Search Results: Titles starting with P from Flamingo Books

Australian Government Publishing Service, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1976 first edition Australian Government Publishing Service (Canberra, Australia) 7 x 10 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardbound, 169 pp. plus 34 full-page plates with descriptions on the facing pages. Authors' presentation copy with ink notation to Dr. Richard Scott (1970 author of 'Aspects of Palynology') on front free-endpaper. Errata sheet laid in. Small ink number to upper corner of front cover and front free-endpaper. Rubbing, edgewear and abrasions to covers. Actual date of publication of 1976 noted in ink to title page and copyright page. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy, oversized volume, so contact us for overseas or priority shipping rates. ~OOO~ Bathurst Island lies north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It measures 2050 km2 Cenomanian marine argillaceous sediments are exposed in cliffs at the south coast, and were first reported and… Read More

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller. Very Good. 1985 first and limited edition (1 of 159 copies), leaf book, Kenneth Karmiole (Los Angeles, Calif.), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardbound, paper label printed in red and black to spine, grey endpapers, original 7 x 10 1/4 inches tall incunabula leaf from Zainer's 'Theologiae Veritatis' in a folder bound between the introduction and main text, ix, 22, [4] pp. Covers slightly rubbed, with mild staining to front cover. The Zainer leaf has a half-dozen pinhole-sized wormholes, and one narrow 1/2-inch wormhole which only catches the first letter of one line; otherwise, apart from slight marginal staining, a very good leaf. The book is, in all other respects, in very good to near fine condition. Reference: de Hamel and Silver, Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered (Caxton Club 2005), No. 183. ~SP12~ This work traces the work of Ulm, Germany's first printer, Johannes Zainer, who printed a tract on the plague in 1473, some five… Read More

Royal Soc, 1971-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1971 first edition off-print, The Royal Society (London) 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches tall, softbound in brown wraps, paginated 101-234. Black cloth tape reinforcement to spine. Prior owner name to upper margin of front cover. Bumping to tips of book, with creasing to page corners. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Association copy: The prior owner, Craig Black (1932-1998), was a respected vertebrate paleontologist and professor who served as Curator and later Director of Carnegie Museum of National History, and from 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. ~HHH~ [1.5P] A new species of the placoderm fish Holonema is described from the Frasnian of Western Australia as H. westolli. A detailed account of the head and trunk shields is given; the palatoquadrate, opercular cartilage and gnathals are also described and receive special attention in view of the interest that attaches to these… Read More

U.CA Pub.Geol.v.7,no.25, 1914-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1914 off-print University of California Press (Berkeley, Calif.) 7 x 10 1/2 inches tall brown paper wraps, 465-495pp. Fifteen text figures. A few unopened signatures. Chipping to edges (with tape repairs) and age-toning to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked. ~ZZ~

J.B. Pope, 1978. Paperback. Good. 1978 J.B. Pope (Austin, Texas), 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches tall paperbound in white covers, black lettering to front cover, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, index, v, 79 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of fraying along the lower spine. Erased pencil notation to upper margin of title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon genealogy. ~J~ [1.0P] Heinrich Pabst immigrated from the Rhineland of Germany to Windsor Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania in 1732.In addition to Bobst, Pabst, Pobst, Popst and Pope, other surnames which receive coverage include: Dewalt, Hill, Lindsey, Pabsten, Sigman, Smith, Tindel, Tindle, Yount.

1992-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. In Russian. 1992 n.p. (Dushanbe, Tajikistan), 5 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches tall grey cloth hardbound, no dust jacket, 576 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to front cover cloth. Staining to top margin of front pastedown and free-endpaper. Moderate age toning to text. Slight looseness to front board, but the binding is quite solid and all holds firmly. Otherwise, a clean and unmarked copy. ~UU~ Robert Aleksandrovich Shtil'mark

George Barrie and Son, 1897. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1897 limited edition (Copy 519 of 1,000) 'Printed only for subscribers,' G. Barrie & Son (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), two 6 x 8 3/4 inches tall half leather bound volumes, blue cloth over brown leather spine and tips, five raised bands and gilt decorations and lettering to spines, top page edges gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers, printed on Japanese vellum paper, illustrated with 11 etchings by Albert Duvivier with captioned tissue guards, 319, 361 pp. (680 pages total.) Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, most noticeable to tips and along joints, but the bindings are quite solid. Very mild age toning, with a couple of instances of slight marginal soiling. Light dampstaining to lower edges of blank rear endpapers of Volume 1. Otherwise, a very good set - clean and unmarked - in a fine binding with great shelf appeal. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be… Read More

