Search Results: Authors starting with P from DuBois Rare Books

New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. First Printing of First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. 788 pp. Half black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Price clipped, with some crinkling to spine ends and faint wear to the extremities.

Santa Barbara, Calif: Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Virtually as new. A sharp copy. Translated by Geraldine V. Sahyun ; prepared and edited for publication by Richard S. Whitehead.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Promotional "Chapter Sampler. Wraps. Near Fine. 46pp. 18cm. 12mo. Illustrated wraps. Marked: "Free sample exerpt only-Not for sale" Book Condition: Very light signs of handling else fine. A sharp copy. Uncommon. Includes interview with author.

New York: Brewster Editions LTD, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 77 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 17 cm.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing with no additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 250pp. 23cm. Quarter bound green cloth and mustard paper over boards, gilt lettering. Book condition: a bit cocked, jacket looks great with a wrinkle or two and v. slight bit of rubbing. One of the "Spenser" novels, which spawned one of the truly great tough guy tv series of the 80's: "Spenser for hire

New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 228 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: PO's discrete embossed stamp title page corner, spine ends gently pushed, else fine. Bright and fresh spine lettering, text block, and all edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Spine ends frazzled with bits of loss, salt and pepper nicks to extremites, closed tears to front panel, one with repair. Inscribed by the author to ffep.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 402 pages ; 24 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original green half cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Minor wear to extremities with some creasing to top edge of rear panel. A nice copy.

New York, NY: Viking, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 232 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's glossly photo illustrated paper over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: A bit rubbed at the panels with some fraying to the crown of the spine.

London: Printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington, q., 1828. 18th Edition. 3/4 Calf Leather. Very Good. pp. 6, *6, [7]-715. Appendix 1-44. Hardcover. Contemporary 3/4 Calf over marbled boards, title in gilt on black morocco spine label. Book Condition: Prior owners name label and Sutro Library Bookplate to front pastedown though there are no other library markings anywhere. Spine ends chipped with loss, covers cracked and worn, but very robust, no sign of starting hinges or the like. Lacking the large general map called for in front but complete with all others [as specified in Directions to the Binder page [6]]: The Holyhead Road Plate, to face page 179; The Other Plates to be Placed at the End of the Book in the Following Order: 1st. The Isle of Thanet, Plate I. 2nd: Route from Deal to Hythe, and from Hythe to Rye, Plates II and III. 3d. Route from Rye to Eastbourne, and from Eastbourne to Shoreham, Plates IV and V. 4th .Route from New Shoreham to Chichester, and from Chichester to Fareham. Plates VI… Read more

New York: Carlton Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 48pp. 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, black spine lettering. Fine in a Very Good jacket showing minimal fading and light wear to extremities. Warmly inscribed by author. Patterson was born and spent her life Langston, Oklahoma. She was a highly regarded educator, historian, activist and author. Her other published works include: "Langston University: A History" (OU Press: 1979/1993) as well as a number of local histories of Langston. She served as the Chairman, Home Economics Department, Langston University from 1965-1971 and was inducted into Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1983.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 228pp. Small Octavo. Black cloth and red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, blind stamp decoration on front panel. Book Condition: Fine. Binding tight and square, tips sharp, edges clean and text apparently unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The spine is mildly sunned, with mild crinkle to spine head and a darkened spot at the foot of the spine. Dale Peck's first book, published to wide acclaim.

Canoga Park, CA: Psi Fi Movie Press, Inc, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 53 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 4to. Photo-illustrated glossy staplebound wraps. Condition: Very Good. Shows rubbing to the panels with a crease to front panel and some yellowing. Describes the plots of "Man From UNCLE" episodes which aired during the show's last season on television. Includes a discussion of the actors, characters, and props. This first edition also includes the script and teleplay from a "Man from Uncle" marathon that channel 61 [WTIC, Hartford, Conn.] broadcast in February, 1986 as a lead-in to the new season. A solid copy. The book picks up just as the fourth (and final) season is gearing up and nobody is happy. The third season was a disaster, everyone knows that the show is teetering on the brink of being cancelled, and no one agrees about how to save it. Waverly is deteriorating mentally and struggles with his lines, Robert Vaughn hates the new showrunner and the feeling's mutual, it's… Read more

