Search Results: Titles starting with P from North Books: Used & Rare

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1983. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8vo). 360pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. SIgned and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To Kitty, Warm Regards, Jack Parr.' FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself is Fine being completely free of all use and wear of any kind. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, a short closed tear of the back panel, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company for The Crime Club, 1929. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.75in. xix. 234pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed, a hint of toning to the endpapers, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

Amsterdam: Editions Cercle d'Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1964. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 11 x 12in. 199pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Color plates. One of the few publications with which Picasso was directly involved, even designing letters specifically for the text. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket in the scarce Very Good wrap-around band. The book itself with marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, a corner of the front paste-down with slight lift (looks like a very minor publisher flaw), else Fine/As New. The dust jacket and wrap-around band show only hints of shelf rubbing of the extremities and very light toning, otherwise remain complete, bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Pantheon - Bollingen Series, 1958. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.25 x 9.5in. xxii. 422pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows slight shelf rubbing along the corners, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing along the extremities with some small nicks and scuffs, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.5 x 8.75in. vii. 55pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows the extremities marginally shelf rubbed with some small nicks and extremely short closed tears, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Hardcover. First Printing. 4.75 x 7in. v. 436pp.; iv. 443pp. Engraved frontispieces and title pages. Publisher's pebbled cloth boards with gilt titling. Top text-block edges are gilt. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD condition showing marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, head and foot of the spines with slight loss; in all other respects Fine/As New. An very nicely maintained copy. As pictured.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition, Fifth Printing. 5.5 x 8.25in. vii. 288pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, a sticker remnant at the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities with several small nicks, panels lightly rubbed, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1940. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 4.75 x 7.75in. 356pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a former owner name neatly on the front endpaper, the first several pages show an unobtrusive publisher's flaw with a light crease that runs uniformly down the rightmost margins, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows several chips along the edges, slight hints of toning, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2009. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25in. xix. 297pp. Publisher's boards. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: 'With all best wishes, Hugh Howard, 21 January 2009.' FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. Both the book itself and dust jacket are flawless. As pictured.

Cambridge University Press, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 7 x 10in. xvi. 264pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket. Both the book itself and dust jacket are flawless. As pictured.

New York: Grove Press, 1953. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.25 x 8in. 130pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. Retains publisher issued review slip. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing of the corners, a small light spot of discoloration at the front board, former owner name neatly on the front endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, spine lightly tanned, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Erie, Pennsylvania: Nakladem Ksiezy Misjonarzy | St. John Kanty College, 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. 2.5 x 4.5in. 270pp. Publisher's leatherette. Textblock edges are gilt. Cloth ribbon chapter marker. Text in the original Polish. NEAR FINE. Spine with a hint of tanning, else Fine. As pictured.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 8.5in. vii. 165pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows a hint of toning at the endpaper, otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, spine with a hint of toning, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Peoria: The Manual Arts Press, 1931. Hardcover. First Edition. 5.75 x 8.75in. 80pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in his typical distinctive script: "Dard Hunter. Paper Museum, M.I.T. Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 14, mcmliii." NEAR FINE. Shows a handsome former owner bookplate on the front paste-down, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.5 x 9.5in. xvii. 358pp. Publisher's cloth board with leather title label in gilt. Top text-block edge is gold. Pertinently the former copy of artist and graphic designer Charles E. Pont with his bookplate at the front paste-down and a short former owner gift inscription. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the endpapers lightly toned, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows the spine somewhat darkened, even browning of the front and back panel, slight loss from the head and foot of the spine, otherwise remains distinct. As pictured.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.25 x 9.5in. xxviii. 390pp.; xxiv. 385pp.; xx. 488pp.; xviii. 467pp. xx. 500pp.; xviii. 549pp. Publisher's cloth boards. All 6 volumes are in NEAR FINE condition in Very Good dust jackets. The books themselves with the slightest suggestion of shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine/As New. The dust jackets shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities with several short closed tears, the foot of the spine of Vol. 6 with a scratch, otherwise remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: Robert White for Francis Tyton, 1678. Hardcover. Stated Fifth Edition. 6 x 8in. [12] 527pp. Bound in recent three quarters polished calf over marbled boards. New marbled endpapers. VERY GOOD. Shows just a hint of shelf rubbing along the extremities, early text and a slight portion of the margins of the remainder slightly and evenly browned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: Jacob Tonson, 1711. Hardcover. Stated "The Ninth Edition." 3 x 5.5in. [2, blanks] [1, frontispiece] [1, title] [10] 378 [42, index] [1]pp. 12 engraved plates. Bound in full calf of the period with gilt ruling. GOOD. Shows loss from the extremities, binding with hairline cracks from opening, first blank has a large chip, a hint of oxidative stress in the margins throughout, otherwise the binding is secure and the text and plates are unmarked. As pictured.

California: Stanford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.75in. xiv. 308pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket. A flawless copy. As pictured.

London: The Roxburghe Library [Club], 1868. Hardcover. First Edition. 7 x 8.75in. xii. 100pp. [1p., ad]. 1 fold-out plate. Publisher's calf spine over cloth covered boards. Spine with gilt lettering and decoration. The former copy of the American literary editor, Ellery Sedgwick, with his signature and date in the year of publication at the front endpaper. VERY GOOD. Shows the corners shelf rubbed and showing, slight shelf rubbing of the head and foot of the spine, a minute split of the hinge at the topmost of the spine, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. As pictured.