Search Results: Authors starting with P from Buddenbrooks, Inc.

Paris: Olympia Press, 1955. First edition and First issue, with "Special Volume / Francs: 1.500" on the rear wrapper panel. 8vo, in the publisher's original stiff green paper wrappers printed in black. 353 pp. A pleasing copy, the text very clean and bright, the wrappers clean and well preserved with just a little evidence of use primarily at the tips, the edges as typical, a bit mellowed, the head and tail of the spine each in nice condition. FIRST EDITION AND FIRST ISSUE OF DONLEAVY'S FIRST BOOK AND A MODERN LIBRARY "ONE HUNDRED BEST NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TITLE. The Olympia Press printed this as one of their green wrappered 'Traveller's Companion Series'. Like 'Lolita' published that same year, most of these books were at the time considered to be pornographic. Donleavy's book was immediately banned in both Ireland and the United States. The author was furious over it being published in this format. Mr. Donleavy later recalled, "I smashed my fist upon its green cover format,… Read More

London: John Murray, 1858. First edition in English. A copy with good provenance being the Eton leaving present for Edmund Hartoff dated 1864. With finely engraved large folding map. 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, spine in compartments with raised bands ruled and bordered in gilt, gilt-stamped decorative device in each compartment, black morocco label lettered in gilt; covers bordered in blind and gilt, gilt-tooled on edges, marbled endpapers. xxi, 491 pp. A very handsome copy, clean throughout, fresh and especially well preserved. RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Ferrier was a French officer seconded to the Persian Army and was removed from his post through Russian intrigues in 1843. In 1845 he left Baghdad in order to seek his fortunes in Lahore, where several of his countrymen were serving under Runjeet Singh. He was one of the earliest Europeans to give an account of the parts of Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries through which he passed in his book CARAVAN JOURNEYS… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. First Edition, the English sheets with the title-page slug for American distribution. 8vo, publisher's original dark green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. xvi, 452, including appendices and index. Some light wear to the tips and a bit of aging to the cloth, nevertheless a very good copy. FIRST EDITION. The author, a South African by birth, describes the events in the Transvaal of 1895-6 and defends the actions of the Uitlander. The original publication of this book was delayed for three years, as it was banned by President Kruger.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. 2 volumes. First edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and a profusion of plates and maps throughout, some of which are fold-out. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth with gilt lettering and fine all over gilt pictorial decorations over the spines and upper covers. xiii, 500; xi, 486 pp. A very nice set, internally quite clean and fresh. The cloth is bright and unfaded but does have a bit of minor wear to the tips and extremities, a few spots on the cloth are quite unobtrusive. The bindings a bit shaken, the inner hinges are cracked though easily repaired. FIRST EDITION, NOW BECOMING SCARCE. Sheridan recounts his life as a West Point cadet, cavalry commander, American military observer to the Franco-Prussian War, infamous hero of the American Civil War, among other appointments and experiences. This beautiful production is illustrated throughout. One of the "Great War" series, commonly called “Shoulder Strap”, which… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original gray cloth in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. vi, [2], 88 pp. A fine copy in a very nice dustjacket with extremely mild edgewear, a separation between signatures due to binding defect, still a handsome and well preserved copy.. FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CREATED OVER DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT. Sir Charles tells the story, hitherto unpublished, of the bitter and damaging wartime enmity between two eminent British scientists both powerful in government. These men were Sir Henry Tizard, who saw to it that England led the world in the development of radar, and his unrelenting opponent F. A Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Winston Churchill's scientific adviser.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. First Edition, Signed by P.L. Travers on the front illustrated free-fly.. With illustrated endpapers, frontispiece and 43 whimsical black and white drawings by Mary Shepard. 8vo, in the original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue on the spine and pictorially decorated and titled in black on the upper cover with a picture of Mary Poppins herself. xi, 268 pp. A very good and handsome copy with mild overall soil to the cover. The papers are a bit mellowed and there is evidence of old damp to a 1/8 inch strip along the upper edge of most pages. THE SECOND OF EIGHT BOOKS IN THE MARY POPPINS SERIES, FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Sure to delight readers of all ages, the book is brimful of magic.

