Search Results: Authors starting with P from Goodbar Books

Tight, square spine. A former bookplate, as well as some former owner markings to the front flyleaf, first blank leaf, and half-title. There is some foxing to areas of the interior. Some sunning to the wraps, as well as some fading to the gilt stamping. Beautifully designed Bauhaus-inspired book with two-color printing throughout and lots of monochrome plates. 95 pp. Poetry/The Arts.

Tight, square, uncreased spine has some sunning. Clean, unmarked interior. A one-inch crease to the front cover at the foot, but no other notable shelf-wear. Paglia is supported by an all-star Italian-American cast in the production of this book, with a cover by typographic master Louise Fili featuring an image by fashion photographer and former Lauren Hutton–paramour Luca Babini. Fili first found her enthusiasm for design as a child, when she etched letterforms into her walls, and then taught herself calligraphy in her teens, using Bob Dylan lyrics as the inspiration for a hand-illuminated manuscript. She later discovered European modernists such as Lucian Bernhard and A.M. Cassandre, and in her mid-20s, became senior designer for Herb Lubalin before migrating to Random House's Pantheon Books, where her jacket for Marguerite Duras's The Lover cemented her success. A highlight of this collection is its Cartoon Personae Appendix, a typically egomaniacal and completely delightful testament to the… Read More

Tight, square spine. Unmarked interior. Gilt to spine remains bright. Some very light toning to a few pages near the front and back. Heavy edge-wear to the jacket at the head. Includes monochrome plates. 323 pp. Jounralism.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. Some gentle edge-wear and very light soiling to the wraps. Cover is magenta ink on peach-colored textured cardstock. Includes B&W illustrations. 32 pp. Spirituality, Esoterica.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. Some gentle edge-wear and very light soiling and creasing to the wraps. One bumped corner to the back cover at the fore-edge foot. Cover is magenta ink on gray textured cardstock. Includes B&W illustrations. 32 pp. Spirituality/Esoterica.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. Some gentle edge-wear, areas of sunning, and very light foxing to the front cover near the spine. Cover is brown ink on yellow-green textured cardstock. Includes B&W illustrations. 32 pp. Spirituality/Esoterica.

Signed by Palmer to the title page. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable shelf-wear. Jam-packed with full-color photos. 319 pp. Natural History.

Inscribed by Willmarth to the title page. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some sunning to the wraps, as well as some light shelf-wear. 274 pp. Art.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some tanning to the end-sheets and light shelf-wear to both book and jacket. There is some fading to the jacket spine. Jacket design by Sue Richards. Carcanet Press's Lives & Letters series compiled essays and correspondence by writers such as I. A. Richards, William Gass, HD, Ezra Pound, and, of course, this hard-to-find one by Pasolini. Included is 'Gennariello', a series of letters the writer/director published in the popular newspaper, Corriere della Sera, in the months leading up to his brutal murder by a male prostitute (most likely at the behest of extortionists, the mafia, the Italian government, or some combination thereof). 'I consider a row to be also an exchange of knowledge,' Pasolini writes. 'One day I noticed that in the course of an effusion of affection a Neapolitan was taking my wallet; I drew his attention to it and our affection increased.' 129 pp.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Small blank label affixed to the inside back cover. Some toning and a few very small instances of soiling to the cover, but very little shelf-wear otherwise. 130 pp. Spirituality.

Binding remains square and sound, although is in the very early stages of a slight loosening. Unmarked interior, with only a few small spots of light soiling. Pages are lightly toned. Some fairly heavy wear to the covers, including rubbing to the front board. Title to spine has been completely worn away and rewritten in ink. Edited by Charles H. J. Douglas. First published in 1849 under the title, The California and Oregon Trail. 362 pp. History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There are some areas of toning, light rubbing, and light edge-wear to the wraps. 'The words on the cover were the most important words in the book,' said Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who founded City Lights' Pocket Poet Series and designed most of its early covers while working out of his painting studio in San Francisco's Hunter's Point shipyard. Patchen had been a huge influence on Ferlinghetti, and this collection of poems celebrating the author's longtime muse, Miriam, is the second of his books the publisher chose to include in Pocket Poets (the first was Poems of Humor & Protest). The inspiration for the iconic series-wide design, which employs the oddly monumental typeface, Albertus, also came from Patchen, via his 1945 book, An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air. Designed by modernist architect Kemper Nomland, Jr., An Astonished Eye was first published by Untide Press, which was operated by William Everson (Brother Antoninus) out of Civilian Public… Read More

Side-stapled pamphlet with staples in the early stage of rusting, but binding remains sound. Clean and unmarked. Light to moderate wear, including some subtle creasing and curling corners. Includes B&W figures and illustrations. Intro by Jeanette Mazurki. Oversized.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Former owner name and date to the inside front cover, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Very small former seller sticker to the front cover and a detailed quilting bibliography handwritten on the back cover. Influential counterculture publication founded by the Students for a Democratic Society. Includes an interview with Donald Duck and an analysis of Dirty Harry. Features B&W line drawings and plates. 96 pp. Scholarly/Journalism.

Binding is sound. Interior has minimal markings affecting a few pages. Gilt stamping to spine is still bright. There is some chipping and other shelf-wear to the jacket. Includes B&W plates. 321 pp. Biography.

In lovely shape: Tight, square spine. Former owner name to the front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Mylar-protected jacket has some light wear. Jacket art by Denis Tiani. 173 pp. Fiction.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Only the gentlest of wear. Features lots of full-page B&W plates. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145–148) and index. 159 pp. History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light wear to the covers, but a nice copy over all. Translated by Helen R. Lane. In 1951, at the age of 28, after a failed attempt at a career as a fine artist, Roy Kuhlman approached Grove Press's Barney Rosset to show him his portfolio. Rossett expressed disinterest, but as the artist began to put away his work, two abstract pieces he'd kept hidden slipped from a side pocket. The avant-garde publisher, impressed by these throwaways, reappraised his decision and decided to hire Kuhlman, who went on to design over 700 Grove covers. The following year, Rosset read an essay, written by a young translator named Richard Seaver, celebrating the then-unknown Samuel Beckett, leading to Rosset's decision to publish the Irish playwright and eventually hire Seaver. Seaver, who translated Pauline Réage/Anne Desclos's The Story of O, would go on to become Grove's editor in chief and would later launch the Arbor House imprint, Seaver Books, hiring former Grove… Read More

Limited Edition portfolio featuring the following artists: Anderson, Avery Benaim, Bob, Born, Byron, Crotty, Dubs, Godey, Hall, Hixenbaugh, Jacks, Kemp, Kesl, Larson, Nicolson, Peacock, Perroni, Perry, Schuster, Swierzbinski (sp. Sw1erzbinski), Thomson. Cover art by John Hixenbaugh. Management credited to Christopher Dubs. Numbered 81/100. All materials appear to be present and are enclosed in a clear plastic folder. There is some shelf-wear to the folder, which is beginning to crack at the spine. Enclosed work is in lovely shape, with only some gentle edge-wear heart and there. Art.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gilt to spine remains bright. Some toning to the paste-downs, but no other notable wear to the book. Jacket has some edge-wear, dents, and areas of light soiling. Includes bibliographical references and errata sheet tipped in to verso of table of contents. Scarce. 120 pp. Scholarly.