Search Results: Authors starting with N from Parker's Rare Books

New York: Viking (Penguin Group), 1997. First Printing of the First American Edition. HB. Quarter black cloth and orange paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 214 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In a colorful unclipped dust jacket. Originally published as Ein Gott der Frechheit in Germany. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

Kristiania: Det Norske Aktieforlag, 1905. HB. Gray beveled cloth with much gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 266 pp. Corners bumped, some wear at top and bottom of spine. Text in Norwegian. All edges of text block marbled, patterned end papers. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the authors, and with tipped-in fascimile examples of the various writer's handwriting. No marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1965. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 60 pp. Owners name ffep, signature and date on title page?. Text clean, binding tight. In dust jacket that shows edge wear, closed tears, sticker residue lower front corner. Book condition VG in Good DJ.

New York: Macmillan, 1965. hb. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 281 pp. Stated first American edition. Map endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show some spotting, spine sunned, 1/8" tear top of spine. A good reading copy. Book condition Good+.

Leipzig und Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. HB. Blue illustrated cloth, 8vo, viii, 304 pp. Aus dem Norwegischen iibersetzt von M. Langfeldt, funftes bis zehntes Tausend. Owners name top of title page only marks in text. Missing ffep, front hinge cracked and loose. Covers show some edge wear and soiling. A good reading copy. Text in German. Book condition Good-.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. Stated First Edition. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 180 pp. First printing, November 1942. Owners bookplate front paste-down, old bookseller label rear paste-down, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear, bottom corners bumped. Lacking the dust jacket. Book condition VG.

Cincinnati: Hitchcock and Walden. HB. Blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, 373 pp. Owner's name ffep, minor marginal notes in text, in pencil. Ink markings on rear endpaper. Covers show edge wear, fraying top of spine. Book condition Good.

Topeka, Ks: F. M. Steves & Sons, 1905. Revised. HB. Green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 8vo, 201 pp. + ad at rear. Revised edition 25 thousand, illustrated with photos. No marks in book, binding solid. Front hinge cracked. Covers show some edge wear and soiling, upper corners bumped. Book condition Good+.

Fondo de Fomento Editorial Del Gobierno del Estado de Quitana Roo, 1986. 2nd Edition. Wraps. Trade paper, blue illustrated covers, 8vo, 140 pp. + folding map at rear. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Limited to 3000 copies printed. Book condition VG+. Text in Spanish.

Milwaukee: The M. H. Wiltzius Co, 1899. HB. Brown paper covered boards, black lettering on front cover, 12 mo, 209 pp. + 7 pages ads from the publisher at rear. Old owners label front pastedown, no marks in book, binding tight. Minor edge wear to covers, backstrip paper torn. Uncommon Catholic fiction by Sister Mary Alphonsa Corry (1842-1916) in original paper covered boards. Book condition VG- because of backstrip damage.

New York: Vanguard Press, [1933]. Wraps. Cream colored stapled wraps, black lettering and diagram on front cover, publisher's ad on rear cover, 12mo, 58 pp. plus 2 pp. bibliography and 1 pp. publisher's ad at rear. Minor marginal notations in text, small name stamped at top of front and rear covers, light edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Wiesbaden & Philadelphia: Julius Niedner & Bei Schaefer und Koradi, 1869-1870. HB. Three volumes, uniformly bound in quarter brown leather over brown boards, gilt lettering on spines, 8vo, viii, 486, 516, ix, 465 pp., all edges of text blocks marbled. Minor notations in margins of text, owners name ffep. Bindings solid. Covers show considerable edge wear, boards scuffed, front and rear joints volume III cracked, with backstrip partially loose. Volumes I & II dated 1869, volume III dated 1870. Text in German. Book condition Good.

San Francisco, et al: Holden-Day, 1967. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 681 pp. Covers show minor edge wear, corners bumped. Owners name stamped on front paste-down, ffep, and bottom of text block. No marks in text, binding solid. In dust jacket with considerable chipping, soiling. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1996. 1st Printing. HB. Dark blue cloth, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 120 pp. Very clean book, no marks. Binding tight. First printing. ISBN #0-275-95568-0. Book condition VG+.

Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2002. 1st Printing. HB. Maroon cloth, silver lettering on blue background on front cover and spine, 8vo, 110 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. An analysis of the two party governing system, from 1960 through the election of 2000. Book condition NF.

Friendship, Wisconsin: New Past Press, 2001. HB. Glossy illustrated paper covered boards, oblong 8vo, 175 pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Faint spotting to ffep, no marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG+.

Alliance, Nebraska: By Author, Printed by Times-Herald Print. Wraps. Stiff brown paper wraps, dark brown lettering on front cover, 8vo, 62 pp., brown endpapers. Clean, unmarked book. Author was from Dawes County, Nebraska. Uncommon Nebraska imprint. Book condition VG+.

Chicago: John Anderson Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. HB. Quarter brown cloth and cream colored illustrated paper covered boards, 12mo, 167 pp. With 18 full-page photographs by the author. The author served in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service during World War I, and this is an account of his service. The Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service had a number of members that went on to have notable literary careers, including E. E. Cummings, John Dos Passos, and Robert Hillyer. One word written on ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight, covers clean with very light shelf wear. Text in Norwegian (never translated into English). Book condition VG+.

Geilo: A. E. Tufte A/S, 1979. Wraps. Illustrated trade paper, tan covers with brown lettering and illustration of covered wagon on front cover, 8vo, 106 pp. Series of stories about the Norwegian immigrant experience in America. Signed by the author on ffep, and with the stamp of the Sons of Norway Lodge. No marks in book, binding tight. Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG.

Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1658. HB. Full leather ruled in gilt, gilt designs and 4 raised bands on spine, 8vo, [24], 393, [15] pp. Engraved title page and 15 pp index at rear. Owners writing top of title page only marks in book, binding tight. Pages free of foxing. With the armorial bookplate on the front paste-down of Sir Robert Pye of Clifton (Fourth Baronette of Pye, 1696-1734). An uncommon edition of this oft printed classical biography of the leaders of Greece and Rome by Cornelius Nepos, Roman biographer (c. 100-24 BC), friend of Cicero and Atticus. Covers show some cracking and scuffing with some loss of leather, hinges are not cracked. Book condition VG-.