Search Results: Titles starting with P from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

London: N, 193-. Comprising two signed letters, a framed inscribed photograph, and a sterling silver christening mug. Together four items: 1. A four page autograph letter, dated 1.9.34, on the printed octavo letterhead of The Golfview Hotel, Nairn, Scotland, horizontally creased from folding. The letter is addressed to 'My dear Madge' [Mrs. A. H. Parkes], and reads in part: 'I am so glad that "Beggars' Horses" whiled away a few hours for you. Yes - it was a nice murder. (I knew how to do it beautifully). I have written two since that - "Sinbad the Soldier" & "Spanish Maine", & am writing an Indian one "Explosions". I'll send you early copies'. Much of the letter is to do with health - of both Mrs. Parkes and Wren, including a description of the author's ongoing heart problems: 'I go quite unconscious & turn blue & make a lot of trouble when the attacks come'. The letter is signed affectionately 'Bestest love, (Isabel hasn't really got it ul quiteulnone all), Christopher'. 2. A typescript letter,… Read More

London: Orbis Publishing, 1979. An illustrated biography. With complete bibliography and collector's guide. Pp. 160, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations (several full and a couple double page), bibliography, index; cr. 4to; orange boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge of upper board faintly faded; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, fore-corners lightly rubbed, the backstrip and top edge of front panel faded; a little light foxing; Orbis Publishing, London, 1979. First edition. McIlvaine H11.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980. Pp. xviii+400(last blank), 16 plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the flaps faintly foxed, backstrip a trifle faded; inked gift inscription (dated 1985) on half-title page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First edition. McIlvaine H14.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1963. Pp. 10, 8 plates; roy. 8vo; grey textured paper wrappers, printed label, stapled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1963. *Printed as a tribute to P. J. Conkwright by his colleagues at Princeton University Press, accompanying an exhibition, with selective checklist, of his work.

Beecroft, NSW: Braidwood Press, 1988. A rare pamphlet celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of printing from moveable type in Mainz and here reprinted from Brandywine's Russian Collection [cover title]. Pp. [iv]+20+[2] [Russian language]; printed paper wrappers, stitched; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, N.S.W., 1988. One of 100 numbered copies for private circulation to friends and supporters. *Brandywine Documents in the history of Books & Printing: 11.

N: the author, 1952. Pp. [24](including outer blanks), illustrated (3 full page); small cr. 4to; textured brown paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, upper wrapper lettered in orange, faintly creased; a little faint soiling and creasing; [the author, Sydney?], 1952. Unlimited edition. Ferson 55. *'This Collection of Reprints has been issued for distribution among those interested in my books. August, 1952' [colophon, repeated without date on recto of final leaf]. A check list of Barnett's publications, followed by three articles about Barnett and his books, reprinted from various sources: 1. The Unique Works of P. Neville Barnett, by Al. Milgrom (from The Australasian Printer, April, 1952); 2. Art in Books, by Alan Yates (from Qantas Empire 'Airways', August, 1951); 3. P. Neville Barnett. A super bookman, by Alan P. Rigby (from the Year Book 1949-1950 of the American Society of Book-plate Collectors and Designers). A later title (Japanese Art. A Phase of Colour-Prints , 1953) has been added (in… Read More

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1981. Pp. 240, 16 plates, select bibliography, index; lower fore-corners of boards bumped; dust wrapper, a little worn, edges a trifle split, short closed tear from bottom edge of front panel; outer leaves foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1981. First edition. *Studies prisoners-of-war from the days of the One Hundred Years War to the Vietnam War.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1992. Pp. 334, 16 plates, 2 full page maps, notes, sources and bibliography, compact discography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1992. First edition.

Melbourne: N, 1950. Ocean of Islands. Pp. [x]+176, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece, 40 black & white plates, text illustrations and maps, title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; maroon cloth over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; Seward, Melbourne, n.d. [c.l950]. First edition. *Chapters on art, literature, missionaries, whaling, &c. Authors include Geoffrey Ingleton, W. J. Dakin, Evelyn Cheesman, Frederick D. McCarthy, H. B. Muir, Rex Ingamells, a.o.

Wellington, New Zealand: The Polynesian Society, 1951. Pp. xxx+492, frontispiece, folding map at end (with small correction sticker laid on), appendices, index; med. 8vo; bottom edge of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges slightly split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the half-title page offset (from extant newscutting); The Polynesian Society, Wellington, 1951. First edition. Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Volume 24.

Sydney: William Heinemann Australia, 2008. Pp. xxviii+548, 32 plates, 8 maps, notes and references, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; leaves a little browned; William Heinemann Australia, Sydney, 2008. First edition..

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1945. Pp. [viii]+124(last colophon), title page decoration printed in brown & black, patterned endpapers; dark red cloth, spine lettered in dull gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the cloth faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, browned on reverse and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; text block faintly browned, a couple of leaves slightly creased, edges lightly foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945. First edition. *The decorations are by Adrian Feint.

New York: Bonanza Books, n.d.. Photographs from the Joe Williamson Marine Collection. Pp. 200, frontispiece, illustrated throughout, photo index; demy 4to; grey cloth, spine lettered in blue; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper endpaper, free endpapers offset; Bonanza Books, New York, n.d. *First published by Superior Publishing Company, 1958.

Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1971. One Hundred Basic Books. Pp. xxiv+176, text illustrations (some full page), appendix, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1971. First edition.

Sydney: N, 1970. William Floyd Inaugural Memorial Lecture, given in Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral Suva, Fiji, on August 28, 1970. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations, erratum slip tipped-in before p. 57, appendix; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and rubbed, with light damp stain to top edge of lower wrapper; Australian Board of Missions, Sydney, 1970. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.

St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1968. Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. Pp. [viii]+280(last blank), notes; edges of boards occasionally a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing and soiling; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1968. First edition. Australian Studies Down Under: One. *Contributors include: L. Fredman (Party Politics in Gold Rush California); Kathleen Woodroofe ("Scientific" Philanthropy in the Gilded Age); H. C. Gelber (Australia and United States Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region).

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Geographical perspectives on adaptation and change. Pp. xx+332, 16 plates, several text figures (including maps), tables, references, index; thin faded strip at bottom edge of boards; top edges blue; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1973. First U.S. edition.

St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1972. Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. Pp. viii+166, text figures and tables, notes; boards a trifle soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges, the spine slightly faded; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, backstrip faded; small name stamp at head of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1972. First edition. Australian Studies Down Under: Two. *Contributors include Chris Wallace-Crabbe (Robert Lowell's Versions of History), Ruth Megaw (The American Image in Australia, 1900-1923); and L. J. Clancy (Artifice into Art: The EnglishNovels of Vladimir Nabokov).

N: N, 1941. By Christopher W. Browne, & others. Pp. 40; pictorial paper wrappers; General Printing Ink Corporation of Canada, 1941.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1929. Pp. [iv]+38+[2](colophon, printed in red), title page vignette; qr. natural linen, with printed paper title label on spine, light blue/grey papered boards, upper board printed in black, faintly foxed, 2 tiny bruises to bottom edge of lower board; uncut; pastedowns a trifle chipped at bottom edge, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1929. First edition, limited to 425 copies. Wade 163. *With the date misprinted as MCMXXVIV, as noted by Wade.