Painted Post Press, 1993-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1993 first edition Painted Post Press (Painted Post, New York), 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches tall paperbound in beige pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, [14], 56, plus seven pages of local merchant ads. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight bumping to lower tip of rear cover, with resultant very slight creasing to lower page tips. Gift inscription to blank verso of dedication page at front of volume. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. OCLC (No. 676708098) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide. ~SP37~ A centennial history of Painted Post, a village in Steuben County, New York, in the town of Erwin, west of the city of Corning. The name comes from a painted and carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers. Contents: Painted Post Government, Village Police Department, Department of Public Works, Water Works,… Read More

Ye Print Shoppe, Limited, 1975-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1975 reprint edition Ye Print Shoppe, Ltd. (Greenville, Ill.), 17 x 10 7/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in slick color-illustrated covers, black-and-white and color illustrations, unpaginated, but approximately 20 pp. Book slightly bumped to lower tip. Covers rubbed and edgeworn, with black ink mark and price sticker to front cover. Otherwise, apart from an occasional slight creasing to a page, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. A book for Tole and decorative painters. Tole painting is the folk art of decorative painting on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. Typical metal objects include utensils, coffee pots, and similar household items. Wooden objects include tables, chairs, and chests, including hope chests, toyboxes and jewelry boxes. ~SP12~

University of Texas Press, 2004. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x1x12. 2004 Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art, Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado), 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall aqua cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with color photographs and reproductions of artwork, 327 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP42~ [6.0P] In the spring of 2004, the Denver Art Museum opened the largest exhibition of Mexican colonial painting ever assembled outside of Mexico. It included sixty masterpieces from public and private collections in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. This catalogue of the exhibit provides a much-needed… Read More

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, 1970-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1970 First edition, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letter/Munksgaard's Forlag (Copanhagen, Denmark), in English, 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches tall, 69 plus 28 full-page plates with description on the facing page. Paperbound in brown wraps, wraps are mildly creased and edgeworn, with light accession number to the upper left corner of both the front cover and title page. Brown wraps have tiny tears along the edges. 1971 stamped from the Denver US Geological Survey library to title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~VV~

The Geological Society of America, 1978-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1978 first edition, Geological Society of America (Boulder, Colorado) 8 x 11 inches tall stapled booklet, 32 pp., plus 165 8 x 11 inches tall full-page figures or maps on slick stock, in the publisher's printed white envelope with black lettering to front of envelope. The containing envelope is rubbed, worn and torn, but has done its job protecting its contents, which are in very good condition. Otherwise contents are clean, bright and unmarked. ~XX~

Almquist and Wiksell (distr.), 1971. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1971 Almquist and Wiksell (Stockholm, Sweden), four 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall paperbound volumes in tan printed covers, 158 pp. plus 57 full-page plates with descriptions on facing pages, complete. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Ink prior owner name (micropaleontologist S.A. Kling) to top margin of front cover of each volume. Otherwise, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP11~ [2.0P] In the first three parts of this work, fossil nannofloras of sediments from Paleocene to Oligocene in age is recorded. Part 1 deals with the nannofossils of the Paleocene of two closely situated sections of west-central Persia and the Upper Paleocene to Upper Eocene of three different localities of West Pakistan. Part 2 documents the nannoplankton of Oligocene age from West Germany including some of the localities of type Oligocene. Part 3 once again deals with the Middle-Upper Oligocene nannoflora of a continuous… Read More

Putnam, 1885-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1885 inscribed and signed first edition, G.P. Putman Sons, 8 x 11 inches tall black leatherbound, gilt ruling to front cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, engraved frontispiece and four other full-page engravings, 212 pp. Inscribed and initialed on the blank front free-endpaper by the author, Alice Field, daughter of American Telegraph Co. founder Cyrus W. Field. Includes five finely-engraved etchings of Sicily by renowned American Artist Samuel Coleman (1832-1920), probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River. Each of these etchings is worthy of framing. Page edges are untrimmed. Ex-Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary library copy, with a label to the spine, a 1923 bookplate to the front pastedown, and a check-out card pocket and slip to the rear free-endpaper and pastedown. Bumping to tips of book. Moderate to heavy rubbing and edgewear to covers. Contemporary newspaper review of book, formerly tipped onto blank front… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-07-25. Hardcover. Very Good. 2007 facsimile reprint of 1893 edition, Kessinger Publishing, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall glossy hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), xii, 197 pp. plus five pages of plates.Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~WWW~ [2.0P] Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922) was a French physician, pathologist, and parasitologist who discovered the parasite that causes human malaria. For this and later work on protozoal diseases he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1907. This is the J.W. Martin English translation of Laveran's seminal work.

