Search Results: Titles starting with W from The Petersfield Bookshop

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1972. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo. Category: Books on Books; .

London: Faber, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Just a small nick in the top of the jacket at the spine, otherwise in very nice condition. Size: Octavo. Category: Music; .

Grand Rapids: Anti-Oedipus Press, 2022. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo . Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction. .

London: Longmans, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo . Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. .

Sampson Low and Sons, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Rebound, at some stage, in quarter bound green morocco leather. Illustrated with black & white plates. Slight foxing to endpapers. Spine a little rubbed Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Travel & Places; .

London: baker & Fletcher, 1805. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. covers rubbed and bumped, tears to spine second edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Slight wear to spine. Marks to covers. Category: Teens & Young Adult; Travel; Britain/UK; 19th century; .

Bradford: Redbeck Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. A poetry pamphlet by the winner of the Redbeck Prize. This copy is signed by the author. Size: Octavo . Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. .

Copuntry Life, 1901. Second Edition. Green Buckram. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. With black and white illustraions.Book plate of Thomas cropper Macaulay and Katherine Gertrude Macaulay laid in. The binding is slightly worn with marks to front and back. The corners are bumped , with fraying to top and bottom of spine, with foxing to front pages and back pages, and sporadic foxing internally.Previous owners inscription to endpapers Size: Octavo. Category: Gardening; .

Sussex: Book Guild, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. Blue cloth with dustwrapper, illustrated in black and white. Signed by the author on endpaper. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; 1980s; Signed by Author. .

Carl Slienger, 1977. Facsimile Edition of original 1923 edition by the Chelsea Publishing Co. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition, no. 51 of 250. Paperback binding with blue printed paper covers. Black & white frontispiece. Light shelf wear Size: Octavo . Category: Books on Books; .

Michael Russell, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Walter Oakeshott is best known as the scholar who identified the only extant manuscript of Malory's Morte d 'Arthur Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Literature & Literary; .

Ilfracombe: Twiss & Son, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition. This book being Records and Reniniscences in the Life Of John Mill Chanter , 51 years Vicar of Ilfracombe, Illustrated and edited by His Daughter, gratiana Chanter, with a preface by George Tugwell Size: Octavo (standard book size). slight tears to spine. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned slightly. Shelf worn, internal front joint almost gone, but contents clean and intact.. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Britain/UK; 19th century; .

Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 2017. Softcover. Good Condition. This copy has a bump to the bottom opening corner. Size: Octavo . Category: Travel & Places; .

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Complete jacket. Very lightly tanned at the spine. Size: Royal Octavo. One volume of the 5-volume set. Category: Military & Warfare; History. .

Antique Collectors Club, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. This exceptional book is the first biography of the superior marine painter, Dominic Serres R.A. and is the result of extensive research. It is the story of an artist who, after being brought to England as a prisoner-of-war, became the most dominant marine painter of his era. Granted naval patronage, he played his part in a crucial period of development in British painting and of growing national awareness through colonial wars in the Americas and worldwide. Serres recorded national events and naval engagements, and chronicled the naval history of epic years in prints and paintings. Dominic Serres R.A. -- War Artist to the Navy contains the latest examination of the artist's life and work, and extensive picture research demonstrated with hundreds of lavish colour plates and exceptional black and white illustrations. The first in-depth study of artistic patronage by naval commanders is documented here and their… Read More

Hutchinson, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Ursula Bloom was one of the most popular bestselling authors of the twentieth century. She wrote over 560 books, a feat which earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for many years, as the world's most prolific female writer. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Biography & Autobiography; .

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. Field Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver, GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC ) was a senior British Army officer. Lord Carver served as the Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, and then as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He served during the Second World War and organised the administration of British forces deployed in response to the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya and later in his career provided advice to the British government on the response to the early stages of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Inscribed by Field Marshall Sir Michael Carver"Simon Cassel From Michael Carver June 1976, In gratitude for giving me time top edit the book.Large tears to dust wrapper , price clipped Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Military & Warfare; .

Constable, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Boards are soiled, with some sporadic foxing,internally good. Book Plate Laid in of George Henry Raw. Previous owners name to end paper Size: Octavo . Category: Military & Warfare; .

Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, 2012. Second printing. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Standard paperback binding, illustrated in colour. Just some very light shelf wear. - Reflections about America's relationship with Afghanistan and insurgent groups that military historians, military strategists, and defense advocates may consider as perspectives for the nation to move forward within the Middle East. Compares the reasons for and the responses to the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan since October 2001. Also examines the lack of security and the support of insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the 1970s that explain the rise of the Pakistan-supported Taliban. Explores the border tribal areas between the two countries and how they influence regional stability and U.S. security. Explains the implications of what happened during this 10-year period to provide candid insights on the prospects and risks associated with bringing a durable… Read More

1954-81. First Edition. Hardcover. good condition/No Dust Jacket. numerous maps, diagrams and tables, 3 vols., bound in four, 4 vols., May incur extra postage heavy volumes Size: Octavo (standard book size). 4-volume set (complete). Category: Ships & the Sea; .