browning to edges and tanning to pages; d/w is intact with some rubbing/chipping to the edges and corners, the orange of the spine has faded to yellow, with the title (in white) indistinct.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

UK: Harvill Secker, 2006. Signed first UK printing of Pearl's second novel, lined 'I remember the day it began' and dated 23 May 06 (publication date) to title page; a fine unread copy in fine dust-wrapper. The author's Victorian mystery: 'The Last Dickens' is also available signed. Extra postage required. . Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine.

USA: Random House, 2009. Scarce signed copy, first American printing, of the author's third Victorian mystery (another 'The Poe Shadow' is also available signed); fine book in fine dust-wrapper, signed by author to title page. Extra postage required. . Signed by Author. First USA Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Ex-Cheltenham library, attractive library plate to front pastedown, library record sheet and barcode to front free endpaper, small circular library stamp to title page and to either side of the double page partially-coloured plates, ink numbers and presentation plate to verso of title page, re-bound in blue cloth (now worn and frayed to corners and spine ends) with gilt title and library reference to spine, the five maps are predominantly very good with a small tear to the margin of one, and wrinkling and marking to 'Saxon England', text predominantly clean and sound (a little straining to stitching). Extra postage required. . Hardcover. Good.

Market Drayton, Shropshire: Tern Press, 1989. [53pp.] Set in 16pt Poliphilus & Blado type. Printed on Antik mould made paper. Bound decorated grey paper over boards with a speckled rough tweedy linen spine (extraneous blue mark to rear board at the top), two light bumps to top board edges, printed paper label to front cover and spine. Pale grey endpapers. 12 full page lino prints by Nicholas Parry. Internally fine. No. 38 of 90 numbered copies. Signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry (book designers/producers). The book is a sympathetically-crafted whole. Extra postage required.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: Quercus, 2006. Scarce signed first printing of the Costa Book of the Year 2006, fine book in fine d/w, signed by the author with her distinctive squiggle to title page. Extra postage required.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

UK: Macdonald, 1989. Slight shelf wear to top edge, otherwise a fine copy of a reprinted Inspector Felse mystery.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Headline, 1988. Three Brother Cadfael short stories (reprinted from 'Winter's Crimes'(. An exceptionally clean fine first edition in a bright unfaded dust-wrapper with price intact (small abrasion to one corner); printed on bright art paper, attractive colour illustrations by Clifford Harper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Clifford Harper.