Authors starting with P from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Essen, Germany: Verlag W. Girardet, 1962. 108 pages of text. Rigid synthetic binding (green plastic) is almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with one small tear, and minor soiling and sunning; protected in archival mylar. Business name stamp on the front endpaper. Text is in German, English and French, and the text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Pinehurst, NC: Resorts of Pinehurst, Inc., 2001 224 pages of text. Green hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in new condition protected in archival mylar. Original protective slipcase with minimal shelfwear. Includes the 32 page publication from 1994 titled "Pinehurst in the Nineties" which fits nicely inside the slipcase. Illustrated with hundreds of historic black & white and new full color photographs, including facsimiles of historic advertisement, course books, and ot... more information

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971 xvi, 491 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Green hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to extremities, and a small tear and several creases to rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Slight spotting to closed page edges. Illustrated with historic black & white photographs. Soviet Union, Russian Symbolist Movement, Gippius. Hippius lived 1869 to 1945.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Ver... more information

Carbondale, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1972 xii, 315 pages of text. Blue hardcover cloth binding with minor staining. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to extremities, including a tiny chip at top of spine; protected in archival mylar. Front endpaper (blank) is lacking. Discreetly ex-library, without any markings on spine, and edges of closed pages rubbed where ink stamps used to be. Gippius, Russian Symbolist Movement, Soviet Union. Hippius lived 1869 to 1945.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very g... more information

Hartford, CT: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainerd Company, 1886 139 pages of text. Brown hardcover cloth binding with moderate soiling and rubbing; corners are bumped, but gilt lettering and decoration remains readable and attractive. With the previous ownership signature of M. L. McCormick and date of March 24 1887 on front endpaper. Text is exceptionally clean. Binding protected in custom stiff archival mylar.. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1979 246 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Purple hardcover binding with moderate sunning to spine ends, with slight rubbing there. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate rubbing to extremities, including several small tears, creases and chips, with slight sunning to spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with over 500 black & white photographs. Contains 32 color photographs illustrating 192 pieces of glass. Includes identifying marks (... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955 viii, 430 pages of text including bibliography and index. Hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Political Science.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Bishop Wilton, York, UK: Wilton 65, 2000 [x], 310 pages of text. Blue hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor creasing to extremities. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Small stains to page edges.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition/Very good condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Rutland, VT: No publisher, 1868 A clipped piece of the engraved letterhead of the Vermont Executive Department dated June 1868, measuring 4.75 inches by 3.75 inches, signed in ink "John B. Page." John Boardman Page (1826-1885) was Governor of Vermont 1867-1869.. Signed. First edition. Very good+ condition. ... more information

Brooklyn, NY: Dance Horizons, 1978 xvi, 224 pages of text including an index. Green hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate rubbing to the extremities, including a few small tears and creases; spine slightly faded; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by author on title page "To Rosalie and Ben [Gingiss of tuxedo fame] with very much love from [signed] Ruth Page." Edited and with an introduction by Andrew Mark Wentink. Illustrated with numerous historic black & white... more information

no place: Not published, 1915 Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922). 3.5" wide x 2.5" tall card, inscribed "Yours very truly, Thomas Nelson Page." A clean autograph, with no smudging. American novelist and diplomat. Practised law in Richmond VA, moved to Washington DC in 1893 and devoted himself to writing; U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1913-19. An attractive autograph, suitable for framing.. Signed. First Edition. Near fine condition. ... more information

London: Not published, 1860 Two page letter, written entirely in the hand of and signed by English architect and Civil Engineer Thomas Page. The letter reads "6 Hanover Square. 15 April 1860. My dear Mr. Cooke [E. W. Cooke, (1811-1880) English Painter and Botanist], I am ashamed of the delay in acknowledging your letter - your very witty + characteristic letter which I have just received back from E.W. Dallas [1809-1879]. I think - nay I am sure that your letter is the best part of the whole perform... more information

London: Printed by W. W. for William Lee, and are to be sold at his Shop in Fleet-street, 1647. [i] blank, [xvi] preliminary pages, with "Names of the Sects" index immediately preceding title page, followed by 164 pages of text and [vi] table; does not have an engraved title page. Full leather binding with text block intact, with both boards detached in need of rebinding. Previous owner's name "Edwin Ford" on front endpaper, with minor to moderate browning to edges of first and last ... more information

Emmaus, PA: Daybreak/Rodale Press, 1998 159 pages of text including an index, and a list of resources for design/decorating supplies. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with color photographs.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Near fine condition (DJ). Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: J. F. Trow, 1852 viii, 524 pages of text, plus an extra leaf of text. This leaf of text is numbered in pencil 525 and 526, and details an 1854 Special Meeting of the Harvard President and Fellows, reporting the unanimous vote that R. T. Paine would be named in the Triennial Catalogue. Original full leather binding, with minor rubbing to the extremities, and a small expert repair to the bottom of the spine. Minor to moderate foxing to first 10 pages, and moderate staining protruding into text and m... more information

Nashville, TN: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1913 501 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately sunned on spine, with stains and discoloration on boards. Ex-library, with markings on spine, stamps on endpapers and one text page. Complete in one volume. Contains one illustration at the end of the text.. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Nashville, TN: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, 1922 549 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding with minor darkening of spine, with minor stain/discoloration to bottom of spine. No dustjacket. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, a few small check marks in margins of text, and numerous notations on the rear endpapers, not affecting the text.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Paris, France: Printed at the English Press, 1795. 40 pages of text. Attractive and intact hardcover binding; brown leather spine and corners with minor rubbing, and marbled paper-covered boards. Minor to moderate staining to the top and bottom edges of the pages, and minor to moderate foxing scattered throughout the text. A few pages with old paper repairs to the lower corner, not affecting the text. "Printed at the English Press, Rue De Vaugirard, No. 970. Third Year of the French Republic." Ear... more information

London: Cresset Press, 1929. Four volume set. Number 109 of 500 copies published. Original bindings with decorative paper-covered boards, tan linen spines, and lighter colored linen spine labels. Minor shelfwear, with minor darkening to boards, and moderate darkening to the spines. Most of the inner hinges are weakened, but remain intact and attractive. Minor foxing to first and final few pages. Each volume is illustrated with a color frontis and black & white chapter headings by Douglas Percy Bliss. Vo... more information

Seoul, Korea: Samhwa Publishing Co, 1973 Approximately 150 pages of text. Thick paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to extremities, including several minor creases and minimal soiling; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 72 plates, several of which are in color. Contains text and explanation/description of plates in English and Korean.. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Quarto (4to). ... more information