Search Results: Titles starting with P from Clearwater Books

Archive Press, London, 1971. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition - the card wrapper issue, which was published simultaneously with a casebound issue. Slim 8vo. 52pp. Illustrated with one manuscript facsimile and four photographs, including one fold-out example. Wrappers lightly rubbed and soiled. A nice bright copy. Includes one brief reference to Henry Williamson. This card wrapper issue is seemingly more uncommon than the cloth-bound example..

The Arts Council, London, 1960. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition, printed at the Curwen Press. 32pp. Stapled card wrappers. With an eight-page introduction by Andrew Forge, a chronology and twenty monochrome plates. Staples rusting just a little, else a virtually fine copy. The catalogue of an exhibition of 114 paintings and watercolours. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Dalrymple Press, Westerham, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition thus, limited to 475 numbered copies (this being #131). Small 4to. 44pp. Blue cloth lettered in red at the spine and upper board and with the publisher vibrant red top edge stain and endpapers. Illustrated with six plates. The merest hint of wear to the backstrip ends, else a fine copy with the original unprinted protector. Pre-publication prospectus and order form laid-in. A new edition of Waugh's first book, which was privately printed in 1926..

Collins, London, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 256pp. Green boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with photographs. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Former owner bookplate - the recipient of Blowers' inscription - to the front free endpaper. An in-depth account of Packer's 1977 World Series Cricket tournament which includes exclusive interviews with both Packer and Tony Greig..

The Bridgewater Press, London, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this being one of twenty-six lettered copies bound in quarter-cloth with marbled paper sides and signed by all contributors (this particular example signed by not lettered). 8vo. 77pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. In fine state with the original unprinted acetate protector. A selection of twenty original contributions submitted by William Trevor, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Wendy Cope, Clive James, David Malouf, D.J.Enright, Alan Brownjohn, U.A.Fanthorpe, George Szirtes, Barry Humphries, Geoffrey Burgon, Allen Curnow, Ian Duhig, Les Murray, Sean O'Brien, C.K.Steed, Ann Thwaite, Kit Wright and the editor..

The Bodley Head, London, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 191pp. Green boards lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Just a hint of soiling to the top edge. Very good indeed in very lightly rubbed and dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper. An account of the author's two visits to Spain, recording encounters with aristocrats, intellectuals, priests, flamenco dancers, clerks, bull-fighters, pimps and prostitutes..

Thomas B.Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1904. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 5th or later Edition. Ninth edition, once again limited to 425 copies printed on Japan vellum paper. Small 8vo. 50pp. The title page printed in black and green. Stiff boards with an integral vellum paper dust wrapper. A virtually fine copy in original patterned card slipcase, with just a hint of wear to several extremities. Originally printed in 'Longmans Magazine' in June 1883, 'The Pageant of Summer' is Jefferies' most regularly issued standalone essay and generally regarded as his finest. Miller & Matthews C2.4..

Chatto & Windus, London, 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. The second impression of the second English edition. Long foolscap 8vo. 40pp. Green cloth with elegant patterned paper-covered sides, lettered in gold at the spine. The cloth a little faded at the backstrip, with a touch of wear to the corner tips, and some toning and spotting to the free endpapers, half-title and to the final text leaf. Contemporary (1915) former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A nice bright copy of this Jefferies essay, which originally appeared in 'Longmans Magazine' in June 1883 and is now generally regarded as his finest essay, the most regularly issued as a standalone publication and the only one to appear as a regular trade edition (that being the Chatto & Windus edition of 1911, of which the present example is the second impression). Miller & Matthews C2.16..

Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. 8vo. 141pp. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. Corner tips and backstrip ends gently rubbed, and with a little toning to the free endpapers. Contemporary former owner name and date neatly inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A very good copy in toned, rubbed and internally reinforced dust wrapper with a lengthy internally repaired tear to the base of the rear panel. Quite uncommon, and more so with the wrapper..