Paris: Jonquieres and Berggruen, 1957. Limited edition, no.161 of a limited edition of only 226 copies printed on vélin d'Arches. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ORIGINAL PRINT SIGNED IN CRAYON BY PICASSO, and with 40 monochrome collotype full-page plates. Folio, as issued in original printed stiff paper wrappers enclosed in a portfolio and slipcase of burlap textured paper-covered boards. (4 blank), (12) pp. A fine copy, the added signed print also in fine condition, the slipcase a bit shaken and with loss at the foot. WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PRINT. THE WORK INCLUDES VERY FINE PICASSO COLLOTYPE PRINTS, LIMITED FIRST EDITION.. This work beautifully reproduces the marginal drawings made by Picasso in 1942 in the copy of the illustrated Buffon 'Histoire Naturelle' that he had given to his mistress, Dora Maar. Prior to this edition the drawings had been unpublished. Where necessary, pages of the original Buffon text are artfully reproduced with the permission of that works publisher, Martin… Read More

London: Adam Islip, 1600. First Edition in English of Livy's highly influential history of Rome. Engraved head- and tail-pieces for each chapter, engraved and elaborate multiple line historiated initials to each chapter, engraved decorated title, two portraits: Queen Elizabeth and Titus Livius. Thick Folio, in a binding of contemporary full calf, the upper cover with a gilt tooled emblem at the center, that at the rear cover excised,double-ruled borders in blind to the covers, wide raised bands to the spine with sedate blind ruling to the bands, simple central gilt ornament to the compartments, original turnovers, boards and ties, rare in original binding. (x), 1403, [1, To the Reader], 40 index and errata) pp. A good copy, the text-block fresh and unpressed, some old evidence of rubbing and wear to the lower outside corner of a number of the leaves at the beginning and end of the book, title-page and dedication leaf backed at the outer margins, the original spine panel with some portions lost… Read More

Japan: No publisher, ca. 1880. An Album of copies of Literati Paintings. Illustrated with 56 Literati Paintings mounted on 25 double-sided accordion-fold boards, some with woodblock colour, some finished in colour by hand, the illustrations mounted with gilt-speckled borders. Oblong folio, the album 28 3/4 x 17 1/2 cm., the paintings 22 x 13 1/2 cm., the upper cover of the album with original padded silk brocade and paper label. The album includes 7 'Poetry Competition paintings and poems from the '100 Famous Poems', an 8th century Heian period compilation. A very pleasing example, well preserved with minor rubbing to the extremities, the mountings and illustrations all in fine condition. A FINE EXAMPLE. THE JAPANESE ART OF BUNJIN-GA WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 17TH CENTURY FROM CHINA'S SOUTHERN SCHOOL OF PAINTING. This occurred during the Ming dynasty through the 'Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden', although that in itself was based on Song and Yuan dynasty landscape painting; and… Read More

Lausanne: F. Rouge, Éditeur, Librairie de l'Universit, 1896-1897. 2 volumes. Rare First Edition. The First Major Work by this very important economist. Illustrated with numerous tables and graphs throughout. 8vo, in a fine French binding of three-quarter burnt-red morocco over marbled boards, spines lettered gilt on two gilt ruled black morocco labels, additional gilt ruling at the ends. viii. 430: (4), 426 pp. A very fine and attractive set of this rare first edition, the handsome bindings as mint, the text fresh and clean with just the lightest hint of age, a superior set indeed. RARE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT MODERN CLASSICS OF ECONOMICS, IT WAS IN THESE COURSES THAT PARETO BEGAN HIS DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF 'PARETO EFFICIENCY' WHICH HELPED CREATE THE FIELD OF MICROECONOMICS AND CHANGED ECONOMICS FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY TO A PRACTICAL ONE. In 1893, Pareto succeeded Léon Walras to the chair of Political Economy at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, where he… Read More

Asbury Park, N.J.: Printer unknown, 1920. Text with decorative borders printed in green on glossed yellow paper. Single sheet, 6.75 by 6 inch folded once to create 3.375 by 6 inch program printed on front and rear. Very fine for such a delicate little item, only the lightest hint of age mellowing. A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED PIECE OF SILENT PICTURE EPHEMERA, from Asbury Park's Lyric Theatre, a movie house which was opened in the 1910’s. It was still listed as open in the 1951 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, and continued to operate until at least 1965. It was located at 220 Cookman Avenue in New Jersey's famous beach resort town. Pictures being shown or listed as coming attractions include; The Butterfly Man, Forbidden, Should a Woman Tell, Blind Husbands, For the Soul of Rafael, She Loves and Lies, Sex, Eyes of Youth, Virgin of Stamboul, Alias Jimmy Valentine, Isle of Conquest, and Suds.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition and the best issue bound in cloth and oversized. Decorated with a beautiful colourplate pictorial cover, stunning pictorial endleaves and a profusion of very fine colour illustrations throughout by Maxfield Parrish. 4to, (350 x 295 mm), publisher’s original black cloth with the full size pictorial colour pastedown on the upper cover, and colour illustrated endpapers. (47) pp. A handsome copy with the head and tail of the spine in very nice condition, some minor mellowing to the black cloth and pastedown and some bumping to the corners, otherwise very bright and clean and well preserved. THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BRILLIANT ILLUSTRATED BOOK. Perhaps Parrish's best work, and certainly a very scarce book in nice condition. As Parrish himself said, "The reason I wanted to illustrate THE KNAVE OF HEARTS was on account of the bully opportunity it gives for a very good time making the pictures. Imagination could run riot, bound down by no… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered on beige labels. 404 [2 ads] pp. A very good and handsome copy, some light evidence of age, the front letter label slightly scuffed at the corner, but overall in clean condition. CONSIDERED ONE OF DOS PASSOS'S GREATEST WORKS. D.H. Lawrence said it was, "the best modern book about New York.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First edition, first printing. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth backed boards, lettered in blind on the upper cover and in gilt on the spine, in the original dustjacket. 567pp. A fine copy with only minor evidence of age, the jacket is quite fine as well. CONROY’S MOST FAMOUS BOOK, considered by many as a masterpiece of the 1980s. The film, produced in 1991, was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. While the film was a box office hit and raised Barbara Streisand's reputation as a director, its numerous changes from the original novel upset many Conroy purists.

Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1997. First edition and first printing. Extensively illustrated throughout, including plates in colour. Tall 8vo, in the original brick cloth, the spine gilt lettered, and in the original dustjacket. xxii, 351pp. A very fine copy, both the book and jacket essentially as new and pristine. FIRST EDITION IN PRISTINE CONDITION. During the 20's and 30's of the last century Edward Steichen was one of the most successful photographers in the advertising industry, but his status as one of the era's greatest fine-art photographers now overshadows his commercial work entirely. Ms. Johnston's book gives those works, which regularly appeared in popular magazines like Vanity Fair, Vogue and Lady's Home Journal, some much deserved, and long overdue, attention.

Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1997. First edition and first printing. Extensively illustrated throughout, including plates in colour. Tall 8vo, in the original brick cloth, the spine gilt lettered, and in the original dustjacket. xxii, 351pp. A very fine copy, both the book and jacket essentially as new and pristine. FIRST EDITION IN PRISTINE CONDITION. During the 20's and 30's of the last century Edward Steichen was one of the most successful photographers in the advertising industry, but his status as one of the era's greatest fine-art photographers now overshadows his commercial work entirely. Ms. Johnston's book gives those works, which regularly appeared in popular magazines like Vanity Fair, Vogue and Lady's Home Journal, some much deserved, and long overdue, attention.

Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, 1911. First edition. Illustrated from photos by John Patrick. Small 8vo, original wrappered boards, pictorial paste-down on the upper cover. 63. Light wear to the wrappers, otherwise a very good copy.

London: Thomas and William Boone, New Bond Street, 1832-1840. 6 volumes. Early Issues of Volumes 1-3, First Issues of Volumes 4-6 Illustrated throughout with fifty-five finely engraved maps and plans. Large 8vo, very handsomely bound in fine contemporary three-quarter red morocco, over marbled paper covered boards, the spines with gilt stopped raised bands ruled in blind separating five compartments and featuring two with gilt lettering, head and tail of the spine panels with quadruple gilt fillet rules, the turnovers decorated in blind, top edges gilt, the others untrimmed. xci, [1], 638; xi, [1], 530; li, [1], 651; xvi, 589, [1 ads.]; lxxxvi, [2], 622; cv, [3], 707, [1] pp. A very handsome set of this scarce and important work, the text-blocks are clean, the plates all in proper order, occasional notes of foxing as is normal for the paper used, the handsome antique bindings all beautifully preserved, strong, tight and in excellent condition showing only the most superficial evidence of age or… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original navy cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, in the pictorially decorated dustjacket, designed by Sydney Nolan. 478 pp. A very good copy indeed, the book in very pleasing condition, clean, bright and tight, the jacket with only light rubbing to the extremities. FIRST EDITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER'S FIFTH NOVEL AND KNOWN BY MANY AS HIS BEST. "Its plot is of epic simplicity. In the year 1845 Johan Ulrich Voss sets out to cross the Australian continent for the first time. He collects around himself a small party of settlers and two aboriginals, and pushes inland from the coast. The expedition encounters every kind of obstacle and hardship. At one time the men have to pass through a waterless desert; at another, torrential rains fall unceasingly and they are driven to shelter in a cave where they lie up, week after week...the most important thing in this book is not the external world through which the… Read More

Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1939. First Edition. With 8 double-page black and white illustrations from original lithographs and elaborate chapter heading initials in colour by Peter Hurd. 8vo, publisher’s original beige cloth, with black lettering on the spine and upper cover, and in the dustjacket. 101 pp. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. The story of Juan de Ońate, soldier millionaire, grandee, coming up from Old Mexico in 1598 who came first to the land of the Pueblos. He fought the battles of politeness with jealous vice-regal courtiers. He learned how to treat shrewdly with hostile Indians. The Acomas were absent his awareness, and the tribe became an enemy. The battle of Acoma, strange and picturesque resulted. This is a narrative, romantic in nature of the battle of Acoma. Hogan called it The Habit of Empire--"...old means served man's timeless end--the repetition of his faith and pattern of life wherein he went as the stronger of his kind.