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PRIESTLAND, GERALD, INTRO.
Hoffnung
Edinburgh Festival society Edinburgh 1968 PB. Soft cover. The catalogue of an exhibition of original drawings and paintings, with a list of contents, and three cartoons, one double-page. Stapled booklet, covers a little grubby, good. 6pp. Good.
Bookseller reference : BYB6510
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PRIESTLEY, J B
Low Notes on a High Level A Frolic.
Popular Book Club, 1955. Hard Cover, 216pp, the edges browning a little with age, yellow boards with title in red. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A humourous story of a strange musical instrument and a radio company... Very Good /No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 14852
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PRIESTLEY, J B
The English Comic Characters
London, Bodley Head. 1963, New Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New edition, 12mo, 242pp, VG Copy in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 10810
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PRIESTLEY, J. B.
FOOLS AND PHILOSOPHERS / A Gallery of Comic Figures from English Literature
New York, Dodd, Mead and Company 1925, hb. Minor shelfwear; else very good condition. 12mo, pp. xii, 299. "the reader has here a gallery of comic figures from our literature that he is able, as it were, to carry about with him"
Bookseller reference : 029287
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PRINCE EDWARD AND MAX FRETTER
"Full Marks for Trying, Genton-Ryder!"
Dunmore Press 1983 Paperback, 112pp. (ISBN: 9780864690074). Near Mint.
Bookseller reference : 965985 ISBN : 9780864690074
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PRITCHETT V S
Mr. Beluncle
London, Chatto & Windus. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW small chip at top left corner affecting top of M in title, light chipping to tail of spine, light scattered foxing to book, tidy. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 004661
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PRITCHETT, LAURA; KNIGHT, RICHARD L.; LEE, JEFF (EDITORS); JORDAN, TERESA (INTRO. BY)
Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works
Boulder, Johnson Books. 2007, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 1555664008). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Photographs/Decorations. Paperback, Immaculate and unread; Winner of the Colorado Book Award; 217p. including editors and contributors and credits. Fine.
Bookseller reference : SB5795 ISBN : 1555664008
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PRITCHETT, MATTHEW
The Best of Matt 2001 (The Daily Telegraph)
London, United Kingdom, Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001. 2nd Impression, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾ tall 0752844288 Paperback Illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 041043
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PRITCHETT, V. S.
This England
London, New Statesman and Nation. 1939, 2nd Issue. Card, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Low. pp80. The foreword by Pritchard mentions '.now in its second issue.' so i have taken edition info based on this. Crease & light sparse foxing to boards, couple of tiny nicks, exterior page edges a little soiled but definitely not unsightly. bookseller's stamp bottom of back board (exterior), with a couple of small &, again, not disfiguring marks. The 2 staples are rusted, but this only visible when book laid open at centre. Some rare foxing in body of book. humorous cutting & cartoons on being British at the time. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 000433
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PRIVARE EYE
Privare Eye St. Albion Parish News
London, United Kingdom, Private Eye Productions Ltd., 2002. 1st Paperback Printing, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall 1901784290 Paperback.
Bookseller reference : 048051
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PRIVATE EYE
Another Batch of Boobs From Private Eye
London England, Private Eye/Andre Deutsch, 1980. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall 0233971815 Paperback This book contains another selection of the misprints and absurdities culled from the press by Private Eye. The majority were sent in by readers. Illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 028810
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PRIVATE EYE
Another Batch of Boobs Private Eye
London England, Private Eye/Andre Deutsch, 1979. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Larry Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0233971815 Paperback.
Bookseller reference : 066521
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PRIVATE EYE
Private Eye's Bumper Book of Boobs
London England, Private Eye Productions Ltd., 1979. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Larry, Ralph Steadman and Bill Tidy Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0233964924 Softcover This book contains the pick of the misprints and other absurdities culled from the press by Private Eye. All the cuttings are genuine: none has been altered. A unique collection of boobs from the world's press compiled by Private Eye 1962-1973.
Bookseller reference : 054947
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PRIVATE EYE
Private Eye's Bumper Book of Boobs
London England, Private Eye Productions Ltd., 1980. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Larry, Ralph Steadman and Bill Tidy Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0233964924 Softcover This book contains the pick of the misprints and other absurdities culled from the press by Private Eye. All the cuttings are genuine: none has been altered. A unique collection of boobs from the world's press compiled by Private Eye 1962-1973.
Bookseller reference : 013346
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PRIVATE EYE
Private Eye's Cutting Humour. Boobs and Misprints From the Press
London England, Private Eye/Corgi, 1993. 1st Paperback Edition, Binding: Softcover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0552141798 Paperback This book contains yet another selection of the misprints and absurdities culled from the press by Private Eye. Illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 024088
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PRIVATE EYE
The 2nd secret diary of John Major
London : Private Eye in association with Corgi, 1993.. 1st edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0552141771. Illustrated by Caroline Holden.
