Search Results: Titles starting with P from InkQ Rare Books LLC

Spine slightly creased and leaning; extremities gently rubbed; light offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; price-clipped jacket slightly sunned, creased, and toned, reinforced with brown paper to verso. Very good. LMM-204. C. W. Thurlow Craig. Paraguayan Interlude. New York: Frederick Stokes Co., 1935. First edition. Octavo. 319pp. Illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original pictorial dust jacket. Legendary adventurer Charles William Thurlow Craig, a Welshman and Royal Navy veteran, left England in 1922 for South America, where he successfully pursued an extraordinary life as a gaucho, cattleman, war revolutionary, and notorious lothario, later becoming a bestselling author. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Light wear to board edges; lacks front free endpaper. Very good. CDK-357. J. M. Barrie. F. D. Bedford. Peter and Wendy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition. Octavo.  267pp. Illustrated with twelve plates (including frontispiece) by F. D. Bedford. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover. .

Slight darkening to spine; extremities gently rubbed and bumped; hinges lightly cracked; scattered foxing to prelims, minor toning throughout; binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Very good. JBS-126. Lewis Carroll. Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition, first issue, with "all rights reserved" to title page. 16mo (approx. 7 x 5 inches). 202pp. Bound in blue pictorial cloth by Burn & Co. of London, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, all edges gilt, endleaves in brown. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. .

Gently bumped to lower board edges, light foxing to textblock edges, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, faint musty odor, else very good. YLN-19. Berenice Abbott. Muriel Rukeyser, foreword. David Vestal, introduction. Berenice Abbott: Photographs. New York: Horizon Press, 1970. First edition. Quarto. 175pp. Fully illustrated with b/w photos by Abbott. Publisher's grey cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $20.00. Gently bumped to lower board edges, light foxing to textblock edges, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, faint musty odor, else very good. .

Minor staining and wear, jacket lightly rubbed and soiled. Very good. JHN-190. Robert Bloch. Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares by Robert Bloch. Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1960. First edition. Octavo. 233pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket.

Slight chipping to edges, crease to spine, pencil notes to title page, slight soiling to edges. Very good. JBS-311. Adam Gottlieb. Larry Todd, illustrations. if you enjoy The Pleasures of Cocaine this book may save your life. Berkley, CA: And/Or Press. 1976. Octavo, 127pp. Illustrated by Larry Todd. Black wrappers with white lettering to cover and spine.  .

Extremities gently bumped and rubbed, slipcase scuffed and slightly torn, else fine. LMM-396. [Charles] Baudelaire. Poesies de Baudelaire. Paris: Le Livre Français, 1926. Limited edition, No. 1,149 of 2,800 copies printed on vélin chiffon. Octavo. 300pp. Illustrated with engraved decorations after drawings by Pierre Courtois, frontispiece portrait of Baudelaire. Vellum over hardcover boards, stamped in gilt to spine, gilt frames to front and back covers, gilt borders inside covers, top edge gilt, decorated end papers. Housed in contemporary custom slipcase. Text in French. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Boards bumped, rubbed, sunned, and soiled, very good. LMM-274. E. M. W. Tillyard. The Poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt a Selection and a Study.  London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. Limited edition, No. 4 of 52 copies (45 for sale) on hand-made antique laid paper.  Signed by E. M. W. Tillyard. Octavo. [180]pp. Red cloth hardcover boards, gilt to spine. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Some rubbing to wrapper edges, slight vertical crease throughout, price sticker to front cover. Very good. JBS-343. Barbara Herrera. Pot Luck: What it's like to Turn Yourself Off by Turning on With Drugs. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association. 1970. Twelvemo. 63pp. Multi-colored publisher's wraps, saddle stapled, .

Boards slightly soiled, toning and light foxing throughout, dust jacket toned and chipped with a 1/2" closed tear. Very good. LMM-175. Theodore Roethke. Praise to the End! Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1951. First edition.  Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry to first blank.  Octavo. 89pp. Gray half cloth over black hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to the spine, original unclipped dust jacket showing retail price of $3.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .   .

Minor shelfwear, else fine. AYW-284. William Goldman. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. The 'Good Parts' Version Abridged by William Goldman. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Octavo. 399pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, illustrated map to endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.   From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). A copy from his own personal holdings of his works, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Light wear to boards, with slight loss to corners and spine ends; light foxing to endleaves; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1911. Very good. SJK-418. Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Howard Chandler Christy, illustrator. The Princess. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First edition.  Quarto. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated in color by Howard Chandler Christy. Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, stamped in blind to spine, front cover in gilt, green, and pink. .

Minor shelfwear, jacket a bit rubbed, else fine. AYW-285. William Goldman. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. The 'Good Parts' Version Abridged by William Goldman. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Octavo. 399pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, illustrated map to endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). A copy from his own personal holdings of his works, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Minor wear to board edges, ink numeral (partially erased) to front free endpaper; light toning and creasing to jacket, else fine. AYW-412. [First Edition] William Goldman. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic tale of True Love and High Adventure. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. First edition.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman  (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). A copy from his own personal holdings of his works, with official ink-stamp from his estate. Octavo. 308pp. Publisher's light grey cloth, stamped in red and black to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $7.95. .

Minor shelfwear, front board slightly bowed, else fine. AYW-286. William Goldman. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. The 'Good Parts' Version Abridged by William Goldman. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. Reprint edition. Octavo. 414pp. Double-page illustrated map. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). A copy from his own personal holdings of his works, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Minor wear, lightly bumped to lower front corner, slight sunning and creasing to jacket, else fine. AYW-422. [First UK Edition w/ John Delorean TLS] William Goldman. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic tale of True Love and High Adventure. London: Macmillan, 1975. First British edition.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman  (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). A copy from his own personal holdings of his works, with official ink-stamp from his estate. Octavo. 308pp. Publisher's light grey cloth, stamped in red and black to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of £3.95net. With typed letter signed by John De Lorean to William Goldman laid-in. Also includes partial phone message with number from Norman Lear, dated 3/18/2011. .

A Fine copy. YLG-13. Robert B. Parker. The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited edition, No. 12 of 50 deluxe copies. Signed by Robert B. Parker. Octavo. 63pp. Publisher's quarter leather over marbled paper boards, endleaves in yellow, acetate dust wrapper, original cloth slipcase. .

Extremities faded, sunned to spine, end papers lightly soiled, pages toned, dust jacket lightly soiled with fold wear, chipped with areas of loss not affecting titles, few small punctures including one affecting "Pulp-" on spine. Very good. LMM-166. Harold Brainerd Hersey. Pulpwood Editor: The Fabulous World of the Thriller Magazines Revealed by a Veteran Editor and Publisher. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First edition.  Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry and dated 1970.  Octavo. 301pp, indexed. Publisher's green cloth over boards, stamped in gilt to spine, yellow end papers, original unclipped dust jacket showing list price of $3.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor wear; foxed to endleaves; jacket a bit foxed, creased, and chipped. Very good. LMM-370.  Penelope  Mortimer . The Pumpkin Eater. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. First edition. Pencil signed by author Larry McMurtry and dated 1968. Octavo. 222pp. Publisher's cloth, stamped in silver to spine, original dust jacket listing a retail price of $4.95.  From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .