Titles starting with P from Margolis & Moss

(Madrid: Estrella, 1919). 163 pages + book ads. Translated by M. Avril and beautifully illustrated in color by Barradas. Twelvemo, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Black calf; covers rubbed. An attractive illustrated edition of this French classic. ... more information

Santa Fe: Rydel Press, (1940). 109 pages. Illustrated from photographs. Octavo, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. pictorial gray cloth; with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with small tear on rear panel, otherwise a fine, bright copy. First edition, with the blindstamp of the author Alice Bullock on the free end paper. ... 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

(San Diego): Panama California International Exposition, 1916. 18 pages + six pages of advertisements for fair attractions. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Yellow pictorial wrappers; a bright copy. ... more information

(San Francisco): Panama Canal Exhibition Co., 1915. Souvenir booklet from the Panama Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. 12 pages. 6 x 3 1/4 inches. Stiff paper wrappers. Fine. "A complete, correct and faithful working reproduction of the Panama Canal has been constructed at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and inasmuch as this Exposition is being held in commemoration of the completion of that great undertaking this reproduction is of greater int... 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

Epinal, France: Pellerin & Cie, c. 1890. An uncut hand colored sheet for articulated paper dolls. The sheet, which measures 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches, contains two dolls - Pierrot and Colombine. The Pellerin Family of Epinal, France began making popular prints in the mid eighteenth century and the family business continues to this day. By the later half of the nineteenth century, a great deal of the business was directed toward the printing of inexpensive paper toys for children including toy theatres, ju... more information

Copperplate engraving extracted from an English juvenile book of trades. c. 1800. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fine condition. ... more information

Mexico: Editorial Cultura, 1937. 225 pages. 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Printed wrappers; lower front hinge starting. Signed by the author. A guide book to the region during it's golden period. ... more information

New-York: The Office of the Free Enquirer, 1830. 22 pages. self-wrappers. A fine copy. "Between 1828, when she joined Robert Dale Owen in editing the NEW HARMONY GAZETTE, and 1830, Frances Wright caused a further shock to public sensibilities by appearing on the platform as a lecturer... in 1829 she settled in New York and began, Jan. 28,to publish the FREE ENQUIRER, virtually the NEW HARMONY GAZETTE under a new name...Robert Dale Owen soon relieved her of most of the editorial work, enabling he... more information

New York: A. J. Fisher, (1876). 183 pages + 7 pages of publisher's list. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Original pictorial wrappers; some tears to spine; an early bookseller's handstamp on the title and an 1879 inscription on the inside cover. A nice copy of a fragile book, with a handsome stencil colored portrait of Rooney on the front wrapper. Words and some music to numerous Irish songs. ... 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

Mexico: La Secretaria de Hacienda Y Credito Publico, 1936. 70 pages, with two text maps and two large, folding maps in rear pocket. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Cloth backed pictorial boards. A fine, bright copy. The two large folding maps, each 22 x 30 inches, are printed in bold colors and one delineates every street and home in Patzcuaro, while the other shows all the villages around Lake Patzcuaro. ... more information

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 209 pages. Profusely illustrated with wood-engravings after Maurice Leloir. 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Half-green morocco by Whitman Bennett; spine gilt; top edge gilt; Very light wear at extremities. One of 800 numbered copies. A lovely copy, with the original pictorial wrappers bound in. ... more information

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1913. 69 pages. With tipped-in head and tail pieces. Twelvemo (5 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches); polished red calf with gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliff'; some light scuffing. An attractive edition of excerpts from Samuel Pepys diaries. ... more information

London: Rockliff, (1955). 103 pages. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo, cloth with dust jacket. First edition. An illustrated study of this notable actress, with a list of her appearances on stage & screen. ... more information

New-York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. 240 + 244 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo, 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Calf backed marbled boards; head of spine torn; hinges starting; small hole in second title page. Marked "Second Edition." Bulwer-Lytton was one of the most accomplished authors of his day. "Pelham," his first novel was a humorous, intimate study of the dandyism of the age. ... more information

Wiesbaden: Rossel, Schwartz & Co., circa 1920. 24 pages. Illustrated from airbrushed photographs. Octavo, printed yellow wrappers. Laid in is a price list. Pictured are various machines for fitness therapy. ... more information

New York: Viking Press, (1966). 16 mo. ( 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches), disbound in dust jacket. Just fine. Light discoloring of dust jacket, slight crease on back of jacket. PRINTER'S DUMMY. Unbound sheets in dust jacket. Hand-stamped "Dummy, not for sale. ... more information

N.p., circa 1915. 32 pages. Illustrated from photographs of Prof. Barker demonstrating exercises for the stomach, heart, and lungs. Oblong twelvemo, pictorial wrappers. ... more information