Bookseller reference : 15986 ISBN : 1
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PRIVATE EYE
The 2nd Secret Diary of John Major
London : Private Eye in association with Corgi, 1993. . 1st edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0552141771. Illustrated by Caroline Holden..
Bookseller reference : 68349 ISBN : 0552141771
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PRIVATE EYE
The 2nd Secret Diary of John Major
London England, Private Eye Productions,corgi, 1993. 1st Uk Paperback Edition, Binding: Boards, Caroline Hlden Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0552141771 Softcover the sequel to the no 1 best seller John major is hard to put down lady thatcher.
Bookseller reference : 009658
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PRIVATE EYE
The Best of 'Private Eye'. Lord Gnome of The Rings
London England, Private Eye, 1976. First Edition, Binding: Decorative Illustrated Boards, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 023396827X Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Small mark to top edge. Tiny marks to back inside cover. This modern classic tells the epic story of the small sturdy Gnome who sets out one bright day from the little hamlet of Neasden, on his search for gold. With him go his trusted companions - Strobes, the obsequious dwarf: Sue, Grabbit and Runne, his legal advisors, and beautiful fun-loving Rita Chevrolet (42-31-65), his travelling companion and confidante. Ahead lie the gleaming Mountains of Money with their precious store of treasure. But many foes are lying in wait to harass the travellers. Writs and innunctions fly about Gnome's bruised and battered head as he struggles manfully onwards towards his last thrilling fight to the death with the evil dragon Goldsmaug. Illustrations. Illustrated laminated boards.
Bookseller reference : 086351
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PRIVATE EYE
The Life and Times of Private Eye, 1961-1971;
Middlesex, Penguin, 1971. First. paperback. 4to. Wear to edges. Fade to spine and edge of covers. Slight spotting to ffep and last page. Good+ .
Bookseller reference : 5007141
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PRIVATE EYE, ILLUSTRATED BY NICK NEWMAN
The Thrid Book of Boobs. 1980-84
London England, London England: Private Eye Productions, 1985, 1985. 1st Paperback Printing, Binding: Softcover, Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0233978232 Paperback Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0233978232. This book contains yet another selection of the misprints and absurdities cull from the press by Private Eye. The ma jority were sent in by readers. 1980-84. Illustrated.Paperback.
Bookseller reference : 013254
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PRIVATE EYE.
Colemanballs 3.
London: Private Eye, 1986. 1st ed. "A selection of quotes most of which originally appeared in PRIVATE EYE'S 'Colemanballs' column including Ron Greenwood, Steve Race, Zola Budd, John Motson, David Coleman Ted Lowe Murray Walker". B/w illustrations throughout. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.
Bookseller reference : 17408
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PRIVATE EYE.
The 4Th & Final Secret Diary Of John Major.
Corgi 1995. . 1st Softback Edition, 215x135 mm, 95pp, VG..
Bookseller reference : 3274
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PROCHNOW , HERBERT V:
The Toastmaster's Handbook
A Thomas & Co 1953 Second British H/Back tan cloth boards VG 374pp 9.5 x 6 600g ¶ The book looks at the role of the Toastmaster at functions, there are chapters on, amon other aspects, the responsibilities and techniques of being a good toastmaster
Bookseller reference : 14757
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PROCHNOW, HERBERT
It Gives Me Great Pleasure. The Complete After-Dinner Speaker's Handbook
London, Book Club Associates. 1991, Book Club. Hard Cover, 8vo. 252pp. 1000 after dinner stories, proverbs, witticisms and quotations. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Bookseller reference : 16193 ISBN : 0749913924
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PROCHNOW, HERBERT V.,
The Toastmaster's Handbook.
Engelwood Cliffs, N J, USA, Prentice - Hall Inc., 1967. Eighteenth Printing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hard Cover Very Good/Good. Jacket is rubbed and lightly foxing with edgewear, price-clipped. Text is clen & binding tight
Bookseller reference : 007419
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PROCHNOW, HERBERT VICTOR
Toastmaster's Quips and Stories
Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1982. (ISBN: 0806902388) Hard Cover, with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 00031054 ISBN : 0806902388
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PROCTER, JODY
Toil: Building Yourself
US: Chelsea Green, 2000-05-01. Hardcover. 1890132675 Biographies & Memoirs. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition.. Fine .
Bookseller reference : WARE27BB1752 ISBN : 1890132675
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PROOPS, LEWIS
Hoarse laughs.
