Search Results: Titles starting with A from The Parnassus BookShop

Bantam Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1983. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Bantam Books, Inc, 1983, Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book As New. No jacket, as issued. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection which was published between June 1982 and October 2000. The Black Leatherette Collection. Black leatherette with gilt titles to spine, gilt silhouette portrait front decoration, marbled, colored, feather endpapers. Except for the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) is the best selling novelist of all time, selling over 2 billion copies of her books. She is best known for her 66 detective novels featuring those well-known fictional 'detectives', Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. 207 pp. 8vo. Publication year 1983, Bantam Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. ISBN10: 0553350021, ISBN13: 9780553350029

Passport Books/AAA, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Travel Guide Paperback in Very Good Condition, looks unused. Essential Scotl;and by travel experts Hugh Taylor and Moira McCrossan tells you all abiut Scotlans--full color inset photogtaphs throughout--key places to visit, top ten not to miss, walks, tours, where to take the children, nightlife, dining, etc. Explore Scotland. 125 pp. 4.25 x 7.5 ". 2000, AAA.

New York: Atheneum, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Binding of clean and unmarked blue cloth with author name blind-stamped on front, sharp and bright gilt titles on spine. Slight rubbing to corners and spine head/tail. Interior is Fine, lightly and evenly toned. Clean gold glossy jacket with edgewear, small closed tear on upper edge near corner, spine head chipped, not clipped. A book about the African people, where they are going, what their future is, relating agriculture, politics, and education to one another and to the fundamental issue of cultural values. 221 pages with index. 8.6 x 5.5 inches. Atheneum, NY 1966.

USA: Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. First Printing Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Jacket. Very clean and unmarked burgundy cloth with sharp and bright gilt lettering. Sharp cornerd, tight binding--like new, really. Interior is pristine. Photographic illustrations. Clean and unmarked jacket with antique design is a little wrinkled at spine tail with a tiny closed tear on the corner, otherwise fine. Mylar jacket cover. 576 pages. 2006, Thomas Nelson, Inc., USA

USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcover Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. 1920 Pulitzer Prize Winner. An autobiography of Edward Bok, (1863-1930) Dutch writer, editor, essayist, autobiographer and humanitarian. Bok was the editor at "The Ladies Home Journal" which led to his success and influence. "As editor, Bok is considered to have practically revolutionized the American home. Clean, dark-red boards with minimal wear to extremities. Tight, solid book. Backstrap loose. Previous giver inscription on loose endpaper. All edges rough cut. Frontispiece a portrait of Edward W. Bok, with tissue overlay. Leaf with frontispiece is loose from binding. Inne hinge cracked. . Dominican Lending Library stamps and numbers on the title page and the rear paste-down. Numbers on spine. Private library. Rough cut. Internals clean, unmarked, no tears, slightly toned, more so near edges. 461 pages. 5.5 x 8.25… Read More

New York: Doubleday and Co, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. Sixteen pages of b/w photographs. Working with police intelligence reports and making use of private diaries and letters, and his interviews with virtually everyone who had anything to do with this case, Frank Gerold has recreated the events that took Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Memphis; the horror of the deed; the greatest manhunt in history; and the mysterious, quick trial of James Earl Ray. Clean and unmarked black cloth binding with blue panel on spine, gilt outlined, gilt titles within. Name on paste down, else fine. Tight, solid, square with sharp corners, Rough cut. Interior is fine. Jacket is unclipped, clean, edgeworn. Archival protective jacket cover. 467 pages with Notes and Index. 1.75 x 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Doubldeay and Co, NY 1972.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Doubleday, Page and Co.,Garden City, New York, 1925. Hardback Pocket-sized Edition Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. Volume Vii, Part I and Part II in one volume. Paragraph signed by Mark Train (facsimile I assume) on page after the title page. Includes writings of such literary giants as Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ward Beecher, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others. A great small volume to take with you wherever you go--enjoy 5 minutes of reading --or 50, in those spare minutes. Upper edge gilt. Black cloth binding with gilt imprinted design on front and title and decoration on spine--rubbed, barely visible on spine. Front of cover has some discoloration near top edge and rear lower right corner. Tight & solid sewn binding. Lower corners gently bumped, scuff mark on lower rear edge, indentation on upper front… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. A close look at America in the late sixties, and seventies. Ivory linen with silver outlined titles on spine and front; very clean and unmarked. No edgewear. Rough cut. Very small spot on the fore-edge of the text block. Internals in Fine Condition--as new. Jacket with illustration of Alistair Cooke is clean, no marks, slight wear to spine head. This is a book of fifty of Alistair Cooke's best talks, a "Cooke's-eye view" of the last ten years (from printing), from Richard Nixon's arrival in the White House to the case of Michelle Marvin--Cooke on Watergate, on Vietnam, American food, music, Christmas in Vermont, slang, diet mania, the obscenity business, the money game of sports, feminism, presidential tastes in hobbies and women, etc. A close look at America in the late sixties, and seventies. 272 pages.… Read More

