Search Results: Titles starting with P from Back of Beyond Books

Very Good. Mounted silver gel print depicts a P. Burns & Company horse-drawn wagon in front of a racing stable. Photographer is unknown. Print measures 13" x 10 ¾" including mount. In very good condition with light silvering to print and light soiling to mount, not affecting print. Taken circa the turn of the twentieth century. P. Burns & Company was established by Canadian Patrick Burns, and would become one of the world's largest meatpacking empires. This image has crisp details and is in very good to near fine condition. .

Good. Photograph. Mounted silver gel depicting the business of P. N. Curl on Main Street in New Albany, Indiana. Photographer is unknown. No publication information. Likely taken late 19th, early 20th century. Photographic print measures 4 ½" x 6 ½". Previous owner's annotations on verso. Light soiling and minor scratching to photo; light soiling, wear and dampstaining to mount. A nice image of Main Street focusing on the P. N. Curl building and grocery. A group of men stand out front of the buildings and seem to be unloading goods for the store. .

Philadelphia, PA: Baldwin Locomotive Works. 1914. Softcover. Stapled softcover pamphlet with facts and figures about locomotives. Cutout images have been tipped in by a previous owner. Previous owner stamp on cover and several pages. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 40 pp .

Pacific Coast Archaeological Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Stapled wraps. Beige paper stapled wrapper with black type and brown cloth over spine. 6" x 1/2" spill stain on back cover. Text block is clean. No loose pages. Includes black and white photographs and drawings of archaeological artifacts. The Pacific Coast Archaeological Society's Quarterly Report from July, 1969 (Vol. 5, No. 3) with a special focus on the Sepulveda Rancho. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 83 pp .

Los Angeles: Reymert & Brook. Fair. 1887. Softcover. Beige wrapper with printed illustration on cover. Glued binding reinforced with tape. Items related to fruit growing in California. One copy listed in OCLC at National Agriculture Library. Wrapper is tattered. Vertical fold down center of magazine. Interior is unmarked, toned. ; 11.5" x 9"; 24 pp .

Very Good. Image depicts several grazing pack animals with wood bundles tied to their bodies. No photographer or date indicated. Sticker residue to one corner of card and image, some rubbing and scratches to photo. Edges of card are worn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Very Good. N.D.. Pamphlet. Circa 1900. Light soil and edge wear. A salesman's stamp is on the rear wrap. A little paint/coloring book with 4 uncolored wintery scenes of people wearing Ball Band Boots to keep their feet warm. Ball Band by Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company was a line of knit boots, felt boots, lumbermen's socks, rubber boots, and arctics. A trademarked red ball was added to their design in 1891, and each paint panel has instructions to paint the little red ball red. ; B&W Illustrations; 2 3/4" x 5"; 8 pp .

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 142360184X . Pictorial dust jacket over brown paper boards with title in yellow lettering on front board and spine. In fine condition. Signed by Donna Poulton on title page: "To Jim - Warmest Regards - Donna Poulton." Beautifully illustrated, this is the first comprehensive history of artists that have painted the Utah landscape. Image is slightly cropped. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 290 pp; Signed by One Author .

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0892365781 . Pictorial dust jacket and bright red boards with title gilt on spine have no wear or soiling present. This is a comprehensive book focusing on drawings and stained glass produced from 1480 to 1530. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 330 pp .

Boulder, CO: Ken Meyer Productions. Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy blue boards with gilt title on the front board and gilt strip extending from the front board to the back board. There is wear along the front board spine. Text is in very good condition. A written accompaniment to the Profiles in American Art film "Stobart". This collection introduces the life and work of nautical artist John Stobart. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Very Good. Set of two albums with a total of 77 photographs. Albums have black cloth bindings and measure 10” x 7”; tipped in photographs measure 6 ¾” x 4 ½”; approximately 13 photos are captioned in ink. The first album contains photos on both sides of the leaves, the other half has photos on recto; the second album has photos on recto only. Some leaves don’t have photos but none seem to be missing or removed. Overall very good. Album covers have light wear and one album has moderate soiling; light silvering and yellowing to about a third of the photos. Album (1) contains 43 photos. Most of the images depict group portraits of teachers and students, one shows the 1907 football team, and another the principal of Jefferson School. Eleven of the photos in this album show the interior of school buildings, including the superintendent’s office, the teachers’ assembly room, the library, and classrooms with students learning “Mechanical… Read More

News-Reporter Print. Very Good. Broadside advertising the comedy "A Pair of Sixes" to be held at the Imperial Theatre in McMinnville, Oregon. Broadside is on heavy cardstock and has bold, black lettering; measures 7" x 11". No content on verso. In very good condition with light foxing and soiling. Broadside reads "A Pair of Sixes - Best Comedy Yet by the McMinnville Dramatic Co. - Imperial Theatre, February 22,23,24 McMinnville, Oregon - Seats of Sale at Shirley-Parsons Feb. 20 - Admission 50 and 75c. No Tax." .

