Search Results: Titles starting with P from Tannery Books

New York: Random House, 1966. Hardcover. Good +. A. E. Hotchner, Papa Hemingway, A Personal Memoir, New York, Random House, copyright 1955, 1959, 1966. Light brown cloth with embossed "H" and three-quarter black cloth spine with gold lettering; 408 pp, uneven cut pages, bw photos. G+/no DJ: spine and top of cloth fading, po names, starting 1966, on ffep, otherwise clean, pages very light yellowing.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. Hardcover. Ex-Library. J. William Jones, Personal Reminiscences, Andecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1875 (copyright 1874). Dark green cloth hc with black and gilt-stamped designs, light yellow endpapers, xvi, 510 pp [2 ads], 6 steel engravings including frontispiece portrait, 13 wood engravings. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: covers bumped and worn, spine skewed, ex-lib with spine marking and bookplate, heavy pencil erasure on ffep, other po pencil markings esp. verso of Mary Lee plate, light bleedthrough from news clipping laid in.

Dublin: Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. John Ray, A Persuasive to the Holy Life : From the Happiness Which Attends It Both in this World, and in the World to come. Dublin, for Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Quarter leather over marbled boards, 12mo (16 cm), plain endpapers, [iv] 156 pp. Good: covers worn with boards showing, light dampstains on endpapers, last page chipped/damaged with no loss, minor pencil markings including author info.

London: S. W. Partridge, 1865. First printing. Hardcover. Good. William Tallack, Peter Bedford, the Spitalfields Philanthropist, London, S. W. Partridge, 1865, First Printing. Brown cloth with gold lettering, small 8vo (18 cm), plain endpapers, illustrated frontispiece, [ii] 148 pp, [16 pp ads]. Good: edges worn, po inscription on ffep, edges foxed, pages crisp, no internal markings. Printed in Great Britain

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society Of Friends, 1981. Hardcover. Good +/good. Robert H. Wilson, Philadelphia Quakers, 1681-1981 : A Tercentenary Family Album, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society Of Friends, Committee for Publication, 1981. Brown-olive cloth with white lettering, imperial 8vo (about 8 3/4 by 11 inches), 132 pp, many bw photos and illustrations, 4 color plates; DJ with bw photos on white background. Includes documents, histories and biographies, meetings and buildings, furniture and crafts, silhouettes. G+/G: corners bumped, spine ends slightly worn, front board slight curve, clean, no markings; DJ has chipping and several 1-inch tears in edges, minor soiling and crease near spine, unclipped. Reduced

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society Of Friends, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Robert H. Wilson, Philadelphia Quakers, 1681-1981 : A Tercentenary Family Album, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society Of Friends, Committee for Publication, 1981. Brown-olive cloth with white lettering, imperial 8vo (11 inches), 132 pp, many bw photos and illustrations, 4 color plates; DJ with bw photos on white background. Includes documents, histories and biographies, meetings and buildings, furniture and crafts, silhouettes. VG/G: corners bumped, spine ends wearing, boards starting to warp, no markings; DJ scratch on back and slight scuffing, edge tears up to 1 inch, unclipped. Use photo 1149. Printed in USA.

Little, Brown & Co., 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Jane Halsman Bello, Steve Bello, Philippe Halsman; Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, Little, Brown & Co., 1999, First edition. Oversized book of beautiful and quirky black-and-white portraits, not just of Hollywood stars, but artists, presidents, writers and thinkers. Black cloth hc, folio (32 cm), 212 pp. Near Fine/Very Good: corners lightly rubbed, small bump on rear top edge, pages crisp, unmarked; DJ bumped with corner crease near spine, unclipped.

Very Good. Rare print of Leonard Nimoy, photo by his long-time personal assistant Teresa Victor. BW print on cardstock, 10 x 12 inches. Very Good: Lightly tanned and scuffed, old crease across bottom.

New York: Hamlyn - Crown Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Good/fair. Ludmila Kybalova, Olga Herbenova, Milena Lamarova; translated by Claudia Rosoux; The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Fashion; New York / Czechoslovakia, Hamlyn / Crown Publishers, 1968. Greenish-tan cloth with green pictorial design and lettering, heavy 8vo, 608 pp with indices, "over 1,000 photographs" - about 995 bw photos and 31 color plates. First part organized by era (Gothic, Empire), second part organized by topic (beards, shoes). G/Fair: spine bumped, small sticker on ffep, otherwise clean and unmarked; DJ torn near spine, large chip, small creases, corners worn, unclipped (no price, but has ISBN).

