Search Results: Authors starting with P from Lux Libri

NY: Harcourt, (2000.) 1st edition of the author's acclaimed first book, a lively collection of 10 short stories. Signed twice by Paine – on the title page, and again on the first blank page with a birthday greeting. 215 pp. 8vo hardcover. Near Fine in unclipped jacket with clear archival cover.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1927.) Circa 1932 reprint with a laid-in gift card from that year. A narrative of travels and adventures in the American West. Based on the author's experiences in the summer of 1846 in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. Includes an account of weeks spent buffalo hunting with a band of Oglala Sioux. v, 328 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover in dust jacket with artwork by Nathan Machtey. Illustrated endpapers by Paul Spencer Johst. Frontispiece illustration of a buffalo hunt. VG/VG with moderate wear and signs of age. Sound binding. Jacket is price-clipped and protected by a clear archival cover. Ink signature of the original owner and laid-in 1932 birthday card from a friend.

NY: Dial Press, 2016. 1st edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. An historical novel based on Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, "the Princess Diana of her time." 8vo hardcover. 438 pp. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. A posthumous memoir by Augustus Baker Peirce of his travels and adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia as a sailor aboard the Oriental in 1860. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits over many years in Australia. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. xi, 176 pages. 8vo clothbound hardcover. VG. Some wear to the extremities, but sound and securely bound. Moderate age-toning of the text, mild foxing to blank rear endpapers.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. Appears to be signed by the editor, Mrs. [Ethel Brigham] Leatherbee, who added "Author's Copy" below her signature. A posthumous memoir by Peirce of his adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia in 1860 as a sailor aboard the Oriental. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits during many years Down Under. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. Illustrated by Peirce. xi, 176 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover. Fair condition only. A well-used book that seems to have been read or referred to often. Worn and bumped at the extremities. Inner hinges cracked but still holding. Front panel of the original dust jacket pasted inside the front cover. Text pages generally… Read More

Woodstock, Vermont: Elm Tree Press, (1925.) 1st edition. A poem celebrating the small town of Plymouth, Vermont, and the election of native son Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States (1923-29.) 14 pp. Staple-bound booklet. Gray paper wraps. 12mo. 7.25 by 5.25 inches. Illustrated by a map of Vermont and small vignettes in the text. VG. Modest wear, light browning of the covers, minor stain to rear cover. Sound and securely bound. A nice copy overall of a scarce item.

Catalog of an exhibition in 2012 in New York at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. Signed and inscribed by Phelan (b. 1943) on the title page. 88 pp. Introduction by Matt Saunders. Illustrations, mostly in color, of Phelan's varied paintings and other work. Paperbound with stiff covers and unprinted inner flaps. Photo of Phelan on the rear. Quarto. Approx., 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small smudge/stain to the front cover.

Original b&w photograph of downtown Saranac Lake in the 1960s. About 2.25 by 3.5 inches in a cream-color mat with an overall size of 8.25 by 11 inches. The view is looking up Broadway and a number of businesses are visible, including George L. Starks & Co., Blue Line Sport Shop, Alpine Hotel, Mark's Restaurant Bar and Grill, and Saranac Lake Supply. There's a small amount of snow on the ground, and holiday garland is strung across the street. Photographer unknown but the image was evidently published, with p. 113 and "ID. Ghost" on the reverse side. VG with typical signs of age, some spots to the mat. Could be framed as is or the mat trimmed to a smaller frame size.

Cambridge: University Press, 1951. 1st edition. With 73 photographs of ancient utilitarian and decorative objects, weaponry, coins, etc., each with explanatory catalog text. viii, 27 pages plus [50] pages of photographic plates. Quarto hardcover in dust jacket. 10 by 7.5 inches. Good condition. Some nicks and foxing to the price-clipped DJ, which is now protected by a clear archival cover. Lower corners bumped. Boards bowed, but binding is secure. Text pages and illustrations clean and unmarked.

