Search Results: Authors starting with P from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Dallas, TX: Somesuch Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. [miniature]. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letterpress by Rara Avis Press. Binding by Amy Cuthbert. Two sheets of 4 stamps showing the original artist's collage, with a frontispiece of the set of postage stamps of the Queen on which the collages were based. The stamp collages were fabricated by Jack and Katie Milroy. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, tipped in postage stamps; matching slipcase. 2 7/8x2 5/8. 60pp. Illus.

New York: Aldus Printers, 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor sun at spine, back shows light rubbing, owner emboss at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements,red endpages. Small 8vo. 26pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

London: Longmans, Green, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, sunning at spine, ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 438pp plus adverts. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

Boston, MA: John West, 1806. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good [Textblock Very Good]. Later Printing. Hardcover. "Fifth American Edition, from the Twelth English Edition." Noted flaws notwithstanding, a presentable copy of this rather scarce work. Moderate shelf/edge wear, light rubbing to boards, upper section of spine has been exposed to fire (dry and darkened), closed split at head, light foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full brown leather binding, red spine label, gilt lettering. 8vo. 492pp.

Venezia: Edizioni Daria Guarnati, 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Text in French. Wonderful, risp reproductions, in their original size, of 30 water colors. Includes introductory essays by the authors on Canaletto's style, methods, and influence on water-color design. Minor shelf/edge wear, one corner bumped, light sporadic foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, beige cloth spine, printed beige boards. Oblong fo. 43pp plus 18 np plate pages. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 548 of 1000.

London: Alexander Hogg, 1778. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a remarkably handsome pair in period bindings. An uncommon work generally...quite scarce in this condition. Light shelf/edge wear, tips through, light wear at head and tail, closed split at hinge of Vol. 2 (cords tight), ownership signature at ffeps and stamp on title page (E. Kellogg), very minor sporadic toning, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full brown leather boards, red leather spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 551pp; 648pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

San Diego, CA: Incommunicado, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. Inscribed by the author to Jenny Lens: "None of these stories are true..." From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Shelfwear around edges, rubbing to wrappers, indentation to wrappers upper, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers. 8vo, 107pp. illus (b/w). Inscribed. Limited edtion 610 of 1000.

Mittineague, MA: Mittineague Paper Company, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This book provides information and samples of the various Strathmore Quality book papers produced by the Mittineague Paper Company. The examples are the title pages and some text and illustration pages from various books using their papers. Most pages are printed in color or monochrome; included are title-pages, text pages with decorative borders, advertisements, printed ephemera of all sorts, and sample illustrations in photogravure, halftone and color - representative of finest quality printing by leading American printers, publishers and typographers. "A bound book of paper samples, "an object of beauty, as well as of utility. offered to the trade, to printers, to publishers, and to advertisers." Loose, but intact binding, otherwise color printing bright and pages clean. Bound in gilt and blind-stamped brown cloth. 24 cm, unpaginated (over 200 pages), mostly color illustrations. A few pencil sketchs on verso of leaves.

Mexico City: Arts & Graphics with Giovanni Troconi, 2017. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited Edition. "This lovely portfolio-style artist book with work by Tatiana Parcero includes a striking cross-section of images: 9 prints on photo-paper and a photo-transfer on wood, for a total of 10 works with a poem by Mexican writer, publisher, and educator Alberto Roy Sanchez and certificate. Not only is this a wonderful representation of an established body of work by Parcero, it bridges series, and foreshadows future works. Most of the work included in the folio is from the Artist's established Universus series, which explores the body and its connections to the world through naturalists drawings and broken landscapes in diptych form. It also includes a work on wood; this piece is a link to newer and still evolving series and experimentations, so the folio should prove to be a pinnacle and a pivot piece; it marks a shift in the artist's work and visual investigations. Yet undefined, the new work seeks to… Read More

Belluno, Venezia: Colophonarte, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Anthology edited by Stefano Verdino with texts by Giovanni Pascoli, Corrado Govoni, Giorgio Caproni, Camillo Sbarbaro, Andrea Zanotto, Attilio Bertolucci, Mario Luzi, and seven photos by Franco Fontana numbered and signed by the Artist. Text set by Rodolfo Campi, Rozzano, printed by Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, Cornuda, on Graphia Sicars 300g. Photos printed by Edios, Modena, on Kodak Professional Enduro Metal. Hemp, linen and leather binding by Sandro Francescon, Belluno. Proposte d'arte Colophon [Colophonarte] has emerged as a major force publishing new artist's books-in lavish, limited, editions-illustrated by noted European artists. The goal being to bring create living testimony to contemporary artististic-literary culture. The editor/publisher, Egidio Fiorin-animated by an equal passion for literature and visual art-explained his intentions thus: "(...) the book has been and is still now one of… Read More

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good- DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the Hungarian by Kenneth McRobbie and Ilona Janosi. A richly illustrated cornerston work. Minimal shelf/edge wear, ownership signature at top of title page, touch of transfer rubbing from frontispiece, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows like shelf/edge (focused at head and tail), bottom folds all descretely reinforced at the rear with tape, sunning at spine, else bright and clean. Beige cloth boards, grey ink lettering and decorative elements, black endpages, frontispiece. 446pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.

