Search Results: Titles starting with P from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1921. In publisher's original white buckram with gilt lettering, rules and device, top edge gilt, Very Good Plus, the cloth lightly soiled, scant foxing at end papers. (Select Early English Poems Volume VIII ). Deluxe Edition. Buckram. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Wide 8vo.

William Morrow & Co, 1986. Publisher's promotional poster, 24 "H X 18 1/2" W, featuring Kellogg's charming illustration of Pecos Bill. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24 "H X 18 1/2" W.

No Place: Gallery of the Humanities Exhibition poster, 26 "w x 20" h. Near Fine, faint ripples, pencil notations verso, faint soiling bottom edge. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 26 "w x 20" h.

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 27 1/4" h, featuring the same stunning painting as the book's front cover. Near Fine, faint creases, 17" w x 22 3/4" h. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 27 1/4" h.

No Place: Walt Disney Press, 1994. Promotional poster for the 1994 book, 9" w x 28" h, Fine, as issued. Distributed at the ABA trade show in 1994. Great Disney artwork, well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 9" x 28".

No Place: Van Nostrand Reinhold Promotional poster for the 1980 book, 17" w x 23 1/2" h, Fine, as issued. Distributed at the ABA trade show in 1980. Wonderful frog artwork, well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 17" x 23 1/2".

Home Vision , 1988. UNCOMMON poster featuring Maurice Sendak's "Wild Things" and three videos, "Where the Wild Things Are", "Higglety Pigglety Pop !" and "L'Enfant et les Sirtiliges", librettos and designs by Maurice Sendak. Printed in the U.S.A. Near Fine, faint creases. A wonderful poster for the Sendak completist, well suited for framing. All posters will be sent loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 12" x 25".

Holland : G.W Breughel/Reprinter, 1970. Published by G.W Breughel/ Reprinter, Holland. Printed in Holland by Van Dooren B.V. Printed for Waskewich Galleries, Farmingdale, NY. Bottom left corner: "Besteinr./Ordernumber E 2". Overall size 21"w x 26"h, image size 17 1/4" w x 15"h. Very Good, top edge 1" tear near right corner, top right corner creased, wrinkles near top left corner, suitable for framing, all flaws would be covered with mat when framed. Originally published by Escher in 1943, color version of this print used for the cover artwork on the first album by the band Mott the Hoople. . Reprint. Poster. Very Good. 21" x 26".

No Place: North - South Books UNCOMMON poster featuring Lisbeth Zwerger's fresh and surreal take on the classic Wizard of Oz. Fine, as issued, 16 1/2" w X 23 1/4" h. The same artwork as the dust jacket of the 1996 book, a fabulous addition to any child's room. Well suited for framing. All posters will be sent loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 16 1/2" X 23 1/4".

Abbeville Press, 1990. SCARCE promotional poster for the 1990 book "The Merchant of Dennis", 18 3/4" w x 25" h, distributed at the ABA trade show in 1990. Near Fine, faint creases. A wonderfully colorful image of Dennis, would be great for a kid's bedroom. Well suited for framing, all posters shipped loosely folded in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 3/4" x 25".

