Search Results: Authors starting with P from Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

Miami: NOW Contemporary Art, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. An "in-depth analytical study" of the work of artist Uribe, sculpture and paintings since 1995, through the lens of his unique "relationship with Mother Nature." 394 pages, lavishly illustrated.

NY: The Derrydale Press, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited editon, 850 copies. Red clothe covers in slipcase with pastedown title label. Book appears unused. Slipcase is worn and stained with no effect to the book.

London: Willima Collins, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine -/Very Good -. First edition, 600 copies. Qaurter vellum, gilt titles, over red cloth, Aside from light spotting rear endpapers, a near fine copy in scarce dustjacket that is worn about folds, slightly chipped about edges and lightly stained. Sounds worse than it is, Really, quite presentable.

various, 1776. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. A COLLECTION OF FIVE THOMAS PAINE PAMPHLETS ALONG WITH OTHER PAMPHLETS MOST PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA. This collection was found in a perished 19thC leather binding; it has been newly rebound in late-18thC American style, full-leather. The text block has been restitched, with all components in the order as it was found, with endsheets retained. Leaves are moderately foxed throughout. COMMON SENSE Philadelphia: Printed. And Sold by W. and T. Bradford. (1776). (6) - 50. Gimbel CS-11. ESTC W32287. Evans 14959 Third edition of Paine's anti-monarchical pamphlet, printed the month after the first London edition of January 1776 by Robert Bell, and the first edition of the expanded text (and) RIGHTS OF MAN. Philadelphia: Re-Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith,1791.105 [1] ESTC W36410. Evans 23664. First American edition, wrappers missing, with both issue points present: stating "Second Edition" on the title page and containing the "Jefferson extract" (and) RIGHTS OF… Read More

NY: Random House, 1996. 1st Edition. Publishers Cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY CHEF PALMER of Manhattan's Aureole Restaurant.

Los Angeles: Palmer Photoplay Corporation, 1920. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to, original stab-sewn covers, 165p. Early manual on writing for the motion pictures, the silents that is. Near fine.

Los Angeles: Palmer Photoplay Corporation, 1922. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to, original stab-sewn covers, 164p. Early manual on writing for the motion pictures, the silents that is. Rear fly missing, pencilled notes on rear pastedown, else near fine.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Scarce title, scarcer still in decorated dustjacket of striped colors which match endppaers. Dustjacket moderately soiled, spine faded. Still, presentable.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Byng's own witty observations in verse about places and people in his charmed life most amusingly "decorated in colour and line" by Clarke Hutton. Trace soiling about edges. else near fine, really.

NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second and third titles of Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski mysteries. Both firsts, both djs unclipped. . Neither with any previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Deadlock (Doubleday, 1984) is fine all over. Orders (Morrow, 1985) is fine in near fine dustjacket with a tiny closed tear top of spine. Sold as a pair.

Huson NY: Stone and Corss, 1819. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. Or iv,[5]-29 original paper-backed boards, front cover detached, rear loose but holding. iv, 2, 6- 290. (Error in pagination for pages 4-5, but continuous text.) Laid-in is 11 pages, string-tied pamphlet "On the Ordination of Deacons" by Jonathan Miller which reports the minutes on teh discussion of ordination held 27th September 1797 in Litchfield, VT. No ex-lib.

West Cornwall CT: (Robert Andrew Parker). Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Portfolio of 11 of 12 etchings housed loosely in a commercially produced black clamshell box with Parker's handmade label. Subjects include fictionalize patrons and real musicians at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in 1938, including Edgar Sampson, Teddy Hill and his orchestra and Pete Brown. Portfolio likely assembled by Parker himself in his studio, which might account for why one etching is lacking.

West Cornwall CT: (Robert Andrew Parker), 2004. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Robert Andrew Parker (1927-2023). Portfolio of 26 etchings, with two additional etchings on title and colophon pages, lacking the title plate. (Labeled Alphabet II", curiously, as Parker's "Amazons to Zapata: An Alphabet" was issued in 2009.) Limited to 15 copies, this copy numbered 15 and signed by Parker on the colophon. Housed in a commercially produced black clamshell box with Parker's handmade label. Plates prepared and printed by Anthony Kirk; hand coloring with watercolor by artist. Portfolio likely assembled by Parker himself in his studio, which might account for why the title page is lacking, Scarce. Not in Tom Whitridge's "incomplete" bibliography of Parker's works. ALPHABET BOOKS.

NY: Dana Estes, 1880. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good+. Publisher's green pebbled cloth stamped in red and black, 430 pages, missing title page and some prelims and pages 311-317. Still loads of recipes and illustrations (especially cuts of meat). Old recipes pasted in rear. Covers quite presentable.

NY: Brentano's, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy in like dustjacket. Inscribed by author Parr on the fee and dated Hartford May 1942.

NY: R.H. Russell, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial pastedown front cove. Classic Maxfield Parrish, Arts & Crafts period, illustrated verson. Covers soiled with some edge loss to paper over boards, corners worn. Internals quite nice. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. An honest, presentable copy.

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. First Edition. Original Cloth Boards. Near Fine. Originla green embossed cloth boards, gilt titles spine. Slight edgewear, else near fine. The historian holds forth in 11 essays on Roman Catholics, the Israelitish, Washington politics, New York City government, copyright law, etc.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Second Edition. Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Copy owned by one M. Langdon, Jr and inscribed to him by the author and sculpture Partridge: "A souvenir of our meeting in Washington and the night we spendt with Browning at Afterhouse in Norwood. In the hope that we three may meet again the sooner the better." Neat underlining throughout text (perhaps Langdon's), and two photos tipped into book, boards a tad worn and soiled. Partridge (1861-1930), American sculpture and art schoalr, was best known for the statue of Gen. Grant on horseback in Union Sq, NYC. Browning was one Oscar Browning (1837-1923), a lecturer at Cambridge University Day Training College, was a leading exponent of the training of teachers and, as a Liberal, contested unsuccessfully House of Common seats in Norwood, among other distcricts. Bios laid-in.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Almost As New. Price-clipped dw, else as new.

BY: Horace Licerright, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Lacking dustjacket, slightly cocked, moderately soiled, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the verso ffe and dated by him Auguts 8, 1930. Neat ownername on the ffe.