The World's Best Irish Jokes
NJ: Citadel Press, 1983. First American. Illustrated by Peter Townsend. Reading copy. Cover is bent on top right corner and is fading.
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Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the Elder, reproducing 64 engravings and a woodcut after designs by Peter Bruegel, the elder
by Klein, H. Arthur
New York: Dover, 1963. Paperback. Good+ a very clean, tight copy but with faded spine (now turquoise), curled corners, and light rubbing to covers.. Green illus. wraps with white lettering. xi, 154 pp. with 64 bw illustrations. Renowned for his effervescent and rollicking paintings of Flemish life, Peter Bruegel the Elder also holds a place among the world's finest engraving designers. This collection contains 64 of his engravings plus a woodcut, arranged in two parts. The first depicts... Read More
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Mr. Maui: Poems
by BLAND, Peter
(London): London Magazine, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Light foxing on topedge, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Michael Curtis with best wishes Peter Bland Dec '81.
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The Best of Bret Harte
by Harte, Bret; selected by Wilhelmina Harper and Aimee M. Peters
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition in a very good dust jacket. The dust jacket has chips and closed tears to the extremities.
Offered by James & Mary Laurie Booksellers
Tom o'Bedlam's Beauties
by READING, Peter
London: Secker & Warburg, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight offsetting on front fly, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Inscribed by the author to poet Michael Curtis on the title page: "To Michael Curtis with best wishes from Peter Reading xii 81." Poetry.
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The Wizard of Oz: The Collectible Edition
by Baum, L. Frank
Kennebunkport, Maine: Applesauce Press, 2023. First Thus. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 9x0x12. Santore, Charles. First thus. An exceptional copy. 2023 Full-Leather. 101 pp. Light blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, color picture plate mounted on front board. Color illustrations by Charles Santore throughout, including many two-page spreads. "'We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!' Rediscover L. Frank Baum's timeless children's classic that has charmed readers for generations in this gorgeous leather collector's edition. Readers... Read More
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Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on The Oregon Trail
by Tyler, Ron (editor)
Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming, 1982. Hardcover. VG/VG. Red cloth, gray & color illus. dust jacket, viii, 480 pp. 19 bw plates. Includes a catalogue raisonne assembled by Karen Dewees Reynolds and William R. Johnston. Other essays by Peter H. Hassrick (Introduction), Johnston (The Early Years in Baltimore and Abroad), Tyler (Alfred Jacob Miller and Sir William Drummond Stewart), Carol Clark (A Romantic Painter of The American West) and Johnston (Back To Baltimore). Catalogue of the exhibition (which... Read More
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PETER PARLEY TO PENROD A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BEST-LOVED AMERICAN JUVENILE BOOKS
by Blanck, Jacob
Cambridge: Research Classics, 1961. cloth. 8vo. cloth. vi, 153 pages. Third printing of the 1938 first edition. Minor rubbing to the covers, else a near fine copy.
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In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
by Peters, Thomas J.; Waterman Jr, Robert H.
Harper & Row, 1982. Good. Peters, Thomas J.. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies. Waterman Jr, Robert H.. NY: Harper & Row, 1982. 360pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with moisture stained, soiled, rubbed and bumped edges and covers. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with moisture stained, rubbed and bumped panels.
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New Sculpture by Jann Haworth
by Melville, Robert
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1971. Paperback. VG. Black stapled wraps. 12 pp, chiefly illustrations (8 large bw plates). The American artist Jann Haworth (b. 1942) grew up in Hollywood and moved to England in 1961. She became involved with the British Pop artists and was married for a time to Peter Blake. Lists 40 works, mostly sculptures. Blake died in 1979. Haworth is (perhaps) best remembered as having been a co-designer of the iconic Sgt. pepper's Lonely... Read More
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The Best of Plays and Players: 1953–1968
by ROBERTS, Peter, selected and edited by
London: Methuen, 1988. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs by Zoë Dominic. Quarto. 254pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Very light edgewear, else fine. Contains several references to the plays of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, George Bernard Shaw, John Osborne, and more.
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Best Radio Plays of 1980: The Giles Cooper Award Winners
by (TREVOR, William, Peter Redgrove, Stewart Parker, and Martyn Read)
(London): Eyre Methuen/BBC, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning, and a tiny stain on the rear panel. Includes: *Beyond the Pale* by William Trevor, *Martyr of the Hives* by Peter Redgrove, *The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner* by Stewart Parker, and *Waving to a Train* by Martyn Read.
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The Gun Garden.
by Stanton, Pual.
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. First Edition. Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), map illustrated endpapers, gilt letters, [181] pp. Very Good+, with bookplate and shadowing to endpapers, in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: Malta 1942 -- a thousand miles from friends, isolated, besieged, blitzed, bombed, desperately short of oil, ammunition, ships, aircraft, fuel, slowly being starved into surrender... Into that hopeless situation, token of the British attitude that attack is the... Read More
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Theodore Chasseriau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic
by Guegan, Stephane, Vincent Pomarede and Louise-Antoine Prat
New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2002. Hardbound. VG+/VG+. Light blue cloth with color pictorial glossy dust jacket. 432 pp with 58 bw and 267 color plates, weighs almost 6 lbs. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring works by French romance painter Theodore Chasseriau. "Theodore Chasseriau was one of the most sensual and intellectual painters of his time. A pupil and precocious disciple of Ingres, he... Read More
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Rebecca West: Artist and Thinker
by WOLFE, Peter
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 166pp. Faint crease on spine with a strip of sunning at the foot, near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, a couple tiny chips, and a sunned spine. Laid in are two typed memos on Viking Press letterheads addressed to M.A. Best, editor of *Rebecca West: A Celebration*.
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Best Radio Plays of 1981: The BBC Giles Cooper Award Winners
by (PINTER, Harold, Peter Barnes, Don Haworth, David Pownall, John P. Rooney, and Paul Thain)
(London): Eyre Methuen/BBC, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Preface by Richard Imison. Fine in fine dust jacket. Includes: *Family Voices* by Harold Pinter, *The Jumping Mimuses of Byzantium* by Peter Barnes, *Talk of Love and War* by Don Haworth, *Beef* by David Pownall, *The Dead Image* by John P. Rooney, and *The Biggest Sandcastle in the World* by Paul Thain.
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My Story That I Like Best
by LONG, Ray, editor
New York: (International Magazine Company), 1924. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Spotting to the boards, a good only copy in good plus dustwrapper with several modest chips and some soiling. Stories by Edna Ferber, Irvin S. Cobb, Peter B. Kyne, and others.
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Wissensproduktion und soziale Struktur.
by WEINGART, Peter.
(Frankfurt am Main):: Suhrkamp, (1976)., 1976. 18 cm. 240, [14] pp. 1 fig. on p. 76. Printed wrappers. Presentation inscription: "To Roger Hahn With best wishes Peter Weingart". Rare signed. Fine. ISBN: 3518077554
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Art of the Hot Rod
by Gross, Ken; Harholdt,Peter; Xydias, Alex
Minneapolis, MN: MBI Publishing Company / Motorbooks, 2012. Softcover. As new. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with white titles. 240 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. The best hot rods are art on four wheels, and this book, a collection of studio photography of the cars produced by the world's top hot-rod builders, is nothing less than a gallery of the best of American hot rodding. Profiling top builders like Pete Chapouris, Roy Brizio, Vern Tardel, Troy Trepanier, and... Read More
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AFTER GOOD-NIGHT
by Sis, Peter; Mayper, Monica
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this dreamy bedtime story with graceful illustrations by Peter Sis, inscribed by Monica Mayper in the year of publication. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year... Read More
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY YEARBOOK, NEWS, ANALYSES, & TRENDS IN THE BOOK INDUSTRY
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1983. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, (ii), 252 pages. The first yearbook issued. Full of the best of the articles that had appeared in PW for the year. With a two page foreword by Jean Peters.
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Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Everglades. Foreword by Peter Matthiessen.
by Briggs, Betty Savidge.
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, (2000). Oblong quarto, green cloth (hardcover), xxiv, 127 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Crackers in the Glade is a visually stunning account of bygone days in the Everglades. The largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States, the Everglades hold a unique place among all the world’s wetlands. Through his writings and illustrations, fisherman, guide, and self-taught artist Rob Storter transports... Read More
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The Velveteen Rabbit Gift Set: The Classic Edition Board Book and a Velveteen Rabbit Plush
by Williams, Margery
Applesauce Press, 2020. Board Book. Fine. 7x2x10. Santore, Charles. New. Still in shrink wrap. 2020 Board Book. The beloved story of The Velveteen Rabbit, the stuffed animal made real by the love of a boy, has captured our imaginations for generations. In this plush gift set including the board book edition of the children's classic and a soft bunny toy, re-experience the timeless tale of boundless love and the magical transformation it has on our hearts. For nearly... Read More
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North South East West
by BENSON, Richard and Peter Galassi
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 127 pages. Features a foreword by Glenn D. Lowry, and texts by Peter Galassi and Benson. While perhaps best known for his printing and as a teacher the present book makes a convincing argument of the skill that Benson has as a photographer. Includes 109 color images, a checklist and biographical information. A fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near... Read More
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JOANNA THE POPE
by PANGER, Daniel
Resource Publications, 1986. PANGER, Daniel. JOANNA THE POPE. San Jose, California: Resource Publications, [1986]. Tall 8vo., cloth in dust jacket; 341 pages. Revised Edition. Signed presentation from Panger on the front endpaper: "12/8/86. To Britt Layton, With best regards, Daniel Panger." A novel about a little-known bit of history about a woman who occupied the see of St. Peter's and reigned as Pope John VIII. Near fine; minor wear d/j. $20.00.
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