Search Results: Titles starting with P from Nooks Of Books

New York: Random House, 1988. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Quarto. 306pps. First Printing. A date is penned in the upper corner of the ffep., and there is a bit of faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of crinkling to the extremities; the original price (17.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this National Book Award winner.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "The time and place: Cotton Point, a small Georgia town, just after World War II. The event: the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl by a white man named Paris Trout, who feels he's done absolutely nothing wrong.<br> With razor-sharp precision, Pete Dexter etches a picture of a brutal killing and its effects on this small Southern town. Just as… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: George Braziller Incorporated, 1980. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Seafoam-green boards. The spine is stamped in black. Gray topstain. Octavo. 232pps. There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a 1" fully closed tear at the top of the front panel; no chips, soiling, or (other) tears. The original price is intact. An excellent copy of the Irish author's first novel, following a collection of short stories. ".In this tale of a young man's quest for the truth of his identity, static moments of private lives are projected through history and coalesce in a film-like narrative that reconstructs the lives of a society and the individuals who were formed by it. Picture postcards bearing scrawled messages, yellowed photograph albums and the rambling remembrances of an… Read More

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. (1913) In Fine condition. Fully bound in pictorial, colorfully-stamped cloth. Decorative red and black endpapers. 286pps., lavishly illustrated. This is a later printing, circa. 1960: the 'white linen' edition. Very light rubbing to the boards and to their extremities. Otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. Internally immaculate, as if unread; no previous owner's markings. A beautiful, bright copy of this children's classic. ".Here, the Patchwork Girl is brought to life by Dr. Pipt's magic Powder of Life. From that moment the action never slows down. It tells of Ojo's quest for the strange ingredients necessary to brew a magic liquid that will release his Unk Nunkie from a spell -- the spell cast by the Liquid of Petrefaction, which has turned him into a marble statue." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 1987. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in gray cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Gray endpapers. 540pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed and has touches of crinkling at the extremities; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. This copy is first-state -- estimated to be only a few thousand copies -- with all the typographical errors: 'to keep track of' not yet added to the first line of page 218 and the repeated lines of text on pages 227/228 and 230/31. ".Years before the defection of a Soviet submarine will send him hurtling into confrontation with the Soviets in Red October, Jack Ryan, historian, ex-marine, and CIA analyst, is vacationing in London when the Ulster Liberation Army makes a terrorist… Read More

New York: Dillingham, 1904. (1904). Very Good in the publisher's pea-green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in green. Decorative gray, black, and orange endpapers. 239pps., with numerous gray, black, and orange illustrations, plus 16 full-page, full-color plates. Modest rubbing wear to the board-edges and light soiling and rubbing to the paste-label, which is in very nice condition. A good deal of the lettering has been rubbed from the spine, though it is barely affected on the front board. A small store-label is affixed to the upper corner of the front pastdown. The binding is shaken, though sound, with all pages and plates intact. Also, there is a small tear (1/2") in the endpaper near the top of the rear hinge; this is not a structural problem, but a slight cosmetic one and all the material is yet present. Overall light reading wear with the sporadic soil-mark or crimped page-end. The plates are all in fine, clean condition. A charming children's book with all… Read More

London: Harrap, 1936. In Near Fine condition. Bound in the publisher's full russet-brown cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Quarto. Intriguingly decorative endpapers. Brown topstain. 256pps., with 12 full-color plates and numerous black-and-white drawings by the artist. No dustjacket. This volume has a bit of bumping to the spine-ends and, faintly, a bump to the lower rear tip. It is, otherwise, clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Brilliantly and beautifully illustrated by Rackham, with all of the plates intact and well-protected under the original captioned, non-acidic tissue. An excellent example of this edition. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision,… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Near Fine in the publisher's decorative green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in black (shamrocks) and gilt (still brilliant). 329pps. No dustjacket. There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a plastic bar-code label affixed to the rear pastedown. Otherwise clean and bright. The binding is square and sound; both hinges are fine. An excellent copy of a book by the writer perhaps better known for 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' (1903). SIGNED and inscribed by the author ('Never forget that your mother was a McGrill!') on a card affixed to the ffep. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCES FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN FICTION LITERATURE… Read More

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1946. Very Good in a Good dustjacket. Fully bound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in red. 217pp. Faint spotting on the perimeters of the boards and to the top of the textblock. The spine-ends are bumped. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages are in excellent shape. The dustjacket is largely intact but has considerable wear along the edges; the original price of $2.50 remains on the front flap. "...Tells with sympathy and deep understanding of motive the story of a woman in danger of becoming an alcoholic and the solution of her problem. Perchance To Dream points less to the nature of her weakness and its effect on Elly Landon than to its initial causes, the basic reasons for her desire to escape. With subtlety and deep perception of character, the author's build the story of Elly's effort to please her austere, scholarly father with academic brilliance, to be as fascinating as her beautiful and glamorous stepsister, Margot, to earn her husband's… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam, 1997. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Maroon boards with a brown, gilt-stamped backstrip. 279pps. First Printing. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without an inscription or a dedication -- on the second fep.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "John Fielding was famous not only as cofounder of London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners, but also as a magistrate of keen intellect, fairness and uncommon detective ability. When a crime was committed, he often took it upon himself to solve it. What made this all the more remarkable was that he was blind.<br> Now the blind magistrate and his young assistant and ward, Jeremy Proctor, face a series of crimes that hit shockingly close to home. Prostitutes are being murdered… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1990. [1990]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 150pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price (13.95) is intact. SIGNED, dated (21 March, 1993), and inscribed by the multiple award-winning author to the original owner on the title-page. Volume 5 of The Vesper Holly Adventures.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Spirited Vesper Holly has crossed mountains on camelback and narrowly escaped earthquakes. But even she is surprised when President Ulysses S. Grant appears on her doorstep and asks for her help. Notables from around the world have come to Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Also attendance, however, is the notorious, evil Dr. Helvetius.… Read More

