Search Results: Authors starting with P from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Important, landmark book on early French Canadian furniture. Still relevant today. 401 pp. Folio. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small tear at the top of the rear dust jacket's flap, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Lavishly illustrated. Text in French. An oversize book, may require additional postage.

London: Charles Knight & Co, 1845. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Good. William Paley's famous and influential work, Natural Theology, with significant commentary. Published in four volumes, bound as two. iv, 230 pp., iv, 294 pp. Three quarter leather with brown leather at spine and corners, four raised bands with gold embossed titling that has faded, volume numbers still somewhat bright. Wear and chipping to covers, losses at corners, marble paper insets on each volume scuffed as well. Front pastedown of each volume split at gutter, text block still attached to cover board by cords.

London: R. Faulder, 1802. Second Edition. Full Leather. Good. xii, 586, [2] pp. 8vo. Full leather binding with considerable chipping, wear, losses at corners, front board loose at top hinge, split 2/3 of the way from top to bottom. Gold embossed titling to spine, loss at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, clean within.

Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Bing, Xu. An extremely scarce catalog from Xu Bing's (b. 1955) first exhibition in the United States, signed by Bing on the title page. The exhibition was held at the Elvehjem Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison November 30, 1991-January 19, 1992. 32 pp. 4to. Translucent covers with a design of Chinese characters from the artist's most famous work, "A Book from the Sky." Clean and crisp within.

New York: American Lawn Tennis, 1922. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxiv, 399 pp. 8vo. Dark green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover board and spine, top edge gilt. Clean within.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signature of the irrepressible Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) on a piece of yellow paper is pasted on the half-title page. Second Printing. x, 75 pp. 8vo. Paste paper covers with a black cloth spine, original gold embossed titling has faded and not visible. Clean within.

Cambridge, England: J. Archdeacon, 1789. First Edition. Full leather. Very Good. Important early work on mechanics and hydrostatics with 10 folding plates to illustrate the text. 192 pp. 4to. 10 Plates. Full leather binding that has been rebacked in a very nice repair with gold embossed titling and line decoration. Wear and scuffing to boards. Darkening to endpapers from age of paper and leather, library bookplate and "withdrawn" sticker on front pastedown. Quite clean within.

Berlin, Germany: Julius Springer, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Über dass Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik" by Wolfgang Pauli (pp. 336-363) in which Pauli outlines his theory of the hydrogen spectrum which contributed to the study of quantum mechanics; "Zur Deutung einiger Erscheinungen in den Molekelspektren" by Freidrich Hund (pp. 657-674) is his early paper on Molecular Orbital Theory; "Zur Quantelung des Idealen Einatomigen Gases" by Enrico Fermi (pp. 902-912) outlines what became known as Fermi-Dirac statistics. vii, 951 pp, 8vo. Volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German.

London: Taylor and Francis, 1900. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. Karl Pearson's work introducing the "chi-squared" test of goodness of fit. vi, [1], 624 pp. 8vo. Published with 5 plates, Plate 3 Missing, does not impact Pearson's article. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy and black title patches with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, marbled paper insets to front and rear boards. Clean within.

Sea Cliff, NY: The Absolute Sound, 1973-2005. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. The premiere magazine for audiophiles, still in print in its 45th year. Unique in this large of a run. 147 issues, missing #5, 133, 140, & 144. Issues progressed over time from stapled 8vo size to its fourth size iteration in 1999 as a standard magazine 4to. This run of 147 issues is in Very Good to Fine condition overall with a few tears to issues here and there are losses to the front of issue #56 and rear of issue #57, as well as the front of that same issue and rear of issue #58 where they stuck together in storage. Issue #151 has a permanent "Courtesy of..." sticker on the front cover. Interiors clean and crisp. Will require additional postage due to weight of set.

London: Royal Society of London, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three papers by Karl Pearson (1857-1936) on inherited intelligence and the correlation of intelligance and physical features. Pearson was also a proponent of eugenics. Also contains Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) and Frances Cranmer Penrose's (1817-1903) article, "An Attempt to Ascertain the Date of the Original Construction of Stonehenge from its Orientation" that acccurately predicted the date of Stonehenge (1680 BC) by measuring the difference between its orientation and the direction of sunrise at the summer solstice. vii, [1], 501 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and corners with marbled paper insets to covers. Five raised bands with gold titling to spine, call number handwritten in white ink at base of spine. Wear and scuffing to both from library use. Ex-library with bookplate and library stamp on title page of each volume, some library stamps within. Numerous plates illustrate articles.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. An increasingly scarce volume. Unpag. 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to covers, very minor darkening at edges of interior pages. Clean within.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An early paper by James Peebles (b. 1935) who was named a Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. Volume also contains J. Tuzo William's article, "Did the Atlantic Close and then Re-Open?" (pp. 676-681) where Wilson first proposes the theory of "Continental Drift." 1434, LV pp. 4to. Green library binding, ex-library with stamp of "Technical Library, U.S. Naval Propellant Plant, Indian Head, Maryland" on first free endpaper, title page, and final free endpaper. No other library markings present Clean within.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. x, 462 pp. 8vo. Dark red cloth binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean and crisp within.

Philadelphia, PA: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Someone had to publish it. viii, 300 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth publisher binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Slight wear and scuffing overall, small chipping losses to head and foot of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, name in ink on first free endpaper. Light foxing within, overall very clean for age.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing. vii, 333 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has minor sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.

New York: A. J. Johnson, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. iv, 190, [2 ads] pp. 12mo. Red publisher's binding with elaborate gold embossed title on cover board and spine. Losses at head and foot of spine, slight fading from sun. Bumpng to corners, overall light wear. Printed yellow endpapers with ownership and gift inscription on front pastedown and first free endpaper. Interior has some light spotting, overall quite clean, foxing to title page, frontispiece, and frontispiece tissue.

New York: Eakins Press Foundation, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 358 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017/2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Calder, Alexander. Jed Pearl's in-depth biography of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) who many call the greatest sculptor of the 20th century. A fascinating look at an even more fascinating life. What more could you expect from the man who invented the mobile and saw the word added to Webster's New International Dictionary? First Printings. 687, 669 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copies with dust jackets in mylar covers. Both volumes have a small black remainder mark on the base of each text block.

Boston, MA: E. G. Perry, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An interesting regional piece, heavily illustrated, which also served the author promotional opportunities for his real estate business which focused on Cape Cod. 267 pp. 4to. Blue cloth boards with beveled edges, gold embossed titling to cover. Light wear and scuffing, bumping to corners.