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

New York NY, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993, hardcover, 303 pp, first edition stated, first printing stated, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, slight edge bumps, slight rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of an eight-year examination of Columbian politics in an attempt to find the causes and perpetrators of the Army attack on the M-19 Revolutionary Movement during their November 1985 seizure of the Supreme Court. Illustrated with 12 pages of black-&-white plates, author's source notes appended.

New York NY, St. Martin's Press, 1985, hardcover, 320 pp, first U.S. edition stated, first printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, rubs, edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. This blend of politics, satire and thriller follows the decline of a Junior Minister in the English Foreign Office.

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.

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.

Boston, Small Maynard and Company, 1908, hardcover, 91 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good condition in illustrated blue cloth-covered boards stamped in purple, black and gold, gilt top edge, no dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end, corner and edge wear, spine and untrimmed text block edges a bit darkened, crease and spots to rear board, binding shaken at p 80 but firm. An allegorical short story of destiny featuring a lady and a panther. Illustrated with four inserted plates, one in color and tissue guarded, by Paul K. M. Thomas, title page printed in lavender and green, text printed in lavender and black, decorated endpapers.

Naperville IL, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2017, hardcover, 265 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. A transgender teen and a new friend attempt to change the school dress code policy to allow him to wear pants.

New York, Berkley Prime Crime, 2015, hardcover, 300 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The bestselling author of The Tea Shop Mysteries and, The Cackleberry Club Mysteries, returns with a new story in her popular Scrapbooking Mystery series, set in the historic Garden District of New Orleans and centered on the legendary Lafayette Cemetery.

London UK, George Allen and Unwin, 1968, hardcover, 128 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Poor dustjacket. Straight, tight and unworn, price stamp on front endpaper, tiny stain on text-block fore edge. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, soiling, stains, short tears, in new Brodart sleeve. "...deals frankly with the dificulties of starting and maintaining links between home and school, but describes the kind of success which can be achieved." Preface by Michael Young, appended; Useful Organizations, Suggestions for Further Reading, American Books on Home-school Relationships, Index.

Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1983, hardcover, xxvi-351 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, tiny nick at the heel. Dustjacket shows same light bumping, very faint discolorations near spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This book examine the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris, a group of about ninety men who held office as councillors of the Hotel de Ville between 1535 and 1575, that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state, and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy. Illustrated with 16 statistical tables and a map of Paris (approx. 1540). Appended: Bibliography, Index.

New York, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2012, trade paperback, 318 pp, Bound Galley (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in pictorial card covers. Two former French intelligence officials hire a hitman to kill a vacationing American industrialist, things do not go as planned.

New York, Random House, 2012, trade paperback, 258 pp, Advance Reader's Edition (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in cream-colored pictorial card covers. Eloisa James' first venture into non-fiction is the enchanting story of a year-long family sabbatical in one of the world's most beautiful cities, Paris.

Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1981, hardcover, x-227 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end wear. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, small chip to top edge of front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. Focussing on the high court judges in Paris, Bailey Stone illuminates the causes of the resistance to royal authority, and reinterprets the resurgence of the aristocracy against the monarchy. Extensive author's notes and bibliography appended.

New York, Roaring Brook Press, 2011, hardcover, 134 pp, first edition stated, first printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, in new Brodart sleeve. The mystery of a parrot gone missing sets friends Philip and Philippa into action aboard the S.S. Excalibur. Filled with 2-page illustrations by Mordicai Gerstein.

Boston MA, D.C. Heath and Co, 1968, trade paperback, xiv-103 pp, later printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, stamp to rear of front wrap, rubs, light corner bumps. A collection of essays expressing differing views regarding the partitioning of India into the countries of India and Pakistan. Contributions from Jawaharlal Nehru, the Chelmsford Report, the Simon Commission, Maulana Azad and Penderel Moon. Suggestions for additional reading appended.

Toronto ON, Ryerson Press, 1946, hardcover, 121 pp, first edition, first printing, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, pages tanned. Dustjacket worn at folds and edges, some small holes, age-toned, in new Brodart sleeve. A selection of essays from the popular radio broadcaster concerning various aspects of Canadian life.

Tucson AZ, The University of Arizona Press, 1982, hardcover, xii-234 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, slight edge bumps, tiny spots to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of the Arizona Journalist, and first official Historian for the State. Illustrated with 26 black-&-white plates from photographs and a map. Appended; Notes to the Chapters, Bibliography and Acknowledgements. Foreword by Bruce Babbitt.

Tucson AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1982, hardcover, xii-234 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light edge and corner bumps, light rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. A biography of the leading female figure in Arizona history. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of period photographs. Foreword by Bruce Babbitt, appended author's notes and bibliography.

New York, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2020, hardcover children's picture book (9" x 11"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the dedication page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright new, pictorial dustjacket. The popular author illustrator of more than 30 books tells the tale of a little mouse who disrupts a town's preparations for Passover when it steals a piece of leavened bread, or chometz, just as all the houses have been swept clean in time for the holiday. Brightly illustrated throughout in full color by Shahar Kober.

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995, hardcover, 49 pp, First Edition, second printing by numberline, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author with his distinctive Chicago chop on a bookplate affixed to the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end and corner touches, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-known playwright and author tells the story of the holiday through a girl and her grandmother as they prepare traditional recipes for a Passover dinner. Illustrated throughout by Michael McCurdy.

New York NY, Thomas J. Crowell, 1876, hardcover, xxxiv- 509 pp, later printing, Fair condition, lacking dust wrapper. Straight, tight and clean, name on front free endpaper. Wear to spine-end, corners and edges. The third in Cooper's series of "Leatherstocking Tales" featuring his famous character, Natty Bumpo. Introduction by Susan Fennimore Cooper.