Search Results: Authors starting with P from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Sculsinger Brothers / A. Naor, 1970. First American Edition. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. John G. Harries. Tall 8vo, vibrant multi-colored pictorial boards with yellow lettering on spine, illustrated with frontispiece and 13 full-page colored illustrations by John G. Harries, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating cover art by John Harries, 126 pages + [2] Colored plate as tailpiece. Near Fine copy of a SCARCE biblically-based children's book about Aaron, the High Priest, the brother of Moses. American Edition subsequent to publication in Israel c.1969. No remainder marks.

New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author, 8vo, red cloth over beige boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a child holding a dog, xv + 423 pages. Exceptional Condition! INSCRIBED by the Author--for several years the CEO of The Humane Society--to an enthusiastic supporter on title page noting her "love of animals! Hope you enjoy the chapter about our animal rescue facility."

Garden City, N. Y.: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. Small 8vo, black cloth with red lettering on spine and cover plus stylized small figure of a man shooting, red pictorial endpapers, [viii] + 303 pages. Murder mystery set along the dangerous waterfront with tentacles reaching halfway around the world. Ronald Ward struggles to solve a murder that had struck fear into Malaysia and the Far East. A dying man's last words give a critical clue . . . that leads to a solution with a surprising twist. n the black mystery of the East the s Very Good copy of this SCARCE mystery. The half title is beginning to split cleanly (~3/4") from its lower edge. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. After working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, his experiences led to him to write a series of mystery novels, the most famous about a character called Jimmie Dale.--Wikipedia Hubin,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, pale green quarter cloth with white lettering on spine over pale green boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Didier Robcis, 321, [322] pages + [2: blank] + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] A Note About the Author & A Note About the Type. Ann Packer (born 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed first novel The Dive From Clausen's Pier. She is the recipient of a James Michener Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.--Wikipedia EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally and externally!

Lake Placid, N.Y.: Aviva Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by Author Jim Pandar on the title page, tall 8vo, glossy red spine and black photographic boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of the Chicago waterfront skyline at night, 309 pages. Based on a combined half century of experience, the book by the Pandars contains fifty-three stories which capture every aspect of a police career from being a rookie to working the graveyard shift, chasing criminals, playing fireman, visiting the morgue, and investigating heinous crimes.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR OVERALL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.

Sevilla: original, 1900. original. Framed. Fine. F. Candella. Watercolor on paper (unframed: 6.8" x 4.1" / 17.2 x 10.3 cm), ca.1900, signed "FCandel ["F" & "C" ligated], Sevilla, Spain. Colorful and humorous watercolor of a mounted horseman wooing his fair duena.

Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England: The MIT Press, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Like New. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with compass, Index, 195 pages. Ten contributors: Daron Acemoglu, Angus Deaton, Avinash K. Dixit, Edward L. Glaeser, Andreu Mas-Collel, John E. Roemer, Alvin E. Roth, Robert J. Shiller, Robert M. Solow, and Martin L. Weitzman. <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL "LIKE NEW" COPY! No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Boards. Fine/Good +. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, black boards with canary yellow spine and image of a house on front cover, archival mylar-protected decorative pictorial white dust jacket (unclipped) with a dead yellow-black bird upended (unclipped) created by Judy Lanfredi, 260 pages + [2} About the Author. Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (born 1962) is an American novelist, who describes his work as "transgressional" fiction. He is the author of the award-winning novel Fight Club, which also was made into a popular film of the same name. UNCOMMON thus INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR! Clean, tight volume with bright, unmarked pages; dust jacket is clean with minimal edgewear and a ruffled tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Overall about NEAR FINE CONDITION!

London: Virago Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting by Milton Avery, protected by an archival plastic cover, 211 pages. Grace Paley (1922 - 2007) was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist. LATER THE SAME DAY is her third collection of 17 short stories. SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean, bright copy. No remainder marks.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/None. Maps. SIGNED by the Author, tall 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, photographic frontispiece of painting by Ralph Earle & facsimile signature, 3 maps, [xvi] + 434 pages. Superior and important study of the great volunteer artilleryman. SIGNED copy with clean and bright pages; binding excellent and covers clean. Slight offset to title page caused by the frontispiece.

