Search Results: Titles starting with P from Virginia Bank Books

London. David & Charles. 1981. (8764) Hardback. 240 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a near-fine slightly scuffed unclipped d.w. Ex shop stock. Unread book.

USA. Time-Life. 1981. (9348) HEAVY HARDBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 176 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Maps. Fine in black padded rexine with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Coloured illustration with gilt border on front board. No d.w. as supplied. No markings or inscriptions.

Australia. Thwaites. Preface dated 1936. (9731) HEAVY HARDBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 478 pages. Good in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine showing wear at top and bottom, top edge of textblock coloured green, front and bottom edges uncut and browned with age. Front endpaper cracked but not through to the mull. Foxing to front and rear endpapers. Previous owners name printed on front pastedown along with small booksellers label in Sydney. Binding sound and tight. Scarce title.

EP Publishing. 1982. (10164) Large format paperback. 64 pages. Numerous coloured photographs and patterns on graph paper. Fine in a v.g. papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Origiinally published in France. Translated by M. S. Rohan.

London. Sotherby's. 1998. (9045) Paperback. 200 pages. Numerous colour and b.w. illustraitons. Fine in a v.g. papercover with single crease down spine. No markings or inscriptions Published to accompany the exhibition at Sotheby's 5-17th January, 1998.

London. Mitchell Beazley. 1991 reprint. (8019) Heavy large format paperback. 160 pages. More than 140 colour illustrations covering the historical background to the craft of painted furniture, practical knowledge and equipment needed and over 20 transformation projects to try. Fine in fine papercover with slight scuffing to rear cover - shelfwear. Ex shop stock. Unread book. ISBN: 1-85732-244-4.

Poppyland. 1986. (10948) Stapled paperback. 30 pages. B.w. photographs. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions.

Manchester. MUP. Reprinted, with minor corrections, 1961. (3742) Hardback. 334 pages. B.w. illustrations. Good in blue cloth (lightly stained) with bronze lettering to spine. This book has been professionally recased with new spine linings and new endpapers to front and rear. No inscriptions. No d.w. A sound tight clean copy.

Abergavenny. P. M. Heaton. 1995. lst edn. (4133) Hardback. 232 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in near-fine d.w., corner clipped by publisher. Unread book from new stock. After outlining the development of the Great Hunger, this work gives much attention to the maritime aspects of the ensuing exodus. The voyage from Ireland to Liverpool in the early steamers; the hazards faced by emigrants in Liverepool; the ships used by these emigrants; the commanders, officers and crews of these sailing ships. Details are given about the American owners, and builders of these early packet ships and also the conditions in the steerage accommodation. There are also chapters on shipwrecks and disasters; the St. Lawrence River, and the Fever ships of 1847; and the prospects and pitfalls facing the emigrants on their arrival in the New World. ISBN: 1-872006-08-6.

Staples Press. 1952. (10119) Hardback. 352 pages. B.w. photographs. Ex City of Leeds Library of Commerce, Science and Technology with minimal stamping but no pockets.. Good in navy cloth with silver motif on front board and silver lettering to spine, top edge of textblock coloured navy. No markings or inscriptions. No d.w. A sound tight clean copy.

Guinness Publishing. Reprinted 1999. (10563) Large format paperback. 186 pages. 50 B.w. illustrations. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread. An absorbing and diverting survey of naval incompetence from Roman times to the Falklands War.

Hamlyn. 1988. (10970) Large format paperback. 80 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Unread book. Traditional and modern quilts, materials, methods, techniques, history plus template patterns to trace.

Ian Allan. London. 1977. (9881) HEAVY HARDBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 160 pages. B.w. photographs. Not a history of The Path Finder Force but an attempt to recreate in words and pictures something of the authentic atmosphere of the subject and its place in history. Near fine in red boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a near fine unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions.

London. Everett. 1913. (7594) Hardback. 138 pages. Good in purple cloth with white lettering to front board and faded spine and ageing to edge of textblock. Some foxing to page edges and front and rear fly-leaves. No inscriptions. No d.w. A tight sound clean copy.

Terence Dalton. Lavenham. 1991. (9817) Hardback. 162 pages. B.w. photographs. Fine in navy boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a near fine unclipped d.w. with slightly scratched rear cover. No markings or inscriptions.

The Larks Press. New edition 2006. First published 1899. (10173) Paperback. 128 pages. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread. '...Thomas Hardy's East Anglian cousin.'

Arms & Armour. 1981. (9998) Hardback. 240 pages. B.w. photographs. Maps. Fine in dark greenish boards with silver lettering to spine in a fine unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions.

Bradbury, Agnew. Preface dated 1868. (10252) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 623 pages. Good in dark green cloth with bevelled edges to boards, blind tooled lining to front and rear, gilt motif on front board and gilt illustration and lettering to spine. This book has been rebound (reverse backed) with matching green cloth to repair small loss at top and bottom of spine. Ageing to edges of textblock and scattered foxing to a few pages at front and rear. Small Stamp of Urchfront Manor Library on rear flyleaf together with a signature dated July 16, 1890. Tight sound clean copy.

London. Brassey's. 1988. (4786) Hardback. 366 pages. Fine in red boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. with slight fading to spine. Ex shop stock - unread book. This is not a history, but a personal commentary. Baron Robert Rothschild relates this story through the eyes of a young Belgian diplomat of Jewish origin; he writes as one whose country officially stood on the sidelines (until disaster struck in 1940) and as a witness to the greatest crime in history against the people of his faith. ISBN: 0-08-036264-8.

Hoddlesden. Grey Stone Books. 1991. (8831) Paperback. 127 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Maps. Fine in a fine papercover. Ex shop stock. Unread book. The authors have devised thirty day walks (mainly circular).