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Inventory No.20297 Author: Padel, O. J.
Cornish Place Name Elements
Published 1985 English Place-Name Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0904889114 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £20
Lovely clean copy
topography Local History Cornwall

Inventory No.15334 Author: Paden, W. D.
The Ancestry and Families of Ford Madox Brown Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 50, No. 1, Autumn, 1967
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3

Inventory No.19911 Author: Palmer, John
Luck on My Side : The Diaries and Reflections of a Young Wartime Sailor 1939-45
Published 2002 Leo Cooper Ltd (Barnsley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0850529107 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5

Inventory No.19819 Author: Parker, Irene
Dissenting Academies in England. Their Rise and Progress and Their Place Among the Educational Systems of the Country
Published 1914 At the University Press (Cambridge) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Original blue cloth, gilt, a little worn else a very nice clean copy.
Nonconformist Nonconformity Puritanism Dissent

Inventory No.18439 Author: Patchett, G. N.
Automatic Voltage Regulators and Stabilizers
Published 1970 Pitman Publishing (London) Type:
Edition:Third Edition ISBN: 0273437887 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £35
Book slightly musty but very clean. Dustwrapper rubbed.
ENGINEERING Electrical

Inventory No.19526 Author: Pearson, Michael; Warner, Richard; Warner, Andrew
Borrowdale. Aspects of a Lakeland Valley
Published 1995 Mikes-Eye (Cockermouth) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951622013 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Lake District Cumbria

Inventory No.18974 Author: Peck, John; Strohmer, Charles
Uncommon Sense : God's Wisdom for Our Complex and Changing World
Published 2001 SPCK (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0281054282 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £7
BIBLE_INSPIRATION WISDOM THEOLOGY, PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY

Inventory No.18528 Author: Peel, J. H. B.
Along the Green Roads of Britain
Published 1976 Cassell (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0304295647 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5

Inventory No.17998 Author: Pemberton, Clive
William Golding (Writers and Their Work No. 220)
Published 1969 Longmans, Green & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Ex-college library with labels and stamps, small piece missing from front cover, OK as working copy, contents very good

Inventory No.18768 Author: Pendennis, Arthur; Thackeray, W. M.; Illustrator: Doyle, Richard
The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Edited By Arthur Pendennis, Esq.
Published 1854 Bradbury And Evans (London) Type:2 Volumes
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Half-Leather, Marbled Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £14
Half leather with decorated spine. Boards rubbed and worn on edges. Spine rubbed. All plates present but foxed in margins. Volume 1 front hinge cracked and stiching loose on first section.

Inventory No.18295 Author: Phillips, Ann
A Newnham Anthology
Published 1979 Cambridge University Press. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0521220688 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £5
Name on ffep, clean copy otherwise
LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM

Inventory No.19632 Author: Phillips, Graham; Keatman, Martin
Robin Hood : The Man Behind the Myth
Published 1995 Michael O'Mara Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1854799967 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
ROBIN HOOD (LEGENDARY CHARACTER)

Inventory No.20145 Author: Phillips, J. F. C.
Shepherd's London
Published 1976 Book Club Associates (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Abrasion at top corner of ffep where sticker has been removed, VG+ otherwise in d/w with small closed tear on edge of back cover

Inventory No.17654 Author: Phillips, Stanley
Stanley gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue
Published Stanley Gibbons Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:Tenth Edition. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
Binding rather slack, spine a little worn but good working copy. Weighs more than 1kg but extra postage will not be requested for UK order

Inventory No.15332 Author: Pinckney, Paul J.
The Cheshire Election of 1656 Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 49, No. 2, Spring, 1967
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6

Inventory No.18955 Author: Pinney, Michael; Illustrator: Miles, John
Clothes in a Museum.
Published 1970 The Bettiscombe Press (Bettiscombe) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £8
Original pictorial card covers are bumped and creased on the corners. Edges a little dusty.
Poetry

Inventory No.17653 Author: Pollard, A. F.
A Short History of the Great War
Published 1928 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:Third Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Corners bumped, boards slightly faded, prize label on fep, good reading copy

Inventory No.15338 Author: Pollard, Arthur.
Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 47, No. 2, March, 1965
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4

Inventory No.15337 Author: Pollard, Arthur.
The Novels of Mrs. Gaskell Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 43, No. 2, March, 1961
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4

Inventory No.19751 Author: Pollock, John
Kitchener: The Road to Omdurman
Published 1999 Constable (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0094798702 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
GREAT BRITAIN_ARMY GREAT BRITAIN_BIOGRAPHY KITCHENER,

Inventory No.18583 Author: Ponting, K. G.; Chapman, S. D.
Textile History Volume 3 December 1972
Published 1972 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
West Yorkshire Record Office stamp inside, corners curling slightly, uneven fading but very good copy
Textiles

Inventory No.5488 Author: Potocki of Montalk, Count.
Dogs' Eggs: A Study in Powysology.
Published 1968 The Melissa Press. (Draguignan, France.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £15
Heavy grey/green boards with bright green cloth spine. Title label laid board and spine. Signed on reverse of title page.
Powys

Inventory No.19848 Author: Potts, C. R.
Oxford to Princes Risborough : A Gwr Secondary Route
Published 2004 The Oakwood Press (Usk, Mon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0853616299 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Looks unread but there is a long inscription on the inside of the front cover.
Railways Trains Steam

Inventory No.5487 Author: Powys, Laurence.
At the Harlot's Burial: Poems By Laurence Powys
Published 1929 E. Lahr. (London) Type:
Edition:Proof Copy. ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £25
Card wrapper very slightly sunned at top of spine. Title is printed in blue with title on spine reading "The Village Elders at the Harlot's Burial." Original glassine dustwrapper slightly chipped at top and bottom of spine which is also slightly darkened. This trial edition pre-dates 1st ed. On dedication page added by author " and John Hampson. Laurence Powys."
Laurence Powys Poet Poetry

Inventory No.19834 Author: Priestley J. B.; Illustrator: Percy Smith, Frontispiece
Angel Pavement
Published 1930 Heinemann (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Buckram
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Slipcase, Fair Price: £30
Light brown buckram with gilt titling to spine. Bevelled boards. Top edge gilt. Most pages uncut, hence unread. Some very light foxing. This is number 4 of a limited edition of 1025 copies signed by J. B. Priestley. Slipcase darkened and a little grubby.

Inventory No.18060 Author: Priestley, J. B.
The Good Companions A Rediscovery Book
Published 2007 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:Special Edition ISBN: 9791905080359 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8.5
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.19476 Author: Priestley, J.B.
Bright Day
Published 2006 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 1905080182 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.19876 Author: Pringle, Patrick; Illustrator: Denise Brown
The Young Elizabeth Fry
Published 1964 Max Parrish & Company. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £12
Dust jacket a little rubbed.
Children's

Inventory No.13099 Author: Probyn, Clive T.
The Sociable Humanist : The Life and Work of James Harris, 1709-1740: Provincial and Metropolitan Culture in Eighteenth-Century England
Published 1991 Oxford University Press (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0198185634 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £3.5
Very small splash mark at bottom of titlepage, otherwise nice clean copy

Inventory No.20337 Author: Professor Clive
The Specimen Letter-Writer for Situations Vacant
Published Universal Publications (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Covers creased and splashed, reasonable copy but don't think it will help much in job search these days

Inventory No.8182 Author: Public Record Office
Public Record Office Current Guide 1992 Edition
Published 1992 Public Record Office (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1873162030 Size:A4 Binding:Plastic Folder
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Ex-arcive library with stamps. Contains micro fishe slide at back. Part 1 has 6 slides, Part 2 has 8 and Part 3 has 5. Avery good clean item.
Genealogy Local History

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