New York: Putnam/Knickerbocker Press, nd. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, joints starting, light wear to head, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, red leather spine and tips, red fine cloth boards and endpages, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, teg, frontispiece, tissue guard, white silk ribbon bound in. 16mo. 117pp. Near fine small book with red leatherette covers, ribbon place marker, and gilt title and decorations with slight wear to top and bottom of spine. No dust jacket. One of the Ariel booklet series. No. 51.

Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter, Boucher" [Cockalorum, 173]. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, teg. 8vo. 36pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 601 of 750.

Portland, OR, 1950. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Unique. Hardcover. A vibrant and unusual fashion sample book compiled by a student of Dorothy and Curtis Payton, owners of the Terrace Yarn Shop of Portland, Oregon. Dorothy (1908-1998) and Curtis Payton (1906-1983) opened their yarn shop in their home in southwest Portland at the end of the Second World War. They stocked thousands of yarns and other fabrics, as well as fabric designs and looms. Curtis was a high school and community college instructor, and Dorothy developed a loom that could fit into small spaces in apartments and schools and was marketed under the name of the Payton Loom Company. The couple also later operated as the Aloha Yarn Shop. This album very creatively uses colourful yarn backings to refashion magazine cut-outs, featuring nine fashion plates for dresses, jackets, and coats, and four interiors, including a bedspread, child's bedroom, living room, and dining room. Minor shelf/edge wear, acetate slightly browned and brittle,… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Six color plates plus color pictorial onlay at front board. Clean and lovely plates. Overall, a handsome copy of this increasingly scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, tips through, minor fraying at head/heel, light toning/soiling to boards, frontispiece/tissueguard/titlepage tipped back in but shows unusual wear at fore-edge (clearly had been loose for some period), else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, beige paper boards, blue/black ink lettering, color pictorial onlay, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 50pp. Illus. (color plates).

New York: George Cram, 1910. First Printing. Map. Very Good+.. First Printing. Map. "Copyright 1910 by the State of Maine", produces by the Railroad Commissioners of Maine. Also includes itemized track data by RR and total track in state (2,174.95 miles) and a list of all "Street Railways". Overall, a handsome copy, increasingly difficult to find in such condition. Very minor age toning, tiny chip in one corner, some fold points tender, touch of soiling at "index" exposed fold area, else bright and clean. Large [add dimensions] color map.

Washington, DC: Jennaway Pearson, 2015. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. No Shame, explores the landscapes and the legacy of Bob Knievel. The beloved American daredevil was a brave asshole who lived on his own terms, without care for consequence, for all of his days. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Etched glass slipcase, silkscreen, letterpress, handmade paper on plywood, rubber bound as Jacob's Ladder. 8vo. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 5.

Washington, D.C.: Jennaway Pearson, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Artist Jennaway Pearson plays with the meaning of "champion" in connecting figure skater Tonya Harding with the goddess Juno, protector of women. Despite being a record-breaking skater, Harding was a victim of her family, a demanding sporting organization, a tragic marriage, and an insatiable tabloid culture. Pearson suggests Harding would have benefited from the protection of Juno, whom the Romans saw as presiding over all aspects of a woman's life."--Artist's statement. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards, pale blue ink lettering, matching slipcase. 4to. np. Illus. (full page color prints). Numbered limited edition, this being 4 of 10.

New York: Putnam's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of the second Peattie/Ward collaboration. Light dust staining at top of text block, touch of toning at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf (focused at head and heel), else bright and clean. Navy cloth boards, silver gilt lettering and decorative elements, cream endpages. Small 8vo. 202pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: Putnam's, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Awarded the Limited Editions Club first Gold Medal (in 1935) for the book written in the last three years most likely to become a classic. Lovely work by Ward. Overall, a rather handsome copy. Very minor spotting at top edges of boards, owner bookplate on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, several small, closed tears, chip at head and rear, light soiling at front, cup mark at front, else bright and clean. Linen boards, dark grey ink lettering, green ink decorative elements, pale peach endpages. 8vo. 396pp. Illus. (b/w plates).