Search Results: Authors starting with P from Sandhill Books

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. first paperback printing. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. xi, 440 p, 23cm tall, octavo.

New York: Sports Car Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. x, 182 p, many photos and drawings, 19cm tall, 12mo. Black cloth over boards and white title on spine. Spine is cocked, no shelf lean, otherwise a clean and unworn book. Front panel of dust jacket shows a crease, rubbing, soil.

Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association, 1888. Softcover in fair condition. Yellow covers, 114 pages, 22 cm tall, octavo, index. The author, an agent of the Indian Rights Association, wrote this report about his 1887 trip to mission Indians of southern California and to the tribes in the western portion of the Indian Territory(Oklahoma). As requested by President Cleveland and the Secretary of the Interior, Painter included in his report the condition of Indian schools at his several stops. Also as requested, Painter wrote about the advisability of removing some of the tribes in Indian Territory to open their lands to white settlement: "unjust, cruel, disastrous." (page 12) The 1888 publication of this report was soon followed by the first Oklahoma land run in 1889. Fragile front and rear covers are 3/4 detached from the spine. Three small tape mends to the spine reinforce the covers. Light soil to the covers. Internally very good.

Syracuse, NY: Keramic Studio Publishing Company, 1916. hardcover. Good/no jacket. Brown cloth, 103 pages, many illustrations, one color plate, 27cm tall, quarto. The author was best known for her award-winning china painting, or keramic art. She covers tone balance, adaptations of designs to shapes, color harmony, and more. Usual library markings, library code is gilt stamped on spine. Covers are clean, show some rubbing. Strong binding, clean text.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1951. first printing. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Black cloth, xvi and 496 pages, 8.5-in tall. A study of the Communist Party in America and the strategy and tactics of world communism as formulated by Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin. A clean copy, covers with a touch of wear at tips.

Gangemi, 2012. Softcover in very good condition. Many color photos, 126 pages, 29cm tall, quarto, bibliography. Text is in English, Spanish, and Italian. Twelve essays about Lima's urban structure and environs, the architectural heritage of the historic center of Lima, and restoration. A DVD is enclosed in a plastic envelope affixed to rear cover. Covers show light, superficial rubbing, otherwise clean and unworn.

Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Pub., 1998. fine. xi, 379 p, b/w illustrations, portraits, frontispiece, 23 cm tall, octavo. Soft bound in glossy illustrated covers.

Elm Grove, WI: Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation, 2001. Softcover. Fine. Joanne Scholler Bowring, Illus. 32 p, color illustrations, 28 cm tall, quarto.

Milwaukee: American Association of University Women, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/fine. x, 182 p, many illustrations, 22cm tall, octavo. Fine in a fine jacket.

Kalamazoo, Michigan: Suzanne Upjohn DeLano Parish Trust, 2012. first edition. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. Cover photo of Sue Parish in her flight helmet, 169 pages, 28cm tall, quarto, frontispiece portrait and many photos. During World War II Parish joined the WASP and flew as a civil servant and after the war she flew in air shows across the country flying her pink P-40 in her pink flight suit. Parish was a founder of the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. A clean and unworn copy.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 537 p, 22cm tall, octavo. Southern Biography Series.

Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Blue cloth, 323 pages, 9-in tall. Volume 66 in Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Presents all of the extant sermons that Parris preached before his Salem congregation from 1689, through the summer witch trials and executions in 1692, and into the aftermath of the controversy. An angry congregation forced Parris from office. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Kylin Press, 1981. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Brown cloth, 128 pages, many photos, 23cm tall, octavo. A history of Aylesbury Vale in southern England, a companion volume to "Aylesbury Town Yesterdays." Gift inscription on rear endpaper, dust jacket is lightly sunned at spine panel. Very good in a very good jacket.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 233p, illustrations, maps, folded map in rear pocket, plates, 22cm tall, octavo.

New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1947. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. pp 15, centerfold political cartoon, 19cm tall, 12mo. This pamphlet expresses angry opposition to the Taft-Hartley Act passed by Congress in 1947, referring to the act as the "Slave Labor Law." The illustration on the front cover shows the Taft-Hartley Act as a large venemous snake. Bookstore stamp inside front cover.

New York: Brentanos, 1925. First edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in orange cloth boards, 317 pp., 19.5 cm tall (12mo), blue topstain. Published in England under the title "Ragtime." Spine lightly sunned, corners show very light wear.

Madison, WI: State Superintendent of Schools, 1924. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. pp xxxvii, 511, photos and maps, 23cm tall, octavo. Blue cloth with gilt title on front and spine. Covers show light rubbing at corners, front cover faded at edges. Library stamp to top and bottom edges, rear pastedown, verso of title page; no other markings. A clean and sound copy.

Inkwell Printers, 2005. first printing. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated with photographs, 44 pages, 8.5-in tall. Author's signature on title page. Paulson flew cargo planes over the Himalaya Mountains (the Hump) to deliver much-needed supplies to the Chinese, who were fighting against the invading Japanese during World War 2.

Boston: David Clapp and Son, 1902, two hundred copies printed. xi, 60p, frontispiece with glassine protection, 24cm tall, octavo. Bound in dark green cloth boards, paper label affixed to front board with title. This scarce title includes a historical sketch of the church, and records for communions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc. Boards show stains, and are bowed at foredge, worn at corners. Ownership signature on endpaper. Good binding, clean interior.

Galway, Ireland: Women Studies Center, National University of Ireland, 2006. first edition. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. pp 272, 23cm tall, octavo. Essays covering politics, language and literature, and culture. Front cover has minor edge crease, otherwise fine.