Guildford, Surrey, England: Circle Press, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Full Leather. Fine. [32pp] unumbered : 32 cm. 4to. Maroon leather over boards, gilt lettering. Letterpress in white handwriting with photographic reproductions tipped in. Includes a special 8 x 11 print numbered and signed laid in. Enclosed in a black bristol board clamshell box. Condition of all elements is fine. Written and designed by the artist in his concern for the photographic myth and the frailty of photographic fact, with eight color photographs tipped-in and hand-written text in off-set lithography. 300 signed copies, 45 proofs - 32 pp - 30 x 24 cm on Heritage board, bound into maroon leather and laid into a black cloth-covered box.

London: Harvill Press, 1998. First UK edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Octavo. 248 pp. Translated by Ian Monk. The first of Daniel Pennac's "Belleville Quintet," a cult success in France, which also includes The Scapegoat , Monsieur Malaussene, Passion Fruit, and Write to Kill. A sharp copy.

London: Harvill Press, 1998. First English language edition. Near Fine/About Fine. Hardcover. 215pp. Octavo. The second of Daniel Pennac's "Belleville Quintet," a cult success in France, which also includes The Fairy Gunmother , Monsieur Malaussene, Passion Fruit, and Write to Kill. A sharp copy.

Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2012. First Printing Edition of 1000. Wraps. Fine. 37 pages : virtually all color illustrations ; 23 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound photo illustrated wraps with nifty die cut lettering to lower panel. Book Condition: Fine. Bright and free of even mild wear. A sharp copy. Very scarce to the trade, as usual for exhibition catalogs featuring this artist's work. Exhibition catalog produced on the occassion of the exhibition: Joyce Pensato: "You gotta do what you gotta do" October 26- November 24, 2012. From the publisher: "Working largely in black and white, and often with signature images drawn from comics and popular culture, Pensato is an exuberant expressionist painter. A native Brooklynite, she has lived and worked in the borough for her entire career. Over the last ten years Pensato has slowly but surely garnered an international reputation for her darkly provocative and often poignant paintings. In this exhibition Corbett vs. Dempsey will present a group of brand new… Read more

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Peoples Gunn, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. 200 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Square 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original pressed paper over boards, blindstamp lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Fine. A sharp copy. Presented by Hennessy Cognac. Chapters include: Style Matters, The Clothes Make the Man, Money Power Respect, Cool Points, Sex, Living Large etc. etc. Glossary included.

New York: Moffat, Yard, 1915. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 preliminary leaves, 151 pages : frontispiece ; 20 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original pictorial blue cloth over boards. Book Condition: Spine showing wear at the ends, distinctive pictorial front cover fresh and unmarred, hinges cracked with binding sound and textblock unmarred. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 256pp. : illustrations. 30cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original black linen over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: the faintest evidence of gentle time on the shelf else fine. Luxurious photography reproduced luxuriously, a gorgeous portrayal of a glamorous age in pictures. A sharp copy. "This book highlights Bull's 40-year career at MGM with nearly 200 of his enduring portraits of filmstars such as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford and Katherine Hepburn. This monograph presents an array of star portraits as well as a history of Hollywood in its heyday.

London/Paris/Milan/New York: IQONS Inc., 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. 138pp. chiefly photos. 22cm. Softcover. Perfectbound magazine. Book Condition: very mild wear to extremities, else fine. A sharp copy. Fashion and specifically fashion partnered with Sebastian Professional hair care brand. Scarce. Monday, 11 February 2008 Coinciding with New York and London Fashion Week, IQONS Magazine launched in partnership with Hair Care Brand Sebastian Professional. Sebastian Professional's editorial, which featured breakthrough fashion hairstylists from IQONS in the center of the issue, is for us an ideal representation of everything we aim to do online and in print. Their willingness to embrace new concepts in fashion has been key to every aspect of this magazine." The designs were matched by bold hairstyles from the Sebastian team, and were shown in front of an audience which included Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley, IQONS Magazine editor-in-chief and blogger Diane Pernet. For IQONS… Read more