Search Results: Titles starting with P from Bluebird Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Stated second printing, 1966. A sweeping history of the American West, with much information about 20th Century events. Included 24 pages of photos and a fold-out frontis map. --- In ivory and green cloth, with titling and mounted figure on cover & spine in gilt, with black spine decorations. --- Volume is clean, firm and unmarked. Jacket with small tears and some sunning to spine, in removable mylar protector.; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xiii, 404, xvii pages .

Seattle: The Mountaineers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0898861365 . An account of two separate expeditions to climb previously unclimbed 6000-7000 metre peaks in Kashmir. With maps and b&w and color plates. --- In full blue textured paper-covered boards w/titling gilt-stamped on spine. Jacket with color photos of the peaks. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy. Jacket with minor chafing & sm. tears; bears original $18.95 flap price.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 239 pages .

New York: Cornerstone Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Hard Cover. A 1965 American reprint edition of the original 1950 issuance. Well known as a statesman and author, Sir Winston Churchill possessed considerable talent as a painter. This work consists of his 32-page essay on the merits of painting, and with 18 gloss paper plates displaying some of his landscapes and still lifes. --- A slim hardcover booklet in green leaf-patterned paper-covered boards, without a dust jacket. With a black & white photographic frontis portrait of Sir Winston at the easel. --- A well-preserved copy, but the essay portion's leaves have become somewhat tanned. Interior is tightly-bound and unmarked; plates remain bright and colors are vivid.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 32, 18 plates pages .

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1556701594 . Stated first edition. A hefty catalogue of paintings displayed at Saint Petersburg's Hermitage. A preface by B. B. Piotrovsky and V. A. Suslov includes a brief history of the institution, from its beginnings in about 1764. Includes 630 color illustrations, which, per the jacket flap, makes this work ". . .the finest, most inclusive and most up-to-date Western work ever published on the [Hermitage's] collection." Back matter includes index of artists and painting titles. --- In olive cloth-covered boards with titling in blind to cover; spine titling in silver. Dust jacket features representative color paintings to front and back panels. --- With a hint of sunning to tail of spine, else a newish, tightly-bound, bright copy. Dust jacket in excellent shape but with slight rubbing. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U. S. A.: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. In full blue cloth-covered boards with decorations in brown and lettering in gilt on cover and spine. Glossy interior pages contain numerous full-color, tissue-protected plates of both paint colors and applications for the use thereof. Also many b&w photos and drawings. With cover chafing (especially at upper spine), rubbing at extremities. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. Though not stated, it is likely that this is a first edition. Created and designed; photography, art work and copy by The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Chapters cover a wide range, from the history of paint to the manufacture of bristle brushes. A handsome example of an American company using a book to extol the worth of the wares which they sell. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 196 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385295383 . A signed, stated first printing of the author's thriller, featuring his private investigator character, Spenser. Per the jacket flap, this work is centered around the cocaine trade in central Massachusetts. Signed, in typical Parker fashion, with his initials on half title page. --- In grey paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with titling in gilt on spine. Purplish jacket with cocaine trade imagery on cover and photographic portrait of the author by Jerry Bauer on rear flap. --- With a remainder mark to lower textblock edge, else a clean, bright, newish copy. Unclipped jacket with slight rubbing, else very nice.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (8), 256 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. Francis Turner Palgrave, a 19th century English scholar, poet and critic, won wide acclaim for his collection of poems, first published in 1861. This Modern Library edition includes an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, as well as the famed Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, in the Edmund Fitzgerald translation. Indices of poets and first lines at rear of volume. With E. McKnight Kauffer illustration of a lyre to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 11 / blue cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1944 date appears in book). ML #232.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with small tears to gutter near title page which doesn't affect the stabilty of the binding, and a tiny triangular open tear at title page. Price-clipped dust jacket… Read More

Saint Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company. Very Good+. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. An illustrated examination of "The sixteen principal legal systems, past and present. . ." of the world. Includes dozens of illustrations, many of which are in color. Volumes one and two only of the three-volume set. --- Bound in green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine and cover titling and author facsimile signature to covers. Volumes lack dust jackets. --- With an extended gift inscription to front paste-down of volume I, and prior owner's stickers to front paste-downs of both books, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound, well-preserved set. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxxi, 453, xv, 457-867 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0679421750 . A stated first trade edition (following a special Franklin Library issuance) of author's novel, which is centered around a young reporter's investigation of the murder of a northern Florida sheriff. --- In dark blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with spine titling in gilt. Dust jacket with a tropical scene and photographic portrait of the author on front and back. --- A Near Fine copy but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and small remainder mark to lower textblock edge, else bright, newish and lacking damages. Unclipped jacket bright and undamaged.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 307 pages .

