Search Results: Titles starting with P from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Marian Wood Books / Putnam, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over gray boards with "P", archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a "P," light gray endpapers, [xiv] + 352 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: SIGNED by the AUTHOR of the famed Alphabet Series!<br /> <br /> Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017) was a bestselling American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Among her many awards: the Ross Macdonald Literary Award (2004), Cartier Diamond Dagger (2008), and Edgar Grand Master Award (2009).<br /> <br /> A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. <br /> <br /> FINE CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No remainder markings.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Peggy Fortnum. Small 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine and Paddington with too large slouch fedora and white bib popping out from coat; Illustrated throughout by Peggy Fortnum with in-text adorable sketches; archival mylar-protected full color pictorial dust jacket reproducing Paddington in color, 126, [127] pages. Thomas Michael Bond CBE (1926 - 2017), who wrote under the pen name "Michael Bond," was a British author. He is best known for a series of 27 fictional stories for children featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.--Wikipedia<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket, The dj has excellent… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Very Fine. Tall 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine; archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of tree in a desert; Index, 364 pages. Melanie Thernstrom (born 1964) is an author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine who frequently writes about murders and crime.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York, N.Y.: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a special tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with white lettering over tan boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting lovers in a hay fieldby Katherine Wolkoff, brown endpapers, 277 pages. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED COPY: Tight, bright, very clean in comparable dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Louise Erdrich (born Karen Louise Erdrich, 1954) is a Native American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and prominent writer of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance. In 2009, her novel The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2012, she received the National Book Award for Fiction for The Round House.

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2001. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, brown cloth with gold spine lettering over brown boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket, [x] + 388 pages. Exceptional condition! Often called "King of the Legal Thriller," John Grisham (b.1955) is a former (and now occasionally) practicing attorney and enormously successful author. In addition, several of his bestsellers have been made into equally successful movies. A Time to Kill (filmed in 1996) was his first legal mystery.

New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, white three-quarters cloth over brown boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket, [xvi] + 271 pages. A remarkably clear and systematic survey of the types of Palestinian Judaism during the life of Jesus. Superior condition with a near fine dust jacket. Internally very clean.

London: Edward Moxon, 1844. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. 12mo (7" x 4 1/2"), brown original publisher's cloth with paper label on spine, 8pp. of Ads for Moxon + 202 pages + [2] Advert for other books by the Author. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS (19 June 1809 - 11 August 1885) was an English poet, patron of literature and politician. He secured a pension for Tennyson, helped to make Ralph Waldo Emerson known in Britain, and was one of the earliest champions of Algernon Charles Swinburne.<br/><br/>First edition of Milne's "Palm Leaves," a series of religious reflective poems dealing with "Mohammedanism" and Mohammed; biblical subjects such as Moses and Solomon; as well as Christian religious themes. The book helped establish its wealthy aristocratic author as a promising writer and moralist.<br/><br/>Solid, clean copy with faded paper label on spine; light uniform age-toning, engraved bookplate on front… Read More

London Boston: Faber and Faber, 1990. Paperback Edition Reprinted. Wrappers. Fine/None. ASSOCIATION COPY: SIGNED by the Author on the title page & also SIGNED on the free front endpaper by Canadian poet, Greg Gatenby, to whom Golding presented it; 12mo, pictorial wrappers depicting a Jesus-like figure with red eyes wearing a crown of thorns, 191 pages. William Golding (1911 - 1993) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He was knighted in 1988, and was awarded the prestigeous Booker prize in 1980. The Nobel Foundation cited: "his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."<br/> <br/> Golding SIGNED relatively few of his books. That this is also SIGNED by a fellow author to whom Golding presented his work makes it extra special. <br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally. Remarkably tight copy with a trace of typical light… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2001. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, light blue quarter cloth over gray-blue boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket with photograph of buttes by Macduff Everton, [x] + 371 pages. SIGNED Copy in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION overall! "On a late-night hike in the Arizona wilderness, two young girls stumble across something they should not have seen. Now both will have to pay."--jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. Like New. David Deitrick. 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 1"); full black leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs, and covers with designs of a gold gyroscope atop a planet surrounded by daggers; Introduction by George Zebrowski; Illustrated by Kent Bash with color frontispiece; decorated endpapers with repeating Easton Press design; all edges 22k gold foil [a.e.g.]; plus a white ribbon page-divider; (printed on archival paper plus smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints); xi, [xii] - 212 pages. Inlaid: "Collector's Notes" on Blood Music [2pp.]. Charles Leonard Harness (1915 - 2005) was an American science fiction writer.<br /> <br /> His first novel was his most famous, Flight into Yesterday. It was first published as a novella in the May 1949 issue… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. B&W Figures and photographic plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, mylar-protected beige pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with three flies on front cover, illustrated with 113 B&W figures (8l being glossy B&W plates with photos of parasites), xxi, [xxii] + 351 pages. Dr. Geoffrey Lapage was a zoologist and the Lecturer in Animal Pathology at Cambridge. This is a survey of parasitic animals and their relationships to their hosts written for the general reader. It is a subject of major economic and zoological importance. Solid copy with light age-toning to pages. Very slight wear and toning to dust jacket (price-clipped). Clear, bright illustrations and diagrams without foxing. Two facing pages with minor underlining on 2 lines of one page and "Bionomics" printed at top of second (pp,10-11). An excellent and very clear overview of a very important subject.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. B&W period photos. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colored engravings of Paris, illustrated with 16 pages of glossy B&W images and a map frontispiece; xiv + 485 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. Andrew Hussey OBE (born 1963) is an English historian of French culture and biographer. He has published multiple books, focusing primarily on 20th century French history and biography. The Secret History / Paris was first published by Viking in the UK (2006). <br/> <br/> AS NEW copy in all respects. Tight, bright, immaculate in a comparably bright, sharp dust jacket (unclipped).

