Search Results: Authors starting with P from Black Paw Books

London: James Burns / Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Hard-to-find work on the restoration and construction of churches by noted English clergyman, author, and supporter of the Oxford Movement, Francis Edward Paget. Paget aruges against building churches using the "cheap and nasty" method. Third Edition. 12mo (6 3/4" tall), xx. 151 pp. Faded red cloth binding. Armorial bookplate of the Hon. John J. Carnegie on front pastedown; previous owner's name printed on ffep. Corners gently bumped.

Amar Chitra Katha, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Two hardcover books in the series: Amar Chitra Katha 5 in 1. English language works. Lavishly illustrated in color. 8vo. Decorative paper-covered boards. From private collection. Handsome copies. No dust jackets, as issued.

London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. First published in 1794, this work is a defense of the Christian faith and an argument for the truth of the Bible. Paley begin by outlining the various arguments for the existence of God, including the design argument and the moral argument. He then discusses the historical evidence for the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, including the reliability of the Gospels and the testimony of eyewitnesses. Octavo (23 cm tall). 406 pp. Brown cloth. From private collection. Binding is a little faded and starting to fray along crown of spine. Diocese bookplate on front pastedown; previous owner's name printed on ffep. Several pages show penciled lines in margins.

University of York, 1990. Softcover. Octavo, 31 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of local historian. Booklet remains clean and unmarked (no underlining or notes). Wraps show no noticeable shelf wear.

Galloway & Porter, ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Biography of noted Cambridgeshire clergyman and antiquarian. Octavo, 178 pp. Blue cloth with title gilt stamped on spine and front board. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Prev. owner's name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked (no underlining or notes); binding, tight. No dust jacket, if issued.

Asia Publishing House, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From private collection. Previous owner's name on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. In clean dust jacket. Scarce.

Mittal Publications, 1986. Hardcover. Good+. Octavo, 117 pp. Red cloth binding. Cloth shows some splotching along spine and edges and fabric is splitting along back joint. Prev. owner's name on title page. Some pages show red pencil lines in margins and we note a single correction in colored pencil to a misspelled word. All said, a solid reading and reference copy of an uncommon work.

Associated Pub. House, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book examines the emergence of the East India Company as the de facto paramount authority in North India during the first half of the nineteenth century. From private collection. Previous owner's name printed on ffep. Book's subtitle written in pen (beneath title) on front panel of dust jacket.

Milano: Tipografia Pietro Agnelli, 1895. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated bound volume with subject and author index. Scarce. Octavo (9" tall). 464 pp. Black & white text illustrations as well as black & white and color plates. Quarter-bound in leather with blue and black marbled paper boards. From private collection. Leather is heavily scuffed and worn; pages' margins, agetoned. Text is clean and unmarked, and remains firmly bound.

Το Ποντίκι (Εφημερίδα), 1993. Softcover. Very Good. While we do not speak Greek, this book appears to explore the murder of American journalist George Polk, who was killed in Thessaloniki in 1948 while investigating the political situation in Greece during the Greek Civil War. Greek language work. Title and other information translated using Google. Please refer to images for original Greek. Octavo (24 cm tall), 113 pp with [60] pages photos. In wraps. From private collection. Small split to binding along crown of spine. Black "x" in ink on bottom edge of book block.

Micah Publishing, 1998. Softcover. Good+. Inscribed by author to previous owner. Octavo, 127 pages. In wraps. Small faint stain to for-edge of book block (minor point). Sticker scuff on upper wrap.

Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book deals with the thought of William Harrison, a well-known Elizabethan intellectual, whose ideas are significant chiefly because they are often representative of the thoroughgoing Protestantism which adapted continental reformed ideas to the circumstances of Tudor England." Octavo, 348 pp. Black cloth. From private collection of Boston historian Frederick A. Hagar. Bookplate on front pastedown, else Fine. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. In clean dust jacket.

Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Poetry Speaks features the work of the most influential writers in modern poetry-written and performed-from 1892 to 1997. This book combines their most significant poems in print with the authors themselves reading their poetry on audio CD. Poets range from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, T.S. Eliot and Dorothy Parker to Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath and Gwendolyn Brooks." Quarto, 352 pp. Black paper-covered boards. Includes 3 Audio CDs. Handsome copy. Dust jacket shows a little rubbing; sleeve containing CDs is a little rubbed and creased.

Oxford University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. The Pastons of Norfolk left behind them an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England in the earliest great collection of family letters in English. The letters span three generations and most were written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III, in a period of political turmoil, local anarchy, and war abroad and at home. They reveal personal hopes and anxieties, and contain as well as business matters a wealth of information on leisure pursuits, education, and domestic life. " 6" tall. 288 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. In clean dust jacket.

Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good+. Volume in the official history of the Medical Department of the US Army in World War II. Octavo (26 cm), xix, 506 pp. Maroon cloth binding. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy.

1979: Hendon Office Serivces. Softcover. Very Good. Special issue edited by historian of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society looks at the series through 1979. Octavo, 39 pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Clean and unmarked.

University of York, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo, 53 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete three-volume set consists of a collection of documents, letters, and papers that were assembled by the first Earl of Egmont, George Grenville (1712-1770). The collection covers a wide range of subjects, including 18th century politics, economics, and social history. Three-volume set in custom binding. Quarto (25.5 cm tall). Rebound in red cloth with paper labels on spines. Previous owner's bookplate inside books. Minor soiling to edges of book block. Some underlining in pencil erased from first volume.

Ediciones Universal, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Spanish language work Octavo, 118 pages. In wraps. From a private collection.

Rizzoli, 1999. Softcover. Italian language book. Folio, unpaginated. In wraps. Pages remain clean and bright; spine, uncreased. "L'avventura dell'alfiere del rock nostrano: autore di canzoni che hanno segnato la storia della musica leggera italiana, cantante, attore, regista, conduttore televisivo "di rottura". Tutto questo, e non solo, in un libro di grande formato e corredato di un gran numero di fotografie riguardanti i momenti piu importanti della sua carriera e della sua vita privata. Il volume e introdotto da Dario Fo.