PARNELL, Thomas.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell.
London: Bell and Daldy, nd. (186-?) 12mo., cont. half green morocco, marble boards, raised bands, xxxii, 185pp. A fine copy.
London: Bell and Daldy, nd. (186-?) 12mo., cont. half green morocco, marble boards, raised bands, xxxii, 185pp. A fine copy.
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PARRY, John H.
The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent Welshmen, From The Earliest Times to the Present...........
London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1834. Second edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xii), 385, (2)pp.ads. Spine and perimeter of covers faded, cloth rubbed a very good copy.
London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1834. Second edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xii), 385, (2)pp.ads. Spine and perimeter of covers faded, cloth rubbed a very good copy.
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PARRY, William Edward.
Journal of a Second Voyage For The Discovery of a North-West Passage From The Atlantic to The Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821- 22-23, In His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. London: John Murray, 1824. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxx,[2],571,[1]pp. With thirty plates (some folding) and nine maps (four folding). Foxing to the plates with offsetting on the facing page, some scattered foxing throughout o/w a very nice copy.
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PARRY, William Edward.
Journal of a Voyage For The Discovery of a North-West Passage From The Atlantic to The Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819--20, In His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Gripper, Under the Orders of.....With an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations.
London: John Murray, 1821. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxix,[3],310,[2],clxxix,[1],[1, Errata] With six maps and fourteen plates . Some occasional foxing (mostly marginal), some offsetting on the pages facing the plates, which also have some foxing in the margins o/w a near fine copy.
London: John Murray, 1821. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxix,[3],310,[2],clxxix,[1],[1, Errata] With six maps and fourteen plates . Some occasional foxing (mostly marginal), some offsetting on the pages facing the plates, which also have some foxing in the margins o/w a near fine copy.
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PARSONS, Frank.
The Story Of New Zealand A History of New Zealand From the Earliest Times to the Present With Special Reference To The Political, Industrial and Social Development of the Island Commonwealth.......Edited and Published by C.F. Taylor.
Philadelphia: Equity Series, 1904. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author to American novelist William Dean Howells. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, (xiv), 836, (4)pp.ads. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
Philadelphia: Equity Series, 1904. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author to American novelist William Dean Howells. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, (xiv), 836, (4)pp.ads. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
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PARTON, James; Horace Greeley and others.
Eminent Woman Of The Age; Being Narratives of The Lives and Deeds Of The Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation. Hartford: S.M. Betts & Company, 1869. Later edition, first published 1868. Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth, 628, (2)pp.ads. Some wear to extremities o/w very good.
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(PARTON, Sara).
Fern Leaves From Fanny's Port-Folio. Second Series.
Auburn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. "Eighteenth thousand" so stated on title. (same year as first edition.) 8vo., orig. cloth, (xii), 400pp. Foxing throughout, wear to spine ends o/w very good.
Auburn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. "Eighteenth thousand" so stated on title. (same year as first edition.) 8vo., orig. cloth, (xii), 400pp. Foxing throughout, wear to spine ends o/w very good.
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PATCHEN, Kenneth.
CCLXXIV Poems. (New York: Padell, nd). First of this edition which has a bookplate on the e/paper stating that "CCCLXXIV Poems is made up of the complete texts of "First Will & Testament," "The Dark Kingdom," and "Cloth of the Tempest," which have been brought together under this single cover in an edition of 126 copies....numbered and signed by the author." Grey buckram with a leather label. Fine.
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PATCHEN, Kenneth.
Sleeper Awake.
(New York: John Felsberg, (1946). First edition. About fine in d/w which is chipped and worn, and has a hole in the spine affecting lettering.
(New York: John Felsberg, (1946). First edition. About fine in d/w which is chipped and worn, and has a hole in the spine affecting lettering.
| $300 | Book Number: 34976 | Order / Enquire |
PATMORE, Derek.
DH Lawrence & The Dominant Male.
London: Covent Garden Press, (1970). 1 of 300 copies. Wrappers, (13)pp. Fine.
London: Covent Garden Press, (1970). 1 of 300 copies. Wrappers, (13)pp. Fine.
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PATON, Alan.
South Africa Today. (New York): Public Affairs Pamphlets, 1951. First edition. "Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 175." Orig. printed green wrappers, 32pp. Near fine.
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PATON, Frank.
Lomai of Lenakel. A Hero of the New Hebrides. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. First edition. Cloth, 315pp. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w a nice copy.
