Search Results: Authors starting with F from Abacus Books

Folio in sixes. [iii], Title, Dedication and License; 207pp. Tabla 11pp. (Pages misnumbered, going from 86 to 89 but with continuous text). Text in Spanish. Contemporary vellum bound stiff wraps. Professionally rebound in original cover with some restoration to the first two sheets. Housed in custom cover and slipcase. A few small closed tears to page edges. Vellum cover a little age wrinkled with one tear to top of spine.
Manuel de Faria y Sousa was a Portuguese historian and poet who frequently wrote in Spanish. The tone of some of his work which excited the suspicion of the inquisitors, caused his temporary incarceration, and led to the permanent loss of his official salary. In spite of the enthusiasm which is said to have prescribed to him the daily task of twelve folio pages, death overtook him before he had completed his greatest enterprise, a history of the Portuguese in all parts of the world. Several portions of the work appeared at Lisbon after his death, under the editorship of Captain… Read More

Denver: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 2008. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Very good. Catalog of the exhibition of fine art and pottery by Al and Lou Wynne held at the Kirkland Museum of Fine Art, Denver from Oct. 1, 2008 through Jan 4, 2009. Stapled pictorial wraps. 8" x 8" 56pp. Very good condition. Al Wynnes work has been featured in major exhibitions from Colorado to Washington D.C., south to Texas and north to Alaska. His work has been presented in both individual and group shows. Paintings, calligraphy, and sculptures are held in museums and in private collections around the world. Al was listed in Whos Who in American Art starting in 1959. In June 2013, the majority of Al's life's work was destroyed in the Black Forest Fire. All that remains are pieces held by the family and in collections.

Soft cover wraps. Small octavo. [iv] 55pages. SIGNED by author with a one and a half page inscription to Roger (Langton) a fellow poet and publisher.

First Edition, one of 500 copies. Side stapled stiff wraps. Small octavo. 37 pages. SIGNED by author with a twelve line inscription to friend Sidney (Goldfarb) a fellow poet and colleague.
Rick Fields was an accomplished author, poet and specialist in the history of Buddhism in the United States. This is a collection of poetry about his cancer, approached from a personal and Buddhist point of view.

Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. [xiii] 136pp. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chipping to edges and small loss at top of spine and front edge. Philip A. Fisher, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors of all time, was a pioneer in the field of growth investing. His book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" has achieved almost legendary status in the investment community."I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." -Warren Buffet.

Octavo. 8" x 4 7/8" Contemporary full calf binding. [vi] (2) 303pp. Lacks frontispiece. Preface by Richard Price. Exterior hinges starting, covers show wear. Text block very good. Ford (Franklin Bibliography) C.439.