Authors starting with P from Margolis & Moss

Paris: Imprimerie Seringe Freres, 1875. 46 pages. Illustrated with 18 mounted albumen photographs from drawings, by the noted French photographer Pierre Petit, with his printed name on the mounts. The images measure 2 1/2 x 4 inches. Large octavo 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Red morocco backed marbled boards; original printed wrappers bound in. A fine, bright copy. The frontispiece, a photograph of two playing cards, is followed by seventeen photographs that depict satirical caricatures by an anonymous artis... more information

London: Printed by W. J. and N. O. for Mattew Costerden, 1636. 210 + 88 + 115 pages. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Contemporary calf; rebound with original covers and spine laid-on. Old, small repair to title-page, some minor worming in margins. LACKING ALL MAPS. "The Second edition inlarged [sic]." An early survey of the spread of Christianity. The text includes notes on the settlement of the New World and the attempted conversion of the indigenous population ... more information

(Mount Hope, Canal Zone: Isthmian Canal Commission Press), 1912. 36 pages. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Printed blue/gray wrappers. A bright, crisp copy. William Mitchell Baxter was the official guide of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The year following the publication of this pamphlet, an extended 59 page edition, with map, was issued in Boston. ... more information

Reading, Mich.: Reading Robe & Tanning Co., circa 1910. 10 pages. Illustrated. Narrow octavo, 4 x 9 inches; pictorial wrappers. Light staining to cover. An extraordinary catalog of mirrors, lamps and plaques utilizing the art of taxidermy. There are deer, boar and fish parts incorporated into these unusual decorative objects. ... more information

San Francisco: William Doxey, 1897. 410 pages. Illustrated from drawings by Margaret Warriner Buck. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. Yellow pictorial cloth; covers lightly soiled. "Third Thousand. ... more information

New York: The Grafton Printers, (1902). 217 pages. 8vo, gilt-pictorial red cloth; lightly rubbed First edition. "The book is a faithful portrait of the lights and shades of life as we players know it. As fiction it would be superior to most of the output of the day, but it is not fiction; it is fact. - Introduction. ... more information

London: Printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, 1779. Two volumes in one. 581 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author + nine engraved plates. Large quarto, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Modern quarter brown calf; raised bands and leather spine label; inner hinges taped. New edition, originally published in 1732 / 35. "A very curious collection of original papers relating chiefly to matters of English history." - Lowndes. ... more information

New York: C.M. Saxton, 1861. 144 pages. 6 x 4 inches. Embossed publisher's green cloth; a fine, bright copy, originally published in 1843. ... more information

Mexico: Oficina Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, 1885. Two volumes bound in one. 260 pages, plus an atlas with two title-pages and 39 colored plates. 11 1/4 x 8 inches. Calf backed boards. A fine, bright copy. A place name book for pre-Columbian Mexico. The 462 hieroglyphs were extracted mainly from the Codex Mendoza. Each is pictured in the text and has an explanation of the location the glyph was meant to describe. ... more information

Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1838. 106 pages. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches). Original publishers brown cloth; paper identification label on spine, bookplate removed from inside end-paper with an ink identification "Property of Goshen Preparative Meeting. No. 29" on inside blank. A fine, clean copy of this late printing, originally published in 1694. ... more information

London: John Camden Hotten, 1861. 156 pages + 4 pages of book ads. Engraved frontispiece and numerous text illustrations. Octavo (8 x 6 inches); gilt pictorial purple cloth; head of spine chipped and spine faded; some foxing throughout. With the binding label for Bone & Son, London. An attractive copy of the first edition. The illustrations are by Leech, Phiz, Portch and Tenniel. The splendid frontispiece is by George Cruikshank. The engraving is by the Dalziel Brothers, Joseph Swain, John Swain and E... more information

Mexico: Editorial "Layac, 1944.. Three volumes. Texts in Spanish. 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bright pictorial wrappers. A crisp, clean set. The first 73 pages retell the shipwreck adventures of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Then comes the important text of Perez de Ribas, noted Jesuit missionary and historian of north western Mexico. Of Perez de Ribas' work, Bancroft states: "It is a complete history of Jesuit work in Nueva Vizcaya, practically the only history the country had from 1590 to... more information

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, , 1908.. 456 pages. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches); embossed red cloth with gilt; staining to the covers; inner hinges starting; missing the map. A well illustrated view of Peru at the turn of the twentieth century. Ms. Wright wrote similar works on Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Bolivia. ... more information

New York: Kodansha International, 1984. 218 pages. Profusely illustrated, with many plates in color. Large quarto, 12 x 9 inches. Bisque colored cloth with dust jacket.  First edition, signed by the author, the artist and three members of her family. A fine, bright copy. ... more information

circa 1910. A fascinating image of a class of young Mexican boys learning the various aspects of photography. 5 x 7 inches on a printed mount, 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. The location and photographer are unidentified. The mount is lightly soiled and there are a number of cracks in the photograph from poor mounting. Shown are boys mixing chemicals, spotting glass negatives, touching up enlargements, and taking a photograph of a posed student in front of a backdrop. There is a massive camera in the back... more information

circa 1900. A group of four unmounted, sepia toned silver gelatin prints showing a group of travelers at the ancient pre-Columbian city of Uxmal in the state of Yucatan. The photographs measure 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches or the reverse. Light oxidation to two of the images. The long, horizontal Governor's Palace has been called "possibly the most perfect building in prehispanic America." As the Mayan's never invented the curved arch, the triangular arches at Uxmal are some of the most dra... more information

circa 1950. Two colored silver gelatin prints by the photographer Azpeitia. Each is mounted to a board and measure 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches on 14 x 11 inch mounts. The photographer's hand stamp is on the mounts. Light soiling to mounts, but the photographs are bright and clean. A charming pair, showing children dressed in indigenous clothing. ... more information

A group of six silver gelatin photographs showing the construction of the Teatro Emperador Caltzontzin in Patzcuaro, State of Michuacan. 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, trimmed of margins. Descriptive text in ink on the versos of the photographs. Accompanied by a business card for "Alberto Le Duc, Arquitecto, Mexico D.F." Most likely the photographs were taken by Le Duc. On the north side of the Plaza Chica stood the San Agustin Church. In the early 20th century the church was renovated into the... more information

A group of nine sepia toned gelatin prints measuring 6 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. The images are of Mexico City and surrounding areas, they are unmounted and in fine condition The captions are printed in the negative and most have the loco "CIF." On the verso in ink is written "Propiedad particular de Sr. L. Montes de Oca. Shown in this group are views of the Palacio de Communicaciones (now the National Art Museum), Palacio de Mineria, Centro Mercado, Avinida Juarez (showing the unfinished Be... more information

A group of 41 unmounted silver gelatin prints, showing the recently constructed dam and electrical plant on the Rio Conchos in the State of Chihuahua. Fifteen of the images are 5 x 7 inches, some with the hand stamp for the photographers Holguin y Berumen on the verso; four measure 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and the photographer is anonymous; five large images are 8 x 10 inches and are signed R. Diaz in the negative; and the final 15 images are anonymous panoramas, 4 x 12 inches and show the river and the surrou... more information