Pike, Albert. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Photo available. Washington. House of the Temple. 1958. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 236231 |
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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery. Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of That River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Photo available. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1811. 436 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Professionally rebound in leather. Top edge gilt. First edition. Zebulon Pike's landmark account of early American exploration. Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America details Pike's 1805Ð1807 expeditions up the Mississippi and into the American Southwest, including one of the earliest American descriptions of the Spanish borderlands. A foundational work of Western Americana. Large, folding map. Very scarce in this condition. Edges trimmed (not affecting text). Fine copy. Very tight copy.
Price: $7,500 |
Book ID: 236052 |
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Pilkington J.G. St. Augustine. Bishop of Hippo Confessions. Photo available. London. The Folio Society. 2006. 294 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color by Simon Brett. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine slip case.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 234362 |
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Pitt, Jean-Robert. French Gastronomy. The History and Geography of a Passion. Photo available. Columbia. Columbia University Press. 2002. 207 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (book plate, small worn spot on end paper) in fine (attached to book) dust jacket, in mylar.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 235146 |
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Pittenger, Dennis. California Master Gardener Handbook. Photo available. Oakland. University of California Press. 2004. 702 pps. Folio. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 234507 |
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Pliny & Barry Moser. Ashen Sky. Photo available. Los Angeles. The J. Paul Getty Museum. 2007. 40 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 235746 |
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Plummer, Thomas. Landscape Atlas of the U.S.S.R. Photo available. West Point. Department of Earth, Space and Graphic Sciences. 1971. 197 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 235836 |
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Poe, Edgar Allan & Arthur Rackham. Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Photo available. New York. Weathervane. 1975. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color by Arthur Rackham. Six color plates Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 235785 |
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Poett, A. Dibble. Rancho San Julian. The Story of a California Ranch and Its People. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Historic Society. Fifthian Press. 1991. 233 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $65 |
Book ID: 235171 |
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Pognon, Edmond. Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. 15th Century Manuscript. Photo available. Chantilly. Minerva. 1979. 124 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 236162 |
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Polk, Dora Beale. The Island of California. A History of the Myth. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1995. 398 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy (marginal pencil marks, notes).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 235814 |
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Polunin, Oleg. Flowers of the Himalaya. Photo available. Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1989. 580 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 234368 |
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Pomoshnikov, Oleg. The Russian Battleship Marat. Super Drawings in 3D. New in shrinkwrap. Photo available. Lublin. Kagero Publishing. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new in shrinkwrap.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 235965 |
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Pond, Pauline. Teacher, You're Almost a Lady. Photo available. Los Altos Hills. Self published. 1998. 172 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 234115 |
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Ponsot, Marie & Benvenuti. Russian Fairy Tales. Photo available. New York. Golden Press. 1975. Folio. Decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color by Benvenuti. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (small owner name ownership page).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 234257 |
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Ponting, Tom Candy. The Life of Tom Candy. An Autobiography. Limited edition. Photo available. Evanston. The Branding Iron Press. 1952. 133 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition, number 404. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 235879 |
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Porter, Bruce et al. Art in California. In slipcase. Photo available. Irvine. Westphal Publishing 1988. 190 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Publisher ad laid in. Fine copy (gift inscription on end paper) in fine slip case.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 235586 |
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Porter, Philip. Judo From the Beginning. Volume One: National Coaching Standards. Photo available. Sacramento. Self published. 1974. 128 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 235740 |
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Porter, Philip. Original Jaguar XK. The Restorer's Guide to XK120, XK140 and XK150 Roadster, Drophead Coupe and Fixed-Head Coupe. Photo available. Bideford. Bay View Books. 1988. 96 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 236649 |
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Porter, Ross (ed). Timeless Home. Smethport, Pennsylvania. 1952-2003. Time to Come Home to Smethport Sesquicentennial. Photo available. Smethport. The Smethport Sesquicentennial. 2003. 278 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Committee letter laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $95 |
Book ID: 234556 |
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Pothron, Evelyn & Jenny Harrison. The Lives of Alice Pothron. One Woman's Escape to Freedom. Photo available. np. Lamplighter Press. 2012. 277 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 235198 |
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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots. With CD-Rom. Photo available. New York. Frederick Warne. 2016. 69 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color by Quentin Blake. Very scarce in this condition. Unopened CD-Rom. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 235463 |
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Potterfield, Larry. The Short Stories of Larry Potterfield. Volume 2. Photo available. Midway. 2018. 221 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 234866 |
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Powell, John Wesley & Eliot Porter. Down the Colorado. Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon. 1869. Photo available. New York. Promontory. 1970. 168 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Photographs by Eliot Porter. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 236326 |
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Powell, William. 1500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor. Includes 2 Color Mixing Guides. Photo available. Irvine. Walter Foster. 2012. 176 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Comb binding. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 234094 |
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