Search Results: Authors starting with P from Books of the World

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Prior owner's name inked to title page, otherwise Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x+213 pages.
An introductory overview of the historical, social, and political events and problems of Hispanic Americans living in the U.S.

New York: H.S.D. Publications. November 1973. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelf-wear and mild tanning. Light chipping and small tears to spine and front cover. 164 pages. Contents: Dark Hole on a Silent Planet by George C. Chesbro (novelette); Linda Is Gone by Pauline C. Smith; One More Schnook by Frank Sisk; The Platt Avenue Irregulars by William Brittain; Snowsuit by Edward D. Hoch; My Face Is My Fortune by Richard Deming; The Jugular Man by Joseph Payne Brennan; The Montevideo Squeeze by James Holding; Metamorphosis by George Grover Kipp; The Man Who Took It With Him by Donald Olson; The Ultimate Tranquilizer by Michael Stephenson; Speak To Me Only by Gary Brandner; Take One by Josh Pachter.

New York: St. Martin's Press, November 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Second printing per number line. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Seems unread. Light shelf wear to cover. Dust stains to top edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 235 pages. First published in hardcover in 1995 as Codename Mule by the Naval Institute Press.

Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good+ book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Reading and edgewear to jacket included a few short tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 470 pages. Illustrated.

Bogota: Plaza & Janes Editorés, 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. Appears unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 314 pages.

Richmond, Virginia: Valancourt Books, December 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with just the slightest hint of corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x+226 pages. An exquisite blend of comedy, murder mystery, and surreal fantasy. Old Mrs. Ellison doesn't have much longer to live, and her scheming son Cedric is counting the days until he inherits her fortune. But his plans are upset by the arrival of his niece Varvara, a beautiful and wild young woman from a remote Chinese region known as the 'Sea of Glass', a strange land where wars are fought with crossbows and 'highly damaging curses' and where death may come at any moment in the form of a venomous barking spider. With the aid of a love-struck law student and a bibulous butler, Varvara aims to thwart the wiles of her evil uncle-but events take an unexpected and fatal turn in this unusual story, which is by turns hilarious and macabre.

New York: Little, Brown and Company & Alfred A. Knopf, June 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 528 pages.

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Vol. 56, No. 2. Whole No. 333. February 1979. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Spine clean and tight. Light reading and shelf wear. Interior unmarked, but tanned. Mailing label ghost on front barcode. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller for On Wings of Song (1980 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel) (serial, part 1 of 3) by Thomas M. Disch. Includes "The Gathering of the Clan" (novelet) by Eric Norden; "Sorcerese" by James Hoetker; "Not to the Swift" by James Patrick Kelly; "The Pot Child" by Jane Yolen; "Comedians" by Andrew Weiner; "Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" by Suzette Haden Elgin; "A Home Away from Home" by Stephen Dixon. Departments: "Books" by Joanna Russ; "Cartoon: For some reason I keep thinking it's Wednesday!" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Doctor Who's On First" by Baird Searles; "Science: The Road to Infinity" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Peter D. Pauty.

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Vol. 60, No. 4, Whole No. 359. April 1981. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. No mailing label. Reading and edge wear.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by David Hardy illustrating "Murder on Lupozny Station" (novelet) by Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page. Includes "Stuff of Dreams" (novelet) by Lewis Shiner; "Spareen Among the Cossacks" [Spareen / Varkela] (novelet) by Susan C. Petrey; "The Summer of the Fallen Star" by Robert F. Young; "A Hedge Against Alchemy" by John Morressy; "Taste Taste" by Larry Tritten; "The Case for Kosher Pasta" by Tom Sullivan; "Nightmares" by Ian Watson; "Eligible for Parole after Three Hours" by Coleman Brax. Departments: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by George Zebrowski; "Films and Television" by Baird Searles; "Science: Too Deep for Me" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Rachel Cosgrove Payes.

