LYRICAL POETRY
by Pettet, Simon
NY: Archipelago Books, 1987. First Edition. Soft cover. NF. Near fine, inscribed by poet Pettet on the half title in 1988.
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CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION PHILADELPHIA 1876 (5 titles)
by (Philadelphia)
various, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. (1) (CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA MDCCCLXXVI). (np): Philip Frey & Co, (1876). Oblong booklet, 4.75 x 3, faux tortoise shell covers with decorative circular seal front and back. (np): Philip Frey & Co, (1876). 12 mounted photographs in accordion foldout. Remarkably well-preserved. (2) MEMORIAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT PHILADELPHIA, 1876 - 48 VIEWS.... Read More
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signed original print (The Humament) in ARTS REVIEW Vol XXVIII No 23
by Phillips, Tom (artist). Gainsborough, John (ed). )
London: Gainsborough Ralston Publishers, 1976. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Issue dated 12 Nov 1976 the major feature of which is about English artist Tom Phillips and his art. Bound into the spine of this magazine is an original print from the first edition of The Humament, his famous work, this page 85 from it, this copy... Read More
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Ulysses
by Phillips, Stephen
New York: MacMillan, 1902. Limited Edition. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. First Edition, Limited Issue: No. 36 of 100 copies on Japanese vellum, original cream wraps printed in brown and folded over boards, this copy with an ANS tipped in front pastedown to JC Squires discussing Forbes Robertson, jacket slightly scuffed, slight chipping spine edges.
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THE ORIGINAL AND PRESENT STATE OF MAN BRIEFLY CONSIDERED: WHEREIN IS SHEWN ...BY THE PEOPLE CALLED THE QUAKERS
by Phipps, Joseph. (Quakers)
NY: William Ross, 1788. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Second American edition re-printed by William Ross in NY. Original or old calf, front cover detached, detached ffe heavily inscribed in old script: "Thomas Clapp's book. Don't steal this book for fear of shame for here to see the owner's name from one borrows this book ... and take... Read More
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ROMAN VISHNIAC. (Zeitlin, Jack)
by ICP Library of Photographers
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. PRESENTATION COPY from Vishniac to Los Angeles bookseller, publisher and personality Jack Zeitlin. Exuberantly inscribed in large hand on the half title: ¿To my friend/ Mr. Jack Zeitlin/ with all my best wishes!/ Roman Vishniac¿ Near fine in better than vg dj.
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BLUES & ROOTS/ RUE & BLUETS: A GARLAND FOR THE APPALACHIANS
by Johnathan Williams (poetry) and Nicholas Dean (photography)
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by poet Williams: "Johnathan Williams/ Highlands/ North Carolina" on ffe. Fine internally, rare printed glassine better than very good - just a tad worn at spine ends.
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COL. W. De BASIL'S BALLET RUSSES (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN) 1936
by Picasso, Leon Bakst, et al (scenic design of)
Paris: Alliance de Publicite et d'Impressiom, 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The program for the third season, 1936, of the Ballet Russes at Convent Garden. Elaborate program, measures, approx 10 x 12", unpaginated, many tipped-in color plates, and full of advertisements in 1930s Art Deco style. Some scenery by Picasso, Leon Bakst, et al. Published by the Ballet's French... Read More
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The Acceleration of History
by Piel, Gerard
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Piel, publisher of Scientific American on the title page. Near fine in moderately worn, but about vg dw.
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Russell, William S.
by Guide to Plymouth and Recollections of Pilgrims
Boston: Published for the Author by George Coolidge, 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. First edition, publishers green, ribbed cloth, blind-pressed covers, spine title in gilt, pink endpapers, contemporary ownership name ffe. Folding map, in fine condition in original folds, xii + 306 + vi + 76 + xx = (additional) errata. This copy includes Airs of the Pilgrims.... Read More
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BRICE MARDEN: The Grove Group
by Pincus-Witten, Robert (introuction)
NY: Gagosian Gallery, 1991. Soft cover. Near Fine. Large oblong, stiff French-style covers, 64 page gallery catalog, 13 full page color plates with the reproduced notebook for Grove Group plus transcription. The slightest wear to corners, else fine. 2000 copies.
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POEMS
by Pinter, Harold
London: Enitharmon Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in softcover, printed paper wrappers. INSCRIBED BY PINTER on the title page: "September 68/ To Clint/ from/ Harold
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Landscape
by Pinter, Harold
Great Britain: Pendragon Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Transcript of play presented on BBC radio on April 25, 1968. One of 2,000 copies. 8vo, 46 pp; bound in tan cloth with pink linen spine.
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PROBUS: OR ROME IN THE THIRD CENTURY (2 vols)
by Piso, Lucius M.
NY: C. S. Francis, 1838. First Edition. 8vo. VG-. 2 volumes, same original pub cloth binding, brown "wave" pattern, gilt-pressed titles spine. Slight loss to cloth at spine ends, and some splitting of cloth at spine creases, slightly cocked, covers really near fine. Scattered foxing internally, and nest PON dated 1838 ffe volume 1.
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And Clouds Flying; A Book of Wild Fowl
by Pitman, Ian
London: Faber & Faber, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Scott, Peter. Signed by Scott on the half -title with an finely-rendered illustration of the head of a duck in blue ink, and scarce thus . Dustjacket has small tears on bottom edge and top spine, about very good. Book near fine.
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Royal Road to Fotheringay
by Plaidy, Jean
London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Solid, clean copy all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Dustjacket price-clipped.
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THE BED BOOK
by Plath, Sylvia. McCully, Emily Arnold (pictures by)
NY: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. First US edition, and first edition with the McNully illustrations, the Broitish edition illustyrate dby Quentin Black. Near fine copy - NO NAMES, NOTES or BOOKPLATES in better than very good dustjacket showing a wee bit iof wear at corners. A collectible copy.
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Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices
by Plath, Sylvia
London: Turret Books, 1968. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Stanislaw Gilwa. Copy no. 46/150 with frontispiece and linocuts reproduced from blocks by Stanislaw Gilwa. Introductory note by Douglas Cleverdon. Transcript from BBC broadcast of poetic work. Original gilt decorated white cloth, near perfect.
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THE WORD AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC FACTOR
by Platonov, K. I.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959. First English Langauge Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. K.I Platonov was a Russian psychologist specializing in hypnotherapy. This is the 1959 English translation of this title originally published in 1950, a revised edition from his first work in 1930. Solid clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates in presentable dustjacket worn... Read More
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Etching and Other Graphic Arts: An Illustrtaed Treatise
by Plowman, George T.
London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1922. First Edition. Pub Cloth. NF/NF-. 8vo, pub cloth, 158p, illustrated w/ 49 plates, including an original etching plate frontispiece (plus two plates in rear of etching tools). An appareatnly unused copy. Internals fine. In scarce dw, that is lightly soiled.
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Kinnell, Galway
by SELECTED POEMS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dustjacket as Issued. Fine in near fine slipcase. 200 copies, this number 82. SIGNED BY KINNELL.
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For Robert Penn Warren
by Pollard, Ann Carter
First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Ann Carter Pollard. Limited Copy no. 56/75. Folio including incrediable woodcut by the artist and ten non-bound sheets containing poems by variety of authors, each signed. Moss green folio contained in marbled slipcase. Very rare.
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Thomas Wolfe at Washington Square, The Correspondence Of Thomas Wolfe and Homer Andrew Watt
by Pollock, Thomas Clark and Cargill, Oscar
New York: New York University Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. 2 vols. Black cardboard slipcover in VG condition. Very slight fading to spine of 2nd vol. First volume signed by Joe Blumenthal.
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The Life and Adventures of ''Ned Buntline'' with Ned Buntline's Anecdote of ''Frank Forester'' and Chapter of Angling Sketches
by Pond, Fred E. ("Will Wildwood") (Col Edward Zane Carroll Judson) (Frank Forester)
NY: Cadmus Book Shop, 1919. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. 250 copies. Inscribed by the author as both Will Woodward and Fred E. Pond on the ffe. Tales of the Adirondacks, the Civil War and Buffalo Bill. Covers soiled a bit, minor loss foot of spine, internals near fine, solid binding . WILD WEST FISHING.
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IZAAK WALTON: The Compleat Angler and His Turbulent Times
by Pool, J. Lawrence and Angeline J.
West Cornwall CT: Stinehour Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/New. Limted to 2000 copies, this copy in new condition, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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