Search Results: Titles starting with P from Great Expectations Rare Books

Paris: Librairie Hachette, Classiques Illustrés Vaubourdolle, 1956. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Small perfect bound paper soft-cover edition. French edition, text in French. 96 pages. Illustrated with full page map and two plates. Reprint edition. No previous ownership marks. Moderate toning to paper as per usual with this edition, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. A well preserved copy of an ephemeral piece. Text in French. Very good. .

Iowa City: The Happy Press, 1982. Book. Fine. No Binding. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Complete set of 32 loose printed 3" x 5" illustrated postcards in an illustrated card sleeve. Variant red sleeve, no priority established. This Postcard Issue represents reprints from the book "Poetry Comics: A Cartoonvesrse of Poems," published by Simon and Schuster. Each card presents a snippet of verse from a well known poet, including Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ben Jonson, Robert Browning, John Keats, Allen Ginsberg, et alia. An exceedingly rare complete collection. No previous ownership marks. No creases or tears. Fragile sleeve is in excellent condition. All cards fine, sleeve i s fine. A very nice, collectible set. .

Iowa City: The Happy Press, 1982. Book. Near Fine. No Binding. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 29 postcard size cartoons (4.5" x 5.5") of 32 that were issued, in a printed paper sleeve. This Postcard Issue represents reprints from the book "Poetry Comics: A Cartoonvesrse of Poems," published by Simon and Schuster. Lacking cards 7.13. and 18. Each card presents a snippet of verse from a well known poet, including William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ben Jonson, Robert Browning, John Keats, Allen Ginsberg, et alia. An exceedingly rare collection, even with the three missing cards. No previous ownership marks. No creases or tears. Fragile sleeve is in excellent condition. Near fine. .

West Hollywood, CA: Alluvial Publishing Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format periodical, softbound in stiff pictorial wraps. 98 pages. Illustrated with photographs. A high end periodical known for its quality photography and gay lifestyle content. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Mild wear. Near fine. .

West Hollywood, CA: Alluvial Publishing, 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format periodical, softbound in stiff pictorial wraps. 98 pages. Illustrated with photograph. A high end periodical known for its quality photography and gay lifestyle content. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, like new copy. As new. .

New York: The Century Co., 1921. Pictorial Cover. Original black pictorial cloth. Illustrated with fold-out map and numerous monochrome photographs. An interesting narrative of the peoples, places and problems of the Pacific during the early part of the 20th century. Most interesting is Greenbie's analysis of Japan and her pan-Asianism and what problems this could portend for t he United States. A very good or better copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Birch Lane Press, 1992. Hardcover in non price clipped dust-jacket. 302pp., Index. Illustrated with maps and map endpapers. First edition, first printing. Fuiture history premised on a resurgent Imperialist Japan. No previous ownership marks. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good in a near very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1971. Bright redish-orange cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with vignette drawings by Peggy Fortnum. Small retail price sticker on rear dustjacket panel, faded to white. Fine in very good jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover innon price-clipped dustajcket. Dustjacket worn and shows old tape repairs on verso. "A personal report on Spain today, its ancient romance, beatuy, and poverty, its unique religion, its politics and people." About very gopod in worn but complete fair to good dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Near Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Times Books, 1983. Hardcover, red buckram in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 302pp. Facsimile New York Times covers for sixty three years. Paper toned as per newsprint. A very well peserved copy of a book usually found in worn condition because of its size. No previous ownership markings. Clean, square, sound copy in a very nice dust-jacket with no tears or chips, but for one very minor nick at top corner of spine. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust-jacket.. Revised Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/Very Good+. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Tokyo, Japan / Rutland, Vermont: Toto Shuppan Company, Ltd / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in silver and blue paper covered boards and priced clipped dust-jacket. 168 pages. Illustrated with numerous black and white vignette photographs throughout text and 50 full page plates [10 of which are in color]. Plates are printed on rectos only, with corresponding letterpress on facing versos. First edition thus of the Popular Edition, stated first printing. This is volumes 4 of the original six volume set, reduced from folio to octavo for this edition and unabridged. Previous owner's small name stamp on dust-jacket and front free end-paper. Small chip to jacket at top of spine and light wear to upper back panel. Minor toning to end-papers and small crease to lower corner of one plate, else a clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Very good+ in a good dust-jacket. .

Tokyo, Japan / Rutland, Vermont: Toto Shuppan Company, Ltd / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcovers in silver and blue paper covered boards and non price-clipped dust-jackets. Small format edition of a work first published in 1952. Tiles are: 1. Painting 6th - 14th Century; 2. Painting 14th - 19th Century; 3. Sculpture; 4. Ceramics and Metalwork; 5. Textiles and lacquer; 6. Architecture and Gardens. All volumes illustrated with numerous vignette black and white photographs and 50 full page photographic plates, 10 of which are in color but for volumes III {Sculpture} and VI [Archite4cture and Gardens] which include 3 and 4 color plates respectively. First editions, stated first printings of the Popular Edition, dated either 1957 or 1958. No previous ownership marks. End-papers moderately toned as per usual and jackets show varying degrees of wear, with some rubbing and loss to upper back-strips;… Read More

Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1957. Small paperback n purple and white wrappers. French edition, text in French. 102 pages. Selection from the poetry of Rimbaud with a brief biography, an introduction, explanatory notes, criticism and questionnaire and homework topics. Second printing. No previous ownership marks. No writing, underlining, etc. to text. Moderate wear to paper covers with some edge-wear and toning. Still a solid, readable copy. Fair. . Second Printing. Softcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Bracken Books, 1986. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 510pp., Index. 400 illustrations. A Facsimile Edition of the original 1898 publication, bringing together a collection of children's stories from earlier works. No previous owner's name, no book-plate, no remainder marks, etc. A clean, square, crisp copy. Fine in a very good dust-jacket.. First Thus. Buckram. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1948 Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Faded blue cloth in worn dustjacket. Nautical fiction set in the days of sail when merchantmen painted their ports red to resemble the gun posts of 'men -of-war'. A little dingey but over a good solid reading copy.. Cloth. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1967. Large format square quarto, pepper colored cloth, lacking dust-jacket. 48 pages of text + 5 pages of black and white photographs and 80 pages of full color plates. Edited, with photographs by Peter Herman. Translated from the German by Janet Seligman. First American edition. Previous owner's small label inside front cover. Book protected by handsomely crafted home-made acetate covers. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new but for owner's label. Near fine. A large book, Priority and International orders will requite additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Dial Press Inc., 1931. Hardcover, cloth. Illustrated with photographs. The autobiographical account of one woman's global wanderings, from Europe to Iceland, Africa and even Soviet Russia. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, light brown cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 212 pages. Index. Illustrated with 10 black and white plates. Acknowledgment label tipped in, regretting the author's use of material from Nancy Mitford's book without her permission. First edition. A biography of the greatest decorative painter of his age. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. .

Dallas Museum of Art, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, folio sized volume bound in dark forest green cloth, lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 360 pages. List of Artists and Selected Bibliography. Illustrated with approximately 115 paintings presented in 172 figures. First edition. This catalog was produced on the occasion of the eponymously named exhibition organized by the Dallas Museum of Art there June 3 - August 1, 1993 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art March 10 - May 9, 1993. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Book. Good. Soft cover. Fourth Editiom. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 387 pages. Bibliographical References, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white. Fourth edition, second printing thus. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A pair of old retail price stickers inside front cover and general rubbing to covers at joints and extremities. A sound, tight, internally unmarked copy. Good. .