Search Results: Titles starting with P from Dark and Stormy Night Books

New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, 1974 246pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket in mylar cover. An early, and relatively scarce,novel of the author who would go on to become president of the Mystery Writers of America in the late 'eighties. A smart and talented ex-Vietnam vet goes bad, planning a million dollar art heist in New York. Can his nemesis, Inspector Max Kauffman, foil the audacious plan? Condition: Near Fine with very light foxing to two edges text block, and one very lightly bumped corner. Jacket with a bit of interior foxing to inside flaps and slight wear near corners, to head and tail of spine especially. Overall, though, very presentable.. First printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good .

London: Harrison and Sons, 1881 British Parliamentary Report[C3057]; bound with Report [C3058] containing "Further Papers " relating to the same. Hard cover, folio (measuring 8 ¼ x 13 inches), in brown cloth boards with title in gilt, 29pp. and 115 pp. plus foldout map. In English, Spanish and French. SIGNED in pencil on ffep.: "Lewis Baker , Bluefields, May 8th 1894." Lewis Baker was the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, appointed by the American President Grover Cleveland to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador, serving from May 13, 1893 to December 9, 1897. As such, he reported his observations on the "negro insurrection" at the Caribbean port city of Bluefields to the State Department in a series of letters, now accessible at the Foreign Relations website of the State Department. The 1860 Treaty of Managua, established the "Mosquito Coast" as an autonomous region from the former British colony of Nicaragua, thereby maintaining British trade access to the lucrative port of… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927 Hard cover, 4to, in blue cloth with title in gilt to front and spine, (lxix), 297pp., First Edition. Printed on laid paper at Oxford University Press, London: Humphrey Milord. With reproductions of the title pages of eight of the Elizabethan editions. "The present edition, based upon nine of the ten Elizabethan editions, is the only one in existence which reprints every line of these nine and enumerates every change."--Introduction. Includes indexes. Condition: Very Good Plus (or better). Small scuff to rear board, and gentlest of wear to rear joint. Inch long split along inner front hinge. One small fox or soiling at title page, seen in photo. Otherwise, this is clean, tight and very, very mildly age toned. Author Harvard Professor of English Hyder Edward Rollins, (1889-1958), was a prolific voice on topics of early English literature, including Chaucer and Shakespeare, from Pepys to Keats. This volume is the first critical edition of the nine extant… Read More

Luxembourg: Euroeditor International Publishers, 1997 Trade paperback. 8vo. 151pp. English text. Condition: Near Fine. ** Book of (translated) letters between Ivar Vidrik Ivask (1927 - 1992), an Estonian poet, and Mimmo Marina (1933 - ), the founder of the literary magazine NEeuropa. It mentions trips to America, the Neustadt International Prize, and much talk of literature.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Edinburgh: Privately Published, 1902 170pp. History of an ancient village on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Condition: Spine a little sunned amd marked. Some age-toning to title page, but not elsewhere. One page has wear and a tiny hole.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, 1967 Hard cover, 8vo, in brown cloth with titles blocked to spine in brown, xii plus 379 pp. Folded map laid in. An un-numbered Limited Edition facsimile of the original publication of 1838. In original, price-clipped dust jacket and protective mylar. Condition: Fine. D/J is Very Good Plus with sunning to spine. **The Massachusetts-born Author, Rev. Samuel A.M. Parker (1779-1866) was the first Presbyterian missionary in the Northwest. He trained at the Andover Theological Seminary, the training ground of a number of notable Christian missionaries despatched in the nineteenth century from Massachusetts to places such as China, India and other far-flung locales. The volume describes his travels begun in 1835 under Fontenelle of the American Fur Company. His observations are described as a valuable resource on the tribes he encounters, the descriptions of the land, its agriculture, animal life and geology. The map shows the earliest representation of interior Oregon. (The… Read More