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. Richard T.Ely( 1854-1943) was one of the most influential economists of his time. He founded the American Economic Association and was the author of a series of widely read books on the organized labor movement, socialism, and other social questions. These 2 volumes are from the library of Frank Robotka (1889-1975), with his signature title page vol. 1. Robotka was Professor of Agricultural Economics at Iowa State University. Both volumes are Near Fine, the very slightest of edgewear to the boards. In deep blue cloth with gilt titles, a handsome set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Tavinorum ( Turin): Ex Typis Viduae Pomba et Filiorum , 1822. SCARCE edition. Frontispiece portrait Vol.I. viii, 486, (2), 454, lvi, 490, (1), 565, (1), 508, xii, 505, (2), 445, 763. Eight volumes published in Turin, Italy 1822-1827. Text and notes in Latin. Armorial bookplates of John Timbrell Milward Pierce. Vols. 2-7 at front or rear paste downs. A beautifully bound set in later 19th c. full vellum, the backs with red morocco label in gilt and intricate gilt decorations, marbled end papers. Very Good Plus, light soiling, 1/2"red mark fore edge Vol. I. Pieter Burman (1668 - 31 March 1741), also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann, "the Elder" to distinguish him from his nephew, was a Dutch classical scholar. His first publication of the works of Ovid was in 1713. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition Thus. Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris and New York: Editions des Chroniques du Jour and E. Weyhe, 1930. #845 of an edition of 1200 copies, of which 550 (51-600 ) constitute the edition in French, and 650 ( 601-1250 ) the edition in English, this being one of the English copies printed for E. Weyhe in New York. Near Fine, small chip to paper at bottom edge of spine, in a Near Fine original glassine dust wrapper, 1" tear bottom edge of spine, and in the original string-tie portfolio case, Very Good Plus, light soiling and light wear at the corners. A handsome copy indeed of this important monograph on Picasso, translated from the Spanish by Warre B. Wells. Includes 4 tissue-guarded pochoir color plates and 62 pages of text with numerous illustrations, followed by 48 black and white plates.. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 2000. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page to a colleague and friend. Fine, in Wraps, as Issued. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Akademia Raymond Duncan, 1947. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at copyright page -" (?) Herbert Evans with a hello to California my hand, my heart and affection. Raymond Duncan Paris 14 July 1950". Stated Second Edition, no. 0347 of 500 copies printed. Laid in is an invitation to an event at Duncan's Akademia in Paris. In printed brown wrappers, Good, the wrappers detached from the text. Contains "San Francisco you 48 States and other printings" and "other poems from Parole Torrentielle". Raymond Duncan (1874-1966) was an American dancer, artist, poet, craftsman, and philosopher, and the brother of dancer Isadora Duncan. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Second Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: China Painting Association, 1974. Both volumes Near Fine, small marginal stains first 3 pages of No. 1. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

London: X3 Posters RARE exhibition poster, no date, circa 1982- 1990, by Ken Meharg and Bob Linney, who ran the poster operation for Birmingham Arts Laboratory or Arts Lab, an experimental arts centre in Birmingham, until 1982. Posters from that era were featured in an international touring exhibition by the British Council between 1981 and 1985, and were the subject of an exhibition by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in 1998. They were known for their use of psychedelic imagery. Near Fine, small faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20"w x 30"h.

Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford , 1892. Very Good Plus in original printed wrappers, small tear fore edge front wrapper, ligh wear at edges of wrappers with app. 1" paper loss of wrapper at bottom edge of spine. 79 pages, 12 leaves of plates, explanation printed on verso of plates. RARE, none found in current commerce, WorldCat locates 7 libraries that hold this title, although, oddly, none in Indiana institutions. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1928. Volume I Third Edition, 1928; Volume II Fourth Edition 1933. Both volumes with ownership signature and Washington, D.C. address of famed Australian navigator Harold Gatty, and both SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Gatty to F. Dana Coman, starting at bottom of front paste down Vol. I -"Dedication is in the other end - as usual with me barse ackwards (nautical palaver)", continuing on to rear paste down "To Dana Coman A.B. from Harold Gatty 2nd mate dedicated and given for reasons in Vol. II", and on rear end page "Stand Back ! you shallow water men - and let a deep sea wave go by !". The inscription at front end page Vol. II reads " To Dana from Harold Gatty (D.C. address lined out but legible) So that he may become well acquainted with our future roaming grounds". Harold Gatty (1903-1957) is best known as the navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, of the flight starting 23 June 1931 which set the record for… Read More

[China?]: No Publisher 9 1/4" by 12 3/4" oblong quarto, string-tied, brocaded silk covered boards. Published [China?] , no date, WorldCat gives date 1930-1940. Parallel text in Chinese and English. 20 unnumbered pages : chiefly colour illustrations. "Consist of paper-cut art works depicting the scenes of the famous Chinese novel, the Romance of the West Chamber. It is a love story of the Tang dynasty, a masterpiece of Wang Shifu, a leading playwright of the Yuan dynasty." (WorldCat). RARE, OCLC locates only the National Library of Australia and Chinese University of Hong Kong with holdings. Intricate and lovely paper cuts in red, green, pink, orange and black. Near Fine, prior owner gift inscription inside front cover at paste down, small tear bottom edge front paste down at gutter. . First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine. Oblong 4to.