Search Results: Titles starting with P from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

W.W. Norton, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Certainly fascinating for the Wodehouse fan, this is an extensive collection of letters ranging from the author's school days in the early 1900s to a few weeks from his death in 1975. They provide the reader with insights into his life and work and further showcase his mastery of language. First printing, Fine in a NF unclipped jacket.

New York: Random House, 1973. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Banbery, Fred. Nice copy of this apparent first of this version of Paddington revised for younger readers. Glossy pictorial boards with no jacket as issued. Some wear to board edges, a couple of possible very small bite marks? Totally clean internally.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Fortnum, Peggy. Second printing of this American edition, book has outstanding, no writing, blue boards with a brown illustration of Paddington; pink dustjacket is price-clipped and has one 1" closed tear near spine, else crisp. Overall very nice.

New York: Viking Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Wonderful novel of Irish childhood, winner of the Booker Prize. This is a first printing of the first US edition, fine in a near fine jacket (slighly loose to book at flaps). Book has tiny nick to top of one page, else fine. Booker Prize sticker on jacket.

New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of author's second book, a collection of stories. Small space where place holder had rested visible from bottom edge only, else fine in a fine jacket.

Congdon & Weed, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bill Bryson's first book (first name given as William on this book only). A very nice, tight copy. Jacket fine except for very minor wear at top front edge. Book fine. In protective Brodart. This one's hard to find!

New York: Noonday Press, 1967. Paper. Very Good/No Jacket. Decent copy of novel from Norwegian Nobel Prize winner, a tale of forbidden love between a soldier and a daughter of a merchant family. Some rubbing to cover, a couple of price stickers, a couple of pages bent, one torn. No writing, ninth printing.

New York: Bantam Books, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Useful little Pan-Asian cookbook from James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, including notes on technique, ingredients, and substitutions. Very good paperback w/crease to top of rear cover.

Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Author's fourth book--quite a nice copy. NF in NF, unclipped jacket, with a very tiny closed tear to the top front edge, near the flap. Perhaps some toning to the front panel.

Chicago: Spencer Press, 1951. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex school-library w/usual markings. Tape residue to boards, no jacket. Pages internally clean.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing of this charming opening entry in the Pandora series from actress (General Hospital) and author Hennesy. Fine in a near fine jacket, with just a little light creasing to jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Wonderful memoir from the well known popular engineering/science writer. This is a fine copy of the first edition. Jacket very slightly loose at front flap, otherwise no notable flaws.

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A wonderful cookbook and guide to some of Paris's finest restaurants by acclaimed cookbook author Wells, who moved to Paris in 1980. Recipes, examinations of the city and it's restaurants and chefs, many b&w photos. Near fine (tiny spot to foredge) in a near fine jacket. First printing.

Novara, Italy: Uffizi Press. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Small volume with many B&W reproductions of well-known paintings of Paris. Overall VG, with a couple of faint stains to rear board, some bumps and wear to board edges and spine. Binding intact, pages clean.

New York: Random House Inc, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Overall a very nice copy of this National Book Award-winning novel centering around an astoundingly unlikeable character, who feels entirely unmoved by his murder of a young black girl. Fine in a near fine jacket (small bump to lower front corner, touch of wear at head of spine). Very minor mark to front edge of text.

New York: Random House, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Gopnik's highly regarded memoir about life with his wife and child in Paris. This is a first printing, overall VG in a like jacket. Slight lean to book, mild wear to jacket extremeties, but no tears.

New York: Random House, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice copy of this acclaimed memoir of Gopnik's life with his family in France. Near fine in wraps.

New York: Henry Holt, 2006. Advance Reader's Copy . Trade Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by author and dated (5/19/06). A very clean Advance Reading copy of this multi-generational novel recounting the history of a Louisiana family. This is a fine softcover in pictorial wraps.

Harcourt Brace, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First volume in Young Merlin Trilogy. Fine in a near fine jacket. Later printing.

Harcourt Brace, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First volume in Young Merlin Trilogy. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Second printing.