5781. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 3, August 1994: Clothing.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5782. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 4, November 1994: Hidden Treasure.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5783. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1977.

Seventh Printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 126 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

5784. [Pardington, Fiona/ MacLean, Alison/ Hunter, Alexis/ Morison, Julia/ Webster, Christine/ Reihana, Lisa/ Darragh, Judy/ Tweedie, Merylyn etc.]

Pleasures and Dangers. Artists of the ‘90s. Edited by Trish Clark and Wystan Curnow.

New Zealand, Longman Paul, 1991. 27cm x 21.5cm. 173 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner opposite titlepage.

5785. Parent, Michael / Olivier, Julien.

Of Kings and Fools: Stories of the French Tradition in North America. Collected, translated and retold by Michael Parent and Julien Olivier.

Little Rock, August House Publishers, 1996. 13.5 x 21cm. 206 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, other than sunned spine and some minor text markings. Handwritten dedication by author to previous owner. [American Storytelling from August House].

5786. Pareto, Vilfredo.

Il Mito Virtuista. E La Letteratura Immorale.

Second Italian Edition / Seconda edizione Italiano – Aumentata Dall’Autore. Roma, Bernardo Lux, 1914. 19cm x 12.6cm. VI, 269 (2) pages. Annotations on rear endpaper. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5787. Parfrey, Bill.

Healing – My Own Story / The Life and Times of an extraordinary Man.

Douglas (Cork), Lee Press, 2006. Octavo. 371 pages. Original Softcover. Binding with some stronger signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author. Including loosely inserted his obituary and mourning card.

5788. Paris – [Anonymous].

A View of the Royal Palace of the Fontainbleau.

Original engraving. [no place], [no year / c.1780]. Plate Size: 23.3 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 26.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Original engraving. In very good condition.

5789. Paris – Chereau, Jacques. (1688 – 1776).

Vue de L’Édifice de l’Observatoire et du Collège des Jésuites.

Original hand-coloured engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Jacques Chereau, [c.1700s]. Plate Size: 39.3 cm x 28.5 cm. Sheet Size: 41.5 cm x 29.7 cm. Original print. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and bright impression.

5790. Paris – Mondhare, Louis-Joseph. (1734 – 1799).

1er Vue des Boulvard pris de la Porte St Antoine on averty le Public que cette Vuë est graveé pour estre vuë au naturet dans l’Optique.

Original hand-coloured copper engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Mondhare, [c.1750-1780]. Plate Size: 38.7 cm x 23.2 cm. Sheet Size: 44.7 cm x 28. 6 cm Original print. In very good, actually remarkable, condition. Clean and crisp and radiant impression, with only the faintest trace of browning. Some very minor traces of light staining to outer margin corner.

5791. Paris in Advertising and Art – Various.

Bottin Mondain, 1951: Tout-Paris, Toute la France (Including ‘Supplement’).

2 Volumes. Paris, Annuaire Du Commerce Didot-Bottin, 1951. 18 cm x 26 cm. 1500, 576 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The illustrated dustjackets with some tears and some fraying to the edges and corners. Some browning of paper. Otherwise clean inside with firm bindings.

5792. Paris, Tony.

The Canal du Midi from Toulouse to Sete and The Canal du Rhone a Sete from Sete to Arles.

Third Edition. Devon, Enterprise Publications, 1991. 14,5 x 21 cm. 88 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Very rare book. [The Enterprise Guides Number One]

5793. [Park, Merle] Manchester, P.W.

Merle Park. Dance Horizons Spotlight Series. Photographs by Anthony Crickmay. Text by P.W. Manchester.

First Edition. New York, Dance Horizons, 1976. 18cm x 23cm. 22 unnumbered pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and Artist Keith Money.

5794. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1893. 14 cm x 18 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 392 pages. 5 engraved illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to edges. Internally, tight, bright and clean with sharp corners. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate with message “St Patrick’s School, Salter Street, Prize Awarded to Evan Jenkins for Regular Attendance Year Ending Oct 31st 1895 – 402 out of 422 times.”

5795. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa – Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park, Surgeon. With an Appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell [The Illustrations and Maps in this copy are all missing – The Frontipiece – Portrait of Mungo Park is included] / [Including a List of Subscribers and “A Vocabulary of the Mandingo Language”].

Second Edition. London, W.Bulmer and Co., 1799. Quato (22 cm x 26 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait by Dickinson, XXVIII, 372, XCII pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative, 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards. Recently, professionally repaired with new endpapers, using 19th century paper. The Volume is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Even thouh lacking the Illustrations, a solid reading-copy of this famous book, with only minor signs of browning and foxing.Name of several pre-owners on half-title, title and frontispiece [Michael Gleeson and George Roch of Woodbine Hill].

5796. [Parke, Davis & Company].

Vaccine & Serum Therapy.

London, Parke, Davis & Company, 1935. Octavo. 234 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5797. Parke, William K.

A Fermanagh Childhood.

First edition. Belfast, Friar’s Bush Press, 1988. 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm. Frontispiece, 122 pages. With several photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name on half title and his markings and annotations in the text.

5798. Parker-Hale Limited.

The Way to Accuracy – First and Second Post War Catalogue. Rifle Sights & Equipment that Stand the Test of Time. Including Service, Smallbore & Sporting Sections.

2 Volumes. Birmingham, Hale, 1946-1947. 15 cm x 24.5 cm. 151, 166 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Original Softcover. Good to very good condition with some considerable signs of wear to the 1946 Edition.

5799. Parker, Alan / [Puttnam, David].

Evita – A Cartoon Version by Alan Parker. Association copy of Alan Parker’s “Cartoon Version” of his movie “Evita” with which he thanked his cast and crew. This being a personally inscribed copy from Alan Parker to his friends David Puttnam & Patsy Puttnam. Accompanied by a two-page-letter, signed by Parker and citing a quote of David Puttnam reflecting on his own experiences in the movie-business with a bit of ironic advice for his friend Alan Parker on how to exit the movie-business.

Limited Edition (hand-numbered by Parker). London, Alan Parker, 1996. Duodecimo. 46 pages. Illustrated with cartoons. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

5800. Parker, Brant / Hart, Johnny.

The Wizard of Id: Every Man is Innocent Until Proven Broke.

New York, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1976. 10.5 cm x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Black and white cartoons throughout. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Yellow painted edges.