Search Results: Authors starting with P from Love Vintage Books

Illustrated by Leonard Squirrell. Blackie & Son Limited. London. NPD.. 8vo, 61pp. Green boards lightly worn at edges and at corners, no dust wrapper, lighly tanned throughout, slightly foxed on end papers, good cond overall. Part of the "Our Beautiful Homeland" series with eight full colour plates from paintings of the city by Leonard Squirrell.

Ling Kee Pub Co. Hong Kong. 1976 (Reprint). Cr8vo. Limp cover, vg cond. For students of English based on two principles structure control and graded vocab.

Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1964 (Ist Edition). 8vo. In slightly chipped but now protected d/w, text in ex cond. Novel set in London and the highveld of South Africa.

National Rose Society. London. 1922.. 8vo, 235pp. Hardcover, slightly soiled with creased in rear cover, front hinge weak; interior in good cond. The sixteenth Rose Annual issued by the society, with voluntary contributions; contemporary adverts, col plates.

The Crime Club (Harper Collins) London. 1991(1st Edition). Roy8vo. Hardcover, now in protected, very slightly chipped d/w, text in vg. cond. A young husband is suspected of murdering his wife who was already the widow of an elderly man.

Macmillan. London. 1930 (Reprint). 24mo, 136pp. In or cl cover, a little underscoring in pencil o/w text in vg cond. School text, notes, vocab, illus.

Illus by the author. A & R. Sydney. 1956 (Ist Edition). 4to. Limp cover, stapled bound, slightly browned, head of spine damaged; text in vg cond. Story of a young Aboriginal boy and his first contact with white Australians Muir 2[1:5639]

Illustrated by Walter Cunningham. Collins. Sydney. 1976 (Ist Edition). Sm 4to, VIII, 63pp. In protected d/w, hardcover, ex cond. Reference for children in the "Australians in History" series. This is the account of Kennedy's expedition to Cape York and the young brave aboriginal young man who returned.Muir 2[2:643]

Illus by the author. A & R. Sydney. 1960 (Ist Edition). 8vo. Hardcover, pict bds, text in vg cond. Australian children's fiction. Noted by Muir that publication according to the author was delayed a year. Muir 2[1:5644]

Turton & Armstrong (Pioneer Settlement Press) Wahroonga. 1979.. 14cm x 23cm, XIV, 99pp. Hardcover, neat d/w now protected by clear archival covering; vg cond. River exploration, trade and development particularly along the Murray.

Illustrated by the author. Tormont Publications. Montreal. 1992.. Tall narrow 8vo. A board book in the shape of a Christmas tree slightly worn on the extremeties; interior in vg cond. A sturdy board book revealing the true spirit of Christmas.

Jonathan Cape. London. 1986 (Ist Edition). 4to. In lam bds, vg cond. Unique children's book featuring holograms and unique graphic designs by Alan lee and Richard Seymour. Inscribed by Alan Lee on the title page.

New Burlington Books. London. 1998.. 4to, 127pp. Protected d/w, ex cond. Techniques for the beginner and more experienced, illustrated by easy to follow diagrams and illustrations.

Nepean District Historical Society. ND (c1966).. 4to, 10pp. Limp cover, vg cond. Local history of the Hawkesbury district.

Nepean District Historical Society. 1971.. 4to, 11pp. Limp cover, vg cond. Booklet published to commemorate the Centenary of local government in the Penrith district.

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1997 (Ist Edition). Sm 4to, X, 210pp. In limp cover, minor wear; text in vg cond. Tells the story of children who were evacuated to Australia during WWII to escape bombing or persecution.

Nepean District Historical Society. ND (c1965).. 4to, 11pp. Limp cover, vg cond. Local history of the Penrith district.

Illustrated by Harold Freedman. Longman. Melbourne. 1970 (Reprint). 8vo, XIII, 164pp. In protected d/w, hardcover, ex cond. A very readable Australian history told from the viewpoint of those who made it and explaining the social history of Australia today. Commended in CBCA 1955. This edition not noted by Muir.

Bonanza Books. New York. 1962.. 8vo, X, 208pp. Hardcover, slightly chipped d/w now protected by clear archival covering; some browning of endpapers o/w text in vg cond. A pictorial history of aeronauts and aeroplanes from the beginning to date of publication and the Douglas DC-8.

A & R. Sydney. 1945.. Cr8vo, 251pp. Hardcover,original cloth, vg cond. Includes stories by Jon Cleary and Ruth Park.