Search Results: Authors starting with M from Pellegrino Books

FIRST EDITION thus. Unravels the history of George III's strange malady, diagnosing it as porphyria. Psychiatric practices of the period and later are examined. 8vo Blue Boards HB faded on page ends, No DJ. Rowlandson design and previous owner sticker on endpapers. 407pp with index, ISBN 0713901063 ~ 21.95 ~ King George III, Regency, Windsor Palce, Kew Gardens, Prince Regent, American War Of Independence  ~ English History

London, Spottiswoode,1855? . Half leather with 5 raised bands (worn) on spine and gilt lettering, illustrations throughout 'Original and from the Antique', drawn on wood by George Scharf,Jun;marbling to front and end pages and to edges; internal foxing, front joint cracked,title page loose, torn and badly marked.

Good++ Softback Volume of the history of the Island. 224pp with index, ISBN 0903065738 ~ 15.50 ~ Scottish Islands, Lewis, Conservation Area, Sabbath ~ Scottish History

Collins Classics For Today 1970?? . 8vo attractive green boards HB in William Stobbs cover DJ - his illustrations in bw and colour throughout. VG/VG throughout, 200pp. Edition abriged by Olive Jones although owing to a printers misprint, pages 106, 107, 110, 111, 114, 115, 118 & 119 are replaced by the foreword and pages 1-6 upside down - possible curio value therefore?

TC and EC Jack London, ND . VG Printed boards with pastedown col illus on front,78 pp, eight reproductions in col,spine discoloured but clean and tight throughout. Circa early 20th Century (possibly 1908/09) from other volumes in series we have avaliable.

8vo Red Boards Very Good , gilt titles on spine, No DJ. 382pp ~ 14.95 ~ Spy Network, New York Chronicle, Salzburg, Switzerland, Nazis ~ Fiction

The Reprint Society London 1952 . 7x5" Green Boards HB.with Gilt on Black Block RS Spine Design. Good++ Clean bright and Tight throughout. 287pp

FIRST EDITION thus. The engrossing and tragic little-known tale of the town razed by the Nazis at the end of the Second World War which is kept as a silent and chilling memorial of atrocities today.8vo Red Boards HB VG/FINE , titles in gilt on spine. Previous owner sticker on title page. In Rose Jones-designed unpriceclipped DJ, also VG. 166pp with index, ISBN 0747500827 ~ 22.50 ~ Second World War, Nazi, Oradour-sur-glane, Panzer Division, French resistance, Maquis  ~ Second World War History

Kensington Publications 1987 . Large format 12x9 Inlaid Color Boards with Earliest Printed Map Of London design from 1560 HB VG, No DJ. A coffee-table tourist guide with the usual histories, hotels, shopping and travel tips. Full color and full page adverts throughout the book provide a reference to popular campaigns and products in the 1980s. 366pp.

Harper Collins London 1999 . FIRST EDITION thus. The Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997 looks back with candour and honesty on a turbulent political life, from Lambeth Council to No10 Downing Street and Margaret Thatchers downfall to Tony Blairs rise. VG/FINE 8vo Black Boards HB with Gold Boxed Titles on spine. In unpriclipped FINE Joe Partridge photo DJ. Blue Endpapers , Previous owner remarks on inner front page. 774pp

Jonathan Cape London 1946 . First. A sardonic sideways Shakespeare-like analysis of the English language. Very rare 8vo blue board HB with DJ, slight rips at head and tail, 111pp. Good/VG.

RARE UK edition of the Bridgeman Art Library volume on the works of the 19th Century French & Italian painter. 79pp, 50 works repro'd in full color. 8x8 square decorated boards in similar DJ, FINE AS NEW. ISBN 1858135060 ~ 36.50 ~ Edgar Degas, French Artists , Paris , Star Of The Ballet ~ Art and Artists

RARE UK edition of the Bridgeman Art Library volume on the works of the 17th Century Dutch master. 79pp, 50 works repro'd in full color. 8x8 square decorated boards in similar DJ, FINE AS NEW. ISBN 1858135958 ~ 36.50 ~ Rembrandt , Storm On The Sea Of Galilee , Isabella Stuart Gardener ~ Art and Artists

The Reprint Society London 1952 . 7x5" Black Boards HB.with Gilt on Red Block RS Spine Design. Good++ Clean bright and Tight throughout. 536pp

Methuen & Co London 1934 First Edition . Complete in seven volumes ,this series charts The Greek and Roman empires from 776 BC To 476 AD. This is Vol5 - Charting the Rise Of Pompey and Julius Caesar , the tyrants murder and the longstanding feud between Mark Anthony and Octavian. Rare. Red boards, 9x6', 427 pages, gilt titles on spine, VG copy.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 1999 . First thus. 9x7" Green Boards HB with Proserpine painting inset DJ: both fine/fine,as new copy.592pp with index

Blue board HB 8x5", 343pp No DJ. Good throughout - Personal family connection to item.Previous owners address given as presentation copy from South Normanton Boys School sports day in 1930 for High Jump First Prize. ~ 19.50 ~ Masefield, dreams, Misdeeds  ~ Fiction titles

The Reprint Society London 1948 . 7x5" Cream Boards HB.with Gilt on Red Block RS Spine Design. VG Clean bright and Tight throughout. 278pp

The First Of Six Volumes of an indepth study of the latest applications for the subject. Other volumes deal with Properties Of Gases & Polymers , Lattice Dynamics , plus Quantum & Solid State Physics. Good++ Laminated 8vo Laminated Green Boards HB, No DJ, previous owner sig on endpapers. 515pp with index ~ 39.95 ~ Physical Acoustics, Quantum Physics, Solid State , Lattice Dynamics, Viscosity, Frequencies ~ Acoustics

Chapman and Hall London 1943 . First HB thus. Large 8vo tan boards dealing with the state of the English countryside. No DJ, 173pp inc. index. VG throughout