Search Results: Titles starting with P from Barker Books & Vintage

Ucross / Taylor, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three volume set published in 1978, 1984 and 1990 respectively with all being first editions, oversized (9 by 11 1/2 approx.) volumes (no dust jackets if issued) are bound in a brown faux leather with gilt decoration and letter to covers and spines, volume 1 The Walther Pistols is inscribed on the front endpaper "For Bob Borcherdt Best thanks for your help Warren H. Buxton", all three volumes are near fine with some light shelf and trace wear including a previous owner scribble at top of front endpaper of volume II. Still an attractive set issued over the years 1978-1990 that starts with the aforementioned Walther Pistols 1930-1945 and follows with the second volume The Contract Pistols 1940-1945 and finishing with the third volume International distribution Post 1945 Addendum to Volumes i and II. Set combines for 845 pages lavishly illustrated in black & whites and indexes in all three volumes. Really nice looking set of this definitive… Read More

Easton Press, 1998. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Collector's edition #503 of 1,100 signed by Simon on limitation page. Near fine with some mild shelf rubbing to covers and couple of tiny dings at page edges. 398 pages with collector notes and lightly wrinkled certificate of authenticity laid in. Leather bound with gilt emboss, ribbon marker, page edges gilt, raised bands to spine and silk moire end papers. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the Easton Press library of signed-first-editions. Signed.

Doubleday & Company, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First edition, near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket (price at flap). 360 pages with black & whites. Nice copy of this biographical work from the legendary televison personality.

Richmond Highlands, WA: P & N Collector's Supply, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Very good + stapled wraps paperback shows mild soil and shelf wear including bit of bending from storage, else tight and clean with some age toning to pages. 57 pages. Still a pleasing "price list of single Specimen Cartridges for Cartridge Collectors, Criminologists, Students, Police Departments, etc.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine oversized paperback showing some mild shelf wear and some very light wrinkling along spine of front wraps. 104 pages loaded with black & white photos. Nice copy of this trolley history.

Donald I Fine, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fien in like jacket with both showing just a hint of wear. 294 pages with a foreward by Martin Yan. Still a nice looking copy of this "..mouthwatering journey through Japan, Thailand, China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, India, and the Phillipines

Superior Publishing Company, 1948. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Enlarged revised edition, very good + grey cloth hardcover with blue letter shows soiling to covers and bit of same to page edges along with a few tiny indents to rear cover, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows moisture wave and staining, touch of soil and couple of tiny chips and tears at edges. 352 pages with black & whites and index. Solid copy in jacket of this work that "..is packed with adventure, humor, mountaineering thrills, and never-to-be-forgotten tales of travel to little known places along the Pacific slopes of North and South America.

Bonanza Books, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First Bonanza reprinting, very good +, oversized cloth hardcover shows mild jacket residue at bottom corners of covers, name and date at top of front endpaper and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket that shows rubbing and soil, rubbing wear to reverse of bottom corner of rear panel and edgewear that includes closed tears and small open chips. 192 pages with index and loaded with black & whites. Solid copy in jacket of this fourth effort from writer duo, a work that "...covers..the lumber ships that bucked or buckled under the southwesters, threaded the bars of the Columbia or foundered on them and made history in the Pacific ports.

Bonanza, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Bonanza reprinting, near fine, oversized hardcover shows a price sticker at top cornmer of reverse of front endpaper, in very good + dust jacket that shows a closed tear at top edge of rear panel, corner wrinkle at bottom of front flap and light bit of soil to front panel. 192 pages loaded with black & whites. Still a pleasing copy of this work that shares "all the color and stark drama of the ships that steamed offshore from Baja California to Nome.

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Later printing, near fine, oversized cloth hardcover shows just a hint of wear, in very good dust jacket (price sticker at flap) that shows rubbing, touch of soil, couple of light scratches and mild edgewear that includes wrinkling and small closed tears. 286 pages with black & whites and a set of color plates. Remains an attractive copy of this look at the legendary American automobile.

A. S. Barnes & Company, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good +, oversized hardcover shows bumping to top corners, bit of staining at spine tail and some other light trace wear including blindstamp at front endpaper, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket (price and price sticker at flap) that shows rubbing, staining at spine tail area visible at jacket reverse and edgewear that includes wrinkling, closed tears and open chips at top edge. 219 pages with index and nicely illustrated in both black & white and color. Still a olid copy in jacket of this "..definitive history of the Packard company, and the cars it produced, covering the period from the early years of World War II to the firm's demise.

Wolf Creek Books, 1999. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fien trade paperback shows just a light bit of shelf and trace wear, else tight and clean. 112 pages loaded with black & whites. Nice copy of this nautical history.

Superior Publishing Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition, very good + oversized hardcover shows mild bumping to bottom corners and gift inscription at reverse of front endpaper, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows a price sticker at top of rear flap, noticable rubbing, small closed tear at spine edge of rear panel, along with light edgewear that includes tiny closed tears and couple of tiny open chips. 160 pages with illustrated endpapers and numerous black & whites, Still an attractive copy of this work that "..tells the lusty story of the 100-year-long era when over 300 bluff-bowed, flat-bottomed sterwheel steamers left their wake on virtually all of the major lakes and rivers in B. C. and the Yukom..." and then some.

TAN Books, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine trade paperback shows bit of bumping to top corner of pages with light wrinkle at top corner of wraps and some other light trace wear, else tight and clean. 314 pages with black & whites. Still a pleasing copy of this look at the "..saintly and renowned friar.

Minotaur Books, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover in like dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a touch of shelf wear. 304 pages. Nice copy of this installment in the line of Max Tudor Mysteries.

Michael Joseph, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First edition, near fine blue cloth hardcover shows bumping to top corners and some other light trace wear, in near fine dust jacket (Scribner's price sticker at bottom of front flap) that shows bit of wrinkling at spine tail and couple of corners. 207 pages with index and illustrations in black & white and color. Nice copy of this work that provides a "..highly readable account of the pageantry and ceremonial in which Britain is so rich...

Harper & Brothers, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover (no dust jacket) with maroon cloth and black letter to cover and spine shows some shelf wear including bumping to corners and edges, a few rub spots, light soil to covers and page edges, wrinkle along spine, gift inscription at front end paper, along with a touch of occasional soil at inerior and some other very light trace wear. 345 pages with black & white plates. Solid copy of this autobiography from legendary Russian opera singer.

E.P. Dutton, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine, tight and clean oversized paperback shows just a trace of shelf wear. 160 pages beautifully illustrated in color. Nice copy of this follow up to Painted Ladies.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good cloth hardcover (5 by 7 1/2 approx.) (no dust jacket) shows shelfwear includign rubbing at edges and bumping to corners, soil to covers, name and place written at front cover, pastedown and name written at top of title page, bookseller sticker at bottom of rear pastedown, along with some other light trace wear. 160 pages nicely illustrated with engravings and diagrams. Still a solid copy of this instructional in the handicraft technical instruction series that here contains "..a comprehensive digest of information, contributed by experienced chemists and colour manufacturers...

North Light Books, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Near fine hardcover with light bumping to corners in near fine lightly rubbed jacket. 168 pages nicely illustrated. Remains an attractive copy of this work that "will show you how to paint all kinds of murals, large and small, simple or sophisticated