Search Results: Authors starting with P from Nooks Of Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1993. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards with a black, gilt-stamped, backstrip. Brown endpapers. 196pp. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. No remainder mark. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price of $17.95 is intact on the front flap. "Thirty miles east of San Diego, in the dusty heart of the California desert, lies the Barona Ranch Indian Reservation. This is desolate country, marked by lone pines, winding canyons, and granite hills. It is here that the boy was found, tied to a matress in an abandoned mountain shack. The case has been assigned to Bo Bradley, a child-abuse investigator with San Diego's juvenile court system. It is a meaningful job, and it pays for Bo's few indulgences, like her books on Indian lore and the huge canvases for her paintings, based on ancient Native American rock drawings. Bo loves her… Read More

As New in the original, pictorial cardstock wraps. No dust jacket, as issued. This is an excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. This is #65 of 100 copies SIGNED by the artist on a limitation page. Includes a number of full-color works of art by Palumbo. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 41-A.

Hanover, NH, U.S.A.: University Press of New England / Middlebury , 2001. As New in an As New dustjacket. Cream-colored boards quarterbound in blue cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Blue endpapers. 136pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. The debut book of the highly-regarded author. "...Departing from Appalachia's 150-year-old literary legacy of formula and caricature, West Virginia native Ann Pancake uses the texture of language, an intense attention to place, and complexity of characterization to recreate the region -- its tragic history and fragile culture, the interior landscapes of its people, and their deep rootedness in a threatened land. Her characters, already marginalized economically and socially, confront what many perceive as an invading outside culture, enduring… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Heinemann, 1947. [1947]. In Very Good condition. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 362pps. No dustjacket. There is light wear to the cloth, browning to the endpapers, and crinkling to the lower corners of several pages. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The third volume of The Eighth Champion of Christendom. "...In the first two volumes we follwed the fortunes of Miss Pargeter's soldier from Dunkirk to his return from the East in 1943; in this story he fights his way from D-Day to victory. Thus a remarkable trilogy is brought to a remarkable conclusion with what is perhaps the most exciting of the three stories. It is amazing that this picture of tank warfare, of artillery concentration, of Maquis ambushes, should have been written with such detailed realism, and with such understanding of a soldier's mentality, by a writer who was herself serving in the W.R.N.S...." Purchase with… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte, 1983. [1983]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Green boards quarterbound in red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 206pps. There is remainder spray to the bottom edge, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is moderately rubbed; the original price (13.95) is intact. A very nice copy.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Boone Adams met Jennifer Grayle when they were both eighteen and lost her when they were both twenty-two. His life from that point was a steady descent through the circles of American culture until he hit bottom in Los Angeles ten years later. Now he has nothing left but his love for Jennifer, a love that has remained unsullied and still, the eye at the center of his hurricane, his only stay against confusion. It saves him. Slowly, with agonizing effort, he comes back -- across the country,… Read More

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2003. [2003]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Brown boards. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 335pps. There is mild bumping to the lower tips, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a light touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...A Union general is murdered while recruiting Irish immigrants. His confessed assassin dies 'of cholera' before he can be questioned. In defiance of the local priest, a stubborn investigator opens the killer's grave -- and finds the corpse of a young woman many weeks dead, whose identity lies shrouded in the struggle for Ireland's freedom. From a windswept graveyard to the killing fields of Fredericksburg, Major Abel Jones battles the multiple layers of deceit surrounding the death of a general who lied about his own name. President… Read More

New York: Padell, 1946. Fine in stiff wraps with a Fine dustcover. 32pp. A beautiful copy: clean, tight, and bright. The jacket, with an illustration by the author, is lightly sunned; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price of $1.00 is intact on the front flap. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps.

Layton, UT, U.S.A.: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1998. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in gray, textured boards. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in metallic red. Brilliant red endpapers. 191pp., many with illustrations. 4to. There is a small spot of rubbing on the front board: the book is, otherwise, flawless. The dustjacket, glossy in mylar, is as new. The original price of $34.95 is intact on the front flap. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee.. ISBN: 0-87905-845-5. First Edition, First Printing. RAND AYN 1905 1982. Catalogs: NonFiction, Biography.

