Search Results: Authors starting with P from Brillig Books

Sharpsburg, PA: Women of the Presbyterian Church of Sharpsburg, PA, 1903. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards with silver titles. 155 pp. including "Hints for the Sick Room" plus ads and blanks. Handwritten recipes on rear blank pages including one for "Mother's PIckles". A compendium from the "ladies of the parish" of Sharpsburg a river town on the Allegheny River near PIttsburgh in the heart of Pennsylvania Presbyterian country. Moderate rubbing to ends of spine and rear board edges. A couple of signatures starting. No marks, stains, tears etc. About very good. Very scarce..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Book. Illus. by W.L. Jacobs. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo, green cloth covered boards with deocoration and tile in yellow, blue and white. Top edge gilt. 81 pp. Illustrated with 4 full page color drawings by W.L. Jacobs on glossy stock including frontispiece with tissue guard. A very bright, tight, clean, fresh volume with undiminished cover decorations and all images fine, crisp, and bright. Prior owner gift inscription on free front endpaper in neat copperplate handwriting and light foxing to tissue guard (not affecting frontispiece). No marks, stains, tears, creases, spots ertc. A very attractive copy. Near fine..

New York: Doubleday Page and Co., 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Royal octavo, green cloth covered boards with color pasted on illustration with titles and gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. 196pp. Color frontispiece plus 6 plates in color and half tone. A reminiscence of the time when Washington, D.C. really was a small town and a social history of bygone days in the Capital. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with solid top edge gilt. Interior pages very bright, fresh and crisp. Spine gilt a bit dulled but clear and a couple of faint marks to rear board. Near fine..

NY: Reynal and Company, (1959). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 192pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and map. Fine in dust jacket with a bit of light superficial rubbing and a quite faint dampstain along rear foldover, else fine. A fine, fresh volume in a very good plus dust jacket..

New York: Doubleday, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, pale grey cloth spine over white cloth covered boards. 404 pp. plus list of poems and list of stories and one page biographical note on author. A linked series of poems and stories interspersed. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume ini a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1986. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, lime green cloth covered boards with blue title and spine titles. 259 pp. Illustrated with charts and diagrams. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, crisp, unmarked and unread volume. Very fine. Flawless. AS NEW..

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Santa Barbara Museum of Art/University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, color illustrated black stiff wraps (trade paperback). 149 pp. including index. Very generously llustrated throughout in color and black and white. A very tight, clean, square, crisp, stiff, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. MINT IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP. AS NEW..

Pittsburgh, PA: Beta Phi Mu, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 80pp. including index. Beta Phi Mu chapbook #10. A very tight, fresh and unread copy. Pristine. Fine (without dust jacket as issued)..

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 585pp. including extensive bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, some full page. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright unmarked and unread volume with bright gilt. Pristine. AS NEW..

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976. Book. As New. Original Cloth. First Edition. Two volumes, octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards. pp. 431, 395. Both volumes First Editions (1976 & 1987). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Both volumes pristine. Fresh cloth, bright gilt, very tight, crisp, clean, unmarked and unread. Pristine. AS NEW. Sold as set..

South Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes, (1971). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, yellow cloth covered boards. 333pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of 24 classic movie serials and their stars. A very tight, fresh and clean copy in a crisp, clean dust jacket with a couple of quite short closed tears at rear top edge, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, (1987). Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated grey/green stiff wraps. 159pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with diagrams, plans, drawings and photographs of the building and site from design through construction and completion. A beautiful and fascinating history of the conception and construction of this important and beautiful addition to the Smithsonian Museum complex. Fine..

Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Trade paperback, illustrated covers. 195pp. Illustrated with full page black and white photographs. "ADULT EDUCATIONA MATERIAL SALE TO MINORS PROHIBITED". A scarce 'scholarly" work. A very tight, clean, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Wilmington, DE: Eros Goldstripe, 1972. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Trade paperback, pulp illustrated cover. 195pp. An adult educational work with graphic full page photographs in color and black and white. A very tight, square, crisp unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. No actual defects but just short of fine. Near fine..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, oxblood red textured paper covered boards. 112pp. including index and bibliography. A very tight, clean copy (small ink squiggle on ffep) in a crisp, bright dust jacket with creases on interior foldover. A very attractive copy with minor faults. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, (1961)., 1961. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over grey/green decorated paper covered boards. Top edge stained brick red. 438pp. Illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Fine in dust jacket with minor rubbing at extremities, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

London: Bertram Rota, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 26pp. A tight, unmarked and unread volume in dust jacket with tiny nick at top front edge. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Co, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Octavo, green textured paper covered boards. 259pp. including index. A study of the science of movement (kinematics) applied especially to automation and production lines. Illustrated with line drawings, charts and graphs. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with just a touch of minor edgewear. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: Riverhead Books, (2001). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered spine over burnt orange paper covered boards. 275pp. A novel of India set in an exclusive resort amidst a climate of religious and ethnic strife. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A very tight, fresh and unread volume (remainder mark on bottom edge), in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Near Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1970). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, terracotta colored cloth covered boards. 159pp. including index and bibliography. A very tight, clean copy with discreet prior owner signature on ffep, else fine in a dust jacket with barely perceptible lightening of tone and very slight soil to white back panel, else fine. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..