Sunshower Press. Good. 1987 signed and inscribed first edition / limited edition (50 copies), Sunshower Press (La Jolla, California), 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in covers with Asian calligraphy design by Jean Shen, [33] pp. Covers moderately soiled, rubbed and edgeworn. A couple of instances of slight marginal soiling. Nicely inscribed and signed by the poet in the year of issue on the verso of the front cover. Pencil mark indicating this is copy 3 of 50 at the bottom corner of the title page. Brief handwritten note from the poet to the prior owner and a revised preface laid in. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce poetry collection by a respected San Diego area writer. Not in OCLC. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~HHH~ Karen Kenyon is a writer and teacher who lives near La Jolla, California. Her work (poetry, essays, interviews, travel articles, profiles) appears regularly in The Christian Science Monitor, British… Read More

Edtrice Nagard, 1913-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1983 first edition Editrice Nagard (Rome, Italy), 7 x 9 3/4 inches tall hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, tan paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, 479 pp. Slight bumping to upper edge of boards. Cornell University bookstore sticker to front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket (nicely preserved in a clear archival sleeve). A scarce compilation of more than forty papers - most in English - relating to probability, dedicated to Octav Onicescu (1892-1983), a Romanian mathematician and founder of the Romanian school of probability theory and statistics. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP09B~ Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of random phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random… Read More

Apud Tobiam Goebhardt, 1763-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. In Latin. 1763 Apud Tobiam Goebhardt (Bamberg, Germany), 4 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches tall full leather bound, four raised bands and titled paper label to spine, all page edges red, 384, [4], 147 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Leather patch to lower spine. Half-inch wormhole to front cover, paper spine title label is cracking and about a third lacking. Ancient library shelving label to lower spine. Moderate soiling and foxing to front and rear prelims. German library shelving sticker to front pastedown. Prior owner inscription to blank front free-endpaper. Spot of worming to the lower part of the rear pastedown, free-endpaper and last five pages of text. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare 18th century edit and imprint of a much-beloved 17th century Catholic prayer book. ~UUU~ [2.0P] A rare 1763 Bamberg, Germany edit of this beloved compilation of seventeenth century devotional… Read More

H. Dessain, 1858-01-01. Hardcover. Good. In Latin. 1858 'nova editio a mendis innumeris exergata' H. Dessain, successor to P.J. Hanicq (Mechelen, Belgium), 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches tall full vellum bound with yapped fore edges, black ruling and lettering to covers and spine, yellow endpapers, engraved extra illustrated title page, most of the text in double columns, index, [46], 696 pp. Covers have typical vellum grubbiness, as well as slight to moderate rubbing. A bit of soiling to endpapers and slight to moderate foxing to front and rear prelims. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare edit of Horstius' original Latin. OCLC (Nos. 1075246123, 234326881) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - at Harvard and Bibliothek St. Albertus Magnus in Cologne. ~UUU~ [1.0P] From the 17th through the early 20th centuries, Paradisus Animae Christianae (Paradise of the Christian Soul) was an extremely popular collection of Catholic prayers, devotions and… Read More

Apud Balthasaris ab Egmont, 1716-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. In Latin. 1716 'Editio Nova' Apud Balthasaris ab Egmont Socios (Cologne, Germany), 3 x 5 3/8 inches tall leather bound, gilt ruling to spine and both boards, marbled endpapers, extra engraved title page, illustrated with several full page engravings, [26], 513, [3], 60 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to tips and cracking to frontb exterior hinge, though the binding holds quite firmly. Soiling to page edges. Prior owner name in period hand to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from slight creasing to a few page tips, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon edition. ~UUU~ In Latin. Jacob Merlo Horstius (1597-1644), born in Horst, Holland (from whence he derives his name), was a prominent doctor of theology known as an effective preacher at the Lyskirchen in Cologne, where he served as pastor. The Paradisus Animae, which has gone through many editions in… Read More