Peter Simple, First Edition (51 results)

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Pages tanned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 96 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm. Subjects: Knitting. Knitting Manuals. Genre: Crafts & hobbies. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G as much of dj either worn, creased or with 3 1/2" piece missing from lower spine, 1st edn, transformation to a gentleman of leisure from relative's unexpected inheritance allows Cradd to dump his slovenly wife, two self-centered sons and jazz-mad daughter, good fun but beware new love enters with danger.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Pages tanned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 96 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm. Subjects: Knitting. Knitting Manuals. Genre: Crafts & hobbies. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Volume I Only, 307 Pp. + 4 Pp Catalog At End, Original Boards With Paper Spine Label. Binding Worn And Broken, Spine Split And With Losss, No Marks, Paper Clean Except For Ownership Signatures Of A Kelson (Undated) And A Tom Swain (1876). Short Tear At Fore Edge Of First Few Pages.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the noted food and wine critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Physical description; 160 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index. Summary; This is the ideal cookbook for anyone who loves to entertain. In this inspirational new book, leading food and wine writer Fiona Beckett offers a wonderful range of menus for social occasions of all kinds, with recommendations for the ideal drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to partner her mouthwatering recipes. A meal based on an impulsive early spring visit to the farmers' market, a Provencal-style lunch, a romantic evening for two - these are just some of the menus to get your imagination going. You will find much-loved classic dishes such as Beef Bourguignon alongside intriguingly original recipes like Little Seafood Jellies with White Wine and Dill. Further delightful options include an indulgent 'Just Desserts' evening and cheeseboards that reflect the seasons. Subjects; Cooking. Entertaining. General cookery ; Etiquette & entertaining. Cooking / Entertaining. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

first edition. very good blue binding, some writing on the ep's, a little darker spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.8vo.319 pages.very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. Slightly rubbed on the edges and the corners. Spine is faded. Hinge is weak.

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition. 278 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some tears, chipping and creasing. Some tape repairs and reinforcing.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the noted food and wine critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Physical description; 160 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index. Summary; This is the ideal cookbook for anyone who loves to entertain. In this inspirational new book, leading food and wine writer Fiona Beckett offers a wonderful range of menus for social occasions of all kinds, with recommendations for the ideal drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to partner her mouthwatering recipes. A meal based on an impulsive early spring visit to the farmers' market, a Provencal-style lunch, a romantic evening for two - these are just some of the menus to get your imagination going. You will find much-loved classic dishes such as Beef Bourguignon alongside intriguingly original recipes like Little Seafood Jellies with White Wine and Dill. Further delightful options include an indulgent 'Just Desserts' evening and cheeseboards that reflect the seasons. Subjects; Cooking. Entertaining. General cookery ; Etiquette & entertaining. Cooking / Entertaining. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Michael ffolkes (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback. 224 pages Illustrated by Michael ffolkes Very Good condition in Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. D/j still has price corner and tear to top front .224 pages . pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.

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Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First ? Very good plus Clean text is aged, fairly clean cloth covers with mild wear on spine and corners, yellowed text edges, clean end pages.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very crisp and clean library rebound in reinforced boards with gilt lettering. Covered in a partial facsimile jacket. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st ed. Full color pictorial hardboards, faded cloth spine Boards are moderately edge worn, well worn at corners, and sl bowed. Book is tight, and fairly bright, paper yellowing. The exceptional detail of this book is the four chromolitho plates that illustrate the text, all in fine condition. ; Chromo-lithograph; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages; This edition has 4 full page chromolitho plates, and numerous b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Presumed first edition. Heavy wear, tear, & soiling. Stale odor from prolonged storage. No jacket. Photos available upon request. (Shelf: K4) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit.

Hardcover. First US Edition. Blue cloth stamped in black on cover and spine. 319pp. Sunned spine panel, bruised spine ends. A very good copy. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1875. George Routledge. Presumed First Edition thus.Dated from inscription, as no date on edition. Very Good Condition book. Scuffing on spine (faint) and cover board (see photo.).

Condition: Very Good. General shelfwear to DJ and fading to spine. Book excellent. Tight binding and bright clean text. Dedication and authors signature on title page, dated 1980.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. two volume set,original blindstamped decorated red cloth hardcover,illustrated,359 & 379 pages,a little internal browning,bookplate,otherwise a very good set.shelf N7.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Spine is browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Simple Peter Cradd by E. Phillips Oppenheim (First Edition) A firm copy. Some sunning to the spine cloth. Two thin half-inch open tears to both covers about an inch in from upper and lower edges. Rubbed edges with small chips and tears. Published July 1931. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 211. Original publisherÕs binding in blue, lettered gilt at spine. Illustrated dust jacket in white and blue featuring a cartoon of an elderly gentleman 'on guard.' Numerous black and white illustrations by Michael Ffolkes./"Peter Simple" was the pseudonym under which the journalist Michael Wharton wrote a column in the Daily Telegraph. Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy. Endpapers slightly tanned.

Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Good. First Edition Thus. Todd & Bowden's 31 issue unknown. Not bound with half-title but the type used is only found in very early issues. Contemporary half cloth binding, marbled paper and speckled page edges. Moderate wear to the binding but quite intact. Faint foxing throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London and Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1850. 1st ed. Good condition, original brown blind stamped boards, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, original price (3/6) to foot of spine in gilt, spine tips crushed and slightly torn, edge of spine strip frayed at front board joint, corners crushed and slightly frayed. Tight binding. Publisher's adverts to endpapers. Tissue guarded engraved frontispiece with foxing.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Limited. 285 pp a new. binding likewise,engaging autobiography by well known journalist Size: Crown. Modern Bioography.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. contemporary full vellum hardcover,spine decorated in gilt with original black leather spine label lettered in gilt,attractive marbled endpapers,half title,title,vi, 1-426pp,vellum browned as usual,otherwise very good.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. Good with ink owner name on front pastedown and usual age-toning to paper. No bookplate. In good minus dust jacket which shows well in mylar sleeve but does have several tears and creases. Hardly any chipping except tiny paper loss to extremities. Long tear along front flap fold. Rubbing to rear panel of jacket.