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book with a whisper of wear to cover. Internals as new. Twelve extended nonfiction pieces that have appeared over the previous seven years (prior to 1991) in The New Yorker. The subjects range from the tempest surrounding the nation's only drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, to the rumors a murder unleashes among the churchgoing citizens of Emporia, Kansas. What emerges is an exceptionally intimate, revealing, sometimes funny, always convincing portrait of how Americans live today. 294 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1991, Ticknor & Fields Publishers, New York.

New York: Outdoor Life/Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Charles Berger and John Dahl. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 285 pages. Very nice book with binding of forest green full cloth w/gilt titles. Pale, small, spot on bottom edge of text block. Clean, tight, unmarked. Jacket is clean, green and gold, with a bass on front; scuffed at corners and spine ends, edgewear. Charles Berger is the artist for all the underwater, fish and fly illustrations. The drawings of the lures are by John Dahl. 285 pages, 8vo. 1964, Outdoor Life/Harper & Row.

USA: The Book League of America, 2000. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback 7th Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AsS New Large Octavo. 500 pages inc. Chapter Notes and Index. Very clean and unmarked, tight and solid. Interior is Fine aslo. A sympathetic but frank portrait of Jackie Kennedy, former First Lady, from the private collections of Jackie's friends and family. Portrays the woman behind the public persona. 2000, Viking.Penguin Group, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Dover Publications, 1970. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 48 b/w Illustrations throughout. An unabridged republication of the work originally published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, 1952. The author has written a new preface and has expanded the bibliography section for this present edition. Very clean with slight wear to lower front corner and the beginning of a crease up from center lower edge of front cover. Tight and square binding. Internals clean with occasional light underlining of text, which doesn't affect readability at all. Dover editions are designed for years of use: paper is opaque, does not become brittle or discolor with age; pages are sewn in signatures; books open flat for easy use, the binding will not split or crack. 217 pages with index. 8.5 x 5.4 inches. 1970, Dover Publications, New York, New York, USA

New York, NY: Kaplan/Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Kaplan/Simon and Schuster, 2001. Learning guide with 2 full-length practice tests, hundreds of calculus questions with complete explanations, and effective strategies to maximize your score. Large Paperback Book in Very Good Condition. Cover is clean and unmarked, fore edge turns up, lower corner ruffled. Tight and solid binding, square. Pages clean and completely free from any markings. 585 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches.

New York: 12 Twelve, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Book has former owner name on endpaper, else Fine. Soft gray quarter cloth with black titles, ivory with silver speckles over boards. The novel takes place over the course of a single day in the life of the protagonist as he makes his way across an unnamed European city in search of the titular apartment. A smart novel. A story about how our relationshios to others-- and to ourselves-- alter hiow we see the world. It perfectly captures the peculiarity and excitement of being a stranger in a strange city. . 228 pages. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. 2013, Alfred A Knopf, New York.

