Search Results: Authors starting with P from Lamplighter Library

Little Brown and Company, Boston 1972. Near fine/fine- Mustard hardboards with green titles on spine. Clean tight edition with no marks, no stickers. Tri-colored jacke dj with full black and white photo of JFK on front and back of cover. First Edition, later printing. Fourteen chapter beginning with The End of the Beginning and ending in an Index.
Written by his two closest confidants and signed by one, Dave Powers, in ink on the half titile page. Mr. Powers was the Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to JFK while President of the United States. "Through the eyes of these firsthand observers we witness insights into Kennedy the man - the tension and agony of the Cuban missile crisis, his love of Irish songs and Gaelic poetry, the machinations leading to the selection of Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate in 1960, the witty and truly personal replies he wrote to curious schoolchildren's questions, the Vienna meeting with Khrushchev." Small 4to 9.75x6.25. 434 pg.

Broadside Books. New York. 2013. Quarter-bound in green with darker green boards and gilt lettering to spine. Fine First Edition (stated), first printing with requisite number line ending in "1". Signed by author on bookplate on half title page. Fine unclipped ($22.99) jacket is protected with removable mylar cover. The author writes about the true meaning of Christmas and how it relates to her faith. 5.75x7.5. 238 pg.

Harpercollins. New York. 2010. Quarter-bound in blue with lighter shade of blue boards and silver lettering to spine. Fine First Edition (stated) in Near fine unclipped ($25.99) jacket protected with removable mylar jacket with small crease on lower front jacket flap. Signed by author on half title page. Includes16 pages of color photographs in mid section of book. Through her widespread travels across American the former Alaskan governor relates the feelings and intimate memories that led to her opinion about America and why it is truly Great. 5.75x8.5. 272pg.

Blue Rider Press. New York. 2015. Quarter-bound in white with grey boards; author's initials and lettering on spine in silver. Fine third printing Inscribed by Patrick Kennedy on flyleaf. Near fine unclipped ($37.95) jacket has corner crease on front jacket flap protected in removal mylar cover. Son of the late Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy the author relates how his time ended as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island and recovery from addiction to painkillers and a bipolar condition began a new life. 9.5 x 6.25. 422pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 1995. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fine later edition, later printing is inscribed and dated by author on second free end paper. Near fine unclipped ($15.95) jacket has the "autographed copy" sticker on the back of the jacket. "Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of the Christmas Box is told less and needed more". (jacket back). What is Christmas really about anyway fits the story; told less and needed more. 5x7.25 in. 125 pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 2019. Fine Gallery Books limited special edition. First edition with requisite number line ending in 1. Quarter-bound in navy blue with navy blue paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. Signed by author on special tipped-in page. Near fine unclipped ($21.99) jacket shows shelf wear on edge of front; now protected with removable mylar cover. Elle is a waitress who works at the Noel Street Diner in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. When she meets William, a recently returned Vietnam War POW, the true meaning of Christmas is revealed. 5x7.25 in. 277 pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 1996. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fine First edition with requisite number line ending in 1. Inscribed and dated on second free end paper by author. Near fine unclipped ($15.95) jacket has "autographed copy" sticker on jacket back that is protected with removable mylar cover. The author's second book, it is not so much the saying "it is darkest before the dawn" as what is stated in the jacket flap, "It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen". The story of how the the connections between generations must not be forgotten. Timepiece is a timeless story of love, loyalty and forgiveness. 5.25x7.25 in. 236 pg.

New York. Harper (An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). 2012. Quarter-bound in black with hunter green paper boards and silver lettering to spine. Fine First Edition (stated), first printing with requisiste number line ending in 1. Author signed CLP bookplate on front paste-down. Unclipped ($27.99) jacket is "as new" and protected with removable mylar cover. Colin Powell (1937-2021) was born in NYC to parents who immigrated from Jamaica. A child of immigrants who, during a 35 year military career, rose to the rank of four-star general. Powell was the first Black secretary of state (2001 - 2005), was US national security advisor (1987- 1989) and became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989 - 1993). The Joint Chiefs of Staff position is the highest military position in the US Department of Defense. A must read for those wishing to run for public office. As Mr Powell said, "Do your best - someone is watching." 6x9.5 in. 283 pg.

G.P. Putnam. New York. 1994. Yellow paper boards with spine wrapped in light brown cloth, red lettering to spine. Fine First Edition, first printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Fine unclipped ($22.95) jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Signed bookplate on flyleaf from Prairie Lights Book Store. The stories and tales of how Sioux Native Americans maintain an indigenous identity in the modern era. The "Grass Dance"; whereby the grass had to be stomped down before beginning, ended with braided grass placed in their belts. The waving grass represents a warrior scouting before a battle. The novel won the 1995 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. 9.25x6.25. 300 pg.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0395537614. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine and silver gilt lettering. Unclipped price DJ with number line ending in "1". Small bump to lower corner of front board. 1 corner of DJ has a small tear. Text pages clean & bright. Overall, a very good copy.8vo.599pp. Serving as the basis for the Spike Lee film, Clockers takes homicide detective Rocco Klein back to the street to investigate the murder confession of a (possibly) innocent man.