Search Results: Authors starting with P from Cleveland Book Company

(Prospect, Kentucky): Harmony House Publishers, 2006. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto, 44pp., illustrated by Pat Banks. A very good copy in illustrated boards. Some mild shelfwear and previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Pack on the title page.

Brockton, Massachusetts: M. A. Packard Co, 1912. Staplebound. Very good. Octavo, unpaginated (16pp.), illustrated. A very good copy in the publisher's illustrated stapled wraps. SOme soiling to front wrap and scuffing to the rear wrap, else clean and bright. Scarce trade catalogue for this Edwardian-era shoe manufacturer. Each men's shoe offered has a detailed engraved drawing, and some of these are in color. There are some delightful color illustrations of scenes, such as "digging the Panama canal" and "shuffleboard on deck," indicating that these shoes can stand up to some wear and tear. OCLC records a few scattered holdings of similar catalogues, but none of this particular issue. The closest is a 1910 catalogue, held at the Watson Library at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scarce.

New York: Steinway and Sons, 1923. String-bound. Near fine. Large octavo, unpaginated [6pp.]. Near fine in the publisher's illustrated string-bound cardstock wrappers, with only trivial edgewear. A nicely printed endorsement of Steinway pianos by one of the great concert pianists of his era. The main text consists of a facsimile reproduction of Paderewski's manuscript essay endorsing Steinway pianos--in English--with a printed transcript below (for legibility's sake). Curiously, OCLC records eight copies of this ephemeral document in worldwide libraries, each under a different accession number, and most with different publication dates--as early as 1914, and as late as 1930. The endorsement itself is dated 1914. On the verso of the rear wrapper is printed the name and address of the Dreher Piano Co. on Huron Rd. in Cleveland. A great piece of early 20th century piano ephemera, steeped in Arts and Crafts aesthetic design.

Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. ix, 99 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Written by Padgett who was a personal friend of Berrigan's for over 25 years.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 2 volumes, 414, 534pp. Ex-library with the usual markings. Mild edgewear, but a clean, sturdy set in the publisher's blue cloth, overall very good.

New York: Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo, 274pp., illustrated, plus advertisements. A good or better copy in the publisher's green cloth, soiled along the spine, but otherwise clean and crisp internally.

London: T. Cope, 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Octavo, 279pp. No earlier edition found in auction records or OCLC, thus presumably the first edition. A very good or better unrestored copy in contemporary full brown calf, with marbled endpapers and black morocco spine label. Mild scuffing and rubbing to extremities, with some loss to gilt on spine label, else a very nice example; bright clean and sound internally. A seemingly quite rare book, which gives precise details about the various plants cultivated at the Southampton Botanic Gardens. We could not trace this book at auction, and locate just five holdings in worldwide libraries, according to OCLC (NY Botanical Gardens, Acad of Nat Sci - Phil, Harvarrd (2cc), and U. of Southampton). A rare volume of British gardening history, in appealing original condition.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. Centenary edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 2 volumes. Later printings, with "H-K" code indicating a 1935 print date. A crisp, clean, very nice set in the publisher's red cloth; near fine. Spines gently faded, but overall near fine, appearing unread. In the scarce publisher's slicpase with applied illustration. Slipcase worn, with partial splits in several places. Fragile, but essentially intact. We'lll do out best to keep it that way in shipping.

New Orleans: Clark & Hofeline, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 478pp. A very good copy in 3/4 black morocco and marbled boards. Expertly and attractively rebacked. Overall, very good, with a bit of corner wear, and some foxing to the opening pages. A scarce title and imprint, not found in any recent auction records. Palmer was an influential Presbyterian minister, who helped convince the white citizens of New Orleans to support Louisiana's secession at the dawn of the Civil War.

