Search Results: Authors starting with P from Lazarus Books Limited

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1946. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 1946 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 222 pages. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge red, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, a few light spots to first and last few pages, remaining pages are toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed and a little chipped, spine a bit faded, panels a bit age toned with some spotting to the inside. An overview of one hundred eighty years of British occupation of India from 1765 to 1946 by an old hand. Sir Percival Joseph Griffiths, C.I.E. (1899-1992), colonial administrator, historian and businessman served in the Indian Civil Service from 1922 to 1937 and as a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly after that. He wrote more than a dozen books, most of them on India. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hutchinson Benham, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1977 first edition. Size quarto 9.75" tall, 383 pages. Beige cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good plus, top and bottom edges of covers and spine faded, a couple of faint spots to the edge of the text block otherwise the contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, slight curl to edges, top and bottom edges of panels and the spine are a little faded, not price clipped.

London: Eyre & Spottiswode, 1963. First Edition second impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Second Impression. Blue Hardback. Spine ends rubbed, pages slightly age toned, else fine. 251 pages all in fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition, minor rubbing to extremities, else fine. Not price Clipped. The dust jacket photographs, which show the author's home, are by Beryl Kiernander. Includes a frontis and five double sided black and white photo plates.

London: Eyre & Spottiswode, 1969. First Edition First Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Impression. Ex-Library. Blue Hardcover. Spine ends slightly rubbed, library stamp on title page. Pages slightly age toned, else fine. 231 pages all in very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition, Small tear on bottom of front cover. Price Clipped.

London: Constable, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Hard Cover. Spine ends slightly rubbed, else fine. 224pp all in fine condition. Dust Jacket, top of spine slightly creased, else fine. Not Price Clipped.

Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.: Charles C. Thomas, 1937. First Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. 1937 First Edition. Size quarto, 444 pqages including index. Mid brown textured linen covered boards with black titles on lighter brown linen label to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition very good, corners, spine ends, hinges and title label rubbed, else fine, contents very clean.

London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. First Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1901 First Edition. Size octavo, 438 pages including index, plus 32 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Tan cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, previous owner's name to front end-paper and has written the dates Paget was born and died to the title page, end-papers toned offsetting from the tissue guard of the frontispiece onto the title page, frontis and tissue guard browned, other than this the contents are very clean throughout. With portraits and other illustrations.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1921. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1921 First Edition. Size octavo, 148 pages plus 2 pages of publishers advertisements. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, offsetting to front end-paper, a few spots to first and last few pages else contents clean. This was the copy belonging to Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin, He has signed and dated the front end-paper and put a note to himself referring to a review of the book in The Saturday Review of Dec 24th 1921 in The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd. - A collection of Essays

London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1951. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1951 First edition, first impression. Size 12mo, 192 pages including index. Red cloth covered boards with white stamped titles to the spine, photographic dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spine slightly faded, contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, corners rubbed, head and tail of spine chipped, tail of spine with 1cm loss, 1cm tear to top edge of front panel, not price clipped. Biography

Gurney & Jackson, 1891. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown Hard Cover. Spine ends rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Pencil notes in margins of pages. Inner joint cracked. Blind stamped name on half-title. 21 plates & upto 600 illustrations.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1924. Reprint. . Full Leather Soft Cover. Very Good. 1924 reprint. Size 12mo, 279 pages. Brown full leather semi-soft cover binding with gilt titles and decorations to the front cover and spine, all edges gilt, brown bookmark ribbon. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, hines a little loose, previous owner's name to front end-paper, offsetting to end-papers, other pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Romae, Rome: Ex Typographica Polyglotta, 1877. Half-calf. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed In Rome In 1877 Size Quarto, 704 Pages Plus Appendix. Black Half Calf Over Black Paper Covered Boards, Gilt Titles To The Spine, Green End-Papers. Condition Fair To Good, Corners And Edges Rubbed, Front Hinge Cracked, Backstrip Coming Away From Head And Tail Of Spine. Ex Heythrop College Library With A Few Stamps To First Few Pages Incl Title And End-Paper, A Few Spots To First And Last Few Pages, Else The Contents Are Clean. This Is A Heavy Book; Additional Postage May Be Required For Shipment Outside Uk

Rome, Romae: Ex Typographia Polyglotta. S. C. De Propaganda Fide, 1877. First Edition . half Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1877 First edition. Size large octavo, 704 pages including index, plus appendix and errata. Half white vellum over burgundy buckram cloth covered boards with gilt titles on red morocco label to the spine and gilt vignettes to the spine, page edges speckled red. Condition very good, vellum on spine is sunned, from a theological college library with remains of a small label to the spine and attractive bookplate to the front paste-down, previous owner's signature dated 1877 to upper margin of title page, pages are toned else contents very clean throughout. 'A Treatise of the Roman Pontiff, with the Prolegomena of the Church'

Calcutta: The Methodist Publishing House, 1892. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 1892 first edition, first impression. Size 12mo, 112 pages. Rust coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, a few light handling marks to covers, previous owner's name to front end-paper, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1956. Third Edition. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 1956 the third edition. Size octavo, 272 pages. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Condition good, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt on spine rubbed/sunned and dull, previous owner's name to front paste-down, ms note and bookseller's stamp to front end-paper, pages are toned otherwise clean throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1943. First Edition, First Impression. . Hardcover. Very Good. 1943 first edition, first impression. Size 12mo, 124 pages. Cream hard cover with beige cloth spine section with cream paper over the top of the cloth on the spine, black titles to the front cover and spine. Condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, slight shelf wear, booksellers stamp and some ms notes in hindi to the front end-paper, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Book Club Associates, 1977. Book Club . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1997 BCA Edition. Size octavo, 252 pages plus index. Mid brown hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good plus, slightly toned with age, edges very slightly rubbed, else fine, not clipped.

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Reprint. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Good. 1963 reprint. Size octavo, 214 pages. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, slight fading and marking to the top edge of the front panel, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, contents are very clean. Dust jacket good, edges rubbed with a few small nicks, 2cm tear to top edge of front panel, panel edges folds and spine faded, price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1874. First Edition . Half Morocco - Marbled Boards. Good. 1874-1883 First edition. 6 Volumes of 7, volumes 1-6. Size octavo. Half burgundy morocco over marbled boards. Condition fair to good, bindings are rubbed at the edges with a small piece chipped from outer edge of rear cover on volume 1, volume 1 front cover hanging on by cords only, the morocco on the spines is very rubbed on all volumes, ex-library with labels to front covers and paste-downs, stamps to front end-papers, no other library markings, light spotting to first and last 10 or so pages to each volume else the contents are quite clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Sceptre, 2003. First Edition First Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White Hardcover. First Edition First Impression. Spine ends Very lightly rubbed at extremities, else fine. 340 pages all in fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition, Spine ends slightly creased at the extremities, else fine. Not Price Clipped.