Search Results: Titles starting with P from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

New York: Privately printed, 1903., 1903. First edition. First edition. 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" in light burnt orange wrappers. Burnt orange ink. Preface. 12 pp. Described are several different types of P. Centemeri & Co. gloves including the sizes and colors to include the "3 Clasp Embroidered Kid," "3 Button Kid," "3 Clasp Washable," "Mousquetaire Kid," "Men's Gloves," "Ladies' Suede Gloves," and more. Mail Order instructions and guarantee. On the rear wrapper is a list of branch stores and agencies in leading cities and the following quote "To insure the genuineness of our first quality Gloves, our name is branded in full in the left hand glove, thus:" One line down is a picture of their logo. Very good.

[London]: Faber and Faber, [1982]., 1982. First edition. First edition thus. Signed by the author on the title page. Page edges uniformly tanned else a fine bright copy in dust jacket. This omnibus edition contains Unnatural Causes (first published in 1967), Shroud For A Nightingale (first published in 1971), and An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (first published in 1972). An exceptional unread copy.

[London]: Faber and Faber, [1982]., 1982. First edition. First edition thus. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Page edges uniformly tanned else a fine bright copy in dust jacket that has been price clipped by the publisher with a new publisher's price label laid down. This omnibus edition contains Unnatural Causes (first published in 1967), Shroud For A Nightingale (first published in 1971), and An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (first published in 1972). An exceptional unread copy.

Oakland: Published by E. S. Denison, [1888]., 1888. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial red cloth, titles stamped in black on the front cover, and state seal of the state of California embossed on the rear cover, n. p. (32 pp.) plus 12 pp. of "Description of Views," illustrated from photogravure tinted views. Booklet contains 30 pages of tinted photographs of scenes and views in California, Colorado and Oregon. Views include the capitol at Sacramento, El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, the Tick Observatory, Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, Palace Hotel, Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, Temple Block in Salt Lake City, the Pavilion at Garfield Beach in Great Salt Lake, Virginia City, Nevada, Portland, Oregon, Lake Tahoe, Willemette Falls, Oregon City, Rogue River Valley, Oregon, and much more. All views are described by E. McD. Johnstone. Former owner's brief inked gift notation, front fly leaf complete but loose, as is one other… Read More

San Francisco: Printed and published by Francis & Valentine, 1878., 1878. First edition. First edition. 8vo. 0riginal cloth, titles in copper gilt on the front cover, advertisements on front and rear endpapers, xvi, 264 pp., plus xvii - xxv of advertisements, introductory, illustrated, advertisements. Provides much information on the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board, its constitution and by-laws, and biographical sketches of its members. Information is provided on bullion and money including the silver dollar, the silver bill, and the co-relation of gold and silver. Reviews the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads and their benefit to the state, the Sutro Tunnel, mines and milling, the discovery of gold in California, and a complete list of the live mines of the Pacific coast. Small library stamp of the University of Wyoming on first two pages and to the page-edges, cosmetic touch-up to the spine and corners, original spine replaced and internal front and rear hinges reinforced, else a… Read More

New York: Land Dept., Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1882., 1882. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers, 81 pp. introductory, illustrated, large folding map at the rear. Scarce Western promotional travel guide to the Pacific North-West. Addressed to prospective settlers and travelers alike, this guide consists of historical, geographical, and agricultural information, and discusses at length matters such as commerce, climate, education, taxes, prices, and the regions of the Pacific North-West. Each county is described and suggestions are provided to prospective emigrants such as, "In mercantile pursuits, the opening is good for men of enterprise and capital; but the chances for mere clerks are not good." Farm labor wages in these parts are recorded as being between $25 and $30 per month, and lumber mills wages between $60 and $90 per month for first-class hands. It is also noted that "Chinamen work for the railroads and boards themselves at $1.00 a day, and in winter… Read More

New York & Springfield: Adams & Bishop, Publishers, 1880., 1880. First edition. First edition thus, 8vo. Dark plum-colored blind-stamped cloth over beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, 355 pp. plus 10 pages to include a Tourists' Guide, index, and travel suggestions including Monterey, California, Japan and China, and a small map showing the route of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. Y., illustrated pictorial title page, frontispiece, double column, with over 150 text engravings illustrations and maps. This lavishly illustrated 1882-1883 Union Pacific & Central Pacific RR travel guide. This work was intended for Trans-continental railroad travelers, revealing the natural history, flora & fauna, tourist sites, and more along the routes. This Bowman edition incorporates information on the Southern Pacific, and includes significant updates on mining, mines, and properties. Included as well are sections on Yellowstone, Yosemite; history, cities &… Read More