New York Toronto London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 1994. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a blond dead woman on a gurney, 389 pages + [1] About the Author. INSCRIBED, SUPERIOR COPY: tight, bright, clean. Sharp dust jacket (unclipped) with slight edgewear. No remainder marking.<br/> <br/> Michael Stephen Palmer, M.D. (1942 - 2013), was an American physician and author. His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers.[1] Some of his novels have made The New York Times Best Seller list and have been translated into 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was adopted into a 1996 film of the same name starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Gene Hackman.

London Melbourne Auckland Johannesburg: Rider, 1986. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. Chinese text faces English translations. Tall 8vo, red cloth with silver lettering on spine; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an 18th century Chinese fortune-teller at his deskwork; illustrated with Hexagram symbols above English text with Chinese symbols periodically in margins; Appendix 1 / The Ancient Chinese Text [in Chinese] Notes; 232 pages. "More than a new translation, a whole new approach to using the I CHING."--blurb<br /> <br /> Tight, bright, clean copy. Dust jacket is clean and bright with light rubbing. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), Navy paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a lonely man walking at night beneath streetlights in Istanbul, xi + 433 pages + [1] Notes about Author & Type. Originally published in Turkey in 1999. Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also the first Turkish Novel Laureat. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. OTHER COLORS is his first book after winning the Nobel Prize. This is a dazzling collection of essays on his life, his city, his work, and the example of other writers. By turns witty, moving, playful, and provocative, OTHER COLORS glows with… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over black boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Thomas Tafuri, 431 pages. Another memorable Warshawski mystery SIGNED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.<br/><br/>Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br/><br/>Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, has transformed the image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work. is also considered the founding mother of Sisters in Crime,… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by Author, black quarter cloth over blue boards with crimson "SP" & cross on the cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [xiv] + 402 pages. V.I. Warshawski novel set in Chicago, and fraught with conflicts and dangers! Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947) is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female rejoinder to male hard-boiled detectives such as ´Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film V.I. Warshawski was released starring Kathleen Turner. Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, has transformed the image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work. is also considered the founding mother of Sisters in Crime, which… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial red dust jacket (price-clipped), 385 pages. Another memorable Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.<br /> <br /> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br /> <br /> Author's 3rd novel and 3rd V.I. Warshawski novel. SUPERIOR COPY INSCRIBED "...With Very Many Good Wishes" by the Author. Dust jacket is clean and bright.<br /> <br /> <br />… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over purple boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), mauve endpapers, 328 pages. Another memorable Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.<br /> <br /> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner.--Wiki <br /> <br /> Author's 3rd novel and 3rd V.I. Warshawski novel. SUPERIOR COPY INSCRIBED "Happy Reading" by the Author for the Library Council of Chicago in 1988… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over purple boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), mauve endpapers, 328 pages. Another memorable Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.<br/> <br/> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner.--Wiki <br/> <br/> Author's 3rd novel and 3rd V.I. Warshawski novel. SUPERIOR COPY INSCRIBED "Happy Reading" by the Author for the Library Council of Chicago in 1988 [perhaps for a fund-raiser?].… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by Editor Sara Paretsky and two Authors (Eleanor Taylor Bland & Andrea Smith) to Charles Miner on the title page, small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with four juxtaposed women's faces by Janet Atkinson, 367 pages. Collection of 26 original short stories by female masters of mystery. Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author and two contributors: Eleanor Bland & Andrea Smith.<br /> <br /> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I.… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by Author, black quarter cloth over gray boards with small "SP" in silver on the front cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket of a tree silhouetted against the moon, [xvi] + 415 pages. A V.I. Warshawski novel set in Chicago that is fraught with conflicts and dangers!<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in Exceptional Condition with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on her personal stationery mentioning her novel.<br/> <br/> Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br/> <br/> Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from… Read More