Search Results: Authors starting with P from Uncommon Works

Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus presumed first edition. Scarce. Bottom left corner heavily bumped, otherwise fine. Brown cloth with deep brown title stamping on cover and spine. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is bumped and rubbed on bottom right corner, with shelfwear to crown and foot. 181 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits. Quarto. Las Vegas usually is considered as synonymous with lavish gambling and unabashed night life. These have been emphasized in magazine articles and books, while the town's varied and colorful past have been overlooked. Here is the first general history of early Las Vegas ever to be published.During the last century Las Vegas has passed through a metamorphosis from a mere Spanish Trail waterhole in a vast and lonely desert to a religious mission and finally a thriving ranch. After contemporary Las Vegas was founded in May 1905, it developed into a typical Western… Read More

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Jacket showing minimum amount of wear. xxix, 718 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; maps; index. Octavo, he Boer War (1899-1902) looms in retrospect as Britain's Vietnam: a limited engagement that would "be over by Christmas," it turned into the longest, the bloodiest, "and the most humiliating war for Britain between 1815 and 1914." Powerful Britain could take no comfort, moreover, from its terminus, for even if the Boer guerrillas "lost the war, they won the peace." Thomas Pakenham, one of the auspiciously prolific Longfords (he is the brother of Antonia Fraser, above), has now given this epochal contest its first full-length treatment in nearly 70 years. In the course of his long narrative, he skillfully maps out the causes, the course and the aftereffects of the war. He examines the… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. As new/near fine. A fine first edition (as new) in a very near fine dust jacket, jacket showing a minute tear top edge on back. xii, 292 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Octavo. One of early America's main-traveled highways, the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road has long been in need of a historian to tell its fascinating story. In this eleventh volume of the American Trails Series, Parke Rouse, Jr., the author of several studies of colonial Virginia, chronicles the history of this great artery from its origins as the Appalachian Warriors' Path to its eclipse by railroads, turnpikes, and canals in the nineteenth century, and its revival (with a changed character) in the age of the automobile.Commencing in Philadelphia, the road ran west through Lancaster and York, thence down the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and on into the Carolina backcountry, terminating at Augusta, in South… Read More

Baltimore: CD Publications [Cemetery Dance], 1994. First Edition; Limited Edition; Signed Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Alan M. Clark. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. As New. SIGNED by both the author, Norman Partridge, and the illustrator, Alan M. Clark, on the limitation page. Midnight blue cloth boards with aquamarine eight-ball endpapers. Appears entirely unread. 285 pp. Octavo. The clock strikes midnight. It's April 8, 1994, and twenty-four hours of terror begin in a town on the California coast:12:03 A.M.: In a quiet cemetery, a man throws beer bottles at his lost love's tombstone. Graveyard baseball is the name of the game. The pitcher hasn't thrown a baseball or a bottle since he graduated high school in 1976, but his concentration is perfect, his control unmatched... until someone disturbs the game, and the pitcher explodes in a violent fury.1:12 A.M.: A secretive photographer climbs the stairs of his basement studio. Shadows drift across the cool… Read More

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good/missing. Arvilla Parker. A very good example of one of the 550 printed in this limited run by the famed Grabhorn Press [Grabhorn,195]. Beautiful letterpress edition of an important document in the history of the Americas (originally published in Washington in 1869 according to Howes, W571). No dust jacket. Olive cloth boards with orange title stamping on spine. Corners mildly frayed. Back cover slightly bowed. Laid paper with deckled pages. Limitation statement on final leaf of book. 134 pp. plus [11] pp. of notes. Super Octavo, 7&3/4 x 11&1/4 inches tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Fair. J. Crawford Wood. A fair to good first edition signed by the author on the USS Minnehaha, August 30, 1903. Red cloth pictorial boards with title in white. Title has worn away in part of the words "Cross Country." Head and tail of spine showng a tear and heavy shelf wear, spine cover starting to seperate at rear joint. Rubbing to joints.Corners bumped. Cream end papers unmarked. No foxing. Previous owner's inscription and author's inscription inked on first free blank leaf. Frontis tissue protects a beautiful color litho of a hound. Deckle fore and bottom edge, top edge gilt. Binding is solid and square. Illustrated with litho plates, some in color. 352 pp. Large octavo, 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches tall.

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1986. First Edition. Leather bound. Fine. A fine first edition. Brown leather boards with gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Native American end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled at edge of half title. 162 pp. including index. Octavo, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall. .

