Search Results: Authors starting with P from Fox & Hedgehog

Toronto: Dalton Books. Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. 3I. Spine square and uncreased. No marks. Bottom edge bumped. Cover rubbed.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1969. Reprint of Louisiana State University Press edition of 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4. Illustrated by M. Ethel Buvens. 2K. Full cloth. No marks. A very solid copy. Cloth is rubbed, with top spine-end and lower cover lightly bumped.

Rotorua: New Zealand Forest Research Institute, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 10 5/8. Color photos. 1K. Sewn binding. A solid copy with tight binding and uncreased spine. No marks. Head of spine lightly bumped, else little wear to covers.

Chicago: Bilhorn Bros., 1910. Hardcover. Good. Oversize, 8 x 10 7/8. 2L. Full cloth-covered boards. This instrumental version of the Hymns apparently scarce. "Good only." Binding holding but fragile, loose front hinge with a 3/4" tear at bottom end. All pages securely attached. No marks. Cloth binding worn and grubby. Major-league bump to bottom corners. Considering its age, the page-toning is only moderate.

Montgomery, Alabama: Pike County Museum Association, 1992. Third printing (1992). Title page has first printing in 1973, but lists copyright date as 1992.. Softcover. Near Fine. 6 x 9. 3J. Indexed. A nice fresh copy, nearly as new. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine; no marks. Minimal cover wear. Minor soil to page-edges.

Point Reyes Station, California: Diviine Ascent Press / Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, 2003. (NAP). Softcover. Good. 6 x 9. B&W illustrations. 4J. Condition "Good only" because of some stains to top edge which affects as much as 1 sq. inch at top of pages near spine (about one third of the pages are affected). Otherwise a solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks and hardly any cover wear.

Lier: Verlinden Publications, 1983. Softcover. Very Good+. 6 1/4 x 7 7/8. Color and B&W photos. 3F. English text. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks. Covers have a little wear and are showing some shelf-soil on the back. Label on back cover.

New York: Penguin Books, 1985. Fifth printing (1986). Softcover. Near Fine. 5 x 7 3/4. 2G. Signed and dated ("Mar '87") by Grace Paley on the title page. Just the name and the date. A very nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Spine faded; covers and pages toned but flexible. No marks to text. One tiny nick back cover, else hardly any wear to still-shiny covers.

Toronto: Sister Vision, 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Trade-size. 3K. A beautiful copy, nearly as new. Tight binding with square, uncreased (but sunned) spine. No marks. VIrtually no cover wear. Label back cover.

Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Fine Art. Softcover. Very Good. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11. Color plates and B&W photos. 4L. Stunning color reproductions. A solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Pencil marks corner title page, else no marks. Some wear, creasing, mild soil and sunning to covers. Pages have a very little creasing to top corners.

London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Sixth printing (1976). Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good+. Small hardcover, 4 1/2 x 6 3/4. 3G. Cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. "Reprinted from corrected sheets of the first edition." Welsh language (no translations). A solid copy, opening widely, but signature-sewn binding and all pages securely attached. ***Light pencil marks on a few pages.*** Endpapers faintly foxed. Some soil to page-edges. Little wear to cloth, and no bumping to corners. Clipped dustjacket is in nice condition, with a little edge-wear, and sunning to the flaps. Will look nice on the shelf.

Felony & Mayhem, 2006. Softcover. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. 3F. Originally published 1979. A nice copy with tight binding, uncreased spine and no marks. Hardly any cover wear.

Lexington, Kentucky: Privately printed, 2016. (NAP). Softcover. Fine. 6 x 9. 5H. A beautiful copy, nearly as new. Tight binding, uncreased spine. No marks. Hardly any cover wear.

London: Peter Owen Limited, 1961. First printing (NAP). Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 5H. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. FIrm binding, good hinges, spine slightly off square. No markings. However, I have rated this copy "Fair only" because the page-edges are heavily foxed; the foxing is also evident on the endpapers and in the margins. There is some discoloration to the cloth; fading to the spine; and bumping to the top corners. The dustjacket is unclipped ("30s"), but it is also significantly foxed, with edgewear including a 1/2" creased tear at the lower front corner and a small hole in the front flap, with sunning to the spine and the top of the back panel.

Pleasanton, California: Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. With "Paths of the Explorers" map, and San Francisco Bay map drawn by Crespi. 1K. Stapled wraps Note that this short booklet contains only excerpts from a letter and journals of Pedro Fages and Juan Crespi. Binding firm, no marks. Some handling wear to sunned covers, including a 1/4" tear to back cover.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First printing (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 x 9 1/2. B&W plates. 3K. Sewn binding, full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. A nice copy with tight binding, intact hinges and square spine. Light pencil marks corner first page, else no marks. VIrtually no wear to (real) cloth covers. Unclipped dustjacket is sunned, with a couple pinprick spots, but hardly any wear.

San Francisco: Trail of Smoke Publishing Company, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. B&W illustrations. 2H. Inscribed, signed and dated by Dennis Peron on the inside front cover. A solid and attractive copy with tight binding and uncreased spine. Other than the author inscription there are no marks. Reading crease front cover along spine. A little additional mild creasing and a few dents to covers, else little wear.

Bratislava: Comenius University, 2004. (NAP). Softcover. Very Good+. Oversize, 6 7/8 x 9 7/8. 4J. CD laid in. A nice copy, nearly as new. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks to text. Small spot top edge. Hardly any cover wear.

New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1992. First United Sttates edition (stated, with full letter line). Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. 4H. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine, in dustjacket. A nice clean copy, nearly as new except for ***remainder mark bottom edge (page edges and inside front board)***. Tight binding, strong hinges and square spine. No marks. Crease head of spine else hardly any wear. Unclipped dustjacket ($18.95) has some rubbing but hardly any edgewear.

Chicago: Published for William Marsh Rice University by the University of Chicago Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversize, 9 1/2 x 9 3/8. With B&W photos, and drawings of the architects by Charles Schorre. 2L. Ful cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket A solid copy with firm binding. No marks to text. Some bumping and wear to cloth. Endpapers sunned. Price-clipped, sunned dustjacket has some edgewear and a few marks.