Search Results: Titles starting with P from Julian Roberts Fine Books

Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Circa 1915. First edition thus [truncated edition]. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles & vignette to front board. A very good+/near fine copy. No marks to boards. Bright gilt. No chipping or splitting. Some spotting to edges only - text clean. Internally clean with all 24 colour plates present with tissue guards. No inscriptions. Map endpapers original and unsplit. A lovely copy. One of the immortals of children's literature, Peter Pan as a boy living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London and as the children he was invented for grow up so does Peter reappearing in Neverland.

A Paris Chez Esnault, 1814. 770x560mm. Large folding stiff paper map with card covers. Original label to front cover. Contemporary hand line colouring for City limits. Very stiff paper. No ripping or holes to corner folds. No pin holes or inscriptions. Map in lovely very good+ condition. The covers have dusting & a few closed tears to extremities. Original label complete with some wear. An attractive copy. From the library of Corby Castle, Cumbria [no proof of provenance).

Macmillan, 1961. First edition, first printing + the original publisher's proof copy for the title. 8vo. Turquoise boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some very light mottling spots to gutter hinge & spine o/w fine. Internally clean and complete. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has light wear only to extremities. None of the usual fading to red lettering on spine. Original price of 13s6dnet on front flap. The original Publisher's Proof copy has orange decorative Publisher's card covers. A very good+ copy with clean covers. Old retailers booksellers ink stamp to front cover. No chipping or splitting. Internally clean with no marks & no inscriptions. One corner crease. Proof copies of these Twentieth Century minor classics are becoming hard to find & make a great accompaniment to the first edition. In 1998 Modern Library ranked this title in its list of 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Miss Jean Brodie is unmistakably in… Read More