Search Results: Authors starting with P from Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA

Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 216 mm), [34] mimeographed pages, in side-stapled wrappers.
INSCRIBED by poet Ron Padgett on the title page to artist George Schneeman and his wife: "For George and Katie / Love, kisses, smooches, slobbers, blubbers, / weeping / Ron / November 1967." A warm and significant association. Padgett (b. 1942) introduced Schneeman to the New York scene when Schneeman and his family moved to the city from Italy in the 1960s. Schneeman (1934-2009) regularly collaborated with poets and writers of the New York School, illustrating their books, magazines and broadsides.
"In Advance of the Broken Arm" is Padgett's debut collection of poems, published by Ted Berrigan's C Press. This copy is the second edition (after the 1964 edition), one of 200 numbered copies, this being #140. Edited by Ted Berrigan, cover and drawings by Joe Brainard. A particularly important association between Padgett and Schneeman, who were close friends.
CONDITION: Light edge wear, toning and soiling to… Read More

West Haven, Connecticut: Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace, [1952?]. No Edition Stated.Single sheet folded to create [4] pages, each measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 216 mm). Rare leaflet on U.S.-Soviet relations, from a Christian Left perspective. The author pleads for better understanding of Russian history, arguing that the country has made great strides since the October Revolution. He also says the Soviets feel encircled by hostile forces, pointing to Western military bases along the country's perimeters. The format of this leaflet is a bit odd: the first three pages are professionally printed, while the last page appears to be mimeographed. The publisher, the Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace, was established in 1952 to promote world peace and oppose military conflict. OCLC shows no institutional holdings (although a separate search turns up a copy in the Kringlock Pamphlet Collection of the University of Iowa). Nor were there any copies in commerce as of January 2021. RARE.… Read More

[Taipei]: [National Palace Museum], 1992.Catalogue of paintings by the Chinese landscape painter Lu Chih (also rendered as Lu Zhi, 1496-1576). The catalogue is primarily in Chinese, although there's an introduction and table of contents in English. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Issued by the National Palace Museum, Taipei. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches; 298 x 207 mm), 91, [1] pages, in illustrated stiff wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some sunning to front cover. Internally, bright and unmarked. Near Fine.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. The author examines Williams's plays from the 1940s through the 1980s against the backdrop of his life story and the culture in which he worked. Octavo, 269 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Uncorrected proof of this collection of poems by Eric Pankey (b. 1959). PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 212 x 150 mm), xii, 85, [5] pages in gray perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some stains to wrappers and to fore edge but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

London: Marlborough Graphics Ltd., 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Lavishly illustrated catalogue for an exhibition of etchings and aquatints by Victor Pasmore (1908-1998). The exhibition took place at Marlborough Graphics, London, in 1992. Price list laid in. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Oblong Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 295 x 210 mm), 16 pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Fine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Pasternak's last work, an unfinished play about serfdom and the liberation of the serfs, published nine years after his death. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, with a foreword by Max Hayward. 8vo., 128 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket with soiling on the back panel. An attractive copy.

Pelc, Ant., Lev Haas, and Holobrádek. RP karikatury. Prague: Redakce Rudého práva, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 208 x 145 mm), 75, [5] pages, in wrappers (soft cover).A rare book of cartoons published by the Czech Communist Party newspaper, Rudé právo. Antonin Pelc and Lev Haas drew the cartoons, which are pro-Communist, anti-Nazi, anti-American, and anti-Western alliance. Holobrádek (a pseudonym) supplied short verses to accompany each cartoon. The book appeared in 1947, a year before the Communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia. Oddly, the cover features a cartoon by Pelc that misspells the name of Klement Gottwald, the Communist leader (it shows only one "t" in Gottwald). A sign displayed in the cartoon reads (translating from the Czech): "The construction of a two-year plan is carried out by Gotwald and others." That's a fair representation of the sometimes heavy-handed propaganda in the book, which depicts American businessmen as fat… Read More

