Search Results: Authors starting with P from SmarterRat Books

Saunders and Otley, 1842. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. 1842 - 1849 Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, London. Originally four volumes, now bound in two. Vols. 1 and 2 dated 1842; vol. 3, 1843; and vol. 4, 1849. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in brown leather over red, white, and blue narrow combed marbled paper. Matching marbled endpapers. All page edges marbled in same pattern as well. Spine has five gilt embellished raised bands and gilt lettering. Title on red panel, author and volume numbers on black panel; remaining panels have elaborate with gilt devices. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with boards exposed at some tips. Covers have moderate surface and edge wear, with some rubbing and peeling to the surface of the leather along exterior hinge lines, edge, and corners. One signature in the second bound volume (within vol. 3) is loose but still attached. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper of first… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 2005 St. Martin's Press. First Edition, stated. First printing. Hardcover has maroon paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Except for very light bumping at head of spine, no visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. NO remainder mark. Pages clean and unmarked. 290 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket almost like new except for light bumping at head of spine and slight wrinkling along bottom edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Sphere Books Ltd., 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1982 Sphere Books Ltd. Paperback. Black and white photographs. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Front cover has a vertical crease near spine. British edition. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Price on cover in Pounds Sterling. Introduction by John Le Carre. 336 pages. American edition published under title: The Philby conspiracy.

Nelson B. Moore and Associates, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1965 Nelson B. Moore and Associates, Inc. Second printing. SIGNED by author (using his real name: Dwight P. Joyce) on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription, date Oct. 6, 1965. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold cover lettering. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding tight. Very light shelf wear at the bottom front corner. Three pages have a small nick at top edge. Pages clean and unmarked. 67 pages + appendices. Printed by Great Lakes Lithograph Company. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Doubleday Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Near Fine ; Fine Jacket. 2009 Doubleday Books. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. NOT Remaindered. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with gray textured paper-covered spine and black spine lettering. 197 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is like new. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Sports Car Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1972 Sports Car Press. Modern Sports Car Series. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Name in ink on inside of cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 110 pages. Edited by William Stone. Photography by Jim Pagel. Photography edited by John Brand.

Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1929 Harper & Brothers. Volume 1 only of 4-volume biography of Clemens by Paine. Volume 30 of The Stormfield Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain. This was a limited edition of 1024 sets of 37 volumes. Limitation not stated in this volume; originally stated and numbered in first volume of the whole set. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering; gilt ruled borders. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Tissued frontispiece. Tissued black and white plates. Binding cracked at frontispiece page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Spine slightly faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. A 10-page section has a soft crease at the top corner. Pages clean and unmarked. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, 1981. Softcover. Good. Good. 1981 Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, National Park Service. Second printing of 1979 edition. Oblong softcover, with stapled binding, 10 x 7.4 inches. Black and white photographs. 22 pages. NOT ex-library. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers have several bends along the spine. Covers lightly curled at corners. Old price in ink on the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1973. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1973 Prentice-Hall, Inc. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Softcover. 157 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. First few pages have an impression from a paper clip at the top edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Espasa-Calpe Argentina, S. A., 1947. Softcover. Fair. Fair+. 1947 Espasa-Calpe Argentina, S. A., Buenos Aires. Fourth edition. Softcover with paper dust jacket. NOT ex-library. Text in Spanish. Binding intact but loosening. Front cover starting to pull. Chipping at spine ends. Sticker scar on front of jacket. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Pages tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. 187 pages. Coleccion Austral, No. 155. Printed in Argentina.

The New American Library, 1961. Paperback. Good. Good. 1961 The New American Library. A Mentor Book. First printing of The Centennial Edition. Paperback. 8 pages of black and white plates, consisting of 98 author portraits. 564 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear, as well as some light creases. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. "Revised, Greatly Enlarged, and Brought Up to Date by Oscar Williams." Mentor MQ305.

CEDAM, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 2011 CEDAM - Casa Editrice Dott, Antonio Milani. Second edition. Softcover. Text in Italian. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 309 pages. Printed in Italy. Copyright 2011 Wolters Kluwer, Italia, Srl.

John Murray, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1992 John Murray, London. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. 264 pages.

The Cleveland Society for the Blind, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1961 The Cleveland Society for the Blind. SIGNED with personalized gift inscription by Cleo B. Dolan, Executive Director of the Society, on front free endpaper. Hardcover has light blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Front cover also has Society logo in gold. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine and edges slightly faded. Light rectangular stains on front free endpaper. Some rectangular darkened areas on rear endpapers. Pages clean and unmarked. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Part I is a reprint of "The Blind in Cleveland" by Eva Brewer Palmer. Part II is written by Allan W. Sherman, Executive Director of the Society from 1929-1958. Part III includes highlights from the time during which Cleo B. Dolan was Executive Director. Foreword by Harold T. Clark.

Delilah Books, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1981 Delilah Books - G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. First printing, stated. Softcover. Oversized, 8 x 11 inches. Black and white photographs. 128 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear, slight fading on edges of front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bundesimmobilienverwaltung, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 1980 Bundesimmobilienverwaltung, Vienna, Austria. Small softcover booklet, 4.5 x 6.6 inches, with stapled binding. 29 pages. Color and black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Text in German. Includes a fold-out 6-page English translation of the text, laid in at rear. Booklet shows and describes "The Imperial Tableware and Silver Treasury." NOT ex-library. Binding tight. A small, light half-inch crease near top edge of front cover, and another at the center of the spine

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1983 U.S. Department of the Interior. A National Park Handbook; number 123. Softcover. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 128 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Small price sticker on back cover.

Outskirts Press, 2021. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 2021 Outskirts Press. Softcover. Black and white photographs. 314 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked.

Outskirts Press, 2021. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 2021 Outskirts Press. Softcover. Black and white photographs. 314 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked.

Modern Library, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good+ ; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Modern Library. Hardcover has gray cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Front cover has blind-stamped Modern Library torchbearer logo; decorative endpapers have the same image repeated in brown on a diamond-patterned background. 457 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Gift inscription opposite title page. Text pages clean and unmarked. Appears to be unread. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Dust jacket is price clipped; jacket spine is very lightly sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.