Mustang, Oklahoma: Tate Publishing, (2011.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author in 2012 on the half-title page. A coming-of-age novel of a young girl in early 1950s Poland trying to find her place in an oppressive society. 191 pp., illustrations. 8vo, stiff paper wraps. Near Fine. Appears to be unread. Promotional business card from the publisher laid in.

Canton, NY: Owen D. Young Library, St. Lawrence University, 1991. Limited to 1,000 copies. Paperbound 8vo. VG in dust jacket. A selected bibliography of works by and about the American poet, a three-time Pulitizer Prize winner. Introductory essay "Robinson for Our Time" and brief "Recollections About a Collection." 53 pp., portraits and illustrations.

Signed wood-engraved print from 1990 by John DePol (1913-2004), a master engraver and prolific book illustrator. The print depicts a scene from The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. It shows the narrator of the classic 1842 tale seated before his inquisitors. Part of a DePol series commissioned for a 1991 limited edition book of 150 copies. This print was evidently part of a small overrun and was never bound into a book. Signed in pencil by DePol. Professionally matted and ready to frame. DePol has also written "Bowne/Poe 6/90 X1" in pencil in the print margin. (Concealed under the ivory-color matting.) Matted size is 11 x 14 inches. Sheet size is 8.5 x 11 inches. Image is approx. 4.25 x 7 inches. Small bump to the upper corner of the mat, but Fine otherwise. We also have in stock another print from this series.

Signed wood-engraved print from 1990 by John DePol (1913-2004), a prolific book illustrator and master engraver of the 20th century. The print depicts a scene from The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. It shows the narrator of the classic 1842 story being tormented during his imprisonment. Part of a DePol series commissioned for a 1991 limited edition book of 150 copies. This print was evidently part of a small overrun and was never bound into a book. Signed in pencil by DePol. Professionally matted and ready to frame. DePol has also written "Bowne/Poe 6/90 X2" in pencil in the margin. (Concealed under the ivory-color matting.) Matted size is 11 x 14 inches. Sheet size is 8.5 x 11 inches. Image is approx. 4.25 x 7 inches. Fine. We also have in stock another print from this series.

(NY): Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (2003.) Signed/inscribed 1st edition, 1st printing. VG in VG dust jacket. A lively non-fiction account of an art dealer's long quest to own an original painting by Andy Warhol. An illuminating view of the art world and the interplay of artists, collectors, galleries, auction houses, etc. 256 pages with index and appendix of Warhol values. Hardcover, 9.25 by 6.25 inches. Lower book corners lightly bumped. Some rubbing to DJ but no tears or other flaws. No owner signatures or bookplates. DJ protected by a clear archival cover.

Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1858. Early edition. First published in 1854 with the same title but different contents. Fifteen stories of Christian virtue and traditional values. Written by a blind girl from Vermont. 158 pp, woodcut illustrations. Small hardcover. 6 x 4 inches. Embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering. VG with moderate wear and signs of age. Sound binding. Foxing/stains to the title and frontispiece, but text is generally clean throughout. Early pencil inscription on a blank page reads: "Composed by a Blind girl / and bought for Albert H. Lindley." The author was from West Berkshire in the Green Mountains and says in the preface that she was blind from age 11. Little more is known about her, but she was part of a genre of blind female authors who found success with a sympathetic public in the mid-19th century. Writing was considered useful self-improvement in an era when traditional employment and marriage were not viewed as viable for blind women. Publishers marketed the novelty, and… Read More

Napoli: Gaetano Macchiaroli, 1976. 1st edition, with "Prima Edizione" stated. One of 999 copies; this copy stamped as no. 380. A title in the Biblioteca della Parola del Passato series. Various authors writing on European and Asian history, colonial expansion, ideology, politics and religion. xi, 590 pages. 8vo hardcover. Faux vellum spine and plain paper boards. Red spine label, lettered in gilt, with vignette of a seated Asian figure at the base of the spine. VG. Small scuffs to the spine label, light bumps to the corner, a few names highlighted in the "tabula gratulatoria" and one highlighted title in the rear index. Clean and unmarked otherwise. A handsome volume in clear archival dust jacket.