Authors starting with P from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Pachman, Ludek. Indian Systems. Peter Nevill, London 1962, 1st English edition. 8vo, 276pp. Orig. black hardboard, printed dj slt. edgeworn o/w vgc. ... more information

Pachman, Ludek. Queen's Gambit and other Close Games. Peter Nevill, London 1963, 1st English edition. 8vo, 383pp. Orig. black hardboard & printed dj slt. edgeworn o/w vgc. ... more information

Norwalk, CT:: Easton Press,. 1989.. Fine. 8vo, 430 pp, all edges gilt. Introduction by Saul K. Padover. Brown leather covers with gilt flower pattern on front cover, and on spine. Title in gilt on spine, with raised bands. Internally, silk page marker, and pages bright and clean. Internally and externally fine, like new. A beautiful gift volume, part of the Library of the Presidents Series, with Part I: Personal, Part II: Political, and Part III: Maxims, Mottos, Brief Opinions. Part III includes Washington&... more information

London:: S. W. Partridge and Co.,. 1900.. Hardcover. nd, c1900, 160pp, 24pp adds. Blue cloth boards with gilt, corners bumped, vg. Author was mainly in Patagonia South America. ... more information

Paijkull, C.W. A Summer in Iceland. Chapman & Hall, London 1868. 8vo, x (2) 364pp, frontis, 5 pp ills, fold. col. map. Maroon cloth boards, spine carefully rebacked with the orig. spine, slt. marked. Very clean internally, overall a nice copy. 1st english edition. Originally published in Stockholm 1866. Fisk 1,453. ... more information

New York:: J. F. Taylor,. 1901.. First edition. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo; 327pp. lettering on spine faded, decorative boards, vg. Authors second novel about a fictional voyage of discovery to the Antarctic. Science fiction. ... more information

New York:: The Heritage Press,. 1961.. Fine in very good slipcover. 4to, Introduction, Appendix, Author's Notes, 269pp, b&w frontis, and b&w with red illus throughout. Illustrations by Lynn Ward. Introduction by Howard Fast. Red and white marbled boards, with all caps title in gilt on black ground on spine. Covers are immaculate, and internally, like new. Custom gray slipcover is slightly faded at edges, o/w good. ... more information

London:: J. Ridgway,. 1792.. Very good +. Small 8vo, introduction (ii), first Letter, 46pp, second Letter, 40pp, marbled end papers. One half deep red calf covers with red marbled boards. Titles in gilt on red leather spine with raised bands. Leather in beautiful condition, with only slightest rubbing at base of spine. Internally, very good, with red leather owner bookplate inside front cover with initials "WAR"; and with light scattered fox spotting. The first Letter is Thomas Paine's respons... more information

Norwalk, CT:: The Easton Press,. 1979.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to, 269 pp, Frontispiece and color illus throughout. Fine decorative dark blue real leather covers with gilt star pattern. All page edges gilt, peach silk moire endpapers, attached ribbon place marker,Overall a bright and clean , fine copy of an American classic. in a beautiful binding. Includes publisher's preface, and introduction by Howard Fast. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. A beautiful gift volume. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written s... more information

New York:: Navin Kumar,. 1983.. First edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies, of which this is number 533. Folio, 334pp, 192 full page color plates. Red cloth covers, gilt title at spine, near fine. Pictorial dj with title in white on black; slt rubbed at back cover, o/w very good. Internally, bright and fresh, no signatures, near fine. Mughal, Decanni and Rajput paintings in spectacular color. ... more information

London:. 1819.. Tenth edition. Very good. 8vo, 339pp. Marbled boards with half calf. Gilt title on decorative gilt spine with raised bands and gilt rules. Front and back covers lightly rubbed at center of boards; marbled edge of lower back cover slightly chipped. Light fox spotting to endpapers, o/w very clean interior. ... more information

Pallottino, Massimo. Etruscan Painting. Skira, Geneva 1952. 4to, 138pp, 65 tipped in color plates. Cloth fine in slightly chipped dj. Arntzen M81. Chamberlin 2422. Lucas p. 16. $45 ... more information

Brooklyn, NY:: The Veteran Assoc of the Regiment,. 1885.. First edition. Hardcover. Signed presentation copy. The Forty Eighth was organized in Brooklyn, NY, and Peekskill during the late summer of 1861; it was also known as the Continental Guards Regiment or "Perry's Saints." because the regimental leader, Colonel Perry (born Newburgh, NY, attended West Point) had previously served as Methodist minister. The regiment fought in the lower Atlantic, including the attack on Battery Wagner. 8vo,... more information

New York:: Currier & Ives,. 1862.. Currier & Ives lithograph with vibrant original hand color. Fannie Palmer is the artist for this Currier & Ives lithograph. She was the only female artist at C&I, and her work is much sought after. This beautiful view is taken from West Point looking across the Hudson, with Garrison visible on the opposite banks. Original condition and coloring, 15 1/2 x 11 3/4, although trimmed a little close in the margins, with the loss of the secondary title "Nea... more information

New York:: Currier & Ives,. 1862.. Fannie Palmer is the artist for this Currier & Ives lithograph. She was the only female artist at C&I, and her work is much sought after. This beautiful view is taken from West Point looking across the Hudson, with Garrison visible on the opposite banks. Currier & Ives lithograph with original hand color, 15 1/2 x 11 3/4" with standard margins. Beautiful original condition and coloring, with a couple of small waterspots in margin. Conningham no. 424... more information

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. 1905.. Limited edition. Very good+. 8to, Volume I, Essays, Preface (xx), 191 pp, b&w frontis, b&w illus throughout. This larger page edition is limited to 150 copies, of which this is number 109. Black buckram covers with brown cloth spine and gilt title on black leather label. Volume II, Prose: 233 pp, b&w frontis, b&w illus throughout. Volume III, Cambridge Poems: 219 pp, uncut, b&w frontis, b&w illus throughout. Volume IV, Cambridge Poems: 207 pp, uncu... more information

Cambridge:: Houghton Mifflin,. 1929.. Hardcover. Good +. 4to, 314pp, color frontis, color plates throughout. Translated by George Herbert Palmer, with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Illustrated end papers. Red cloth decorative cover with title in gilt and Zeus hurling lightning bolts on front cover. Gilt title on spine. Spine dusty; boards marked. Internally, previous owner inscription at ffep. ... more information

Palmer, Raymond A., editor. Amazing Stories May 1947. Vol. 21 no. 5. Ziff- Davis Publishing Company, Chicago 1947, 1st edition. 178pp magazine. Cover art by James Teason illustrating Don Wilcox's novel "Desert of the Damned". Standard pulp size. Very light creasing on lower edge, a very good+ copy. Other contributors include Richard S. Shaver, Emil Petaja & Buzz-Bolt Atomcracker. Really, a pristine copy. ... more information

London:: J.M. Dent,. 1928.. Hardcover. 4to, xiii, 342 pp. 19 color + 24 b&w illus. by Edward Bawden. orig. blue & gilt buckram. Slt. bumped, early foxing o/w nice copy. Not in Spence but see Spence 892: "a fantasy that is partially set in Antarctica and admired by both Southey and Coleridge." One of the classic imaginary voyages of English literature. vg. ... more information

(Paltock, Robert). Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins: containing an account of his visit to the Flying Islanders taken from his own mouth in his passage to England from off Cape Horn, in America in the ship Hector. S. Andrews & Son, Hartford 1850, "improved edition". 12mo, 186pp. Orig. black embossed boards. Section of ffep removed o/w vgc. Not in Spence but see Spence 892: "a fantasy that is partially set in Antarctica and admired by both Southey and Coleridge." ... more information