Search Results: Authors starting with P from The Owl at the Bridge

Bruxelles, Imprimerie De La V. Verteneuil, Rue des Bouchers, 34, 1858. Hard Cover. 50 pages; 20.5 cm. A survey of the European political scene in regard to Italian aspirations for nationhood. Signed (p. 47): Ch. P. No copy foundd in WorldCat. Vg, leather spine. Stock#OB224.

P22 Type Foundry, Buffalo, N.Y., 1999. Lacks accompanying CD with downloadable fonts. Pamphlet includes color poster "Not Your Typical Type", illustrated by David Lyttleton and printed by Petit Printing, plus two postcards; order form intact, unused. Softcover pamphlet, 36 pages incl. covers, illus.; 17.5 x 17.5 cm. Stapled in self-covers; as new. Stock#46892.

OFFPRINT. Pages 387-421. Includes a list of Italian members of the Society. Author's ink dedication note on front cover to Prof. Mckenzie. Stapled in printed brown paper; bite-size chunk torn from top of spine; Good-. Stock#ofc0500.

Contents include: Franklin's Interest in Italy; Eripuit Coelo Fulmen; A Scientific Friendship: Giambatista Beccaria; Minor Inventions & Discoveries; PracticalDiplomat; Neapolitan Circle; Franklin Artis Typographicae Decus; Il Povero Riccardo; Franklin & Itlian Letters; Italian Iconography; Bibliography of Italian Frankliniana; index. 450 pages; index, portrait frontispiece; Very Good in chipped dust jacket. Stock#ofc0472.

Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1958. Hard Cover. xv, 450 p., illus., ports., index, 24 cm. Franklin was the first American to make an impression in Italy. This book and the very useful bibliography, explores not only the influence of Italy on Franklin, but of Franklin on Italy. Stock# 37,886. Vg/ dj vg.

Frederick Ungar, NY, for Renaissance Society of America [c1967]. Hard Cover. Renaissance Text Series, II. In Latin and English on facing pages. xxvi, 190 p., index, 24 cm. 'The special charm of 'De Fructu' stems to no small extent from Pace's racy style and from his mastery of the gossipy anecdote, which indeed caused some embarrassment to Erasmus and other friends. ...Marginalia in the 1517 edition have been cut into the present edition and are included in the translation. ...[The translators'] detailed commentary tracks down Pace's allusions to their sources and explicates his references to contemporary affairs.' Dj has several tiny closed tears; VG. Copy of Leicester Bradner with Sylvester's red-ink Latin inscription. 31950.

Roma, Ministero della Marina, 1933.. Periodical. estratto dal Dati e Memorie sulle Radiocommunicazioni, 1932-X. 74 p., diagrs., photos; stapled in blue paper wraps Stock# 30,893. Good+/ wrappers spotted.

New York, Artbook Museum, 1936.. Hard Cover. 55 p., 30 pl. (incl. front., ports.; 7 col.), 24 cm. A study of Dutch impressionist Vincent van, 1853-1890. Freitag 3706. Stock# 40,572. Vg/ dj poor, worn.

New York World's Fair, May to October, 1940. Copyright 1940 by Art Aid Corporation.. Soft Cover. [23], 258 p., index, illus., 23 cm. 373 entries. "The war now raging in Europe has made it impossible to obtain paintings from that continent, and we have had to rely entirely on American collections, plus a few works belonging to Europeans now in this country." Biographies and Notes Compiled by Christopher Lazare with the assistance of Anne A. Wallis, Marion Haviland and Simonetta De Vries. Masterpieces of Art, Stock# 40,426. Good+,spine & edges faded, pencil owner's name on front cover dated Aug. '40. 'Official Illustrated Catalogue.'