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. The Biblical story of Adam and Eve is retold in verse by England's John Milton (1608-1674). It is presented in a Heritage Press illustrated edition in slipcase with 9 full-page illustrations by the English poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). The Blake illustrations have been colorized by Ralph M. Duenewald. Includes prefaces by Philip Hofer and John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. 12L). --- In light grey cloth with titling in gilt on burgundy cover & spine blocks. Text presented on quality, laid papers; all textblock edges stippled in dark red. Volume wrapped in maroon paper-covered slipcase. --- With light foxing to covers, mildly darkened spine, else a clean, tightly-bound and unmarked copy. Slipcase with mild rubbing, otherwise in good shape and structurally sound. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the… Read More

New York: The Vendome Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0865652260 . A stated second printing of this hefty guide to the splendid artwork and architecture to be found in Paris. With more than 800 illustrations displayed in full color, and with maps, chronologies, biographies and extensive index. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Jacket features representative art works to front and back panels. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with a little discoloration to edges of cloth. French-flap jacket with slight rubbing, else bright and undamaged. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 706 pages .

London: Vintage / Random House. Very Good+. 2001. Softcover. 0099772019 . A softcover edition of Adam Gopnik's memoir of time spent in Paris with his wife and young son. Many of these essays first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. --- In wraps with various images of Paris and author's family to both sides of covers. --- The book remains in excellent condition, though with lightly tanned leaves and reading creases to spine.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; x, 338 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0679444920 . 5th printing. In off-white covers with titling in gilt on spine. Interior with gift remarks, front free endpaper; otherwise a clean, bright copy. Dust jacket is in great shape, bears orig. $24.95 flap price. A series of essays by New Yorker staff writer, who, with his young family, moved to Paris. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 338 pages .

New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Trade Edition. Flexible cloth. A stated First Modern Library edition, 1931 (confirmed) of Christopher Morley's cherished 1917 novel, featuring his Professor Roger Mifflin and Helen McGill characters. The professor has a mobile bookshop in a van, pulled by his horse, Pegasus. --- In Toledano spine 6 / green balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling on spine / gilt torchbearer device to front cover / dark topstain / orange Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. ML #190.1. --- With sunning to spine, inked & penciled notations to corner of front free endpaper, light foxing to textblock edges and mild age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; (4), 190, (4, ads) pages .

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. A stated second printing, September 1950. Adolph Regli's adventure story is set on the Crown W Ranch in the Texas Panhandle in 1877. --- In full red-orange cloth-covered boards with spine titling & decorations in black. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color illustration of two mounted cowboys to front panel. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound copy, though with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Unclipped jacket ($2.50) with moderate rubbing, and with chipping & creasing to edges, plus a bit of sunning to spine, otherwise bright and intact; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 248 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0671508423 . First Edition, First Printing. In black quarter cloth and tan paper-covered boards with titling & decorations in gilt on spine. Interior with inked presentation remarks; is otherwise bright and crisp. Jacket in nice shape, but with priceclipped flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c.1954]. Hardcover. The diary of Englishman Samuel Pepys was begun in 1660 and has been described as Britain's most celebrated diary. From the jacket cover: "Intelligently condensed into one volume and with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne." --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists titles in ML catalog, but total number is missing. Likely published c.1954 (no publication date appears in book). ML #103.1. --- A very nice copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with a hint of age-toning to leaves and gift inscription in pink pencil to verso of ffep. Price-clipped dust jacket with large open tear to front panel top edge, other smaller chips & tears to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 332, (6, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Boni & Liveright, Inc.. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1927]. Flexible Leatherette. The diary of Englishman Samuel Pepys was begun in 1660 and has been described as Britain's most celebrated diary. This edition has been described as "Intelligently condensed into one volume and with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne" (who also edited this version). --- In Toledano spine #4 / dark green leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / gilt titling and decorations on spine / gilt torchbearer to front panel / yellow Bernhard endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1927, though 1921 date appears in book. ML #103.1. --- Scuffing to spine has resulted in removal of most of the titling, with prior owner's inked info. to front free endpaper, frequent penciled underlinings scattered through the text, and a partial split near front of book has been carefully repaired on this item, else a sound, stable copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in.… Read More

Englewood, Colorado: Westcliffe Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1565795318 . A signed, likely first edition of Bill Gillette's presentation of ranching in south-central Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley. Situated at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the beautiful valley is an ideal place to raise cattle and other livestock. The author's eye-catching color and black & white photos capture the beauty of the valley and also portray the ranch families who maintain the ranches and care for the livestock. Includes a foreword by Ed Marston. Signed by Bill Gillette on front free endpaper. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with cover titling in blind, spine titling in gilt. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color Gillette photo of cattlemen and a herd. --- A well-preserved, bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket ($29.95) is intact and bright, but with minor creasing to edges; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the… Read More

Dallas, Texas: Durban House Publishing Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1930754671 . First printing. Longtime Ayn Rand associates Nathaniel Branden and Barbara Branden had a high-profile break with Ms. Rand in 1968. Afterwards, each published highly critical accounts, purporting to tell the inside story of doings of Rand, as founder and head of the Objectivist Movement. In this work, author James S. Valliant uses excerpts from Rand's journals and other sources to debunk allegations made by the Brandens. --- A hardcover copy in full black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Unpriced jacket features photos of the Brandens to cover. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Bright dust jacket also lacks damages; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (12), 433 pages .