Search Results: Titles starting with P from West of Eden Books

New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993, hardcover, 303 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing stated, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, light rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of an eight-year examination of Columbian politics in an attempt to find the causes and perpetrators of the Army attack on the M-19 Revolutionary Movement during their November 1985 seizure of the Supreme Court. Illustrated with 12 black-&-white plates. Author's source notes appended. Foreword by Conor Cruise O'Brien. ISBN 9780941423823

Prospect Heights IL, Waveland Press, 1994, trade paperback, xiv-113 pp, Second Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine condition in pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps. A look at the economic development of the Giriama of Kenya where traditional customs are sometimes at odds with the needs and desires of the individual, enterprising farmers. Illustrated with statistical tables, reproductions of black-&-white photographs, and a map. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780881338027

Provo UT, New World Archaeological Foundation/Brigham Young University, 1980, trade paperback, xii-119 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Very Good+ in plain gray card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. An overview and compilation of the findings related to this ancient site and environs on the Pacific coast of the state of Chiapas, Mexico from the first reconnaissance in 1948 until the date of publication. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photos, sketches, maps, plan views, and statistical tables. Appended list of References.

Boston, Small Maynard and Company, 1908, hardcover, 91 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good condition in illustrated blue cloth-covered boards stamped in purple, black and gold, gilt top edge, no dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end, corner and edge wear, spine and untrimmed text block edges a bit darkened, crease and spots to rear board, binding shaken at p 80 but firm. An allegorical short story of destiny featuring a lady and a panther. Illustrated with four inserted plates, one in color and tissue guarded, by Paul K. M. Thomas, title page printed in lavender and green, text printed in lavender and black, decorated endpapers.

Naperville IL, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2017, hardcover, 265 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. A transgender teen and a new friend attempt to change the school dress code policy to allow him to wear pants.

New York, Berkley Prime Crime, 2015, hardcover, 300 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The bestselling author of The Tea Shop Mysteries and, The Cackleberry Club Mysteries, returns with a new story in her popular Scrapbooking Mystery series, set in the historic Garden District of New Orleans and centered on the legendary Lafayette Cemetery. ISBN 9780425266687

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1968, hardcover, 128 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine lacking dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound with no markings, tiny stain to text-block fore edge. This book deals frankly with the difficulties of starting and maintaining links between home and school, but describes the kind of success which can be achieved. Appended; Useful Organizations, Suggestions for Further Reading, American Books on Home-school Relationships, Index. Preface by Michael Young. ISBN 9780043700235

Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1983, hardcover, xxvi-351 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, tiny nick at the heel. Dustjacket shows same light bumping, very faint discolorations near spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This book examine the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris, a group of about ninety men who held office as councillors of the Hotel de Ville between 1535 and 1575, that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state, and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy. Illustrated with 16 statistical tables and a map of Paris (approx. 1540). Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780691053622

New York, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2012, trade paperback, 318 pp, Bound Galley (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in pictorial card covers. Two former French intelligence officials hire a hitman to kill a vacationing American industrialist, things do not go as planned. ISBN 9780385535489

New York, Random House, 2012, trade paperback, 258 pp, Advance Reader's Edition (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in cream-colored pictorial card covers. Eloisa James' first venture into non-fiction is the enchanting story of a year-long family sabbatical in one of the world's most beautiful cities, Paris.

Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1981, hardcover, x-227 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end wear. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, small chip to top edge of front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. Focusing on the high court judges in Paris, Bailey Stone illuminates the causes of the resistance to royal authority, and reinterprets the resurgence of the aristocracy against the monarchy. Extensive author's notes and bibliography appended. ISBN 9780807814420

New York, Roaring Brook Press, 2011, hardcover, 134 pp, first edition stated, first printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, in new Brodart sleeve. The mystery of a parrot gone missing sets friends Philip and Philippa into action aboard the S.S. Excalibur. Filled with 2-page illustrations by Mordicai Gerstein.

Boston, D.C. Heath and Co, 1968, trade paperback, xiv-103 pp, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean, inked stamp to interior of front cover, slight corner bumps, nicks to cover edges. A collection of essays expressing differing views regarding the partitioning of India into the countries of India and Pakistan. Contributions from Jawaharlal Nehru, the Chelmsford Report, the Simon Commission, Maulana Azad and Penderel Moon. Appended: Suggestions for Additional Reading.

Toronto ON, Ryerson Press, 1946, hardcover, 121 pp, first edition, first printing, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, pages tanned. Dustjacket worn at folds and edges, some small holes, age-toned, in new Brodart sleeve. A selection of essays from the popular radio broadcaster concerning various aspects of Canadian life.

New York, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2020, hardcover children's picture book (9" x 11"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the dedication page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright new, pictorial dustjacket. The popular author illustrator of more than 30 books tells the tale of a little mouse who disrupts a town's preparations for Passover when it steals a piece of leavened bread, or chometz, just as all the houses have been swept clean in time for the holiday. Brightly illustrated throughout in full color by Shahar Kober. ISBN 9781984895516

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995, hardcover, 53 pp, First Edition, second printing by numberline, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author, along with his distinctive Chicago chop which assures his genuine signature, on a bookplate affixed to the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end and corner touches, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-known playwright and author tells the story of the holiday through a girl and her grandmother as they prepare traditional recipes for a Passover dinner. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Designed by Jaye Zimet.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1986, hardcover, 128 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket price-clipped, light rubs, slightest edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Eight original stories about sleeping and waking, dreams and bedtime. Beautifully illustrated throughout with 11 full-page color illustrations and numerous smaller black-&-white works by Jan Pienkowski. Red boards pictorially stamped in gold, color pictorial endpapers. ISBN 9780224028561

London, Elek Books, 1967, hardcover, 190 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tiny number on front endpaper, mark on rear pastedown under dustjacket flap. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, rubs, edge chips and rumple, sticker lift to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The autobiography of a widely-traveled nurse from the luxury of her childhood in Edwardian England, through her training and travels in New Zealand, Ireland, Rome, Ceylon, Kentucky, the West Indies, and Australia.

Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 2017, large format hardcover children's picture book (10" x11"), First U.S. Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, pictorial dustjacket. The author of more than twenty children's books, and the illustrator of more than forty, come together to present this traditional tale of the Irula people of southern India about a boy who grows a pumpkin large enough to save his family and all their animals from a devastating flood. Illustrated throughout in full color by Frane Lessac.

New York, Pageant Press, 1953, hardcover, viii-173 pp, First Edition stated, Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner wear. An epic work of verse comprising a collection of inter-related poems 'to help establish a lasting peace upon our earth'. Presented as a tale of happenings to a family in varying voices of the Father, the Mother, and the Son.