Search Results: Authors starting with P from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

Gainesville, FL: U. Press of Florida, [ 1997 ]. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Gainesville, FL: U. Press of Florida, [ 1997 ]. Inscribed and signed by the author. Numerous full color illustrations. 68 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth. A very good + copy in like dust wrapper. Very good+/Very good+.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Its War Time Need and Its Economic Value in Peace. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. Full color frontispiece with numerous b/w photographs. 179, 32, 32 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, top edge gilt. Head, heel, and corners bumped and rubbed; boards very lightly soiled; light water damage to bottom extremities; minimal foxing to preliminaries; pages untrimmed. Pages very lightly toned. Very good/No dust jacket.

The Prehistoric, Villanovan, Etruscan, Samnite, Italic and Roman Remains and the Ancient Road System. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1973. First American edition. Numerous b/w plates, plans and figures. 256 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Dark blue cloth. Heel bumped; all edges toned. Else, a nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good+/Very good+.

New York: The Ridge Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: The Ridge Press, 1970. Copious b/w photographs. Unpaginated. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper backed, white paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Lightly shelfworn to bottom board edges; interior tight, clean and bright. Dustjacket very lightly edgeworn, with a few small chips to edges. Beautiful copy. Very good/Very good.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. SECOND PRINTING. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. SECOND PRINTING. Illustrated with b/w photographs and a few maps. 482 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth. Small closed tear at head of spine, former ownerÕs embossed stamp at bottom fore-corner of front fly, else a fresh, clean copy. Very good+/No jacket issued.

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1889. First edition. Numerous b/w illustrations, and 4 full color chromolithographs. 711 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth. Moderate soil and toning to boards; head and heel professionally reinforced; label to front fixed endpaper with offsetting to front free endpaper; interior lightly toned. All in all, a sound and sturdy copy. Very good/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., 1981. #2161 of an edition limited to 2500 copies. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., (1981). #2161 of an edition limited to 2500 copies. Signed by the author. Copious b/w photographs and illustrations. 202 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Burgundy paper covered boards. Gilt lettering and decoration. Front board very lightly soiled. Interior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good+/No dust jacket.

Dublin: George Faulkner, 1751. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Dublin: George Faulkner, 1751. 2 vols. Six engraved plates [ one folding ] at back of vol. 2. 231; 264 + plts pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown full period-style calf, spines tooled in compartments with contrasting lettering labels . Very handsomely rebound set with he bookplate of ÒCap. Gilbert King, Royal Irish DRAGOONS.Ó Text and plates quite clean. Plate # vi bears the loss of a large piece from the lower fore-corner. Else very good. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

Athens, Greece: Livani Publishing Organization, 2009. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Athens, Greece: Livani Publishing Organization, 2009. Editorial by Revekka Papadopoulou. Inscribed and signed by the author. Copious full color photographs. 365 pp. Text in English/Greek. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth. Silver lettering to spine and front board. Interior clean, bright and tight. A very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good.

Jugoslovenska Revija and Yugoslavia Public, 1984. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. : Jugoslovenska Revija and Yugoslavia Public, 1984. Copious b/w and full color photographs. Photography by Miodrag Djordjevic. 199 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Black with red stripe paper covered boards. Illustrative endpapers. Cover clean, corners and head/heel of spine bumped and slightly rubbed; d.j. clean, some creasing to front cover; edges, end papers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; some signatures sprung; cardboard slipcover edge worn, bumped and rubbed at corners. Very good+/Very good+.

Garden City, NY: Dial Press/Doubleday, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good+. A V.I. Warshawski Mystery. Garden City, NY: Dial Press/Doubleday, 1984. First printing. Signed and inscribed by the author to Stuart Kaminsky (to whom she dedicated her first Warshawski mystery). 252 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth backed, blue paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear and bump to heel. Dust jacket edge-worn, with a one and a half inch closed tear at mid-front cover; light wear to rear extremities. A very nice association copy. Very good/Good+. A very nice association copy. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

London: Printed by Richard Jugge, 1567. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Narratio, quam Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis monachus, eius author, vir in vtraque literature eruditus, Flores historiarum scripsit. Anno Domini. 1567. vicesimo die Octobris. London: Printed by Richard Jugge, 1567. 2 volumes bound as 1 vols. 339, [1], 227, [1] pp. Hardcover. Folio. Professionally rebound in period style full studio dyed brown goat, gilt spine with embossed, gilt covers. Lovely, recent period-style rebind. Facsimile title-page. Internally clean and tight. "Book 1, covering through the year 1066, follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work, with additions, covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger."Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by… Read More

Sarasota, FL: Golden Quill, Inc, 1993. Softcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. Illustrated by George Wally.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Co., 1856. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. Boston: John P. Jewett and Co., 1856. Illustrated with a fold-out, lithographed, hand-colored map. 188 pp pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Brown cloth. Although the book is tight, the cloth along the front hinge has torn and separated; the cloth at head and heel of spine is missing; there is a small ( one inch ) tear in the stub of the map that enters the margin of the map, otherwise, the copy is tight and clean. Good+/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item). (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1954. First edition. Black and white frontiportrait. 537 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Heel lightly bumped. Else, a very nice copy in lightly soiled dustjacket. Very good+/Very good+.

Np: U.S. Army Engineer Water Resources Support Center, 1983. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Np: U.S. Army Engineer Water Resources Support Center, 1983. Numerous b/w illustrations. 142 pp. Softcover. 4to. Illustrative paper wrappers. Spine faded; front wrap lightly toned at fore edge; otherwise, a nice and clean copy. Very good/No jacket issued.

NY: Leavitt & Allen, 1832. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Embracing the Most Eminent Characters of Every Age, Nation and Profession: Including Painters, Poets, Philosophers, Politicians, Heroes, Warrior, Etc., Etc.. NY: Leavitt & Allen, (1832). Numerous b/w text portraits. 526 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Brown cloth. Decorative blind-stamping to boards, gilt lettering, decoration and pictorial of a bust of Athena to spine. Extremities bumped and rubbed; rear corners worn, head and heel more so; head slightly chipped with 1/2Ó tear to seam of spine. Light scattered foxing to edges, endpapers, and pages. Former ownersÕ names in ink and pencil to front free endpaper. Few pages slightly browned. Two or three signatures shaken; binding beginning to split at pps. 310-311. Else still good; fanciful portraits of prestigious figures Good/No dust jacket.

Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1881. Reprinted from the Edition of 1630 or 1641. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Showing What Cases Properly Belong to the Cognizance of That Court. Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1881. Reprinted from the Edition of 1630 or 1641. 57 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Professionally rebound in deep burgundy silk, with leather label to spine. New endpapers; avery clean copy in a smart, plain binding. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Norman, Oklahoma: Point Riders Press, 1977. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Norman, Oklahoma: Point Riders Press, 1977. Signed and inscribed by the author. 9 b/w photographic illustrations. Unpaginated. Softcover. Small 8vo. Black paper wrappers. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, head and heel more so; all edges lightly soiled; pages uniformly yellowed; inside of covers lightly soiled, else very good in sound condition. Very good/No jacket issued.

London: Knight and Lacey, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. London: Knight and Lacey, 1825. First edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontis and three color aquatint plates. xiv, 360 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Recent brown period-style, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. A lovely binding; generally clean, except for the prelims; frontis and title-page, which are foxed. The usual offsetting from the plates. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).