Authors starting with P from Bauman Rare Books

SIGNED. PADEREWSKI, Ignacy J. Autograph musical quotation signed. No place, no date. One sheet of lined music paper, with mounted portrait, entire piece measures 6-1/2 by 20 inches. $5200. Extensive autograph musical quotation, boldly signed by Paderewski. The 14 measures of piano music have been labeled at the top by Paderewski "Cracovienne Fantastique, op. 14 N. 6." One of his most popular compositions, the Cracovienne Fantastique, from Paderewski's 1887-88 Humoresques de concert had been... more information

1898. FIRST EDITION. PAGE, Thomas Nelson. Two Prisoners. New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Slim octavo, contemporary three-quarter green morocco gilt, raised bands, morocco boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. $225. First edition of this story of a disabled girl and her friend in the post-Civil War South, handsomely bound. This compelling story of two little girls in the post-War South epitomizes Page's work, from its religious themes to the presence of a noble widow to the problematic treatment o... more information

1995. FIRST EDITION. PAGE, Tim. Mid-Term Report. (New York): Thames and Hudson, (1995). Square quarto, original stiff photographic wrappers. $75. First edition in wrappers of this moving photobook by the Vietnam War's legendary photographer Time Page, vividly illustrated with 78 photographic illustrations (many double page), this association copy from the library of award-winning Newsweek photographer Peter Turnley. Recalling the Vietnam War, in which British photographer Tim Page was singled out by ... more information

1795. PAINE, Thomas. Dissertation on the First-Principles of Government. Paris: Printed at the English Press… Third Year of the French Republic, (1795). Octavo, disbound, uncut; pp. 32. $900. First edition in English, second issue, of Paine's important effort to convince the French Constitutional Convention to accept universal voting, published the same year as the true first edition (in French). Paine was a member of the National Convention during the French Revolution. In 1795, the Convention ... more information

1819. PALEY, William. Natural Theology; or, Evidence of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, et al., 1819. Octavo, 19th-century three-quarter brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, green morocco spine label, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. $500. Later edition of this argument for the design hypothesis, a profound influence on Darwin's Origin. "An admirably clear account of the a posterion ar... more information

1797. PALLAS, Peter Simon. Voyages du Professeur Pallas, dans Plusieurs Provinces de l'Empire de Russie et dans l'Asie Septentrionale; Traduits de l'Allemand par le C. Gauthier. Paris: Maradan, 1794. Nine volumes. Octavo (eight text volumes) and large quarto (atlas volume), contemporary full marbled calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. $6500. Second French edition of Pallas' popular account of his travels through Russia and Central Asia, wit... more information

1996. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. PALMER, Jim, WEAVER, Earl, and DALE, Jim. Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, (1996). Tall octavo, original black paper-covered boards, original dust jacket. $200. First edition of this chronicle of the 20-year friendship between Hall-of-Fame pitcher Jim Palmer and Orioles manager Earl Weaver, with 16 pages of photographs, signed on the half title by both, as well as co-author Jim Dale. "One was oil, the other was water. One was night, the... more information

1935. FIRST EDITION. PANT, Shiva Darshan. The Social Economy of the Himalayans. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1935). Octavo, original navy cloth. $150. First edition of this sociological examination of social, cultural, and economic life in the Kumaon Himalayas, with numerous half-tones and seven maps (three folding). Written after five years of first-hand observation by Pant, this study examines the land, agriculture, industry, trade, recreation, status of women, and religion of the Bhotiyas and ot... more information

1786. FIRST EDITION. PARR, Samuel. Discourse on Education and on the Plans Pursued in Charity-Schools. London: T. Cadell and T. Evans, [1786]. Slim quarto, original pale blue boards, original tan printed paper backstrip, uncut; pp. 78. $1650. First edition in original boards of this 18th-century treatise on "the best methods of religious education for all young persons." As headmaster of his own school at Stanmore, Samuel Parr "laid great stress upon Greek, and gave more than usual attenti... more information

1900. FIRST EDITION. PATER, Walter. Studies in the History of the Renaissance. WITH: Marius the Epicurean. WITH: Imaginary Portraits. WITH: Appreciations. WITH: Plato and Platonism. WITH: Greek Studies. WITH: Miscellaneous Studies. WITH: Gaston de Latour. London and New York: MacMillan, 1873-96. Together, nine volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century full tan calf gilt, elaborately gilt-stamped spines, raised bands, top edges gilt. $4200. Nine first editions by Walter Pater, uniformly and handsomely bound by R... more information

1825. PATOO, Thomas H. Memoir of Thomas H. Patoo, a Native of the Marquesas Islands, who died June 29, 1823. New York: American Tract Society, 1835; no date. Two volumes. 12mo, original pictorial paper wrappers, pp.36. $250. Two early illustrated editions of this interesting account for children of the life of Patoo, each illustrated with numerous woodcuts. Born in 1804 on one of the Marquesas Islands, Patoo jumped aboard an American ship at the age of fourteen and eventually made his way to Boston. He w... more information

1909. SIGNED. PEARY, Robert E. Typed Letter Signed to Stanley Gray. Washington, DC: 17 December 1909. Two quarto leaves (8-1/2 inches by 11 inches), typed on rectos, 1-1/2 pages. With original typed envelope. $4800. Extraordinary and revealing typed letter signed from Peary to Stanley Gray, written shortly after Peary's bitter controversy with Frederick Cook had erupted over which of the two explorers was the first to reach the North Pole. After leading several prior Arctic expeditions that fell shor... more information

1888. PEELE, George. The Works of George Peele. Edited by A.H. Bullen. London: John C. Nimmo (Ballantyne Press), 1888. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century full maroon crushed morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $1100. Limited Ballantyne Press edition of Peele, one of only 750 sets, very handsomely bound by the Club Bindery (dated 1909). First collected in 1828, Peele's Works are predominantly dramatic, revealing his "pregnant dexterity... more information

1784. FIRST EDITION. (PENNANT, Thomas). Arctic Zoology. London: Henry Hughs, 1784-85. Two volumes. Quarto, modern half brown calf, raised bands, marbled boards, uncut. $2500. First edition of Pennant's "classic work," with 23 engraved plates-an attractively bound, uncut copy. "The work, which must be regarded as the most prominent of Pennant's works, was originally planned as a sketch of the zoology of North America, but was later enlarged with the addition of descriptions of the q... more information

1961. FIRST EDITION. PERCY, Walker. The Moviegoer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Octavo, original half red cloth, original dust jacket. $4500. First edition of Percy's first book, winner of the 1961 National Book Award. "In his first two novels-The Moviegoer (1961) and The Last Gentleman (1966) -Walker Percy's characters reflect the sensibility of the Delta people. Unlike Flannery O'Connor's characters, they have a societal context and awareness; yet like hers they are an odd asso... more information

1914. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. PERRIN, Ida Southwell and BOULGER, George S. British Flowering Plants… Reproduced from Drawings by Mrs. Henry Perrin, with Detailed Descriptive Notes and an Introduction by Professor Boulger. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1914. Four volumes. Tall, thick quarto, original white linen gilt, bevelled boards, top edges gilt, uncut. $4300. Limited first edition, number 714 of 1,000 copies, of this illustrated history of flowering plants organized "in relation to one another by... more information

1964. SIGNED. PETRONIUS ARBITER, Titus. The Satyricon. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Tall octavo, original half vellum, original slipcase. $225. Limited Editions Club Satyricon, one of only 1500 copies illustrated and signed by Antonio Sotomayor. "It is the picture of a man who disguised real abilities and independence under a cloak of languid aestheticism, who hated shams, rhetoric, and theatrical gestures, who looked on life steadily and accurately." Translated by William Burnaby, in... more information

1900. (TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHS). Victorian Photograph Collection of Stereoscopic Cards. New York: Underwood & Underwood, circa 1900. Ten vintage stereoscopic cards (each measures 3-1/2 by 7 inches), printed captions on verso. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $750. Collection of ten Victorian stereoscopic cards, circa 1900, each card with two vintage mounted albumen prints, with views of travel that feature images of the White House, a baptism in the River Jordan, Russia's Peterhof Palace and more, iss... more information