Search Results: Authors starting with P from Astro Trader Books

[HUMPHREY PAKINGTON]. THE ROVING EYE. W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 1932. First U.S. Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original yellow cloth, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not price clipped with the original price of $2.00, closed tear, neat half-centimeter pin size orange sticker on spine, shallow chips to spine ends and at the inner flap folds, protected in professional collector's mylar sleeve, a scarce dust jacket in any condition. Author of "The Eligible Bachelor". Classic modern first British novel, collectible. 283 pgs. 8vo.

[FORD PENDELETON]. HELL RIDER. Graphic Books, New York, 1957. Second printing. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, rubbing, crease to spine, slight spine slant, micro-chips to extremities, else pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A very good plus to about near fine copy. Cover art by George Gross. Pulp western vintage paperback collectible. 190 pgs. 16mo.

[EMIL THEODORE PETAJA]. THE PATH BEYOND THE STARS. Dell Publishing, New York, 1969. First Edition, First printing. Dell # 6864 with original 50 cent price on cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, micro chips to edges and mild creases to covers typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Neat UCSB Sci-Fi & Fantasy book college school club label on verso of cover . Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Classic fantasy pulp, scarce collectible.188 pgs. 16mo.

[REGIS PHILBIN]. SIGNED. HOW I GOT THIS WAY. (FOREWARD) DAVE LETTERMAN. HarperCollins, New York, 2011. First Edition. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, with mild shelf wear and a few soiling specks to dust jacket, jacket is unclipped, barely noticeable remainder marked with tiny dot on top edge of pages, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed by author Regis Philbin. Not signed on a bookplate and not a facsimile autograph, not a autopen autograph, signed directly on ffep. Uncommon autograph from a famous Hollywood TV personality, collectible. 336 pgs. 8vo.

[PHILIP JOSE FARMER, FRITZ LEIBER, POUL & KAREN ANDERSON, ISSAC ASIMOV, GARY JENNINGS]. Edward L. Ferman (Editor). The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mercury Press, New York, November 1971. Vol. 41, No.5, Whole No. 246. With the original price of 75 cents on cover. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Wraps are in a uncommon heavy watercolor paper stock. Rare autograph on the cover with silver sharpie pen by Philip Jose Farmer. First appearance of the story, "Only Who Can Make a Tree?", by Philip Jose Farmer. First appearance story by Poul Anderson and Karen Anderson, "A Feast for the Gods". Second appearance story from Fritz Leiber, " The Price of Pain Ease" from the "Swords Against Death" collection featuring "Fafhrd the Barbarian and the Gray Mouser". Additional contributions including the first appearance ever non-fiction essay "The Left Hand of the Electron" by Issac Asimov, the short story "How We Pass the Time in Hell" by Gary… Read More

[ROBERT POLLOK]. THE COURSE OF TIME, A POEM, IN TEN BOOKS. Crocker and Brewster, Boston, 1828. Third U.S. Edition. Condition: Very Good / Good. Original quarter muslin and paper covered boards, original rough cut pages, printed titles on spine label paper, minor soiling to covers, mild foxing, staining to pages thoughout, otherwise pages are very clean and binding tight. Previous owner's stamp to ffep. Rare in original muslin boards. Classic Americana 19th Century poetry collectible. 247 pgs. 12mo.

[POUL ANDERSON, GORDON R. DICKSON]. HOKA. TOR Books, New York, 1984. First Edition Thus. First printing from this publisher. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to cover near spine, creases to spine, book store stamp on top edge, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Fantasy collection from two major authors, collectible. 253 pgs. 16mo.

RICHARD S. PRATHER. THE MEANDERING CORPSE. Pocket Books, New York, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Pocket Book # 50292 with the original 50 cents cover price. Condition: Very Good+. With micro chips to edges, light age tone to pages and mild creases typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by Barye Phillips.

[VASCO PRATOLINI]. A TALE OF POOR LOVERS. Signet, New York, 1950. Signet #797. First Edition. Condition: Good -. A well read book, extensive rubbing to spine, reading crease, creases to covers, chips to extremities else pages are clean and binding tight. Hand signed by legendary pulp artist James Avati on the front cover. Avati read every book he created cover art for and this one shows in spades. A Italian Neorealism novel and winner of two international literary prizes. Classic literary fiction, signed collectible. 16mo.

[LISSA PRICE]. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. STARTERS. ENDERS. 2 SET. Delacorte Press, New York, 2012, 2014. First Edition(s). Full number line(s). Condition: Fine. Books appear unread, dust jackets are fine ~ near fine, unclipped, one centimeter closed micro-tear of upper front cover of Starters, jacket on Enders is pristine, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Signed and inscribed by Lissa Price on title page of each book. Modern YA Sci-Fi dystopian series first editions, complete two set and rare signed collectibles. 336, 273 pgs. 8vo.

[JUAN MANUEL PUIG DELLEDONNE]. THE BUENOS AIRES AFFAIR: A DETECTIVE NOVEL. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1976. First U.S. Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in original ultramarine-blue cloth with titles stamped in silver, lightly sunned to tips of top edges of boards, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket is unclipped with the original price of $8.95 on the first inner flap, jacket protected in collector's plastic mylar archival sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. This is the author's third pulp fiction novel followed by Kiss of the Spider Woman later made into a film. Classic modern first pulp fiction collectible. 219 pgs. 8vo.