Search Results: Authors starting with P from Renaissance Books

Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. [1969]. First Edition. Softcover. [2], 22 pages. Page dimensions: 217 x 136mm. Illustrated. "The twenty-one formative years of his stay in South Africa are the subject of this booklet." - page 1. "Gandhi was called to the bar in England in 1891. After a shaky and unremunerative start in legal practice in India, he left for South AFrica, accepting a brief from an Indian firm in Durban. He arrived in the country in 1893." - page 1. The author was Professor of History at the University of Malawi. .

Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Original Wraps. Pp. 165 - 468 + numerous b&w plates. Original wraps. Spine re-glued. No signatures or markings in book. Minor staining to covers. Contents: "Expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya, 1951" by H. E. Riddiford. " A New Approach to Everest" by E. P. Hillary. "The Annapurna Himal, 1950" by W. P. Packard. & numerous accounts of climbing in New Zealand. ; 8vo .

London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. 0460046071 . Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xi, [1], 316 pages. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 235 x 154mm. Illustrated. "In the history of early music one of the most pressing yet contentious questions concerns instrumental practice in the performance of medieval song, especially the lyrics of the troubadours and trouveres. [. . .] After examining the place of instruments in the genre-system of medieval song, he discusses stringing and tuning. He describes the instruments and considers pitch, playing-techniques and repertoire. Dr. Page's book throws important new light on his subject and will appeal to listeners and performers, as well as to those interested in the literature and history of the Middle Ages." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in late 19th Century half-calf library binding. Chipped paper library label on spine. Binding shaken with several leaves protruding slightly from the text block. Small 19th century bookseller's label on front endpaper: "J. Hounsell, Bookseller & Stationer; Nelson, New Zealand". ; 303 pages. Lacking the half-title page. Half-morocco binding. Page dimensions: 175 x 113mm. Selected contents: Geology and Modern Thought; By the Sea-Shore; Lochland, and the Tale they Tell; Split or Fractured Boulders; Scottish Geology - Its Proofs and Problems; Raised Beaches and Submarine Forests; A Forgotten Chapter. ; Ex-Library; 8vo .

London: S. W. Partridge & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. "Second Edition. Tenth Thousand. " 160 pages + frontis + in-text illustrations and map + 24 pages advertisments. Red cloth covers with gilt and black lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Front free endpaper and half-title page missing. Rear free endpaper missing. Water stains to cloth covers. Some staining to endpapers. Some rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Contents: The Frozen Field and its History; A Cry from Macedon; Disappointments and Deliverance; Almost Abandoned; Sunshine and Shadow; The Moravians Come; Pestilence and Patience; How the Greenlanders Live; Their Religious Ideas and Superstitions; The Story of KAjarnak; God's Work Goes On.; 12mo .

London: S. W. Partridge & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. "Second Edition. Tenth Thousand. " 160 pages + frontis + in-text illustrations and map + 28 pages advertisments. Brown cloth covers with gilt and black lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Front free endpaper and half-title page missing. Cloth coveros clean. Some rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Contents: The Frozen Field and its History; A Cry from Macedon; Disappointments and Deliverance; Almost Abandoned; Sunshine and Shadow; The Moravians Come; Pestilence and Patience; How the Greenlanders Live; Their Religious Ideas and Superstitions; The Story of KAjarnak; God's Work Goes On.; 12mo .

Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter, And Co. Poor with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper missing. A rough reading copy. Heavy foxing, binding loose, staining. ; [viii], 256 pages + advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 193mm x 130mm. ; 8vo .

New York: Holt, Rinehard and Winston. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. 0030860091 . Highlighting and marginalia on a few pages. One of the plate leaves is detached and loose. Some traces of adhesive residue to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xvi, 256 pages + illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Teal cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 227 x 145mm. "From the African veldt to New Zealand's Southern Alps to Alaska's glacier country, a world-known writer and veteran sportsman recounts the joys of a lifetime of global hunting." - from front panel of dust-jacket. .

London: Longmans, Green and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Fourth impression. Xl, 258 pages + 24 pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Presentation inscription on half-title page from Wm Hewitson, dated 1894 in Dunedin (New Zealand) . ; 12mo .

New York: Carlton House. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. [c1938]. Hardcover. Spine faded. No signatures.; No date [c1938?]. [vi], 298 page. Light blue cloth boards with dark blue spine and corners. Red panels on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 206 x 141mm. Top page edges dyed red. Wide blank margins to pages. This compilation contains extracts from the following: Common Sense; The American Crisis; Rights of Man; Dissertation on First Principles of Government; The Age of Reason; Letter to George Washington. .