N. P.: Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1910)., 1910. First edition. 9" x 12" tri-fold color, pictorial wrappers, folds to 9" x 4," 44 [1] pp., illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Includes cabin plans for steamers "Mongolia," "Manchuria," "Korea," "Siberia," and "China, itineraries, conditions of passage, timetables, route map, exchange rates. Describes comforts of the ships (cabins, suites, dining, social hall, music room and library, smoking room, etc.) and includes sections on Honolulu and Hawaii; Japan; Shanghai and China; the Philippines; the China Sea and Singapore; Calcutta; Agra and Delhi; Side Trips to Egypt; Cairo; Nile Trips; Africa, Across the American Continent (Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Francisco); and famous California Resorts. This is a well-presented booklet and provides a great deal of information that is helpful to the traveler. Very good copy.

Portland: Binsford & Mort, 1953., 1953. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 266pp. Numerous illustrations from old photographs. An excellent account of the many Indian wars in the Pacific Northwest from 1848 to 1879. Includes fine accounts of the Cayuse War, Rogue River Wars, Yakima War, Coeur D'Alene War, Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Bannock War, and the Sheepeaters War. An outstanding work giving treatment to many clashes about which relatively little has been written. Former owner's name on front endpaper, else a fine, bright copy else fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket, with some light edgewear.

Portland: Binsford & Mort, 1953., 1953. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 266pp. Numerous illustrations from old photographs. An excellent account of the many Indian wars in the Pacific Northwest from 1848 to 1879. Includes fine accounts of the Cayuse War, Rogue River Wars, Yakima War, Coeur D'Alene War, Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Bannock War, and the Sheepeaters War. An outstanding work giving treatment to many clashes about which relatively little has been written. Former owner's name on front endpaper, else a fine, bright copy else fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket, with some light edgewear.

Shoshone & Weiser, Idaho & Northfield Falls, Vermont: Robert Timothy Holland, 1909-1911., 1909 - 1911. First edition. First edition. Black cloth three-ring notebook with titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover. An exceptional archive of 97 photographs, Real Photograph Postcards, and Cyanotypes documenting the construction of the P & IN Ry along the Weiser River from Milepost 76 north of Glendale, ID to New Meadows, ID, and then the scenic Payette Lake area. These images include locomotives, engineers, survey crews, sternwheelers, excursions on RR hand cars, massive steam shovels in operation, and more. Archive of 67 original photographs sized 3 1/2" x 5 1/2," 29 Real Photograph postcards (3 cyanotypes), sized 3 1/2" x 5 1/2," 1 color linen postcard, 9 with ink annotations, pencil annotations, and notes on versos. These uncommon photographs & cyanotypes offer an extraordinary view of the construction of the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway, a… Read More

Tucson: The Oblasser Library, [1982]., 1982. First edition. First edition. Oblong 24mo. Pictorial wrappers, 72 [2] pp., illustrated, map. Life of a Franciscan missionary whose mission to the Papagos has become a legend in the desert Southwest. Fine copy.

[Tucson: Fireship Press, LLC., 2016]., 2016. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine copy. Color, pictorial, stiff wrappers, xiii [3], 17-218 [3] pp., forward, introduction, illustrated, portraits, bibliography, about the author. The five founding fathers of the Cowboy Artists of America [CAA] are all gone now. In 1965, Charlie Dye, John Hampton, Joe Beeler, George Phippen, and Fred Harman founded the Cowboy Artists of America. The CAA remains active and vibrant today and continue with their annual shows held at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Well-written and an entertaining and informative read.

New York: Walker and Company, [1995]., 1995. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine, unread copy in fine dust jacket. When the charred remains of a friend's gallery and his dismembered body are found, art expert and gallery owner, Alix Thorssen, begins her own investigation into the "suicide" only to become caught in a web of lies that could make her the next victim.

