Search Results: Titles starting with P from Blacks Bookshop

NY: Henry Holt, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ IN MYLAR. 6.25"X9.25" w/352 numbered pgs. Gun steel boards w/P embossed on front. Black card stock spine w/metallic letters. Book design by Lucy Albanese. Author photo by John Earle. DJ by Tafuri/Redmer. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Soft shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Dr. Dowan Purcell had been missing for nine weeks when Kinsey got a call asking her to take on the case. A specialist in geriatric medicine, Purcell was a prominent member of the Santa Teresa medical community, and the police had done a thorough job. Purcell had no known enemies and seemed contented with his life. At the time of his disappearance, he was running a nursing care facility where both the staff and the patients loved him. He adored his second wife, Crystal, and doted on their two-year-old son. It wasn't Crystal who called… Read More

Self-Published, 2010. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. 6"x9" 136 pp. Gift inscription SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. Minor shelf wear, GIFT QUALITY.

Simon Spotlight, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Near Fine-Collectible. Physical Info: 1.0" H x 10.5" L x 8.0" W (1.9 lbs) 192 pages. Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product. Target Age Group: 03 to 07. !st printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Twelve favorite PJ Masks action-packed adventures are now available in one SUPER edition! Do you want to go into the night to save the day? Then come along with the PJ Masks as they defeat Romeo, Night Ninja, and Luna Girl, all in a night's work. This treasury includes twelve favorite stories featuring Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko's most electrifying adventures, each of which can be read aloud in about five minutes. This action-packed collection is perfect for busy little superheroes who are always on the go! PJ Masks 5-Minute Stories features: Super Team; PJ Masks Make Friends!; PJ Masks and the Dinosaur!; Into the Night to Save the Day!; Owlette Gets a Pet… Read More

Detroit: Thorndike Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.75"x8.75"x1.25". 567 pgs. X-library w/graphics. First Printing. Large print. Pictorial hardboards. Set in 16 pt. Plantin. Cover design by David Shoemaker. Cover photo by Eddy Joaquim/Getty Images. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. No DJ. "A San Francisco detective becomes entangled with a private intelligence agency as he investigates what appears to be a traceless form of murder. A couple meets in a seedy hotel room for an illicit affair, the rules of which are simple: no names, no personal details, the specifics of their lives off-limits. It's all very exciting to Lore Cha--the wife of a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur--who thinks their forbidden meetings and taboo sexual encounters are exactly the escape she's been looking for: every single detail is as she imagined. But that's the problem. Phillip Krey anticipates every thought before she has it. He plays out her untold fantasies… Read More

NY: Chappell & Co. LTD, 1915. Loose Sheet Music. Collectible - Good. 11"x13.5" Music by Felix Powell. By Special arrangement with T. B Harms and Francis Day & Hunter, NY. Song is 4 leafs of music. Includes 3 additional pages for advertisements for: Jack O'Lantern; A Sweetheart of My Own; Candyland; Blighty. Tempo di Maracia. C. 6850-4. Vide Press - "What is best described as a Philosophy Song, is now being sung and whistled by the troops as they march along. We believe that it will become overwhelmingly popular.

NY: Pinnacle, 2016. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. Very Good-Collectible. 9780786040223. 410 numbered pages. First Printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. When a wealthy cattle baroness hires Joe Buckhorn to track down her son, it sounds like easy money. but when he learns that the boy has run off with a girl -- whose father is the leader of the cattle-rustling Riley clan -- Buckhorn's only hope is to infiltrate the gang, gain their trust, and live the outlaw life, even at the risk of death. There's just one problem: there's more than one gang. The Riley girl may have stolen a runaway boy's heart, but the other gang are stealing the baroness's cattle. Which puts Buckhorn in the middle of a violent blood-soaked range war. If he chooses the wrong side, he's as good as dead ... but if he follows his gut and lives, there's going to be the darkest kind of hell to pay.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. hardback. Near Fine/good. 272 pgs. 5 7/8"x 8.5"x1". Gray Boards. Black spine with gilt letters. Quality Printing and Binding by: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Dedication; Acknowledgement; Author's Note; Contents. DJ #15878. Jacket by Michael Accordino. Cover phot by Roy Morsch / The Stockmarket. Jacket by Michael Accordino. Author photo by Nancy Spruill. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. DJ has small tears and rubs along edges. Not x-library, no markings, and not clipped. "Dr. Sharon Francis is a young resident at Adams Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., where her mother is a schizophrenic patient. Sharon's mother has this crazy fear that other patients on the psychiatric ward are being persuaded to sign themselves out and are then being kidnapped. To pacify her mother, Dr. Francis checks on one of these "disappeared" patients. Then one of her own patients is missing, and she begins some serious investigating. Once Sharon starts asking… Read More

Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood/Near Fine. 8.75"x11.25". 128 indexed pages.First printing. Persimmon boards w/white letters to spine. Edited by Jennifer Lepore. Production Edited by Nicole Klungle and Jennifer Lepore. Designed by Brian Roeth. Cover art: First Spring. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library & unclipped. Underrline in ink page 12. Paint spots page 74. Minor shelf and edge wear to DJ. Using a combination of drawing and painting, Sue Ellen Ross attracts artists to her classes to help watercolour artists draw better and pen and ink devotees enter the world of painting safely. This guide explains her unique techniques and styles.' Source: Publisher.

Cincinnati: North Light Books, 2007. 1st Ed. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. 8.5"x11"; 127 indexed pages. First printing. Edited by Mary Burzlaff. Designed by Terri Woesner. Production coordinated by Matt Wagner. Signature bottom right of pg. 3. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Discover the no-fear, all-fun way to paint family pets, barnyard animals, woodland critters and exotic creatures! Paint Realistic Animals in Acrylic With Lee Hammond What do you get when you combine the ever-popular subject of animals, the user-friendly medium of acrylic, and the friendly, encouraging teaching style of Lee Hammond? A simple and fun way to start painting your favorite animals in a charming, realistic style! No previous experience? No problem! Lee's easy-going approach begins with nothing more than an assembly of spheres and a basic foundation of color. 24 step-by-step demonstrations show you how to refine these basic elements into living,… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 2001. Hardcover. VeryGood/Very Good. 5.75"x8.5" 642 pgs. LARGE PRINT. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. DJ illustration by Patti Ratchford and Shasti O'Leary. Jacket photo by corbis-Bettmann. Jacket design by Patti Ratchford. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price). Ghost sticker to ffep, two initials in ink,1 small soil spot all on ffep. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. To the Chandler family in 1950's Black Oak, Arkansas, the cotton season means hard work, an influx of temporary workers -- and a host of complications. Hank Spruill, one of the hired hands has a violent temper that has gotten him into trouble with the law. Tally, his sister, is smitten with Cowboy, a Mexican laborer Hank despises. And with all the turmoil, 7-year-old Luke Chandler has seen a lot more than most kids his age. Source: Publisher.

2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover w/cloth spine. Fine/Fine. Physical Info: 1.33" H x 9.55" L x 6.48" W (1.44 lbs) 400 pages. Features: Excerpt, Dust Cover, Price on Product. Initial Print Run: 2800000 Minimal shelf wear. First Printing w/number line. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, and unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Accelerated Reader® Info: Quiz # (Quiz Name): 46843 (Painted House) Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grade Point Value: 19.0 The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a good crop. Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy… Read More

New York, NY: Lark Books, 2009. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine-Collectible. 8.5"x10" 172 indexed pgs. 2nd printing w/number lines. Book design and layout by Susan Fazekas. Photos by Sibila Savage. Chapter calligraphy by Alice Armstrong. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/tracking number. Create decorated paper as beautiful as any found in an art store—and with more distinctive and personal patterns, too. Alisa Golden's methods of applying inks and paints to paper can dramatically alter the appearance of finished works. From artist books and journals to greeting cards, collages, and more, these techniques work on any paper surface and add numerous skills to the crafter's arsenal. Create dramatic effects using gesso, acrylic inks, watercolor paints, stamps, stencils, and more. From basic patterning to wet-on-wet to paste paper frottage, plus a selection of nine projects, this book is a treasury of ideas. Source: Publisher.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.75"x11.13" 127 pgs.Purple cloth boards w/purple letters outlined in gilt on spine. Typeset by Keyspools Limited. Frontispiece "Daybreak, Hydra". Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf and edge wear to DJ. Little white paint on bottom edges. This introduction to the art of painting water in watercolour. Each chapter covers a different aspect of water, including reflections, running water, falling water, still water and atmospherics. With the emphasis on the gradual accumulation of skills, Ann Whalley explains the basic principles of perspective and reflection, colour and tone, as well as the rules governing composition and distortion. A useful chapter on materials and equipment is followed by chapters dealing with individual aspects of painting water in its many forms, from the sea with its cliffs, harbours and beaches to flowing rivers… Read More

