Search Results: Authors starting with F from Scraps of American History

New York: Stein and Day, 1973. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 178 pages. An economic study of trash. Quarter black cloth over red boards with gilt facsimile author signature on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear and a little spotting, colors and gilt bright, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, former owner's name "Florence Marcia Zuesse?" on front free end paper, two old price stickers on front free end paper, interior pages bright, small stain on back fixed end paper. White dust jacket with red, gray and black titles shows some soiling and edge wear, short tears along edges, tape repair and stain on back cover of jacket, tear at bottom of front fold, $6.95 price not clipped.

New York: Random House, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 563 pages, with notes and acknowledgements. Two young men from very different backgrounds unite to become pioneers in the early days of psychiatry, and their different motives and personalities threaten to destroy their work and friendship as they clash over a strange case in their Austrian sanatorium. Tan boards with blue spine, gold titles on spine. Very minor shelf wear, corners and spine ends bumped a little, interior pages bright, pencil notation on bottom of front free end paper, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white and blue titles shows light edge wear, tiny wrinkle at leading corner of front cover, minor scuffing of back cover, not price clipped. Measures 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches

Lynchburg, Virginia: Warwick House Publishing, 2006. Not stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 441 pages. A woman's journey to faith through the 1950s and the turbulent 1960s, set on the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. Illustrated wraps with brown and white titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear to cover, interior pages bright.

Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing Company, 1890. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 523 pages, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and numerous drawings and black and white plates. A huge history of Stanley's travels in Africa, including an account of his discovery of Dr. Livingstone, discoveries, founding of the Congo Free State and much more. Red cloth binding with titles in silver on front cover and spine, decorative end papers. Cover is much worn and stained, silver faded and rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, hinges weak and showing webbing at front hinge, interior pages lightly tanned with some staining, binding otherwise tight. The plates are lovely and show a fascinating glimpse of early Africa.

New York: Random House, 1984. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 73 pages. National Poetry Series. Poems with controlled passion and a political sense from a poet with a working-class background. Black wraps with multicolored titles on front cover and spine. a little edge wear to cover, minor scuffing, former owner's name on front free end paper, interior pages bright, some spotting of page edges, binding tight. Trade paperback

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1938. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 220 pages. Two short and ironic novels of contemporary life, Nobody's in Town and Trees Die at the Top. Green binding with gilt titles on black title block on spine and gilt author's initials on front cover in gilt border. A little fading of spine and cover edges, spine a little cocked, corners and spine ends a little bumped with some edge wear to cover, interior pages tanning, penciled notations on front and back endpapers at corners, binding tight. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches

London and New York: T. Fisher Unwin, Charles Scribner's Sons. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 488 pages illustrated by tissue protected portrait frontispiece, introduction by editors. The plays are Nero, The Two Angry Women of Abington, The Parliament of Bees, Humour Out of Breath, Woman is a Weathercock, and Amends for Ladies. The Mermaid Series. Ex-library. Handsome orange cloth binding with gilt emblem and titles on front cover and spine, green ribbon bookmark, gilt top edge. Spine a bit faded, light edge wear, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, top gilt a bit scratched but other gilt bright, library stickers on front fixed end paper, former owner's name on front free end paper, small library number and stamp on copyright page, library sticker on back fixed end paper, light tanning of interior pages, binding tight.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1031. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Lathrop, Dorothy P.. 207 pages, illustrated with charming black and white drawings and plates and color frontispiece. The adventures of a small wooden doll. Decorative cloth binding with illustrated title pastedown with black titles. Ink mark on pastedown, wear and spotting of cover, corners and spine ends bumped, spots or paint on back cover, crayon scribble on front end papers, interior pages otherwise bright and clean with no obvious markings, stamped number on back free end paper, end papers tanned, binding tight.

New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1957. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 192 pages. A Dell First Edition original novel, 25 cent cover price. Two brothers in conflict over a daring plan for an escape from San Quentin and over a woman. Illustrated wraps with white and yellow titles on front cover and spine, green page edges. Wrinkles in covers near spine, small creases in upper edge, some edge wear, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight. Mass market paperback, measures 4 x 6 1/2 inches.

New York: Mercury Publications, Inc. / Lawrence E. Spivak, 1946. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No jacket. 127 pages, complete and unabridged. A young man finds himself taking the fall for murder when his aunt's fiance turns up with a bullet in his head. Blue-green wraps with blue and white titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Some stainign of cover, light edge wear, spine darkened, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, light creases, interior pages tanned with a little spotting, small section of pages creased at top corner, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.

