Search Results: Authors starting with P from Daisyroots Books Ltd

THE CATACOMBS OF ST. CALIXTUSG P KirschSocieta Amici Delle Catacombe, Rome, 1930, vg-, soft card wraps, 59 pp plus index, 24 b/w photos in the text. No inscriptions. Spine head split about 1". No loose pages. Rare. TRAVEL, Italy, Rome, catacombs41870 Trav £15.00

Padfield. Peter.The Lion's Claw0091330203Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, 1978, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, VG/ vg, 352pp, blue boards/ gilt, no inscriptions, internally clean and soundsea stories, naval fiction, mystery fiction, Guy Greville42029 FIC/ 1ST/ P £15.00

Historic Farmhouses In and Around Westmorland. Prepared from articles written for "The Westmorland Gazette"
PALMER, J. H. (revised and Edited by Mcintire, W. T.)
Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, 1952, RARE, Reprint, hardback with dust wrapper, GD+/fair, boards pale green/brown, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 124 pp.
Boards edge worn, front board bowed gently upwards with pale marks adjacent to fore-edge, no inscription or annotations, cracked spine between pages 32 and 33, otherwise binding sound and tight, pages clean, tanned, end papers foxed with flap shadows from wrapper. Appreciable shelf wear to wrapper with visible stains made with sellotape (see scans), now protected by archive book cover. RARE COPY.
LAKES, ARCHITECTURE, VILLAGES, FARMHOUSES, WESTMORLAND, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
46654 Lakes £46.50

Palmer. Marian. The White BoarHodder and Stoughton, London,1969, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, blue boards/ gilt, illustrated wrapper by Philip Gough, 373 pp, maps to end papers, no inscriptions, wrapper slightly scuffed at edges, laminate beginning to wrinkle, not price clipped (£42s/ 2.10 net in UK).Richard III, Plantagenet kings, historical novel, 1st edition fiction 42361 FIC/ 1ST/ P £17.00

PAPAS, William The Long-haired DonkeyISBN: 0192796852Oxford University Press, London, 1972, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, laminated pictorial boards, green endpapers, illustrated title page in addition to beautiful coloured drawings throughout, unpag.Boards clean and firm with light dust staining along bottom edge, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright, several small marks on front endpapers. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to all edges and gentle bumps to fore-edge corners, small closed tear to bottom edge of front, original price (£1.40 net in UK) not clipped.CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, 1ST EDITION, WILLIAM PAPAS, LIFE OF VOL-BOL THE DONKEY AND HIS FRIENDS44655 hb CC CHILD'S COLL £14.50

The Sands of Morecambe Bay (Illustrated)PAPE, T."The Visitor", Morecambe, c. 1928, softback with stiff card wraps, VG-, green text throughout, illustrated from several maps, diagrams and b/w photographs, 90 pp.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding of text block, pages clean, lightly foxed in some areas, gentle rubs to edges and corners, top edge dust stained. Moderate shelf wear to wraps, sections of spine strip absent, edges of book signatures exposed, wire stitching reinforced internally and externally with scotch tape, bumps to edges and corners, rear cover grubby.LAKES, LANCASHIRE, MORECAMBE BAY, HISTORY, DISASTERS, COACH ROUTE, STAGE COACH CROSSINGS, CROSSING BY FOOT, ROYAL GUIDE, FISHERIES, CHAPEL ISLAND45900 LAKES/LANCS hb 74 £21.50

Cortina's Modern Greek in 20 LessonsPAPPAGEOTES, George Christos ISBN: 9780385004885Collins, London & Glasgow, 1977, 4th Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards green/black, includes 'List of Irregular Verbs, Greek-English Dictionary and an English-Greek Dictionary, illustrated throughout from small pen and ink drawings, 288 pp.Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to corners, in addition to head and tail of spine, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, Moderate wear to wrapper including chips to the head and tail of spine, quite grubby in places (see scans). Intended for Self-Study and for Use in SchoolsLANGUAGES, GREEK, LEARNING THE LANGUAGE, PRONUNCIATION, SPELLING, SENTENCE PATTERNS, GRAMMAR, DICTIONARY, THE CORTINA METHOD45566 hb 60 LANG/GREEK £15.00

Miniaturen des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung TanseyPAPPE, Bern, SCHMIEGLITZ-OTTEN, Juliane & OTTEN, DietrunISBN: 9783777495700Hirmer Verlag, Munchen, 2002, large format hardback with dust wrapper, NF/nf, boards dark green/gilt, colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout from colour photographs of the 'miniaturen' collection at Bomann-Museum, 336 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp. WRITTEN IN GERMAN. Heavy book. UK Mainland delivery only. ART, MINATURES, ARTISTS BIOGRAPHIES, PORTAITURE, CATALOGUE, BOMANN-MUSEUM, GERMANY45973 ART/MINIATURES £31.50

PARGETER, EdithLost Children (first edition) William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1951, 1st Edition, hardback with original dust wrapper, VG/vg-, boards blue/pale blue, 287 pp.Boards clean and firm, piece 15mm x 20mm missing from spine head, small amount abraded from spine tail, no inscription or annotations, sound binding, pages clean, lightly tanned. Wrapper clean and crisp, original price (12s6d NET) not clipped. rubs to edges, small chips to top-edge, piece out of spine head (50mm x 13mm) and tiny amount from tail, wrapper now in protective acid free archive film, VERY RARE 1ST EDITION WITH WRAPPER.FICTION, PARGETER, 1ST EDITION, RELATIONSHIPS, LOVE, YOUNG PEOPLE, PREJUDICE, FEUDAL TRADITION44305 hb 31 FICTION/1ST ED/P £45.00