New Rochelle, New York: The Elizabeth Press, 1972.
A collection of poems by Simon Perchik (1923-2022). This is one of 400 copies printed by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona, Italy. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 245 x 160 mm), 57, [3] pages, in printed brown dust jacket over heavy card wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Light edge wear, particularly along bottom edge, mild soiling and tiny stain to rear jacket panel, bleeding through to card wrapper, small glue mark between front wrapper and first preliminary page. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 182 pages. Very Good (a few small ink notations on a few pages and some lightly creased pages) in a dust jacket that has some small closed tears and scuffing along the edges.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. First Edition. 12mo (7 5/16 x 5 inches; 186 x 128 mm), 110 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). A pamphlet attacking Communists as swindlers, frauds, capitalist stooges, and other crimes. Written by Arnold Petersen, leader of the Socialist Labor Party, in his usual subtle style. Petersen believed the Communists had abandoned the working class by supporting the New Deal and offering to collaborate with other parties during the Communists' "Popular Front" phase. This pamphlet is quite scarce in commerce. Seidman P117 (Joel Seidman, editor, Communism in the United States--A Bibliography, Cornell University Press, 1969). CONDITION: Soiling and creasing to wrappers, corners bumped, a few scattered stains and creasing to page corners. Overall, Very Good.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm), 62, [2] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Attack on Soviet communism by Arnold Petersen, who was a leader of the Socialist Labor Party. The SLP was a bitter foe of the Communists, claiming they had abandoned Marxism. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, soiling to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. First Edition. 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 128 mm), 30 pages, in stapled wrappers. Socialist Labor Party pamphlet that contends the ruling class uses superstition and religion to enslave the working class. CONDITION: Some soiling and edge wear to wrappers, but internally clean and unmarked. Easily Very Good or better.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1936. 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 189 x 125 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers. Arnold Petersen of the Socialist Labor Party writes about the history of war, with special attention paid to capitalist and fascist roles in starting wars. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, probably from mailing. Light soiling to wrappers, front end paper trimmed, not affecting text or illustration, some scattered creasing and ink smudges. About Very Good.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1943. 2nd Printing. 12mo (7 1/8 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Socialist Labor Party pamphlet arguing that inflation is caused by the law of supply and demand rather than rising wages. The author says capitalists use inflation as an excuse to hold down wages. This pamphlet has been reprinted many times over the years. Our copy is the 2nd printing of June 1943. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, probably from mailing, along with some soiling to wrappers. Internally, clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

New York: New York Labor News Co., 1945. 4th Printing. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 184 x 126 mm), 39, [9] pages, in stapled wrappers. Ferocious attack on William Z. Foster, a longtime senior official of the Communist Party, who gets tagged as a "war monger," "liberty bond salesman," "fraud," "Anarchist microbe," "mediocre personality," and similar terms of endearment. The Socialist Labor Party, which the author led, was a bitter foe of the Communists. This pamphlet was originally issued in 1932. Our copy is the 4th printing from August 1945, presumably updated because the Communist Party ousted Earl Browder as leader and installed William Z. Foster to succeed him. CONDITION: Vertical crease, probably from mailing, ink smudges to lower wrapper, but internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm), 76, [2] pages, in illustrated, stapled wrappers (soft cover). Socialist Labor Party pamphlet celebrating the life and achievements of Daniel De Leon, an important figure in the party and a Marxist theoretician. CONDITION: Soiling to wrappers, edge wear, corners bumped, but otherwise clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 3rd Printing. 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 126 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover) War is capitalism's cure for unemployment yet it's the workers who pay for war with their blood, according to this declaration by the Socialist Labor Party. With an introduction by Arnold Petersen as well as several antiwar illustrations. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Vertical and horizontal creases throughout, soiling to wrappers. About Very Good.

New York: National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government, [ca. 1940]. Pamphlet measuring 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (210 x 96 mm), 15, [1] pages, in printed self-wrappers, with three additional sheets laid in. Rare pamphlet opposing a bill by Senator Robert Wagner of New York to give states the right to establish compulsory health insurance. The American Medical Association strongly opposed the bill, which died in committee. The pamphlet reprints an article by Samuel B. Pettengill, a former Indiana congressman, who opposed the Wagner bill. "Under our system of free enterprise in medicine we have by all odds the best health record of any great nation in the world," he writes. The National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government, the organization issuing this pamphlet, opposed many of President Roosevelt's economic and social policies and his attempt to enlarge the Supreme Court. Pettengill was the national chairman. Laid in to this pamphlet are three single sheets detailing the… Read More

New York: Capitol Hill Press, 1972. Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front end paper: "Many thanks - / to / Tom Moran / Herbert A. Philbrick / 1972." Philbrick's account of his nine years in the Communist Party working as a spy for the FBI. Originally published in 1950, the book was updated and reissued in 1972. It was also the basis of a television series in the mid-1950s called Three Lives. Foreword by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 8vo, 306 pages. Red remainder mark on bottom page edges, light stain on rear pastedown. Otherwise Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket that has some nicks, creases and rubbing as well as ownership signature on the front flap.