Search Results: Authors starting with P from Eastleach Books

Leopards Head Press, 1993. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. xiv+309pp, b/w frontis, a nice fine copy. New. Biography of the Dorset Highwayman which shows that he was a many sided character, his criminal explotis of lesser importance to his work as a poet & dramatist, and in Ireland a Lawyer & Doctor. The book includes a full & complete facsimile reprinting of hius 1634 'Recantation'.

The Kipling Society, 2003. 1st edition.. Paperback. Stapled pamphlet, F. 64pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of essays & articles on all things Rudyard.

The Kipling Society, 2003. 1st edition.. Paperback. Stapled pamphlet, F. 64pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of essays & articles on all things Rudyard.

The Kipling Society, 2006. 1st edition.. Paperback. Stapled pamphlet, F. 64pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of essays & articles on all things Rudyard.

The Kipling Society, 2003. 1st edition.. Paperback. Stapled pamphlet, F. 64pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of essays & articles on all things Rudyard.

The Kipling Society, 2007. 1st edition.. Paperback. Stapled pamphlet, F. 64pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of essays & articles on all things Rudyard.

George Allen & Unwin, 1970. 1st edition.. Paperback. Oblong paperback, VG. 96pp, 63 b/w illustrations, SIGNED by the author, spine a little sunned, a nice copy. Pictorial record of the Church Brasses which feature children in the UK.

George Allen & Unwin, 1970. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG. 188pp, 28 b/w illustrations, index, slightly rubbed, in a slightly rubbed price clipped dustjacket. A re-written edition of Macklin's original work - A detailed guide to the brasses of the United Kingdom, with information on their history & manufacture, the types of effigies and the people portrayed. The book also contains a useful county listing of the then surviving brasses.

Constable & Co, 1920. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. [2]+80pp, b/w frontis, 26 b/w plates, folding coloured plan of the catheral with several repaired tears, b/w text illustrations & plans, plainly bound in red cloth ( probably by an amateur ). Victoria History of the Counties Of England. The VCH for Hampshire, containing just the history of Winchester.

Archibald Constable - James Street, 1905. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. xxiv+554pp, b/w frontis, 1 colour & 14 b/w plates, 7 colour maps, 37 b/w illustrations, index, cloth very worn to the head of the spine with some loss, cloth faded, plates foxed, one pp of the index detached, text unmarked. An odd volume of the VCH covering Sussex, with this introductory volume giving the Geology, Natural History, Prehistoric History, Anglo Saxon History, & Domesday Account of the county.

Joseph Masters, 1858. 4th edition.. Hardback. Original Green Cloth Gilt, VG. [iv]+236pp+36pp publishers catalogue, engraved frontis, cloth a little water stained, frontis spotted, a fair copy. A collection of 20 satyrical essays, called Hoots.

Collins - Britain In Pictures, 1945. 1st edition.. Hardback. Illustrated boards, VG. 48pp, 12pp colour plates, 21 b/w illustrations, spine yellowed, edges rubbed particularly along the spine. Britain in Pictures vol 87. Another volume in the popular Britain in Pictures series.

Armand Colin, 1952. 5th edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G. [iv]+217pp, page margins & covers rather browned, a reading copy. A history of the Monarchy in France from King Henri IV to King Louis XIV.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 416pp, endpaper maps, b/w frontis, 24pp b/w plates, 5 b/w maps, index, dustjacket a little chipped aong the top edge, cloth marked to the spine, otherwise a nice opy. A detailed hisotry of the The Irish Rebellion of 1798, which was started by Presbyterian radicals angry at Anglican rule. Soon joined by the majority Catholic population, the rebellion even gained support from France.

Jonathan Cape, 1999. 1st UK edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 289pp, very slight yellowing of the paper & slight creasing to the spine & upper cover. First UK edition of Palahniuk's second novel. A man hijacks a Boeing 747 in order to tell his story & die in media glory.

Pluto Press, 2002. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. xii+211pp, 18 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. A collection of 9 accounts of Political corruption & corporate fraud from around the World. Covers the UK "LobbyGate" Scandal, the 2000 US election in Florida, etc.

Gurney & Jackson, 1 Paternoster Row, 1902. 6th edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G/ xvi+106+[52]pp, 21 pp b/w plates, many text figs, spine rubbed, & corners bumped & rubbed, Ex libris J Oliver of Send Court Surrey with their bookplate, pencil underlining to the page giving captions to the plates, a good copy. Comprehensive catalogue of Architectural mouldingsm which went through many editions. The 6th edition was the last & contaned the most pages. Frederick Apthorp Paley [ 1815 - 1888 ] English classical scholar.

printed for F C & J Rivington et al by THomas Davidson, Whitefriars, 1819. 1st thus.. Hardback. Diced calf, G. xii+461pp, leather rubbed along the edges & to the spine, small chip at the base of the spine, internally a nice copy. An odd volume, but complete in itself of the works of William Paley [ 1743 - 1805 ] the English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. This volume contains the text of 41 of Paley's sermons.

J M Dent - Everyman's Library, 1934. 3rd edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. xx+428pp+16pp publishers adverts, index, spine faded, otherwise a solid copy. Everymans Library vol 96. A simple collection of poetry & verse, spanning several centuries, with additional poems added for this 3rd Everyman edition.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. xxii+650pp, 24pp colour & b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a slightly edge bumped & spine sunned dustjacket. The diaries of one of the Python team, telling of the shooting of the legendary TV show & the first two of the ground breaking Python films.