Search Results: Authors starting with P from Great Expectations Rare Books

Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1986. Large quarto perfect bound softcover. 102 pages. Exhibition Catalogue illustrated with numerous black and white prints and 8 pages of color plates. Includes an historical introduction to the Shin Hanga movement and a focus on its two most prominent exponents: Kawase Hasui and Hiroshi Yoshida. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1968. Dark blue cloth sans dustjacket. Very good reading copy. We will ship media mail if requested.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 656 pages. Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. Stated first American edition, second printing. An in depth biography of the third most powerful Nazi, behind Hitler and Goring, and the twisted psychological neuroses which produced one of the century's leading mass murderers. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a Very good+ dust-jacket. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine red leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 361 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers sewn-in, raised spine. Index. Two-page broad-side Collector's Notes and an unused book-plate, both from The Library of the Presidents, laid-in loose. First edition thus. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new..

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979. Large trade paperback. 576pp., Index. Illustrated. Stated first edition, first printing with number line intact. No previous ownership marks, no name, no book-plate, no underlining, no marginalia, etc. A square, clean, sound copy. Very good+.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921, 1921. Hardcover, cloth spine over boards with pictorial paste-down on cover. No Jacket. 341 pages. First Edition. The story of the author's post WWI tour of Europe by automobile. Stamp on end-papers indicating ex library from Canadian military post. Boards show old stains and wear. Internally clean. A tight, sound copy. Good.. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Hardcover, large quarto in faux marbled covers with dark blue spine lettered in gold, in slipcase. 269pp., Introduction by Howard Fast. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Sandglass laid-in. No previous ownership marks. Gray slipcase intact, with no cracks or tears. Minor toning and incidental marks to box. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Very fine in a very good slipcase.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lynd Ward. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: International Publishers, 1937. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, light blue cloth in publisher's blue, non price-clipped dust-jacket. 96 pages. Introduction by James S. Allen. First edition (complete with Union bug on copyright page, yet another symbol of a bygone era). Selections from "Common Sense", "Rights of Man", "The American Crisis" and "The Age of Reason", each preceded by a short preface. No previous ownership marks. Mild soiling to cloth and dust-jacket, interior clean with no writing, underlining or highlighting. A surprisingly scarce title in hardcover. Good in a good dust-jacket. .

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher, 1964. Hardcover, blue cloth in dust-jacket. 256pp., Index. Large fold-out map. First edition, no additional printings listed. Ceylon was the first non-white country to gain its independence from Great Britain [1948]. This book eamines not only the effects of 150 years of British occupation but pays particular attention to the political, economic, and social conditions since independence. No previous ownership marks. A clean square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket is complete but quite rubbed and shelf-worn. Very good+ in a poor dust-jakcet.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1985. Large format hardcover in yellow cloth and dust-jacket. 255pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Extensively illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. No name, no book-plate, etc. Cloth moderately soiled at extremities, else a very good copy in like dust-jacket.. Early Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Book. Illus. by Picasso, Pablo . As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, large folio size volume bound in white basket weave cloth and glossy black pictorial publisher's dust-jacket, housed in matching glossy black slipcase. 529 pages. Includes Appendix, Catalog of Works and Bibliography. With 1,584 illustrations, including 378 in color. First American edition, first printing thus translated from the Catalan original. No previous ownership marks. An absolutely pristine copy, with book, jacket and slipcase like new. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. Please contact us for shipping costs before ordering. .

Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Polígrafa, 2011. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Nearly square folio bound in black cloth, lettered in white on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket and slipcase. Slipcase repeats the art work from dust-jacket on front (upper) cover. 453 pages. Edited by Julia Guillamon. Translated into English by Graham Thomson and Sue Brownbridge. Includes an appendix, catalog of works and a bibliography. Profusely illustrated throughout with monochrome and color reproductions. First edition in English. In this book Palau documents over 1300 pieces of art produced during fourteen years of the artist's career, culminating in the (commissioned) masterpiece Guernica. From the metaphorically controlled aggression of the minotaur image to the graphical depicted violence of Guernica, Palau provides a cogent and well argued theory of Picasso's art. A pristine, like new copy. Dust-jacket, slipcase and book all appear as new.… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, 1970. First edition. Bright yellow cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket. The personal memoirs of the former Secretary of the merchant banking firm of N.M. Rothschild, located in London at New Court. Dustjacket moderately age soiled. Very good in good dustjacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2000. Large format trade paperback. 392 pages. Index. Copiously illustrated with monochrome photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A collection of 125 original stories from America's most colorful city, highlighting many of the famous the borough has produced: Arthur Miller, Spike Lee, Mel Brooks, Eli Wallach to name just a few. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. No spine crease. Fine. . First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1968. First edition. Blue cloth in dustjacket. With 314 illustrations, including 29 in full color. Book is in very good condition. Dustjacket worn and solied, fair to near good. Oversize heavy book. contact for postage charges.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 368pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 12 pages of photographs and 6 maps. First American edition, first printing. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. A history of the Great War focusing on camapaigns and politics in locales often overlooked by traditional western-front-centric historians. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, black cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 318 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with seventeen reproductions of paintings, etc. and six maps. First American edition, stated first printing. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: The Greystone Press, 1941. Hardcover in non-price-clipped dust-jacket. Bright yellow cloth with red spine and cover lettering. Dustjacket edgeworn and separated at fold, but complete. Verses by Charles Palmer, Flower lore by Jean-Marie Putnam, and illustrations by Lynette Arouni. Humorous poetic verse on various flora and fauna found in the garden. Light soiling to edges of cloth and dust-jacket quite worn. Near very good in fair dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Red cloth lettered in black, sans dust-jacket. Illustrated with photograpgs and map endpapers, plus one other map on page 16. A narrative of the author's travels across China, Manchuria and Korea during the 1920's. Spine age darkened, else no name, no book-plate, etc. A sound, well bound copy, good or better.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 268 pages. Bibliographic References, Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. But for remainder strip along top edge an as new copy. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked [but for remainder mark] copy. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.