Search Results: Titles starting with P from Bountiful Books

Philadelphia: Peterson's Magazine. Five hand-colored fold-out plates taken (by a previous owner) from the 1869 bound edition of Peterson's Magazine. Plates show edgewear, light soiling, occassional slight tearing at center fold, else intact and lovely. . Very Good. Disbound. 1869.

New York: Wiley. Ex-library (U.S. Patent Office) with usual markings. Blue boards are clean and sound, rubbed where labels have been removed. Except for library stamps on title page and dedication page, text is clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1977.

San Jose, California: Eaton and Co.. Brown cloth boards show light soiling, else sound, and INSCRIBED by Hines on the front pastedown, "to _________, April 18, 1912, from The Author". Endpapers show light offsetting from the pastedowns, else interior is clean and unmarked. A biography of the Reverend Joseph Wilkinson Hines by his grandson. Hines was an early California settler, active during the Civil War, in dealings with the Indians, in establishing educational systems in the state, and an early member of the Republican Party. His biography offers an exciting and authentic picture of what life in California was like during the nineteenth century. 199 pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1911.

Madrid, Spain: Imprenta Real. Brown leather bindings with gilt trim are clean and sound, with spine labels missing from all but Book III. Ex-library, with stamps to edges of volumes and verso of title pages, and remnants of book plates on rear pastedowns. There are personal book plates on the front pastedowns. Minor foxing to first few pages of each volume, not affecting the frontispiece portrait of the poet in Vol. I. Else, pages are clean and unmarked. This is a new edition of the complete poems of Melendez Valdez, the first edition having been published in 1789. The author was a renowned poet of his time, as well as a jurist and prominent political figure in Spain. Tomo I: 358 pages; II: 403 ; III: 341 ; IV: 335. . Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition Thus. 1820.

Mexico: Impresas por Ignacio Cumplido. Brown calf binding with gilt trim and red spine label have rubbed corners and spine ends. Ex-library with blank sticker on front paste-down and stamp on back end paper, else pages are unmarked. Active in the Liberal Party, Pesado served in a number of government positions in addition to his work as a poet and novelist. He is also known for his efforts to translate Aztec poetry and songs into Spanish, to bring alive the literature of pre-hispanic Mexico. This work, following the poet's Prologo, is divided into three parts: Rimas Amorosas, Poesias Morales, and Poesias Sagradas, plus four compositions which are imitations or translations of Alfonso de La-Martine. xi + 240 pages + Indice + Errata. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1839.

Madrid, Spain: Imprenta Nacional. Leather binding with gilt trim is clean and tight. Marbled endpapers and edges. Owner name on half-title page, else text is clean and unmarked. Manuel Josef Quintana was both patriot and poet. He was active with the liberals during the Spanish War of Independence, and with the Anti-Bonaparte resistence. He was a poet of the Spanish "Illustracion" movement, and one of Spain's most important figures in the transition to Romanticism. This is the first revised edition of his Poesias, first published in 1802. 253 pages + Index. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition Thus. 1813.

Madrid, Spain: Imprenta Nacional. Leather binding with gilt trim has bumped corners and spine head, else clean and tight. Marbled endpapers and red edges. Name plate on front paste-down and a touch of soiling to first few pages, else text is clean and unmarked. Manuel Josef Quintana was both patriot and poet. He was active with the liberals during the Spanish War of Independence, and with the Anti-Bonaparte resistence. He was a poet of the Spanish "Illustracion" movement, and one of Spain's most important figures in the transition to Romanticism. This is the first revised edition of his Poesias, first published in 1802. 253 pages + Index and Corrections. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition Thus. 1813.

London: Fisher, Son & Jackson. Brown calf spine and corners, marbled boards are rubbed but sound.Gilt printing on spine is worn off. Red edges, top edge dusty. Inked names on marbled front end paper and title page. Occasional foxing throughout, especially on plates. Else interior is tight and unmarked. xvi + 536 pages + frontispiece portrait of the King of Tahiti + 2 maps (one fold-out) and 3 full page tipped in plates. Line drawings throughout. Ellis' researches of the Polynesian Islands provided an early reference on the topic. Volume I only. . Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 1830.

Lugd. (Leiden, Lugdunum); Batavor (Batavorum): Officina Elzeviriana. Original vellum binding shows usual soiling, else sound and tight. A later stamping of title on spine is partially rubbed off. Engraved frontispiece with shield and winged creature shows a touch of wear to top edge, otherwise pages are unmarked. Author is not shown, but the book is known to have been written by famed geographer and director of the Dutch West Indies Company Joannes de Laet. De Laet's History of the New Word has sometimes been judged the best 17th century description of the Americas. This small tome on Portugal describes her many colonies as well, including the largest one, Brazil. 460 pages + 9 page Index. . Very Good. Vellum. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1641.

Birmingham, Michigan: Puppetry Imprints. Tan cardboard covers with cloth spine show bumped corners, else clean and sound. Interior is unmarked. Copious black and white photos. Official Yearbook of the Puppeteers of America. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1941.

Birmingham, Michigan: Puppetry Imprints. Tan cardboard covers with cloth spine show bumped corners, else clean and sound. Interior is unmarked. Copious black and white photos, including one of an early Walt Disney creation. Official Yearbook of the Puppeteers of America. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1938.