Search Results: Authors starting with P from jonny8books

1882 large hardcover, 32 pages full of full page b&w illustrations by various artists. Some of the illustrations show an artists signature, many do not; I suspect some may be the works of Ida Waugh but I cannot prove it(check the pictures and you be the judge). Plates show edgewear & cornerwear else only light shelfware. Binding tight & straight. Pages clean, unmarked & complete.

1950 Lancer Mass Market Paperback. First page pen marked, else pages unmarked, tanned. Cover wraps with minor edgewear, no rips, no discoloration. Binding reader creased, firm & straight.

2012 Stolen Moments oversized hardcover format dedicated, inscribed & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the full title page, "To Bill & Jess: Welcome to Austin, Keep on Rockin' - sig.". "FIRST EDITION" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked. Dj is not price clipped($49.95), sticker blurb quoting Dan Rather on the back panel. Dj shows moderate edgewear, two tiny enclosed rips on the top extremity of the dj & small corner nicked on the front panel, else clean & looks very good in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked, bright & heavily illustrated with color photographs. Binding firm & straight. Boards clean & square.

1976 Avalon trade hardcover format. inscribed & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. No indications of later printings on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not price clipped($4.95). Dj lightly spine sunned, graphics & lettering plainly visible, else dj has no rips, looks near fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Gold on black cloth covered boards are clean & bright with square corners. Binding tight & straight, feels unread. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Author from Albuquerque New Mexico.

Graywolf Press, 2010. Sealed Trade Hardcover w/dj in slipcase. Brand new, undamaged & still factory sealed in the slip case. Inside a First Edition, First Printing (number line starts at 1) copy signed by author Benjamin Percy on title page. Limited Edition in slipcase and publisher's shrink wrap. 1 of approximately 800 copies issued. Includes Powell's Indiespensible signing ephemera.

1931 Stokes two volume first edition set. Not remainder marked, dj's are not price clipped($10.00). Dj's are in poor condition especially on the top spine with large open rips on both dj's; what remains is now housed in Brodart protective sleeves. Pages clean, unmarked & not aged. Blue cloth bound boards with light edgewear, clean & square. Bold lettering on front boards & spines are fine. Bindings firm & straight.

2002 North Point Press large hardcover format. Full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" appears on the copyright page. Small black remainder mark on top edge of text block, dj is not price clipped($30.00). Dj shows light shelfware, looks near fine in brodart protective sleeve, no rips or discoleration. Text clean, unmarked & bright. Rear board with lower corner rubbing on back board, else white boards clean & square. Binding tight & straight.

1933 Macmillan trade hardcover format. No indication of a later printing appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked. Rough cut pages, top & bottom edge of the textblock sunned, inside pages clean, unmarked & bright. Red cloth covered boards clean & square, white cloth binding shows slight wear & faint sunning; Blue lettering on spine fine. Binding firm & straight. In overall very good, gently read condition.

1916 John Lane Company trade size hardcover in hard to find dj. Dj is in acceptable condition. more than 1/2 of the spine of the dj is missing, the top 1/5 of the back panel is missing, the edges show moderate edgewear. Now in archival brodart protective sleeve. The inside pages are clean, unmarked & unaged. The gold guild on the top edge of the text block is very good. Many of the pages reamain uncut. Binding is tight & straight. Boards clean & square.Written by his daughter, Mrs.Adrian Porter with twenty Illustrations.From the dj front:"Sir Henniker Heaton's work has, in my view done more to draw the different parts of the Empire together than all the speeches of all the statesmen on both sides of the ocean." Such was the magnificent tribute of Earl Curzon to one who will always be remembered as "the father of the Imperial Penny Postage." A second Rowland Hill, he devoted himself with absolute singleness of purpose to postal reform & while he did not live to see penny postage established between… Read More

1988 Legal Classics leatherbound w/gold gilt & gold lettering on the boards & spine. Facsimile of the original document as it appeared in 1839, includes pamphlet "Notes from the Editors" which was sent to book club members. Previous owner's nameplate behind front board, else pages clean, unmarked & bright. Gold gilt on text block & gold lettering on front boards & spine are fine. Binding tight, straight & unbroken. Outside is clean & boards square. Blue ribbon intact and in fine condition. Book feels unread.

1990 Knopf First Trade Edition Hardcover SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. "First Trade Edition" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked. Dj is not price clipped($19.95). Light spotting on top edge of text block, inside pages clean, unmarked & bright. Dj shows light shelfware, no rips, no discoleration, looks very good in Brodart protective sleeve. Binding firm & straight. Board clean & square.

1993 Random House trade hardcover format Inscribed, dated the same year as publication & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the Half Title Page. "First Edition" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not price clipped($21.00). DJ shows overall shelfware, 3 tiny chips on the front panel, light edgewear, looks very good in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean & unmarked. Black boards clean & square. Gold lettering on spine fine. Binding firm & straight.

2013 Berkeley, University of California Press. Full numberline, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Boards clean & square. Top edge of text block has a scuff mark, inside pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth binding firm & straight, gold lettering on spine fine.

2015 Berkeley, University of California Press. Full numberline, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Boards clean & square. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth binding firm & straight, gold lettering on spine fine.

2010 Propwork oversized hardcover. Pages clean, unmarked & bright; Full sized color & photos & illustrations. Dj clean w/no rips, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Boards with light shelfware, square. Gold emblem on front board & lettering on spine fine. Binding firm & straight.