Search Results: Authors starting with P from Balcony Books and Records

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover, Green Cloth w/gilt. 212 p, lightly worn green cloth covers with gilt decoration, solid and clean volume. RARE / LITERATURE .

Boston: Gambit Incorporated. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0-679-77325-8 A fine first edition hardcover of this first novel by George V. Packard. 115 pages, bright and clean in solid light cloth binding with orange backstrip. A nice volume in a Very good, lightly rubbed and edgeworn dustjacket (which is now protected by a mylar wrapper). Scarce in this condition. .

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 1983. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover, Red Boards. 0877702993 A FINE HARDCOVER IN RED BOARDS WITH GILT DECOR. The 1983 reprint edition, published by Ye Galleon Press. This edition has 187 pages, and includes illustrated endpapers, an index, notes on sources, and a special colophon Page to rear. It is illustrated throughout drawings. Palmer's journal is considered one of the best trail journals ever, serving as a guide for later travellers. JOEL PALMER: JOURNAL OF TRAVELS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS To the Mouth of the Columbia River, made during the Years 1845 and 1846: Containing Minute Descriptions of Valleys of the WILLAMETTE, UMPQUA and CLAMET; A General Description of OREGON Territory; it's Inhabitants, Climate, Soil Production, Etc., Etc.; a list of Necessary outfits for Emigrants; and a Table of Distances from Camp to Camp on the Route. ALSO: A Letter from the Reverend H.H. Spalding, resident Missionary, for the… Read More

Eureka, California: Interface California Corporation . Fine. 1976. Large Paperback. 134 pages, large paperback, with bibliography, appendices, references, chronology, plus map and Catalogue of Native American images to rear. Includes a portfolio of 16 extraordinary full-page photographs by Emma Freeman, featuring her unique portraits of Northern California's Indians. With a general text by Peter Palmquist and an introduction by Margery Mann. .

N Y: Columbia University Press. Fine/No Jacket. 1974. Hard Cover. Fine hardcover, brown cloth, no jacket. 282 pages, with index. COURTIER AND COMMONER IN ANCIENT CHINA. Selections from the HISTORY OF THE FORMER HAN By Pan Ku. Translated By Burton Watson. .

Seattle, Washington: Voyager Recordings. Near Fine Vinyl Record/Fine Record Sleeve. 1971. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. . A Near Fine vinyl record in Fine Record Sleeve. Voyager Recordings, VRLP 3065 STEREO. Joe Pancerzewski: THE FIDDLING ENGINEER .

Calcutta, India: A Beeksham Publication. Fine. 1994. First Printing. Trade Paperback. 124 p., illustrated. Essays on the director from several contributor, published in India under the auspices of the Steven Spielberg Fan Club International. Scarce. .

Netherlands: Mercury Golden Imports. Fine Vinyl Record/Fine Record Sleeve. . A FINE VINYL RECORD IN FINE RECORD SLEEVE. Mercury Golden Imports, Stereo, SRI 75091. This high quality pressing was made in the Netherlands. Franz von Suppé : OVERTURES, with Paul Paray conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Notes on rear sleeve by James Lyons. .

N Y: Caedmon Records. Very Good Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. 1962. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. . This LP record features four stories by DOROTHY PARKER, read by SHIRLEY BOOTH. Includes: LADY WITH A LAMP / THE WALTZ / COUSIN LARRY / A TELEPHONE CALL. A Very Good Vinyl Record in a Very Good Record Sleeve, Caedmon Records, TC 1136, monaural, recorded in 1962. 5174 .

U.S.A.: University of Tennessee Press. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0870496921 Inscribed & Signed By Editor Inscribed and Signed by Editor Parks Lanier, Jr. on front endpaper. A Fine hardcover first edition in Fine dust jacket. 217 pages, including several photo illustrations. 14 essays by distinguished contributors examine the literary heritage of Appalachia. .

N.Y.: Robbins Music Corporation. Very Good. 1928. Large Paperback 12" x 9". 48 p. Includes sheet music to several songs, comic dialogue, 4 pages of historic photos of early minstrel performers, and a 4 page essay on Minstrelsy by Paskman. Edgewear, but Solid and clean, RARE . .

