Search Results: Titles starting with P from The Owl at the Bridge

Bookseller catalogue listing Robert Plunkett's collection of Wodehouse. 231 items; 21 cm.; As New. With a 1995 Gould catalogue of 455 items plus two sheets listing Wodehouse titles (Frits Menschaar in AB, 24 May 1993, 249 items, and Gould, 1996, 42 items). Sold as a lot; all Very Good or better. Stock#ofc0832.

Contents: Tonya Davidson, Using the PMC Syringe; Celie Fago, PMC Hinges; Jennifer Kahn, PMC Bezels; Doris King, Fusing Sterling & PMC; Terry Kovalacik, Developing Form with Slip; Noortje Meijerink, PMC on Ceramic; Kelly Russell, Using Stencils with PMC; Barbara Becker Sion, Lampworking & PMC; CeCe Wire, Water Etching on PMC; J. Fred Woell, Coreless Beads. Hardcover. 120 pages, illustrated with black & white sketches by McCreight and color photos; 28 cm. New from publisher; Fine. Stock#40296x/h.

NY, Weatherhill / Asahi [1972]. Hard Cover. xvi, 431 p., illus., index, 23.5 cm. A series of articles originally published in Asahi Shimbun, 1971. First published in Japanese as Nihon to Amerika. The English version is based on Kenichi Otsuka's translation for the Asahi Evening News, Tokyo. Good+, red-ink notes by Asian-history scholar Charles Neu/ dj good+. Stock#NEU004.

Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1962. Hard Cover. xix, 456 p., index; 20.5 cm. Includes The Islands (Oceanic Eden; Coming of the Islanders; Australian Aborigines; Melanesians; Polynesians; Micronesians); Aliens (Explorers, 1520-1780; Whalers, Traders & Missionaries, 1780-1850; Planters, Blackbirders & Merchants, 1850-1914; Miners & Administrators, 1914-1939); Metamorphosis (Scope of Change; Dispossessed; Salvation; Coconut Civilization; Sugar Revolution; Sea Harvest; Bases; Profit & Loss); Cataclysm & Aftermath (World War II; After the Battles; Midcentury: Events & Prospects). Stock# 39,329. Vg/ dj clipped; near fine.

New York, Macmillan, 1957.. Hard Cover. xv, 388 p. illus. 21.5 cm. Detailed studies of Hawaii, Truk, Dsmos, Guam, the Marianas, Ponape, the Marshalls, and other United States Insular possessions in Micronesia. Stock# 39,945. Vg/ dg good+

Two dealer catalogues: Pacific Voyages (Reese), 202 items, illus., color pictorial wraps; VG+; Travels by Land and Sea (Harper). Books of Travel and Exploration many illustrated with Color Plates of Scenery, Architecture and Costume, 179 items, 59 pages, illus., blue printed wraps, library date stamp & markings, Good. Dealer catalogues offer information and knowledge. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0211.

American Neptune / Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1942. [3] p., 25 cm. 'In 'The American Neptune', I (1941), 62, Mr. William B. Sturtevant gives the words of a capstan chanty which he calls 'The Oxford.' It is more commonly known as 'Paddy Get Back.' I believe it to be of late origin (1850 or after). Its rollicking tune, which probably boasts a music-hall origin, has never appeared in print, so far as I know. There are many versions...' 'With the Season's Greetings from the Editors of 'The American Neptune Christmas 1942'. Pink laid paper; inconspicuous closed tear in fore edges (the mailer is also torn) & a light rust mark above title from the mailer clasp; VG in original mailer with 1 1/2-cent stamp. Stock#32537.

S.-Peterburg, Izdanie tovarishchestva. Hard Cover. 400 p.; 24.5 cm. Bibliography: p. 7-8. The abolition of serfdom in 1863 was one dramatic event of 19th century Russian history. In Cyrillic characters. (Pollard). Stock# 43,253. Good+, half leather; hinges worn.

Print, 23 x 16.5 cm. impression on 32 x 25 sheet, matted. Profile, facing left, of the Polish pianist, with his pencil autograph inscription. "Drawing by Emil Fuchs." "Copyright for all Countries U. S. A. 1800". "Swan Electric Ingraving". Print005/h/ofc.

New York, Harcourt, Brace [1947]. Hard Cover. xxix, 1032 p. 24 cm. An anthology of historical readings. Stock# 40,255. Good+

Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte Pageant Association [1925]. Hard Cover. 121 p., 8 illus., ports. (2 color); 24 cm. Cover title: Historic Mecklenburg and Old Charlotte, 1775-1925. Written for the sesquicentennial of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20, 1775. For enlightenment on beauty pageants of the American South search "Jeanne Robertson" on Youtube. Stock#47210. Vg / embossed cover.

