Search Results: Authors starting with P from Resource Books, LLC

USA: Austin Black, 1874. Bound volume of twelve issues, all of 1874. Monthly magazine devoted to the newest developments in manufacturing and architecture, illustrated throughout with engravings of fascinating new inventions, floor plans and designs, plus a folding plan showing details for exterior finish to a cottage design. Three quarter black leather printed in gilt over marbled boards, 13.5 inches tall, 288 pages. Minor shelfwear, mainly rubbing to extremities, sound binding, lightly age-toned but clean pages, name lightly written in pencil on one page, no other markings. Fascinating stuff.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

Paris: Nouvelles Editions Francaises, 1958. Undated [1958]. In French. Forty pages of text concerning the life and work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir plus 48 tipped on color plates. Text in sections, plates loose, both in hard cover portfolio and slipcase, as published. Tan woodgrain exterior, matching slipcase. Little wear, very light foxing to title page and inner fold of portfolio, very light rubbing to slipcase.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Omaha, NE: W. S. Basinger, Union Pacific Railroad, 1940. Published 1940. Promotional rail travel brochure showing the beauties of America's National Parks accessible via the Union Pacific Overland Route. Illustrated with photos and maps in both color and in black and white. Softcover, 48 pages. Very good condition with very light edgewear, binding sound, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Omaha, Nebraska: Union Pacific System, 1927. 1927 advertising booklet to promote tourism in the Colorado Rockies, Rocky Mountain National Park and other state attractions, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, maps, information about auto routes and other side trips, etc.. Blue softcover with embossed lettering and tourists on horseback design in gilt and dark gray, 48 pages. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed at the edges, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Includes c.1927 leaflet about hotels and resorts in Colorado, including rates, laid in loosely at the front.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: George H. Doran, 1927. First edition, 1927, with the publisher's monogram on the copyright page. Orange cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. The book has some edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustajcket has some age-darkening to the white background, very mionr closed edge tears, name on inner rear flap, good to very good overall.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: George H. Doran, 1927. First edition, 1927, with the publisher's monogram on the copyright page. Red cloth printed in black, no dustjacket. Some rubbing to the extremities, spine lettering a little faded but legible, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company for The Crime Club, 1928. Stated first edition. Crime Club selection. Red-orange cloth printed in black no dustjacket. Externally worn, internally good. Covers heavily rubbed with finger soil, spine lettering faded but still legible, fraying to spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, name in pencil on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1999. Softcover in very good condition with very minor edgewear, firm binding, very minor smudge to outer edge of text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milano: Rizzoli Libri, 1991. In Italian. Sixth printing, 1991. Tan boards with brown spine lettering, 172 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with minimal wear, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition, about new-looking with very mildly rubbed joints.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Life Office Management Association, 1940. Stated first edition, first impression, with a presentation bookplate from the Dictaphone Corporation inside the front cover. Dark red cloth printed in gilt, no dustjacket, likely as issued. Very good condition with minimal edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. 1960 edition. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, 190 pages. The book is in good condition with fraying and rubbing just at the corners and spine ends, no additional edgewear, sound text block, good hinges, pencil erasure silhouette at front free endpaper, otherwise clean pages with no names or other markings. Adventures of two Virginia boys in the post-Civil War period, with dialogue in regional dialect. The boys explore the swamps and remaining plantations of the Tidewater area, "hunt for deserters" and interact with loyal black servants who remained after the war. Illustrated throughout with line drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Title page dated 1932. Worn but sound copy. Color frontis illustration, numerous additional illustrations in black and white throughout. Black cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, gilt lettering, 191 pages, no dustjacket. Covers lightly rubbed with heavier rubbing to the spine edges and ends, spine somewhat faded with lettering legible but not bright, front hinge internally reglued and secure, text block sound, light foxing to frontis and adjacent leaves, pages otherwise clean, personal bookplate on front free endpaper, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First edition, first printing. Exceptional, near fine copy with all seven plates plus title page vignette, illustrated in color by noted artist William Glackens, present and in fine condition. Late Victorian era Christmas themed fiction. Bright red cloth lettered and extensively decorated in gilt and in blind, top edge gilt, other edges uncut (and partially unopened). Very minor rubs to corners and spine ends, red color and gilt very bright and unfaded, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The few outer edges that remain unopened (connected) will be neatly opened upon request before shipping. Very clean and attractive copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ile Maurice: Editions De L'Ocean Indien, 1978. First edition [1978]. In French. Sketches of traditional residences of Mauritius with explanatory text. Glazed pictorial hardcover, 9.5 inches tall and 12.25 inches wide, about 100 pages. Very minor rubbing to the spine ends, sound binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. High quality reprint. Softcover in near fine condition, firm binding, clean pages, with a small name stamp to the upper corner of the first page, no other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1909. First edition, 1909. True historical stories of ships, sailors and shipbuilding in America from colonial times to the mid nineteenth century, illustrated with black and white plates. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, uncut edges, 693 pages. Covers edgeworn and spotted with minor splitting to the rear spine edge, small closed tear to base of spine, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages with some foxing to the plates and adjacent leaves, no names or other markings. A sound copy, externally fair, internally good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1860. First edition of the only novel published by this author who is best known for being an established itinerant portrait artist in Cape Ann and other areas of New England. Brown cloth with faded gilt spine lettering and decoration, covers decorated in gilt and in blind. Worn, with holes and frays to the corners and in some portions of the spine, rear hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound with a couple of pages a little loosened but not detached, about a third of the preliminary blank page missing, pages a little age-toned with occasional finger soil, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: National Home Library Foundation , 1935. Part of a nonprofit organization's series sponsored by a group of noted authors and educators, with the purpose of making a good library affordable to everyone. Excerpts from these works were read by the group's nationally broadcast radio program 'The American Fireside' in the 1930s. Red cloth with black cover lettering and decoration, 298 pages, includes dustjacket. The book is in very good condtion with extremely light edgewear including rubbed spine ends and corners, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not corner clipped and is also in very good condition with a slightly darkened spine, upper left front cover corner chip obstructing first three letters in the title, another half inch chip atop rear cover, little to no additional edgewear. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Rafael Valls Limited, 1995. Original gatefold program from a 1995 exhibition featuring color images of 18 paintings. Some shelf rubbing and edgewear, pages clean.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Venezia - Venice, Italy: Galleria Multighaphic, 1990. Undated, ca. 1990. In Italian and English. Softcover, 34 pages. Would be very good other than the top two inches of the pages have some transparent waviness - no stain or odor. Light edgewear, minor smudging to lower corner of front cover, tiny spot to lower right margin of introduction. Binding firm, pages otherwise clean and ummarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.