Authors starting with P from Helenenthal Books & Galleria

Naval Inst Pr, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good. Fascinating story of Admiral Sir George Cockburn (1773-1853), whose career started as a sailor and who later planned and executed the burning of Washington DC including the White House in 1814 and later took Napoleon to St. Helena and acted as his jailer until the former French emperor's death. Includes 34 illustrations and 10 maps. 288 pp, indexed, with bibliography and footnotes. Light marks at edge of text block; squared corners, tight binding, clear unmarked... more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Cloth. Good. Good. No Jacket Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Memories of the great composer, from his childhood through his illustrious career. Drawings and photographs of Paderewski, his family, his colleagues, and others. A statement in the front matter dated April 19, 1933 states this is the only authorized record of his life. 404 pp, indexed. Red cloth cover has substantial worn spots, binding still tight, text clean. ... more information

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John Day Co, NY, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Personal reflections of more than 70 men and women from history on war, temptation, art, learning, death, love, ambition, defeat, imprisonment, consecration, self-destruction, and redemption. Contributors are from antiquity, the middle ages, renaissance and modern world. Includes such authors as Marcus Aurelius, Peter Abelard, Martin Luther, Francis Bacon, Voltaire, Casanova, Talleyrand, George Sand, Freud, Jack London, Trotsky, Nehru and many more. 361 pp, ind... more information

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Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co, 1923. Hard Cover. Good. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The best poems of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Landor, Tennyson, the Brownings, Clough, Arnold, Rossetti, Morris, and Swinburne. 935 pp, with index of first lines. Binding a little loose. Some edge wear. Dark green cloth, with debossed decorative edge on front, stamped in gold. ... more information

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University of Chicago Press, 2003. First Trade Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Not Issued. Collection of essays discuss coevolving species, host-parasite relationships, malaria and the jungles of the Caribbean, mammals and lice, more. 350 p. indexed, with charts, diagrams, drawings, bibliography and end notes. Virtually new. ... more information

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Curtis Publishing Co, 1967. Pictorial Cover. Good. Good. No Jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall. Part of the Portraits of Greatness Series, this volume on the composer Beethoven. Some yellowing to cover. Somewhat outdated research, but gorgeously illustrated. 75 pp. ... more information

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Tormont, 1993. Hard Cover. Like New. Fine in Fine jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 275 pp, indexed and illustrated in full color. ... more information

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Florida State University Press, Tallahassee, FL, 1991. Book. New. Trade PB. A careful historical study, faultlessly documented and researched, on life in Florida between the southern dream and the southern boom. 162 pp, indexed and illustrated, with bibliography and list of primary source material, chapter notes, and tables. ... more information

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University of Alabama Press, 1989. Book. New. Trade PB. Detailed, meticulously researched history of Leon County, Gadsden and Jackson Counties to the west and Jefferson and Madison Counties to the east, an area of 150 miles. Includes chapters on Indians in the area (Seminoles, Miccosukee, Apalachee), early conquerors (DeSoto, Narvaez), Andrew Jackson, the Florida cotton kingdom, the railroad boom, and the Civil War. With appendices, notes, bibliography, index. 280 pp, illustrated with maps, photos and dra... more information

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Avon Books, 1992. Trade Paperback. Good. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The white man's conquest of the dark continent from 1976 to 1912. A lively history of tragedy and adventure, of villains and visionaries. 738 pp., indexed, with bibliography and chronology, illustrated with photographs, engravings, cartoons and maps. ... more information

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Cassell Publishing, 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Part of Cassell Publishing's "Styles in Art' series. Gorgeous collection of full-color prints of the furnishings, paintings, glassware, sculptures and other artistic endeavors during the reign of the splendid King of France, Louis XV. 156 pp., Translated from the Italian. by Henry Vidon. ... more information

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St. Martin, 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good. Very Good in Very Good jacket Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A lively, well-written study of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of their only son. 268 pp., indexed and illustrated. Small mark on bottom of text. ... more information

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Theodore Audel, 1978. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good. No dust jacket. Color laminate cover. 247 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Comprehensive guide to electrical work, including various buildings, different sorts of cables and wires, creating safe circuits and receptacles, wiring for heating, wiring mobile homes, and more. With helpful appendix of charts and illustrations/diagrams. ... more information

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Time-Life Books, 1980. Decorative Binding. Very Good. Very Good. No Jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Lavishly illustrated and indexed. 208 pp. Part of Time-Life's "Foods of the World" series. ... more information

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Macy-Masius Publishers, 1926. Decorative Cloth. Good. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book about a character, Little Benny, who originally appeared in the newspaper in the 1920s. Foreword by Don Herold. Was once owned by Camp Winnecunnet. 192 pp., bound in gingham with original paper labels. Binding is a little loose but text is intact and clean. ... more information

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Mallinckrodt, 1966. Slipcase. Very Good. Very Good 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Fascinating reprint of the original document from 1681, in facsimile form, 54 pp. ... more information

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Book Club Associates, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good. Very Good in Good jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Comprehensive guide to astrology including "Astrology in the Life of Man" from Stonehenge to the Apollo 13 moon mission, "Celestial Mechanics and Influences, " a guide to the astronomy behind astrology, "Interpretations: The Birth Chart Revealed, " a who's who of astrology, to a compleat guide to casting and interpreting birth charts. 255 pp. Fully illustrated, ... more information

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Harper & Brothers, 1901. Cloth. Good. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Bound in green and gold; hinge cracked. Book otherwise intact. Illustrated. ... more information

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1962. Hard Cover. Very Good. Very Good in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Autobiography of a career criminal as told to Parker through taped interviews. Allerton spent more than 12 of his 33 years in prison, having 9 convictions for a variety of feloneous crimes, yet has managed to become well-read, and articulate. The result is an intelligent, sometimes humorous, always extraordinary look inside the criminal mind. 181 pp. includes a glossary of u... more information

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Three Sirens Press, 1932. No Jacket. Half-Leather. Very Good/2006-03-23. Very Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 207 pp, indexed, pages have deckled edges. ... more information

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