Ex-Library. 544 pages with index, illustrated with black and white frontispiece. Another look at the life of the first President of the United States and his Revolutionary War career. Rebound library copy. Some wear to cover, especially at spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped, light spotting and scrubbing, library number on spine, old sticker and glue on back cover, back cover scrubbed and spotted, discard stamp on front free end paper, library stamp on half-title, creases in bottom corners of first few pages, library stamp on title page, a few ink marks and notations in first few pages, library stamp on last page of foreword, stain on edge of a few pages, pages otherwise clean and lightly tanned, small library notation on last page, library stickers and remains of pocket with discard stamps on back end papers, binding tight.

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/good. 248 pages. James Bond of the British Secret Service takes on SPECTRE, beautiful women and fine yachts. Black and blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, green top edge. Ex-library, so mylar covered dust jacket is taped to book, but cover appears to be in good condition with a little edge wear, possible bumping of corners and spine ends, hinges weak showing a little webbing, "withdrawn" stamp on front free end paper, a little spotting of end papers, interior pages lightly tanned, marked out library stamp on top edge, library pocket on back free end paper, binding otherwise tight. Gray dust jacket with red and white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, may be stained, small chips in front of jacket, short tear in leading edge of front inner fold, sticker on spine of jacket.

Charlemont, Massachusetts: Feet on the Ground Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Wonderful and long out of print detailed instruction on handling sheep, handling wool and shearing sheep with blades by the acknowledged master shearer. Signed at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 1999 "To Merike and Dane, Best Wishes and much love, Kevin." Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Book shows very light shelf wear at spine and slight bumping of corners, two or three tiny spots on front cover, a few more tiny spots on back cover, interior pages bright. Illustrated green dust jacket with green and black titles. Very light wear with slight edge wrinkling to dust jacket, small ding in back cover of jacket, not clipped. Rare and out of print. Animal husbandry. Measures 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 255 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Practical advice on growing herbs, with history and literary allusions by the editor of The Herb Grower Magazine. Bright green cloth binding with black stamped decoration on front cover and black titles on spine. Very light edge wear, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped, page edges a little foxed but interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated yellow dust jacket with black titles on front cover and spine is faded, tape repairs along top edge, chip in top edge, short tear in bottom edge of front, short tear in top edge of back of jacket, light scrubbing, creases, minor spots, not price clipped. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.

New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co., 1908. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. Unnumbered pages with a verse printed with decorations and a beautiful black and white plate facing on the pages. Also has lyrics and music. Frontispiece portrait of author with facsimile signature. Blue-green cloth binding with Christmas bell pastedown to front cover (May be owner addition) and gilt title and decoration on front cover. Some scuffing of cover, stains on back cover, light edge wear, spine a little cocked, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, gift inscription on front free end paper dated 1908, end papers foxed, some smudges on interior pages which are otherwise bright, binding tight. Oversized, measures 7 x 9 inches.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 524 pages with index; illustrated with black and white photo sections. The eventful life of the passionate king who came out of exile to win the hearts of his subjects. Green cloth binding with gilt titles and decorations on spine, maps on blue end papers. Very little wear to cover, small wrinkles in base of spine, minor dent in upper edge of front cover, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated green dust jacket with white and gold titles shows some edge wear with curling at edges, remains of old sticker and spotting on front cover, short tear at fold of back cover, light crease in inner front fold, a little tanning of inner folds, not price clipped.

New York: Dell, 1957. Stated First edition. Paperback. Good/No jacket as issued. 191 pages. A redheaded con artist convinces an old schoolmate to embark on a fatal adventure with crooked dice. White illustrated wraps with orange and black lettering, 25 cent cover price, Dell First Edition A146. Some tanning and soiling of cover, light edge wear, corners creased, short tear at base of spine, spine cocked, some spotting, heavy crease across front cover, interior pages tanned, binding tight.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated with black and white political cartoons. This book points out in our times that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yellow illustrated boards with black titles on spine. Some soiling and spotting of cover, back cover a little scratched, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's bookplate with drawing of naked woman on front fixed end paper and gift notation dated 1958 on front free end paper, end papers a bit stained, interior pages bright, Oversized, measures 8 1/4 x 11 inches

Philadelphia: The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 155 pages, illustrated with photographs, sketches and old prints. Comprehensive look at a historic area of Philadelphia, with many illustrations. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, green end papers. Cover a little faded with some spotting, gilt still bright, corners bumped, interior pages bright with a little spotting.

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Baker, A. D.. 489 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. "This edition is authorized for sale only in the United States, its territories and possessions, and Canada." This history of the design of the U. S. Navy and the development of the destroyer was written by a highly regarded expert in the field. Black cloth binding with silver titles on spine, gray end papers. Very light shelf wear to cover with a little spotting, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, smudge at bottom of pages at corner, binding tight. Illustrated black dust jacket with red and yellow titles on front cover and white and red titles on spine shows a little edge wear with minor chips, short tear and creases at bottom of front jacket cover, not clipped.