Search Results: Titles starting with P from Furrowed Brow Books

Harper & Brothers, 1961. unknown_binding. De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard : The Phenomenon of Man. New York : Harper & Row, 1970. 15th printing of the 1965 second Harper Torchbook edition. Translated byt Bernard Wall; intro by Sir Julian Huxley. Small octavo (8vo), 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". Bound in publisher's matte color wrappers. 320 numbered pp plus 16 pp Torchbooks material to end, as of 1970. Condition notes: an ex-library copy with typical stamps and markings. Rather heavy sunning and staining to the heavy, durable wrappers; extensive pencil notes to rear endpapers, else unmarked. A solid reading copy of the remarkable work by the Jesuit and paleontologist de Chardin. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Apostoliki Diakonia, 1994. Paperback. Apostoliki Diakoni PB, 2001 printing; 284 numbered pp. Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Moderate wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Leehan, Brian : Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's gray cloth spine and blue cloth boards. XX pp prelim material, 243 numbered pp, plus nine wo numbers following; b&w maps adn photos scattered through text. Condition notes: Ex library with the usual withdrawn markings and stickers. Binding cocked, but tight and text clean, with a an occasional smudge. Textblock edges soiled. Dj wrapped in mylar. A good reading copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Ash-Tree Press, 2006. First Edition. hardcover. Oldknow, Antony : The Passion Play: And Other Ghost Stories. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2006. First edition, limited edition, one of 400 copies. ISBN 1553100883. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.875"/22.3cm h. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. B&w/red glossy dj illus by Keith Minnion. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. [Vi] pp prelim material, 199 numbered pp, seven wo numbers following, including colophon and a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2006, including forthcoming titles. Author's preface, ten frightening tales, sources and acknowledgements. Condition notes: A lovely, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy of a handsomely bound, chilling anthology. DJ shows light wear and one dimple (to rear). Oldknow seeks to write stories in a contemporary rendition of the M.R. James style. These are certainly unsettling tales, though quite distinct from James.… Read More

Paulist Pr, 1981. First Edition. paperback. Haughton, Rosemary : The Passionate God. New York : Paulist Press, 1981. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Viii pp prelim material, 344 numbered pp. Acknowl, intro, nine chaps, bibliography, indices of names and subjects. Condition notes: merely good due to marked crease to spine; moderate wear to wrappers. Interior clean/unmarked. Extensive consideration of the works of Inkling Charles Williams, with lesser attention to related figures Tolkien, Lewis, MacDonald. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Apud Aedes Universitatis Gregorianae, 1950. Beck, Henry G. J. : The Pastoral Care of Souls in South-East France During the Sixth Century (Vol LI - Series Facultatis Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Sectio B/no. 8). Rome/Romae : Gregorian University, 1950. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's matte wrappers. Lxxii pp prelim material, 414 numbered pp; w/o pagination - two blank, four other volumes in the series. Map, author's intro, abbrev, bibliography; Part I - The Corps Charged with the Care of Souls...(The Hierarchy, The Clergy); Part II - The Exercise of Pastoral Care... (The Maintenance of Divine Worship, the Communication of Sacramental Life, Provision of Inspirational Guidance, the Procuring of Material Benefits); Epilogue; Appendices (the Christian Archeology of Sixth Century Arles, Marseilles, Vienne, and Lyons); index of proper names, general index. Notes passim. Condition notes: a notably fragile and tanned softcover volume; heavy tanning and chips/cracking to spine; former… Read More

Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 1991. hardcover. Nagibin, Yuri, et al : Peak of Success: Tales of Fantasy by Modern Soviet Writers. Moscow : Raduga Publishers, 1991. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy pictorial paper boards. Plain white endpapers. [1-5], 6-316, [317-320], including colophon. Ten stories, including brief intro bios for each author: Nagibin, Alexei Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Andrei Platonov, Vsevolod Ivanov, Vassily Shukshin, Andrei Bitov, Vladimir Makanin, Chingiz Aitmatov, Yuri Kazakov. Condition notes: all tight, square, clean - pencil price to ffep, tiny pen mark to colophon, else unmarked. Lacks dj, possibly published without. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Univ Pr of Mississippi, 1991. Hardcover. Ballard, Michael B. : Pemberton: A Biography. Jackson (MS) : Univ Pr of Mississippi, 1991. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features illustration of Pemberton on front. Plain dark blue endpapers. xiv pp prelim material, 250 numbered pp, plus eight pp unnumbered, glossy b&w photos/illustr to center. Notes, bibliographical notes, index. Condition notes: A fine, unmarked copy, tight and square, dj wrapped in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The Kent State University Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Zombek, Angela M. : Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War. Kent (OH) : The Kent State University Press, 2018. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Matte color dj features 1864 bird's eye view of Confederate Prison Pen, Salisbury, N.C. Very pale blue endpapers with light marbling pattern. xxii pp prelim material, 287 numbered pp, three blank following. B&w drawings and photos, notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: spine slightly cocked off center, light wear to dj esp at spine ends, no chips or tears. No notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Abrams, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Goldberg, Roselee : Performance: Live Art, 1909 to the Present. New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1979. First/first. Size is quarto (4vo), 11.375"/28.7cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gold lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. 128 numbered pp. Author's foreword, seven chapters on performance (Futurist, Russian, Dada, Surrealist, Bauhaus, American/European, and Seventies'); bibliography, sources, index. Condition notes: quite nice and unmarked. Spine tight, square, bright, corners sharp, slight dulling to edges; dj lightly worn, several small tear to top folds, rubbing; interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Archive Society, 1997. Hardcover. Sheridan, Philip Henry : Personal memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General, United States Army. Harrisburg (PA) : Archive Society, 1997. Two-volume facsimile reprint of the 1888 edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's marbled blue leatherette, gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spines, ornamental frame and US flag debossed/blind stamped to front boards; edges brightly gilt. Ornamental marbling/feathering pattern to endpapers. Pagination and contents thus: Vol I - Xiv pp prelim material (plus ii pp frontispiece), 500 numbered pp; t-o-c, lists of maps and illus; author's preface, 24 chaps from birth to 1864. Vol II - Xii pp prelim material (plus ii pp frontispiece), 486 numbered pp, plus two blank; t-o-c, lists of maps and illus; 20 chaps from 1864 through post-war and observations on the Franco-Prussian War in the early 1870s; index. Condition notes: very nice matching copies of the handsomely bound 1997 facsimile reprint with b&w… Read More

SYNDESMOS and the Department of Religious Education of the Orthodox Church in Am, 1983. Paperback. Tarasar, Constance J (ed) : Perspectives on Orthodox Education. Syosset (NY) : Syndesmos PB, 1983. "A report of the International Orthodox Education Consultation for Rural/Developing Areas; Convened at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, June 13-19, 1982." Preface; five chapters; list of conference participants. 79 numbered pages, one blank following. Size is octavo (8vo), 7 3/4"/20cm h. Bound in publisher's white paper wrappers with purple and black lettering. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

SYNDESMOS and the Department of Religious Education of the Orthodox Church in Am, 1983. Paperback. Tarasar, Constance J (ed) : Perspectives on Orthodox Education. Syosset (NY) : Syndesmos PB, 1983. "A report of the International Orthodox Education Consultation for Rural/Developing Areas; Convened at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, June 13-19, 1982." Preface; five chapters; list of conference participants. 79 numbered pages, one blank following. Size is octavo (8vo), 7 3/4"/20cm h. Bound in publisher's white paper wrappers with purple and black lettering. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Moderate wear to cover, past moisture exposure has resulted in minor page rippling, but no sticking or odors. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of North Carolina Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Janney, Caroline E. [Editor] : Petersburg to Appomattox: The End of the War in Virginia (Military Campaigns of the Civil War). Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Contributors include : William W. Bergen, Susannah J. Ural, Peter S. Carmichael, Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh, William C. Davis, Keith Bohannon, Caroline E. Janney, Stephen Cushman, and Elizabeth R. Varon. First edition. Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Matte dj features Guernsey and Alden's "Position of the Confederate Army When the Surrender Was Announced." xiv pp prelim material, 305 numbered pp, plus one blank following. Figures and maps,notes, bibliographic essay, index. Condition notes: quite a nice copy, the main flaw being the spine is cocked off square enough to downgrade to merely good. Otherwise all is well - clean, tight, unmarked, sharp corners, light… Read More

