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PALMER, Herbert. THE JUDGEMENT OF FRANCOIS VILLON. 1927. Hogarth Press. Dw. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies, signed by the author. £45.00

PAPAS, William. A LETTER FROM ISRAEL.1968. Author's cColour illustrations. £8.00

PARKMAN, Francis. CE NTENARY EDITION OF WORKS. 1923. USA .
Vols 1-9. Frontis. 9 volumes in very good condition. £54.00

PARRY, E A. KATAWAMPUS - ITS TREATMENT & CURE. 1915. Sherratt & Hughes. . A Child's story. Illustrated by Archie Macgregor.
Inscription on front blank end paper. Original attractive pictorial cloth. £15.00

PARTRIDGE, Eric. ORIGINS. 1958. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. £16.00

PARTRIDGE, Ralph. BROADMOOR. 1953. Dw chipped at head of spine.
A History of Criminal Lunacy & its Problems.
Cyril Connolly's copy with his signature on front end paper. £50.00

PASTERNAK, Boris.
THE LAST SUMMER.
1959. Proof Copy in original wraps.
Translated by G Reavey. Athor's name mis-spelt at head of introduction. £12.00
AN ESSAY IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1959. Dw.
Introduced by E Crankshaw . Proof copy in original wraps. Illustrated £12.00

PATTERSON, James. LIFEGUARD. 2005. Headline. Mint in like dw. £12.00

PATTERSON, James & Howard ROUGHAN. HONEYMOON. 2005. Headline.
Near fine in like dw. £10.00

PAUL, Elliot. SPRINGTIME IN PARIS . 1951. Cresset Press.
Dw torn & strengthened. £12.00

PAVEY, L A. AT HOME. 1935. Dw dusty.
Edition limited to 250 numbered & signed copies. Name on front end paper. £18.00

PEAKE, Mervyn.
LETTERS FROM A LOST UNCLE.
1948. Dw. £125.00
A BOOK OF NONSENSE . 1972. P Owen. Introduced by M Gilmore.
A Collection of writings & drawings .. "& none of it apart from one short extract has been published or reproduced before." Near fine in like dw. £25.00
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann WYSS. (1950)
Heirloom Library, London . Dw slightly frayed. 8 colour plates & numerus
black & white illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Inscription on front end paper. £25.00
THE POT OF GOLD by A JUDAH . 1959. Pictorial covers.
Dw & Illustrations by Peake. Dw price clipped otherwise fine. £35.00

PEARCE , Brian Louis. THE EAGLE & THE SWAN. Mitre Press. Dw.
A play in 3 acts set in the England of Autumn 1066. £16.00

THE PELE ALBUMS. 1990. Australia . 2 volumes, fine in like slip case bearing
the portrait of Pele. Illustrated in colour & black & white. 800pp. £50.00

PENTECOST, HUGH. (Judson PHILLIPS) GIRL WATCHER'S FUNERAL. 1970. Gollancz. Dw. A Thriller. £8.00

PERCY, Walker.
THE LAST GENTLEMAN .
1967. Eyre & Spottiswode.
Dw slightly worn. Cellotape marks on front end papers. Author's 2nd book. £45.00
LANCE LOT. 1977. Secker & Warburg. Excellent copy in like dw. £35.00
THE SECOND COMING. 1980. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Dw.
Reviews laid in. Small cellotape mark on front end paper. £12.00
LOST IN THE COSMOS. 1983. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. USA .
The Last Self-Help Book. Near fine in like dw other than cellotape maks on front end paper!. £15.00
THE THANATOS SYNDROME. 1987. Farrar, Straus, Groux. USA . Dw. Review & Obituary laid in. Small light cellotape mark on front end paper. £20.00

PERELMAN, S J. THE RISING GORGE. 1962. Dw a little chipped. £8.00

PERRAULT'S FAIRY TALES. 2002. Folio Society. Reprint.
Colour illustrations by E Dulac . Mint in slip case. £30.00

PETERS, Ellis. (Edith PARGETER )
RAINBOW'S END.
1978. Dw. £16.00
THE POTTER'S FIELD. 1989. Dw. A Medieval Whodunnit. £12.00

PHELAN, James L. MUSEUM. 1937. William Morrow & Co. NY.
Agent's book label on front end paper. £20.00

