Search Results: Authors starting with P from The Last Word

New York: Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 parts: Family Heraldry of Ireland 40 plates of coats of arms. and; The General History.x, 281 pp. Three quarter leather and red cloth. Large heavy volume about 900 pages. Illustrations, maps, marbled page-edges. Frontispiece of a celtic cross is loose and not entirely bound in.

New Plymouth: Thomas Avery & Sons, 1928. First printing. Hardcover. Fair. First Edition. ; xvi (but missing pages i to iv) , 61 pages. Red cloth boards with Maori design in red, black and white. Design repeated on endpapers. Page dimensions: 245 x 152mm. With 36 figures, including b&w photographic illustrations of Maori wood carvings, taiaha, canoe prows, clubs, and other objects. Contents: Foreword; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Definition of Art; Environment and Convention; General Principles of Decorative Design; Naturalistic Treatment; Grotesque Ornament; Textile Designs; The Revival of Maori Art. ; Memoirs of the Board of Maori Ethnological Research, Volume 3.; 8vo . Red tape around margins of covers. Tape repair to title page

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (22cm by 15cm), 301pp. 16 plates in two colours, 8 b&w plates, 2 maps, text illustrations.Gilt titling to the spine. Shelf wear - spine a bit sunned. Black cloth covered boards.

Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1892. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards with red gold and black decorative front and spine. Bumps to corners and ends of spine and with gilt page edges. Ffep removed. A little foxing to edges but text pages appear to be free. Frontispiece "My worthy benefactress (pointing ..." shows park lying on a straw mat. 336 pages plus 16 page Nimmo catalogue to rear dark blue endpapers except as missing one described above. Numerous bhlack and white illustrations. No contents page or list of illustrations so possibly missing? Front board a bit loose. Owners name on first page.

London: William Tegg, 1864. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Tales About Animals, with upwards of 500 engravings on wood. Twelfth Edition Hardcover .xvii + 688 pages , carefully revised. As can be seen a nice black embossed binding with decorative gilt embossed design with title to front, rear binding in good condition but spine missing, some minor ageing, rubbed corner tips. The contents are good, tight and clean with a few minor marks, gilt edges. Size: 11 x 14cm Approx. Front board seperate.

Great Britain: Frederick Muller Limited, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 288 pp Some foxing to front and end papers and page edges. Top edges dyed red. Light blue coloured cloth covered boards.

Photoforum / Wellington Inc., 1985. First printing. Cards. Very Good. Curated by Janet Bayley, Athol McCredie 88p., profuse b&w photos with running text reproduced on superior coated paperstock throughout, 10.5x8.2 inch glossy wraps. Signed for me by Les Cleveland.

Christchurch, New Zealand: The Pegasus Press, 1956. Revised. Paperback. Near Fine. Pegasus, 1956 72pp card wrappers, stapled. NZ Holiday Guides number 3 . 8 pages of b&w plates at centre. errata slip tipped onto the inside of the rear cover, the staples are have slight rust

auckland, New Zealand: Random Ho.,New Zealand, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 367 pages. No creasing to paperback spine. First printing - not a reprint. Has READING COPY on bottom edge of book block - so tis was probably an advance reading copy for review - but no other markings. A couple of very minor creases and be felt rather than seen to front cover.

auckland, New Zealand: Random Ho.,New Zealand, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 367 pages. Light creasing to paperback spine. First printing - not a reprint.

Auckland, New Zealand: Black Swan - Random House, 2003. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine/very good. no creasing, 367 pp. Corners slightly bumped.

Auckland, New Zeaalnd: Random House, 2003. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. reprinted 2003 three times. Signed by Author. Very lightly read - maybe once.

Auckland, New Zealand: Black Swan - Random House, 2003. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine/very good. no creasing, 367 pp.

Transpress, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. quarto, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine; beautifully illustrated eps & prelims; frontispiece, illus, 192pp, sl. sunning to spine of DJ

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co , 1882. Revised. Hardcover. Fair. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. (becomes Cassell & Company in vol. II & III). Good with no dust jackets. 1882. 108 Chromolithographic colour / colored lithograph full size plates - $50 each on (108 x 50 = 5040!) Revised Edition; First Printing. Gilt stamped green cloth Hardcover. No damp stains. Original price (30 shillings) in pencil, Bound in their original bindings. The covers are rubbed on the corners, with some surface rubbing and some shelf wear. Top edges gilt.The contents are in generally good condition but where plates are loose the edges have sometimes sustained some damage " ; 4to 11" - 13" tall First Edition was 1850-53 Notes on each volume: Vol I: 1882 good condition but six plates loose and subsequent damage to some edges and binding is somewhat loose; Vol II: 1883 slight cracking to front endpaper joint, minor foxing to some pages but generally good condition; Vol III: 1884 four plates are loose… Read More

Auckland, New Zealand: Icarus Publishing, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. 208 pages. Bought new- never read. Minor scuffing of dustjacket from being viewed in the shop. Copious illustrations, the story of immigrant craftsmen Anton Seuffert and his sons William, Albert and Carl, and their craft of cabinet making, Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each project is described one step at a time with easy-to-follow line drawings and instructions. ISBN: 0143009931

Auckland: Reed, 2000. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. 00 pages

London: Bloomsbury, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 271 pages.

London: Picador, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292 pages, First edition, first printing. Protective mylar clear cover to dustjacket.. Flat signed on title page