Search Results: Authors starting with P from Deja Vu Books

Whittlesey House - McGraw-Hill Book Company Weekly Reader Book Club, 1956. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has some chips and shelfwear, stain on back of jacket. Previous owner name on front flap. Not price-cliipped. Book clean and tight with yellowed pages. Rubbed spot on front free endpaper - over erased. Includes the Children's Book Club flyer from February 1956 describing this book. 119 pages. Fact/fiction story of the great racehorse Exterminator, born in 1915 of royal breeding, but gangly and not very pretty. Used as a workhorse for the great Sun Briar, he surprised everyone by winning the 1918 Kentucky Derby.. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good+.

Avalon, 1992. Binding square and tight, ex-library with ffep removed, a couple of minor stamps, clean bright and tight interior, DJ has a library sticker on front else clean and crisp. 182 pages. Mystery/romance - young woman race horse trainer goes to work for handsome owner. Someone is trying to sabotage her and his stable, and she tries to find the answers.. Illus. by Murray, Keith - jacket only. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+.

London: Herbert Jenkens, 1959. Blue hardcover binding square and tight, some white spotting on covers, foxing. JD not price-clipped, general shelfwear with some chips and rubbing = protected from further damage in clean Brodart. 158 pages. Rachel and her brother Louis have enjoyed the best of everything, but with their parents away on holiday, they decide to tasete the rougher side of life by making a camping tour of the local gymkhanas with their horses.. Illus. by Biegel, Peter. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

London: Herbert Jenkens, 1957. Blue hardcover binding has sun-faded spine, bumped corners, light soiling to covers, hinges good - just beginning of hinge crack at half-title page and after last page of text. Pages yellowing with some foxing. No writing tears or marks. 160 pages. Paul and Grace Davis finally convince their father to buy them a pony, but now they must find somewhere to stable. The resourceful pair end up turning the tables on their rivals and force an unscrupulous stable owner to depart from the neighborhood. Scarce title.. Illus. by Biegel, Peter. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Kenosha WI: Samuel Lowe Company, 1946. Pictorial hardcover boards with blue spine shows girl sniffing flowers on a vine. Rubbed all edges, binding secure and tight, good hinges, name in pencil inside front cover, yellowing pages.. Illus. by Paflin, Roberta. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Viking Press, 1953. Gray hardcover cloth binding with line drawing of ballerina in red clean square and tight. Interior clean and bright. DJ not price clipped - clean and crisp. A nice copy.. Illus. by Palazzo, Tony. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London New York Toronto: Abelard- Schuman, 1964. Light borwn pictorial hardcover cloth binding has wear at corners, slight soiling. Back pocket removed, a few marks, interior overall clean and tight. Ramona is a well-trained circus dog who wants something else in her life - charming pictures tells of how she finds it.. Illus. by Palazzo, Tony. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1947. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has lots of chips and closed tears along edges. 60 pages. Interior clean bright and tight. Joey's Uncle Carl invites Joey and his friends to his South Dakota ranch. There they meet Little Feather, an Indian, who becomes a real pal. They ride horses, go to the rodeo, search for missing cattle, and have many other adventures.. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Beige hardcover cloth binding with drawings of dogs on cover clean square and tight. Minor shelfwear, foxing, 1941 gift note ffep. Interior clean and tight. A few smudges. Clipsy is a black and white cocker spaniel. Illus. by Brown, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Light blue hardcover cloth binding yellowed along spine from dampness damage. Interior clean with just a bit of wear. Signed by author on title page. 152 pages. A story of the Turngren family of Stillwater Minnesota. When a riverboat Captain's daughter comes to stay and becomes Margy's best friend, they have lots of adventures. But the best of all is when the famous singer Jenny Lind comes to town.. Illus. by Holberg, Richard. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Bruce Humpries, 1952. Orange hardcover binding clean, square and tight with bumped corners, names ffep, else clean and tight interior. 85 pages. Story in poetry form about a mongrel hound, Hep, and his nemisis the cat, Pep. Cartoon-like b/w illustrations accent this warm and humorous tale.. Illus. by Mansfield, Edward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Beige pictorial boards binding. Ex-library. Spine a little shaky, rubbing at all corners, split in cloth along spine, discard stamps, etc. Front pocket intact. 48 pages with a few smudges and stains on endpapers, but overall not a bad reading copy of this scarce title. "Once there was an animal who was a No-Sort-of-Animal. He had everything he needed like four legs and two eyes and two ears. But he didn't like being a No-Sort-of-Animal. He felt very plain. He wished he could be something else.". Illus. by Graboff, Abner. 4to - Oblong. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Houghton Mifflin 1st 1967 Good w/Good dj. Ex-lib. Illus by Fen H. Lasell. Front pocket removed, usual marks.. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap - A Story Parade Book, 1945. Pictorial hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ with same picture as book has some shelfwear, else clean and bright. Unpaginated - illustrated in color and b/w. Tom's father does not want a dog on his boat, but when the black and white dog Columbus stows away and proves himselfe a real hero, the Captain decides a dog is just what they need. For ages 7-11.. Illus. by Busoni, Rafaello. 8vo - Square. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Orange hardcover pictorial boards binding with brown cloth spine. Edges rubbed, boards showing through at corners. Slight beginning of hinge crack inside front cover, foxing. Binding secure and tight. 31 pages, interior clean. Author is wife of C.W. Anderson. Pen and ink illustrations nearly every page. Story of Honey, a cut bear cub in a city zoo is sent to another zoo in New England - along the way he escapes from the truck and he has several interesting adventures. A very charming story with wonderful illustrations.. Illus. by Anderson, C. W.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