New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin Putnam, January 2001. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with remainder mark across ISBN. Not from a library. Not clipped. 275 pages.
The exotic and suspenseful story of an eccentric guest-house keeper in Varanasi, India, and the passions evoked by her sacred city along the Ganges. Lonely Planet recommends the Saraswati Guest House, and meeting Madame Natraja, "a one-woman blend of East and West," as well worth a side trip. Over the course of a weekend, several guests turn up, shocked to encounter a surly, obese, white woman in a sari. Then a series of Hindu-Muslim murders leads to a citywide curfew, and they unwittingly become her captives. So begins a period of days blending into nights as Natraja and her Indian cook become entangled in a web of religious violence, and their guests fall under the spell of this ancient kingdom-at… Read More

Scarsdale, New York: UPD Publishing. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Interior pristine, though slightly tanned. Light wave and label ghost to front cover. Not from a library. 160 pages.
Edited by John J. Pierce. Cover art by Joan Woods illustrating The Courts of Chaos (serial, part 2 of 3) [Chronicles of Amber (Corwin] by Roger Zelazny. ALSO: Memo to the Leader (novella) by William Walling; The Road to God (short story) by Timothy P. Lewis; Come Again (short story) by Tim Joseph; John Henry and the Ultra-Media Experience Machine (short story) by Lee Whipple; With Clean Hands (short story) by Steve Perry [as by Jesse Peel]. E. F. Schumacher, RIP (science essay) by Jerry Pournelle. Interior art by Woods, Mueller, Harlib, and Odbert.

New York: Julian Messner. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, March 1948. Inscribed and signed by author on FFEP. Very Good book / No jacket. Text block pristine. Spine tight, with a slight tilt, ends bumped and frayed. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. 72 pages. B&W illustrations by Abbi Damerow. Contents: Good Times; Telephone Topics; What Price Glamour; Party Palpitations; Career Girl; Date Data; Time of Your Life; Men In and Out of Your Life; Oh Promise Me! Cultivate your sense of humor, and recognize your own quirks, sub-deb, and you'll get a kick out of this.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, May 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by Chesley Bonestell for "Satan's World" [Nicholas Van Rijn, Technic History], (serial, part 1 of 4, nominee for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award) by Poul Anderson; "Conquest by Default" (novelette, nominee for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award) by Vernor Vinge; "Fear Hound" (novelette) by Katherine MacLean; "Skysign" (novelette) by James Blish; "Exile to Hell" (short story) by Isaac Asimov; "His Master's Vice" (short story) by Verge Foray; "Project Island Bounce" (short story) by Lawrence A. Perkins; "Prophecy" (editorial). Interior illustrations by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, 1958. Trade Paperback. 13th printing, 1982. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Rubbing and tanning to covers. Not from a library. Not a remainder. Not clipped. 106 pages.

Edison, New Jersey: Hunter Publishing, February 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with just the slightest corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 208 pages. Richly illustrated guide to backroads Spain with 30 mapped driving tours.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Slight spine crease, otherwise As New, pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 272 pages. 70 pages of plates. Covers 455 species with 48 color plates, 11 B&W plates, 26 text drawings and 266 range maps.

Simsbury, Connecticut: Antrim House, October 2015. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition. Near Fine. Gift inscription from author, otherwise as new. 48 pages. The poems in Outlaw Odes balance deftly on a high wire stretched between life within and without the law, between distrust of the establishment and a passionate defense of all those treated unfairly by circumstance.

New York: Viking, November 2003. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxv + 452 pages.
Traces the 1838 discovery voyage that resulted in the western world's survey of 87,000 ocean miles, 280 Pacific islands, numerous zoological discoveries, and the finding of Antarctica; a journey that was marked by tragic deaths, the losses of two ships, and controversial courts martial. This "voyage of discovery" was as ambitious, dangerous, and full of promise as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. But while Lewis and Clark have become icons, the name of the Ex-Ex leader, Charles Wilkes, is all but lost from our national consciousness. How this came to be is one central theme. The other is the extensive scientific, political, and nautical legacy of the Ex-Ex. Its lengthy list of accomplishments includes confirmation of a "new continent" (Antarctica); hundreds of new species of plants and animals identified and cataloged; dozens of… Read More

New York: Condé Nast Publications, October + November 1971. Digest-size Magazines. Very Good. Half-inch tear on upper front hinge (Oct). Interiors unmarked, but tanned. No mailing labels. 360 pages. John T. Phillifent's novel Hierarchies first appeared in print when it was serialized in the October and November 1971 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact with a cover illustration and four interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. A surprisingly entertaining romp featuring a couple of likeable wisecracking partners pitted against the private army if a disgruntled alien royal.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, May 1990. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Top corners lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 120 pages. Color illustrations. How to recreate the look of an authentic cottage garden, or incorporate some of its ideas into a garden of your own.