Search Results: Authors starting with P from Book Happy Booksellers

Toronto, ONT: Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1956. Softcover. Good. Wraps; 12pp; Ex-Library with markings to front cover, tear at top of spine, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Canadian Cold War era pamphlet with information about radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons written by a doctor.

Miami Beach, FL: Romanian Historical Studies, 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 182pp; Brown leatherette boards with gilt titling to front & spine, previous owner's name to FFEP, "Discard/SOLD" stamped to FFEP (there are no library markings), text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Report on Hungary's struggle to annihilate its national minorities. Originally published in 1941 in Italian and German. Translated from the German by Dora Kennedy.

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 7-1/4" x 9-1/2" Wraps; 32pp; Covers slightly age-toned, bottom corner of covers & pages slightly bumped, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Illustrated children's story about an Australian Aborigine child.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 183pp; DJ price-clipped, slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Study of the role of England in the events which paved the way for the establishment of the Second Empire in France.

Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1950. Softcover. Good. 162pp; Slight wear to spine ends, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Science Fiction pulp magazine edited by Ray Palmer. This issue: Punishment Without Crime by Ray Bradbury; Norte Americanos, You Are Doomed! by Alma Hill; Survival by Henry Hasse; Lady by Richard S. Shaver; The Fatal Technicality by Rog Phillips; The Gamin by Peter Dexter; Live in an Orbit and Love It! by Craig Browning; Mahaffey's Mystery by Frank Patton; The Wee Bonnie Poupon by F. Anton Reeds; Marai's Wife by Edwin Benson; more.

Penguin Education, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 352pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Compilation of songs of social change from 1770-1914. Illustrated with old photographs.

Magic, Inc., 1968. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 40pp; Slight handling wear to covers, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage manual of stage magic tricks and illusions. Illustrated.

Chicago: Chas. Hallberg & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 128pp; DJ lightly rubbed with short tear to front, clean, tight copy, Near Fine/VG- condition. A study of the polemics used to revise the US Constitution by Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Sharda Prakashan Griha, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 200pp; Covers lightly rubbed, wear to spine ends, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. The story of a tormented youth's search for spiritual fulfillment.

Stanley, VA: Privately Printed, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 50pp; Slight wear to spine, clean, tight copy, VG condition. Guide to Kirlian photography for non-experts. Illustrated with photos.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" Wraps; 32pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Underground comic book with stories by Gary Panter, Ric Heitzman, Mark Beyer, Patrick McDonnell, Mark Newgarden & David Sandlin. Fully illustrated.

Thessaloniki, Greece: Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 554pp; DJ slightly rubbed & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG condition. Substantial volume containing the complete story of the Greek-American experience in the New World.

New York: Vantage Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/None. 93pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Scholarly study of the text: "Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum" also known as "The Flower of Medicine of Salerno," which was for centuries the most popular medical book in Europe. Illustrated.

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1999. Second Printing. Softcover. Fine. 273pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. From back cover: "In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege.

Argent Galleries. Softcover. Good. Wraps; 16pp; Covers slightly age-toned with minor staining, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Catalogue from exhibition of prints by artist Harold Paris including the "Buchenwald" series.

Cuba, NY: Nautical Research Guild, Inc., 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 11" x 8-1/2" Spiral-Bound Softcover; First Edition; 272pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Second volume of articles for ship modelers. Partial Contents: The Modeler's Outlook; Which Model to Build; Research; Drawings & Plans; The Modern Workshop; Hand Tools; Power Tools; Materials & Adhesives; Painting & Finishing; much more. Illustrated with photos & diagrams, including chart of Colors for American Merchant Vessels, 1800-1920.

Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 10-1/2" x 7" Softcover; 24pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Signed by Author. Musical score for brass, xylophone & percussion by Korean composer.

Kyoto, Japan: Koyo Shobo, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 244pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. Memoir of an Korean-American Presbyterian minister (who emigrated to Japan in 1987) who lived and worked in African-American communities in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.

Los Angeles, CA: Delsby Publications/Kam IV, Inc., 2006. Softcover. Very Good. 142pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Accumulation of a vast number of Ed Parker's thoughts over the past thirty years on subjects ranging from martial arts and combat wisdom to logic and modern philosophy.

St. Louis, MO: The Loglan Institute, Inc., 1980. Softcover. Good. Wraps; 80pp; Covers & several pages stained (doesn't affect text), Good condition. Journal of Loglan, an artificial logical language invented in the late 1950s by James Cooke Brown.