Search Results: Authors starting with P from JimsOldBooks

LaVergne, Tennessee: Koza Productions, 2003. A crease to top corner of front cover and smaller ones to other corners, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of American folk-singer Rik 'Totem Pole' Palieri. Signed and with small drawing by the author on title page. 265pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Some minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, some brown discoloration to spine and top edge of cover (not with tobacco), some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Language and Language Learning" series, a collection of essays by various authors on aspects of Prosodic Analysis. 256pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Black and White, 2016. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Based on the stage play of the same title, the story deals with the efforts of the residents of a care home in the Highlands to raise the money to pay for the increased fees demanded by the owners. The author usually writes as Philip Paris. Signed by the author on title page "For ..... Best Wishes, Philip Paris". 314pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Denoel, 1983. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in French as "La Tapisserie de Bayeau", this is an English translation by William Courtney. Deals with the eleventh-century Bayeux Tapestry as a social document and as a narrative of events including how to read it in cinematic terms. 141pp, 6 folding colour pages showing the entire tapestry, b&w drawings throughout.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thouvenin, Jean. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1926. Minor wear to the spine ends and corners of the dark red cloth-covered boards, but gilt titles on spine and monogram on front are still bright. Previous owner's gift message dated 1934 on f/ep. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this novel. Originally printed in 1901, this is a later (1926) edition, part of the publisher's Pocket Edition of the author's selected works. The story, set in Canada, involves a lawyer who loses his memory after a drunken brawl and finds himself living in a remote village. The story was adapted for the movies three times, in 1915 and 1920 as a silent, and as a talkie in 1931, so must have been popular at some point. 324pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. No dustwrapper, some fading to the spine and bumping to the spine ends and corners of red boards, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story involves a man travelling to Cuba to claim an inheritance from his dead uncle. Originally published in 1940, this is a reprint from July 1941. 254pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards and slight fading to spine, yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story deals with a young man who drifts out into the Channel in a small boat and is picked up by a ship running guns to Spain. Originally published in 1938, this is a later reprint from 1940. 320pp, 7 b&w drawings.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Canberra, ACT: Odyssey Books, 2016. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The second in the author's trilogy set in a future Apartheid-style Australia. Signed by the author on title page "To .... Enjoy Pia's Story, Sue". 263pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canberra, ACT: Odyssey Books, 2016. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The third and last part of the author's trilogy set in a future Apartheid-style Australia. Signed by the author on title page "To .... Enjoy the Story, Sue". 286pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and some tears to the edges, also a few small bits missing. Minor bumping to spine ends of blue cloth-covered boards. Original owner was a pipe-smoker, so spine of dustwrapper is discoloured, also the book does still smell faintly, but not (to me anyway) unpleasantly, of tobacco. But otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover novel. A rags-to-riches type story of a woman from a poverty-stricken background in a small fishing village in Morayshire. 479pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1960. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, f/ep has been removed and there is a library ink stamp on rev of title page. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being number 7 in the publisher's ''University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies'' series. Using the case study of an anonymous Glasgow factory, the success of a manager in bringing both industrial peace and prosperity to the manufactury is explored and charted through the use of records. 243pp, 2 b&w illustrations, numerous charts and tables.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: William Heinemann, 1968. Some fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, minor creasing to edges of same; slight bumping to spine ends of purple boards, and old ink price on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The memoirs of the author, a society hostess and author in the 1920s, particularly dealing with her relationship with Richard Aldington, Ezra Pound, and others. 159pp, 12pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town: David Philip, 1983. Some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1965, this is a later, paperback edition, part of the publisher's Africasouth series. A play set in a South African reformatory and based on three stories from Paton's collection "Debbie Go Home" ('Sponono', 'Ha'penny' and 'Death of a Totsi'). 190pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1949. Reprint Society edition from 1949. Quite a few small tears to the edges of dustwrapper, minor shelf-wear to bottom edge of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel set in South Africa just before the start of the Apartheid era. 256pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cape Town: David Philip, 1981. First South African edition. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight shelf-wear to bottom edge of red boards, and the book smells a bit of being kept in a shed but this should fade in time. But otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book, a later novel by the author of "Cry the Beloved Country", set in 1950s South Africa. 271pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: I B Tauris, 2006. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his forty-years in the Arab world, from WW2 service in North Africa, as a District Commissioner in the Sudan, and in the Diplomatic service as British Ambassador in Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia. 329pp, 25 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge, 2006. Two volume set. Slight bowing to boards, outer edges of pages are a bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight pair of hard-cover books. Originally published in 1992, this is a reprint from 2006, a digital reprint so the quality of the b&w illustrations isn't so good. Fifty-seven articles by various composers, musicologists, performers, sociologists and others on aspects of current (1990s at least) thinking on the study and practise of Music, Sections on People and Music, the Technology of Music, the Structure of Music, and the Interpretation of Music. A heavy pair of books, packaged weight is about 2.5 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 1208pp, some b&w illustrations and pieces of music notation.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. Creasing and some tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with some bits missing from same at spine ends and at top edge, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some yellowing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains all seven of the mid-nineteenth century author Thomas Love Peacock's novels, namely "Headlong Hall", "Melincourt", "Nightmare Abbey", "Maid Marian", "The Misfortunes of Elphin", "Crotchet Castle" and "Gryll Grange", each with an introduction by David Garnett. A heavy book, packaged weight is just over a kilo, so extra postage would be required from buyers outside the UK. 982pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: A & C Black Ltd., 1943. No dustwrapper, slight shelf-wear to bottom end of spaine and to lower corners of green cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's ''The Sportsman's Library'' series, this one deals techiniques of mountaineering and climbing. Originally published in 1941, this is the second edition from 1943. 213pp, 9 b&w illustrations and 6 b&w drawings. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Ward, Lock & Co Ltd, 1932. Minor wear to the spine ends and corners of the red boards, but titles on spine and front cover all bright. Minor foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this light novel. No publication date given, but was first printed in 1930, so this would be a later edition from probably a couple of years later. The author's real name was Archibald Thomas Pechey, and he was the father of Fanny Cradock the TV Cook. He also wrote as Mark Cross. 256pp... Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.