Minerva Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, presentation copy signed by the author, appears little used. 54 pages, illustrated by drawings. Fine.
Bookseller reference : 26823
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PROUT, DENTON.
Henry Lawson: The Grey Dreamer.
Adelaide Seal Books / Rigby Ltd, 1973. Paperback, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 306 pp. Biography of Australia's most famous bush poet, short story writer and humorist, including his reckless life during troubled times - cursed by a perpetual demon of restlessness which gave him no respite. (Denton Prout is the pseudonym for Charles Walter Phillips.). ISBN: 0851795749.
Bookseller reference : 10065 ISBN : 0851795749
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PRYCE, MALCOLM
Last Tango in Aberystwyth
London, United Kingdom, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 2003. (ISBN: 0747566577). Paperback. Book, Very Good+.
Bookseller reference : 007672 ISBN : 0747566577
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PRYDE, HELEN W.:
The First Book Of The McFlannels.
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1947 Hard cover red cloth bds, almost VG, a little marking, silver lettering to spine, contents clean and tight, foxing to pge edge block, neat name and address to ffep, pp143. A nice sound reading copy.
Bookseller reference : 10151
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PRYOR, OSWALD
Cousin Jacks and Jennys
Adelaide, Australia, Rigby Ltd. 1966, First Edition. Paperback. Laminated red card PB, 64 pages in VG condition. A little sunning to the spine area. and a tiny amount of foxing. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 56308
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PRYOR, RICHARD; GOLD, TODD
Pryor Convictions : And Other Life Sentences
Revolver, 2005. Second Edition, Hardback. Good Condition/Good. Good+/Good 1ST IMPRESSION 2ND EDITION 2005 REVOLVER HARDBACK. Small top front corner tear to dust-jacket with a little creasing to top edge and scrape visible to top corner of board beneath DJ, pages a little tanned with age, unmarked tidy copy. Immediate dispatch worldwide Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. ISBN: 0954940717. ISBN/EAN: 9780954940713.
Bookseller reference : 055923 ISBN : 9780954940713
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PRYS-JONES, A. G.
A Little Nonsense. A Collection of Humerous Verse
Cowerbridge, Glamorgan, D. Brown and Sons Limited, Eastgate Press. 1954, First Edition. Card & Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp51. Some slight specking to cover & browning of edges, inside very clean & tight. 'This tribute goes to Mr. Rank Who does not let our lives be blank: He fills our weekly, aching void With pleasant bouts of celluloid.' et cetera. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 1003872
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PRYS-JONES, A. G.
More Nonsense: A Collection of Humorous Verse
Cowbridge, D. Brown & Sons. 1984, First Edition. Card Wrappers. Book, 48pp. A.l.s. to Raymond Garlick laid in discussing among other things the health of their mutual friend Roland Matthias who wrote the foreword for this book. Raymond Garlick's book label on ffep. Slight whiff of tobacco. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
Bookseller reference : AB115998
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PSIAKIS, TERRI
Tying the knot: without doing your block
Random House, Sydney, N.S.W. 2009. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Size: 20 cm. 305 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. ISBN: 9781741668858.
Bookseller reference : 14255 ISBN : 9781741668858
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PUCK'S AUTHORS
Mavericks: Short Stories Rounded Up by Puck's Authors
Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York, 1892. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Puck's Artists. Good Condition. 1/4 cloth over printed boards. Worn at the corners, some discoloration at the edges, a bit of dustiness to page edges. Internally very good; scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: Puck's Artists. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.
Bookseller reference : 040243
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PUCK'S AUTHORS
Mavericks: Short Stories Rounded Up by Puck's Authors
New York, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 1/4 cloth over printed boards. Worn at the corners, some discoloration at the edges, a bit of dustiness to page edges. Internally very good; scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: Puck's Artists. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Inventory No: 040243. Ill.: Puck's Artists. Good Condition .