Cambridge, MA : Rounder Books, c2005.. Soft Cover. viii, 231 p. ; 23 cm. Contents: Foreword / Bill Lee -- The shadow of Manny Ramirez / Rachel Solar -- Prospect / Jennifer Rapaport -- The autograph / Robert Weintraub -- The curse of the Bambino : a musical / David Kruh and Steven Bergman -- Heirloom / Elizabeth Pariseau -- Saint Red Sock's Day / Jonathan P. Winickoff -- My night at Fenway / Amy Saks -- The long dark voyage / Matthew Hanlon -- First start / Tom Snee -- The opposite field / Jeff Parenti -- Opening day / Tracy Miller Geary -- Bambino Road, chapter one / Cecilia Tan -- Fischer at Fenway / Mitch Evich -- The prophecy : a Red Sox alternate history / Sam and Christina Polyak -- Life, death, love, and baseball / Skye Alexander -- Ice age : a one-act play / David Kruh -- Green monster / Adam Emerson Pachter -- A Sox fan's wildest dream / Bill Nowlin. Stock# 43,777. Vg / soft cover.

257, [1] pages, text illustrations & plates (7 colored) showing ships & uniformed personnel; 26.5 cm. Bound in green mottled paper over boards, black leather spine loose, part gone, corners & edges rubbed, rear cover detached; much internal foxing & staining; a fair copy, as is. Stock#ofc0845.

Princeton University Press [1973]. Hard Cover. xxii, 395 p.; 23 cm. "In Europe after World War II, U.S. economic aid helped to ensure economic revival, political stability, and democracy. In the Third World, however, aid has been associated with very different tendencies..." ISBN (10): 0691075492. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#NEU251.

Warszawa, Pan'stwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1980.. Soft Cover. 278 p., 19.5 cm. Summary in German. A study of the theory of knowledge offered by Kazimierz Twardowski. Stock# 32,742. Vg/ paper covers.

Harper & Row [1970]. A closely researched account of an early American culture clash: how the Aztec mythic world and the cult of Huitzilopochtli made Montezuma vulnerable and how Cortes used the Virgin Mary as a counter. Soft Cover. xvi, 319 pages, index, plate, map; 20.5 cm. Paper; Very Good. Stock#24408x/house.

New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hard Cover. x p., 1 L., 404 p. front., plates, ports., facsims. 24 cm. To August 1, 1914. "Later memoirs in preparation."NS. Stock# 34,986, Vg/ dj vg.

NY Kraus 1959. Hard Cover. xix, 643p. 24 cm. A full and annotated bibliography of the literature up to 1929. Although much has come out in the past 70 years, Paetow is still a useful source for seeking out the older literature. Stock# 33,553. Good+ copy/ no dj.

Boston, Gambit, 1973.. Hard Cover. xv, 286 p., index. 'Advances a thesis that the myth of a new wonderland as described in ancient books now unread is an illusion that survives strongly in American thinking and writing today.' Stock #100,879, Vg/ dj vg. America History Literature

New York, Charles Scribner' sons, 1925.. First Edition. Hard Cover. [x], 155 p. 6 plates (4 col.) 22 cm. Largely autobiographical. Anecdotal stories of outstanding horsemen and women, and tales of hunts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the most part. Stock# 43,205. Vg / no dj."One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type, which has been distributed. no. 642."

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900 [c1897, 1900] [D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston]. Hard Cover. A Primeval Relic; The Hill-and-Dale Carriage; Basham Miles; An Old Man's Intimates; Of the Fragrance of Rosemary; Basham Miles's History; In which Basham Miles loses his Hat; Of a Maker of Mud Pies; The Carved Heart; Showing that Love is still a Native of the Rocks; A Warning and an Example; Elizabeth Dale makes Tea for Two Lone Men; Basham Miles's Will. viii p., 2 leaves, 170 p., 8 color plates incl. t.-p. vignette; 18.5 cm.; bound in blue cloth, pictorial front cover stamped in gold, black, white, spine stamped in gold, initialled 'MA' (artist & writer Margaret Armstrong, 1867-1944); top edge gilt, fore & bottom edges uncut; spine darkened, slight soiling to covers, a little foxing in the white of the cover; internally clean; a very nice copy. 29333 {Fifi}

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Hard Cover. 6 p.l., 3-286 p., color front., 3 color plates. First published 1891. "In preparing a new edition, the author has enlarged the work by certain additions to the Story." Typical of his sentimental idealization of the Old South is his explanation of "those little commonplace events which might have taken place in a rural neighborhood before the war, where the gentry ruled in sort of manorial manner and their poorer neighbors bore a relation to them part retainer, part friend." VG copy in a stunning navy & gold art nouveau binding. Stock#101535 (dr).