Search Results: Titles starting with P from Blue Sky Rare Books

Palm Springs: HERITAGE ASSOCIATES, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. This is the deluxe edition in brown leatherette with all edges gilt, in a matching solander case. Book and case fine. A Palm Springs classic.

Cambridge University Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, full blue cloth, spine a little rubbed, contents completely free of markings. No jacket. Superb working copy.

Munich: Prestel Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine. Jacket in protective mylar wrap. Gorgeous book.

Book Club of California., 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed edition of 300 copies, with both inserts. Blue cloth in matching slipcase, all about as new.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Not First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Not First. VG+ in VG jacket null Lovely copy from around 1916 (this is the 23rd impression) in a nice DJ. Book is clean: Neat San Francisco POS on the first blank page, otherwise free of all markings. Book is tight and square: near fine boards (very fresh). Dustjacket is an attractive VG: yellow and black illustrations with a couple of closed tears, small chips, and a few drops of red wax. All letering is clear, DJ looks quite nice in the mylar sleeve.

Oxford University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new hardcover, printed (beautiful design) boards. No DJ, as issued.

Paris: Albert Skira, 1943. First Edition. Leather bound. near fine. Folio Powerfully bound in full white morocco, with a large embossed P on the top board. Binding not signed, but very high quality work with five raised bands, gilt accents, leather inner hinges, beautiful watercolor endpapers. Binding with a couple of small scratches and ordinary wear to the white leather, no bumps. Contents completely fine, original wrappers bound in, free of foxing. Top edge gilt, others deckled. 179 color woodcuts, including numerous initials, printed by Roger Lacourière. This is rare example of multi-color printing from single blocks. Printed on thick Arches paper and signed by Derain in the colophon page. A Century for the Century 45, The Artist and the Book 81, From Manet to Hockney 111, Skira 91. A beautiful book.

University of Pennsylvania Press,, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/near fine. Neat yellow highlighting in the first few chapters, else fine. Jacket near fine. A reading copy, otherwise clean.

Fine Press Book Association. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. A complete run of Parenthesis, The Journal of the Fine Book Press Association. Volumes 1-44 (lacking only the current issue). All volumes fine or near fine except number 10 which has a coffee stain to the bottom right edge of the journal. A nice complete set, rarely found in the US. This set ships MEDIA RATE in the USA only. Very heavy.

Abbeville Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book and jackert near fine. Minor shelf wear only.

St. Petersburg: Hermitage, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lavishly illusrated catalogue of artists' books by some of the greatest painters of the twentieth century — Georges Braques, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Picasso, for example — most done in the decade and a half following World War II. The introduction by the collector provides a framework for seeing the kinds of artists' books, and the curator annotates each work emphasizing the work of the artists as book illustrators. 397 p., 31 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Hardcover, sewn binding. Nice book. Fine condition.

University of California, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG++. Book and DJ solid VG++, trivial wear and a couple of pencil marks..

Melbourne: Pataphysics, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Near fine paperback, overszie printed in multiple colors. An appealling item.

Melbourne: Pataphysics, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Very good+. Very Good+ -- just some minor wear, otherwise clean.

MIT Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/fine. Hardcover with a few pencil markings (on the light side), jacket fine in protective mylar.

University of Chicago, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Limited Editions Club, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Near fine copy in VG slipcase (minor wear, no splits).

Art Department University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Very good+. Hardcover edtion, oatmeal cloth, one little (1/4 inch) discoloration spot, else near fine. Contents completely fine, printed on watermarked Curtis Rag laid paper. No jacket as issue. Scarce.

Folio Society, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Book fine as new, very minor bumps to slipcase. Black cloth, gilt lettering, skull image on the top board. Lovely book

Athens, Greece: Genous Editions, Militos, 2006. Hardcover. As New. Full burgandy cloth, 476 pp. About fine, no DJ as issue.