Search Results: Authors starting with P from Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Park- Bernet Galleries Inc, 1953. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. 6 1/4 x 9.5 inches (16 x 23.5 cm), light green wraps, dark green writing and illustration on front, green lettering on spine. Wraps have open tear at base of spine and wear to extremities. Auction catalogue of the John Stetson collection, Part III. 120 pp.

New York: Mason Brothers, 1864. Eighth Edition. Cloth. Good. Textured green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, cover wear and fading, discoloration, back hinge appears to have been mended near top, some foxing throughout. Front free endpaper has writing in pencil. Preceeding title page is a bust of General Butler, a tissue guard and the facing page has a portrait of the General with other men. 649 pp. Eighth edition.

Neptune City: T.F.H. Publications, 1988. First Edition. Boards. Very good. Slick boards with photo of Brittany Spaniels on front and back, black lettering on white spine, over 125 full color illustrations. Grooming, selecting, feeding, training, breeding, and health care of Brittany Spaniels. 160 pp.

Los Angeles: ONE, Inc, 1960. Wraps. Near Fine. Cover by Eve Elloree. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled wraps printed in black and white, [32] pages plus a bifolio insert on yellow cardstock stapled in between pp. 16-17. A little scuffing at the spine-edge of the upper wrap, faint rubbing to the rear wrap, but a sound and attractive copy. The first U.S. pro-gay publication, issued by ONE, Inc., an early gay-rights organization (itself an offshoot of the Mattachine Society), notable for admitting women as well as men into its ranks. The inserted advertisement is for a lecture series to be co-sponsored by the Mattachine Society Department of Education and the One, Inc. Institue of Homophile Studies, to be presented in San Francisco from August 12 to September 12, 1960.

Los Angeles: ONE, Inc, 1959. Wraps. Near Fine. Cover by Dawn Frederic. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled wraps printed in black and white, [32] pages. A little creasing and rubbing, but overall a bright fine copy. The seventh anniversary edition of the first U.S. pro-gay publication, issued by ONE, Inc., an early gay-rights organization (itself an offshoot of the Mattachine Society), notable for admitting women as well as men into its ranks.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Brick red cloth with black lettering on front and spine, back cover has wearing away of cloth, spine darkened, wear to head and tail of spine wear to extremities. Deckled pages. Large bookplate on front endpaper. Owner's name and address also on front flyleaf, dated March 1927. First edition (page 17, third and fourth lines from the bottom, "the duck quacked."). 316 pp.

Indianapolis: The Bobb's - Merrill Co, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Black cloth with title set in gilt box on front, spine faded, top of spine missing quarter inch, bottom of spine torn 1/8 inch. Cover appears to have water stains. Book plate on endpaper from The Arthur F. Martins. Dialogue written in black dialect. 348 pp.

New York: Knopf, 1924. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fair. Paper covered boards with 1/4 green cloth, part of paper cover is missing at bottom and and sides are chipping away. Age toning to front and spine, where spine is not readable. A chip is missing from top right hand corner and preliminary pages also have chips at top right hand corner. Previous owner's name and some numbers in ink are on front free flyleaf. Deckled pages.12 short stories. 188 pp. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, 1950 for sale. This is number 1699.

Gainesville FL: University Press of Florida, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Dark blue cloth, with light blue gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket, pictures throughout. History of African American beach near Jacksonville, FL, includes recipes. 88 pp.

New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First American Edition. 1/2 cloth. Fine/near fine. Pale maroon boards, with dark maroon 1/2 cloth. Unclipped dust jacket with tiny wear at top corner of spine. The American edition was published posthumously. Stated first U.S edition. In back of the book is a biographical note by Lois Ames with 8 previously unpublished drawings by Sylvia Path. 296 pp.

New York: Harper and Row, 1971. 7th Edition. Cloth. Very good/good +. Purple cloth, with silver gilt on spine, edges of cover has some fading. Priced clipped dust jacket, has some wear on corners. Gift inscription dated 1971 on front free flyleaf. Previous owner's last name also written on front free flyleaf. The American edition was published posthumously. Seventh Edition, number line on page 296. In back of the book is a biographical note by Lois Ames with 8 previously unpublished drawings by Sylvia Path. 296 pp.

London: British Museum, 1957. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. 5.5" x 7.5" (14 x1 19 cm), pale green cloth, with dark green lettering on spine. Illustrations throughout. Laid in two page instructions on treating leather book binding by Paul N. Banks, conservator. 23pp. Later edition.

London: Rider & Company, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Very good -/very good. Blue patterned cloth, with gilt lettering on spine, some wear to top and bottom of cover. Dust jacket a little soiled. Messages received through the medium, Mrs. Eileen Garrett. 254 pp.

London: Octopus Books, 1975. First English Edition. Boards. Very good/very good. J. Kaplicka. Glossy orange pictorial boards, with matching dust jacket. Paste down flyleaf has gift inscription. Illustrated by J. Kaplicka. Most of the book is comprised of color plates with description on the facing page. Rear free endpaper has Japanese and pencil writing about certain shrubs. p.191 First Edition.

London: Gurney & Jackson, 1902. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, foxing to spine, wear to extremities, front free endpaper has previous owner's name in ink and a rip 3/4 across, hinge is a little loose but intact. 16 illustrations. The introduction is about fur trading including charts, the text describes various animals and their habitats. lvi, 392 pp.

Hodder and Stoughton. Cloth. Edmund Dulac. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (28.5 x 22 cm), blue and black embossed cover, gilt lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine is faded. Front cover has some fading in the title box, wear to head and foot of spine, corners rubbed, mild foxing throughout, (28) color plates, plus additional black and beige sketches. No page numbers.

Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co, 1893. Later printing. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth with black and red decoration on front and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Tear at top of spine, wear to extremities, 1" long black mark on front cover. Water marks on inside cover and pages, and first few pages are warped. Written by the Captain of the Florida Convict Camp in Live Oak, Florida. The book exposes the horrors of the prison camps. 355 pp.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Frederic Dorr Steele. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x19 cm), burgundy cloth, with pastedown of young African American boy on front cover, gilt lettering on front cover, lettering on spine is worn, top and bottom of spine are fraying, wear to extremities, circular stain front. Former owner's name and address on front free endpaper. (15) full page illustrations, and additional illustrations on chapter heading pages, written in black dialect. About a young black boy's education. First edition, 254pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, dust jacket is price clipped, some open tears on dust jacket, not obscuring text. 206 pp.

Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. Good/fair. Green cloth with black quarter cloth, silver gilt lettering on spine. Inscription by author on front free endpaper. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper, price clipped dust jacket. DJ has tears and and wear, deckled pages. First Edition, signed. 221 pp.