Search Results: Titles starting with P from Truffle Books

Dunedin: Otago University Press. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. The book is reasonably firmly bound; light shelf wear to the edges. Internally clean and free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Signed by Lodge on half title page. ; Monochrome; 352 pages .

London: Weindenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. Top edge - faded red. Edges are bruised, boards have light markings. Internally the book is clean; free of markings and foxing. ; ; History of Civilisation; Monochrome illustrations & maps; 324 pages .

W B Yeats PoemsLondon T Fisher Unwin 1913Third edition. Esme Wynne-Tyson's copy, signed by her in red to the half-title page. The blue embossed boards are worn to the extremities, corners bumped. The spine is faded, the top edge is damaged, worn along the edges. The pages are rough-cut and browned. The endpapers are foxed; the text block is generally clean with only sporadic spotting. The frontispiece of Yeats is intact as is the tissue guard. Dusty.From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson.Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism.

London: T Fisher Unwin. Very Good. 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover. The blue embossed boards are worn to the extremities, corners bumped. The spine is faded, top edge is damaged, worn along the edges. The pages are rough-cut and browned. The endpapers are foxed; the text block is generally clean with only sporadic spotting. ; Esme Wynne-Tyson’s copy, signed by her in red to the half-title page. The frontispiece of Yeats is intact as is the tissue guard. Dusty. From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson. Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism. [ref: 82486 ] .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1950. Reprint. Leather. Quarter-leather bound with gilt text on the spine. Some wear to the leather and blue cloth boards. Top edge faded gilt, edges lightly browned. Mottled endpapers. Text block generally clean. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. .

London: Chapman and Hall. Very Good. c 1880. Household Edition. Hardcover. Sporadic foxing on the end papers and the text block. ; The book is leather bound, the spine is ribbed with gilt text. ; Drawings; 400 pages .

London: Barrie & Lockcliff. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. The book Is tightly bound, page edges greying. The Dust jacket has open tears back and front, grubby; spine is faded/sunned. Internally clean; free of markings and foxing. ; 208 pages .

London: Hodder & Stoughton Medical Publications. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound, blue cloth boards gilt text are in good condition. Dust jacket is worn to the extremities, marked, spine is faded/sunned. Page edges are foxed. Light foxing on the endpapers, text block is generally clean. [ref: 82855 ] ; An essay awarded the Sir Charles Hastings prize of the British Medical Association, 1934; illustrations and charts. Rare in a dust jacket. .

An essay awarded the Sir Charles Hastings prize of the British medical association, 1934; illustrations and charts.Rare in a dust jacket. The book is tightly bound, blue cloth boards, gilt text, are in good condition. Dust jacket is worn to the extremities, marked, spine is faded/sunned. Page edges are foxed. Light foxing on the endpapers, text block is generally clean.First edition in a dust jacket.