Bookseller reference : 040243
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PUDNEY, JOHN ( EDITOR )
The Book of Leisure
Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1957. First Edition, Buckram. Good/Poor. 655 g.; 336 pages, editor's foreword and knowledge means. Photographic endpapers, showing a gentleman asleep in a carriage. The text is illustrated with 32 colour pages, 16 pages of black-and-white photographs and 97 line drawings within the text. Cream coloured boards with maroon illustrations and writing to the front panel. Maroon insert to the backstrip and within that insert gilt writing. A little bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Shelf wear to the lower book edges. Light browning and foxing to the text block edges. A small erasure mark can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the front paste down. The internal pages have become slightly age toned. Illustrated dustwrapper, with white and black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slightest chipping to the dustwrapper corners. There is a small piece missing from the top edge of the backstrip and associated with that missing piece today, 0.25 " tear. There is a 0.75 " tear to the lower front spine gutter edge with associated creasing. There has been rubbing and slightest trading of the dustwrapper panels. A previous owner has repaired with tears to the backstrip with white stickers to the verso, the stickers are still in situ. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. " This is a book of entertainment -- a beguiling miscellany of stylish, lighthearted literary writing and pregnant pictures touching on many facets of life and leisure in and outside Britain." -- from the front fold over panel. Contributors include -- H. E. Bates, Arnold Haskell, Arthur C. Clark and Compton Mackenzie. Artists include -- John Cooper, David Colburn and Grace Golden. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. We haven't taken a picture of this book yet. Please email us and we will send you a picture. Quantity Available: 1.
Bookseller reference : 0105290
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PUFFIN ANNUAL
Puffin Annual No. 1. 1974
London: Puffin Books, 1974. First Edition. Illustrated board cover. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). 115pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. Stories by Tove Janson, Joan Aiken, Roald Dahl et al.. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Ex library with label and card pocket .
Bookseller reference : ba0611
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PUGH, PETER; FLINT, CARL (ILLUSTRATOR).
Thatcher for Beginners.
Cambridge Icon Books, 1997. 1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, bottom corner last page creased, pages lightly toned. 173 pp. The author analyzes the state of Britain that brought conservative Margaret Thatcher to power, assesses her influence, and asks what, if anything, was the philosophy behind the policies of this extraordinary figure in 20th century politics. ISBN: 1674166536.
Bookseller reference : 24757 ISBN : 1674166536
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PULLEIN-THOMPSON, DIANA
Dear pup: letters to a young dog.
Barrie & Jenkins, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a neat name on the title page, and the pages are rippled due to either storing somewhere damp or reading in the bath, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 128 pages, cartoon illustrations in the text by William Rushton. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.
Bookseller reference : 50983
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PULLEIN-THOMPSON, DIANA; ILLUS RUSHTON, WILLIAM
Dear Pup: Letters to a Young Dog
London; Barrie & Jenkins; 1988, 1988. 0712621369. Hardcover. ISBN: 0712621369. H/b; d/w; vg/vg; 8vo; 128pp;.
Bookseller reference : 57437 ISBN : 0712621369
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PULLMAN, PHILIP. ILLUSTRATED BY PATRICE AGGS.:
Count Karlstein. Or, The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London: Doubleday 1991. 1st illustrated edition, hardback, 112pp. With b&w comic-strip style illustrations by Patrice Eggs. Originally published as a story in 1982 (now an extremely scarce edition). Ex-library copy with evidence of page-turning and top right-hand corners being turned over as page markers (why do children/people do this? - it's the equivalent of spitting in the street). However, it remains a good reading copy with the addiotnal befeit of a VG+, price-intact, dustwrapper.
Bookseller reference : 11705
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PUNCH
A Fourth Punch Miscellany
London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1948. Reprint. Red paper covers. 120mm x 185mm (5" x 7"). 128pp.. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and marked, page edges browning. Splits to spine .
Bookseller reference : k0537d
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PUNCH
A Punch Miscellany No. 2
London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, [1945]. Reprint. White and blue paper cover. 120mm x 180mm (5" x 7"). 128pp.. Worn condition. Page edges browning. Rear cover missing .
Bookseller reference : k0537b
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PUNCH
Mr Punch Goes Motoring ( the New Punch Library XI)
London, The Educational Book Company Ltd. 1935, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. embossed pebbled blue leatherette cloth with gilt spine, light rubbing to corners, light spine lean, minor foxing to endpapers, pencil inscription dated 1935 to fep, 240pp with 283 line cartoon style illustrations with humourous captions and a colour frontis tipped in. Very Good/No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 002097
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PUNCH
Mr. Punch at Home: The Comic Side of Domestic Life
London, Punch, 1111. hardcover. 12mo. 192pp. Pictorial boards. Wear to extremities. Rubbing to joints. dedication to ffep. Small label to fpd. Spotting to endpapers and prelims. Small green bleed to top corner of several pages. Good .
Bookseller reference : 5007105
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PUNCH
Mr. Punch's History of the great war
Cassell, London, 1919. Reprint, Hardcover (Illustrated Boards), Illustrated by: Various. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Somewhat tired copy, stretching of the sewn binding at several places, handling marks, creasing etc. Illustrated thoughout with cartoons representative of the passing of time with the Great War. Previous owner's name on first page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 304. Please refer to the accompanying picture(s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1.
Bookseller reference : 0254861
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