Search Results: Authors starting with F from Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB

Iowa City: Iowa City Women's Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Tee Corinne. 8 1/4 x 51/4 inches (21 x 13 cm), blue cover with illustration by Tee Corinne. Discoloration to front cover and around extremities of back cover, 1 inch separation at bottom of front spine, foxing top edge, book slightly curled, 97 pp. Stories and autobiographies. Translated by Faderman and Eriksson.

London: E.W. Allen, 1880. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Green embossed cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, wear to extremities, front endpaper has a paste in entitled," the Psychic Library" with blank rows and columns. Laid in is a pink slip 4 x 5.5 inches (10 x 14 cm), slip entitled, "A New Magazine", dated October, 1881. A description of a children's magazine called "Little Hearts and Little Hands". This is a call for subscriptions from John Farmer, editor and JJ Morse, business manager. Front free endpaper has holes and rips, half title page has former owner's signature in ink. 152 pp. First edition.

Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition Thus. Leather bound. Near fine. Kenneth Francis Dewey. Green leather binding with gilt illustrations on front, back and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt edge pages. Some spotting to page edges. Illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey . 362 pp. First Edition thus.

New York: Collector's Reprints Inc, 1987. Facsimile. Cloth. Very good. Tan cloth, with brown lettering on front and spine, spine is a little creased. Facsimile of First Edition.Slip case in fine condition. 254 pp.

New York: Norton, 2001. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Gray cloth with 1/4 black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket. 273pp. First American Edition.

Nashville: Union and American Steam Press, 1854. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Brown blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, lettering partly obscured from wear on spine edge. Foxing throughout. Back hinge is starting to separate but still attached. 276 pp. As of September 2021 no other copies are found in the trade. First Edition.

New York: General Publishing Company, 1935. First Edition. Boards. Good. Sage green boards, wear to extremities, paper paste down with title and author affixed to front cover. Endpaper has a bookplate that says, "This book is from the library of C. Earle Phares who worked and wrote as Earle Ferris" with address on Fiftth Avenue New York. Contents include: Shirt Eating for Speculators, Speakeasy Booes, Baying at the Moon, Speeding The Departing Guest, and Spinach Hating. 85pp.

New York: Penguin, 2002. First Edition. Boards. Fine/very good. White boards, with 1/4 black boards, green lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and dated by author on title page. Laid in is a post card with photo by Jasper Fforde # 387 of 500, " Thursday with Car." Picture on front of post card is signed "Next."

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. 71/4 x 5 inches (18.5 x 12.5cm), bluish green cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, top edges gilt, deckled pages. Edges are worn and some fading on spine. Front free flyleaf has previous owner's name written in pencil. 253 pp. First Edition.

St. Albans: D. W. Findlay, 1975. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 7.5 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 24 cm). Red cloth with gold lettering on front and spine, pictorial dust jacket with pictures of magic books on front, black and white printing on front and spine. Limited edition # 146/500. vii-xii, 1-280 pp. Comprehensive catalogue of esoteric and occult books.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good -. Green cloth with gilt illustration on front with black lettering and gilt lettering on spine, wear to extremities, faded spots on front and back of cover. Six maps, including three foldout maps, and numerous illustrations from the author's sketches. Travels in Java, Sumatra, Timor, etc. Color plate frontispiece of two birds with tissue guard, "Mrs. Forbes' honey-eater." In back are listings of exploration and adventure books. 536 pp.

Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 3 volume set, all first editions. Volume 1 (1925): Water Birds, Marsh Birds, and Shore Birds; Volume 2 (1927): Land Birds from Bob-whites to Grackles; Volume 3 (1929): Land Birds from Sparrows to Thrushes. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front. On Volume 1, gilt lettering on spine is partly rubbed off. Volume 1 has previous owner's name in pencil. Volume 2 has previous owner's name and date in ink. Volume 3 has gift inscription in pencil. All 3 books have wear to extremities, especially at the top and bottom of spine. Set has 93 color plates plus numerous maps and smaller illustrations. Volume 1: iii-xlviii, 466 pp. Volume 2: iii-l, 461 pp. Volume 3: xiii-xlviii, 466 pp.

Venice, California: Everywoman Newspaper, 1971. Newspaper. Very Good. 9" x 12" (23 x 30.5 cm.) newspaper, 9" x 24" (23 x 61 cm.) when unfolded. Age-toned, short tears at the folds, pencil notation ("Kent State Library, Kent, Ohio") and 2 "Sample Copy Please Subscribe" stamps on the upper wrap. 20 pp. This was a short-lived (1970-1972) feminist newspaper. In this edition: an editorial on the Equal Rights Amendment (coming down against it, instead supporting a bill that guaranteed equality to all, not just women), articles on anti-rape combat training, clothing and sexuality, poetry, book reviews, "Manglish," and more.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/good +. Green boards with navy 1/4 cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. One one inch tear on front of dust jacket. Jonathan Franzen's first novel. 517 pp.

Kent, England: Dawson/Archon Books, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, some fading at top of front cover, tight copy. A bibliography about book on natural history. 437 pp. First Edition.

Exton PA: Brilliant Studio, 2009. Paperback. Very good. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.5 x 29 cm) Dark blue paperback. Very minor chipping at top and bottom of pages. Auction catalogue of Freeman's auction company. Descriptions of books etc. Photos throughout. 100pp.

Philadelphia: John Winston Co, 1921. First. Cloth. Very good. Edwin John Prittie. Blue cloth with pictorial pastedown, gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. On front pastedown endpaper is "A Merry Xmas 1921." Thirty-four color illustrations including 4 color plates, one of which is the frontispiece. A collection of stories from different sources. 328 pages.