PARGETER, Edith (Ellis Peters)The Fair Young Phoenix (first edition with wrapper)Heinemann 1948 First edition 1st impression. Hardback with jacket. Red board with black title plate. Small half moon shaped piece out on base of front board. Jacket chipped and tattered on edges, piece out on spine head and bottom RH corner. Now in archive sleeve. See scan. End papers tanned. Internally clean and sound. No inscriptions. Prompt, secure UK dispatch. Pargeter's eighth book. It is very unusual to find this rare title with its wrapper.
mon0000036385 HB 19 FIC 1st P

Barrow, Furness and Me: (By an Offcomer)
PARK, Jim
ISBN: 9780953477916
Jim Park And Dave Kelly, Barrow-in-Furness, 2000, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs, 272 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, pale tanning to edges. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to edges, gentle bumps to corners, bump to bottom edge of back cover, original price defaced.
LAKES, FURNESS, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, BIOGRAPHY, LIFE, MEMORIES, REMINISCENCES, THE WAR YEARS, THE IRONWORKS, SHIPYARD, FAVOURITE LANDMARKS, SOCIAL, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC LIFE
46223 LAKES/FURNESS £31.50

Stories, Sketches and Places to Visit : DurhamPARKER, Malcolm and ElizabethDiscovery Guides Limited, Barnard Castle, 1980, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from 23 full page b/w sketches by Brian Sutherland (see scan), 48 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, smattering of marks and small abrasion to back cover.LOCAL HISTORY, NORTH EAST, DURHAM, ARCHITECTURE, FEATURES OF INTEREST, PLACES TO VISIT, CULTURAL HERITAGE45257 hb 55 LOCAL HIST/NE £15.00

Stories, Sketches and Places to Visit: TeesdalePARKER, Malcolm and ElizabethDiscovery Guides Limited, Barnard Castle, 1980, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from 23 full page b/w sketches by Brian Sutherland (see scan), 48 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, edges of front lightly tanned, smattering of marks and and label residue to back cover.LOCAL HISTORY, NORTH EAST, DURHAM, ARCHITECTURE, FEATURES OF INTEREST, PLACES TO VISIT, CULTURAL HERITAGE45258 hb 55 LOCAL HIST/NE £15.00

The Preston & Longridge RailwayParker. Norman.The Oakwood Press, Lingfield, Surrey, 1972, SCARCE, soft card wraps, 47pp, VG, wire stitched, light rubbing along spine, 9 b/w photographs, no inscriptions, internally clean and sound.railway history, north-west railway history, The Preston & Longridge Railway Company42033 RAIL/ REGIONAL £17.00

Charles H Kelly 1912 hardback, blind embossed red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Smallish clear liquid stain on front board. Corners bleached out at the back. Front end paper missing. B/w frontis with tissue guard. 155 pp. No inscriptions. V scarce title.

Losing the battle, Winning the War
PARKINSON, Ben (with Jerome Starkey)
ISBN: 9780751580273
Sphere - Imprint of Little, Brown Book, London, 2021, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, maroon end papers, boards cream/gilt, 304 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, small impact marks to fore-edge of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, price not clipped. Nice tidy copy.
BIOGRAPHY, MILITARY, BEN PARKINSON MBE, BRITISH SOLDIER, AFGHANISTAN, WOUNDED IN ACTION, RECOVERY FROM INJURIES
46658 BIOG/P £15.00

PARRY, D.H; BUCHAN, J; GOODYEAR, R.A.H.; TAYLOR, J; OXENHOLME, J et al. Splendid Adventure Book for BoysThomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1928, hardback VG, printed boards, 95 pp, illustrated throughout from b/w sketches illustrated title page, beautiful colour frontis. - see scans. One small inscription, ink inscription on front cover, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean with very mild foxing, page 25 torn at top of fore-edge, mild dust accumulation on edges of text block. Moderate shelf wear of boards, gentle rubs to edges and spine strip, small pen mark on front board. A lovely copy for the age of book.CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, COLLECTION OF STORIES FOR BOYS, ACTION, ADVENTURE4384 CHILD'S COLLECTABLE £29.50

Training Birds of PreyJemima Parry-JonesDavid & Charles, UK, 1994 1st edition hardback with wrapper. VG/vg-. 160 pp. illus in colour and b/w. No inscriptions, not clipped, wrapper has a crease on the front, short tear on the back. falconry, hawking, birds of prey, raptors, hunting, field sports41066 SPORT £22.00

PARSONS, ClereThe Air Between: Poems of Clere Parsons1908-1931(Cloudforms No. 2)ISBN: 9780951445716Cloud, Newcastle, 1989, limited edition softback with stiff card wraps and additional card wrapper, VG, illustrated from five b/w photographs, 55 pp. Number (81/500) copies. No inscription, previous owner initial stamp and faint pencil marks on half-title page, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, rear top edge and spine sunned, original price (£4.50) not clipped. POETRY, CLERE PARSONS, OXFORD POETRY45679 hb 62 POETRY £12.50

Thomas Harmsworth 1982 1st edition hardback with wrapper, 240 pp, sixteen pages of b/w plates. Nr fine/nr fine. Five years in a German prisoner of war air force camp.