Authors starting with P from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Milano: Edizioni del Milione, 1948. Hardcover 11.5" x 8.25". 41pp., plus plates. beige paper covered hardback boards, red cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Spine tips soiled and faded, else VG+ condition; the jacket is heavily worn and torn. This Italian language monograph on the noted sculptor includes many black & white illustrations of the artist's works. ... more information

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Coyoacan, Mexico: Casa de as Imagenes, 1996. Hardback 9.5" x 6.75". Red cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket with a tiny bit of wear to the spine tip. With black & white photographs of Mexico City by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. ... more information

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New York, etc.: Taschen, 1995. Hardcover 12.25" x 9.25". 318pp. Red cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Boards a bit bowed and binding slightly loose from being opened. Overall VG+ condition. The jacket has a very slight bit of edge and corner wear. ... more information

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Tacoma, Washington: [Privately published], 1951. Paperback 8.5" x 5.5". [39pp.] Stapled paperback. Mild edge wear, overall vg+ condition. With many black & white photo illustrations showing these decorative buttons in actual size. A useful book for collectors of vintage buttons. ... more information

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Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co., Limited, 1926. Hardcover 7.5" x 5". 318pp. Red hardback cloth, in the original dust wrapper. First Canadian Edition. This copy is an ex-library copy, with edge wear and use and the usual stamps and marks to the interior. The dust jacket is from the A. L. Burt edition, but it is particularly nice and bright. This bibliomystery is "a fine adventurous story set in the glamorous underworld. Not since the creation of Jimmie Dale has so picturesque a character... more information

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Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1884. Hardcover 7.5" x 4.75". 733pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and cover illustration. Very light rubbing, else very bright, near fine condition; far better than usual. With an engraved frontis portrait of Stanley. A classic account of adventure in Africa. ... more information

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New York: J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. Hardcover First edition 8.25" x 5.25". 448pp. Purple cloth with white lettering. Spine lettering a bit rubbed, some soiling to the endpapers, else nice VG+ condition. This biography of one of the better known Texas Rangers includes details on many Texas and Oklahoma outlaws. It was published by subscription. See Adams Six Guns #1669 and Basic Texas Books # 158: "This is the life of the most famous Texas Ranger of all time, the man of whom it... more information

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(Adelaide): Cooper and Son, 1987. Hardcover First edition 10.25" x 8". 122pp. Green cloth hardback with gilt lettering. Fine condition. With genealogical charts on the endpapers. A good history of the famed Australian brewery. With many photo illustrations. This copy signed by five Cooper family members on the half title page. ... more information

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Kansas City, MO: Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, 1941. Hardcover First edition 9" x 5.75". xi, 228pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, blindstamped border. With illustrations after photographs. A near fine copy with very little wear at corners and spine ends. ... more information

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Spokane, Washington: The Curtis Gallery, 1972. Hardcover First edition thus 11" x 8.25". 64pp. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine condition. Published in association with the Montana Historical Society. With informative text on western artists as well as illustrations from their work. With sections on Joe Beeler, Sheryl Bodily, John Clymer, Elmer Sprunger, Tom Ryan, Irvin Shope, Gary Schildt, and others. ... more information

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Sinai: St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai, 1985. Hardback 10.75" x 7.75". 234pp. Blue buckram, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the VG+ jacket has a light bit of edge wear. A study of the noted monastery. With text covering the monks, monastic life, the architecture of the monastery and local area, icons in the monastery, local peoples, etc. With numerous color and black & white illustrations. ... more information

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Baltimore: John Murphy & Company, 1894. Hardcover First edition 9" x 5.75". 409pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt spine lettering. Some light rubbing and general wear; overall VG+ condition. Tipped in to this copy on the verso of the frontispiece is a full page holograph letter from the author. With many illustrations from photographs, drawings, etc., plus a color fold out map at the rear of the book. See Howes P40, Smith 7852, Soliday III-77. "One of the best early works for the h... more information

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Mendocino: Diderot, 1994. Paperback 8.5" x 11". 49pp. Printed bracket bound paperback. One tiny closed tear on the first leaf, else fine condition. "Marina LaPalma’s chapbook, Persistence, is a collection of poems that asks for time, patience, and deep attention. In a techno-cultural world that does not value the messiness of human exis­tence and that does not encourage an idiosyncratic world, this chapbook is a potent antidote." ... more information

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New York: The McCall Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover First edition 12" x 8.75". 83pp. Hardback, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket is lightly rubbed and has one 3" closed tear. "A strategic new approach which should make a dramatic improvement in the scores of both inexperienced and highly skilled golfers." Palmer analyses the tactics and strategy of golfers A,B,and C through nine holes. With many color photographs and diagrams. ... more information

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Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. Hardback 9.25" x 6". 324pp. Black cloth with green lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket. A comprehensive survey of hawaii's 222 species of ferns. With detailed information and more than 100 line drawings. ... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Hardcover 7" x 5.25". 228pp. Illustrated hardcover. Spine tips are bumped with minor chipping, corners are lightly bumped, light soiling on the spine and rear panel with a .5" x 2" small stain on the bottom front panel that continues in smaller form onto the first few leaves. Joints have 1" cracks along the joint on the front panel. Spine edges are cracked, ownership bookplate on inside front cover, ownership signature on first leaf. F... more information

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(New York): Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., Medical Book Department of Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover 9.25" x 6". 553pp. Ownership signature, else a nearly fine copy in a lightly used dust jacket. A classic work, with chapters on anatomy, clinical physiology, diseases and injuries of the esophagus, allergies and drugs, and more. With many illustrations from drawings and black & white photographs. ... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. Hardback First American edition 9.5" x 6.25". 439pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and cover illustration. Spine a bit dull, lettering mildly rubbed, bookplate and ownership signature, else nice VG+ condition. A classic account of travel in Canada. With 219 illustrations and two folding maps. ... more information

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Fresno, CA: The Committee to Save the Kings River, 1987. Paperback 9" x 6". 124pp. Illustrated paperback. Light general soiling, ownership label on first leaf, else VG+ condition. Illustrated in black and white with photographs, maps and diagrams. ... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Hardcover 10" x 8". 31pp. Orange illustrated paper boards. Illustrated by C. W. Anderson. A good+ copy with external wear & soiling, notably at spine tips and corners; page margins and edges lightly browned; damage to front past down. A sound copy of this story of a bear who ventures away from the zoo and experiences the peculiarities of the outside world. ... more information

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