Search Results: Titles starting with P from Boojum and Snark Books

World Book Encyclopedia Science Service, Houston, 1964 An exceptional copy of the apparent first edition, book and dustcover fine. Blue fabrikoid-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, gilt front board decoration, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 248 pp. The priority of the two dustcover variants is unknown. (1722RO083). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

PIC Design Corp.; East Rockaway, New York, 1964 A catalog of precision mechanical parts and components. A subsidiary of Benrus Watch Company. Glossy wraps, 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches, 576 pp., extensively illustrated. Very good. Scarce. (1722RO002). Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Eakin Press; Austin, Texas; 1987. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 117 pp., bibliography, glossary, b/w illustrations. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by "Betty" and "Nancy" (probably the authors). Book fine. Dustcover good plus. NOT ex-library. "After being abducted by Pancho Villa and his band, fourteen-year-old Paco becomes a scout and aids the general in his fight against the Mexican government." ISBN 0890155984 (3214018). F. Hardcover.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1986 First edition/first printing. Book and dustcover fine. Dustcover in mylar jacket, not price-clipped. No remainder mark. Cloth and paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 209 pp. (1722RO089). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Random House, New York, 1952 A very good, affordable hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with a very good dustcover. Tan paper-covered boards, gilt & red spine and front board lettering/decoration, b/ photo illustration pasted to front board, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 135 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Book very good (mild foxing, endpapers; modest amount of pencil marginalia; page 3 with modest soiling; binding strong and square). Dustcover very good (sunning, spine; mild edgewear; chips to bottom spine end, the largest 1/4 inch; not price-clipped; in a mylar jacket). (K086). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Fords, Howard & Hulbert; New York; 1884., 1884 First (and only) edition. Red cloth-covered boards, spine and front board lettering and decoration in black and gilt (dulled), 7 x 5 3/8 inches, 347 pp. Fair (moderate wear externally; some black staining externally, mostly to rear board; mild damp staining to top of front board and top edge of book block; a few signatures starting, but none separated, and binding still intact; modest spine slant; minor staining to a few pages, with no interference with text). Rare in any condition. (3214006). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair.

Scott, Greenwood; London; 1908. First edition. Scarce. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, 288 pp., index, numerous figures and tables, ads in rear. Very good (patchy, moderate staining/discoloration, boards and spine; previous owner's name in ink, half-title and title pages; a few slightly ruffled page corners; pages clean and binding tight). (3214002). F. Hardcover.

Taplinger Pub Co, New York, 1973 An excellent copy of the first edition/first printing, book fine, dustcover very good (moderate rubbing). Black boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches, 93 pp., b/w and color illustrations. (1722RO083). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Methuen, London, 1962. First British edition. This is quite scarce compared to the first American edition. First published under the title Paradisarheimt in 1960. Translated by Magnus Magnusson; translation copyright by Methuen in 1962. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), red spine decorations, 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, 253 pp. Book very good (modest spine slant; mild dust soiling, top edge of book block). Dustcover VG- (moderate edge wear; modest sunning, spine; focal lifting/bubbling of overlying clear laminate, mild overall; not price-clipped). Laxness won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. "Steinar of Steinahlidar was a simple man: a careful, conscientious farmer, a man of integrity who loved his family dearly and wanted above all else to create an earthly paradise for his two young children. And yet, the more he tried to protect them from the harsh reality of the world, the more suffering he brought upon them. First, to gain royal favour, he gave away their fairy-tale… Read More

Harrap, London, 1986 First British edition, signed and decorated on the half-title page by Steadman (see photo). Steadman has drawn a bull with horns on the half-title page, incorporating the illustration of Napoleon on that page into the head of the bull, with his signature below, all done boldly with black ink. Glossy illustrated wraps, 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches, 128 pp. Near fine ( slight ruffling, bottom corner). Very entertaining text and illustrations. (1722RO068). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Harrap, London, 1986 A very nice copy, very near fine. First British edition. Glossy color illustrated stiff wraps, 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches, 128 pp. Near fine (slight edgewear and rubbing; pages clean and binding tight; no reading crease, spine). (1722RO005). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Harrap, London, 1986 An absolutely pristine, new copy of the first British edition. Glossy illustrated wraps, 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches, 128 pp. Very entertaining text and illustrations. (1722RO005). 1st Edition. Soft cover. New.

Paris Review, Paris, 1959-1960. Illustrated wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 118+ pp., b/w illustrations. VG+ (some sunning of spine, else fine). Contains an interview of Lawrence Durrell and contributions by William Styron, Harold Norse, James Dicky and others. (3214014). F. Soft cover.

W.B. Saunders; Philadelphia, 1984 First edition. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 198 pp., index, bibliography, illustrations. Near fine. (1722RO004). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Lea & Febiger, 1991. First edition. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, 505 pp., index, figures and tables. Ex-library, with usual markings, else very good. ISBN: 0812113551. F. Hardcover.

Lea Brothers, Philadelphia, 1906 First edition. Rebound in brown cloth-covered boards, 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches, 285 pp., index, "illustrated with 16 engravings and a colored plate". Ex-library, with usual markings, else good (some damp staining involving the lower spine aspect of the terminal 46 pages, not affecting legibility; mild staining, front board). Scarce in any condition. (K081). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Butterworths; London., 1971 First edition. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 199 pp., 94 figures, references (pp. 160-193), index. Two facing pages with some staining, mostly marginal, not affecting legibility, else book very good. Dustcover about good minus, now in mylar cover. Scarce. Contents: Introduction (Anatomy and Physiology of the Conduction System); Morphology of the Conduction System; Methods of Studying the Human Conduction System; Variations in the Normal Human Conduction System; Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Block; Chronic Acquired Complete A-V Block; Congenital, Surgical and Post-traumatic A-V Block; Bundle Branch Block; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome; Pathological Basis of Atrial Arrhythmias, Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Death. (3214025). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1941 An excellent copy of the first edition/first printing, near fine (modest dust soiling, top edge of book block; two previous owner's names, front pastedown; else fine). Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 240 pp., index, 165 figures. No dustjacket. (1722RO082). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

William T. Councilman, Frank B. Mallory, E. W. Taylor, Edward H. Nichols; J. L. Fairbanks; Boston; 1899 & 1902., 1902 Two rare volumes, one hardcover (1899) and one softcover (1902) by notable pathologists in the early era of modern pathology. (Councilman's bodies: apoptotic bodies of hepatocellular origin seen in viral hepatitis, yellow fever, and other hepatic diseases; also called Councilman's lesions. Mallory's hyaline; Mallory developed various histologic staining methods, including the trichrome stain, and was the publisher of the American Journal of Pathology --- see h t t p : / / w w w . w h o n a m e d i t . c o m / d o c t o r . c f m / 1 9 6 9 . h t m l --- without the spaces.) Two OCLC library holdings (but these are for the 1904 edition). The hardcover volume (green cloth-covered boards, half leather, gilt spine lettering, 9 x 6 1/8 inches; about good) represents the binding together of eleven syllabi (syllabuses), each separately paginated editions first published in 1899… Read More

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1930 A very nice copy of the first edition/first printing. Decorative brown and tan cloth-covered boards, printed spine label, 8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 322 pp., color frontispiece of a gorilla. The VERY attractive bookplate of Edith de Long, dated 1930, front pastedown, with a lion on one side of a watering hole and elephants on the other side (completely in character with this book). Very good plus - near fine (slight spine slant; mild darkening, spine; longitudinal fracture through gilt spine label, but not torn or chipped). (1722RO081). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.