Search Results: Authors starting with P from The Amber Wave

London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A very good copy, completely clean, in an almost flawless dustjacket. Contains wonderful color illustrations of Spain's unique villages giving the reader an overview of Spain's countryside..

Westport, Ct.: Bergin & Garvey, 1984. Book. Fine. Soft. Quarto. A fine "as new" copy -- tight and clean -- with a lovely etching of a young mom and child on the blue cover. This is a feminist book about preparing psychologically for the birthing process. It also offers support for men and their special burdens..

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1963. Book. Illus. by Durack, Elizabeth. Very Good. Hardcover. A very good copy, with some slight staining on the corners of a few pages, but the rest of the book is clean and tight. The original dustjacket is chipped and worn along the edges, but clean with a mylar cover. Great book of aboriginal tales faithfully recorded by K. Langloh Parker with wonderful illustrations by Elizabeth Durack..

Virginia: Turnpike Press, 1970. Book. As New. Hardcover. 4th Edition. An "as new" copy without a dustjacket. No writing whatsoever. The story of Mohonk house, aka lake Minnewaska..

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2014. Book. As New. Soft cover. An "as new" softcover copy --completely clean, no remainder marks. This book is about the Navajo people's view of the natural world and their relationship with the animal people --more specifically, the carnivores or predators. "Native Americans maintained intimate relations with all other life with whom they shared the earth. Unlike Western society, whose relationship with all life is based on competition and explotation, the tribal relationship with all life --including the Animal People --was based on cooperation and reciprocal exchange.".

New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 11" x 8"W. A very good copy -- tight and clean -- in an unclipped mylar-covered dustjacket. A good overview of the major historical sites of Israel including some archaeological background..

Turkey: Minyatur Yayinlari Book. Fine. Soft. 9 1/2" x 6"w. A fine copy -- tight and clean -- in "as new" condition throughout. No year of publication given. A wonderful book with color illustrations of the various types of rug weaving in Turkey..

Hong Kong: Beaux Arts Editions, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Octavo. A near fine copy -- tight and perfectly clean -- in an unclipped dustjacket. A wonderful collection of full-color photographs of the utilitarian and ceremonial objects produced by America's first people from the Archaic period (pre-Columbian) to the art work of contemporary Native Americans. Beautiful book!.

Asheville, NC: W.Vance Brown II, 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A new shrink-wrapped copy in a flawless dustjacket. A biography of the Polish artist who painted alongside many of the 20th century's artists of note --Modigliani, Soutine, Picasso, Vlaminck and Derain. Illustrated with 120 color plates..

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 10" x 8"w. A very good copy -- tight and clean on the inside -- in a dustjacket that with a large tear on the front & smaller one on the back. Also has some light soiling along the top and bottom of the books' pages..

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A very good copy in a very good unclipped dustjacket. The book has an inscription written on the inside of the front board and some numbers written on the front endpaper. A first edition. In this book rehabilitates long-held ideas like the mind is a computer and its shaped by natural selection. He does, however, challenge ideas such as passionate emotions are irrational and that parents socialize their kids. Pinker is professor of psychology and dierctor of the Center for Neuroscience at MIT..

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., 1925. Book. Illus. by Eulalie. Good. Hard Cov. 12" x 10"W. A rare "star edition" copy -- in good condition. The book's cover has bumped and worn edges, but the paste-down has retained its vivid colors. The 1st half of the book's pages have some pages with one-inch tear on the bottom and a few more serious tears, otherwise very clean and tight..

Ballston Spa, NY: Aurora Publications, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A very good copy, tight and clean, with just a small ding on the top of the spine. A fascinating collection of stories about paranormal activity in some of the older homes of Saratoga Springs and the outlying towns of Mechanicville, Rexford, Hadley, Halfmoon, etc..

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 10" x 8"w. A very good copy -- tight and completely clean -- in a good unclipped dustjacket showing edgewear and an inch-long tear on the front..

U.K.: Everyman Publications, 2000. Book. Fine. Soft. Quarto. A fine copy - tight and clean -- has that new book fragrance..

London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A very good paperback copy --tight, and clean inside--but with some foxing of the front and back cover. A rare copy of the poet's only novel..

New York: Viking press, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A near fine copy in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. The fascinating stories of Plotkin's travels and studies with some of the Amazon's most powerful shamans. Home to a quarter of the earth's botanical species, Plotkin chronicles his race to learn about the benefits of many of these plants while the Amazon forest is still in existence..

New York: Philomel Books, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 11" x 8 1/2"W. A first edition copy -- tight and clean -- in a very good dustjacket with a one-inch-long tear on the back of the cover. An amusing story about the attempts of a strange family to fit in their new hometown..

New York: Scribner, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First. 9 1/2" x 6"w. A fine copy --tight and clean-- in a fine dustjacket. The novel follows the progress of an accordion made by an Italian who emigrated to New Orleans where he ends up being lynched by an anti-Italian mob. The story then follows the accordion to its next owner --immigrants who carry it from Iowa to Texas, from Maine to Louisiana looking for a better life. This is Proulx's second novel..

New York: Scribner, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First. 9 1/2" x 6"w. A fine copy --tight and clean-- in a fine dustjacket. The novel follows the progress of an accordion made by an Italian who emigrated to New Orleans where he ends up being lynched by an anti-Italian mob. The story then follows the accordion to its next owner --immigrants who carry it from Iowa to Texas, from Maine to Louisiana looking for a better life. This is Proulx's second novel..