Search Results: Authors starting with P from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 491 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Green hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to extremities, and a small tear and several creases to rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Slight spotting to closed page edges. Illustrated with historic black & white photographs. Soviet Union, Russian Symbolist Movement, Gippius. Hippius lived 1869 to 1945..

no place: Canadian Pacific Railway, 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). 24 black & white photographs. Illustrated paper binding is moderately to heavily torn, chipped and wrinkled at the edges, but is quite clean and is fully intact. There is no text, except the title of each photograph. There is also no date listed (circa 1910). Shows the Banff Springs Hotel and amazing views..

St. Paul, MN: Northern Pacific Railway, 1913. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). [40] pages of text. Color paperback binding, with quite a bit of soiling, and a large crease to the rear wrapper; original string-binding remains intact. Minor water stain visible on top corner. Illustrated with 2 maps. 37 pages contains one or more black-and-white photographs. .

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1979. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 246 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Purple hardcover binding with moderate sunning to spine ends, with slight rubbing there. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate rubbing to extremities, including several small tears, creases and chips, with slight sunning to spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with over 500 black & white photographs. Contains 32 color photographs illustrating 192 pieces of glass. Includes identifying marks (company trademarks), facsimiles of historic documents, catalog pages and promotional material, and archival photographs. Small "S" stamped on top of closed pages. Included is a company advertisement with original mailing envelope from 1983. It offers perfumes and stoppers, and illustrates 12 bottles and 13 stoppers in color..

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1944. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 32 pages. Hardcover binding wtih minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has a few chips, tears and creases, and is somewhat soiled and shelfworn; protected in archival mylar. A few pen marks on the dustjacket. A few pages with minor creases. First edition..

Chatellerault, France: Imprimerie H. Riviere, 1896. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). Complete in six volumes. Rebound in modern gray cloth with minor shelfwear. Original blue printed wrappers bound-in. 2008 pages of text in total. Illustrated with 334 plates including 2 in color. The wrappers are moderately soiled, with minor soiling, creasing and a few small chips. The text is lightly and evenly browned. Published between 1896-1904. The texts are clean and unmarked. First editions..

Bishop Wilton, York, UK: Wilton 65, 2000. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [x], 310 pages of text. Blue hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor creasing to extremities. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Small stains to page edges..

Rutland, VT: No publisher, 1868. Book. Very good+ condition. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. A clipped piece of the engraved letterhead of the Vermont Executive Department dated June 1868, measuring 4.75 inches by 3.75 inches, signed in ink "John B. Page." John Boardman Page (1826-1885) was Governor of Vermont 1867-1869..

Brooklyn, NY: Dance Horizons, 1978. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 224 pages of text including an index. Green hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate rubbing to the extremities, including a few small tears and creases; spine slightly faded; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by author on title page "To Rosalie and Ben [Gingiss] with very much love from [signed] Ruth Page." Edited and with an introduction by Andrew Mark Wentink. Illustrated with numerous historic black & white photographs..

London: Not published, 1860. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). No edition. Octavo (8vo). Two page letter, written entirely in the hand of and signed by English architect and Civil Engineer Thomas Page. The letter reads "6 Hanover Square. 15 April 1860. My dear Mr. Cooke [E. W. Cooke, (1811-1880) English Painter and Botanist], I am ashamed of the delay in acknowledging your letter - your very witty + characteristic letter which I have just received back from E.W. Dallas [1809-1879]. I think - nay I am sure that your letter is the best part of the whole performance..." It continues in the same vein for another page and is signed boldly by page. Moderate discoloration from old adhesive along one edge. Page designed the embankment of Thames in 1842, and Westminster Bridge. Included is a 19th century engraving of the Thames Embankment. Autograph, Manuscript..

no place: Not published, 1915. Book. Near fine condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922). 3.5" wide x 2.5" tall card, inscribed "Yours very truly, Thomas Nelson Page." A clean autograph, with no smudging. American novelist and diplomat. Practised law in Richmond VA, moved to Washington DC in 1893 and devoted himself to writing; U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1913-19. An attractive autograph, suitable for framing..

Emmaus, PA: Daybreak/Rodale Press, 1998. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). 159 pages of text including an index, and a list of resources for design/decorating supplies. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with color photographs..

Nashville, TN: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1913. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Early reprint edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 501 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately sunned on spine, with stains and discoloration on boards. Ex-library, with markings on spine, stamps on endpapers and one text page. Complete in one volume. Contains one illustration at the end of the text..

Hong Kong: Ravi Kumar for Visual Dharma Publications, 1982. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). [iv], 68 pages of text followed by over 150 color plates. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. This publication was limited to 3000 published..

Philadelphia: Union Press, 1900. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Eighth edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 109 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and soiling. Illustrated by a fold-out chart. No date of publication stated; circa 1900; eighth edition..

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1945. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Octavo (8vo). xxii, 335 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Price-clipped dustjacket with a few small tears and creases, minor rubbing to the extremities, minor browning to spine, and minimal soiling; protected in archival mylar. Top edge of pages have a minor crease. Reprinted in October 1945 following the first printing of May 1945. Some ink underlining on several pages. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the rear cover. From the collection of Louis Marder, Shakespeare historian and collector of books by, on or referring to William Shakespeare..

Springfield, IL: No publisher, 1889. Autograph. Near fine condition. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. A small thick card, measuring 4.5 inches by 2.5 inches, signed in ink "John M. Palmer Springfield Ill July 12, 1889." John McAuley Palmer (1817-1900) was Governor of Illinois 1869-1873 and a general in the Union Army during the Civil War..

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 402 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket is unevenly browned on the spine, with several tiny tears and creases, and with a large scuff to the rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Contains 14 illustrations and the endpapers are map-illustrated. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1942. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First edition, 2nd printing. Octavo (8vo). xxxii, 976 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and a few minor scuffs. No dustjacket. Contains 1251 black & white photographs and figures. The endpapers are moderately browned. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, 2nd printing..

New Delhi, India: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1986. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). x, 58 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities, and a few tiny tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with line-drawings, and 21 color and 23 black & white photographs. Three-Dimensional Puppets, Shadow-Theatre and Contemporary Puppet Theatre..