Search Results: Titles starting with P from Frey Fine Books

New York: Continuum, 1981. Revised edition. Hardcover. Very Good./DJ Very Good. blue cloth, revised ed. (1981), 298 pages in Very Good (spine ends lightly worn, a short tear) Dust Jacket.. Light stains to binding, textblock edges & endpapers lightly foxed, otherwise clean / unmarked. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket.

Hagae - Comitum: Apud Petrum Gosse, 1726. Leather. Very Good. Text in Latin. 1726 edition. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 4to., [Vol.1] (12)lxxxix; (v); 859 , [Vol.2](3)860-1240; 244 pp., illustrated with engraved plates. Bound in full vellum, with a seven compartment spine with morocco labels for title and volume. The vellum is moderately soiled. Remnants of armorial bookplates on the front paste downs. Hinges secure. A Very Good set. **** Roman play write Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence wrote in the 2nd century BC. A Berber slave, his talent moved his master to free him. 6 of his plays survive, all six being in this set. His clear use of Latin, and straight forward meaning of words, allowed his works to be used for centuries by priests and nuns as a means to learn Latin easily. ***.

Bloomington, IN: Lilly Library, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback. Near Fine. quarto, brown illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (1988), 87 pages. Near Fine.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1969. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good+.. brown cloth, reprint (1969), 270 pages, NO dust jacket. Exterior lightly soiled,

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. 1st edition limited to 950 copies with this being 228. Cloth. Near Fine. Paul Brown. 1st edition limited to 950 copies with this being 228, 1937. Near Fine. Sm. 8vo., 144 pp., with black & white line drawings. Bound in publishers red cloth and tan paper with titles in gilt. Housed in publishers red box with title and edition number on top edge. Attractive bookplate of Constance and Henry Bowles inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Box show signs of shelf wear and fading. The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan, New York. It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891-1969). He told Time magazine that he got the Derrydale name "from a bottle of whiskey and a map of Ireland." An important publisher of outdoor books for North American audiences during the first half of the 20th century, according to a 1938 Time magazine article, it was the… Read More

Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2005. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. blue cloth, 1st ed. (2005), 162 pages. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition, 1997. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 4to., 269 pp., with full color and black/white images. Bound in publishers burgundy cloth with full color illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing at edges and tips of jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

St. Paul, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts / London Link, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. small quarto, stapled white illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (1988), {26} pages with 2 letters written / signed by Donald Jackson laid in. Exterior lightly soiled; text clean / unmarked. One typed / signed & one handwritten / signed letter (both with original envelopes) discussing the sale of an item in the exhibition. Purchaser's handwritten letter included.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: J. J. Beckbar Inc, 1968. Wraps. Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Good to Very Good copy. 4to., 332-356 pp., illustrated with color photographs, many full page. Red stiff wraps. The wraps are moderately rubbed. Internally clean and bright. Very Good- . *** Part of the Publisher's series: Artist's Source Book "A Source Book For the Professional Artist, Designer, Illustrator, And Painter". No. 10. ***.

Cincinnati: David & Charles, 2006. 1st softcover edition. Wraps. Very Good. John Yardley. 1st softcover edition, 2006. Very Good. Oblong 8vo., 128 pp., with over 100 full color images. Bound in publishers stiff, glossy wraps. Very slight wear along edges and tips, former owners name on half title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Artist John Yardley was born in 1933 in Yorkshire. For 40 years, he pursued a career in banking while painting in his spare time. It was not until 1986 that he took up painting full time, just after the Alexander Gallery in Bristol discovered his work and started selling it in considerable quantities.

harry N. Abrams, 1990. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 1990 printing. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Folio, 146 pp., illustrated with numerous color photographs. Red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Very light edge wear to the jacket, with a few small indents. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1972. Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Near Fine copy. 4to., 30 pp., illustrated with numerous b&w photographs. Green stiff wrappers. A hint of sunning along the rear joint. Near Fine.

Baltimore, MD: Lead Industries Assoc, 1943. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. trade-size green & red wraps, 1st ed.(1943), 170 pages. Top of spine & top rear corner chipped.

New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1959. 2nd edition. Wraps. Very Good+. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, Feb. 1959. A Very Good+ copy. 8vo., 40 pp., bound in publishers stiff grey wraps. Overall light wear and toning to covers; pages are clean and unmarked.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1962. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good.. small quarto, pale blue wraps,1st ed. (1962), pages 211-421 + plates 14-28. Faded spine, dampstain on front cover, lightly bumped corners, owners name inside (anthropologist Julia G. Crane); text unmarked. Very Good. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 49: Part 2.

London: Editorial and Publishing offices, 1896. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 4to., 656 pp., illustrated with drawings and b&w photographs. Bound in half leather and cloth over boards. Green leather, now sunned to tan on the spine. Light edge wear, mostly at the tips and spine. Text edges speckled.

Zurich: Atlantis, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/DJ Near Fine. oblong small quarto, brown cloth, 1st ed. (1981). 70 pages (many color photos & arch. plans) in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Lightly bumped corners, clean text. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Text in German. ISBN 3961106076.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st edition, 1919. Very Good+, with Fine fold out map. Sm. 8vo., 212 pp., with fold out map at rear. Bound in publishers blue cloth, titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine is sunned and faded, previous owners signature inside front cover, page 127 has a very small chip on the side-not in text block, otherwise clean and unmarked. Scare. G. Wyman Bury (3 January 1874 - 23 September 1920) was a naturalist, explorer, author, Arabist, and political officer in the British army. - Wiki.

Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1928. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. A Near Fine copt in Good to Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 80 pp. Bound in black cloth and floral paper boards, with the floral pattern colored with gilt and aqua, in the blue printed dust jacket. The dust jacket has a small loss at the spine's crown and tail; spine and edges sunned to a tan. Still a nice copy of the scarce dust jacket. Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was a Jamaican born novelist, poet, and historian of Jamaica and the Caribbean. His pamphlet, "Self Government for Jamaica" has been compared to Simon Bolivars call for independence for Jamaica in his work, "Jamaica Letter" of 1815. Pan and Peacocks is the third work of the author.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good. small octavo, blue cloth with color illustration on front, 1st ed.(1906), 368 pages + fold-out map & diagram. Light silverfish damage to spine, extremities worn, font cover rubbed; binding Good, text is Very Good.