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Caricatures. 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, Introduction on "The Brothers Goncourt" by George J. Becker, with a historical Introduction entitled "The Terrible Year" by Paul H. Beik, illustrated with foldout "Map of Paris" as frontispiece & 6 full-page contemporary B&W cartoons, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a cannon on wheels against a red background, lengthy excerpts from the Goncourt Journals, chronology, biographical notes, 334 pages. After the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire collapsed. Thereafter, the French Third Republic went to war with Prussia, which laid siege to Paris for four months. Within Paris during the siege, the Commune or Federe, which was a radical socialist and revolutionary government, attempted to rule Paris from 28 March to 28 May 1871. <br/>… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 2009. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, black cloth over boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket, [x] + [419] pages. Another adventure from the New York Times Bestselling Author.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo, original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine & thin black rules bordering the front cover, 268 + [4] pages of ads for "Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning," RB, & W.M. Thackeray. Browning once again draws on his profound--though esoteric--knowledge to give his readers insights into the human condition. In this superior condition this very late RB volume is scarce: first issue with the dedication memorial page to J.[oseph] Milsand incorrectly dated "1586" (Sept. MDLXXXVI). Binding tight, pages clean though slightly age-toned. Top edges of pages darkened and with minute wear to extremities; tiny booksellers label on front pastedown, unopened late collection by the poet; overall, Near Fine. Barnes ; NCBEL III, 444.

New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo, powder blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over lighter powder blue boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with aerial colored photo of atomic bomb explosion by Corbis, Bibliography, Index, xviii + 478 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 7 oz. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED & INSCRIBED COPY! Virtually As New. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Philip Taubman (born 1948) is a lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Previously, Mr. Taubman was a New York Times reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues.

Toronto New York London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the free front endpaper, tall 8vo, beige quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected black dust jacket (unclipped) with a string of pearls draped over the title, 437 pages. PARTNERS is about a multiple plaintiff lawsuit by a blue-chip lawfirm and senior managing partner, sexual discrimination, courtroom intrigue, and the struggle for partnership. By John Martel, a leading trial attorney. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Kosinski. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mounted polo player striking, [xiv] + 271 pages + [2] About the Author. Born in Poland as Józef Lewinkopf,, Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991), began his writing career around 1960 using the pseudonym "Joseph Novak." Soon the Polish Communist Party black-listed him. Not long after, under his own Americanized pen-name "Kosinski," his big break came with the novel The Painted Bird (1965) about a boy surviving the Nazis. His bestselling novel Steps (1968) won the National Book Award. Being There (1970) and was made into a movie. Other noteworthy titles include; Cockpit (1975); Blind Date (1977); and Passion Play (1979). Very Fine: tight, clean, bright copy in a sharp dj with a bold… Read More

Kingston, New York: McPherson & Company, 2006. First Edition, First Printing / Limited to 1250 Copies / #310. Cloth. Like New/Like New. 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colorful floral pattern, dark green endpapers, Notes, Glossary, Index and Names of Plants, xii + 340 pages. Rudolf Borchardt (1877 - 1945) was a German-Jewish essayist, poet and cultural historian. He is well known for translating Dante's Divine Comedy and The Passionate Gardiner..<br /> <br /> The Passionate Gardiner (1938) is "part essay, part handbook, part treatise, part quest; it is presented with the practiced eye of a naturalist, the disciplined understanding of a philosopher, and the inspiration of a poet."-jacket.<br /> <br /> New: Very tight, bright, and clean in comparable unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Delacorte Press, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, tall 8vo (6 3/8" x 9 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering over black boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 382 pages + [4] About the Author & About the Type. Lee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, Jack Reacher is a fictional character and the protagonist of a series of crime thriller novels. Tom Cruise has starred in the film Jack Reacher (2012) based on the series. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No remainder marks.