The Diaries of Carol Lynn Pearson: Mormon Author, Feminist, and Activist; Volume 1: 1956-1990
by Pearson, Carol Lynn
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2025. First Edition. Paperback. New. 405pp. Octavo [23cm]. Pictoral wraps. "Unbeknownst to almost everyone but herself, Pearson kept a near-daily diary since she was a teenager, recording her remarkable story in the context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Mormon America. In this first of a four-volume series, Pearson chronicles her love for her... Read More
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Daniel Quorm and His Religious Notions
by Pearse, Mark Guy
London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tresidder, Charles. 170pp. Octavo. Blue cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Elaborate gilt stamped illustration of Daniel Quorm on front board. Spine is slightly rolled. Ex library with markings including bookplate on front pastedown. Gilt edges with beveled edged boards. Textblock binding a bit... Read More
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An Almanac for Moderns
by Peattie, Donald Culross; Ward, Lynd [Illustrator]
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Lynd Ward. 396 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; Light grey cloth over boards, with printed title on front cover and spine. Corners are gently bumped. Cloth exhibits toning, most noticeably to spine and top and bottom edges of boards. Page edges are gently rubbed. In... Read More
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An Almanac for Moderns
by Peattie, Douglas Culross
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Tenth impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Lynd Ward. 396pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth over boards, with fraying to the cloth at the spine ends, a bit more so at the head of the spine. The front hinge is a little soft. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with light red staining... Read More
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What We Lost
by Peck, Dale
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 229pp. Octavo [20 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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Martin and John
by Peck, Dale
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993. Unrevised Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 188pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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Drift House: The First Voyage
by Peck, Dale
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 437pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] 1/4 black over tan paper boards. Near fine/Fine. Signed by the author. With promotional bag of miniature plastic mermaids bookmark. Promotional card laid in.
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Drift House: The First Voyage
by Peck, Dale
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. INSCRIBED. 408pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the author.
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The My Lai Inquiry
by Peers, Lt. Gen. W. R.
New York: The Notable Trials Library, 1993. Reprint. Leather bound. Very good. 306pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 brown leather, with brown cloth over boards decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled-effect endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. Previous owner's publisher-issued bookplate on the front pastedown, with the name crossed out. Special edition privately printed for the members of The... Read More
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The Ayn Rand Letter (3 volumes)
by Peikoff, Leonard (Contributing Editor)
New York: The Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, 1976. Original issues. Unbound. Quarto [30 cm] Individual issues housed in three plain orange folders. The newsletters are in near fine condition. Leonard Peikoff writes, "Most men regard philosophy as an intellectual chess game of no consequence to their lives; they regard their own characters, their emotions, their values as unrelated to... Read More
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American Splendor Our Movie Year; Stories by Harvey Pekar
by Pekar, Harvey; with various illustrators
New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. Quarto, 174 pp. in pictoral wraps. Signed on the title page by the author.
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Hard Revolution
by Pelecanos, George
New York: Little Brown, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 373pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with red paper over boards, and a red ink stamped title on the backstrip. Signed on the title page in the year of publication by Pelecanos.
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The Sweet Forever
by Pelecanos, George
New York: Little Brown & Co, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Octavo [24 cm] Hardbound, with black paper spine and brown paper-covered boards. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Pelecanos on the front flyleaf. Dennis Lehane writes, "One of the best crime novelists alive, George Pelecanos is an American original. The Sweet Forever- a sweeping, blistering... Read More
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Nick's Trip
by Pelecanos, George P.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 276pp. Octavo. [21.5cm]. Blue paper over boards with the title stamped in gold on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Text block has minor soiling near the head but otherwise is in great condition. Dust jacket has some bumping and rubbing at the cornersa and the extremities of... Read More
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Drama City
by Pelecanos, George
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 295pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with blue paper covered boards and a metallic blue ink stamped title on the spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket. There is a thin 6 inch long mark on the rear panel. Signed and dated by the author on... Read More
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Shame the Devil
by Pelecanos, George
New York: Little Brown & Co, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 299pp. Octavo [24 cm] Hardbound, with black paper spine and gray paper-covered boards. Very good. The covers and text block edges are lightly foxed. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well. The rear panel is lightly rubbed. Signed by Pelecanos on the title page. ... Read More
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The Turnaround
by Pelecanos, George
New York: Little Brown & Co, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 294pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black paper over boards. Near fine, in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. "Few novelists have chronicled urban crime as convincingly as George Pelecanos." - Jeffrey A. Tractenberg, Wall Street Journal.
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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
by Pelly, Liz
New York: Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025. Reprint. Hardcover. New/New. 288 pp. Octavo [ cm]. Black paper over boards. Silver lettering stamped onto the back strip. From the publisher: "Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business, showing what... Read More
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Shelter Island or The Power of God
by Pelton, Ben H.
Denver, CO: The Pelton Publishing Company, 1913. Hardcover. 468pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and embossed patterns on the front cover. Good. The extremities are bumped and gently rubbed, and the spine is rolled. The rear board is barely perceptibly stained. There is a contemporary gift... Read More
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The Gold Wolf
by Pemberton, Max; Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. 361pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with lettering and decorative stamping on the backstrip and front board. The covers are cocked, and the backstrip and board edges are a bit darkened. There is a contemporary owner's name on the front free endpaper.... Read More
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The Impregnable City: A Romance
by Pemberton, Max
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. 310pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original bluish gray cloth over boards (heavily faded), with an ink stamped vignette on the front board (image still bright). The front free endpaper has an owner's name (twice), dated "1899," as well as a numerical ink stamp. From the collection of Berkeley book... Read More
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Cranium Architecture
by Penn, Irving
New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Near fine. SIGNED. Exhibition catalogue. Oblong quarto [28 cm x 21.5 cm] in wraps. Rubbing and light wear to wraps; interior is crisp and bright. Signed by Penn on title page. Intriguing B&W close-ups of animal skulls against a white background.
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All My Sins Are Relatives
by Penn, W.S.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 257pp. Signed by the author on the title page with the following charming inscription ..."With the power of dreaming//All Best/W.S. Penn". Very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. The author's , of Native American and European descent, second book.
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Worlds in a Small Room, by Irving Penn as an Ambulant Studio Photographer
by Penn, Irving
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 95pp. Quarto [27 cm]. Bound in beige cloth with title stamped in black ink on spine. Previous owner's name at head of front free endpaper. In the dust jacket, with soiling and toning to the spine and edges. Irving Penn traveled the world with a portable studio to... Read More
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Grand Canyon Landscape Photo
by Pennington, William
[Durango, Colorado]: Pen-Dike Studio. One from a set of four. 6 1/2 x 10 1/2" [13 x 17 1/2" in mat and frame]. Glass of frame has small loss from bottom right corner. William Pennington (1874-1940) is known for his photographs of the Navajo community in and around Shiprock, New Mexico.
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