Search Results: Titles starting with P from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Garnstone Press, London ©1975 Hardcover with dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode, pocket etc. A much-borrowed work, now with minor lean to spine. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Blue cloth-bound hardcover, 9.5" x 6", with grey endpapers, 51 b/w photographs, 8 line drawings, separate bibliographies of books (96), short stories, plays, lyrics; index, & jacket. A lavishly-illustrated biography, the result of many years of research.

Garnstone Press, Brompton Road, London - 1975 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½" (16cms x 24cms), with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the definitive biography of one of the greatest literary humorists of all time. For an astonishing seventy years P G ('Plum') Wodehouse captured a world of readers with a brand of humour as unique and unmistakable as it is indestructible. He introduced such memorable characters as Jeeves, Bertie Wooster and Lord Emsworth. This splendid, well-researched biography has over 50 photographs, 8 line drawings, full bibliography (96 books), short stories, published plays, musicals and song lyrics as well as an index.

Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne 1985 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering and usual stamps, stickers. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Ian Ramsay, an Australian soldier during World War Two, served in Libya, Palestine and Egypt before being sent to Greece. He was captured by the Germans and imprisoned for four years. He escaped three times, the final time was successful. He made his way to Paris - a dangerous (and sometimes hilarious) journey.

Michael O'Mara Books, London 1990 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Starting from Papua New Guinea, Cherry Farrow made three long journeys, each over several months, visiting islands with such romantic associations as Tahiti and Hawaii (as well as lesser-know islands such as Palau); painting a fascinating portrait of a beautiful but not untroubled region which is little understood by the rest of the world.

Little Brown & Company n.d.(1928?) hardcover, 8.5" x 5.5" (lacks jacket) Front free endpaper, Frontis, Title pages missing (Text starts with 'Preface'). Previous owner's name to front paste-down. Dusty top edge. Book in GOOD condition Green cloth-bound boards with dark-blue type to spine and front, 19 old-fashioned photographs, index. Ten chapters plus Conclusions. Interesting pre-WWII 'History of the Pacific', plus 'The Rise of Japan' etc.

Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver © 1979 hardcover, 12.25" x 9.24", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, grey/green endpapers, b/w drawing as frontis, two-color title page, 14 color plates & maps. The six magnificent species of Pacific salmon, & the steelhead trout, are truly remarkable fishes; presented here for the general reader is the continuing research & enhancement programs undertaken by leading Pacific coast scientists to ensure the survival of the species (transplants, lake fertilization, environnmental hazards, ocean distribution etc). Beautiful artwork, photography & drawings. Inscription to previous owner on half title page. Bump to bottom boards, sun-fading to jacket spine, minor shelf-wear. Packed weight = 1.75kgs.

Scarecrow Press, New York 1962 hardcover, 8.75"x5.5" (no jacket issued) Covers Oceania, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia island groups. Ex-reference-library copy (not for loan) in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Original booksellers sticker to ffep. Book in VERY GOOD condition. Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine. Bibliography based on a selection of materials from one of the world's finest research collections on Oceania, the Pacific Collection, University of Hawaii's Gregg M Sinclair Library.

Dual Gaited Publications, New Gisborne, Melbourne 1999 Large format softcover, 9¼" x 6" Book in VERY GOOD condition With forty-two b&w photographs. The petite, fair-haired lass wearing a set of famous racing colours made harness racing history back in 1978. Margaret Frost, wife of legendary trainer-driver Vic Frost, was the first woman to compete against men. Later she was the first reinswoman in Australia to win a sub-2:00-minute mile, and to represent her country. The tragic death of a son, a marriage breakdown, a horrifying race fall that almost claimed her life, her belief in God - all form part of this fascinating autobiography.

Our Lady of Grace Capuchin Friary 2006 Soft cover Very good condition. His Mission to Save Souls : Testimonies.

Neville Spearman 1975 hard cover Good condition, minor foxing on top edge Was there a time when Black and White shared the spiritual knowledge of initiation and protected each other's lives because of The Brotherhood of the Spirit?

