Search Results: Titles starting with P from biblioboy

No date, but circa 1916. A single sheet handbill for the P. B. B. Assembly. The handbill shows the parts, numbered, with descriptions underneath, and the price installed. manufactured by the Laconia Truck Company and The Greb Company General Sales Agents Boston, MA Very good condtion with original creasing from being folded. WB1E

New York: Simon & Schuster 2000. Hardcover. 0684870797 . First edition of the author's first novel. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "The New York City of the not-too-distant future is a surveillance state. Thousands of video cameras are mounted on street corners and in subways, and a special corps of elite NYPD officers roam the city undercover with high-tech tranq-guns. It's the era of 'PEACE,' an acronym for 'Police Enforced Anti-Crime Environment,' and it's turned New York into a city where no crime---from petty vandalism to first-degree murder---goes undetected". 313 pages. Near fine with a remainder mark in jacket with a few small scratches to the rear panel. bx233

London: Quartet Books 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0704325659 196 pages. Fine copy in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with a tiny tear to the top edge of the rear panel. bx276

[New York]: Dell [1956]. Very Good. 1956. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. Dell First Edition 105 with 25 cents cover price. "An all night juke joint...A woman with time on her hands...A kid going nowhere fast.lland looking for company." Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction page 155]. Pictorial wrappers, 190 pages plus ads at the rear. VG copy [spine cocked with light edgewear, cover creasing, cheap text paper tanned]. .

[New York]: Dell [1956]. Fair. 1956. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. Dell First Edition 105 with 25 cents cover price. "An all night juke joint...A woman with time on her hands...A kid going nowhere fast.lland looking for company." Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction page 155]. Pictorial wrappers, 190 pages plus ads at the rear. Fair to Good only copy [cover creasing, dampstaining to the upper portion of the front part of the book, remainder-like mark to the top edge near the spine, cheap text paper tanned]. .

State Street Press Chapbooks. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Poetry collection limited to 400 copies. Plain white wrappers [about 6" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 30 pages. Very good copy with some creasing mostly to the lower fore-edge corner] in jacket with creasing and a 3/8" tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel. .

Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press Inc [1995]. Good. 1995. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. 0932415849 . Later [2nd] printing. Biography by "an Eritrean mother and a former political prisoner in Ethiopian dominated Eritrea". 210 pages. very good condition with light wear and readers crease to the spine. .v/c1

New York: Bantam Books [Spectra] [1996]. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 055357373X . First [US] edition. "A tale of dark intrigue and cybervengeance". 450 pages. VG copy [spine cocked and creased with a tiny surface chip to the spine head rear corner]. .

[New York]: Harper Paperback / Harper & Row Publishers [1990]. Very Good. 1990. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0061000183 . First printing thus. 420 pages. VG+ copy [slight spine cocking, cheap text paper starting to tan]. .

New York: Ace Books [1991]. Good. 1991. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0441646875 . First edition. "A warrior princess...betrayed but unbeaten! A thrilling fantasy adventure by the acclaimed science fiction artist". 246 pages. Good copy [spine rolled and creased, cheap text paper starting to tan] with a store stamp. .

[New York]: Baen Books [1988]. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0671654179 . First edition. "Alas for Chiyaden. It is a country of myths and demons, dragons and magic, a land long ruled by the spirits of wind and water. Alas, its human sphere is not so benignly governed. The old Emperor has died, and the heir is weak and timid. Vicious Lord Ghita reigns from the Phoenix Throne, and once-peaceful Chiyaden drowns in blood..." 383 pages. VG copy [spine cocked and creased, cheap text paper tanning]. .

[Bologna]: Cappelli Editore. Fair with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. All text in Italian [without English Language tranlsation]. 205+ pages, heavily illustrated, bibliografia essensiale, indice dei nomi, indice delle illustrazioni, indice delle tavole a colari, indice generale. SIAE / Societa Italiana degli Autori ed Editori blindstamp to the title page. Ex-library copy [usual library markings, but the main text and illustrations are tight and clean]. .

[Roma]: Fazi Editore [2000]. Good. 2000. Later Edition. Trade Paperback. 8881121344 . Later [2nd] edizione. All text in Italian [without English Language translation. Pictorial wrappers [with French flaps], 492+ pages, photo-illustrated, indice. What I assume is a previous owner's inscription [referencing Citizen Kane] to the title page, and a 1/2" tear to the upper left corner of the front cover, mar what would otherwise be a VG copy [spine creasing]. .

New York: Ace Science Fiction Books [1984]. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0441650899 . First edition. "There's something alive in there..." 216 pages. VG copy [spine and cover creasing, cheap text paper tanning]. .

New York: DAW Books Inc [1973]. Good. 1973. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. First edition thus. DAW sf books No. 66 UQ1066 with 95 cents cover price. 192 pages. Good only copy [spine creased and significantly cocked, cover creasing, cheap paper tanned/foxed]. .

[New York]: A Dell Book [1980]. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0440173108 . First edition. "He was adrift on a lunatic world. Was its insanity his only hope of escape?" 268 pages. VG+/Near Fine copy [cheap text paper tanning]. .

[New York]: A Dell Book [1980]. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0440173108 . First edition. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. "He was adrift on a lunatic world. Was its insanity his only hope of escape?" 268 pages. VG copy [bumping to the spine head rear corner, lower corner creasing to the front portion of the book].; Signed by Author .

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library / University of California. 972. First edition [no statement of printing]. Blue printed wrappers [about 6" x 9"], saddle-stapled, 67 pages, illustrated, secondary works consulted. VG+ or better copy [spine head bumping] 192

[New York]: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates [1983]. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0523485492 . First edition. "Life after death and illusions---with a dash of Mickey Spillane". 314 pages. Good copy [spine and cover creasing, some edgewear, fore-edge tear to the title leaf, cheap paper tanning/tanned]. .

New York: Bantam Books [1953]. Very Good. 1953. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. First printing thus. Bantam #1169 with 25 cents cover price. "They dared to enter an adult world". 230 pages. Good copy [spine creased with some edgewear, cover creasing, top edge spotting, cheap text paper tanned/browning]. .