Continuum, 2008. paperback. Grant, Iain Hamilton : Philosophies of Nature after Schelling (Transversals: New Directions in Philosophy Series). London : Continuum, 2008. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color wrappers. Xiv pp prelim material, 232 numbered pp, plus eight blank. Preface to the pb edition; preface; acknowl; seven chapters (Why Schelling? Why naturephilosophy?; Powers due to Becoming: The Reemergence of Platonic Physics in the Genetic Philosophy; Anti-physics and Neo-Fichteanism; The Natural History of the Unthinged; 'What thinks in me is what is outside me': Phenomenality, Physics, and the Idea; Dynamic Philosophy, Transcendental Physics; Conclusion: Transcendental Geology); notes passim; bibliography, index. Condition notes: a lovely, unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Herder and Herder, 1970. First American Edition. hardcover. Bloch, Ernst : A Philosophy of the Future. New York : Herder and Herder (An Azimuth Book), 1970. First American edition. John Cumming, translator. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.625"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [X] pp prelim material, 149 numbered pp, [150] blank. Includes translator's notes. Condition notes: a handsome, square, tight volume with sharp corners, interior shows former owner's blind stamp and penned name to ffep, else unmarked. Dustjacket merely good: price has been ripped, not clipped; moderate wear, rubbing; a tape repair to rear head. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Sterling. paperback. Hobson, Burton and Reinfeld, Fred : Pictorial Guide to Coin Conditions. New York : Sterling Publishing, 1968. Revised and enlarged edition. Publisher listed on back wrapper as "Don Hirschhorn & Co"; on copyright page as Sterling. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color/b&w pictorial wrappers. 160 numbered pp. Intro, standards for coin grading, how to grade coins, examples, index. Condition notes: Moderate wear to wrappers, foxing to edges; discreet numbers to top title page, else unmarked. Binding solid. We personally inspect every book we offer.

PhysicalMind Institute, 2009. Spiral-bound. Pilates PhysicalMind Institute : Pilates Chair Encyclopedia. New York : PhysicalMind Institute, 2004. Quarto (4to) size, 11"/28cm h. Spiral-bound in publisher's glossy color photographic wrappers. Ii pp prelim material, 83 numbered pp, plus one blank following. Intro, fundemantals, guidelines, positions, exercises for: prone/supine, seated, kneeling, standing; workouts; numerous illustrative photos. Condition notes: Moderate wear to covers, no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Lyons Press, 2012. Hardcover. Bonansinga, Jay : Pinkerton's War: The Civil War's Greatest Spy and the Birth of the U.S. Secret Service. Guilford (CT) : Lyons Press, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy dj features photograph of subject and associates, 1862 Antietam. Plain white endpapers. xvi pp prelim material, 272 numbered pp, plus eight pp glossy b&w photos/illus inserted to center. Notes, sources, index. Condition notes: All clean, tight, unmarked, bright, square. Features an almost invisible remainder mark to tail edge. We personally inspect every book we offer.

White Mane Pub, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Hastings, Earl C., Jr.; Hastings, David S. : A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg (PA) : White Mane Publishing, 1997. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue coated/textured vinyl (?), gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Matte color dj with unattributed sketch of foundering wagon train. Plain white endpapers. x pp prelim material, 160 numbered pp, two blank following. Many maps and illustrations, appendices (units involved in the battle/OOB; the battlefield in 1996), notes, bibliography, index. Part of the 1862 Peninsular Campaign. Condition notes: very nice unmarked condition, spine very slightly cocked off square; light wear to dj, no chips or tears; protected with mylar wrap. We personally inspect every book we offer.