Search Results: Titles starting with P from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK, WITH WORN DUST JACKET, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1951* Publisher: Juvenile Productions Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Paper covered boards with coloured illustration showing P.C. 49 talking to two children, blue, red and white titles to face. Red cloth spine strip which is worn and damp stained. Slight bumps, considerable shelf wear to top and bottom edges & corners. ACC* Jacket condition: Matching colour-illustrated dust wrapper, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price, considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges, flap folds and to head & tail of spine. Edges chipped and creased, (now re-inforced & in protective cover). ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Monochrome illustrated end papers. Small inscription ?Xmas 1951? to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top edge a little dusty. VG+* Illustrations: Six colour and a number of b/w… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Bound* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1898* Publisher: Editorial and Publishing Office.* Binding and cover condition: Dull blue cloth, gilt title to face. Slight bumps & rubs to edges and corners, some severe marks to lower edge of front board. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Contains Lord Savile?s bookplate to front paste-down. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks, to end papers and margins. VG* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 160 pp. text. viii pp. index at front.* Description: The first quarter of the magazine for 1898, titled for the first article on ?Rufford Abbey.? This copy contains numerous articles, several stories, a piece on the History of the Gurkhas (part 2) and a really interesting section on ?The Evolution of Comfort in Railway Travelling,? which contains a… Read More

Blandford Press, 1951-01-01. 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp?. Hardcover. VG+/ACC/ND. Box 66 HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.?* Date: 1951.* Pub: Blandford Press.* Binding and cover condition: Orange-red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine & face. Severe fading and some marks overall especially to spine. No bumps or rubs. Some slight wear to edges and to head and tail of spine, no other major faults. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Some very slight marks to end papers, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, illustrations, & diagrams throughout.* Pages: 128 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: Chapters include The Genesis of Paper Sculpture, Basic Shaping, Low and High relief sculpture and instructions to make a number of different sculptures. The development of Paper Sculpture has resulted… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1958 (1902)* Publisher: Penguin Books.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps, slight rubs & dish to spine. Very slight shelf wear to covers. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no marks or reading wear. Very slight age colouration to pages throughout. VG* Illustrations: B/w prints & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 243 pp. text. No Index at rear.* Product Description:- This, the best known of Belloc?s adult books cannot be placed in any literary category. It is a pilgrimage during which the pilgrim sings and sketches as he goes along; a travel book in which the traveller talks of anything that comes into his head. Belloc once said ?The Path To Rome? is the only book I ever wrote for love.* A VERY CLEAN copy with minimal shelf & usage wear. Penguin 1326.*

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE FIRST," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Undated but from the titles list a first and therefore 1918.* Publisher: Blackie & Son Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Beige cloth with colour pictorial decorations to front board and to spine showing young girl in school uniform holding a union jack. Spine shows a young girl with a red jacket and a straw hat. Black title to spine and face. Minimal bumps to corners. Light shelf wear to edges and to head of spine. Some small loss (nibbled) to tail of spine and middle of lower front edge. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, browning to end papers and neat light gift inscription with owners name to prelims. No mention of war standard paper and the text block is very clean and bright. Back hinge is just starting to weaken. VG* Illustrations: Five b/w plates & frontis.* Pages: 288 pp. text.* Description: A… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1992.* Pub: Anaya Publishers.* Binding and cover condition: Glossy laminated colour-illustrated boards with white titles to black spine strip and black/red titles to face. No bumps, minor rubs, minimal shelf wear, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Matching colour illustrated dust wrapper. Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of £16.99. In clear adhesive film protective cover. VG+* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with usual stamps and labels Coloured end papers (light green). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight toning to top edge. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous colour and black/white photos and illustrations throughout with diagrams..* Pages: 141 pp. text. iv pp. index, acknowledgements, Anchor thread stockists & blank pages at rear.* Product Description: Over 300 original and adaptable patterns and border… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Bright green linen boards, gilt title to spine. Library classification number to spine. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated dust wrapper with red text title on green background. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 8/6d. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with small chip at tail. GD++* Contents condition: Ex-Library copy with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top and fore edge, slightly shaken. GD* Illustrations: Several b/w photos to foreword and within text.* Pages: 83 pp. text. vi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Peaches can be grown in England as easily as apples. The climate is suitable in every respect. In quality, size and appearance the fruit are… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Robert Hale.* Binding and cover condition: Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, a few very small marks, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper in clear unattached jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured (bright blue) end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 244 pp. text. xxv pp. glossary, bibliography & index at rear.* Description: One of Britain?s largest and most beautiful counties, Hampshire is an area of exceptional variety. Rolling chalk downlands blend into expansive heaths and oakwoods where remote, picturesque villages… Read More

