Titles starting with P from Ravenroost Books

New York and Cleveland: The MacMillan Co., 1927. sm 8vo. vii.64 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, green cloth, slight darkening of cloth at spine, internally clean and unmarked. Contains: The Gipsy Girl, A Song, Time, You Old Gipsy Man, Ghoul Care, Eve, The Song of Honour, The Mystery, Stupidity Street, The Bells of Heaven, The Journeyman, The Bull, Playmates, The House Across the Way, The Beggar, Babylon, The Moor, February, The Late Last Rook, The Birdcatcher, The Royal Mails, The Swallow, A Wood Song, ... more information

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New York: Gramercy Publishing Co., 1968. 8vo. 132 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Very Good jacket. Book is clean and unmarked, with very light edgewear to jacket. Contents: seeing a picture, imagination and composition, perspective and shadow, your materials, painting in water color, opaque and texture painting, painting in oils, pastels, charcoal, pencil, ink and scratchboard, masters of the past, modern art, index. #2148. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Painting, Oils, P... more information

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Chicago and New York: Scott, Foresman & Co. [The Lake English Classics], 1898. 173pgs. Very Good condition blue cloth hardcover. Very faint rubbing to spine edges and corners, slight darkening of cloth to spine. Scant remnant of a previous owner's bookplate (art deco style?) on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: Preface; Introduction: Chaucer, Dryden, The Story of Palamon and Arcite, Dryden's Style, Dryden's Estimat of Chaucer, Suggestions to Teachers, Bibliography; Text [with footnotes... more information

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London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1901. 12mo. 120 pgs. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Light wear to spine edges, light foxing to rear endpapers else clean, sound, unmarked. #1129. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Drama, Tragedy, Stephen Phillips, Play, John Lane, Bodley Head, St. James Theatre, Rimini. ... more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. 8vo. 223 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Clean and unmarked with just a faint trace of edge wear. Purple boards and spine, gold lettering, pale lavender endpapers. Dust jacket is clean and crisp. Spenser is hired to investigate the brutal slaying of the wife of a Boston aristcrat. ISBN 0399138188. #145.. ISBN: 0399138188. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spenser, first edition, Robert Parker, fiction,... more information

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Ohio: Economy Book League., 1933. 8vo. 267 pgs. Very Good condition. Stiff textured navy leatherette cover with gold lettering. Light edge wear, shallow creasing to spine. Small print. #484.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. fiction, mystery, Detective Fiction, detectives, Scotland Yard, William Ward, the Passenger from Scotland Yard, Sherlock Holmes, British, England, London, Murder, Investigation, Murderer, Detection. ... more information

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London: Burns & Oates, Ltd. , 1900. 12 mo. 132 pgs. Very Good condition hardbound. Green cloth. Very slight corner wear, light foxing to endpapers. Few unobtrusive pencilled notaions, else very clean and solid throughout. As translated from the German in 1881, "with the addition of the Choruses in Rhyme and Rhythm, in accordance with the Original, as sung in 1890". #263.. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Passion Play, Ober-Ammergau, fiction, literature, plays, drama, passion plays, Allegory, Go... more information

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Boston: Cupples, Upham & Company, 1887. 20pgs. Very Good condition. Vintage staple bound pamphlet. Light general age-toning to paper. Name of prior owner (F.(?) I. Knight) on a small stamp on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch was a prominent Boston physician and abolitionist, Harvard Professor, Secretary and President of the American Medical Association, founder and first chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Health. He was also a member of Boston Anti-Man-Hunting L... more information

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New York: Hearthside Press, Inc., 1972. 8vo. 190 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Very Good jacket, price not clipped, contents clean and unmarked. Not a library copy. Yellow boards with light general shelf wear, shallow bend to rear board, light foxing to endpapers. Jacket with price intact, light edgewear, light foxing and age toning along edges and rear panel, now in removable protective archival cover. Contents: Introduction, Crocheting with Pearls and Beads, Cross-Weaving Patterns, Boutique Jewelr... more information

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Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service. 63 pgs. Publication place and date not stated. Very Good condition softcover, pamphlet bound (staples). Slight rubbing to paper along spine and bottom edge of rear cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: The colony and its organization, Making a start, Package bees, Spring Management of bees, Requeening, Swarm control, Fall management of bees, honey production, Individual management practices, Laying workers, Robbing by bees, Making Increase, Bees for polli... more information