[Dunedin]. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. [c1990?]. Binder. A ring-bound folder of xeroxed copies of "Pakeha"'s column "Rambles Round Dunedin". Photocopied from the Otago Witness newspaper. 25 February 1865 - 26 October 1872. Compiled by George Griffiths. 44 leaves, clippings pasted on one side of leaf only. Descriptions of walks around Dunedin and its neighbouring hills and beaches, including the Otago Peninusla. "As we neared the top of the ridge, we became enveloped in fog, and the rain began to take off. Now and then we could see, away on our right, the high rocky peaks of Mihiwaka and the Hump, the mist driving past them with great speed, though we hardly felt a breath of wind on the road." - 13 January, 1872. "This part of of our walk was very pleasant; the tide being low, we had firm smooth sand to tread on, so we were not long in reaching the mouth of the Kaikorai, which was found in a very quiescent state, about 10 or 12 yards… Read More

London: The Religious Tract Society. Fair with no dust jacket. 1848. Hardcover. 1/4" missing to cloth along tail end of spine. A 2/3" tear and 3/8" chip to cloth at head of spine. Dust stains to cloth. Moderate foxing. Gutter broken at front hinge. A 1/2" tear to blank margin of one leaf. Previous owners' signatures.; "New Edition". viii, 443, [1] pages + [4] pages advertisements. Blind-stamped cloth boards. Page dimensions: 183 x 106mm. ; 8vo .

London: John W. Parker and Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards rubbed. Bruising to lower corner of front board. Small loss of cloth along edges at tips of corners of boards. Inner hinges split. Previous owner's signature and ink number on front endpaper.; Volume One only of two volumes. l, [2], 756, [2] pages. Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 141mm. Contents of this volume: General Relations of Mediaeval Europe; The Carlovingian Empire; The Danish Expeditions in the Gauls; and the Establishment of Rollo. ; 8vo .

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1865. Hardcover. Lacking the large folding "Map of Arabia" from Volume One. Otherwise very good. Rebound. Later endpapers.; Second edition. Two volumes. Volume One: xii, [2], 466 pages + frontispiece (medallion portrait) + 2 folding plans. Lacking the large folding "Map of Arabia". Volume Two: vi, 398 pages + 2 folding plans. Rebound in half black leather, with red cloth lettering pieces on spines. Page dimensions: 217 x 132mm. .

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1867. Hardcover. Some marginalia, mostly small ink or pencil check marks in the Index of First Lines. ; [12], 332 pages. Full calf binding. Spine with gilt decoration, 5 raised bands, green lettering piece. Boards with gilt border decoration. Gilt decoration to edges of boards, and gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 145 x 98mm. .

London: BBC Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. 0563371218 . Light bump to head of spine and light creasing to head of dust wrapper spine. No tears or chips to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; This copy nicely inscribed on the title page by Michael Palin, with his peculiar curly signature: "To Larry & George - Love from the Pacific. Happy Christmas! Michael Palin". 320 pages. Numerous colour photographs. Orange papered boards. Page dimensions: 246 x 189mm. This book describes Palin's circumnivagation of the Pacific Rim. "He visits a Gulag camp in Siberia with one of its few remaining survivors, talks to head-hunters in Borneo, eats maggots in Mexico and rustles camels in the deserts of Australia." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 4to; Signed by Author .

London: Woburn Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. Third Edition. Hardcover. 071300102X . From Marco Pallis' preface to the 1974 edition: " Should it happen that any further editions are proposed in future, it is the present version which must henceforth be treated as the definitive text, on which all translations into foreign languages must likewise be based exclusively. " Library stamps and markings. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Ex-Library; 8vo .

Auckland: Secker & Warburg. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1996). First Edition. Softcover. 0790004631 . Owner's ex-libris label to front paste down. Some rubbing to tail of spine and tail corner of front board. ; 216 pages. Card wrappers. Page dimensions: 198mm x 123mm. "But there's another voice telling the story: Steven's alter ego, the wise-cracking, anarchic, rude Eric Dombey. As Eric, Steven can become the self he sometimes wishes to be, but as events in his life accelerate and slip out of control, the boundaries between real and unreal blur - all is not as it seems." - from the rear wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

London: Adam and Charles Black. Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Ix, 230 pages + frontis + 74 plates + map + 4 pages advertisements. Top edges gilt. Blue cloth covers with white, green, orange, and gilt decorations and letteting on spine and front board. Tissue guards present for frontis and all plates. Owner's stamp on front endpaper. Corners bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers. Minor spotting to page edges. 1/8" tear to head of spine. Ends of spine rubbed. Rear hinge cracked internally. ; 8vo .

London: Weidenfeld. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. 0297766198 . Ex-library. Some library stamps and markings. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; x, [4], 302 pages. Mauve-grey boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. "Dr Palmier traces the history of the communists in Indonesia from the small group of Dutch Marxists in the second decade of this [20th] century, to the PKI or Indonesian Communist Party which was destroyed in the bloodshed of 1966. The author distinguishes three separate parties. The first was crushed by its abortive revolt in 1926, and was little influenced by Moscow. The second arose during the Indonesian revolution against the Dutch after the second world was, was largely directed by the Kremlin, and sealed its own fate by attempting a rebellion against the Indonesian nationalists in 1948 [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. .