PHILLIPS, C. (Rev.)
Benares: The Stronghold of Hinduism.
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?) Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?) Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
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PHILLIPS-WOLLEY, Clive.
Sport In The Crimea and Caucasus. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue grey cloth dec. in black, x, 370, (2)pp.ads. Inner front hinge cracked, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
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PHILLPOTTS, Bertha S. (editor).
The Life of the Icelander John Olafsson.....Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 with a Continuation by another hand, up to his Death in 1679.....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1923, 1932. Second Series, Vol. LIII & LXVIII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxiv, 238, xliii ads;xxx, 290pp. Vol. I slightly rubbed o/w near fine, Vol. II fine.
The first volume includes travels to Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Norway; volume two contains travels to Denmark, England, the Cape, Madagascar, Comoro Is., Coromandel Coast, Tranquebar, St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ireland and Iceland.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1923, 1932. Second Series, Vol. LIII & LXVIII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxiv, 238, xliii ads;xxx, 290pp. Vol. I slightly rubbed o/w near fine, Vol. II fine.
The first volume includes travels to Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Norway; volume two contains travels to Denmark, England, the Cape, Madagascar, Comoro Is., Coromandel Coast, Tranquebar, St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ireland and Iceland.
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PHIPPS, Constantine John.
A Voyage Towards The North Pole Undertaken By His Majesty's Command 1773.
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
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PIAZZINI, Guy.
The Children of Lilith. Translated from the French by Peter Green. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1960). First edition in English. Cloth, 192pp. A nice copy in d/w. Account of the French exploration into the up-river country of Borneo.
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PICKERING, John.
A Vocabulary Or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar To The United States of America. To Which Is Prefixed An Essay On The Present State Of The English Language In The United States........
Boston: Published by Cummings and Hillard, 1816. First edition. Tall 8vo., rebound in 20th century red cloth, leather label, (viii), (9)-206, (1)p.errata. Discreet name on titlepage, bookplate o/w a fine copy in modern cloth.
Boston: Published by Cummings and Hillard, 1816. First edition. Tall 8vo., rebound in 20th century red cloth, leather label, (viii), (9)-206, (1)p.errata. Discreet name on titlepage, bookplate o/w a fine copy in modern cloth.
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PICQUOT, A.
The General Gazateer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, In Miniature. Containing a Description of the Empires, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes & c. In The Known World........Abridged from Brookes by.....
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker...... 1823. Fourth edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, gilt border, 392pp. Several pages are misbound throughout but it is a complete o/w fine copy.
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker...... 1823. Fourth edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, gilt border, 392pp. Several pages are misbound throughout but it is a complete o/w fine copy.
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PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
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PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada. Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 271pp. Faded on the spine and perimeter of wrappers, a few nicks to spine ends o/w near fine.
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PIKE, Warburton.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xii), 300pp. Some minor mottling on the lower portion of the upper board but o/w a very nice copy.
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PIKE, Warburton.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xii), 300pp. With two folding maps. Small hole in the cloth on the rear board but o/w an about fine copy.
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PILLEMENT, Georges.
The Rome I love......Photography by Patrice Molinard. Introduction by Jean Giono.......Translated by Ruth Whipple Rermaud.
New York: Tudor Publishing, nd. (1968). Sm.square 4to., cloth, 135pp . Lower edge soiled o/w a nice copy in a chipped d/w.
New York: Tudor Publishing, nd. (1968). Sm.square 4to., cloth, 135pp . Lower edge soiled o/w a nice copy in a chipped d/w.
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PINKNEY, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Travels Through The South Of France, And In The Interior of the Provinces of Provence and Languedoc, In The Years 1807 and 1808, By A Route Never Before Performed, Being Along the Banks of The Loire, The isere, and the Garoone, Through the Greater Part of Their Course. Made By Permission of the French Government.
London: Printed for Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1814. Second edition. (first published 1809). Tall 8vo., orig. paper boards, printed paper spine label, viii, 473, (7)pp.ads. Name on title, some moderate chipping to spine ends, 2" split in the middle of the spine, portions of the boards have the layer of paper worn off or curled back from the edges but certainly a better than very good but not near fine copy in the original boards.
An account of an Americans trip to France in which Pinkney describes the manners and dress of the French people, the customs and manners of the peasants; the habit of fellow travellers; and detailed accounts of the society and commerce of the cities he visits.
London: Printed for Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1814. Second edition. (first published 1809). Tall 8vo., orig. paper boards, printed paper spine label, viii, 473, (7)pp.ads. Name on title, some moderate chipping to spine ends, 2" split in the middle of the spine, portions of the boards have the layer of paper worn off or curled back from the edges but certainly a better than very good but not near fine copy in the original boards.
An account of an Americans trip to France in which Pinkney describes the manners and dress of the French people, the customs and manners of the peasants; the habit of fellow travellers; and detailed accounts of the society and commerce of the cities he visits.
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PIRANDELLO, Luigi.
A Character In Distress.
London: Duckworth, (1938). First edition. Near fine in d/w which is a bit faded on the spine and has some light wear to the spine ends but is certainly very good.
London: Duckworth, (1938). First edition. Near fine in d/w which is a bit faded on the spine and has some light wear to the spine ends but is certainly very good.
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PITMAN, Mrs. E.R.
Missionary Heroines In Eastern Lands: Woman's Work in Mission Fields. New York: Fleming H. Revell, nd. (188-?) Sm. 8vo., orig. red pictorial cloth, 160pp. Very good.
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PLIENINGER, Gustav.
David Livingstone. Lebensbild des groben Entdeckers und Missionars......... Stuttgart: Drud un Berlag von Bebruder Kroner, 1885. Tall 8vo., orig. olive green cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration on the upper cover, 270pp. Bookplate, name, some minor wear to the foot of the spine but in fact a very nice copy of a pretty book.
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PODHORETZ, Norman.
Doings and Undoings the fifties and after in American writing.
New York: Farrar, Straus, (1964). First edition. Paper browned o/w near fine in d/w with light rubbing to spine ends and corners.
New York: Farrar, Straus, (1964). First edition. Paper browned o/w near fine in d/w with light rubbing to spine ends and corners.
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(POLIZIANO, Angelo).
Poesie Di Diversi Autori. Londra: ......Gioi. Tommaso Masie..... 1782. Sm.8vo., cont. vellum spine, marble boards, (6), 428pp. Name o/w a very good copy.
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POLLOCK, Jack.
We Are are All. Toronto: Privately Published (Designed and produced by Dreadnaught), (1980). 1 of 65 copies with 3 original silkscreen prints signed by the artist, in an accompanying folder. This is copy 43. Tall square 8vo., original black cloth with a printed paper spine label, unpaginated. With black and white illustrations in the text. Fine in slipcase, the prints are fine in the original folder.
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POPE, Alexander.
The First Satire Of The Second Book Of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue Between Alexander Pope, or Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq., on the one Part, and his Learned Council on the other.
London: Printed by L.G. and sold by A. Dodd...... 1733. First edition, second issue, variant. (with no price on the titlepage, a comma after "Pope" and no press figure on p.15). 4to., rebound in 20th century paper boards, title printed in black on the spine, 19, (1)p. With a professional repair to E2 affecting the third stanza but without loss, otherwise a very nice copy.
London: Printed by L.G. and sold by A. Dodd...... 1733. First edition, second issue, variant. (with no price on the titlepage, a comma after "Pope" and no press figure on p.15). 4to., rebound in 20th century paper boards, title printed in black on the spine, 19, (1)p. With a professional repair to E2 affecting the third stanza but without loss, otherwise a very nice copy.
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