Search Results: Titles starting with P from Monkey House Books

Chicago: Advent Publishers Inc., 1992. First Edition. Large format hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good.. Collection of reprints of issues of the 'fanzine for pros' which began in 1959. With a mock-pompous title, this is a publication intended for science fiction writers and editors to discuss their own work and the literary and economic issues in the field. First Edition, December 1992, covers April 1959 - June 1979. Preface by Cogswell, Introduction by Algis Budrys. 374 pages, index, appendix. Some edgewear and crinkle to top of jacket cover.

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition Fine. First performed in London & Brighton in October 1983 with Judi Dench & Michael Williams as Barbara and Bob. Set in a London suburb in the early 1960s, based on the true story of neighbors suspected of being Soviet spies. BCE with insert, September 1985 Selection. 113 pages, very light wear.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. Hardcover, black cloth boards. Good/No Jacket. Designed for a college survey course in modern European history. Covers the Renaissance and Reformation, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, and 20th century wars. 1032 pages, index. Primary source readings, introductory material. Pages tanning, wear to ends & corners.

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1940. Beige cloth boards, green titles on spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First printing, so stated. Essays on Johnson, Dickens, Shakespeare, Shelley, Emerson, Whitman, and other literary figures. 356 pages, text clean and bright. Spine darkened, top end split. Bottom front corner banged and frayed.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1933. Blue cloth boards, red/orange stamped titling.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Glamorous adventure/romance, one woman's travels and sordid experiences as a ""painted lady"" in the Russian underworld. 317 pages, clean, bright and square. Hinges strong. Top edge red, a bit dirty. Backstrip faded, corners bumped & worn, slightly frayed. Ding on back cover edge.

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. 132 pages, line drawings and b/w examples. Terminology, overview, basic tips & techniques, materials, composition. Originally published as Instructions to Young Artists.

Southampton: The Parrish Art Museum, 1984. Stapled softcover booklet. Fine. Exhibition catalogue, stapled booklet. 13 April through 3 June 1984. Introduction by Trudy C. Kramer, Director. Essay by Klaus Kertess, Robert Lehman Curator. Corners very lightly bumped.

Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques., 1965. Softcover with vestigial flaps. Good/No Jacket. Covers the Old Palace or Benedict XII Palace; New Palace or Clement VI Palace; the Palace after the departure of the Popes. In the early 14th century, from 1309 to 1377, the Pope resided not in Italy but in Avignon, France. Text in English. 142 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Wear & creasing to covers.

Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010. Large format hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. Signed with a brief inscription and small drawing by the author/artist on the half-title. Children's picture book and story inspired by the drawings of M. C. Escher. Johnson, an illustrator born in 1944, is best known for the 'Henry' series of books about the adventures of a black bear.

Palm Beach, Florida: Palm Beach Society Companies, Inc., 2007. Large format hardcover, padded pictorial boards. Fine. Annual periodical featuring the costumes, jewelry, and leisure activities of fabulously wealthy pets and their owners. Corners lightly bumped. 142 pages.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1930. Green cloth boards, title labels applied to cover and spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. "There were days when the devil was in everything."" Author of other novels and belles-lettres, including Havana Bound, Indiana Jane, Collected Poems, etc. 372 pages, clean and unmarked. Green patterned endpapers, hinges good, binding square, uncut edges. Backstrip and page edges somewhat spotted, some wear to backstrip ends.

New York: Random House, Inc., 1975. 22nd Edition. Hardcover, blue boards. Fair-Good/No Dust Jacket. 1014 pages, covers 141 countries. Index to cities, countries, regions. Front hinge broken, endpaper tearing, spine rather worn.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. . Biography of the controversial Mexican peasant guerrilla leader and revolutionary. 208 pages, agewear, no major flaws. Several related newspaper clippings are tucked in. Purchased in Mexico in 1976.

Guilford, Connecticut: Stackpole Books, 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Translated by David Johnston. 460 pages, appendix, index. Light bump to top corner.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Yellow boards.. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . Ex-library in wraps, spine label, card pocket. 1st American Edition. Essays on a wide variety of artists and themes by the art critic for the Independent. 384 pages, illustrated, index.

Santa Barbara: Bellerophon Books, 1994. Large format stapled softcover. Good. Line drawings to color and cut. Suitable for older children using colored pencil or fine tip markers. A few have been colored but vast majority are untouched.

Santa Barbara: Bellerophon Books, 1992. Large format stapled softcover. Good. Coloring book. 4 pages have some coloring done, most are unused. Cavalry, infantry, artillery.

Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1916. White cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Large format hardcover (folio), contains facsimiles of early documents of the Society formed by Continental Army veteran officers of the American Revolution. Includes list of members, names include General George Washington, Col. John Trumbull, Major General Baron Steuben, Major General Henry Knox, many prominent & local Connecticut names. Covers well-worn and soiled, tears to cloth on spine, corners frayed.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Maroon cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Zola, 1840-1902, was a French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school, and zealous social reformer. Translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. Pages 384-744. Spine considerably discolored, corners bumped, front hinge cracked, rear hinge tender.

Banff, Alberta: Summerthought, 1982. Large format softcover. Good. Highways and parkways through the scenic national parks, including picnic areas, campgrounds, wildlife, lakes, peaks, etc. 154 pages, maps, color photos. Cover wear, previous owner's name.