Search Results: Authors starting with P from Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A little shelf-dusting to edges, otherwise fine. Reprinted from the 1912 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company.

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1973. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Two corners slightly bumped, a touch of shelf-wear, a little dusting to edges, very good. Reprinted from the 1912 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company.

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1972. Reprint. 4to. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Fine. Reprinted from the 1914 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company.

Folkestone, Kent: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1974. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A little shelf-wear, one corner bumped, otherwise very good. Reprinted from the 1932 first edition published by the St. Catherine Press.

Folkestone, Kent: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1974. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Boards a little rubbed, a little dust-marking to all edges and a few small splash-marks to bottom, otherwise very good. Reprinted from the 1926 first edition published by the St. Catherine Press.

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A touch of dust to edges, otherwise fine. Reprinted from the 1908 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company.

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Corners lightly bumped, a little shelf-wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to ffep. Reprinted from the 1927 first edition published by the St. Catherine Press.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908 Second edition. 8vo. pp. ix, [1], 230, [10], last four leaves of bookseller's advertisements, with lithographed colour frontispiece, 74 lithographed colour plates by A. Heaton Cooper. Intermittent slight mainly marginal foxing. Original publisher's blue cloth, gilt and tooled in black, red and white with naturalistic decorations, spine slightly sunned, head a little rubbed. The second edition of this beautifully illustrated travelogue focused on major English lakes, with 74 colour plates by A. Heaton Cooper, a famous watercolourist renowned for his landscape views.

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 239. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 342 in the Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies and Volume 2 in The French of England Translation ACMRS series.

Francofurti [Frankfurt]: Typis Wechelianis, 1601. Folio, pp. [viii] 696 [xxiv]. Printer's device to title-page and to final leaf verso, ornate woodcut endpieces and initials. Faint blotchy foxing, some leaves toned, occasional tiny wax spots, a few very discreet paper repairs. Later (approx. 1821-1860) tan calf binding by Clarke & Bedford of Frith Street (their ink stamp to upper corner ffep, verso), spine richly gilt with raised bands; gilt centrepiece, borders and dentelles to each board, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Joints slightly creased, a little wear to endcaps but very good indeed. Centrepiece gilt arms of John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790-1860). Campbell married in 1816 and succeeded his father in 1821, and these arms appear to postdate both of those events. Campbell was a Fellow of the Royal Society, MP for Carmarthen (1813-1821) and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire (1817-1860). Ownership inscription of J. Campbell in an old hand to blank leaf preceding title-page. A… Read More

Oxford University Press. 1968. 8vo., pp. xvi, 354. With 46 illustrations, and a folding road map after index. Blue cloth, rubbed with light staining to bottom portion of upper board and base of spine. Foxing to edges and (slightly) endpapers, otherwise contents clean. Lacks dust-jacket. A good copy. Inscription, "Happy Birthday Gramp, / Love from / Jon / Wendy / Rowena / 22.2.81", with large enthusiastic xx (kisses) to ffep. Lithographic reprint of the 1925 first edition.

London: Macmillan, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviv, 330 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: brown cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, very good.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxiv, 296 + b/w plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy.

London: Allen Lane, 2019. First edition, fourth printing. 8vo., pp. xxvii, 656 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: grey cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. One corner lightly bumped, otherwise slight signs of use: still very good.

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, 2002. 8vo., pp. l, 87. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered. Dust-jacket. A little shelf-wear to corners and edges but clean and unread: very good. With a Commentary by the translator.

Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1965. Reprint. 8vo., pp. 259. Blue cloth, gilt-letter to spine and upper board, top corners bumped, else very good. No dust-jacket. Ownership inscriptions of C.D.N. Costa in pen to front paste-down and Anne Wilson, crossed-out, to ffep. One or two markings, not obstructing text. Reprint of the Leipzig 1901 edition.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Johannem Wolters et Ysbrandum Haringa, 1687 12mo. pp. [12], 398, [12] + 1 folding map of the Mediterranean. Engraved titlepage with portrait of amazon, numerous small engravings of amazons or ancient coins and medals portraying amazons or their weapons. Engraved title a little dusty at margins, small hole (paper flaw) to outer blank margin of title, slight yellowing. Contermpoary Netherlandish vellum, yapp edges, title inked to spine. Modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. A very good, clean copy of the second edition of this curious treatise on the existence of Amazons, first published in 1685 by the French physician Pierre Petit (b. 1617). The first scholarly work entirely devoted to a subject which had elicited the interest of the likes of Thévet and Mercuriale, it boasts a painstaking amount of information on all accessible evidence and observations from ancient and more recent sources. It discusses the nature of the Amazons'… Read More

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2011. 8vo., pp. 114. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.. Historical Introduction by Maria Diemling.

Leidae [Leiden]: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1727. Burman's 4th edition. 4to., pp. [lii], 263, xlix, 93, [i] + additional engraved title-page and folding portrait plate of the editor. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, head- and tail-pieces. Francis Hare's 93-page 'Epistola Critica' at rear, the presence of which indicates a large paper copy according to Lamb. Toned, with some leaves quite strongly affected. Light spotting. Small closed tear to middle of title-page (possibly a paper flaw), closed tear to lower margin leaf H3, final few sections with damp stain to lower fore-edge corner. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt frame and borders, gilt centrepiece with the arms of Rotterdam to each board. Ties lost, boards a little splayed, top corner of upper board lightly bumped, few smudgy marks, good overall. Book label to front paste down, A. Roobol, and Cat '259' in blue ink. Plain endpaper with an inscription crossed through,… Read More

Parisiis [Paris]: typis J. Barbou, via Mathurinensium, 1778. Sixth edition. 12mo., pp. xxxvi, 504 + engraved frontispiece. Printer's device to title-page, woodcut ornaments, very wide lower margins, very clean. Later dark green straight-grain morocco, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed but still very good indeed. Printed label 'From the collection of Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield' to front paste-down. Two invoices from Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodges dated May 29th and 30th 1911, one made out to W. Cairns and one to W. Strong, both from the sale of Captain Butler's library. Elegantly bound Latin edition of Aesop's "Fables" by the Jesuit poet François-Joseph Desbillons (1711-89), author of several other collections of ancient and modern fables.