New York: Greystone Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Art of the World Series. Revised Edition 1966. Translated by Anne E. Keep. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket with protective covering. 9.75 x 7 7 inches. 270 pages including Chronological Table of Mesopotamia, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index. Binding of deep red textured cloth with gilt titles on front and black and gilt title panel on spine. Very clean and unmarked with very slight rubbing of some edges.Tight and solid binding. Internals in Fine Condition. Over 70 plates and maps plus over 100 b/w figures of the art of Mexico and Central America and the Andean Lands. This book describes broad historical, sociological, and religious backgrounds, very differnt from that of western civilization. he glossy jacket is clean and bright with slight edgewear and a small-less than a half inch- closed tear on the upper and lower front edge of the jacket. A beautiful volume.… Read More

New York Toronto London: Greystone Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Greystone Press, 1970. The Art of the World Series. First Printing of First US Edition. Printed in Holland. Out-of-Print Book. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. 7" x 9.75" tall. 270 pp with chronological table and index. Illustrated with 55 color plates, 20 black-and-white plates, and 20 line drawings.Translated by J.R.Foster. Beautiful deep red cloth with black and gilt title panel on spine w/ gilt and black titles, gilt circle w/ gilt lettering on front; clean and unmarked, tight and solid; slight rubbing of corner tips and spine heel. Endpapers designed in a block arrangement of various artifacts and block prints in full color. Title page illustration: Hans von Makart's Entry of Charles V into Antwerp, 1878, detail. Pages clean, no marks, no tears. Jacket clean and bright, scuffed along edges, a piece missing from the lower edge… Read More

New Yirk: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of New and Enlarged Edition, 1905 . Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. A brief, detailed history of France from the early days of Gaul to the Third French Republic. Dark green cloth with still sharp and bright gilt lettering on front and spine. Whitish line across front and light scrape lins. Corners and edges rubbed. Tight and solid swen binding. Pages clean, tight, unmarked, untorn. Published for the Bay View Reading Club, Detroit, Michigan. In remarkable well-preserved condition. 272 pages with index. 5 x 7.5 inches. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Genealogical Publishing, 1989. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Ex-lib book, with a stamps and spine sticker. Clean with no other markings. Bright red. clean, and unmarked wrappers protected by glassine cover. Tight and solid binding, square. . Pages clean and clean, no underlining, no highlighting, no marginalia. An A_Z glossary of terms relating to genealogical researchi n Britain, arranged alphabetically, with definitions, explanations, bibliographies, sources, addresses and signposts, pointing to topics of interest to the family historian. Nice clean, solid book. 224 pages. 5.4 x 8.5 inches. Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 1989.

New Jersey, USA: Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An unusual pilgrimage indeed-the author met and developed a unique friendship with an elderly Nepalese widow while he was teaching school in a village near the Himalayas in the 1970s. Going back there with his future wife fifteen years later, they invited 84 year-old Aama to come for a visit to America. This she did--and her unclouded vision of America led them to a different and greater understanding of their own country, culture and themselves. Original cloth backed boards with ivory linen, gilt titles, ivory boards, pristine condition. Tight, solid, square with sharp corners. Internals very clean, no underlining or highlighting, faint creasing to a few pages. B/w illustrations. 299 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Anchor Books/Doubleday, New York, 1995.

USA: P.F.Collier & Son, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Hardback, 1902. Hardcover in Very Good Condition, without jacket, as issued. The French Classical Romances, Editor-in-Chief Edmund Gosse. 190/67 pages. Introduction by Robert Herrick. Frontispiece and Other Portraits with Descriptive Notes by Octave Uzanne. Frontis tissue protected. Black cloth binding with blind stamped double border on front, two gilt outlined panels on spine with gilt lettering within-quite bright and clear. Fleur de lys in black to spine. Quite clean with light wear to corners and spine head and heel, with hinge rubbed. Solid and tight sewn binding. Lime-green decorated title page. Short bio of author. Former owner name on verso of frontis. Inner hinge cracked at title page. Pages clean and unmarked, no tears, lightly toned. Ludovic Halevy (1834-1908) was a French author, playwright, librettist who, in collaboration with Henri Meithac, wrote the librettos for most of the operettas of… Read More