Periodical. "Revue mensuelle éditée par les soins de la Direction générale de relations culturelles ... Paris."--n. 11 Page 14 4 issues

Bruxelles. Meline, Cans, 1850. Hard Cover. uv, 320 pages, An early history of the 1848 Revolution in France by one of the "Utopian Socialists" (Marx's term) who inspired it. Blanc was a pioneer in urging unemployment relief. As an anti-monarchist he had to publish this defense of his revolution in the exile of Brussels. An important document in French history and in 19th century socialism. Stock#OB389. VG; half leather.

"Revue mensuelle édité par les soins de la Direction Générale des Relations Culturelles." No. 10, Février 1946: Valéry, Claudel, Jacob, Soupault, Mercier, Arland, Tardieu, Masarès, Bost, Cassou, Mérimé, Reuillard, Delysan, Mallet, Caullery, Ramon, Devaux, Créhange & Baissette, Androclès, Brussey-Malville, Bréguet, Merleau-Ponty, Géraldy, Carco, George, Laprade, Champigneulle, Marini, Fumet, Malherbe, Jourdan Morhange; No. 11, Mars 1946: Garampon, Cayrol, Gatheron, Masson, Clancier, Klingsor, Duquaire, Vincent, Meningaud, Chabrier, Bosco, Jouvet, Martin-Chauffier, Chazeuil, Jeanne, Marion, Sudre, Mauguin, Rivet, Leroi-Gourhan, Leriche, Guilhon, Le Corbusier, Clayeux, Warnod, Zahar, Florisoone, Solliers, Bruyr; No. 12, Avril 1946: François, Breton, Gracq, Vesper, Thomas,Camus, Peisson, Fédine, Vercors, Cressot, Fraser, Delpech, Fuchs, Leenhardt, Laffay, Painlevé, Wallon, Langevin, Broglie, Cossira, Cabrerets, Debré, Créhange & Baissette, Bazin, Aragon, Poulain, Champigneulle, Tabard,… Read More

Tucson, University of Arizona Press [c1974; Eighth printing 1994]. Soft Cover. xiv, 258 p., index, photos, bibliography; 23 cm. Contents include Haliksai! This Is How It Was; The Promised Land; Clan Migrations; Encounter with Spain; Kachina or Christ?; Pueblo Rebellion; Attempts at Reconquest; Violence Under Mexico; Stars & Sripes over Tusayan; Mormons & Other Visitors; Hopi Tusqua; Washington Comes to the Hopi; Masau-u & Spider Woman Confront the U.S. Army; Crusade Against Superintendent Burton; Civil War at Oraibi; Two Outstanding Missionaries; The Era of Superintendents Lawshe & Crane; Oppression by Superintendent Daniel; Opposition to Hopi Religious Ceremonies; Scientists in Tusayan; Indian Reorganization & the Hopi; The Late 20th Century Hopi. Pictorial wraps; spot on front; VG. 38370.

Giardini [Pisa, 1971]. A collection of articles on American civilization written over many years for Italian readers by a journalist based in Boston. Author's presentation on flyleaf; Soft Cover. 267 pages; 21 cm.; VG. Stock#40197.

NY, Dutton, 1978. Soft Cover. 80 p., 118 color illus.; 28 cm. "This happy, gloriously colorful book celebrates the unique collection of Victorian houses in San Francisco. Houses of such highly eclectic architectural charm that they can only best be described as San Francisco style. The great photographs herein show us and the captions tell us how San Francisco's Painted Ladies have enjoyed an astonishing renaissance." Bibliography: p. 80. Stock#42306. Vg / paper.

Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, Ltd., 1991.. Soft Cover. 139 p. : 142 illus. (some col.), index, 23 cm. Catalog of an exhibition of 142 works at the Heim Gallery, London, 1 May-11 June, 1991. Each entry is extensively annotated. Bibliography (p. 133-135). Stock# 43,759. Vg / soft bound

London: Secker & Warburg, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. x, 230 p., [16] p. of plates (120 b/w, 23 color), illus., ports.; 25 cm. "Most paintings in public art galleries are by men, for men, and largely about women." Stock#45369. Vg / dj vg.

Boni and Liveright, NY [c1920]. Hard Cover. 'This edition consists of 1200 copies, numbered and signed by the Author. This is No.' [blank] [signed in ink] 'James Huneker For Louise Landau'. 294, [3] p., author's ink correction on last p.; 25 cm.; bound in blue-paper-covered boards, white paper spine, brown leather spine label stamped in gold; edges uncut; label chipped, spine & edges darkened; VG+. 29320 {Fifi}