Search Results: Authors starting with P from WhoByBooks

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Michael Palin tries to unearth the man from the legend. [oversize]

Scarborough: Abbeyfield Publishers, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Price clipped, slight wear and discoloration on jacket. Original sales slip laid in. Ms Panter's first novel her second published in 2013!

Toronto: Tsar Pubns, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Corners are slightly worn.

Don Mills: The Ontario Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A lawyer and poet from the Rock. While publishing poetry since the mid-fifties Mr. Parsons has continued to pursue his legal calling. At the time of this publication he a was a Master of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Frontispiece by R. Shepherd with Errata slip on Title page. A fine book in a very good dust jacket that has a few small closed tears.

Toronto: Exile Editions, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Mario Mascarelli. Translated by the Canadian writer Barry Callaghan.

Toronto: S. J. Reginald Saunders and Company Ltd., 1955. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Stafford Little Lectures at Princeton University, 1955. Lester B. Pearson had a long and distinguished career: teacher, Canadian Ambassador to the US, President of the UN general Assembly, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada. Pearson is perhaps most noted internationally for his pivot role in preventing the Suez Crisis (1956) from plunging the world into another war. For this Mr. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It is interesting that this lecture was given the year prior to this crisis. From the DJ flap: "Combing far-seeing idealism with the active statesman's hard-headed realism, Mr. Pearson considers the new scale of armed force in atomic warfare, international coalitions, the mediating role of the United Nations (my italics), the question of secret versus open diplomacy, and the international and internal forces that influence the policies of Western… Read More

New York: Foxrock Books, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. An anthology of 12 western stories by women: Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, Leslie Silko, and others. ump to heel o/w FINE.

Toronto: Rendezvous Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A Ladies Killing Circle Anthology. Signed by various contributing authors.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Everything about this book is great: a great screenplay by a great playwright of a great movie based on the great book by the great writer John Fowles. Signed by Fowles on title page. "John Fowles 1998, Toronto". Uncorrected Proof. Vary scarce. INCLUDED is: "The French Lieutenant's Woman. New York: Little Brown, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Book. Very Good / Good. Some foxing to top edge papers, corners sharp. DJ is price clipped with edge wear esp. to heel of spine. Good+. NOT signed."

Toronto: Shaw Street Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Published in 1991 (as opposed to the 2002 Coteau Press edition) in a limited edition of 125 copies this is noted as a 'Review Copy'. French Sleeves.

London: Peter Owen Ltd., 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good / Good. Light soiling to bottom edge of boards. PO signature to FFEP. DJ soiled with edge wear.

London: HMSO Publishers, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. ...how seafarers exchanged musical skills and knowledge with peoples of other lands, bringing new ideas and sounds back home.