PHILLPOTTS, Eden.
CHILDREN OF THE MIST.
1898. A D Innes & Co.
Some foxing. Edges of spine a little rubbed. £30.00
WILD FRUIT. 1911. End papers browned. £18.00
THE LOVERS. 1913. Ward, Lock & Co. £35.00
CHERRY-STONES. 1923. Grant Richards. Spine cracked. £12.00

PHILOS von ALEXANDRIA . DIE WERKE. 1909. M & H Marcus Breslau .
Original marbled boards, the spine strengthened with blacktape.410pp. 4to. £40.00

PICASSO by Lothar-Gunter BUCHHEIM. 1959. Dw. A pictorial biography.
Ex-library copy in very good condition. £6.00
PICASSO'S “ GUERNICA ”. London Gallery Editions. Exhibition Catalogue.
October 1938. Published under the auspices of the National Trains Committee
for Spanish Relief including 4 full page plate illustrations. £60.00
PICASSO'S PICASSOS by Michael RAEBURN. 1981. Westerham Press.
Original stiff printed wraps. An exhibition from the Musee Picasso, Paris.
Introduction & inscription by Tim Hilton. £5.00

PICCOLOMINI, Enea Silvio. STORIA DI DUE AMANTI E RIMEDIO D'AMORE. 1973. Torino . Introduced by Luigi Firpo. A very good copy with reproductions
& illustrations in both colour & black & white. £16.00

PICKARD, Tom. THE ORDER OF CHANGE. 1971. Fulcrum Press.
Edition limited to 75 numbered copies, especially bound & signed by the poet. £16.00

PIECH, P P. 24 ILLUSTRATED PROVERBS. nd. Taurus Press.
Each on separate cards 6x6 inches in original wallet. £50.00

PILCHER, Barry Edgar. AS IT HAPPENS ! nd. 48 pp exercise book transformed
into a difficult to describe original manuscript work with pasted collages & holograph contributions on almost every page. Entitled "No Poems" with an undated presentation inscription for the poet, Vivienne French. The upper wrap is almost covered with silver paint on which is pasted a printed strip of paper bearing the title. £45.00

PINTER, Harold.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
1959. Encore Publications. Original pictorial wraps.
Playwright's first published play. Name & address on title page. £185.00
BETRAYAL. 1978. Dw. £45.00

PITTER, Ruth.
A MAD LADY'S GARLAND .
1934. Introduced by H Belloc.
Signed by Joan Hassall on front end paper.
It was intended that Joan Hassall should produce an Illustrated edition of this title.
In this copy she has pencilled her planned positions (not the Illustrations) for the
head & tail pieces. Covers a little rubbed. £40.00

PLANTE, David.
RELATIVES.
1972. J Cape . Near fine in very good dw. Mystery novel. £25.00
SLIDES. 1971. Dw by D Hockney. Inscribed Presentation
Copy signed by the Author together with an Acs to Julian Jebb thanking him for
his participation on the BBC programme "Take All or Leave All". £60.00

PLATH, Sylvia.
THE BELL JAR.
Faber. 1966. The first edition under the author's name. Lacks front blank end paper & has a small rubber ex-library stamp on the verso of the title page otherwise very good £50.00
THE COLOSSUS. 1967. Dw very slightly chipped on top if spine otherwise in very good condition. 2nd edition. The first under poet's name. £35.00
WINTER TREES. 1971. Dw. Introduced by T Hughes. £70.00
Selected poems by & essays on the work of Sylvia Plath by T Hughes, A E Dyson, L Ames, C Newman, A Sexton & A Alvarez in TRI-QUARTERLY. Fall 1966. Original wraps . £20.00

PLUMMER, T A. THE "J" FOR JENNIE MURDERS. nd. Dw torn. A Frampton story
Inscription & date (1945) on front end paper. £18.00

POLLOCK, John. TWELVE ONE-ACTERS. 1926. Cayme Press.
16 pp introduction by author. Original cloth backed patterned paper covered boards.
An attractive production. £12.00

POPKIN, Zelda. SO MUCH BLOOD. nd. Hutchinson . Dw frayed & torn.
A Mystery Novel. £16.00

