Search Results: Titles starting with P from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Eel Pie Publishing, London, 1979. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Various. 160 pages, includes a collectors guide, complete bibliography of American and English first edition is, index, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, some from films of the books, and some from personal life. Some dust jackets reproduced in black-and-white. The author records the rapid rise of Wodehouse as a novelist and details his career from public school to a well-deserved knighthood the year before he died. He also investigates the one dark spot in his life -- his wartime broadcasts from Germany -- refusing the accusations of collaboration unjustly thrown at him by a sensationalizing press. -- from the front fold over blurb of the hardcover. Clean copy, slightly darker patch at the top right-hand corner of the front cover where a price sticker once resided. This is the first edition by this publisher. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to… Read More

Corgi Books, London, 1983. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. the only damage is a crease at the top left-hand side of the rear panel. The author, an experienced writer on least affairs, documents the history of the PLO and maintained that the PLO as an organisation we ignore at our peril falls if deprived of diplomatic recognition, he argues that the PLO will turn again to international violence. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 174 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; Palestine; ISBN: 0552120901. ISBN/EAN: 9780552120906. Inventory No: 0249479. . 9780552120906

Adam and Charles Black, London, 1908. Reprint. hardcover. Fair Condition. Illustrator: maps & frontispiece. handled, worn, rubbed, rear panel marked, the colour illustration facing page 243 has a tear and immediately following page 272 is the remains of a table of signalling flags. the memorandum has been filled out in pencil, and would appear that a plate from between pages 96 and 97 is missing. The maps appear all to be present, including the foldout map showing the railways of the United States, with lines of the P & O and that connecting routes on the verso Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps & frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; England; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 0256631. .

Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. acknowledgements, foreword by H. A. L. (Tim) Moran and index. Map illustrated endpapers showing the POW camps in Germany during World War II. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Gray coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The memoir of the author who was a prisoner of war of the Germans from 1941 through to 1945. previous owner's name the top right of the half title page, no other annotations, no damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI - VIII, 204 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; POW;… Read More

Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. acknowledgements, foreword by H. A. L. (Tim) Moran and index. Map illustrated endpapers showing the POW camps in Germany during World War II. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Gray coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The memoir of the author who was a prisoner of war of the Germans from 1941 through to 1945. Rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Gift inscription to the verso of the free front end page. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning of the back strip and a little to the front panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI - VIII, 204… Read More

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good/Very Good. Silvery blue coloured end pages. 1/4 black coloured cloth covered backstrip with pale blue coloured metallic titles. 3/4 dark gray coloured boards with pale blue metallic "P" to the front board. Plaintext dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear panel. The 16th in the Kinsey Millhone alphabetical mystery series. In which Kinsey investigates the nine week's disappearance of Doctor Dowan Purcell, geriatric specialist, loving father, a prominent member of the medical community and loved by his residents and staff at nursing care facility he ran. A man apparently with no enemies, but his first wife calls on Kinsey to investigate the disappearance, and Kinsey finds herself on the darker side of the human soul. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels. Some light age toning of the text block edges.… Read More

Secker & Warburg, US, 1993. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, first published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg. It won the Booker Prize that year. The story is about a 10-year-old boy living in Barrytown, North Dublin, and the events that happen within his age group, school and home in around 1968 a very clean copy, aside from a small tear drop Splash mark top edge of the text block Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 282 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary; Ireland; ISBN: 0436201593. ISBN/EAN: 9780436201592. Inventory No: 0264359. . 9780436201592

Parabola Books, New York, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Focus by Philip Zaleski. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white photographs and illustrations and in numerous advertisements. Colour illustrated card cover, being a reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's "Prisoners' Walk", with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and dark peach coloured titles to the backstrip. in this edition of Parabola magazine, they deal with prison and it's ramifications and parameters. From Nelson Mandela's rumination on being a prisoner at Robben Island, to prison by the gods (think Atlas and Prometheus), to conscientious objectors, to interviews of prisoners themselves and other essays on prison / prisoners. Very minor rubbing it to the book corners and book panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Law &… Read More

Angus & Robertson, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Edited by Irving Drutman. xxiv, 232pp incl. index. tiny illustrations are dotted throughout the book, of an average 1 inch sq..each. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Top edge of text block tinted yellow. Janet Flanner's journalistic and news letters to the Statees under the nom de plume 'Gentet' Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Letters; ISBN: 0207955085. ISBN/EAN: 9780207955082. Inventory No: 0238902. . 9780207955082

Rider, London, 1990. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. ssecond-hand copy, some handling marks and creasing of the front cover and the top left of the rear panel. No other damage to declare. there will always be loss and grief, one must learn to use one's pain personal transformation. The path is difficult but it will lead to moments of great beauty. This book is about the very special people who have taken as part of the lessons we can learn from them. – We must all confront the reality that no one lives forever. Illness and death are not signs of failure, what is a failure is not living. Our goal is to learn to live – joyously and lovingly and disease can often teach us to do just that. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 294 pages, includes a reading list. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Self Help & Motivation. ISBN:… Read More

Penthouse, South Africa, 1994. Periodical, 1st thusly. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographic. Magazine the book is second-hand, but there is no damage to describe. The centrefold has an extra crease through the head section vertically. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 200 pages. Item Type: Magazine. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Humour; Women & Feminism. Inventory No: 0241298. .

