Search Results: Authors starting with P from Andrew James Books

Jonathan Cape, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In unclipped dust jacket, no inscription. Fading to page edges otherwise fine. A psychological novel set in England during the Blitz which relates the terrors of warfare. Debut novel.

Edition Privee, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In good to very good condition, soft red leather boards with gilt crest to front and titles to spine. Chipped to head and base of spine and rubbed along its length . Leather split to lower front spine edge (approx 1.5") and front hinge cracked but binding secure. No inscription and very clean throughout. Numerous black and white plates all with original guards. TEXT IN FRENCH

Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author to the title page without dedication. 1st ed 2nd impression. With price clipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears but with some creasing to top and bottom of spine. Now in protective sleeve. Comes with original book sellers promotional 'signed copy' wrap around band. Slight lean to spine. Clean . A routine case about a search for a man, missing for four decades soon proves to be far more dangerous than V I Warshawski had envisaged when everybody involved starts to play dirty.

Faber & Faber, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free, owners name to ffep and page edges slightly faded otherwise clean. A study of the fiction that was written after the terrible years of the First World War, both by combatants and by established novelists. Please note postal prices will be reduced.

Sceptre, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st impression with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears with lgiht creasing along bottom front jacket ege. No inscription immaculate throughout. Set in California starting at the time of the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906 and journeying through the depression prohibition and the world of hootchy kootchy, amongst the gangsters, con artists and bootleggers this is a richly evocative work packed with an array of richly drawn characters desperately clutching at the crumbling American Dream

Willmer Brothers, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Revised edition, Some light rubbing to edges, no inscription and the majority of the pages are clean and bright. One or two have light handling marks and wear through use in the field.Area map to front has a number of small red 'x's denoting previous owners climbs. Boards with useful rounded corners. Illustrated with black and white photographs and sketch diagrams of various climbs. Please note postal rates will be reduced following purchase.

UK: T J Allman , 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Very scarce item. Black blind tooled decorated buckram boards with gilt tooled titles to front and spine. Minor shelf wear only and binding secure. Advertisements to front and rear end papers with small piece missing from fore edge of the front end paper (see photo) otherwise undamaged. Owners name to head of Chapter I and rear end paper and a few small light pencil 'ticks' to the first couple of pages, marking lessons covered otherwise remains clean throughout. 79pp 16cm x 10cm approx. The book forms part of Parker's Educational Courses series of text books, being the fourth treatise under Natural Philosophy and deals with Astronomy with illustrations and diagrams to the text and a number of examination questions to the rear. This is an extremely rare item with no other copies apparently available on the internet. Richard Green Parker was an American educationalist and author of various text books who died in 1869.

1st printing. In unclipped dust jacket, small repaired tear to lower jacket front fore edge corner with some light creasing along top edge and small chip to rear top corner. The book itself is in very good clean condition throughout. The first authorized biography of the great American economist and critic of America's mismanagement of its wealth and power. Non UK buyers please note additional shipping charges will be required.

London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout. Packed with factfiles, diagrams, reconstructions and spectacular photographs this book explains and celebrates the masterpieces of the world's architecture, design and engineering. Please note this is a large book and additional postal charges apply both within the UK and overseas

Rubicon Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Light shelf wear to rear jacket top edge otherwise near fine. Internally very clean throughout. A study of all aspects of transport both land and sea in Ancient Egypt.

Angus & Robertson, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Norman Lindsay, Hal Gye, Lionel Lindsay. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Small faded area to top front of jacket where price label has been removed and there are light water stains to top front edge of jacket (see photo). Boards and text block unaffected. No inscription internally clean. Superbly illustrated in colour. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges will apply

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout. Although a work of fiction this book is an invaluable Management handbook for the enterprise culture

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unused reviewers copy in mint condition.

Reeves & Turner, 1881. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good to very good, hardback with vellum spine to paper covered boards. Discoloured to spine with some marks to boards and rubbed to edges in places. Owners name to front paste down otherwise internally clean. The poems of the late medieval French poet Villon including: "The Lesser Testament", "The Greater Testament", "Divers Poems" (diverse) and some poems attributed to Villon.

T Forman, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. In very good condition blue cloth blind boards with gilt titles and blind tooled decoration. Minimal shelf wear, no inscription or markings and very clean throughout. Illustrated with line drawn diagrams and designs to the text. A guide to the construction and use of Orchard Houses or large glasshouses / greenhouses for the growing of tropical / warm climate fruit.

Orion, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout.

Jacques Kramer, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Without dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards which are badly faded and stained. Portion of lower backstrip missing. Decorated end papers, owners name to half title otherwise clean throughout. Although externally grubby, internally clean with occasional blemish to text. Binding secure. Menus pour les jours de reception et fetes de famille. 230 pages, 775 recipes clearly explained with practical tips.Illustrated in colour and black and white. Text in French. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges will apply

Charles Griffin, 1916. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red buckram boards with gilt titles to spine, lightly rubbed to spine ends only. Internally clean throughout. The practice of using compressed air in the mining industry illustrated with 113 black and white photographs and diagrams.

Macmillan, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Globe Edition reprint with an introduction and notes by G Gregory Smith. Clean and bright green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, no inscription or markings very clean throughout. Binding tight. Abridged version of Pepys famous diaries based on Lord Braybrooke's fourth edition of 1854 but with the corrections of Mynors Bright in his revised text of 1875 - 79 and with the reduction of the few antique spellings to modern usage, but with antique word forms retained, especially of the verb (eg ' was spoke' ). The text is printed in a two column per page format. Overseas buyers please note a small additional postal charge may be required

Headline, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. No inscription clean throughout. The second novel in Perry's insightful and hard hitting quintet charting the English experience of the First World War