Search Results: Authors starting with P from DuBois Rare Books

Chicago: H. Regnery, 1968. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 180 pages. 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: unclipped jacket showing wear at edges and spine ends. Translated from the Portuguese by Robert Lyle.

New York: Picture This Publications in association with Kennedy Boesky Photographs, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/None Issued. 39 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. small 4to. Grey cloth over boards, black spine lettering, blindstamped pictorial decoration of towers on front cover. Book Condition: some rubbing and a couple spashes on the front cover, salt and pepper bits of wear to extremities. foreword by Marla Hambug Kennedy ; introduction by Vicki Goldberg ; edited by Kelly Padden.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 341 pages ; 24 cm. There's no Heathers quite like Heathers at Spence. Author's first book, published to very positive critical notices.

New York: Brewster Editions LTD, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 77 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 17 cm.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing with no additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 250pp. 23cm. Quarter bound green cloth and mustard paper over boards, gilt lettering. Book condition: a bit cocked, jacket looks great with a wrinkle or two and v. slight bit of rubbing. One of the "Spenser" novels, which spawned one of the truly great tough guy tv series of the 80's: "Spenser for hire

Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 402 pages ; 24 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original green half cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Minor wear to extremities with some creasing to top edge of rear panel. A nice copy.

New York, NY: Viking, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 232 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's glossly photo illustrated paper over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: A bit rubbed at the panels with some fraying to the crown of the spine.

London: Printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington, q., 1828. 18th Edition. 3/4 Calf Leather. Very Good. pp. 6, *6, [7]-715. Appendix 1-44. Hardcover. Contemporary 3/4 Calf over marbled boards, title in gilt on black morocco spine label. Book Condition: Prior owners name label and Sutro Library Bookplate to front pastedown though there are no other library markings anywhere. Spine ends chipped with loss, covers cracked and worn, but very robust, no sign of starting hinges or the like. Lacking the large general map called for in front but complete with all others [as specified in Directions to the Binder page [6]]: The Holyhead Road Plate, to face page 179; The Other Plates to be Placed at the End of the Book in the Following Order: 1st. The Isle of Thanet, Plate I. 2nd: Route from Deal to Hythe, and from Hythe to Rye, Plates II and III. 3d. Route from Rye to Eastbourne, and from Eastbourne to Shoreham, Plates IV and V. 4th .Route from New Shoreham to Chichester, and from Chichester to Fareham. Plates VI… Read More

Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. 79 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. In English and Hebrew. Pagination goes from right to left; 1-32 in Hebrew right to left, 33-48 plates, 49-79 English translation of essays. Book condition: small chip to top edge rear cover, small closed tear at crown of spine, light wear to extremities. Hebrew and English. Notes: Added title page in Hebrew. Pagination goes from right to left. Exhibition catalog. Description:.

New York: Carlton Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 48pp. 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, black spine lettering. Fine in a Very Good jacket showing minimal fading and light wear to extremities. Warmly inscribed by author. Patterson was born and spent her life Langston, Oklahoma. She was a highly regarded educator, historian, activist and author. Her other published works include: "Langston University: A History" (OU Press: 1979/1993) as well as a number of local histories of Langston. She served as the Chairman, Home Economics Department, Langston University from 1965-1971 and was inducted into Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1983.

1978. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Fine. [15] pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. Softcover. Staplebound wraps. A labor of love by author Paul Lawrence, who apparently published this work himself. John Colter was considered the original mountain man. Scarce to the trade.

New York: G. P. Putnam's and Sons, 1997. First Printing of New, Revised 11th Edition (with full number line). Hardcover. About Fine/Near Fine. xviii, 1012 pages : illustrations, music ; 27 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original black paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: clipped, some superficial shelf rubbing to panels else fine. A nice copy. Summary: Presents critical summaries of almost five-hundred operas, along with biographical information on the composers. Presented chronologically by composer. Authors: Antony Peattie (Editor), George Henry Hubert Lascelles Harewood (Editor).

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 228pp. Small Octavo. Black cloth and red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, blind stamp decoration on front panel. Book Condition: Fine. Binding tight and square, tips sharp, edges clean and text apparently unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The spine is mildly sunned, with mild crinkle to spine head and a darkened spot at the foot of the spine. Dale Peck's first book, published to wide acclaim.

Canoga Park, CA: Psi Fi Movie Press, Inc, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 53 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 4to. Photo-illustrated glossy staplebound wraps. Condition: Very Good. Shows rubbing to the panels with a crease to front panel and some yellowing. Describes the plots of "Man From UNCLE" episodes which aired during the show's last season on television. Includes a discussion of the actors, characters, and props. This first edition also includes the script and teleplay from a "Man from Uncle" marathon that channel 61 [WTIC, Hartford, Conn.] broadcast in February, 1986 as a lead-in to the new season. A solid copy. The book picks up just as the fourth (and final) season is gearing up and nobody is happy. The third season was a disaster, everyone knows that the show is teetering on the brink of being cancelled, and no one agrees about how to save it. Waverly is deteriorating mentally and struggles with his lines, Robert Vaughn hates the new showrunner and the feeling's mutual, it's… Read More

Guildford, Surrey, England: Circle Press, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Full Leather. Fine. [32pp] unumbered : 32 cm. 4to. Maroon leather over boards, gilt lettering. Letterpress in white handwriting with photographic reproductions tipped in. Includes a special 8 x 11 print numbered and signed laid in. Enclosed in a black bristol board clamshell box. Condition of all elements is fine. Written and designed by the artist in his concern for the photographic myth and the frailty of photographic fact, with eight color photographs tipped-in and hand-written text in off-set lithography. 300 signed copies, 45 proofs - 32 pp - 30 x 24 cm on Heritage board, bound into maroon leather and laid into a black cloth-covered box.

New York: Knopf, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 300 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Folio. Wheat colored cloth over boards, black spine lettering. Lavishly produced, landmark achievement in color and b&w photo reproduction. Career-spanning retrospective of the master Irving Penn. Fine in a Fine dust jacket; still in original shrinkwrap! From the publisher. "Covering all aspects of Penn's work, this is a visual autobiography. His range of subjects varies from portraits of writers, artists and theatrical figures to ethnographic studies in West Africa, Nepal, Peru and New Guinea."

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Peoples Gunn, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. 200 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Square 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original pressed paper over boards, blindstamp lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Fine. A sharp copy. Presented by Hennessy Cognac. Chapters include: Style Matters, The Clothes Make the Man, Money Power Respect, Cool Points, Sex, Living Large etc. etc. Glossary included.

Minneapolis Minn: Graywolf Press, 2010. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 233 pages ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Book Condition: gently pushed spine ends, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: these tiny, faint kerfufles to top edge, else fine. A sharp copy. Just to be clear: "First published in Norway with the title Jeg forbanner tidens elv by Oktober Forlag, Oslo, in 2008"--Title page verso "English translation first published ... by Harvill Secker ... London, in 2010"--Title page verso.

New York: Knopf, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 641pp. :illus ; 25 cm. Small 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original photo-illustrated paper over boards, white lettering to spine. One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. A sharp copy.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.