HARDBACK " TWO VOLUMES IN ONE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus?* Date of Publication: 1930?* Publisher: Amateur Gardening.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Spine damaged. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with light reading wear. Prelims somewhat aged. No marks to text, slight marks & age to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos throughout.* Pages vol 1, A-K: 157 + iii pp. index at rear. vol 2, L-Z: 152 + viii pp glossary, indices and blank at rear.* Description: One of the earliest photographic dictionaries of plants to be available on the general market. It illustrates the plants in alphabetical order with a photograph, the meaning and pronunciations of their names. There is some limited description and an idea of size and preferred situation is included.* A NEAR VG copy with some cover wear reducing it to… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 2010 * Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers with red and white titles to face and to blue spine strip. No visible shelf wear or creases to and hinge. FINE. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. No marks to page margins or edges. FINE. * Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 327pp. text. ix pp. Picture credits, advertisements & blank pages at rear. * Product Description:- Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it? Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, work is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work will not only… Read More

HARDBACK "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1943 (1938)* Publisher: Adam & Charles Black.* Binding and cover condition: Light blue-grey cloth, dark blue title to spine and face. No bumps, minor rubs to head and tail of spine which is slightly faded & has a slight lean. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or foxing. Has small tear (repaired) to page 115/116. VG+* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 137 pp. text. iii pp. index at rear.* Description: One of a series of Pocket-Books issued by Adam & Charles Black. With 40 plates illustrating over 300 species. In addition to Butterflies and Moths this volume covers May-Flies, Caddis-Flies, Dragon-Flies, Humble Bees and Social Wasps, nymphs, larvae & eggs. Index at rear. Bearing in mind that the first edition was printed in 1938, this is… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1967* Publisher: Hallmark Editions.* Binding and cover condition: Patterned brown cloth, light cream title to spine & face with decorative background. Minor bumps & rubs to tail of spine, absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. Boards slightly dished. VG* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing the country house at Varykino, from the motion picture, in the snow. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of $2.50. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head of spine, slightly more to tail. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned sepia-tone end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Several full-page sepia tone illustrations within text.* Pages: 61 pp. text. i pp. epilogue, advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Thus, within the framework of his magnificent… Read More

LEATHERBOUND "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Albion Edition.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1888* Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon leather, gilt title to spine & face. Light bumps, minor rubs to edges & corners. Top front edge split. Considerable wear & some ageing to head and tail of badly worn spine. Some gilt decoration to internal edges of boards. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (very dark brown or black). No annotations or inscriptions. Minimal foxing to postlims. All edges bright gilt. Text clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. VG+.* Illustrations: None (This edition does not have an illustrated frontis.* Pages: 581 pp. text. vi pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: The complete Poetical Works with a memoir, explanatory notes, etc.. If for nothing else, this volume is an excellent study version of Paradise Lost and Paradise… Read More

