Search Results: Titles starting with P from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, NY, U.S.A.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on titlepage inher uniquely beautiful calligraphic hand. "P" is for PERIL is Kinsey Millhone's latest venture into the darker side of the human soul, and has the redoubtable sleuth pursuing the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, a prominent member of the Santa Teresa medical community with no known enemies and a man seemingly contented with his life. He adored his second wife, Crystal, and doted on their two-year-old son. Kinsey is awash in explanations and sorely lacking in facts. Then, pure chance leads her in another direction, and she soon finds herself in a dangerous shadowland where duplicity and double-dealing are the reality. With the truth glinting elusively out of reach, Kinsey must stake her life on a thin thread of intuition. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Marian Wood Books/Putnam, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on titlepage inher uniquely beautiful calligraphic hand. "P" is for PERIL is Kinsey Millhone's latest venture into the darker side of the human soul, and has the redoubtable sleuth pursuing the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, a prominent member of the Santa Teresa medical community with no known enemies and a man seemingly contented with his life. He adored his second wife, Crystal, and doted on their two-year-old son. Kinsey is awash in explanations and sorely lacking in facts. Then, pure chance leads her in another direction, and she soon finds herself in a dangerous shadowland where duplicity and double-dealing are the reality. With the truth glinting elusively out of reach, Kinsey must stake her life on a thin thread of intuition. New, pristine, unread, first edition, first printing (opened only for… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first novel by the author of the acclaimed story collection, NOT A FREE SHOW. Fine, with red ribbon marker bound in, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L31

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of the best, if not the best, collections of Pacific underwater photography, a stunning series of gorgeous color plates by Doubilet. As new in blue cloth boards, in near-fine dust jacket (small notch of paper loss at spine heel; some table scrapes to back jacket), in mylar-protected dust jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A. : HarperCollins Publishers , 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated Nov. 10, 2015 by author on title page with a black calligraphic pen. Author of THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING, and THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA, among many others.. Mint, new, unread copy opened only for signing, iin new, mylar-protected dust jacket, *Ships in a box to insure arrival in this condition. NF60

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L109

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF4

New York, New York, U.S.A: Viking , 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roddy Doyle is the author of five novels, including PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA, for which he won the 1993 Booker Prize, and THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS, Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust acket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BUND

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 2005. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's debut thriller. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A45

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown and Company, Inc., 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Author of WHITE OLEANDER and THE REVOLUTION OF MARINA M. PAINT I T BLACK follows the stoy of Josie Tyrell, art model, runaway, and denizen of LA's rock sceneas she finds a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist. But when she receives a call from the coroner, asking her to identify her lover's body, her bright dreams all turn to black. As Josie struggles to understand Michael's death and to hold onto the world they shared, she is both attracted to and repelled by his pianist mother, Meredith, who blames Josie for her son's torment. Soon the two women are drawn into a twisted relationship that reflects equal parts distrust and blind need. With the luxurious prose and fever pitch intensity that are her hallmarks, Janet Fitch… Read More

New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: The Modern Library, 1970. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Baskin, Leonard (jacket illustration). Among other honors, THE PAINTED BIRD won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France for the best foreign work of fiction. Kosinski also won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel STEPS. Fine, in black cloth boards with debossed "ML" blind stamp on front, and bright silver spine titles; book exhibits no wear or age-toning of pages, has sharp corners and clean text block edges. Dust jacket is very good, is not price-clipped, but with minor chipping at spine ends, and a small vertical tear and crease above title at top: jacket is largely intact and presents very well in mylar. Very scarce title, especially in this condition. OFC 3F

New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers , 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L61

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1982. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PAINTING IN WATERCOLOR places the history of watercolor in perspective and explains why the subject is so popular today. This is followed by detailed coverage of materials and equipment. The core of the book is the section on Tenets and Techniques, and the four chapters on the various subject areas--Figure, Landscape, Portrait, and Still Life. Fully illustrated throughout with finished paintings, detailed diagrams, close-up examples of how the various effects are achieved and step-by-step photographs, the text covers basic theory and essential techniques--both in isolation and in the practical context of picture-making--in all various accepted methods of working. In addition to its clear, explicit text, there is a full glossary of artistic terms. With more than 450 illustrations, including over 150 in full color. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. 7 3/4" X 10". Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Huge, profusely illustrated volume with definitive text on the collection of one of the world's greatest museums. Near-fine (upper front board has 1/2" waterstain across upper front board; some surface dents to rear board), good (edges tape-reinforced inside jacket), mylar-protected dust jacket. Book is fundamentally sound and in very reasonably good condition. 653 pp. {Additional shipping required.}

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: HarperCollins Childrens Books, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ages 8-12. Part of the Julie Andrews Collection of recommended books for young readers: "It seems astonishing to chart new territory in today's world of fantasy and adventure but Jon Berkeley has done just that. The Wednesday Tales are destined to become classics." Illustrated by Brondon Dorman. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L46

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 2009. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The exemplary 10th Inspector Ian Rutledge historical whodunit (after A False Mirror) offers tight plotting and rich characterization amid understated but convincing evocations of post-WWI England. Haunted by memories of battle, unable to find a safe haven after his discharge from a psychiatric hospital and the abrupt departure of his fiancée, shell-shocked veteran Rutledge has returned to his prewar life as a Scotland Yard inspector. This time out, the War Office wants him to locate a mysterious person of interest, connected with (and perhaps the same as) an unidentified corpse found at a Yorkshire abbey. Rutledge toils diligently to uncover personal secrets and shames that may have motivated someone to kill, and their connection to a long-ago romance between the suspected killer's wife and the local inspector… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L4

New York, New York, U.S.A. : St. Martin's Press, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New, unread copy, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. M68

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L1

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knop, Inc., 1009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presents the first in a series of novels featuring David Talbot, a fledgling vampire, who sets out to become a chronicler in Paris, where he meets PANDORA, a two-thousand-year-old vampire. Fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust cover. {Not remainder-mared or price-clipped} BUND