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Maps of Lebanon, foreword and introduction by editor and index. The text is illustrated with reproductions of documents, maps and black-and-white photographs. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip stop Photographic dustwrapper with green coloured titles to the front panel and green and black coloured titles to the back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... This book is primarily a collection of classified documents seized by Israel at the PLO Headquarters in Sidon, South Lebanon on, during the Peaceful Galilee campaign (June-September 1982). These documents were carefully selected from the vast archives of the PLO due to their lasting political significance. <snip> the documents reveal the ramified network of PLO ties with the Communist, Arab, Islamic and Third World and the multi-faceted of that… Read More

Not Credited, Melbourne, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 500 g; VI, 192 pages, in original colour illustrated softcover binding, with a photograph reproduced in black-and-white on the 1st page. The 3rd page gives a biography and bibliography of the author's works. The text of the book is in Yiddish. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Yiddish; Inventory No: 0228294. .

Horwitz Publications, London . Melbourne . Sydney, 1964. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 90 g.; VI, 130 pages, last page blank. Illustrated front cover, showing a Japanese and Australian boats at war, with red, black and gray titles to the front panel and red and yellow titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing along with some scuffing to the book corners and the other book edges have become somewhat rubbed. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Some marks at present to the top edge of the front book cover and there has been creasing in rubbing to the book panels. Some browning to the rear book panel. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and the internal pages are somewhat brown. A novel set during World War II in Pacific theatre of war. Japanese and Australian war on water. Pulp fiction from the early 1960s. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Read More

Punch Publications Ltd, London, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. with many cartoon illustrations, and a colour cover by Thelwell. No damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: humour; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0905076028. ISBN/EAN: 9780905076027. Inventory No: 0259575. . 9780905076027

Silvana Editorale, Milano, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Picasso. the dustjacket is rubbed and chipped across the top edge. The book itself shows no damage and is free of any annotation. Please note that the text is in Italian. It presents a biography and a chronology of the paintings, with some photographs and reproductions of artworks in colour in the 1st part of the book. The latter part of the book is reproduced in black-and-white, with 11 tipped in plates in colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110, 1, 347, 2 pages. Text is in Italian. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Picasso. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Italian Language; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0240837. .

Edindustria Editoriale, Rome, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 241 pp, colour illustrated dustwrapper, italian text illustrated with black and white, and colour photography. Top edge of book is spotty, Piece 2"x 1/2" triangle missing from centre of rear panel of dustwrapper. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Religion -- Christianity; Inventory No: 0203196. .

Ministry of Information, Canberra, no date. First Edition. Softcover (1/4 Cloth Backstrip 3/4 Illustrated Paperback). Good Condition. foreword by Arthur A. Calwell, minister for information. Within the book there are numerous black and white photographs and maps. Illustrated front cover, showing a map of Australia and its northern environs, with a knife embedded in Papua New Guinea, with blue coloured background. 1/4 blue coloured backstrip with pale blue coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated paperback covers with red and light blue coloured titles to the front panel. "The chief purpose of this book is to place in truer perspective this power and quality of the achievements of Australia's fighting men in the Battle for Australia." – from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners; noticeable rubbing of the book edges and lighter rubbing of the panels. A little chipping to the backstrip edges with tanning of the text book edges and pages. Some faint foxing of the… Read More

N. H. Seward, Melbourne, 1950?. First Edition. Hardcover (Cloth backed boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographs & maps. there is no publication date, however on page 154 is mention of the year 1950 so publication date was probably in the next year or so. The book comprises 16 e, on cartography, the French navigators in the Pacific, Australia and Pacific whaling, naturalists expeditions in the Pacific, artists of the Pacific, literature of the "Bounty" birds of paradise (by the editor), missionaries and religion in the South Seas, megaliths, novelists of the Pacific, and the Pacific section of the Alexander Turnbull library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10] 176 pages, in original hardcover cloth binding faded on the spine, and on the right hand edge of the front panel. otherwise clean, and free of blemish. Tipped in frontispiece, and errata slip tipped in on the contents page. There are a total of 40 pages of… Read More

William Collins, London, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & Maps. List of maps and illustrations, Prologue, The Lonely Sea and the Sky, acknowledgements, note on sources, bibliography and index. At the beginning of the text there is a double page map showing the Pacific region stop the text is illustrated with black and white photography and maps. Photographic paperback binding with red, black and blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip Beginning with the Bikini hydrogen bomb tests in the 1950s the author focuses on 10 key moments in recent history of the Pacific and the country subordinate. The rich mix of stories in the book includes the birth of the electronics revolution in Japan, the surfing culture in California, the role of Australia in the Pacific story and the unstoppable rise of China to global economic superpower. – Rear panel blurb. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels; with light age toning of the… Read More