Wigtown, Scotland U. K.: Gleniffer Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0906005167 . Beige boards with red lettering on front cover and spine. Miniature. Limited edition, this book is 47/260. This book tells the story of emigrants from the town of Paisley in Britain as they made their way in the United States of America. ; Miniature; 2" x 1 1/2"; 65 pp .

Oakland, CA: Pan-American Wall Paper & Paint Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sales Catalogue. Massive wallpaper sample catalogue (18 x 13 x 1.5 inches) with embossed and textured front wrapper and textured back wrapper. Wrappers in very good condition with light wear to edges and small chip to base of spine. Interior pages very good; several pages noted with small chips to the fore edge. Approximately 100 sheets plus up to 70 additional borders interspersed. The verso of each sheet includes style information, codes, dimensions and other information important to the sales person and likely client. Overall, this catalogue is in much better condition than many we have seen,. Save for one frontispage of advertisements, the entire catalogue is of sample wallpaper pages and patterned trim. The first 37 sheets have no trim samples and certainly were not produced--early samples in the book are more muted and not heavy on graphic elements. Later samples are more colorful including some… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth stamped boards with spine imprint faded but still readable. Sunning of spine and edges, rubbed and bumped corners with spine ends worn off. Spine cocked. Light soil and adhesive marks on endpapers, foxing on pages, a few small tears. Ex-library with blind stamp on title page. Pages vii, [13] - 246, 5 plates including frontis, map and other illustrations in text. Robert Tomes traveled several times to Panama as the surgeon for a steamship company and provides details on the railroad and port towns in this travelogue. ; Steel engraving; 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"; 246 pp .

Very Good. 1965. Brochure. Colorful folding tourism brochure for Panguitch, Utah and the surrounding area. Measures about 9 x 4 inches when folded and 13.5 x 16 inches when fully open. No publisher or publication date is printed. According to OCLC, it was published in 1965. Slight wear and fading along folds, otherwise in very good condition. Includes black-and-white photos and color illustrations. This brochure offers a map of central Utah, details routes for four different scenic drives, and gives a brief description of the town of Panguitch, Quite scarce with no copies in commerce and only one holding listed on OCLC as of November, 2023. ; B&W and Color Photographs & Illustrations .

Good. Panorama silver gel photograph depicting a farming scene in Lidgerwood, North Dakota. This image was likely taken in the early 20th century. Photograph measures 15 ½" X 4 ¾" and is on a contemporary grey mount and a modern white cardstock mount. The contemporary mount reads "F.W. Gotson (?), Lidgerwood, N.D." Contemporary manuscript on verso reading: "Brown Family (My Mother's family), Liderwood No. Dak. - Uncle Cecil, Harry - Uncle Henry and Ardys(?) Goalsbey(?)." Overall good. Photo has moderate soiling and light silvering. Modern mount is glued to contemporary mount; contemporary mount has four tears along bottom edge, likely happening when someone tried to remove modern mount. This image depicts a family and crew taking a moment from work and posing in their farm, with their crop surrounding them. The image depicts some neat farm equipment, men, women and children (one woman is in the midst of pouring tea for another), and four… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Report bound in oatmeal cloth with leather gilt titled label on spine. Edges soiled with light browning to first several pages, otherwise interior very clean. Testimony before Congress regarding supposed fraudulent election for delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico.Chaves was represented by noted territorial lawyer Kirby Benedict. For what it is worth, the last auction record for this item was 1941. Voter fraud 19th century style!; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

New York City, NY: Kraus Reprint Company. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with title in gilt lettering along spine; in very good condition. Tight binding, clean interior. Collects three separate papers, as numbers 1-3 of volume 14: [1] "Anthropometry of the Natives of Arnhem Land and the Australian Race Problem" by William W. Howells, from 1937; [2] "Contributions to the Racial Anthropology of the Near East" by Carl C. Seltzer, from 1940; [3] "Fossil Man In Tangier" by Muzaffer Suleyman Senyurek, from 1940. ; Vol. 14; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society. Fair. 1887. Softcover. Both parts of the first volume. Soiling to wraps, head and foot of spine are chipped away, corners of text block dogeared and missing near front and end. Covers are detached oh on second part, first has been repaired with tape along binding. Interior is a bit foxed throughout, free of markings.; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall .