Search Results: Authors starting with P from Callaghan Books South

Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, 1942. Cloth. Fair. (3d ptg.) Introduction by Lowell Thomas. Slightly smaller book, dark blue cloth, red lettering on front and spine, b/w photo of MacArthur on front saluting in red and white frame, 280 lightly browned heavy pages, photos throughout. Slight surface wear to tips and spine edges, stained at top back right and bottom back left. Fair.

Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co., 1852. Cloth. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Very small book, brown cloth with ornate embossed design, gilt illustration of Cupid a little bright on front, gilt lettering and design on spine bright except for surface wear spot near spine bottom right, all-edges gilt, 128 pages of short poems. A colorful title pages precedes one described above--red, blue and green flowers--very beautiful: Snyder & Black, 87 Fulton St., N.Y.

Lantern Books, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. Foreword by Lucy Rose Kaplan. Very large, glossy softcover, purple front and back wrapper, black spine, 296 pages. Some ink underlining. Signed in black ink on half-title page, a photo of man carrying handfuls of chickens at center front wrapper. Light crease at bottom front tip. Fine.

Salt Lake City UT: University of Utah Press, 2001. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st, 1st) Larger book, fine black cloth, silver lettering bright on spine, 235 pages. DJ glossy gray with photo of man on front, red and white lettering, related titles on back. Three copies available. DJ and book, both As New.

Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: University Press of Kansas, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. (4th) Large softcover, glossy gray wrappers, b/w photo of Ike on front, praise at top front from Stephen Ambrose, on back wrapper from Michael S. Sherry, Melvyn P. Leffler, 283 pages, tiny indentation at bottom back wrapper, Near Very Fine.

Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Florida, 1994. 2d . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. (2d) Sturdy book, fine black cloth, silver lettering bright on spine, gray inside covers and adjacent end papers, ink Christmas note at top of first front end paper, 301 pages plus brief biographical note with photo. DJ glossy, colorfully illustrated and designed, creases along front left (publisher's defect), light crease at spine top edge. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Birch Lane Press Book/Carol Publishing Corp., 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, tan cloth spine, purple boards, black lettering very fine on spine, 217 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. At top of first front end paper in blue ink "Thanks, Ferdie Pacheco." DJ glossy black spine with borders front and back, a close-up photo of Ali on most of front, a photo of author with boxer at top back. DJ and book, both As New.

D.Van Nostrand, 1945. Cloth. Very Good. (3d ptg.) Slightly smaller, maroon cloth book, silver near fine on front and spine, inside covers and adjacent end papers lightly browned, 377 lightly browned pages. Light wear to tips, slight wear to spine top edge, light wear to spine bottom edge. Near Very Good.

University Press of Nebraska, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ex-library copy, large softcover with glossy wrappers, red spine and top front, a pattern of author's names at a slant in gray and red on front, white back wrapper, 331 pages. Two creases down back wrapper. Very Good copy.

John Hopkins Press, 1980. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, signed on front end paper: "For Charlotte (Eldred) in the shared delight of language--high and low. Robert Pack." Very light wear to front tips, slight at spine edge. Fine copy.

Doubleday, 1974. Trade Paperback. Fine. 17 Poets included: Auden, Sexton, Ginsberg, Kinnell, Asberry, Dickey, Wilbur, Creeley, Wakoski and others. Trade paperback, glossy gold front wrapper and spine with list of poets included, 340 pages, Very Fine.

Charles Scribner and Company, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st) Large, sturdy book, title embossed at top front, brown covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 281 pages including glossy photo section. DJ glossy beneath mylar with color photo of Swiss guard on duty in hall on front, dark purple spine and back, DJ has very tiny pinch at top back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Pelican Book, 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Mass-market paperback, ink signature on first front end paper of Reverend Barry Downing, author of book of UFO and the Bible, very tiny surface wear spots at spine bottom left and right edge, pages browned. Near Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1983. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Large, sturdy book, maroon cloth, gilt lettering bright on spine, 318 pages. DJ glossy dark red on front and spine with antique portrait of king praying on front, related books advertised on back. DJ has slight surface wear to front tips, tiny rubbed spots at spine top front indentation, spine bottom left as well. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

E.P. Dutton, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st) Slightly smaller book, dark blue cloth spine, black boards, dark blue lettering on spine, 309 pages. DJ has glossy beautiful color-illustration of blue parrot with green jungle background. DJ has micronick at top front edge near spine, tiny nick at spine bottom left edge, very slight surface wear to bottom back tip. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. (First Paperback edition) Larger, thick softcover, colorfully designed and illustrated wrappers, black at center back with praise from Scott Turow in Washington Post Book World, the New Yorker, 405 pages. (Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award) Mint.

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. Larger softcover, glossy black with thin gilt borders, street scene with M-16 in foreground on front wrapper, 481 pages plus reading group guide. Creased at bottom back tip. Near Fine.

Riverhead Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Larger, sturdy book, dark blue cloth spine, gray covers with bright silver design on front, silver lettering bright on spine, dark blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 238 pages. DJ has photograph of bottle on sand on front, praise on back from John Barth, Stephen Dixon and others. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Walker Books, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. (1st U.S.) Larger, sturdy book, black covers, silver lettering very bright on spine, 432 pages, a remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. DJ glossy color-illustration of tigers resting at top front, black at bottom front half, spine and back also, dark purple at top back. DJ has tiny tear at bottom front edge, very slight tiny surface wear spot at spine top left corner, tiny tear at top back tip, very slight surface wear at bottom back tip. Good DJ/Fine book.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, very heavy book, fine brown cloth with embossed design at top front with title embossed, antique map illustrated with ornate illustrated border all in light red inside covers and adjacent end papers, 208 pages, profusely illustrated, some in color. DJ glossy with stirring color-illustration of armada on front, spine and back. DJ has light surface wear at near top front tip, micronick and light crease at top front edge, tiny crease at spine top edge, microtear and tiny surface wear spot light at top back edge, very light wear to bottom back tip. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.