Titles starting with P from Robert Dagg Rare Books

New York: Robert M. McBride Company, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Cloth slight chipped at top of spine. Else very good in a near fine dust jacket. Accounts of Troy, Crete, Egypt, Assyria, Chaldea and Greece. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine book in a nearly fine dust jacket, with only some very minor rubbing to the edges of the jacket but with none of the usual fading to the orange spine lettering. John Houseman won an Oscar for his chilling portrayal of Professor Kingsfield in the film version of this novel. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine copy in dust jacket with some restoration at spine ends. ... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Two volumes. Clean, near fine copies. ... more information

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. A pencilled note on the half title page states that this is the "first issue with the ads dated Jan. '98." A clean, very good to near fine copy. ... more information

And Other Impressions of Places and People. With Illustrations by E.A. Rickards. New York: Geroge H. Doran Company, 1913. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Rear hinge neatly repaired, else a fine clean copy in a near fine dust jacket chipped at top edge and with a split along the rear spine fold professionally reinforced with a strip of japanese paper. Uncommon in dj. ... more information

New York: Horace Liveright, [1930]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Presentation copy from Perelman, inscribed on front flyleaf: "To P.K. Thomajan/Sincerely/S.J. Perelman Feb 2, 1944." Orange cloth, slightly soiled at spine. Recipient's bookplate on front pastedown. A very good copy, lacking the rare dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket, slightly faded at the spine (but not as badly as is often the case with this green dust jacket). An important, if fictionalized, account of the New York literary world at the time ... more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1955. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in bright dust jacket (just the slightest fading to the orange portion of the spine) with a few tiny chips expertly restored. Author's uncommon second book. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket, slightly faded at spine with a spot stain to spine panel, as well as dampstaining along rear flap fold. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Inscribed on front flyleaf from Nathan to Ernest Boyd: For Ernest Boyd, Brother in various sorrows--with the personal affection of George Jean Nathan. Dated December 1934. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket missing a few tiny chips. ... more information

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1932. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very fine copy in an equally fine dust jacket complete with glassine overwrapper. A nostalgic look at covered bridges, meeting houses, bonnets and brandied peaches. Fully illustrated. ... more information

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Spotting to page edges. Near fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket with only a couple tiny chips along top edge. The concluding volume of "Remembrance of Things Past. ... more information

London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. The author's first solo book (her novel "Dolores" 1911, was written partly by her brother). A very fine copy in like dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Compliments slip of Robert O. Ballou laid in. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket (only a few tiny nicks at edges). The jacket is very slightly shorter than the book and thus is apparently a second issue, married from the Ballou edition which was 2mm shorter than the Brewer, Warren & Putnam book. Other than the very slight difference in size, the "Ballou" jacket is identical with the Brewer jacket and in fact, ma... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1943]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor tear (1/4 inch) to cloth at top edge of rear cover, else a clean near fine book, in a nearly fine dust jacket but for some silverfish damage to the rear flap fold. Uncommon in this condition. ... more information

Edited by H.S. Reid and Vera Brittain. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a couple minor closed tears. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Bottom edges of pages rubber stamped "COPY." Else near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a bright unfaded dust jacket with only the most minor edgewear. Superb copy of the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. ... more information

New York: The Starling Press, [1939]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. First issue binding of lavender cloth stamped in silver with top edges stained green. Near fine in very good dust jacket with a few minor nicks at edges. Uncommon. ... more information