Verlag der Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal [c.2000]. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition, of which 800 copies were printed. 8vo. Unpaginated. Plain card wrappers. With essays by Oliver Zybok, Hans-Jürgen Schwalm, and Erik Schönenberg, ten colour plates, and eight smaller colour reproductions. In fine state with virtually fine dust wrapper. Text in English and German. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Phoenix House Ltd., London, 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 223pp. Green cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Illustrated with various plates, maps and drawings in the text. A trace of light wear to the backstrip ends and corner tips. The endpapers and several preliminary and concluding leaves quite lightly spotted. Former owner gift inscription inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A nice crisp copy in price-clipped dust wrapper designed by Dodie Masterman, rubbed and nicked with several small areas of loss from the upper edge. A scholarly account of the author's travels around famous European caves - Lascaux and Altamira - and less famous caves in France, the foot-hills of the Pyrenees, and the limestone mountains and sea-cliffs of Spain, studying Stone Age art..

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Large crown 8vo. 274pp. Russet-coloured linen-grain cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with the publisher's red top edge stain. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary former owner name and date neatly inked to the front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some tanning to the spine panel and a single small area of loss from the head of the front panel. A twenty-three page introduction precedes thirty of James' critical essays on art and artists, which were originally contributed to American newspapers and magazines, with only five of them previously reprinted. 4,000 copies were printed (1,500 of those reserved for the US edition which appeared a month later). Edel & Laurence A100..

The Tate Gallery, London, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Landscape 4to. 141pp. Oatmeal cloth lettered in brown at the spine. With a lengthy introduction by David Fraser Jenkins and nearly one hundred-and-twenty photographs reproduced in duo-tone lithography under the artist's direction, many of which are presented full-page. A tiny hint of toning to the extreme margins of the text leaves, else a fine copy in lightly toned dust wrapper, with a centimetre of loss from the head of the front panel..

The Tate Gallery, London, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Landscape 4to. 141pp. Oatmeal cloth with dark brown lettering to the spine. With a lengthy introduction by David Fraser Jenkins and nearly 120 photographic plates reproduced in duo-tone lithography under the artist's direction, with many full-page presentations. A fine copy in very slightly marked and toned dust wrapper..

Katharine House Gallery, Marlborough, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Slim square 4to. [20pp]. Stapled pictorial card wrappers. With a brief foreword by Peter Blake, an essay by B.C.Bloomfield, and 37 reproductions, many of them in colour. The wrapper margins very lightly toned and dust marked. A very good copy..

The South Bank Centre, London, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. 48pp. Glossy pictorial card wrappers. With essays by A.D.Fraser Jenkins and Caroline Collier, and illustrated with nearly forty photographs and reproductions, including twelve full-page colour presentations. A trace of light toning to the wrapper margins. A very good copy..

Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, the catalogue of a 2003 exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art. 4to. Unpaginated. Pictorial cloth, lettered in white at the spine. A one-page introduction by the artist and Marco Livingstone's five-page essay 'Sitting for Hockney' precedes nearly fifty plates and various details, in colour where required, and including five two-panel folding examples. Upper board lifting a fraction, else in fine state. No dust wrapper called for..

GMP Publishers Ltd, London, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Landscape 8vo. 93pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine and with the artists' signature gold-stamped to the upper board. With forty-two colour reproductions of Core's paintings. Very good indeed in price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly dust soiled and with a strip of browning to the predominantly white rear panel. Text in English, French and German..

The Scottish Gallery, London and Edinburgh, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Tall slim 8vo. 32pp. Glossy decorated paper wrappers. With an introduction by Anthony Cronin, an essay by Peter Murray, and twenty-five reproductions, including eight in colour. Wrappers lightly faded at the spine, else a fine copy. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Anvil Press Poetry Ltd., London, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 46pp + [i] publisher's advertisement. Glossy card wrappers with French flaps (not issued in casebound format). A virtually fine copy. Twelve poems, the author's fifth full-length collection. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..