- "Fashion In London From The Restoration to Early Georgian"(1981) with Rosemary Sweet (editor), a collection of essays covering over a century of costume history that has become classic.
- "Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), Women, Philanthropy and Empire " edited with Deborah Simco in the Women; History ; Politics series . This biography of the Quaker heroine focuses on her philanthropy rather than her more familiar prison reform activities and also looks at other Quaker women like Amelia Opie .
Essays.
As well as essays included within collections like those above , Dr. Pa has contributed regularly to periodicals like London, Costume Society Journal (including being one of the joint -editors, Costume between 1999 -2005), Women''s History Review and Quakers and Quakerism , as well as articles in national newspapers about historical dress and historical fiction .