Near Fine in black wraps. ix + 124pages. First Printing. There is very light rubbing to the wraps and a previous owner's neatly-penned gift inscription is on the half-title page. Otherwise Fine: clean, bright and soundly bound. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Cooper's first book. Includes a forword by Alice Walker. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 41-A.

New York: Scribners, 1958. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 158pps. First Edition: A-10.58 [H], as required. There are modest touches of rubbing to the edges of the cloth and the closed page-edges are lightly dustspotted, otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The colorful dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a dulled rear white panel and light touches of wear at the extremities; the original price (3.00) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's third novel.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. First Edition. Cloth.

New York: Random House, 1977. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Orange boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in copper. Tan endpapers. 401pps. There is a very slight lean to the spine and a Random House remainder stamp is on the bottom of the textblock. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. All tips are sharp. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of edgewear at the head of the spine and at the top of the front panel; it is mildly rubbed. The original price (10.00) is intact on the front flap.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all cost you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.

Latham, New York, U.S.A.: British American Publishing, 1990. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. 452pps. First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing wear at the extremities and a faint bit of soiling on the rear panel; the original price (19.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. The author's first novel. A flyer from the signing event is included.<br><br> "Gorgeous supermodel-turned-entrepreneur Laura Ayars has it all. She's beautiful, intelligent, successful, and famous -- all of which means very little to her until she falls in love with the most unlikely of men, David Baskin, the Boston Celtics' star basketball player with the unique jump shot. Then, on their secret… Read More

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1921. In Very Good condition. Half-bound in rich burgundy goatskin and burgundy cloth. Raised bands on the spine. Gilt-tooled on all sides. Top-edge gilt. Duodecimo. Marbled endpapers. [viii] + 316pps., with a frontispiece of the poet. There is mild rubbing wear to the leather at the tips and the joints. A previous owner's name, dated Christmas 1929, is neatly penned on the ffep; the perimeters of either endpage are slightly tanned. Also, both hinges are started -- with narrow disclosures of webbing -- but are quite sound. The text is in fine condition, clean and bright. A very nice copy, at some point professionally and beautifully rebound. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Half-Leather.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1956. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 315pps., with 22 maps. There is a faint bit of dustspotting to the top edge and bumping to the spine-ends. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise overall clean, bright, and soundly bound. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest rubbing wear at the extremities and a small crease in the rear flap; the original price is intact. A nice copy of this classic of military history. ".S. L. A. Marshall went to Korea as Infantry Operations Analyst with the Eighth Army. A first brilliant report, 'The River and the Gauntlet,' dealt with dealt with the defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communists in 1950. Now General Marshall pinpoints the 1953 action on Pork Chop Hill in a stunning account of men in action. The battle began April 16, 1953, and lasted 48 hours. It was an impressive artillery duel, but… Read More

Houston, TX, U.S.A.: Tafford Publishing, Incorporated, 1989. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Pebbled black boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 187pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small crease at the bottom of the front flap; otherwise as new. The original price (19.95), as issued, is at the bottom of the rear panel. A beautiful copy of a scarce title. ".'Pornucopia' is a picaresque black comedy that transgresses all bounds of everyday good taste. It begins in a near-future world where sex-vending machines and genital transplants are taken for granted. Prior Gross, the hero and sex object of this wild adventure, thinks his fantasies have all come true when a beautiful young woman seduces him on a public beach. She turns out to be a succubus, beginning his initiation into a realm… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author (with her usual flower-doodle) on the title-page. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Russet boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in copper. Chart-endpapers. 304pps. There is a mild bump to the heel of the spine, otherwise: clean, tight, sharp-tipped, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price (26.00) is intact. An excellent, signed, collector's-quality copy. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2005. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Small octavo. Brown endpapers. 211pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a tipped-in sheet.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "An influential art critic in the early years of the twentieth century journeys from London to the rustic, remote island of Houat, off France's northwest coast, to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted but tormented artist living in self-imposed exile. Over the course of the sitting, the painter recalls their years of friendship, the double-edged gift of the critic's patronage, the power he wielded over aspiring artists, and his apparent callousness… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Limited edition, SIGNED on a publisher's bookplate stating that "one-hundred copies of the english language edition have been signed for friends of the author". Brown boards quarterbound in dark brown cloth. The spine is stamped in copper. Chart-endpapers. 304pps. A beautiful copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Recounted in the voice of a young woman in search of her roots, this is a novel about memory and family secrets. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that shapes her character and erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction… Read More