Titles starting with P from Gene Sperry Books

Author?., Three Rivers Press, 1997, c1997, illus. soft cover, vg-fine, 386 pp with symptoms index, tall 8vo, "The Complete Home Reference to Over 350 Medical Problems and Procedures ... more information

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Henry, Edward F., pub. by the author, c1992, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), near fine, 160 pp, B&W cartoon illus. by the author, 8vo, ISBN: 0806244208, nicely inscribed, SIGNED & dated by the author with author material laid in, 'The incredible down-to-earth experiences of a U.S. Army soldier just before and during the Korean War' ... more information

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Astor, Gerald., Prentice Hall Press, 1991, c1991, 1st Edition, red cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 359 pp with source notes, bibliography & index, B&W/Color photographic illus., 4to, "This eloquent, lavishly illustrated tribute to the sport captures all... ... more information

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Donovan, Robert J., McGraw-Hill Book Co., c1961, book club edition, boards (hard cover), map endpapers, vg with vg- dj (minor tears, very small pieces missing), 221 pp, B&W photographic illus., 8vo, 'In the early morning of August 2, 1943, in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri rammed and sank an American PT boat, leaving its crew for dead' ... more information

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Staff of the Asahi Shimbun., foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer., pub. by Weatherhill/Asahi, 1972, c1972, 1st Edition, blue cloth (hard cover), vg-fine with vg++ dj, 431 pp with chronology & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "A Japanese View of Japanese-American Relations ... more information

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Katz, Morris with Larry Smith., Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1985, c1985, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very good plus, 127 pp with index, full color illus. by Morris Katz, B&W photographic illus., 8vo, ISBN: 0806979828, 'Blues and greens 'schmeered' with your palette knife and lightened by use of your toilet paper wad will make a good background', nicely inscribed, SIGNED & dated 1985 by author/artist Morris Katz, quite scarce signed, get it BEFORE he dies!... more information

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Weaver, Diane M., Sterling Pub., 1995, c1995, 1st Edition, glossy illus. boards (hard cover), vg-fine, 160 pp with glossary & index, B&W/Color photographic & other illus., 4to, "Simple Techniques for Fresh New Looks ... more information

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Gordon, Fran., St. Martin's Press, 1999, c1999, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 213 pp, B&W frontis, 8vo, ISBN: 0312203527, inscribed, SIGNED & dated by the author, "Author's debut novel; about the ways we read a woman's body; in this case, a woman whose skin is spiraled by mast-cell leukemia; hauntingly beautiful, and utterly original novel". "Eerie, brilliant, profound novel about life and death and what it means to exist in a body in this world ... more information

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Parker, Robert B., Delacorte Press, 1987, c1987, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), very light soil o/w vg+ with vg+ dj, 256 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0385295383, "A reporter who was prying into the cocaine trade in the central Massachusetts town of Wheaton has been murdered ... more information

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Siembieda, Kevin., Palladium Books Inc., 1994, c1983, 12th printing, illus. soft cover, rear cover crease o/w vg, 274 pp with index, B&W illus., small 4to, "...fantasy extravanganza containing 20 character classes, 290 magic spells, 60 wards, 50 magic circles... ... more information

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Vonnegut, Kurt., Delacorte Press, 1981, c1981, 3rd printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), bookplate on fpdep o/w vg with dj (minor edge tears), 330 pp, 8vo, "An Autobiographical Collage ... more information

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Moncreiff, Robert P., pub. by Palmer & Dodge, nd, c1995, blue cloth with gilt titles & color pastedown (hard cover), fine (no dj, as issued), 136 pp with notes & people, 8vo, related note & invitation laid in, "His purpose was to write an accurate and honest history of the firm... ... more information

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McGuane, Thomas., Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1978, c1978, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with vg dj (one minor tear), 175 pp, 8vo, 'McGuane's fourth novel is less a book about life in the fast lane than it is about life on the cloverleaf, a life of endless exits; where extreme fame turns out to be the most drastic distorting mirror of all' ... more information

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Erickson, John R. w/foreword by Larry McMurtry., University Of Nebraska Press, nd, c1980, 1st Edition (Review Copy), blue cloth (hard cover), very slightly cocked o/w vg w/very slightly chipped dj, 213 pp, B&W photographic illus. by Bill Ellzey, 8vo, "...wild cattle, outlaw horses, good cowboys, roundups, storms, stampedes, wrecks, broken legs... ... more information

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Domalain, Jean-Ives., trans. by Len Ortzen., William Morrow & Co., 1973, c1972, 2nd U.S. printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 225 pp, B&W photographic & map illus., 8vo, ISBN: 0688000282, "The amazing experiences of a young French scientist among the headhunters of Borneo ... more information

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Johnson, Osa., Random House, c1941, 1st Edition, color illus. boards & cloth (hard cover), illus. eps, corner & edgewear, one very small rubbed spot on cover, name on title page o/w vg (no dj), 56 pp, color illus. by Arthur August Jansson, 4to, "A true story for children from the author's own observations of life in the jungle ... more information

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Laury, Jean Ray & Joyce Aiken., Taplinger Pub. Co., 1978, c1978, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg with chipped dj (minor tears), 159 pp, B&W/Color photographic illus., small 4to, "Shows you how to make a wealth of handsome practical items for both personal or gift use... ... more information

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Wills, Garry., Doubleday, 2000, c2000, 7th printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg++ with vg++ dj, 326 pp with index, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0385494106, "The refusal of the authorities of the church to be honest about its teachings... ... more information

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Wills, Garry., Doubleday 'Image Books', 2001, c2000, 1st trade pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), some pencil & ink markings in text o/w vg, 326 pp with index, 8vo, ISBN: 0385494114, 'The refusal of the authorities of the church to be honest about its teachings; Wills traces the rise of the papacy's stubborn resistance to the truth' ... more information

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Wickersham, Joan., Viking, 1993, c1993, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w fine with fine dj, 212 pp, 8vo, "Jack and Maisie are bright, newly married, and miserable...", author's 1st book ... more information

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