Search Results: Titles starting with P from poor mans books

London: Leadenhall Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898-9. First Edition. Hardcover. facsimiles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Gilt decorated blue cloth. Ad from author seeking unusual children's books tipped to the first blank. Interesting facsimiles pages from a host of sometimes rather odd children's books. Shallow fraying to head and foot of spine. .

London: Leadenhall Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 510, [2], 22 pages; Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books. Brought together and Introduced to the Reader... 400 illustrations. Gilt decorated blue cloth. An original colored sample of Dutch paper on p8, present in earlier printings. Includes 21p Leadenhall advertising list. Tipped in slips requesting information from readers and noting the 112 page large paper edition. An interesting work. Provenance- ink stamp of Allen Saalburg. .

Eugene; Oregon: IFD Publishing. Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Profusion of most unusual color illustrations . An ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING mounted inside case drawn by Clark. 4to, pictorial boards, heavy folding richly enameled blue metal case; Fine. ONE OF 26LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED BY CLARK. With SIGNED CD "Controlled Accidents" housed in rear pocket. About 12" x 14". ; Signed by Author .

Chicago: Thompson & Thomas.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; A few plates neatly painted as per instructions. Apr 7 x 10". About 200 pp unpaginated. .

London: Provost & Co. ,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1877. Hardcover. Money; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii,247 pages; Paper money: the money of civilization, an issue by the state, and a legal tender in payment of taxes. Brown cloth with fraying to spine edges, hinges reattached, contents lightly aged but VG. Portrait of George Berkely, Bishop of Cloyne. Occasional underlining and penciled notes." Dedicated to William Sutton with kind remembrances of his father..." Dated 1877, written by author but unsigned. ; Signed by Author .

NY: MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Animals; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Ex-Library; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 675 pages; Over 700 photos from single celled animals on up the chain. .

West Virginia University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 134 pages; Half green leather and gray cloth, handbound by Matt Eggleston, Village Booksmith in Creston, Illinois. #5 of 50 signed by Ofcansky. Group - Category: Books - Fine Bindings Kenya, Zebra, Masai, Game preserves, Elephant, maps, etc. Tipped in color phot plate frontis. Numerous b/w photos throughout. Index and bilbiography. ; Signed by Author .

London: Septimus Prowett,. Good with no dust jacket. 1827. Hardcover. Mezzotint; 8vo. Vol I: [6], 228 pp. Vol II: [4], 218 pp, , 12 books in two. Contemp ½ leather. Spines, joints, and edges of covers rubbed. 24 (of either 24 or 26 according to the source-. 24 Mezzotinted plates. Martin began the process of illustrating Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in 1824 under commission from the publisher Septimus Prowett. The project called for the production of 24 for the octavo size set and an equal number for a larger format. ) plates, Mainly marginal foxing to plates. Each measuring c.210 x 145 mm or the reverse, many dated between 1825 and 1827 (some dates not visible) , Bookplate, pencil notation, and 1936 ink ownership on front ep. Binding solid and contents firm. "[These were] some of the earliest mezzotints to have been made using soft steel rather than copper and were the first illustrations of Milton's epic work to have been made in the mezzotint medium... They… Read More

Paris: Perrin Et Cie. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Paperback. Revolution, French; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388, [3] pages; Wrappers worn, contents good, unopened, unread. French language text .

Monaco: Editions Du Rocher. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. FINE Binding; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 248 pages; Red calf leather binding over marbled boards. Text moderately toned. .

Boston: Everett Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Poetry with antiquarian themes such as the Pathenon, Circus Maximus, Wanderers, etc. IN publishers illustrated grayish green cloth. Signed and dedicated by the author on first blank. "My dear M? Wendt? , Please accept this as a reminder of one who has spent many pleasant hours in Concord through your hospitality, Laurance Chamberlain" ; Signed by Author .

D. Rice and A. N. Hart. Fine with no dust jacket. 1847. Print. Art; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages; Brightly hand-colored lithograph from an early edition of "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" circa 1847, sight FINE, not examined out of frame. Nicely glazed in handsome wooden frame. May be shipped without glass. .

A M a R Pub Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0962409103 . We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Roberts Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. ; ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 213, eight; 223 pages; From the library of Tasha Tudor, inherited from her mother, Rosamond Tudor, Who was herself an artist. . Later circular ink stamp indicating provenance of Tasha Tudor's personal library. Rosamond's bookplate. The first edition complete in two volumes, both with bookplates and eight stamps. Fading to covers. .

Shrewsbury: Thomas Durston. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1737]. Hardcover. [4], 327, [3] pages; Including engraved frontispiece depicting the Crucifixion, and final ad leaf. Small 8vo, contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked; contents toned with scattered minor stains, opening leaves soiled. Several inscriptions in Welsh and English on binder's waste endpapers recording births and changes of ownership from 1740 to 1789. Originally published in 1684, the first Welsh version of De imitatione Christi, translated by the Welsh Jesuit Hugh Owen (1615-86). Libri Walliae 3196; this edition not in ESTC, OCLC, or NUC. .

N Y, London: G P Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Paul Bunyan; Wood block print; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 102 pages; Owner's name and brief dealer's notes on first bank in light pencil. Otherwise clean and bright throughout. Green illustrated dustwrapper with light sunning to spine. OCLC Number: 296722574 .

University of Pennsylvania Press for Temple University Publications. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Paul Bunyan; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages; Book is clean, DJ toned, waterstain to spine and shallow chipping. Photographed in plastic. .

N Y, N Y: Albert & Charles Boni. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Children's; Folklore; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages; Printed by Richard W Ellis, Georgian Press USA. .

Rice-Friedman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 64 pages; This interesting little book is about Paul Bunyan. It is said he had his first red and black plaid coat made by Rice -- Friedman company about 1855. This book is produced by them in commemoration of a long history together. It includes a map short tales and humorous drawings. Covers with edgeware and contents with some toning to the margins. .

G W Carleton and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877[1876]. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341, [7] pages; Publisher's green cloth, violet colored end papers .