Search Results: Titles starting with P from Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller

New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited edition. Hardcover (boards, half leather). Very good/good. Brown, Paul. 143p, 55 ills. by Paul Brown. In original glassine d.j. (edge tears), and broken original box. Owner's ink name on front endpaper (a M.F.H.). The pages (originally uncut) are mostly opened. Number 176 of 950 copies. Small book of chasing and hunting verse, with some of Brown's most delicate fine-line drawings. The jacket is scarce in any condition. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1951. First edition. Soft cover. Very good. Auction Catalogue 1283, November 14 and 17, 1951. 348 lots, many black-and-white ills. Cover soil; internally very good. Museum de-accession, with label on front cover and small ink stamp on first page and back cover. The 88 paintings are priced in ink, for a total of $62,910. "Including Dutch and Flemish genre subjects, works of the Italian & French schools, British portraits, valuable gold snuff boxes, early English & Georgian silver, Oriental rugs, continental silver, Venetian table glass." The auction was held only a matter of weeks after William Randolph Hearst's death and Davies's marriage to Horace Brown. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. Scarce.

Huntington, NY: Heckscher Museum, 1985. First edition. Stapled paperbound. Good (covers stained; closed tear to front cover, which is partly detached).. Steichen. 48p, many ills., some in color.  Laid in: erratum sheet; also 2 copies of the menu for The Lenders Dinner, June 28, 1985, catered by Frank Allison, Northport, NY. The menus are tried with lavender ribbon. Text by DePietro, and "Eduard Steichen as Painter: A Remembrance" by Calderone, one of Steichen's daughters. The first comprehensive exhibition of Steichen's atmospheric, tonalist paintings--landscapes, still lifes, figure studies. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce for the City of Palo Alto, 1930. No stated edition. Soft cover. Good (covers soiled and chipped; internally very good). 16p, many photos and 2 maps printed in red. Stamp of The Ask Mr. Foster Travel Information Service, Seattle, on back cover. Promotional brochure aiming "to illustrate in a small way the story of Palo Alto's advantages," which included Stanford and private schools, the "turquoise California sky," "vacuum swept streets," and the "primitive attractions of the nearby hills."  Photos of homes include the front garden of Charles and Kathleen Norris.  Reference to 1930 census. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Buenos Aires: Editorial Bell, 1955. First edition. Soft cover. Fair (handling wear, some stains, dogeared. Internally clean, complete). 52p, many photos and ads. In Spanish. Monthly magazine covering agricultural and general interest topics. Three illustrated pages + color cover on "Realidad Presente del Pato, el Deporte Nacional" by Roberto Torreiro. Pato is a combination of polo and lacrosse, originated by 17th-century gauchos. This issue also has a memorial tribute to Eva Peron on the third anniversary of her death, news of livestock shows and beef production, a feature on carrier pigeons, a report on the Argentine Kennel Club's international show, how to set bone fractures, etc. Shipping/handling will be extra; please keep this in mind when ordering.

Southborough, MA: Yankee Colour Corporation [printer], 1978. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. Very good. 16p, many color photos. Self-mailing booklet advertising the carnivorous joys of Frank Giuffrida's late lamented Hilltop Steak House, Route 1, Saugus, MA. The photos show the dining rooms, exterior, butcher shop, 1000-car parking lot, and, yes, the fiberclass steers out front.  Vernacular roadside Americana at its best.  Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

N.p. [Germany]: Noeis, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. N.p., several pls. (photos and art works), a few in color. Small tears to jacket. In German. Handsome large collection of 248 worldwide aphorisms, proverbs, nuggets of wisdom, literary excerpts, etc., on riding, the horse, and the rider. The sources include the Bible, Arabian proverbs, Xenophon, Grisone, Pluvinel, etc., on Caprilli and Rau, with some German philosophers thrown in. A lovely copy of an uncommon title. Good for practicing your German! (Not in Wells).

New York: Lori Bookstein Fine Art, 1997. First edition. No binding. Fair (oil and paint stains left by the former owner, a painter). The stains are more prominent than they appear in the photo.. One sheet of glossy card stock, folded to make 6 panels, 2 ills. Ca. 8 x 10 inches, folded. Announcement of an exhibition of recent gridded paintings by this abstract and color field artist. With Wilkins's text on 3 pages, a photo of the artist, and a list of collections. No checklist. The cover painting is titled Mithuna (1996-97). Uncommon. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

[New York]: [Brooks Brothers], 1945. First edition. Original boards with original cloth ties, comb bound. Very good. Brown, Paul. [13 leaves], 12 ills. Ca. 11 x 15 inches, vertical. Covers lightly shelfworn; occasional penciling to calendar dates, occasional marginal stains. No. 901 of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Skiing, golf, a dog show, steeplechasing, fishing, hacking, a pack trip, football, hunting, shooting, and arrival at a coaching inn. Together with four original pencil sketches of the images for April (fly fishing), July (surf casting), and August (pack trip) on 3 sheets of newsprint, ca. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Minor stains to drawings, 2 corners chipped off. The 2 fishing scenes are rough sketches. The surf casting sketch is very close to the published image. The fly fishing sketch was apparently abandoned, as the calendar image is different. The pack trip is shown twice: a rough sketch, and a more finished sketch on the other side of the paper. This second sketch traces the outlines of… Read More