New York: J.M. Dent and E.P. Dutton, 1928. Blue hardcover cloth binding slight square and tight, slightly rubbed, hinges good, some foxing. 328 pages with table of names of persons in book. DJ shows wear, some small chips and wrinkles, a few closed teas - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. A special edition of a great English romance. Forty drawings in color and line.. Illus. by Bawden, Edward. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Spec. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

London and New York: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. and Orange Judd Company, 1917. Brown hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Some water spots on covers, light wear. Interior clean and tight with some penciled notes on back blank endpapers. Binding is a bit dry, so opening flat will crack the hinges, but binding is secure and tight. 281 pages with index plus some ads for other publications in back. Scarce original hardcover copy.. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1968. Large pictorial hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ not price-clipped, some wrinkles but overall clean and crisp. Interior clean and tight. Author sends a letter home to his son and gives a vivid impression of Indian and its people. 56 pages.. Illus. by Illustrated. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Antheneum 1st 1962 Good+ w/ Good dj. ex-lib with just some stamps, tape marks on endpapers. Illus by Judith Brown. Orange cloth binding is clean and tight. Brett wants to buy Mr. De Luca's cart horse, Jerry.. Hardcover.

London: James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, 1857. Light brown hardcover binding shows wear to boards, cocked spine, bumped corners. Stain on back cover, rubbing. Gilt title on spine very faded. Front hinge just beginning to crack; back hinge cracked but binding secure. Crack before first chapter with binding threads showing. Pages yellowing with foxing but overall clean. Name with February 1858 date on title page. 306 pages plus 2 pages of advertisements. George Pardon dedicated this title to Prince Alfred. 6 great illustrations by Harrison Weir including Deerhound, Greyhound, Irish Greyhound, Newfoundland, Water Spaniel, King Charles, Italian Greyhound, Shepard, Esquimaux (Eskimo Dog), Poodle, Spaniel, Foxhound, Staghound, Bloodhound, Pointer, Setter, Harrier, Mastiff, Bulldog, and Scotch and English Terriers. Numerous line drawings amongst the text. Chapters include: About Dogs In General, History and Zoological Classification of The Dog, Various Kinds Of Wild Dogs, Chapters IV - XX Covers the breeds… Read More