Austin: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. A very good plus / near fine first edition, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. Blue cloth boards, no bumps or rubbing, binding is a bit soft. In an unclipped, very good plus dust jacket showing a crease and slight rubbing to lower left front of jacket and miniscule wear to top right edge of jacket. xiv, 393 pages : illustrations, portraits. Octavo. Gut-wrenching, scared-as-hell story of a group of W.W. II college-age kids who flew B-25 Bombers in the South Pacific by the seat of their pants and wreaked havoc on Japanese military aspirations. Nine out of ten of the 354th didn't make it back.... R.E. Peppy Blount was one of these survivors." Front flap

U. S. Department of the navy, 1949. First Thus. Staplebound wraps. Very good/very good +. An original, very good, 1949 Navy training course in surveying, first edition thus. Softcover, staple bound wraps. Cover faded and dust soiled. "For official use only" and US Navy insignia on front cover. Edges evenly soiled from handling. Pencil marginalia to title page. Off set toning from staples (original binding). All fold-outs and pocket maps and charts intact and near fine. No other markings, no torn pages. Binding is sturdy, square and sound. Black and white maps, charts, photos and graphs. 397 pp. with index. Duodecimo, 5 x 7 3/4 inches tall.

Beacon, New York: [by the author], 1962. Third Edition, Revised. Staplebound wraps. Near fine/none as issued. Pete Seeger. Near fine third edition (revised) with one small spot on back cover and dented lines to front. Vibrant reddish-orange wraps, staplebound. Lovely black & white photographs and diagrams throughout. 2.95 price sticker on first page. 72 pp. Yes, it's *that* Pete Seeger.

Buffalo, N.Y: The Hammond Press, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine first edition of a classic reference work on the fur trade. Brown cloth boards with gilt images and title stamping.. One rubbed corner, no other flaws in book. Binding is sturdy, tight, and square. Brown endpapers free of any writing. Text is clean a bright. Text is clean and bright. Rear pastedown has original price sticker from 1912: "Eastern Agent Geo. W. Reynolds" &etc. Map frontis. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. [5] 372 pp including index. 6 9 1/4 inches tall, octavo. It was Marcus Petersen who rst published in his book. “The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals" something that was different from the material used by the authors of earlier fur books. Petersen, however, con ned himself principally to the fur-bearing animals and the characteristics and distinguishing properties of different furs. He was. however, the rst authority to compile a table giving the weights… Read More

Geneva: Ferni Publishers, 1976. Book Club Edition. Leatherette. Very good/none as issued. Overall, a very good, complete set in four volumes. Burgundy leather over quarter black leather. Cover in gilt title-stamping, image of syringe. Black, red and grey striped endpapers. Silk ribbon marker. Volume one is bowed (about good), and showing bubbling on endpapers and a few waved pages. Remaining three volumes near fine. No markings or highlighting. "This edition is reserved for Friends of history." 253, 252, 255, 255 pp., illustrations (some color), maps, portraits. 12mo v. 1. Karl Brandt, the Third Reich's man in whitev. 2. Joseph Mengele, the evil doctorv. 3. When man became a guinea pig for deathv. 4. In the beginning was the master race ..

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2003. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Keith Minnion. A fine, signed limited edition in a near fine clamshell slipcase. Signed by Ed Gorman and Tom Piccirilli on the limitation page, "O" of 26 lettered copies. As new [I opened the publishers plastic wrap myself]. Black clamshell slipcase is as new. Fine dust jacket. Black cloth binding. Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather clamshell and Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker 100 pp. Octavo. Her name was Crimson... and she was a legend. A beautiful pirate queen who plundered the 16th Century Caribbean sea by day and confronted voodoo and vampires during the steaming tropical nights.Cast in Dark Waters is an original dark adventure tale by Ed Gorman and Tom Piccirilli — a fine addition to the Cemetery Dance Novella Series." --publisher's web site

