Authors starting with P from Ray Boas, Bookseller - ABAA

New York: St. Martin's Press. (1963). HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear jacket. "Through the centuries, the elegant, stately swan has held a special place in myth, in history, and in man's affections..." designated by the British crown as 'royal birds.' . 164pp ... more information

Urbana, IL: Phoenix Publishing. (1994). HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 1886154015 . 62pp ... more information

Knoxville: University of Tenn. Press. (1981). HC. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0870492969 . 454pp ... more information

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.. (1976). PB. very good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author. ISBN 0201000326 Essays to accompany the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithosonian Institution. . 347pp ... more information

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. (1987). HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0870214209 . 288pp ... more information

Corning, NY: George Nichols Packer. (1893). HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) (darkened spine). HOW CORRECTED BY THE GREGORIAN. RULES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL LETTER, AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK OF ANY EVENT FROM THE DAYS OF JULIUS CAESAR 46 B.C. TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD FOUR THOUSAND--A NEW AND EASY METHOD OF FIXING THE DATE OF EASTER. HEBREW CALENDAR; SHOWING THE CORRESPONDENCE IN THE DATE OF EVENTS RECORDED IN THE BIBLE WITH OUR PRESENT GREGORIAN CALENDAR. ILLUSTRATED BY VALUABLE TABLES AND CHARTS. . 149pp ... more information

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. (1988). HC. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0870210068 To mark the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the distinguished naval historian Peter Padfield has written a comprehensive account of the greatest sea battle of the Tudor age. . 208pp ... more information

London: Hodder and Stoughton. (1965) 2nd ptg. HC. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). The TITANIC disaster and the truth about Captain Lord of the CALIFORNIAN who was blamed by the Court of Enquiry for not going to the rescue. . 318pp ... more information

Clinton, MD: Pairpoint Books. 1978 2nd ed. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). 28pp ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1941 2nd ed. HC. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover). Writing as the Public Relations Vice President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company which conducts the Bell System, the author has had full access to official facts and figures and is thus able to present here a reliable, over-all picture of the System's policies and practices, and something of its problems and achievements which are of current interest to investors and the general public. . 24... more information

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. (1989) 1st ed. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0895990245 All perspectives of birds are thoroughly explored in this book. . 288pp ... more information

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Hist. Soc.. 1975. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). Catalogue of the exhibition held at the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH August 26, 1975 to October 10, 1975. ... more information

Mexico: Reproducciones Fotomecanicas. (1994). HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 9686963111 Fantastic look at the archaeology works in Mexico supported by the government. Foreword by Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Constitutional President of Mexico) with his presentation card laid in. . 297pp ... more information

Concord, NH: N.H. Historical Society. 1973. PB. very good+, wraps (softcover). Catalogue of exhibition held June 28, 1973 to September 29, 1973 of ceramics, furniture, glass, metals, paintings, silver and textiles. . 64pp ... more information

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.. (1937) 1st ed. HC. good, red cloth (hardcover). "Must American Women Send Their Men to Fight in Europe or Asia?" . 278pp ... more information

La Habra, CA: published by the author. (1946). HC. good++, red cloth (hardcover). 361pp ... more information

Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc.. 1980. HC. fine, light brown boards (hardcover). Quality facsimile of the 1874 edition "Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys By Stewart & Page. Philadelphia, PA." Following the original text is a 27 page index of the over 3600 names found in the Atlas that was compiled by an index committee in the 1970s. . 72pp, index ... more information

New York: Crescent Books. orig pub 1979. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0517307014 Besides a study of the orgins of a great people, this book presents the Indians of the various regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Plains, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Great Basin and California. The way they lived, their customs and laws, their agriculture, the mysteries of their medicine, their beliefs, their authentic and refreshingly original art, etc. is all explained in a vivid and readable styl... more information

Rockville, MD: A Victor Kamkin Book. n.d. c1970. HC. fine, blue cloth (hardcover). ISBN 094067013X Turgenev has been customarily cast under the traditional rubric of "realist." This is probably a result of the fact that critics base their opinions of him primarily on his novels; that these novels were written in a period (1855-1876) during which the novel of realism was at its height and that Turgenev himself gave an impetus to such opinions when he referred to himself as a chronicler of the time... more information