North Light Books, 1986. Hardcover_cloth. VeryGood/Near Fine. 8"x10" 178 indexed pages. Gray cloth boards w/white letters to spine. Typeset by QV Typesetting Ltd. Design by Hazel Edington. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. More than 300 illustrations. Includes 25 full-color step-by-step demonstrations on the figure, portraits, and more. Painting with acrylics : 27 acrylics painting projects, illustrated step-by-step with advice on materials and techniques / Jenny Rodwell. Source: Publisher.

Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 9"x11.5". 128 indexed pages. First printing. Purple cloth boards w/white letters on spine. Edited by Stefanie Laufersweiler and Christina Xenos. Designed by Wendy Dunning. Production art by John Langan. Production coordinated by Mark Griffin. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library and unclipped. Three short lines whited-out on last fep. Small tear to front of DJ repaired w/archival tape. Carl Purcell believes that in order to paint like an artist, you need to see like one. In this title he encourages the reader to listen to what he calls our visual brain and push aside the intellectual brain - maximizing the power of your ability to see and therefore create better art. The biggest roadblock to any artist's success is the intellectual brain. In this easy-to-follow guide, readers will learn to silence their enemy within so they can listen more clearly to their visual… Read More

Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. 8.5"x11" 138 indexed pages. First printing w/number line. Edisted by Greg Alber. Design by Carol Buchanan. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, unmarked. Eraser ghost on ffep. Minimal edge wear. Secure ship w/tracking number. Describes useful materials, equipment, and techniques and demonstrates how to paint skies, waves, rocks, surf, birds, shells, sand, and plants. Source: Publisher.

New York, NY: Watson-Gupthill Publications, 1993. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. 8 5/16"x 10 13/16". 123 PGS. First printing. Clairy Sage green cloth boards w/navy letters on spine. Paint mix colors as PD & FEP. Jacket art by Karen Simmons. Jacket design by Bob Fillie, Graphiti Graphics. 90 full-color illustration; 20 B&W illustrations. Frontispiece: Dawn on the Tamar. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf wear to DJ. After covering the equipment needed for outdoor painting, Simmons suggests palettes for different subjects and explains how various watercolor colors behave and how they can be mixed to produce exciting effects and textures. from Goodreads.

Outskirts Press, 2021. Paperback. New. Physical Info: 0.3" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.43 lbs) 126 pages. Every American feeling anxious, concerned, and frightened about the COVID pandemic will benefit from reading Pandemic Blunder: Fauci and Public Health Blocked Early Home COVID Treatment. This book will help everyone protect their health by becoming better informed about medicines for preventing and curing the COVID infection. Pandemic Blunder is the first book to explain in detail how and why the federal government failed to do what medicine has always done: promote and support the earliest medical treatment that people can use in their home. Missing from current government actions is the early home/outpatient treatment for COVID that keeps people out of hospitals. The result was a pandemic blunder of massive proportions. Pandemic Blunder contains considerable medical information and data to support a number of proven safe, cheap generic medicines and protocols that knock out the coronavirus when… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Very Good/Very Good. 6.25"x9.5" 429 pages. First printing. Steel boards. Black spine w/silver letters. Designed by Paul Dippolito. DJ design by HSU. Author photo by Sara James. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. X-library w/graphics, unclipped w/price, & red dot to top edge. Secure ship w/track #. In The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin draws on interviews with parents, public-health advocates, scientists, and anti-vaccine activists to tackle a fundamental question: How do we decide what the truth is? The fascinating answer helps explain everything from the persistence of conspiracy theories about 9/11 to the appeal of talk-show hosts who demand that President Obama "prove" he was born in America. The Panic Virus is the ultimate cautionary tale for our time. Goodreads.

NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2012. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 628 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. DJ design #1361576 by Diane Luger. Author photo by Sandy DeMille. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), PON on ffep. Faint crease to spine. Secure ship w/track #. Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen-one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders-and the U.S. government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. Source: Publisher.