San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office, 1863. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good +. A very good plus, original softcover booklet. Green loose dust cover over string binding. Octavo. Established in 1850, The Society of California Pioneers is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art, history, and culture. Founded byindividuals arriving in California before 1850 and thriving under the leadership of several generations of their direct descendants, The Society has continuously served the academic community and the public. As the oldest organization west of The Mississippi, The Society opened one of the first libraries in California, as well as a grand hall for meetings, lectures, and social events. Today we operate a museum on The Main Post of The Presidio of San Francisco, free museum education programs, and The Alice Phelan Sullivan research library, all as a nonprofit organization designed to support scholarship and to encourage new interpretations that both… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Book Club Edition; First Thus. Boards. As new/fine. A fine first thus Book Club Edition in a near fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Wine colored paper boards. Code Q28 on page 241. May 1986 on copyright page. 05346 on rear cover. Crease at top edge of jacket. 243 pp. Octavo The novel proposes invasions from alternate Earths in alternate universes. None of these universes are quite like our universe; however, they all have some element or other in common, many of which Pohl develops to satiric effect.In one universe, Nancy Reagan is the President of the United States and her mostly disregarded husband Ronald is known as "The First Gentleman". John F. Kennedy is a Senator from Massachusetts who is married to a woman called Marilyn.In another universe, America's political spectrum has shifted far to the right; Ronald Reagan remained true to his early left-wing politics and is still married to his first wife Jane Wyman.In the past of some… Read More

Irvine, California: Bowtie Press, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/as new. Gabrielle Boiselle. 5th Printing. Fine/as new. Photos by Gabrielle Boiselle. Fine in an as new dust jacket. Would be as new save for a tidy gift inscription on front endpaper. Midnight blue cloth boards with gilt title stamping. In an as new dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 135 pp. Quarto, 9 1/4 x 11 inches tall. Considered by some as "The Bible of North American Horsemanship." A beautifully written and photographed treatise on the horse, humans and inter-connectedness. Of interest to horsemen and horsewomen, and anyone interested in connections between humans, the earth, and its residents. In addition to presenting the methods and philosophy of relationship training, Horse, Follow Closely also includes many stories and legends of Native Americans and their horses, all of which teach the reader something new about himself and his relationship with his horse.

London: The Reprint Society, 1947. Reprint. Cloth. Very good/missing. A very good reprint. Brown cloth boards with bright red leather and gilt title label on spine. One small bubble to front cover; long, thin bubble to rear cover. Bumped corners. Red top edge. Binding is sturdy and square. Foxing to first four pages and last free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright text. xii, 496 pp. including index: illustrations. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches tall. Octavo. First biography written based on Dickens' collected letters; extensively researched and well-written.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, as stated. Missing dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped ship on cover, bright gilt title stamping on spine. Binding is sturdy, square, and strong. Painted top edge. Map endpapers. Deckled pages. 213 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 inches tall. The Golden Hind Series was initially co-published by John Lane in the UK and Harper’s in the U.S. The first titles were issued in 1927.According to a prospectus for the series (quoted in Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia, edited by Jennifer Speake) “the volumes were presented as ‘in a form suitable for the general reader new lives of great explorers written by well-known men of letters which are at the same time reliable history and attractive biographies.’ Each author was allowed to present his subject in the manner he wanted, so long as he examined all available material,… Read More

New York: Appleton and Company, 1885, 1888. Later printings. Hardcover. Very good/none as issued. Mixed set with continuous pagination in publishers original brown cloth. In 2 volumes. Vol. I: xii, [5] -602, [i]-iii, [3] pages. Vol. 2: viii, [603] -1120, [9-tables] , [I-blank], [i]-ii pages . 8vo. Original brown publisher's cloth with uniform spine designs but different decorations in blind. With several old institutional stamps on the title page and the Dibner Institute stamp on the front pastedown endpapers (properly withdrawn). Wear and bumping to the corners. Wear to head and tail of both spines. Binding sound with one signature a bit proud in volume 1. Both volumes are copyrighted 1884, but Vol. l (a gift of Bern Dibner) is the 7th edition dated 1888 and Vol. 2 (a gift of IBM) is the sixth edition dated 1885. Ad for Prescott’s latest works in back matter, including “Bell’s Electric Speaking Telephone.” Very Good. See Sterling and Shiers History of… Read More

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1955. Advance Reading Copy. Wraps. Very good +. Carl Bodmer. Untitled prospectus for a limited edition reprint of the book, Travels in the Interior of North America, by Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832-34. Illustrated wrappers. With reproductions of paintings and drawings by Swiss artist Carl Bodmer, who accompanied Maximilian. Excerpts from the proposed book and an invitation to readers for comments. Color reproduction of pronghorned antelope aquatint by Bodmer on cover. No record of the book having actually been published available. 10 pp. Quarto, 12 x 9 inches tall.