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PETIEVICH, Gerald.
Money Men and One-Shot Deal. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1981). First edition. Fine in d/w.
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(PETRARCH). DOBSON, Mrs.
The Life of Petrarch. Collected From Memoires Pour La Vie De Petrarch, By Mrs. Dobson. London: Printed by T. Maiden....For Vernor and Hood, ...... 1803. In two volumes. The Fifth edition. Tall 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, xviii, 388, (9); 400, (6)pp. Outer hinges rubbed and tender a very good copy.
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PETRARCH.
Le Rime Di M. Francesco Petrarca Illustrate con Note Dal P. Francesco Soave......
Milano: Dalla Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, ..... 1805. Two volumes bound in one. Tall 8vo., full contemporary calf, leather label, cxii, 283; 348, (1)p. errata. Bookplate, name on titlepage, piece torn from p. 283/284 volume one without loss, o/w a very good copy.
Milano: Dalla Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, ..... 1805. Two volumes bound in one. Tall 8vo., full contemporary calf, leather label, cxii, 283; 348, (1)p. errata. Bookplate, name on titlepage, piece torn from p. 283/284 volume one without loss, o/w a very good copy.
| $300 | Book Number: 29665 | Order / Enquire |
PHELPS (WARD), Elizabeth Stuart.
The Man In The Case. Illustrated by Henry J. Peck.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition, printing 1. 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, (viii), (266)pp. With illustrations. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w fine.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition, printing 1. 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, (viii), (266)pp. With illustrations. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w fine.
| $65 | Book Number: 18909 | Order / Enquire |
PHILBY, H. St. John.
Arabian Jubilee.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Cloth, xiv, 280pp. Faint dampstain around the perimeter of both e/papers but not extending into the book; very slight signs of damp on the perimeter of the upper board and a faint mark on the upper board, in fact a not quite near fine copy in the d/w which has chipping at the spine ends, a chip out of the upper panel affecting the author's name but is still very good.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Cloth, xiv, 280pp. Faint dampstain around the perimeter of both e/papers but not extending into the book; very slight signs of damp on the perimeter of the upper board and a faint mark on the upper board, in fact a not quite near fine copy in the d/w which has chipping at the spine ends, a chip out of the upper panel affecting the author's name but is still very good.
| $500 | Book Number: 33404 | Order / Enquire |
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PHILBY, H. St. John.
The Land of Midian. London: Ernest Benn, (1957). First edition. Green cloth, (xiv), 286pp. A fine copy in an about fine, price clipped d/w. An account of the author's three thousand mile journey from Riyadh through Madina, Khaibar, Taima and Tabuk to the land between the sea and the Jijaz railway.
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PHILBY, H. St.J. B.
Arabia.
London: Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth, xix, 387pp. Names on the e/paper o/w a near fine copy.
London: Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth, xix, 387pp. Names on the e/paper o/w a near fine copy.
| $150 | Book Number: 33422 | Order / Enquire |
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PHILBY, H. St.J. B.
The Empty Quarter being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. London: Constable & Company, 1933. First edition, second issue. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth stamped in dark brown, xxiv, 433pp. Mark on front pastedown from removal of a bookplate, inner hinges starting, spine slightly faded with very light rubbing in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
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PHILBY, H. StJ. B.
Arabian Jubilee.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth, xiv, 280pp. Name whited out on title, spine lettering a bit flaked o/w a very good copy.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth, xiv, 280pp. Name whited out on title, spine lettering a bit flaked o/w a very good copy.
| $300 | Book Number: 8532 | Order / Enquire |
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(PHILIPS, George).
Travels in North America. Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, 1824. Later edition. First published 1822, two other editions were published in 1824 by P. Dixon Hardy, and John Jones; there were only Dublin editions. 12mo., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label, 180pp. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations in the pagination. Some scattered light foxing o/w a fine copy. An early falsified narrative of the Lewis and Clark expedition?perhaps simply a plagiarism of published accounts?Travels in North America 'purports to narrate the experiences of one George Philips, an Irishman who left home for an extended tour in America. After visiting the West Indies and Mexico, he arrived in St. Louis, where he attached himself to the Lewis and Clark for the traverse of the continent. On the return he left the party at Fort Mandan to travel in Canada.' Curtright, History of the Journals of Lewis and Clark.
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PHILLIPS, C. (Rev.)
Benares: The Stronghold of Hinduism.
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?) Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?) Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
| $100 | Book Number: 8095 | Order / Enquire |
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PHILLIPS-WOLLEY, Clive.
Sport In The Crimea and Caucasus. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue grey cloth dec. in black, x, 370, (2)pp.ads. Inner front hinge cracked, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
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PHILLPOTTS, Bertha S. (editor).
The Life of the Icelander John Olafsson.....Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 with a Continuation by another hand, up to his Death in 1679.....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1923, 1932. Second Series, Vol. LIII & LXVIII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxiv, 238, xliii ads;xxx, 290pp. Vol. I slightly rubbed o/w near fine, Vol. II fine.
The first volume includes travels to Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Norway; volume two contains travels to Denmark, England, the Cape, Madagascar, Comoro Is., Coromandel Coast, Tranquebar, St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ireland and Iceland.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1923, 1932. Second Series, Vol. LIII & LXVIII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxiv, 238, xliii ads;xxx, 290pp. Vol. I slightly rubbed o/w near fine, Vol. II fine.
The first volume includes travels to Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Norway; volume two contains travels to Denmark, England, the Cape, Madagascar, Comoro Is., Coromandel Coast, Tranquebar, St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ireland and Iceland.
| $350 | Book Number: 33493 | Order / Enquire |
PHIPPS, Constantine John.
A Voyage Towards The North Pole Undertaken By His Majesty's Command 1773.
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
| $6000 | Book Number: 33903 | Order / Enquire |
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PIAZZINI, Guy.
The Children of Lilith. Translated from the French by Peter Green. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1960). First edition in English. Cloth, 192pp. A nice copy in d/w. Account of the French exploration into the up-river country of Borneo.
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PICKERING, John.
A Vocabulary Or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar To The United States of America. To Which Is Prefixed An Essay On The Present State Of The English Language In The United States........
Boston: Published by Cummings and Hillard, 1816. First edition. Tall 8vo., rebound in 20th century red cloth, leather label, (viii), (9)-206, (1)p.errata. Discreet name on titlepage, bookplate o/w a fine copy in modern cloth.
Boston: Published by Cummings and Hillard, 1816. First edition. Tall 8vo., rebound in 20th century red cloth, leather label, (viii), (9)-206, (1)p.errata. Discreet name on titlepage, bookplate o/w a fine copy in modern cloth.
| $900 | Book Number: 31208 | Order / Enquire |
PICQUOT, A.
The General Gazateer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, In Miniature. Containing a Description of the Empires, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes & c. In The Known World........Abridged from Brookes by.....
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker...... 1823. Fourth edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, gilt border, 392pp. Several pages are misbound throughout but it is a complete o/w fine copy.
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker...... 1823. Fourth edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, gilt border, 392pp. Several pages are misbound throughout but it is a complete o/w fine copy.
| $185 | Book Number: 31980 | Order / Enquire |
PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
| $200 | Book Number: 17134 | Order / Enquire |
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PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada. Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 271pp. Faded on the spine and perimeter of wrappers, a few nicks to spine ends o/w near fine.
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PIKE, Warburton.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xii), 300pp. Some minor mottling on the lower portion of the upper board but o/w a very nice copy.
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