New York: Rizzoli International, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Steve Starr, Picture Perfect: Deco Photo Frames 1926-1946, New York, Rizzoli International, 1991. Glossy paper covers, 4to (28 cm), 160 pp with name index, many color and bw photos. Contains the author's collection of Art Deco frames, many with Hollywood publicity photos from the era. Very Good: covers scuffed and scratched, crisp, tight, no markings. printed in Japan

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874. Leather_bound. Ex-Library. Edited by William Cullen Bryant. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. Two-volume set, New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1872 and 1874. Full morocco with blind-stamped border design, gilt-stamped title with po name on volume I, five raised bands on spine, folio (31 cm), gilt edges. Vol. I: viii, 568 pp, illustrated, plus 24 plates with steel engravings including frontispiece and title. Vol. II: vi, 576 pp, illustrated, plus 25 plates with steel engravings including frontispiece and title. Ex-library (Very Good): edges and spine worn with light scuffs on covers, ex-library with spine stickers and minor markings (including vintage bookseller sticker), foxing, endpapers brittle with some chipping and… Read More

Airlines War Training Institute, U.S. Army Air Forces. Paperback. Good. Pilgrim's Process, A Handbook to Guide Passengers of the Air Transport Command, Airlines War Training Institute, for the Service Division, Supply and Service, U.S. Army Air Forces [ca. 1943-44]. Stapled orange paper covers with blue and red design, 18mo (13 cm), [iv] 40 pp. Practical advice and cartoons on topics such as immunization, personal affairs and packing lists. Good: bumped and lightly creased, small smudge on and inside front cover, no po markings. Scarce

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1945. First Printing. Paperback. Ex-library. Bernhard Knollenberg, Pioneer Sketches of the Upper Whitewater Vallery - Quaker Stronghold of the West, Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1945, First Printing. Indiana Historical Society Publications Volume 15, no. 1. Gray paper covers, 8vo, [x] pp 7-172 with index, map and 4 bw plates. History, including pioneer names and experiences. Ex-library (Good): ex-library with taped spine, stickers and pocket, covers lightly creased and marked/soiled, minor pencil markings.

New York: Arrow Editions, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Robert Fitzgerald, Poems, New York, Arrow Editions, 1935. First Printing of Fitzgerald's first book. Orange cloth hc, 8vo (20 cm), [vi] 62 pp; plain orange paper dustjacket with black lettering. Very Good/Good+: corners bumped, endpaers and deckled edges foxed, po sticker on front pastedown, no writing; DJ scuffed with tiny chipping on edge, spine and edges darkened, original price unclipped (2.00). Printed in Sante Fe (USA).

Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Robert Browning. Poems of Robert Browning, Containing Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Men and Women, Dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Sordello, and Dramatix Personae. Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1925. Dark blue cloth HC with gilt shield on front and simple blind-stamped frame on front and back, small 8vo (18 cm), frontispiece photo of the author, [viii] 696 pp with index. Good/no DJ: covers scuffed and wearing, po writing on endpapers and minor pencil markings, lightly tanned. Printed in England

Salem, NH: Salem House, 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John Russell Taylor, John Kobal, Portraits of the British Cinema - 60 Glorious Years 1925-1985, Salem, NH, Salem House, 1985, First American edition. Blue cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, folio (30 cm), 160 pp with name index, bw photos, photographer notes; glossy red dustjacket with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason on the front. Very Good/Very Good: corners wearing, pages crisp, no markings; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed. printed in Singapore

Comb-bound. Near Fine. Michael P. Decker Sr., Vernon S. Stroupe, Arthur Hecht, Thomas J. O'Sullivan, Interim Report of The North Carolina Postal History Commission, no date or publication information [1998-2000]. Yellow paper covers, comb-bound, 4to (28 cm), [ii] 1-11 one-sided pp [29 unnumbered one-sided pp]. Philatelic history of North Carolina with anecdotes and illustrations of stamps, postmarks and covers. Sections include list of North Carolina-related stamps, philatelic treasures of the State Archives, anecdotal reference marks (eg. color of ink), James City: A Black Community, Wilmington air mail, a case of Wilmington to Paris, France, and slow service in Old Salem. Near Fine: light bumping near spine, crisp, no markings.

Summerfield, N.C.: The Golden Rule Press, 1921. Hardcover. Ex-library. George Washington, transcribed and compiled by Joseph A. Hoskins; President Washington's Diaries, 1791-1799. Summerfield/Greensboro, N.C., The Golden Rule Press (author), 1921, hardcover library edition. INSCRIBED by author on ffep, dated 1932. Green cloth hc with black titling on front, plain brown endpapers, 100 pp. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: corners bumped and wearing, ex-library with no markings except donor bookplate and spine strip, p. 41 corner creased, last page shows binding holes (as when staples are removed).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, fifteenth printing. White spine over black cloth with gilt design, 4to, [x] 7-84 pp heavy paper, 12 plates illustrations by the author; slipcase with gold and red pastedown cover and spine. Very Good/Good: book covers lightly scuffed, pages crisp, no markings; slipcase faded, spine label peeling.

Greensboro: N.C. Friends Historical Society and The Quaker Collection of Guilford College Library, 1976. Limited ed. Paperback. Very Good +. Henry G. Hood Jr., The Public Career of John Archdale (1642-1717), Greensboro, N.C. Friends Historical Society and The Quaker Collection of Guilford College Library, 1976, unnumbered limited edition (300 copies). Stapled paper covers, 8vo, viii, 48 pp with notes and bibliography. Chapters include Archdale in Maine, 1st Visit to the Carolinas, Appointment at Governor of the Carolinas 1694, A- and the Colonial Assembly, Indian Policy, A- and the French Settlers, The Return to England, Effort to Recruit New Colonists, A's Efforts on Behalf of Religious Toleration in the Colonies. VG: (new, but shelfwear) tiny tear/chip at top and bottom of spine, clean, crisp, unmarked. Reduced