Search Results: Authors starting with P from Northern Lights Rare Books

London: Chatto & Windus, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. Inscribed at the title page "For Ben with best wishes" and signed/dated below. Pushed at the spine tips a little else F/F.

London: Dent, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Light toning to the text-block but a Fine copy in Fine dustjacket which is sunned (colour-faded) at the spine

London: Touchstone Books, 1995. Hardcover. Fine. First printing of the First UK edition. Fine book in VG unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the upper corners.

London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Signed directly to the title page by Michael Palin. As New in dustjacket.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Printings. NOT books about needlework but rather the collected scripts of the eponymous BBC comedy series which ran for several episodes in all (1977 through 1979, although the very first episode - Tomkinson's Schooldays - was broadcast as a one-off film in Jan 1976) starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Includes, "Across the Andes by Frog" and "Curse of the Claw" among others. 186 pp., laminated pictorial boards as issued. Bumped noticeably at the corners and spine ends but otherwise in Good or better overall condition, free from owner marks etc. The "tanned" paper stock is part of the book-design - i.e. meant to appear as an old relic along with "Tomkinson, Lower IV b" in simulated hand-writing at the top corner of the title page. Volume 2 includes three scripts only, Golden Gordon, Roger of the Raj and Whinfrey's Last Case. 95 pp. and with faux tanning of the block as per Vol 1. Both… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. About Fine in Fine dustjacket and SIGNED by the author at the title page.

Cumbria: The Fell and Rock Climbing Club & The Ernest Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Laminated pictorial boards as issued, pp. ix, 214, illustrated (colour photography). Bottom corners rubbed otherwise about Fine.

Finland: Paramount Pictures, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. As New. An unused Finnish A2 lobby poster for the movie Lucy Gallant, starring Jane Wyman & Charlton Heston The film was first screened in Finnish cinemas in 1956. This particular poster is a standard size 60cm x 40cm approx, printed by Rotopaino Oy of Helsinki. It is in miraculous shape, Mint condition. Unfolded. No pinholes. No tears, nicks or creases. Bright, clean and vivid.

London: Seven Dials, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. A work of searing ambition...as visceral a piece of writing as I have ever read" - according to Karl, a greengrocer who likes books, and who is quoted on the back of the dustjacket. As new in dustjacket and signed by "Alan Partridge" to a bound-in sheet in the prelims.

London: Faber & Faber, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bumped at the lower corner of the upper cover but otherwise a lovely copy of this early collection. SIGNED at the title page (for the seller in person), Very Fine in dustjacket.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing. A tidy copy of this famous account. Starting to crack at the hinges throughout the book but remains reasonably square and tight. Free from owner names, library markings etc the book is in VG clean condition - apart from a dust-stained top edge. The dustjacket is unclipped but is split at the corners with very minor loss of paper at those places. Some minor marks to the rear panel, else a Good or better dustjacket. Uncommon, thus.

London: Penguin Books, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. First & later printings. Alex III is the first printing, the other two titles are later printings. An excellent set - each book has been signed by both Peattie & Taylor at the half-titles and in addition the slipcase is also signed by both. Each book is near fine clean condition with just minor wear here and there to the glossy pictorial wrappers. The illustrated card slipcase is a bit battered and grubby. Vintage Alex, now becoming hard-to-find from this era.

Helsinki: Otava, 1983. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Kolmas painos. Nidotttu, kunto: K3, 37 sivu. Kolmas osa Tirnia-runotrilogiasta. An uncommon SIGNED copy of this paperback original by the acclaimed Finnish poet and translator. pp.37, plain white wrappers with illustrated dustjacket. A VG copy in VG jacket which is sunned at the spine. Signed at the title page.

Wales: Gomer, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the First UK edition. Bumped at the upper corners but a Fine copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED with date and location of the signing at the title page by the author.

London: Penguin Books, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First Printing. Original cloth with gilt titles at the spine, pp. 496, illustrated. The book is in lovely clean condition with both covers bowing slightly outwards. Free from owner names etc. The dustjacket is unclipped but has loss at the corners and spine ends including some tears and is noticeably sunned at the spine. Clean and bright otherwise - Fair.

Finland: Monachia Willy Zeyn Filmproduktion, 1960. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. First Printing. A vintage, original, Finnish cinema-used poster for the first screening in Finland of the German WW2 movie, Strafbataillon 999. The film was first screened in Finland in 1960 with no further subsequent releases. Designed by the prolific poster-artist Engel and printed by Salonen Oy. Signed in the plate. A stunning example of cinema advertising art, this poster is in Fine, vibrant condition, approximate size is 23.5 inches by 15.5 inches, standard Finnish A2 format. SIGNS OF USE: A rolled poster with no folding creases. Pinholes to the top corners only. There is a small tear to the top right corner at the artist's name. Otherwise in really Fine condition. For the best appreciation of condition please study the accompanying photograph which is high resolution.

London: Bloomsbury, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Caryl Phillips at the title page. Dustjacket slightly creased along the top edges else NF/NF.

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: From the collection of the indefatigable autograph hunter, Clive Bullimore.

Faber, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Tanned, as usual, but otherwise Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket. An uunread copy. SIGNED "DBC" and with his real name, "Peter Finlay" at the title page (for the seller in person).

Faber, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The author's first novel and unexpected winner of the Booker Prize in that year. Moderately toned but otherwise Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket. An unread copy. Signed "DBC" and with his real name, "Peter Finlay" below at the title page.