New York: St. Martins, [1992]., 1992. First edition. First edition. Signed. Author's second book. Fine in dust jacket. A stunningly beautiful, well-educated blonde, who is the daughter of a powerful New York political figure, is also a very high-priced call girl. Sent on a date to the Plaza Hotel, she is found brutally murdered. Lt. Ben Tolliver is called upon to solve not only her murder, but also the murders of some other call girls. Fast-paced story.

Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, 1965., 1965. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy number 1. Additionally inscribed on the title page to author, bookseller, and historian Tal Luther: "For Tal Luther - The best bookman in the West, Joseph W. Snell." Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, [4], 24 pp., illustrated, frontispiece, footnotes. Illustrations by Gus Shafer, Frank Steinman and Byron B. Wolfe. One of the first books written specifically on prostitution in Kansas cowtowns, providing extensive research on the prostitutes themselves including average ages, census listings, and fine rates in the various cowtowns. Six Guns 2059 says: "Tells about the killing of Ed Masterson, and has a mention of such gunmen as Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Ben and Bill Thompson, and Rowdy Joe Lowe. It is strange that the author does not mention Wyatt Earp, though Earp's… Read More

N. P.: Painted by E. M. Jackson, 1936., 1936. First edition. 22" x 34 1/2" framed oil painting by E. M. Jackson (1896-1962) of Philo Vance, which appears between pages 498 and 499 in the book PHILO VANCE MURDER CASES by S. S. Van Dine and includes "The Dragon Murder Case," "The Scarab Murder Case," and "The Kennel Murder Case." The book was published in 1936 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Elbert McGran (E.M.) Jackson was known for his illustrations of glamourous, seductive women, Elbert Jackson worked for the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's and other national magazines. He also illustrated murder mystery books. Elbert was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, graduating from Georgia School of Technology in 1916 with honors in architecture. He found work as an architect in New York but his deep love of pictures and color sent him at night to the Beaux Arts Institute on Seventy-sixth Street, where he studied painting, drawing, anatomy, and sculpture at… Read More

North Platte: Artist Unknown, n.d. (ca 1900)., 1900. First edition. 28" x 28" full color painting of the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. It was named for the president of the Union Pacific, Edd H. Bailey. It is the largest railroad classification yard in the world as it is 8 miles long and 2 miles wide. The yard covers 2800 acres and within it are 315 miles of track. Today, every 24 hours Bailey Yard handles 10,000 railroad cars, 3,000 of which are sorted in either the eastward or westward yards, nicknamed "hump" yards with 120 - 140 trains a day that pass through Bailey Yard. The first train to enter North Platte was on December 3, 1866. By January 2, 1867, the main line of operations officially commenced in North Platte. From 1873 to 1913 "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived and organized his Wild West Show from his ranch north of the rail yard, and transported his show via rail and wagon. In 1897, E. H. Harriman purchased the Union Pacific at… Read More

Hartford: Printed by Clark & Booth, 1869., 1869. First edition. First edition. Two 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" printed wrappers, 4 pp. per each. A pair of uncommon 19th century pamphlets on an uncommon 19th century subject earth composting toilets. Although they’ve enjoyed a remarkable revival in our contemporary conservation-conscious society, the obvious benefits of these environmentally-friendly devices was completely lost on the Victorian mind, for whom it was too close to the familiar outhouse, and to whom indoor plumbing held an insurmountable convenience and charm. And, you know, once it goes down the toilet and into the sewer and from thence into the river, who cares? Nonetheless a search of records does show several Victorian entrepreneurs who tried to make the idea commercially viable, though without notable success. This pair of pamphlets consists of "The Management of Earth Closets, Full Details. Important to Country Housekeepers (Reprinted from the New York… Read More

London: Published at Clifford's Inn, by T. Werner Laurie, n.d. [1911]., 1911. First edition. First edition, second state with the words "and other pulses" on the front cover. The first state has the words "and other happenings" on the front cover. Original pictorial green cloth, titles, the ape, and publisher's monogram are stamped in yellow on front cover, spine, and rear panel. Collects ten short stories including THE PALE APE, CUMMINGS KING MONK, HUGUENIN'S WIFE, THE HOUSE OF SOUNDS, and six other tales of mystery and horror. Lettering on front cover and spine moderately faded, light wear to the spine ends, lightly foxed and a few pages moderately soiled, else a good copy of one of the author's more elusive tales.