GlASGOW: James Maclehose and Sons. Very Good. 1918. Cardboard Covers. 51 pages, lightly worn tan cardboard covers, bookplate inside front, small number notation to title page, otherwise clean copy. 1918 presumed first printing, James Maclehose and Sons, Scotland. TWO ESSAYS. 1. DON QUIXOTE 2. THE POLITICS OF BURNS by William Paton Ker, .

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press. Fine/Glassine Wrappers. Hard Cover Set. This four volume collection presents the first four years of SPARROW, the literary broadsheet published monthly through the years by Black Sparrow Press, beginning in October 1972 through September 1976. The individual issues average 16 pages each, each issue the work of an individual author, and are bound in order in volumes which were issued in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. Some of the best writers in modern literature are featured in prose and poetry, including several contributions from Charles Bukowski, Paul Bowles, Tom Clark, Michael McClure, Antonin Artaud and many other writers published through the years by Black Sparrow. Each volume is Fine and bound in colored cloth with paste-down label to front and a clear acetate wrapper. .

N. Y.: Charing Cross Music. Very Good/ . 1969. . Large Paperback Songbook. 12" tall x 9" Large Paperback Songbook, 12" tall x 9", very Good condition, shows light cover wear, otherwise solid and clean throughout, 48 pages, Chord Chart to front. Includes words and music for: THE SOUND OF SILENCE / MRS. ROBINSON / I AM A ROCK / THE DANGLING CONVERSATION / A MOST PECULIAR MAN / SOMEWHERE THEY CAN'T FIND ME / HOMEWARD BOUND / KATHYS SONG / APRIL COME SHE WILL / FAKIN' IT / A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER. SIMON & GARFUNKEL: MUSIC FOR GROUPS - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Combo Organ, Piano, Bass and Voice. .

New Haven, Connecticut: College and University Press. Near Fine/ . 1965. First Printing. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine trade paperback, shows only light cover wear, otherwise bright, clean, and solid. 158 pages, index, bibliography, references, with a Preface by T. M. Pearce. Twayne's United States Authors Series, T-92. .

Epic Records. Fine Vinyl Record/Fine Record Sleeve. 1976. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. Original Epic label LP from 1976, Herb Pedersen's folk/rock album includes appearances by Linda Ronstadt, Emmy-Lou Harris and Larry Carlton. Stereo, PE 34225. .

San Francisco: North Point Press. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. 214 Pages. .

N.Y. & London: W. W. Norton & Company. New/Fine Dust Jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. 9780393062298 BRAND NEW HARDCOVER OFF OUR WAREHOUSE SHELVES. 496 PAGES, with index, extensive source notes, and many illustrations throughout. .

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 1982. Hard Cover, Blue Cloth. Fine Unread Copy, NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX. This, the third published catalogue listing maps and plans in the Public Record Office, describes many of the maps of the African continent known to be in custody of the Dept., plus material relating to Mauritius, Madagascar and other islands in the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Although many of these items were produced by or for the British govt., the catalog also describes maps published by foreign official agencies, plus original manuscript surveys made by explorers, engineers, etc. Documents listed date from the 19th and 20th centuries and illustrate European exploration of the African continent, military operations, boundary disputes, territorial claims, and activities of merchants, missionaries, miners, and settlers. 426 pages. Lists 3647 items, with brief descriptions of each. .

Miami, Florida: Columbia Pictures Publications. Very Good. 1986. Trade Paperback. 100 PAGES, large paperback songbook, with words and music to over two dozen songs from various British bands of the 1980s. Has a few small marks on the Table of Contents page to front, otherwise clean throughout; ILLUSTRATED with several photographs of bands that are included. Features Songs by Pet Shop Boys, Culture Club, Simply Red, Tears for Fears, Psychedelic Furs, Dire Straits, OMD, Fine Young Cannibals, Thompson Twins, and several others. Scarce. 14626. .