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Willowdale, ON, Canada: Firefly Books, Limited, 2002. 4to. 478 pgs. Near Fine condition glossy hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Shallow bump at bottom corner of spine, else Fine. Clean and unmarked. (Formerly published in England as a two volume set in 1991 as: Early Perennials, and Late Perennials.) Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. Contents: Introduction, Spring (entries include Helleborus, Epimedium, Euphorbia, Viola, Pulmonaria, Uvularia), Early Summer (entries include Aquileg... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. 8vo. 291 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. Featuring Sunny, Parker's new female protagonist, investigates murder in Spenser's home turf-Boston. ISBN 0399146687. #1208.. ISBN: 0399146687. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spenser, Robert Parker, Sunny, Mystery, Fiction, Perish Twice, First Edition. ... more information

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New York: William Morrow & Co., 1951. 12mo. 241 pgs. Good hardcover in good jacket with original price intact. Modest ex-lib in very acceptable dust jacket. Wear at spine edges and corners, no pockets. Stamped front endpaper has 2 inch tear. Only other marks are small acquisition numbers on front and rear endpapers. Dustjacket has 1 inch tear inner front flap edge, not price-clipped. Faint water mark at top of spine visible from inside dust jacket. Some black residue from original protective library cover ... more information

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Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2004. xvi. 370 pgs. Fine hardcover, no jacket as issued by publisher. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with photos, drawings, charts, tables and micrographs. Chapters: 1. The Relevance of Orchid Physiology to Industry, 2. A Brief Introduction to Orchid Morphology and Nomenclature, 3. Photosynthesis, 4. Respiration, 5. Mineral Nutrition, 6. Control of Flowering, 7. Partitioning of Assimilates, 8. Flower Senescence and Postharvest Physiolo... more information

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Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1998. xiv.272 pgs. Near Fine condition softcover, clean and unmarked, very shallow bump to back upper corner of cover near spine. Contents: Introduction, Acknowledgments, A Case for Communication Skills, Accident Reports and Communications Failures, Breaking the Communication Barriers, Airspace Classifications: A Summary, Multicom Airport Radio Communications, Unicom Airport Radio Communications, Flight Service Stations and Radio Communications, Automatic Term... more information

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New York: Ronald Press Co., 1964. 8vo. vii. 361 pgs.Very Good+ condition.v Blue cloth hardbound, no jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked with exception of owner name on front pastedown and several tiny check marks in table of contents. Sections include: symptomology-changes in appearance, physiological changes and host-plant metabolic changes; methods of transmission; assay methods; composition of virus particles; morphology of viruses;; inactivation; multiplication; movement; genetic variability; classification;... more information

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Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2004. 254 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Illustrated with color photos throughout. A description of the historical development and current techniques for planting on roofs and walls. Apart from inherent beauty, roof greening reaps the environmental benefits of reducing pollution and run-off, insulating against heat and cold and reducing maintenance needs. Both large sacale and small domestic examples are explored, introducing the practical techniques required inc... more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company [Morrow Junior Books], 1978. 8vo. 95 pgs. Good Condition hardcover in Good to Very Good Jacket. Library discard with the usual markings, pockets, glue residue, etc. Binding is very sound and textual contents are clean and unmarked. Directions for growing plants from the roots, stems, leaves or seeds of common vegetables and house plants. Simple gardening experiments are used to demonstrate fundamental principles of plant growth and development. Nicely illustrated throug... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY. 1895. (c.1884). Press of Bewick & Smith, Boston., 1929. 12mo. 698 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover. Green cloth with some shallow bumps and corner rubs. Spine edges rubbed. Clean and sound. Contents: The Silver Box, Joy, Strife, The Eldest Son, Justice, The Little Dream, The Pigeon, The Fugitive, The Mob, A Bit o'Love, The Foundations, The Skin Game, A Family Man, Loyalties, Windows, The Forest, Old English, The Show, Escape, The First and the Last, The Little Man, Hal... more information

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New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1905. 12 mo. 377 pgs. Very Good condition in navy cloth with some light wear to spine edges and corners.Paper title piece with a few tiny chips. Some shallow bubbling to cloth on back board. Text clean and unmarked, some pages unopened. Includes: You Never Can Tell, Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny. #401.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. fiction, literature, drama, Plays, Bernard Shaw, Theatre, You Never Can Tell, Arms and the Man, Candida... more information

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