Garden City and New York: Doubleday Page and Company, 1925 Reprint, dated 1925. Part of a Christopher Morley Series by Doubleday Page first issued by this publisher in 1917. Flexible cover of full red sheepskin with author's initials blocked in gold to front, and title along spine, top edge gilt, cream end papers, rubricated title page, 190pp. CONDITION: Very Good Plus (or better, really.) One bumped corner to front. A few slight scratch marks to covers, which are generally superficial. Else, clean and bright, no signs of foxing. One quarter-inch stain on outside bottom edge of text block. Board edges and corners are pristine.**This is the very famous first of two biblio-mysteries by Morley featuring Roger Mifflin, first published 1917. This is a *hugely entertaining* read to the publisher, bookseller or book lover, with many "in-jokes" found in the character's names and peccadilloes. Mifflin's traveling book store, "Parnassus" is modeled on a brightly painted, horse-drawn tinker's wagon with living… Read More

New York: Cochrane Publishing Co., 1908 Hard cover, 12mo (5 1/2 x 8 inches), in green ribbed cloth with blind-stamped borders, titles to front and spine in gold. No d/j. Condition: Very Good Plus, with minor edgewear and a few small exterior marks. Inside is clean, tight and mildly age-toned. The Springfield, Massachusetts Author, Dr. Robert Thaxter Edes (1838-1923) was a Harvard professor and physician, who wrote this historical fiction title concerning colonial America in the years running up to Gen. Wolfe's capture of Quebec in 1759. Despite a religious-sounding title, this is definitely a book full of pre-revolutionary militia action. The Lac Saint Sacrement separates Maine from Quebec and was the site of the fore-mentioned battle. ALS included mentions this book. (The author also wrote a popular dime novel: "The Story of Rodman Heath: Or, Mugwumps, by One of Them.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.

Framingham, Massachusetts: Old America Company Publishers for the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 Hard cover, 4to ( 7 x 10 inches), in light blue cloth, with Massachusetts seal and title in gold to front, and titles to spine, top edge gilt, First edition, (xx), 212pp. Condition: Very Good Plus. A few small spots of discoloration to the exterior. Very light rubbing at head and foot of spine. Gilt bright, pages are tight, clean and very lightly toned. The Massachusetts Tercentenary Commission (1630-1930) presented this panorama of Massachusetts historical houses, portraits and cultural artifacts including domestic furniture and silver, accompanied by brief biographies. Many black and white photographs are reproduced, a number of them credited to Wallace Nutting, (1861-1941) the Massachusetts minister, antiquarian and photographer who published many books on colonial life in the Bay State. (The publishing company of this volume was owned by him.) Samuel Eliot Morison, Harvard… Read More

Los Angeles: DF2 Gallery, 2007 Hard cover, quarto, 81pp. COndition: Fine. Catalogue book published in conjunction with the exhibition "PATIENT" at F2 Gallery, Beijing, China November 17, 2007 - January 14, 2008. Text in English and Chinese.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

New York: Henry Holt, 1924 233pp. Pierre Loti (1850 - 1923) was a famous French novelist. Pêcheur D'Islande is a novel about the fisherfolk of Breton, and was described by Edmund Gosse as being "the most popular and finest of all his writings." Condition: Covers dust-soiled and slightly worn at corners. Light pencil annotations. One page at vocabuary section has crease.. Hard Cover. Good.

London: H.M.Stationery Office, 1973 Hard cover, 8vo., pp 82, 36, 58, 66, 82, 90, 40. Reprint edition. In publisher's blue cloth binding. Condition: Very Good, with some light foxing, and some light marks to covers.** A book of several sections, commissioned by the British Foreign Office in preparation for a Peace Conference held around 1917. Sections on The Partition of Africa, British West Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, and Nyasaland. . Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1908 156pp. George Shaw Aitken (1836 - 1921) was a Scottish architect, known for restoring Lady Stair's House in the Old Town in 1896-7. The Pentlands are hills to the south of Edinburgh, and this book describes the history and literary references associated with the hills and the towns and villages around them. Condition: Light wear to corners and light marks to boards. Almost Very Good.. Hard Cover. Good.

