Titles starting with P from Black River Books

Omaha, NE: Shustah Inc., 1974. Blue wraps with white lettering have very light soiling and slight edgewear. Top front corner tip of front wrap and bottom front corner tip of rear wrap are turned. Next to last page has a 1/2" tear on the front edge and a fold from that down to the bottom edge. Otherwise, book appears unread.. Presumed First. Soft Cover. Good +/No Jacket. ... more information

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New York: Watson Guptill, 1968. Green cloth-covered boards are lightly soiledfaded on spine and about 2" along top front edge. Boards are worn through cloth and frayed at bottom spine edge and at a couple of the front corner tips. Back board has an edge chip with fraying. Cloth has a tiny split in the top rear gutter. Author information from jacket flap is pasted to inside of front board. Owner's name and 1969 date on top corner of ffep. Binding is cracked between frontispiece and title page,... more information

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North Light Books. Softcover. ... more information

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Caldwell, Id: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. , 1938. Library copy with typical library markings. Green cloth boards with black pine trees on front board and green library quarter binding and corner reinforcement. Bottom edge of boards except for where library cloth has reinforced them, is worn through the cloth. Front board has a couple of white splotches about 1" to Pocket has been removed from front paste down. Tiny address label on ffep. Binding repair of front and back hinges. Interior is unmar... more information

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Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987. #222 of a limited edition of one thousand copies published by the Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited. Signed by the author, the illustrator and the president of the N.S.F.L. Maroon full leather boards with gilt border and insignia of the N.S.F.L. on front board and gilt lettering and animal decorations on spine edge. Attached ribbon marker. No flaws to report on book. Rose colored slipcase has some fading in sections but is otherwise without wear.... more information

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Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1992. Jacket has only slight rubbing which is not visable in its fresh mylar cover. Only flaws to report on book are a smaller-than-pin-head size black speck on front page edges and a tiny thread, 1/2" long, of glue residue, probably from publisher, on lower edge of spine. Binding is as tight as if book were unread. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. ... more information

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Roberts Brothers. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1974. "In a stunning synthesis of art and science, Peter Stevens explores the universal patterns in which nature expresses herself. He provides a fresh way of viewing and understanding the physical world." Lavishly illustrated in black and white. Former library copy with typical markings. Tiny address label from former owner on ffep. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. ... more information

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Amsterdam: V+K Publishing, 2001. "'Where can I find the paradise of my dreams' wondered Paul Gauguin, a French artist...In the book you can read all about Paul's search for paradise, and his paintings. You can get busy yourself too, with drawing and painting projects." Great art/education/instruction book. CONDITION: Beautiful colorful pictorial boards are clean and bright and show no edgewear. Only flaws to report are a slight bumping to heel of spine and another very slight bump ... more information

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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1953. Jacket is clean and bright with a small tear at bottom front spine edge corner, a couple of horizontal creases at bottom edge of front panel. Cream-colored back panel with photo of Graham in clerical robe, is very lightly soiled. Jacket is sealed in a Brodart cover with black tape at bottom and top edges that fixes it to the boards, in the mode of a library cover, but there are no library markings whatsoever. Signed by Billy Graham on free front end paper. Also signed... more information

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Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, 1918. Blue paper covered boards with color drawings, (orange, gold, green, blue, black and red) of elves jumping mushrooms on the front board, and of elves running away from a castle in the moonlight on the back board. There is no soiling to the boards and the colors in the drawings are very bright and clear. Paper is worn and chipped at top and bottom and front spine edges with a 1 1/2" X 1/4 " piece chipped away on the spine edge. Bottom edge of rear board is w... more information

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St. Louis, MO: Van Hoffmann, 1924. Red cloth-covered boards are clean with some fading at spine edge, with very clear lettering on spine. Top and bottom spine edges have a little wear as do front corners. Binding is split between two front end papers with gauze showing, but pages are not loose. Beginning of split ( 2") between back board and free end paper. Frontispiece of author and tissue are intact. Property hospital stamp on ffep as well as previous owner's name Text is very clean through... more information

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Holland, MI: Self Published, 1997. "For almost twenty years Marion(Mert) de Velder's weekly "Person to Person" column has been a Holland (Michigan) Sentinel mist read." "Do not try to climb a fence leaning toward you or kiss a girl leaning away from you." CONDITION: Stiff white paper wraps are clean without rubbing. Only visable flaw is a tiny, pin head size red dot near bottom edge of front wrap. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout. Book appears unread.. So... more information

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Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1929. Green cloth covered boards, with stamped in design on front board, are clean with only a little edgewear at top and bottom spine edges and front corners. Gilt lettering on front still has some shine but is faded, although still clear, on spine edge. Review by Moody Monthly glued to inside of front board. Ffep has a couple of tiny tears at top edge and title page has a 3/8" tear at top edge. Copyright page and dedication page are smudged . Bottom 1/3 of ... more information

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Self Published, 1905. Orange cloth covered boards are soiled with spine edge faded. Gilt lettering on front board still has some shine as does gilt on top page edges. Lettering on spine is faded but still clear. Top and bottom spine edges and front corners show wear. Binding is beginning to crack between boards and free end papers, but no pages are loose. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan, 1928. Maroon blind-stamped cloth boards (young boy and girl in gym uniforms) are very clean and show very minimal wear at bottom spine edge. Physical education department checkout sticker, unused, glued to inside of front board. Only indication that book was a library copy. Forward page stamped with school seal. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. ... more information

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New York: New York Times, 1922. Red cloth-covered boards have some soiling to a couple inches of the top and bottom edges, front board has a couple of 1/4" pen marks and a tiny lightened spot. Back board has a couple of small lightened spots. Bottom spine edge is worn with a little fraying, top spine edge and front corners are lightly edgeworn. Interior is unmarked, but has tobacco smell. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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Allegan Forest, MI: Priscilla Press, 1990. Some edgewear and minor rubbing, a smaller-than-eraser-size dent on front cover, and a "Z" shaped line dent just underneath that toward top front corner. Book is tight and clean throughout. Book is inscribed twice: first on the front end paper with "Good Reading, Larry B. Massie," and then the dedication page, "To F-----, a good friend of the family who should have been committed long ago. Larry" . Inscribed By Author. First Edition... more information

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Alden & Beardsley, 1856. Original leather binding shows edgewear, and spine edge is worn with small pieces missing from top and bottom edges. Gilt stamped in figure of pilgrim and decorative corner design on front and back boards still have a lot of shine, as does gilt on page edges. Gilt of figure of pilgrim and lettering still shines through the wear on the spine edge. Foxing, especially to paste downs, free endpapers, frontispieces and title page and also by other plates. Owner's information ... more information

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New York: Teachers College Press, 1932. "Source Material Number 59 Teachers' Lesson Unit Series" CONDITION: Stapled pamphlet is quite clean with light wear along spine edge and a 1/4" tear at bottom spine edge. Front wrap has a few tiny edge tears. Previous owner's name and date (1933) in ink on top front corner of front wrap. Light soiling on back wrap.. Soft Cover. Pamphlet. ... more information

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