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PATON, James.
The Story of Dr. John G. Paton's Thirty Years with South Sea Cannibals. Edited by...Revised by A.K. Langridge. London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. (192-?) Fourth edition. 8vo., cloth, viii, 9-256pp. Near fine. An account of Paton's New Hebrides Mission.
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PATON, M. Whitecross.
Letters and Sketches From The New Hebrides. Edited by Her Brother In Law, Rev. Jas. Pation. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896. Fourth edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xiv), 382pp. Ex-library with rubberstamps, white marks on spine, cloth mottled but stilll a very good copy, much nicer than it sounds.
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PATTERSON, George N.
Journey With Loshay.
New York: Norton, (1954). First edition. Cloth, 248pp. Near fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
An account of the author, a Scottish medical missionary, who lived among the Khamba tribe of Tibet.
New York: Norton, (1954). First edition. Cloth, 248pp. Near fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
An account of the author, a Scottish medical missionary, who lived among the Khamba tribe of Tibet.
| $50 | Book Number: 9651 | Order / Enquire |
PATTERSON, George.
A History Of The County of Pictou Nova Scotia.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1877. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth stamped in black and gilt, viii, 471, (8)pp.ads. A fine, bright copy, uncommon in this condition.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1877. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth stamped in black and gilt, viii, 471, (8)pp.ads. A fine, bright copy, uncommon in this condition.
| $350 | Book Number: 14287 | Order / Enquire |
(PAULDING, James Kirke).
A Sketch of Old England, By A New Englander. (pseud.)
London: Re-Published By Sir Richard Phillips, 1822. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with calf spine. boards, leather spine label, 128pp. Fine.
James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) American naval official and author. After the Revolution several English writers visited America, producing gossipy, unfavourable accounts of the new nation. Paulding became one of several American writers who produced works in reply to the English accounts. Paulding wrote 5 works including the above, expressing his antipathy for England and the English.
London: Re-Published By Sir Richard Phillips, 1822. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with calf spine. boards, leather spine label, 128pp. Fine.
James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) American naval official and author. After the Revolution several English writers visited America, producing gossipy, unfavourable accounts of the new nation. Paulding became one of several American writers who produced works in reply to the English accounts. Paulding wrote 5 works including the above, expressing his antipathy for England and the English.
| $300 | Book Number: 739 | Order / Enquire |
PEACOCK, David.
Perth: Its Annals and Its Archives.
Perth: Thomas Richardson, 1849. 8vo., full cont. leather, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt border on covers, A.E.G., 632pp. Paper browned, outer front hinge cracked and tender, a very good copy.
Perth: Thomas Richardson, 1849. 8vo., full cont. leather, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt border on covers, A.E.G., 632pp. Paper browned, outer front hinge cracked and tender, a very good copy.
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PECK, Annie.
South American Tour. A Descriptive Guide.
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). New and Revised edition. Cloth, xiii, 379pp. "FILE COPY" rubber stamped on title a few times, signature on title o/w a fine copy.
Annie Peck was an American mountaineer, an early feminist, a professor of archaeology at Purdue, a founder of the American Alpine Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. She was the first person to climb Huascaran, and the author of "A Search for the Apex of America." The above guidebook covers all of South America except for the northeast.
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). New and Revised edition. Cloth, xiii, 379pp. "FILE COPY" rubber stamped on title a few times, signature on title o/w a fine copy.
Annie Peck was an American mountaineer, an early feminist, a professor of archaeology at Purdue, a founder of the American Alpine Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. She was the first person to climb Huascaran, and the author of "A Search for the Apex of America." The above guidebook covers all of South America except for the northeast.
| $100 | Book Number: 9676 | Order / Enquire |
PENFIELD, Frederic Courtland.
East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan.
New York: Century & Co., 1907. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. dec. red cloth, xvii, 349pp. Light rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy of a pretty book.
Most of the book covers Ceylon (3 chapters), and India (5 chapters); there are also chapters on Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and Japan. The author had previously been the American Counsel-General to Egypt, 1893-1897.
New York: Century & Co., 1907. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. dec. red cloth, xvii, 349pp. Light rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy of a pretty book.
Most of the book covers Ceylon (3 chapters), and India (5 chapters); there are also chapters on Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and Japan. The author had previously been the American Counsel-General to Egypt, 1893-1897.
| $100 | Book Number: 8086 | Order / Enquire |
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