New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1955. First edition. Soft cover. Very good (covers lightly browned). Klee, Paul. [12]p, 14 mostly small ills. Exhibition catalogue, April 11-23, 1953. The drawings date from 1914 through 1940. No text except for the list of drawings. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, Saidenberg Gallery, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. Good (light cover stains). Klee, Paul. Three exhibition catalogues of paintings, drawings, and prints by Klee. Variously paged and illustrated. (1) Curt Valentin Gallery, Sept. 29-Oct. 24, 1953. 52 items, many ills., unpublished excerpts from Klee's journal. (2) Saidenberg Gallery, Oct. 10-Nov. 19, 1955. 48 items, several ills. (3) Saidenberg Gallery, Jan. 8-Feb. 16, 1963. 39 items, a few ills. Sold as a group. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

N.p.: No stated publisher, n.d. [late 19th century]. No stated edition. Soft cover. Good. 7 leaves, comprising title page with line "Eat Scotch Oats" + 6 leaves printed on coated stock. Ca. 5 1/2 x 5 inches. Tied with original gold cord. Cover printed in embossed gold. Front cover fly-specked, back cover soiled. Ca. 1-inch closed tear to title page margin, neatly mended. One of various printings of this poem, issued to advertise Scotch Oats oatmeal. The poem is printed in purple, facing 6 chromolithographed plates of hunting and steeplechase scenes. Two scenes are within embossed botanical borders. They all appear to be English, and none of them has anything to do with the poem. One shows a sidesaddle rider in the hunting field. The plates are all very good and bright. It would have been a pretty gift. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1986. First edition. Stapled soft cover. Very good. [24]p, many ills. Printed in red and black. Light handling soil, stain to back cover from removed sticker. In Dutch. Loan exhibition catalogue of the early printed work of this legendary Dutch graphic artist (1897-1973)--posters, advertisements, brochures, books, etc., from the 1920s-30s.  Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1945. Second [revised] edition. Hardcover. Good+ (spine faded, preliminary pages a little foxed). Strand, Paul. 32p,. 23 plates. No d.j. The first monograph on Strand, and MOMA's first monograph on a photographer. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Compiled in Newmarket: Tindall & Co. (printer), 1909. Not published. Full leather (scuffed). Good. A handwritten pedigree book, consisting of half-sheets for recording matings and other information. About 3 dozen half-sheets are filled out in various hands, in ink and pencil. The rest of the book (most of it) is blank. A primary document of early 20th-century English Thoroughbred breeding. The opening and closing pages contain notes about many horses, going into 1919. The half-sheets usually contain 5-generation pedigrees, Lowe family numbers, what the mare was bred to, the offspring's training and racing record, and many mysterious notes and numbers in blue pencil. It will take a demon researcher to decipher what was going on. According to The Thoroughbred Record on Google Book, a Christopher Christenson was racing in the US in 1921. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.

Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1993. First edition. Soft cover. Very good (spine area is faded).. 282p, many ills. + 56 color pls. In German. A lavish scholarly study of Pegasus in fine and popular art through the ages, from Greek vases through Renaissance prints, astronomical works, French Symbolism, etc., up to the red Mobil flying horse. Chapters by various specialists. An excellent reference; many unusual works are here. Published to accompany a large museum exhibition. Heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.

New York: O. Judd Co, 1886. First edition of Weld text; later printing of du Hays text (1st pub. in US in 1868). Hardcover. Good (covers spotted, age worn); some marginal stains here and there); very sturdy. 142p + several wood-engraved plates of horses. No jacket (if issued). In 1868 the early Percheron importer and breeder Walter T. Walters published the first English edition of du Hays's work, which discusses the breed's history in France, its decline and improvement (often with Arab or Thoroughbred crosses), and advice to potential buyers. The horses pictured were chiefly those owned by Walters. In a new text added to this 1886 volume, Weld summarizes various early importations of Percherons into America; the plates are the same. (Feeling that Weld didn't adequately distinguish between random imports and his own systematic breeding program, Walters later reissued the du Hays text alone in a deluxe edition.) Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. (Wells 8108).

Fond du Lac, WI: All-Pets, 1954. No stated edition. Soft cover. Fair but sound (covers soiled, base of spine chipped away). Brown, Paul; Edwin Megargee. 63p, several small ills. by Paul Brown. Cover by Edwin Megargee. Care and handling of your Weimaraner. Cover ill. by Edwin Megargee. Also contains "The Health of Your Dog" by James Cutler. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

No place: No stated publisher, 1986. First edition. Paperbound. Very good. 16p, 18 large color ills. Light handling soil to covers. The text is titled "Hand-Werk zu Arbeiten von Peter Reichenberger." The oils on canvas or paper have a resemblance to color field painting. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New Haven: Yale University Library, 1974. First edition. Soft cover. Very good. Gorey, Edward. 28p, 19 ills., 1 in color. Spine sunned, back cover corners slightly bumped, small smudge on back cover. Signed by Gorey on the title page below his printed name, which he crossed out as was his custom. Catalogue of an exhibition held in the Arts of The Book Room, Sterling Library, Yale University, with a checklist of over 65 works.  Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.