Search Results: Authors starting with P from West of Eden Books

New York, Berkley, 2012, trade paperback, 232 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to top corner, in pictorial card covers. The author of 'Pug Hill', 'City Dog', and 'A Pug's Tale' makes her nonfiction debut with a collection of essays detailing the life of a young New Yorker and her dog.

Sutton UK, Chess Ltd, circa 1974, hardcover, 315 pp, no previous printings noted, Very Good in Poor dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, rubs, edge chips, surface loss to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. Based on Pachman's original German work (1967) this book covers the main lines of the Nizmo-Indian, the Queen's Indian, the King's Indian, the Gruenfeld, and the Benoni. Profusely illustrated throughout with visual examples.

Washington DC, New Republic Books, 1979, hardcover, 151 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good+ in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge nicks, small edge chips, short closed edge tears, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. In 'Telling Lives' seven of the most honored biographers of our time examine the joys, limitations, and challenges of defining a life. Contributors include; Leon Edel, Justin Kaplan, Alfred Kazin, Doris Kearns, Theodore Rosengarten, Barbara Tuchman and Geoffrey Wolff.

Don Mills ON, Harlequin Mira, 2014, trade paperback, 269 pp, Advance Reading Copy (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A man faces his personal guilt and grief on a trip to India after narrowly avoiding the 9/11 disaster and losing his entire family in the 2004 tsunami.

Indianapolis IN, Bobbs-Merrill, 1979, hardcover, first edition, first printing stated, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight touches to spin ends. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge nicks, small scratch to front panel, one very short closed edge tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The first Robin Dana novel from the well-known writer and naturalist.

Provo UT, New World Archaeological Foundation/Brigham Young University, 1980, trade paperback, xii-119 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Very Good+ in plain gray card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. An overview and compilation of the findings related to this ancient site and environs on the Pacific coast of the state of Chiapas, Mexico from the first reconnaissance in 1948 until the date of publication. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photos, sketches, maps, plan views, and statistical tables. Appended list of References.

New York, Military Heritage Press, 1988, hardcover, 199 pp, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, small mark to text block fore edge. Dustjacket, light edge and corner nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The U.S. intelligence associate and author of The CIA at Work presents the astonishing, true story of the German military intelligence organization led by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris that secretly and deliberately contributed to the downfall of Nazi Germany and carried out at least three attempts on the Fuhrer's life. Illustrated with 8 pages of black-7-white plates. Appended: Bibliography, Index.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner wear, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board and interior front hinge, page edges and endpapers age-toned, tidy original owner's name to front pastedown, in clear, glassine dustwrapper. A collection of turn of the century sports stories featuring the teams and students of Yale University. Illustrated with drawings on 4 black-&-white plates.

American Fork UT, Covenant Communications, 2012, trade paperback, 224 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the author on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in embossed card covers. Just weeks before her dream wedding a young woman finds her near-perfect life thrown into turmoil and receives unexpected support from her kind yet mysterious neighbor.

Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1978, hardcover, vii-134 pp, first edition stated, first printing, Near Fine in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge nicks, rubs, large closed tears to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The inspiring true story of a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, confined to a wheelchair, yet more active in his field than many who enjoy the full use of all their limbs. Illustrated with 8 pages of black-&-white photographs.

New York NY, James Pott & Company, 1901, hardcovers, xxiv-314, xv-364, xvii-366 pp, first American edition, first printing, Good condition, no dustjackets. Straight tight and firmly bound, front and rear hinges on vols 1 and 2 just starting but very strong. a few random spots to boards and spine with a bit of disturbance to embossed gilt spine titles, gilt fleur-de-lis symbols to front boards, top edges gilt. Tissue-protected frontisportraits of; Francis 1, King of France, The Chevalier Bayard, and Diana of Poitiers. Each volume contains a Preface by Adolphe Cohn. An elegant set despite its few minor flaws.

Sussex UK, The Book Guild, 1993, hardcover, 400 pp, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge and corner nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A well-documented account of the series of events begun in 1941 with the Battle of Crete, the capture of Samos and Leros, and the debacle of September, 1943 when the American forces failed to capture the island of Rhodes and secure a route to Turkey, which would have brought Turkey into the war and forced Hitler to defend a 3,000 mile front from Finland to Istanbul. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and documents significant to the author, 48 black-&-white plates, and six maps. Appendices, Index.

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018, hardcover, 353 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on a publishers bookplate on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bumps to bottom corners, in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The bestselling author of The Room of White Fire and more than twenty other books returns with a story of international intrigue as a private investigator teams up with an FBI agent to find the mysterious killer of CIA drone operators who has been leaving cryptic clues at every crime scene.

Prospect Heights IL, Waveland Press, 1994, trade paperback, xiv-113 pp, second edition, first printing by numberline, Very Good condition in pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps, light rubs, bump to spine. A look at the economic development of the Giriama of Kenya where traditional customs are sometimes at odds with the needs and desires of the individual, enterprising farmers. Illustrated with tables, reproductions of black-&-white photographs and a map. Appended bibliography.

New York, Greenwillow Books, 2020, hardcover, 336 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, new, pictorial dustjacket. The bestselling author of A Wolf Called Wander returns with a first-person account of two young whales who become separated from the pod and must survive the deadly challenges of the ocean to find their way home. Profusely illustrated throughout with drawings by Lindsay Moore.

Don Mills ON, Ontario Publishing, 1973, hardcover, ix-77 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed and dated without inscription by the Author on the front endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight tight and clean, errata slip affixed to title page and errors corrected in the poet's hand in text. Dustjacket, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The ninth book of poetry, mostly reflections on his island home, from the Newfoundland-born lawyer and Master of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Jacket illustration and frontispiece by Reginald Shepherd.

London UK, Robert Hale, 1986, hardcover, 188 pp, first UK edition, first printing, Very Good in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription on front endpaper, light bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket, light edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. A portrait of this compact area of the Midlands, a product of coal and the Industrial Revolution. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-&-white plates and a small map. Bibliography and alphabetized index appended.

New York NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986, hardcover, 216 pp, first edition stated, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, neatly highlighted and underlined throughout, light spine end bumps. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A guidebook to keeping your horse free from the effects of physical and psychological stress in order to promote better health and longer life. Illustrated throughout with tables and anatomical drawings by Susan E. Harris.

Toronto, B. Mitchell/Omega Books U.K., 1984, hardcover, 288 pp, Very Good in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear in bright, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The painter, author of several books on Surrealist and modern French painting, and Director of the Institute of Aesthetics and Art at the Sorbonne in Paris presents a comprehensive survey of the creators of Surrealistic art, placing them in historical context and providing a biographical dictionary of both major and less well known Surrealist artists and their precursors. Profusely illustrated throughout with 415 illustrations, 164 in color. Appended: Glossary of Terms and Techniques, Groups, Reviews, Exhibitions, Notes, Bibliography, List of Illustrations, Index.

Raleigh NC, Month 9 Books, 2017, trade paperback, 306 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Signed by the Author on the dedication page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright, pictorial card covers. In this first book in the Joining of Souls series an Irish royal empath beginning the search for his elusive soulmate in order to cement his family's political standing is drawn to an Indian-American high school student against the wishes of both families. Signed bookmark and promotional card also included.