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1982. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Decorative 'skull' endpapers. 123pps., with several black and white drawings. This is book #496 of 750 Signed by both the author and the artist on a limitation page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight,square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities; the original price (15.00) is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "A short and violent detective novel, written in the hardboiled detective style of the 1930's and '40's. Its setting is contemporary New Haven, Connecticut -- an area familiar to its author, who has spent almost all of his life in that southern New England city, and has used it frequently as a locale for his… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1953. Fine in a Good dustjacket. Bound in full, light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 278pps., with numerous black-and-white drawings by Peake. There is very mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, and a small and faint spot to the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a large chip at the bottom of the front panel, a loss of the top 1/4" of the spine panel, and a tear -- mostly closed -- in the middle of the spine. The original price is intact. In short, an excellent copy in a flawed jacket which, with the exception of the large chip, would be graded a Very Good. A scarce and somewhat bawdy title by the author and artist better known for his 'Gormenghast Trilogy,' published between the second and third volumes of that magnum opus. "...One fair summer's day, dapper and smiling, equipped with luggage sufficient for a longish stay, Mr. Pye… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2005. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Small octavo. Brown endpapers. 211pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a tipped-in sheet.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "An influential art critic in the early years of the twentieth century journeys from London to the rustic, remote island of Houat, off France's northwest coast, to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted but tormented artist living in self-imposed exile. Over the course of the sitting, the painter recalls their years of friendship, the double-edged gift of the critic's patronage, the power he wielded over aspiring artists, and his apparent callousness… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2001. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gray boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 332pps. There is a remainder mark to the edge of the textblock, otherwise as new: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is flawless; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...Derek Strange is an ex-cop who now runs his own private detective agency. The mother of a young police officer killed by another cop hires him to clear up the lingering doubts surrounding her son's death. Although Terry Quinn, the other cop, has been cleared in the official investigation, his guilt torments him. After Strange interviews him, Quinn joins the investigation, even though in part he is investigating himself and whether his own prejudices led him to pull the trigger. Strange and Quinn seek their answers in the darkest… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1997. [1997]. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Purple boards. The spine is stamped in white. Quarto. 264pps. There are a few bumps to the boards and a remainder mark, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has very light wear at the extremities; the original price is intact. "...'King Suckerman' is a thriller that weaves the blaxploitation films, the drug deals, the soul music, and the racial tensions that defined the seventies into a story of natural-born killers and two men who risk everything to bring them down. Dimitri Karras and Marcus Clay are old friends whose affection transcends the barriers of race. Clay is a Vietnam vet trying to make a go of his own small business, while Karras is drifting, playing pickup basketball and supporting himself with small-time drug dealing. When Karras takes Clay with him to make… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2000. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light gray boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. 299pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".A stunning new hard-boiled thriller by the novelist GQ has called 'the coolest writer in America.'Shame the Devil is the profoundest kind of crime fiction, a story with a heart-stopping pace and the most evil killers this side of Elmore Leonard -- but with an eye on the hereafter and the real cost of violence. As it builds to a showdown worthy of Sam Peckinpah, Shame the Devil explores the very essence of human nature, the beliefs that give lives meaning, and what people do when they see those beliefs broken." Purchase with confidence: all… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 2002. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, large trade-sized (pb). 342 + 332pps. There is a very mild bump to one end of the spine, otherwise as new: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED TWICE by the author -- without further inscription -- once on either title-page. This is an advance copy of both titles, bound back-to-back. "...'Hell To Pay': Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, a team of investigators, are hired to find a fourteen-year-old girl who's run away from her home in the suburbs. It's easy for Strange and Quinn to learn that the girl is now working as a prostitute in one of D.C.'s most brutal neighborhoods. Getting her to leave is harder. The two ex-cops think they know this world -- but nothing in their experience has prepared them for the vengeance of Worldwide Wilson, the ruthless operator whose territory they are intruding upon. Their mission is fractured by a violent… Read More

Stockholm, Sweden: B. Wahlstroms Forlagstryckeri, 1940. In Very Good condition. Half-bound in brown leather with beautifully marbled paper over boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine. Duodecimo. Marbled endpapers. 256pps. There is mild wear to the tips and the spine-ends and slight tanning to the fore-edge. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly penned near the top of the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. A very nice, vintage, leatherbound copy. Oversattning fran Engelska av Josef Almqvist; translated into Swedish by Josef Almqvist. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . MAX PEMBERTON SPIONEN I KRONSTADT LEATHERBOUND BOOKS SWEDEN SWEDISH LANGUAGE FICTION LITERATURE. Catalogs: Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton, Literature & Fiction, World.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in full green cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are decoratively stamped in yellow; the front panel also has a colorful paste-on label. Octavo. 331pps., with a frontispiece. No dustjacket. There is light rubbing wear to the extremities, faint touches of soiling, and a few pages had been doggeared. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound; no previous ownership markings. A nice copy of the author's first mystery.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-A.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Arlington, Virginia: Great Ocean Publishers, 1984. Fine in glazed pictorial hardboards. Red endpapers. Unpaginated. No dustjacket, as issued. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED, dated (5/12/86), and inscribed by the author to the original owner with 'A very warm wish, for sunny days always' on the dedication page. A 'Blue Out of Season' bookmark is laid in. Lavishly illustrated by C. S. Ewing. "...Mandi sat in the middle of the field and lifted her fact to the sky. 'I wonder how clouds can move like that?' she asked as a cloud swept by. Of course what Mandi didn't know about that very cloud, was while in search of Winter it had gotten lost somehow. Deep inside the stratifluff, all snug in thermal suits, were lost and tired, muddled, befuddled, weather-weary flukes. Whindon, the Winter fluke in charge of flurries, flakes and snow, stood at the edge of his chilly cloud and frowned at the field… Read More

New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. Near Fine in gray, stapled cardstock wraps (chapbook). 35pps. There is a small and unobtrusive soil-mark on the front wrap, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, and bright. SIGNED without further inscription by Penzler on the title-page. One of an edition limited to 250 copies. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Original Wraps.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Very Good+ in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front board in blind. Burnt-orange endpapers. 403pps. Stated First Printing. A previous owner has neatly penned his name on both the ffep. and the second fep. Also, some pages have shallow crimps at their upper corners. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The board-tips are sharp. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a few light edge-crinkles; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. A nice copy of the author's third book. ".Dr. Tom More has created a miraculous instrument -- the Ontological Lapsometer, a kind of stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he plans to cure mankind's spiritual flu. Though scorned by the experts, Tom embarks on an outrageous odyssey to prove himself. Attempting to save the world from destruction, Tom ultimately begins to understand what he can never really know -- the quality and caprices… Read More