A River Runs Through It
by [Pennyroyal Press] Maclean, Norman; Barry Moser, illustrations
West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 79 of 200 copies signed by Maclean and Moser on the colophon. A beautiful edition with author Maclean's first story in his book of three stories published in 1976. It is a celebration of the joys and challenges of fly fishing and much more. A movie with... Read More
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1838 April Fourth 1938: A Century of Atlantic Steam Navigation (The Newcomen Society)
by Penrose, Charles
Newcomen Society, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Off-white side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrap. Light browning to edges of wraps. Interior is clean and bright. 32 pages. Technology. TEC11092.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys. VOLUME IX ONLY- INDEX VOLUME
by Pepys, Samuel, and Wheatley, Henry B. (editor)
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Only 250 copies printed on Large Paper. This copy is not numbered. 8vo. Very good. Vellum backed yellow cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and brown decoration to front board. Minor smudging to spine. Minor browning first and last few pages. Many unopened pages. 360 pages.... Read More
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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S., secreary to the admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II. Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669
by Pepys, Samuel; Richard Lord Braybrooke, editor
London: Henry Colburn, 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. This is Volume I only of this two volume work. With an owner name of Ralph Neville and a note on a free front endpaper stating that this copy was printed for correction before the plates and iillustrations were finished, and they are thus missing. The title page... Read More
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For the Future of Israel
by Peres, Shimon and Robert Littell
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Shimon Peres (1923-2016) prime minister of Israel from 1984-1986 and from 1995-1996. He was also from 2007-2014. He represented five different political parties and served in the Knesset for 48 years. He negotiated the Oslo accords with Palestinian representatives, leading to the Camp David Agreement between Yitzak Rabin... Read More
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Paper-Making by Hand: A Book of Suspicions
by [Perishable Press] Hamady, Walter
Mt. Horeb, WI: The Perishable Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 108 of 200 copies of which 170 were for sale. The founder of this press and author of this book, Walter Hamady (1940 - 2019) was an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his innovative efforts in letterpress printing, bookbinding,... Read More
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland
by Perkins, Jr., WM. H.
Baltimore: King Brothers, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. In full tan calf leather with banded spine and title labels to compartment 2,3, and 4. Heavy chipping of leather to head and foot of spine, moderate rubbing and edgewear. Interior clean and bright. Index. 777pp. MD/122806.
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Non Ho Piu Patria
by Perlini, Marco
Edizioni dello Zibaldone Trieste, 1955. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Number 72 of 100 copies. Light green paper wrappers with dark green title to spine. "14 / Perlini" to spine in dark green. Browning to spine and edges of wrappers. Rolled spine. Chipping to spine ends and edges of wrappers. Browning to margins, else clean. 140 pages. ITA/041119. ... Read More
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Tafelmalerei Der Spatgotik Und Der Renaissance in Bohmen, 1450-1550
by Pesina, Jaroslav
Artia, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good in Good + DJ. Hardcover. Oversized. Very good in good+ illustrated dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket. Profusely illustrated, 304 pp., 12 1/2 x 9 1/4. Art. ART10327.
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Report of the Committee on Fowl Pest Policy. 1962
by Committee on Fowl Pests
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Includes laid in three page typed report with pencil annotations from a Conservative Agricultural Committee M.P's Fowl Pest Report meeting, which began in 1960 and wasn't "signed" until 1962. Bound in blue paper wrappers with black title to front cover and handwritten black title to spine panel. Minor... Read More
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The Book In the Renaissance
by Petegree, Andrew
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. This book "reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word." (DJ) The author was Head of the School of History at St. Andrews and Director of its Reformation Studies Institute. Octavo.... Read More
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On the track of the Dixie Limited: further notes of a Faulkner collector
by Petersen, Carl
La Grange: The Colophon Bookshop, 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Softcover. One of 1000 copies, Inscribed by the author whose Faulkner collection now resides at the University of Mississippi. Describes works added to the author's collection since the publication of his catalog in 1975. In orange wrappers in near fine condition. BOB/110816.
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Zebra Noise with a flatted seventh
by [Peter Koch, Printer] Wagener, Richard, author and artist
Berkeley: Peter Koch, printer, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 41 of 70 numbered copies signed by Richard Wagener on the colophon. This is a limited edition alpha-bestiary written by and illustrated by noted wood engraver Richard Wagener. Richard Wagener (born 1944) is an American wood engraver known for his prints and fine press books. His work has been... Read More
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The Little Square Review: Fourteen Poems by Robert Peters
by Peters, Robert
Santa Barbara: The Little Square Review, 1967. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Blue paper wrappers with whit e title to front wrapper. Small poetry chapbook. Pristine interior. 31 pages. Literature. LIT110261.
