Search Results: Titles starting with P from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press, 1953. Quarter black cloth over marbled paper boards (hardcover), gilt title, (9.5 x 6.25 inches). First Edition. 88 pages; illustrated. Complete first year of the quarterly publication on printing and the book arts. Provenance: former owner's stamp of Jon R. Kelly on front fly. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in the original fragile acetate jacket showing some chipping at edges. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Octavo.

New York: Doubleday, 1967. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 352 pp., with 200 photographs. The story of firearms; their romance and lore, development and use through ten centuries. Some chipping to dj. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 252 pp., SIGNED by Thomas on front fly in green ink. A few closed tears to rear dj panel and light age browning to endpapers o/w a clean and tight copy. In this work Thomas recounts amatory episodes in the lives of such famous women as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Marilyn Miller, and Mae West, and balances these with tales about men such as John Barrymore, G.B.S. and King Kong of Harlem. Size: Octavo. Autographed First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Crown, 1958. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. Stated "First Printing." 203 pages, w/ appendix; color illustrations. Artist's work is in the collections of over twenty American museums, including the Met, the Fogg and the Cleveland Museum of art. Some chipping to jacket, else a clean, tight copy of a scarce title Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Cloth (hard cover). 547 pages, w/ Index; illustrated by charts, graphs, tables and maps. This book focuses on how climatic change has affected human evolution and other evolutionary events. INSCRIBED by Elisabeth Vrba on front free endpaper. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine.

London: Frances Lincoln, 1991. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 191 pages, w/ index; lavishly illustrated in color. This copy INSCRIBED by author. This inspiring book is full of stylish ideas and practical knowledge about hanging papers, borders and decorative motifs. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Blue cloth, gilt titles, blind embossed decoration to front board, red top edge, in price-clipped dustjacket, (9.25 x 6.5 inches). Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged in both Text and Illustrations. Third printing of the best and most sought after edition. xxiv, 611, [1], xxxvii, [3], pages including Chronology, Bibliography, Notes and Index; folding map, folding plate, 317 in-text illustrations. Provenance: owners stamp of Jon R. Kelly on front fly. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in lightly worn jacket. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Original brown cloth, red leather title label, gilt titles, t.e.g., in mylar protected dust-jacket, (9.5 x 7 inches). First Trade Edition. xvii, 358 pages w/ Index; illustrated b&w plates, including fold-out frontis. INSCRIBED by Dard Hunter on front free endpage showing both his signature and his red ink library stamp. Based upon the 1923 limited edition "Old Papermaking" this work covers the same period but in a more comprehensive manner. Book showing expected page toning at prelims, else a clean, tight copy in the SCARCE original jacket showing some overall general wear and rubbing.. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Octavo.

Mobile: Allston Mygatt, 1842. Three volumes complete, in original full calf leather, red morocco title labels, raised bands, gilt titles and ruled, marbled endpapers.(9.25" x 6"). Volume one: lii, 582, xxi pages; volume two: xxiii, 582-1242 pages; volume three: xvi, 1244-1624, cixviii pages, including Appendix to the Debates, Table of References, and Index, plus 4 pages of facsimile letters at rear. The scarce Mobile, Alabama imprint of the historically important papers of Madison, one of the architects of American democracy. Showing some overall expected wear, including dampstaining to boards of vols one and two, volume labels on vols one and two chipped, internally clean with minimal foxing and tight binding, period owner's signature of Hugh Brent on half titles. Remains an attractive, collector grade set typically found (if can be found) in less than desirable condition. Size: Tall Octavo. Leather.

New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. Brown cloth, gilt title, (10.75 x 7.75 inches). First Trade Edition. 187 pages; illustrated, photogravure frontispiece portrait of Rogers, numerous facsimiles in text with many printed in two colors, 3 double-page from the Oxford Lectern Bible of 1935. Laid-in is a SCARCE Lucheon Menu and Program to Mr. Bruce Rogers and the Craftsmen who Cooperated with him in the making of Paragraphs on Printing. An exceptionally clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Quarto.

Paris: Rombaldi, 1936. Three-quarter black morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt titles, (8" x 6"). 168 pages; illustrated Cinq compositions en coulers by Chimot. Les Contemporians edition, limited 1/3070 copies. French text. First published in 1889; here it is accompoanied by five color plates by Chimot (a frontis portrait of Verlaine, plus four nudes). Bound in simple but handsome black morocco leather with original wrappers bound in. Showing some light general wear, internally clean and bright Size: Octavo. Limited.. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by D'Edouard Chimot.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [Australia Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14 inches. Original antique map of "part of South Australia" by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Adelaide, Natives of Catmaran, Dingo or Australian Dog, Seal of South Australia, and Nymphicua bird. Map drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, with illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. Contemporary pen outlining in color and pale blue coastline wash. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected page toning and light wear at corners. Very Good. Map.

London: Thomas McLean, 1822. [Original hand-colored aquatint]. Theodore H.A. Fielding (British 1781-1851). "Part of Furness Abbey," Lancashire printed on wove paper with full margins and published by Thomas McLean, Hay Market 1822. Sheet size approx: 10.75 x 16.25 inches; plate size approx: 7 x 8.75 inches. Strong strike impression, some light paper toning and edge wear. Loose and unmatted. Very Good. Print.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf/Callaway, 1991. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, (12.75 x 11.25 inches). First Edition (stated on copyright page). 300 pages; illustrated with 468 photographs, including 71 in color. The renowned photographer's third retrospective covering nearly a half a century of his Penn's work. A clean, tight and bright copy. Presents nicely in the protected jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Milano: Charta, 2006. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 200 pages, w/ List of Illustrations, Appendix, Biography, Bibliography; 216 illustrations including 210 in color. An important book offering new insight into a previously unexplored aspect of Steir's oeuvre. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1995. Full blue leather, gilt title and decorations, raised bands w/gilt panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers and page-marker, (9.5 x 6.75 inches). Limited edition, number 278 of 3,000 copies. 656 pages w/ Appendices and Index; illustrated. SIGNED by Margaret Thatcher on limitation page. A clean, tight, bright unread copy in "as new" condition. Signed. First Edition. Leather. Fine. Thick Octavo.

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1960. Cloth (hard cover) in publisher's clear acetate jacket. 84 pages, w/ Index of Artists; illustrated. INSCRIBED by author to noted art patron Graham Gund. A clean, tight copy Size: Square Octavo. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1960. Cloth in glassine dust-jacket. 84 pp.; color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue exploring the artistic movements and artists that led to the various forms of abstract art. Owner's signature, else a clean tight copy Size: Small Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Paris: Editions Du Regard, 2001. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 80 pages; color illustrations. Survey of recent conceptual works by the artist , with accompanying CD-ROM present. A clean, tight copy Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Original light gray cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (8.5 x 5.75 inches). First edition (stated on copyright page), review copy of Butler's first novel with Doubleday's review copy slip laid in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "To Joe / the collector / Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler (signed)." A clean, tight and bright copy in an unclipped jacket ($5.95) showing some minor wear to front panel upper right corner. A highly collectable and desirable copy of a SIGNED review copy/first edition of her first novel by the Hugo and Nebula-winning author... Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.