Search Results: Authors starting with P from Antique Bookshop

Middlesex. Hamlyn Publishing., 1987.. (rep) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 254pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. A collection of over 400 Vogue covers selected from 1909 to 1940. Conde Nast first published Vogue in 1909 with covers designed by distinguished artists & designers of the time.

Lond. B.Weinreb Architectural Books, 1981.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 90pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Catalogue. A catalogue of collectible books on European furniture & furniture makers from the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries as offered by Weinreb's Architectural Books in Great Russell Street, London from 1981.

Canb. Brindabella Press., 1987.. wrapps. with ribbon bound in. (sl foxing) to top & foredge. 42pp. b/w ills. uncut. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Number 18 of 260 numbered copies signed by the author. Geoff Page is an Australian poet & jazz enthusiast. He has published 22 collections of poetry & also written a biography of jazz musician Bernie McGann. A poet in residence at many academic institutions

Lond. Atheneum Publishers., 1962.. Or.cl. 381pp. Light bumpint to top corners. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. A classic memoir of the 20th century's most famous landscape gardeners, Russel Page. Page was one of the most legendary landscapers & gardneres of the 20th century & combined architecture with gardening

Adelaide. Cooper and Son., 1987.. Or.dec.vinyl. in clear plastic wrapps. 122pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by Maxwell Cooper. Together with a 22 page pamphlet on the history of Coopers Brewery Ltd & the city of Burnside. A history of arguably the best brewed beer in Australia. From Thomas Coopers first brew as a tonic for his wife, it is still a mystery why he took up brewing in 1862 as more than a hobby. Glad he did!

Adel. Cooper & Son., 1987.. 4to. Or.bds. Clear dustjacket. 122pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.

Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 2004.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 288pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. Monty Python comedian turned travel enthusiast, Michael Palin, presents the book that accompanies his BBC TV series of his most challenging journey to date as he tackles the Himalays.

Lond. Jarrolds., 1945.. Or.cl. 150pp. b/w plates & illustrations. Map. The narrative of a one-man expedition.

Geneva. Nagel., 1969.. Folio. Or.bds. 4to. 131pp. (sl foxing) Profusely illustrated with tipped in colour plates & a b/w map. Very good copy. 1st English language ed. From the time when Constantinople was founded in the 4th century, Cyprus became a provence of the Eastern Empire & following its conversion to Christianity, became a centre for Byzantine Christian art.

Lond. Frederick Muller Limited., 1975.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 181pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Bookplate on front pastedown. Colour frontispiece & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The 18th century printer & type designer John Baskerville, designed many typefaces as well as working with paper maker James Whatman, to produce a smoother white paper known as wove paper.

Lond. Portrait., 2004.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 291pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st UK ed. The sometimes insane life on the road with one of the world's most famous rock bands.

N.Y. Prometheus Books., 2004.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 286pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Einstein's ability to see what others did not made his contribution to other areas science also significant, although not as well known. His ideas on time travel, curved space, & worm holes for example

Syd. Hordern House., 1991.. Hand-bound in quarter maroon Scottish calf with marbled paper sides. 149pp. Pristine copy. Edition of 750 copies. Scarce.

Lond. Headline Book Publishing., 2000.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 342pp. Some tanning to pages. b/w plates. Dj sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. In the summer of 1940, Britain seemed doomed as German forces had driven the army from Dunkirk in France & the Luftwaffe mounted day raids across the Channel. The RAF mounted a brave counter offensive.

Lond. John Murray., 1958 to 1970. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 122,185,128pp. (sl foxing) b/w ills. Very good copies. all 1st editions thus. Professor C. Northcote Parkinson is the author of many works on naval, military & economic history. Here he recounts humorous anecdotes from the world of administration & bureaucracy. The three

Lond. M.A.Nattali., 1830.. Half calf with elaborately decorated spine. viii,351pp. Ten engraved plates of fossils. Very good copy. Second edition with the author's latest corrections. Outlines of Oryctology.

St.Louis Art Museum, 22 Aug-19 Oct., 197.. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 205pp. A few colour and many b/w photographic ills. Endpaper maps. Very good copy. Scarce.

Lond. Thames & Hudson., 1991.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 126pp. Name on half title page. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Vico Magistretti's designs began to make their mark in the early 1960s, with two celebrated chairs, the Carimate, & Selene. Blending elements from Bauhaus & abstract sculpture into his designs.

0Lond. The Folio Society., 1997.. Or.qt.cl. &U col.illustrated boards. Colour plates. Fine. 1st Folio Society ed.

St. Leonards. Allen & Unwin., 1999.. Oblong 8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 176pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. One of a limited edition of 750 copies inscribed & number ed by the author. The Olympic Stadium at Homebush was constructed for the 27th Olympic Games in 2000 & Alan Patching, its Project Director shares his visual diary of the progress of its construction.