Search Results: Titles starting with P from Parker's Rare Books

New York: Doubleday, 1983. stated 1st. HB. 1/4 Red cloth over yellow boards, 8vo., 360pp. Clean book in dust jacket that shows minor shelf wear. Illustrated. Marked " No Return" on bottom of text block. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

New York: S. S. Packard, Publisher, 1896. HB. Black blindstamped pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, small 4to, 138 pp. Owners name rear endpaper, two pages stained from what appears to have been a flower pressed in book, no other marks in book, binding solid. Covers show considerable wear, soiling. Book condition Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. HB. Quarter black cloth over orange boards, orange and white lettering on spine, 8vo, 241 pp. Owners name front pastedown only mark in book, binding tight. Minor soiling on endpapers. Covers show slight edge wear, top edge of text block somewhat soiled. In unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket that shows edge wear, chipping, some soiling to spine. Interesting commentary on Franco Spain, by writer better known for his fiction such as Native Son and Black Boy. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ. Stated First Edition.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1st. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 246 pp. No marks in book, in un-clipped dust jacket with small chip bottom of spine. First printing, no remainder marks. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

1978. 1st. Wraps. Brown illustrated wraps, square 8vo., unpaginated catalog by Arthur F. Jones for art exhibit celebrating the opening of the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky, September 12 through October 8, 1972. Book condition VG+.

Praha: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1986. Later Edition. HB. White cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 389 pp. Novel set in the 15th century, by Kubka (1894-1969) Czech journalist and novelist.No marks in book, binding tight. White covers show some soiling. In a dust jacket with minor soiling. "Knihovna Ceske Prozy 1945-1985". Text in Czechoslovakian. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Hanover: Carl Rumpler, 1856. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xxviii, 699 pp. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding tight, minor foxing to preliminaries. Appears to have been rebound at some point. Covers show very minor edge wear. A nice copy. Book condition VG.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 1st. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 313pp. Corners slightly bumped, top of spine shows minor wear.Text clean, no markings. Pre-World War I analysis of Germany. Book condition VG.

London: Hollis and Carter LTD, 1945. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 214 pp. Later edition, dated on title page 1945, but quote on dust jacket dated 1948. Clean, unmarked book, in dust jacket that shows some chipping. Stated on dust jacket "cheap edition 5s. net". Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. 1st. HB. Blue cloth, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 309 pp. Spine faded, slight soiling to top of text block. No marks in text, binding solid. Lacks dust jacket. Book condition VG-.

London: Geo. W. Carleton & Co, 1867. HB. Red blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12 mo, xiv, [15]-395 pp. + ads at rear, light blue endpapers. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers show some edge wear, uneven sunning, chipping with minor loss top and bottom of spine. Frontis illustration with tissue guard. Book condition VG-.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1919). HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 403 pp. Illustrated by Stockton Mulford. No marks in book but for owners name (blacked out) on ffep, binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear, soiling. Book condition VG-.

Chicago: Bica Press, 1939. 2nd Printing. HB. Orange cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 320 pp., illustrated endpapers, top edge of textblock stained yellow. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. In unclipped ($1.00) dust jacket that shows some soiling, chipping, small tears. Book condition VG in Good DJ.

Chicago: Patriots' Publishing Company, 1898. 1st. HB. being a Carefully Selected Collection of Patriotic Speeches and Essays....". Rust colored cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 284 pp. Wisconsin Masonic Home stamped on front end paper, writing on ffep, no marks in text. Rear hinge cracked, slightly weak. Covers show uneven sunning, spine sunned. Bottom of spine frayed. Uncommon. Book condition VG.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. hb. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 194 pp. Lino-cut drawings by William Kermode. First edition, April, 1930. No marks in book, binding tight. Rear cover stained, rear endpapers soiled. In the dust jacket that shows chipping, soiling, lacking bottom 2" of spine. Book condition VG- in Fair DJ.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. 2nd Printing. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 452 pp. X-library with small stamp on title page, scuff marks to endpapers where paste-down items (card pocket) removed, no marks in text. No library marks on covers which show very slight edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1967. Revised Edition. HB. Quarter gray cloth with tan cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 386 pp. First printing of the revised edition. Review copy with card laid in, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show slight soiling. Book condition VG, lacking a dust jacket.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. 1st. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt design of young girl on front cover, 12 mo., xlix introduction, 9-201 pp. Part of the 3 volume series "Patty Gray's Journey to the Cotton Islands" intended for young girls. Dall (1822-1912) was an important writer on women's suffrage, influenced at an early age by the lectures of Margaret Fuller. Covers show edge wear, corners bumped and worn through to boards, spine top and bottom shows chipping with minor loss. Dark brown end papers, hinges starting to crack. No marks in text, binding solid. Old book sellers stamp on front paste-down.

A Londres: De L'Imprimerie De Baylis, Et se trouve chez Vernor & Hood, 1799. HB. Full brown blindstamped leather, gilt lettering on spine, 16mo, iv, 172 pp. Engraved frontis and 4 full-page plates within text. Frontis detached, 3 owner's names on ffep. small paper repair on page 172, not affecting any text. No marks in text, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear, corners bumped. Book condition VG-.

Victoria, B.C: Litchfield's Limited, 1924. 1st. HB. Gray cloth,black lettering on front cover, 8vo, 24pp. "The Prize Winning Story of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire 1924 Competition". Owners name front paste-down, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show some edge wear, minor soiling. Book condition VG-, lacking the dust jacket.