Milledgeville, GA: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, State Printers, 1860. First Edition. Sewn binding. Very good. Octavo, 16pp. A defense of slavery by a native of South Carolina and graduate of University of Georgia. Palmer, during the furor of Secession, preaches: "The true foes of the black race are those who have intermeddled on their behalf. We know better than others that every attribute of their character fits them for dependence and servitude." Small hole in front cover as a result of an erasure , foxing otherwise a very good copy in original printed wraps. Enclosed in a custom cloth case with silk tie. Rare; not in Howes or Sabin. Per auction records, there are three known printings: Milledgeville, GA; New Orleans, and New York. All are supremely uncommon; the only one we traced at auction is the New York imprint, from 1861, and that copy sold in 1966.      .

Chicago: Jefferson, 1886. First Edition (?). Softcover. Very good-. Octavo, [iv], 71, [9]. Illustrated with two folding plates. About very good in the publisher's printed wraps. Front wrap with a long tear at the spine joint, and a few clear tape repairs. The large panorama plate has a short tear and a few unnecessary clear tape reinforcements to the verso, but is clean. The other folding plate appears unopened. Contents clean apart from a few stray pencil markings. An innovative and stylized portrayal of a battle scene, in the spirit of the popular cycloramas of the time (such as those which depict the battles of Gettysburg and Atlanta). This pamphlet seems to have been issued by two publishers; one in Chicago and the other in Cleveland; we are unsure of any priority. Broadfoot noted only a 1914 reprint, which he did not describe as a reprint. Scarce.

(New York): Aperture, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. 6.25 x 8.75 in. 191 pp. Illustrated in black & white and color with 32 reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial stiff wrappers. Papageorge began as the Walker Evans Professor of Photography at the Yale University School of Art in 1979. This volume includes lectures as well as two interviews with Papageorge by Mark Durden and Alec Soth.

(London): Little, Brown & Co, 1993. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 279pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket, perhaps very gently sunned on the spine. FIrst published in 1953, this is a first printing of the 1993 edition.

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1940. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good. Tall quarto, unpaginated (54pp.), illustrated. A very good copy in the publisher's printed boards with blue cloth spine, lacking the dust jacket. Bottom edges show mild to moderate scuffing; contents clean. Caldecott award notice affixed to the opposite-title page (almost certainly by the publisher). This copy SIGNED by both authors (possibly in just one hand?) on the copyright page, and uncommon thus. Beautifully illustrated book celebrating the life of Abraham Lincoln, which won the 1940 Celdecott Medal.

Zanesville, OH: A. Lippitt, 1829. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 178pp., plus "Contents" leaf at rear. A good copy only in the publisher's printed boards, with the backstrip perished, and the book rather fragile, but still sound. Contemporary owner's scribble on the front free endpaper. Covers scuffed and rubbed, with some minor loss to printed contents on the rear board. Mild to moderate internal foxing. Very uncommon Zanesville imprint. OCLC records perhaps half a dozen holdings for a few different editions (as early as 1837), and three only for this 1839 edition (Butler U., OH History Connection, and AAS). Morgan 361; missed by the Checklist of American Imprints.

New York: Viking Press, 1936. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 210pp. A good copy only in the publisher's reddish-pink boards with black cloth spine, lacking the publisher's slipcase. Corners notably worn, and two small black ink smudges to the rear board, but otherwise a clean, sound copy internally. Contemporary owner's name (John S. R. James?) on the front free endpaper. This is number 89 of 485 limited copies SIGNED by Dorothy Parker on the limitation page. An uncommon signed limited edition from this cutting social critic, who was a leading force and spirit behind the Algonquin Round Table. A lesser copy condition-wise, and priced accordingly.

New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo, 62pp. About very goo din the publisher's purple cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Spine gently sunned, two tiny stains to the front board, and the spine a tinge cocked. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked.

New York: Putnam, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 323pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket. Trivially tapped at one corner.

London: Atlantic Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 361pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. The author's first novel.

New York: Studio / Viking, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto, 173pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's dark blue cloth. Board edges gently sun-faded, else a nice copy. In a near fine dust jacket with an unnecessary tape repair to the verso, presenting nicely in a clear jacket protector. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Parks to fellow photographer and photography historian George Slade: "For George Slade with my best wishes and appreciation. Gordon Parks. NPLS June 1996." Three snapshot photographs depicting what looks to be a party or signing event, with Parks in each shot, are laid-in.