Search Results: Authors starting with P from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Omaha: The Republican Printers, 1885. 8vo. 64 pp. Wood-engravings in text. Original blue printed wrappers, the rear wrapper with full-panel map by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Buffalo. Niagara Falls ticket seller's ink advertisement stamp on front wrapper, light toning at edges. FIRST EDITION. Jones, Checklist 1637; Streeter sale VI:3395.

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co, 1889. 8vo. 91 pp. Original salmon printed wrappers. Light wear. Second edition. The wrapper title is: 'Colorado. A Complete and Comprehensive Description of the Agricultural, Stock Raising and Mineral Resources of Colorado; Also, Statistics in Regard to its Climate, Etc. Compiled from the Latest Reports of 1868.' Printed on the inner front wrapper is a map of the Union Pacific Overland Route, from the Pacific Ocean in the West to Omaha in the East.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1990. 8vo. 92 pages. Original printed wrappers with a design by Trevor Winkfield. A fine copy. Revised edition, signed by Padgett on the title.

Lois Page, 1937. Hardcover. A near fine copy with a few scuffs and light wear to binding. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 78 pages. Boards. Inscribed by Lois Page on the front free endpaper. First edition.

New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2000. A fine copy, fresh and bright. 4to (10.5 x 8 inches). 275 pages. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Nam June Paik on the front free endpaper. This catalogue accompanied the exhibition held 11 February to 26 August 2000. A lavishly designed catalogue by Pentagram.

Prestel, 2009. Like new. 11.5 x 10 inches. 256 pages. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial boards. First edition. Metal trees, fungus paintings, art works created by computer-controlled robots, and an abundance of dark humor are displayed in the first monograph on Roxy Paine's acclaimed art.

Bronxville, NY: Sarah Lawrence Gallery, 1977. Wrappers with a few nicks/creases and toning at edges, small tear and crease on title. 4to (8 x 8 inches). Black-and-white reproductions. Pale blue printed wrappers. Inscription on title signed Mary, possibly by one of the contributors. Catalogue for a traveling exhibition that was held at the Sarah Lawrence Gallery, the American Foundation for the Arts in Miami, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. It's aim was "to consider the variety of what is currently happening in the painting medium," and it includes essays and profiles of painters including Nicholas Africano, Jennifer Bartlett, Brad Davis, Martha Diamond, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Susan Rothenberg, and many others.

London: Waddington Graphics, 1991. Softcover. A fine copy. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. 32 pages. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from January - February 1991. Includes laid-in lithograph.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. First edition. Virtually as-new. Folio. 204pp. Color illustrations. Original blue cloth; dust jacket.

New York: Wm C Bryant & Co, 1864. Front cover detached, spine mostly perished, folding map separated along folds. A reasonable study copy. 8vo. 72 pages.14 illustrations and maps. Contemporary cloth-backed decorated paper boards.

New York: Evening Post Steam Presses, 1868. A little wear to the extremities, spine separated at the front hinge but board still attached, and the large map at p 156 is mostly missing. The large colored map at p. 70 has a few spots of foxing on the back else is very clean and bright. 8vo. 267 pages with 8 mounted albumen photographs, 3 illustrations and 4 folding maps (of which 3 in color). Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. Includes reports from the heads of departments; correspondence relating to the Bronze Tigress; discussion of the animals living in the park; and a topographical description. The illustrations include the terrace; drinking fountain for horses; boys' play house; rustic stone arch; children at the lake; and maps.

New York: Wm C Bryant & Co, 1864. Several sheets loose in binding, map misfolded, the large map clean and bright, binding lightly worn at extremities. 8vo. 72 pages.14 illustrations and maps. Contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. Includes a description of the park and references to the map; a report on the progress of the work; statement on drainage. The illustrations include the bridge for the carriage-drive; the iron bridge over the lake; carious archways; the terrace; and views in the Ramble.

New York: Evening Post Steam Presses, 1870. Some wear to the extremities, and the large map at p 70 has a tear else a very good copy. The large colored maps are clean and bright. 8vo. 187 pages with 10 tipped in photographs, 3 illustrations and 2 large color folding maps. Contemporary dark brown half calf. FIRST EDITION. Includes a topographical description of the park; references to the park guide map; reports from various departments; correspondence relating to the Natural History Museum, Columbus Statue, Humboldt Bust and Parade Ground. The illustrations include the Mall; Dairy House; Cascade; Goat Carriage; and maps of the park.

Truck Press, 1976. First edition. Pamphlet. Near-fine. One of 200 copies. 8vo. Printed wrappers.

Ithaca: Published by the Author, 1838. 8vo. 371 pp. Folding frontispiece map, 15 3/4 x 22 inches. Original diapered cloth, gilt-lettered leather spine label. Hinges worn and spine faded, but a very good copy in original condition. Provenance: Henry Selden Weller (booklabel); Carl R. Bogardus (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. First hand observations of the fur trade during its heyday. "Parker accompanied a fur-trading party, in 1835, from Council Bluffs to Walla Walla" (Graff). The map is the "earliest map of the Oregon interior with a pretense of accuracy." Wheat states that the map "represented a real advance, and it was made from personal observations." Field 1175; Forbes, Hawaii 1120; Graff 3194; Howes P89 ("aa"); Rader 2600n; Sabin 58729; Smith 7896; Tweney 60; Streeter sale IV:2093; Wagner-Camp-Becker 70:4; Wheat, Transmississippi Map 438.

Zurich: Parkett, 1986. A near-fine copy with some light handling wear, small stain on spine. 25 x 21 cm. Text in English and German. Original printed wrappers. With an insert by A. R. Penck.

Zurich: Parkett, 1986. A near-fine copy with some light handling wear. 25 x 21 cm. Text in English and German. Original printed wrappers. Includes contributions on Derek Jarman, Man Ray, Cumulus and an insert by Barbara Kruger.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1812. Discreet library stamps on endpapers, some foxing. 8vo. Parkinson's paper appears on page 57-58. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 3560).

London: Longman, Hurst, et al., 1816. Second edition. Spine tape repaired; some pale foxing, mostly at beginning and end/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner, M.D. 8vo. Parkinson's paper is on pp. 57-58. Entire volume: xiii, 383 pp. Contemporary half calf, plain blue boards. First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death. Garrison-Morton-Norman 3560 (first edition of 1812).

Germany: Te Neues Publishing Company, 2004. A near-fine copy, with some light wear to edges. 14 x 10.5 inches. 93 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Collected in this portfolio are provocative color images from a British photographer who has become the most successful of his generation. Martin Parr has best expressed himself through books (Home and Abroad, Think of England, The Last Resort) in which he uses a subjective documentary approach that is often at odds with the more journalistic style of reportage. His focus on the themes of mass tourism, mass consumption, mass marketing, and global homogenization shows us an environmentally destroyed world in which the major saving grace is a gritty, very British sense of humor. 7A collection of provocative color images from a British photographer who has become the most successful of his generation. Martin Parr's work is the subject of an exhibition traveling through Europe in 2004. 7Parr's use of a… Read More