Pepperell, Mass.: Published by Author, 1982 Hard cover 8vo., (measuring 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches) in terracotta cloth with gold title to spine, 220pp. Number 30/1000. Signed by author on the limitation page. History of the founders and settlement of Pepperrell, Massachusetts from the 1640's. The British Author, Virginia Browne-Wilkinson, tells the story of the Pepperrell family both in England, and then in North America. Many illustrations and geneological information. . Signed by author. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Florence, Italy: V. Brown-Wilkinson, 1982 Hard cover, octavo (measuring 5 1/4 x 8 1/5 inches), in red cloth with gold title to spine, 220pp. Includes 2 fold-out geneological charts, original paper wraps bound in, index and bibliography. Signed and inscribed by Author on limitation page. Number 32/1000. Copies were made available directly from the Author at an address in Florence, Italy. This history uses original correspondence and photographic reproductions to highlight rthe significant achievements of the earliest generations of William Pepperrells to arrive from England to America in the seventeenth century, originally settling at the Isles of Shoals off the Maine/New Hampshire coast, (then part of Massachusetts).The book's British author, historian Victoria Brown-Wilkinson offers a British perspective on the colonial period. Discussed are William Pepperell I (1648-1734); William Pepperell II ,"The Victor of Louisbourg" (1696-1759) , a key battle prior to the War for Independence; and William… Read More

Mount Vernon, New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926 Hard cover, 4to, in black cloth with title to top board in gold, 20pp. (unnumbered), First Edition. Designed by Bruce Rogers, limited edition of 550 copies. Printed on Arche paper, edges untrimmed, with gold and black artwork, and initial capitals and other gold accents throughout. CONDITION: Overall Very Good. The boards are clean, solid and hinges in order. Minor foxing affects preliminaries, while the remaining text block is bright and clean. **Englishman John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) playwright and poet, is associated with Rupert Brooke and Robert Frost as one of the "Drymock poets". **Persephone was the Queen of the Underworld in Ancient Greek mythology, carried off by Hades from a meadow in Sicily. **The notable Massachusetts typographer and designer Bruce Rogers produced this work between April and December, 1924. He is considered one of the foremost in his field, working for many years at Boston's Houghton Mifflin Company and the Riverside… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1837 387pp. One of 250 copies printed. Scarce first edition of the ground-breaking fantasy novel by Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), the only daughter of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Sara Coleridge was a self-taught classical scholar who also learned French, German, Italian and Spanish. She put this to excellent use in her acclaimed 1822 translation of Martin Dobrizhoffer's "Account of the Abipones", about his missionary travels in South America. She also began writing works for her children, which were later published. *** Her longest orginal work, Phantasmion, is a precursor to George MacDonald's "Phantastes" (1858). In both works, the protagonist is met by a spirit-like form who introduces him to a world parallel to our own, focused on the natural world and it's powers. *** In turn, the works of George MacDonald were a major inspiration for C.S.Lewis's Narnia books, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", etc. *** In publisher's three-quarter leather binding, with… Read More

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1916 Elephant Folio, (13 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches),in half cream colored line over blue paper covered boards, with the title blocked in gold to the spine, printed in Gothic blackletter type on laid paper, 335pp., First Edition Thus. In German. **Berlin poet , jounalist and dramatist Arno Holz (1863 - 1929), was much nominated for the Nobel prize in Literature, releasing this collection of poems, his best known work, in 1898. He is noted for the use of a "consistent naturalism" writing style. An example poem: "Red roofs! From the chimneys, here and there, smoke, up, high, in sunny air, now and then pigeons. It is afternoon. A hen is cackling out of Mohdricker's garden, the whole city smells of coffee." CONDITION: Very Good Plus: Boards and corners very mildly rubbbed. Hinges are in order. Rear endpaper with manufacturing join. (Heavy item: will require extra potage if going outside US.) OCLC 4120571.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.

Culross: John Penney, Merchant, 1900 14 full page photographic plates. Date unknown, but market cross in Culross was replaced in 1902 so photograph of market cross in the book predates that - hence tentative publication date of 1900. Condition: Title page missing, and covers dust soiled. Crease to corner of one page. Scarce book of photographs from a unique village in Scotland.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1913 76pp. Illustrated study of the landscape of the Pueblo Nation. Condition: Very Good, with light marks to covers and library stamp to title page and library plate to front pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.