Search Results: Authors starting with P from Little Sages Books, ABAA

New Haven: Thomas H. Pease, printed by Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor , 1861. First Edition. Wraps. Good. 21p., original printed wrappers, front wrap detached. None found in trade at this time, 20 in holdings.

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers , 1851. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. 59p., removed, errated tipped into rear. Park was the Abbot Professor at Andover Theological Seminary.

Caracas:Tipografica Vargas, 1970. Paperback. Good. 436pp. Large softcover, with edge wear. Biography of Venezuelan lawyer and professor, who defended the loyalist cause during the Venezuelan revolution of indepenedence.

New York: Holiday House , 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Edward Gorey . Reprint of original same year publication hardcover, with pictorial dustjacket and illustrations by Gorey. No statement of edition or price on dj (3.95 present on true first), review quotes present on rear dj flap (absent on true first issue). Small abrasion on edge of one interior page. Otherwise bright in green cloth. Toledano B51b.

Auckland: Clouds/Dent de Leone, 2012. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Nova Paul . Long quarto + audio disc. "Form next to form next to form is a book made from stills from Nova Paul's experimental 16mm film This is not Dying (2010) that was made at the film-maker's marae Maungarongo in the north of New Zealand's North Island. Using an early cinematic optical printing process of three-colour separation Paul's films render the landscape in prismatic shards of technicolour. In this book stills are printed using RGB colours designed to echo the optical process of the three-colour separation film itself. The traditional Maori love song 'Whakarongo Mai,' played by famed Maori show band figure and Kaumatua Ben Tawhiti is played on slide and steel guitar for Paul's film and reconfigured here by Karl Steven on 7" LP." --Publisher description. Seven institutional holdings in the U.S. at time of writing.

Cambridge: Festival Theatre, 1934. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 15pp + advertisements in luxe handmade paper wrappers.

Portland: Printed by Arthur Shirley , 1814 . First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 24p., removed. Payson (1783-1827) a Congregational preacher, was Pastor of the Second Church in Portland, Shaw and Shoemaker 32446. Relatively toned.

Mexico: Era, 1995. Paperback. Good. Crisp 8vo, softcover in yellow illustrated wraps. 188pp. Underlining to text.

Chicago: Rand, McNally and Co., 1896. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. W. W. Denslow; Ike Morgan . 315p. in decorative publishers cloth binding, shing cotton crops with log cabin in background, title and name in gilt, similarly designed spine. Cover, illustrated frontis, line drawings throughout by W. W. Denslow and Ike Morgan. Inscribed/signed by the author: Dr. Q. S. McNair, I have a fondness for one of the characters in this book - old Gia. He is full of weakness, and I like weaknesses - they are so human. Opie Read Private library stamp of Dr. Q. McNair. Gilt top, uncut text block. Read published a total of 54 separate books, of which 31 were novels, 18 were book-length compilations of short fiction such as that published in the Arkansas Traveler, the magazine he founded. He edited five newspapers of the U.S. South: Statesville Argus, Bowling Green Pantograph, Louisville Courier Journal based in Kentucky, and The Evening Post and Gazette of Little Rock, Arkansa, which was a… Read More

Saint Germain en Laye: Manege Royal , 1979. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 70p., unnumbered. Exhibit catalog featuring 19th/20th century artists work in blue, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Yves Klein, Donald Judd, Man Ray, Matisse (cover), Miro, Monet, Serge Poliakoff, many others.

Emece Editores, 11/1/2006. Paperback. Very good. Bright, large softcover, grande rustica en Espanol. Sharp, tidy and fresh.

Ceske Budejovice: Jihoceske divadlo - South Bohemian Theatre, 2008. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 83pp in deep green wraps stamped in silver. Photographs throughout, a retrospective of the history and productions of the noted Czech theatre.

New York, 1920. Paper . Very good +. The story of City Hospitals land is ominous, now laying in ruins to the East of Manhattan and highlighted by some as an architecturally distinct ghost tour. Approximated by completed construction, dress of subjects and presence of Queensboro bridge, the photos post-date 1909. Possibly the first time many of the residents were the subject of photography, or the first photographic documentation of the island on site. Through the 19th century, then known as Blackwells island, the island housed several hospitals and a prison, built from the stone underfoot. Buildings included the New York City Lunatic Asylum, The Smallpox Hospital, later the gothic lighthouse built again by convict labor, the last prisoners leaving the island by 1935 when Rykers is erected. During the outbreak of smallpox, the island became known as Pest Island, when nurses and workers were scarce the prison population contributed to the operations of the site. Termed Welfare Island in 1921,… Read More

1997. Hardcover. Very good. 96pp., large quarto 9" x 18" hardcover, to accompany exhibit at Espaces des Blancs Manteaux. Photographic boards, text in French.

Hamburg : Mare, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Iconic photobook by Russian born Magnum photographer. He works regularly for the international press, particularly for Geo, Actuel and The New York Times Magazine. White publisher's cloth, glossy photographic dustjacket. With pictorial stories of Norway, Canada, Siberia, Greenland, Russia. Text in German. 136pp.

New York: Pegasus Publishing Co, [1939]. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover in boards, paper label with author's name printed as "Pow". 46 p., 111 quatrains,

Editora Nova Fronteira, 4/28/2003. Paperback. Good. Portuguese translation of Don Quixote, U.S.A. (Richard P. Powell, 1966) Neat, bright, slim softcover/livro moderno y imaculado. In lush blue/yellow banana peel covers. Fresh, clean pages - great copy.

Guatamala: Instaprint, 1993. paper. Very good. Small press publication, the history of Chancellor of Nicaragua, Dr. Oscar Sevilla Sacasa.

Philadelphia: David McKay Company , 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Caroline Whitehead. 7-1/4" x 7" sewn in paper covered pictorial boards. Illustrations by Caroline Whitehead. Minor rubbing to edges and corners of dustwrapper, boards subtly bumped. .

Philadelphia: David McKay Company , 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Caroline Whitehead. 7-1/4" x 7" sewn in paper covered pictorial boards. Illustrations by Caroline Whitehead. Minimal rubbing to edges and corners of dustwrapper. Light bumping and wear to boards.