Pan, 1976-01-01. Reprint 1976. Paperback. VG+/GD++/ND. Box 27 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Printing: 23rd.* Date of Publication: 1976 (1924) * Publisher: Pan Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a gun, paper & string. Black & white titles to face and to faded blue spine strip. No bumps, minor rubs and some shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to front cover but none to spine. Light marks. GD++.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no other visible faults to pages. Some age darkening to paper throughout especially to top edge. VG+. * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 191 pp. text. * Description: ""Poirot Investigates"" was first published in the UK as a book in 1924 by The Bodley Head, Poirot Investigates is a short story collection. In these eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy and revenge. The… Read More

Pan, 1959-01-01. 1st Edn. 6th. Imp.. Paperback. ACC/GD/ND. Box X42 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Printing: 6th.* Date of Publication: 1959 (1924/1955) * Publisher: Pan Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing Poirot and Hastings looking at a dead man slumped over a desk. Black & white titles to face and white to creased orange spine strip. No bumps, minor rubs and some shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to front cover & small tear to rear. Grubby marks overall. GD.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. Considerable age darkening to paper throughout especially to all edges. ACC. * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 192 pp. text. * Description: ""Poirot Investigates"" was first published in the UK as a book in 1924 by The Bodley Head, This is a short story collection. In these eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed,… Read More

SOFTBACK PAMPHLET SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus Revised Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1985 (1997)* Publisher: Wigtown Free Press.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, very slight ageing & a few light marks, No creases to spine or corners. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Neat dedication to title page. No annotations to text, no tanning, seems very lightly used. VG+* Illustrations: Black and white photographs and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 31 pp. text. i pp. Bibliography at rear.* Product Description :- Visitors to Portpatrick, looking at the ruins of the harbour, the relics of the railway, and hearing references to Barrack Street and Colonel Street, wonder why. The story of Portpatrick is long and complex and this short history can give only an outline of the growth of the village.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the revised edition with slight ageing, small marks and inscription reducing it to VG*

Country Life, 1923-01-01. 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG++/VG. Box 80 HARDBACK ""COUNTRY LIFE LIBRARY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1923.* Pub: Country Life Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound with dull green paper covered boards and a cream spine strip and label to face with black titles to spine & label. Absolutely minimal bumps, no rubs. Very slight marks to all edges and to head & tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket with colour photo tipped on to face. Black titles to spine and face. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of 12/6 net. Minimal shelf wear & marks to top edges and to head of spine. Overall a little grubby. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Top edge coloured (faded green). No marks to text. No tanning, minor spotting to prelims & some slight toning to all edges. VG++* Illustrations: A… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1951* Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine and logo to face. No bumps, very slight rubs to corners and bottom edge. VG++* Jacket condition: Maroon and cream paper dust wrapper with text and decoration. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5s. net. Top & bottom edges and head & tail of spine chipped and worn. Spine dull and aged. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 464 pp. text.* Description: Buchan's thriller in which he explores the rise of fascism and self-seeking materialism, an unique spy novel of WW I and events in post war Germany. The epic story of one man's courage. Adam Melfort is an officer and a gentleman. A brilliant career lies… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1951* Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine and logo to face. No bumps, very slight rubs to corners and bottom edge. VG++* Jacket condition: Maroon and cream paper dust wrapper with text and decoration. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5s. net. Top & bottom edges and head & tail of spine chipped and worn. Spine dull and aged. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 464 pp. text.* Description: Buchan's thriller in which he explores the rise of fascism and self-seeking materialism, an unique spy novel of WW I and events in post war Germany. The epic story of one man's courage. Adam Melfort is an officer and a gentleman. A brilliant career lies… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 1951 * Publisher: Nelson & Sons.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine and logo to face. No bumps, very slight rubs to corners and spine ends. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Gift dedication to ffep. Top edge coloured. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. No marks to text. VG+* Illustrations: None* Pages: 464 pp. text.* Description: Based on the Memoirs and unpublished Letters of Antoine Philippe d'Orleans, Duc de Montpensier 1775-1807 This book is a unique record. It contains the memoirs of a French aristocrat of royal blood kept while he was imprisoned under the Terror and in constant danger of death.* A VG+ copy with some minor faults.*