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Travelogues: Being Some Impressions Gathered on a Trip Abroad
by Peterson, Thyra
Peterson Linotyping Company, No Date. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. SCARCE. Very Good-. Purple suede wraps with gilt title to front wrap and to spine. Fading to spine and edges of wraps. Edges are worn and chipped. Signatures are exposed at top and bottom of spine. Front hinge is starting. Interior is clean and bright. Photographs from Peterson's... Read More
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L'irreconciliable: Petofi, Poete et Revolutionnaire. Etides et choix de poemes publies pour le 150e anniversaire de la naissance du poete
by Petofi, Sandor
Budapest: Editions Corvina, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in very good silver illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and black title to spine panel. Minor rubbing and creasing as well as one closed tear to dust jacket. Ex libris with one small stamp to front free end page. Else is clean... Read More
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![Lehrbuch der Graphologie. Psychodiagnostik auf Grund graphischer Komplexe. Tabellenheft und Schriftprobenheft. [Textbook for study of handwriting] 2 volumes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/567/733/821733567.0.m.jpg)
Lehrbuch der Graphologie. Psychodiagnostik auf Grund graphischer Komplexe. Tabellenheft und Schriftprobenheft. [Textbook for study of handwriting] 2 volumes
by Pfanne, Heinrich
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Both volumes are bound in thin orange paper wrappers with black titles to front covers. Minor soilingn to front covers. A few markings in pen, a few spots of foxing, and minor browning to interiors. An interesting study with 146 illustrated samples of handwriting. 74 pages in... Read More
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Quarterman's Grace and Other Poems
by Pfeiffer, Emily
London: C. Kegan Paul and Co, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce first edition. Presentation copy to Lewis Campbell: "Professor Lewis Campbell from his friend the author, January 17th 1879." Campbell (1830 - 1908) was a professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. English author, poet, and philanthropist Emily Pfeiffer (1827 - 1890) was... Read More
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Two original black and white photographs from the making of Hans Richter's film "8 x 8
by [Philippe Halsman, photographer; Hans Richter, film maker]
Very Good. Two striking original photographs taken during the filming of Hans Richter's "8 x 8". One of the two photographs is signed in red ink by Philippe Halsman, the photographer of both. A note on the back of the signed photo notes that Halsman signed this picture and that the film's cinematographer Arnold Eagle is visible in... Read More
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The Known Birds of North and Middle America: Distributions and Variation, Migrations, Changes, Hybrids, etc.: PART I: Hierundinidae to Mimidae; Certhiidae
by Phillips, Allan R.
Denver: Allan R. Phillips, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Allan R. Phillips was Arizona's first resident professional ornithologist and contributed greatly to the establishment of ornithology in Arizona. He was also a somewhat controversial figure in the field and freely criticized his professional colleagues, their journals, and their designation of species. The descriptions include addressing what he believed... Read More
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The End of a Life
by Phillpotts, Eden
Bristol and London: J.W. Arrowsmith and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., Ltd, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY "To my friend G.B. Burgin with every good wish E. Phillpotts." He and Burgin collaborated on a play, '"His Lordship" (1892). Presentation copies from Phillpotts are scarce in the 1890s. Very good in original brown cloth with gilt... Read More
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Discovering Consumers. No. 43. John Day Pamphlets
by Phillips, M.C. and F.J. schlink
New York: John Day, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in brown side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Small stain to front cover and browning to interior pages, else clean. This was a review copy with a slip from the publisher inserted. Offsetting from the review copy slip to the half title page. 31... Read More
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Some South African Recollections
by Phillips, Mrs. Lionel
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition. According to the preface: "These recollections ... have been written as a record for my children of the part played by their father in the Reform movement in the Transvaal, as they were at the time too young to understand or appreciate all he did and... Read More
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The Travellers' Book of Colour Photography (4th Edition)
by Phillips, Van, and Thomas, Owen
London: Hamlyn, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/large 4to./illus. Photography. PHO2/4092.
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DC folk music event in August 1985 [Photographs]
by Photographs by Jean Ward [Kingston Trio, Tom Chapin, Side by Side]
[Washington, DC], 1985. Very Good. A nice little collection of 15 black and white photos from an July 1985 folk concert with the Kingston Trio and an August 1985 Birchmere Club concert with folk singer Tom Chapin. The July concert features the Kingston Trio in one of its many incarnations after their initial fame in the 1950s-60s. After... Read More
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