Search Results: Titles starting with P from World of Rare Books

John Long, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. First Edition. 185 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Binding remains firm. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Juvenile Productions Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No edition remarks. 93 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth to spine and paper to boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with notable thumb-marking. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing and sunning to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Sticker remnants to front panel.

Juvenile Productions Ltd, Thames Publishing, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Edition Stated. 93 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with blue lettering over matching boards. B&W and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Minor staining and soiling to DJ.

Bonfini Press, 1979. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1979. No Edition Remarks. 90 pages. Illustrative jacket over white cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Bonfini Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1977. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over white cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Pages are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning and crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to edges. Minor scuffing overall.

SPCK, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Published. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. Reprinted. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamp to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light sunning to spine. Sticker to front flap. Foxing overall.

Evans Brothers, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. Reprinted. 192 pages. Black and white photographic dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions, mild crinkling and mild tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. There is bumping to corners. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. Reprinted. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Water stain to top of front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light sunning and water staining to spine and edges.

Oliver & Boyd, 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. First Edition. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Twayne Publications, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 205 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marks to front free endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tape to both boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light sunning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Jackson, Wylie and Co., 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. No Edition Remarks. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Text block is rough cut on two edges. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Doubleday & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. 160 pages. Cream dust jacket with red lettering over red cloth. Illustrated by P. Coombs. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to second page. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Minor staining, marking and soiling to DJ.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 367 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated brown cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is also loose. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and light rubbing to spine.

McGraw-Hill Inc., 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 278 pages. Yellow dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible sunning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces.

David Corazzi, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Spanish text. Includes colour plates. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Creasing to front pages. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Black staining present. White staining present.

Mark Taylor, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Stated. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Black or extremely dark green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front. Publisher's adverts to rear. Includes illustrated plates. Pages are moderately marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Occasional minor marginalia and underlining. Guttering cracked with exposed netting; text block is firm. Foxing heaviest towards the start and end of the book. Text block edges are uneven. Boards have heavy edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed. Spine is concave and uneven. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright.

A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. 375 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinge are cracked. Annotations to rear pages. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

Pyramid Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. No Edition Stated. 191 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Includes work by various writers. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Price sticker to front.

Oxford University Press, 1915. Hardcover. Good. 1915. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Text is in Latin. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning.