Search Results: Authors starting with P from Balopticon Books & Ephemera

Phillips, Marian.~ The Palmer Engine Company: Oral History Interview with Raynal C. Bolling, Jr.~ Greenwich, CT: Greenwich Library, 1994 first edition.~ Bright red boards with white spine lettering, frontis photo of Mr. Bolling, oral history interview, fascinating photos and illustrations, index, 27 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine condition with minor edgewear to the covers.

Pivnick, Esther Kaplan.~ How to Design Beautiful Clothes.~ NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1949.~ Wonderful embossed covers, many illustrations, measurement charts, index, 312 pages. A beautiful copy.~ In Very Good condition inside and out. Missing the reported dust jacket.

State University of New York at Albany Department of Geography and Planning.~The Battenkill Watershed: An Assessment of Its Natural and Man-made Resources and a Survey of Its Residents.~ Albany, NY: State University of New York at Albany Department of Geography and Planning, 1987 first edition.~ Softcover, light blue laminated covers with black lettering and illustration, black plastic comb binding, sponsored by the Battenkill Conservancy-New York, contains "a wealth of information about the existing conditions and emerging issues important to the Battenkill watershed's human and natural environment," numerous GIS color maps, graphs, charts, and black and white photos, appendices, survey, bibliography, glossary, list of references, 148 pages. A nice Battenkill item.~ Near Fine condition.

Purcell, Shawn.~ West Kill Creek.~ Troy, NY: The Troy Book Makers, 2014 first printing.~ Softcover, pictorial covers, antique map endpapers, from the rear cover, "West Kill Creek is a contemplative work of post-apocalyptic pandemic fiction set in upstate New York. A particularly lethal virus has rapidly wiped out most of civilization. A hardy band of survivors does what it takes to stay alive, but the novel also reverberates with the echoes of local history and deep time, the beauty and terror of nature, the power and glory of books, and current environmental and political issues, and you couldn't have all that without some conflict and romance." 423 pages. New from the publisher.~ Fine Condition inside and out.