PORTER, Katherine A. THE DAYS BEFORE. 1953. Dw frayed.
Essays & Reviews. £15.00

POUND, Ezra.
A DRAFT OF XXX CANTOS.
1933. The scarce 1st impression with "Fontanelle" on page 2. Dw torn, frayed & internally strenghened but with print intact. Covers & contents very good indeed. £185.00
HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS. 1934. Name in ink on front end paper.
A few relevant light pencil text annoations. £40.00
THE FIFTH DECAD OF CANTOS. 1937. Faber.
Dw a little soiled & chipped at head & foot of spine Name on front end page. £80.00
CANTOS.L11-LXXX1. 1940. Dw chipped, torn & a little soiled not affecting print. Neat name on front end paper. 1000 copies only printed. £90.00
THE PISAN CANTOS. 1949. Faber. This 1st English edition contains a number of omissions & expurgations in the text when compared with the American edition. Top & bottom of dw trimmed not affecting the text. £75.00
LITERARY ESSAYS OF EZRA POUND. 1954. Introduced by T S Eliot. Dw chipped at head of spine. Name on front end paper. £100.00
THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE by R D GOURMONT. 1926.
Casanova Society. Edition limited to 1500 copies.
Postscript & translations by Pound.
An excellent copy in a very lightly foxed but uncommon dw. £65.00

PRATCHETT, Terry.
MASKERADE.
1995. Dw. Signed, & dated (publication date) by the author. £35.00
PRATCHETT, Terry & GAIMAN, Neil. GOOD OMENS . 1990. Gollancz.
Near fine in very good dw. £35.00

PRICE, Anthony.
THE '44 VINTAGE.
1978. Gollancz. Dw price clipped.
Inscription on front end paper otherwise near fine. £60.00
TOMORROW'S GHOST. 1979. Gollancz. Dw. Fine. £35.00 .
THE HOUR OF THE DONKEY. 1980. Gollancz. Near fine in like dw. £25.00
SOLDIER NO MORE. 1981. Gollancz. Near fine in like dw. £12.00
GUNNER KELLY. 1983. Gollancz. Near fine in like dw. £25.00

PRIESTLEY, J B.
SELF-SELECTED ESSAYS. 1932. Dw. £36.00
FESTIVAL AT FARBRIDGE. 1951. Dw. £12.00

PRITCHETT, V S.
BLIND LOVE & OTHER STORIES.
1969. Dw. Short Stories. £20.00
THE TALE BEARERS . 1980. Dw. Essays on English, American & other writers . £10.00

MARCEL PROUST - A LIFE by Jean-Yves TADIE. 2000. Viking.
Translated by Euan Cameron.Near fine in like dw. 986pp. £16.00
SIDELIGHTS ON PROUST.
Original holograph Mss,” Marcel Proust As A Lover Of Art ” signed by the Author, Derek PATMORE. His introduction to the Catalogue of Proust & His Friends together with his own signed copy. Together with
Proust Remembered. Original holograph Mss of an article containing,
"new material hitherto unpublished" which later appeared in VOGUE.
11pp in exercisebook. Together with single page proofs of the corrected article,
both signed the Author, Derek PATMORE . Illustrated..
4 items enclosed in a folder on which Patmore has written, "not published in book form" and dated 1971. £65.00

PRYCE - JONES,Alan. THE SPRING JOURNEY. 1931. Cobden-Sanderson.
Travels in West Asia & South East Europe . £20.00

PUNSHON, E R.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS TELLS.
1950. Dw a little frayed & torn at foot of spine. £25.00
THE SECRET SEARCH. 1951. Dw. £25.00

PURDY, James.
COLOUR OF DARKNESS.
1961. Secker & Warburg. Dw.
Introduced by E Sitwell. Contains first publication of two Stories.. £12.00
AT MARSPORT DRUGSTORE. 1977. Paget Press. Canada.
Original wraps. With an appreciation by Charles Bukowski. Drawing by Hugh Leroy. £20.00
THE HOUSE OF THE SOLITARY MAGGOT. 1986. Dw. £10.00

PYM, Barbara.
THE SWEET DOVE DIED.
1978. £12.00
A FEW GREEN LEAVES. 1980. Dw. Name on front end paper. £12.00

PYNCHON, Thomas. SLOW LEARNER. 1985. Dw. Cape Ist English edition.
Early Stories for which the Author has written an introduction. £15.00

QUENTIN, Patrick. PUZZLE FOR PUPPETS. 1944. Gollancz.
A Peter Duluth Mystery. £30.00

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