Allen & Unwin, publishers, St Leonards, Sydney 1997 softcover, 5½" x 8½" Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, barcode, stickers, etc. Book in GOOD condition Hypertext, email, word-processing: electronic technologies have revolutionised textual practices. How does language on the screen work differently from language on the page? What new literacy skills are needed and how do we teach them. The thirteen contributors to this book analyse the potential of the new forms of text, the increased emphasis on visual representation, new forms of rhetoric, learning in the age of global communication networks and new approaches to story telling.

Oxford University Press, Oxford 1988 Paperback, with card covers Book in GOOD condition The brothers Goncourt, Jules and Edmond, formed a unique literary partnership dedicated to the description of literary and social life in nineteenth-century Paris. Together they produced a vivid account of the lives and loves of their famous friends that is a sensation and a scandal. No one escaped their journal: Flaubert, George Sand, Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde, Swinburne, Rodin, Degas, Baudelaire, and Zola make appearances, all talking about art, politics, society, sex, money, and the state of their health.

D. Appleton, 1st edition 1914 hard cover Fair condition, considering age. Front cover beginning to break away from spine Written by the Director of Medicine in Berlin over 80 years ago, this book includes nearly 200 illustrations and many diagnostic charts. A fascinating and extremely in-depth evaluation and explanation of pain. A very old (over 100 years) and rare book.

Thames and Hudson, publishers, London 1987 hardcover, 6" x 8½" (lacking jacket) Book in VERY GOOD condition Thirty-eight reproductions spread throughout text. We are now so used to the presence of magnificently illustrated art books that there is a tendency to take their existence for granted as an integral part of out culture. Walter Neurath was the founder of Thames & Hudson. This nineteenth annual lecture, traces the history of the illustrated art book genre.

Cassell & Company, Red Lion Square, London - 1969 Large-format softcover, 8¼" x 10" Book in VERY GOOD condition Leonard Rosoman has chosen Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 'Mad Meg' to discuss and analyse. He finds it a brilliant and fascinating work which tells us more about the extraordinary mind and genius of Bruegel than almost any other painting he did. 'Mad Meg' is reproduced here in full colour with many of his other works - completely or in detail - in monochrome to support Rosoman's thesis.

Cassell & Company, Red Lion Square, London - 1969 Large-format softcover, 8¼" x 10" Book in VERY GOOD condition Jean-Honore Fragonard's 'Les Billet Doux' is the subject of this analysis; it is prefaced by Adrian Daintrey's broad picture of French art in the eighteenth century, by Fragonard's own varied life, an of the many influences which worked upon him and his many-sided genius. 'Les Billet Doux' is reproduced here in full colour with many of his other works - completely or in detail - in monochrome to support Daintrey's thesis.

Cassell & Company, Red Lion Square, London - 1969 Large-format softcover, 8¼" x 10" Printing smudge to page 12-13, not impairing legibility. Book in VERY GOOD condition Rubens artistic genius is analysed here, and the central illustration studied is his last large-scale Baroque altarpiece, 'The Ascent of Calvary' - arguably his greatest, and a splendid example of the ultimate achievement of his unique art. It is reproduced here in full colour with many of his other works - completely or in detail - in monochrome to support Robert Medley's thesis.

Universe Books, New York 1971 hardcover, 6½" x 9¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in tranparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Seventy-one b&w illustrations, bibliography, and index. This book looks at the great procession of traders, missionaries, big-name hunters, soldiers, and settlers as they followed Livingstone and Rhodes in painting Africa white from the Cape to Cairo, imposing British civilization on intransigent African and dubious Africans. This book studies how they arrived, what tools of thought and technique they used, and what Africa did to them. The impact of the Africans upon their mentality is the theme underlying this study in social history.

Walter T Foster, Tustin, California undated Large stapled softcover, 10¼" x 13¾" Previous owner's name to front cover. Book in GOOD condition Sixteen pages in full colour. Simple, easy-to-follow instructions with examples by an expert.

Spinifex Press, North Melbourne - 1997 softcover, 6" x 8½" Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers, and barcode, etc. Book in VERY GOOD condition Includes 37 full-colour paintings. Nina Mariette, a survivor of childhood abuse, uses painting to make sense of her past, and tells her story with pictures and words: "When I paint, I can move myself to a space of freedom that I've never felt before."