Search Results: Authors starting with P from edburynbooks

Moscow: Sovetskaya Russya, 1980. Hardcover in black color illus (Russian minstrel) boards.. Good ex-library else unmarked, edgewear. cornerwear; contents Very Good.. Russian-language book telling the story of Sadko, thre minstrel who catches the golden fish and sings for his freedom from the Sea-King. With numerous single- and double-page, brilliantly romantic color illustrations. Nice clean tight copy of rare book. 6-/2 x 8-3/4, 79 pp, color illus.

Bombay: India Book House (IBH Education Trust), (no date, ca 1970s). Comic-book format, saddle-stapled.. Near Fine unmarked.. All-color comic-strip illustrated tale narrates the story of Prince Siddartha who became Gautama the Buddha as the most noteworthy Hindu ever. English version. Nice bright clean copy of rare item. 7 x 9-1/2, 32 pp, color dwgs every page.

Brooklyn NY: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of PA, 1961. No edition stated. Hardback in black cloth boards w gilt titling, no jacket.. Fine unmarked.. Rendered from the original languages by the New World Bible Translation Committee. Bright tight clean HB copy. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2, 1371 pp, b/w illus, color endpaper maps, all edges tinted.

Brooklyn NY: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of PA, 1982. No edition stated. Hardback in red embossed textured boards w gilt titling. no jacket.. New. Beautifully illustrated biblical and spiritual speculations. Gorgeous HB copy. 7-1/4 x 9-1/4, 256 pp, color illus, gold endpapers.

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1005. 2nd printing.. Hardcover in navy cloth boards; in navy jacket w orange titling.. Fine unmarked; in Near Fine jacket.. Foolproof guide to customer-winning business manners. Nice birhgt clean crisp H copy. Author inscription on ffep: To Laurie-- All the best in your new career! Love, Barbara. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2, 382 pp, orange endpapers.

New York: Checkerboard Press, 1987. No edition stated. Hardback in color illus boards, no jacket.. New. Little groundhogs learn the seasons. Nice bright clean crisp copy. 4-1/4 x 6-1/2, unnumbered pp.

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1974. Not stated, presumed 1st edition. Trade PB in glossy tan wraps.. VeryGood unmarked. Interrviews with: WH Auden, Paul Blackburn, Anne Sexton, Stanley Kunitz, Jerome Rothenberg, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Galway Kinnell, John Ashbery, James Dickey, Muriel Rukeyser, Richard Wilbur, Robert Creeley, Jackson MacLow, Howard Moss, Erica Jong, Diane Wakoski. Clean tight PB copy. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4, 340 pp, b/w photos.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (1871). Presumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in red cloth both w decorative stamping, gilt spine titling; no jacket as issued.. VeryGood+ unmarked.. Three moral tales for children, each by different author, each with frontispiece. Nice clean tight copy of rare antiquarian book. 3-1/4 x 4-3/4, 24 + 20 + 18 pp, 3 b/w frontispiece illus.

Chicago: Popular Mechanics, 1957. First Thus.. Paperback in orange illus wraps, saddle-stapled.. Fine unmarked.. Collectible manual on maintenance of small engines, includes specs for 60 engines by 17 mfrs of this time period. Beautiful copy for its age, original price 25ï¾¢. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 32 pp, b/w photos & dwgs.

Intl PADI Inc, 1995. VHS video in color illus box.. As New.. Video that provides a complete overview of the snorkeling experience, including marine creatures, equipment and techniques, destinations. Scarce item. Runtime about 20 mins.

New York: Penguin Books, 1996. 4th printing. Trade PB in glossy color-illus wraps.. VeryGood+, no spine creases,small cover chip, faint foxing to inside of wraps.. Invaluable explanations of a wide range of topics assumed to bre common knowledge; e.g., the Fed, generic drugs, diaspora, sublimation, inner child, msg, tons more. Handy and cool book, bright crisp unread PB copy. 5 x 7-1/2, 232 pp, b ibliography.

unpublished manuscript, 1982. Stiff orange covers with Acco prong fasteners, black edges, paste-on titling box.. Fine unmarked.. This is an pupublished contemporary 3-act serio-comic musical play. Its three thems are Immigrant Fear, the Unavoidable Trouble (once known as Original Sin), and Unemployment. For cast of 8 plus chorus, prop list. 9 x 11-1/2, 44 pp.

Chicago: Mercury Records, 1952. 1st edition thus. Paper sleeve. VeryGood+. Vocals. Scarce. 10-inch 78 rpm vinyl record 2 sides.

Salt Lake City UT: Hawkes Publ, June 1974. 6th printing. trade paperback in color illus wraps.. VeryGood unmarked, no spine creases.. Vital survival information in handy form. Clean tight copy. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4, 121 pp, directory, b/w photos & illus.

Provo UT: Jefferson House, 1974. 2nd revised edition. Trade paperback in color illus wraps.. VeryGood+ unmarked.. Complete compilation of how-to methods against strikes, floods, earthquakes, anarchy, epidemics, riots, pollutions, depression, poverty, famine, drought, inflation, joblessness, emergencies + index of suppliers. Clean tight copy of scarce book. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4, 69 + 30 pp, b/w illus, ads.

New York: Norman henley Publ, 1931. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in brown cloth boards w gilt titling, no jacket.. Near Fine with owner signature inside else unmarked, some foxing marks on endpapers only. Looks brand new otherwise.. A complete course of lessons for home or school use, in question and answer form, for those wishing to qualify as aircraft engine mechanics. Also for pilots or students wishing a general and diversified knowledge of aviation engines and their accessories. It considers in detail and in simple language, all leading types of aviation engines, describes principles on which their operation is based and gives instructions for engine inspection, installation, trouble shooting and repair. Illustrated with specially posed photograhs and factory drawings. Unusually bright cclean crisp copy of aviation collectible. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 448 pp +35 pp book ads, b/w photos & dwgs.

New York: Vintage Books, 1989. 6th printing. Trade paperback in glossy color illus wraps.. VG+ with some sporadic readers marks, mostly clean, no spine creases.. Provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship. Bright tight mostly clean PB copy. 5-1/4 x 8, 189 pp, index, notes.

New York: Vintage Books, 1994. 1st edition.. Trade Paperback in author b/w-photo wraps.. As New, unred.. Previously unpublished in book form, here is more outrageous and inimitable Pagliamania. Mint new copy of PB 1st. 5-1/4 x 8, 532 pp, index, media chronicle, b/w photos & illus.

New York: Vintage Books, 1992. 4th printing.. Trade Paperback in b/w author photo wraps.. VeryGood+ unmarked, no spine creases.. 21 provocative essays by this sassy and smart commentator. 5-1/4 x 8, 335 pp, index, b/w illus.

No. Pomfret VT: Trafalgar Swaure Publ, 1997. 1st printing.. Hardcover in color photo boards, no jacket.. Fine unmarked, small closed tear at bottom of spine.. Beautiful illustrated guide to hundreds of housekeeping skills and natural products for the home. Nice bright clean crisp copy of 1st. 7-3/4 x 10, 143 pp, index, bibliography, suppliers, color photos, decorative endpapers.