Search Results: Titles starting with P from Bliss Books

8vo. 411pps. 192 b&w in-text illustrations. Very good book, no dust jacket. First American edition but second state or later. Title page is first state with Frankin Press on verso/copyright page; second or later state text with corrections made to pages 124, 263 and 362, and one blank leaf at end. First state binding in original green binder's cloth, and center rosette on the back strip 1/8" below the fillet. Front panel has triple ruling in black around edges; gilt-stamped lettering and pictorial shield, crown motif; black-stamped rosettes and fleur de lis. Similar lettering and designs on spine. Scuffs and a few scratches on front and back covers. Edges at head and tail of board spine are softened, and with several vertical tears of 1/4" or less, and fraying. Front and back edges of spine folds scuffed and rubbed. Fore-edge corner tips and adjacent edges are rubbed through, more so on the lower corners. Lower outermost edges on front and back boards are scuffed, intermittent scuffing along side and… Read More