Search Results: Authors starting with F from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

St. Louis, Missouri (USA): Milliken Publishing Company, 1960. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. St.Louis, MO: Milliken Publishing Company, 1960. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 35. Illustrated wraps with multicolored type. Staplebound pamphlet Light edge and corner wear to covers. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Period artwork to both front and rear covers. Front depicts an aproned and bejeweled, svelte and shapely, blonde, a wooden spoon absentmindedly cocked in her right hand, with her braceleted wrist relaxes in her left pocket. In front of her is a bowl of dip surrounded by canapes, and in the background, behind the lovely modern electric stove, are two smiling carefree women and one man bathed in shimmering light (electric, of course!). On the rear cover is the man of the house, in front of his double electric oven (and through the glass panel of the top oven, one can see a roast or ham. He is making ice cream sundaes, flanked by his electric dishwasher on the left, and his electric blender on the… Read More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. 9 1/4 x 12 inches: pp. 144. White, photo-illustrated dust jacket with black type. Gray cloth with spine titles stamped in gold gilt. Over 100 photographs in black and white. Dust jacket which has the front flap detached. Jacket has a crease, edge wear, and a few small tears. Corners square, nice bright cover. Interior clean, no marks. Binding tight.

New York: Powerhouse Books, 2000. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. New York: Powerhouse Books, 2000. FIRST U.S. EDITION. 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches: unpaginated. In-blind lettering on spine and front of white boards. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. No dust jacket. Mild edgewear to extremities. Small bump on bottom board. Unmarked, clean, tight, bright. Introduction by David Dalton. Chapters : Making Art ; The Psycopath's Rolling Stones ; The Lost Color Prints ; The Girls - Edie, Nico, Ingrid Etc. ; Visitors' Gallery : ; Din Dins with Dali, Duchamp, Dylan, Donovan ; Andy Warhol Who He? ; Epitaphs and Epiphanies : ; It Was a Great Party.

New York: Fischer's Foreign Letters, Inc, 1912. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. New York: Fischer's Foreign Letters, Inc., 1912. Limited Edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. l, 348. White cloth over tan paper boards with faded gold gilt letters on spine. Gold gilt top edge of pages. "Illustrated from photographs". Corners bumped, spine tanned with titles faded. Front hinge starting but binding tight. Limited edition stating on recto of half-title page: "This edition, printed on Japanese Vellum paper, is limited to two hundred fifty copies." Note: this copy is not numbered. Interior bright and clean.

New York: Binvest Inc, 1994. First Edition. Cardboard covers. Very Good. New York: Binvest Inc., 1994. Printed and bound in Italy by Tipografia, OTR Rome. First edition. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches: pp. 32. Gray cardboard covers with red type. 15 color reproductions, five stanza poem and bibliography. With ephemera - photocopied articles on Fischl, loose in back of book. Edge and corner wear, light rubbing, creasing to cardboard covers. Small stain on upper corner of back panel. Text is unmarked. Light creasing on bottom edge of one page. Binding tight. Reproductions of Fischl's exhibition, "The Travel of Romance with five stanza poem and five paintings, details of certain parts of those paintings, as well as reproductions of related untitled paintings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Eric Fischl: "The Travel of Romance", September - October, 1994.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover. Good plus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Two Volume Set. 8 x 5 inches: pp. xvi, 294 + xvi,400. Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Index. 8 maps between the two volumes. Some small scattered white spotting to covers, light edgewear. Volumes square and tight. Other than old pricing information from a previous bookstore, interiors clean, no marks, etc. Bindings tight.

New York: The Free Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: The Free Press, 1989. First edition. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 419. Red and white illustrated paper dust jacket with black type. Black cloth with gold gilt type. Dust jacket has creasing, edge wear, and one closed tear at the upper edge of spine. Thumbing on fore edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 450. Purple photographic dust jacket with red black and white type. Red cloth over gray boards with gold gilt type. Includes index. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light foxing to all page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The author "portrays the Flying Tigers in a new and acurate light. Reviewing the personal papers of Claire Chennault andhis men, as well as Japanese, British, and American records, Ford scours the myth to revealthe still-awesome truth about the 'only Western fighting force that gave better than they got from the triumphant Japanese.' Vastly outnumbered, the Tigers nonetheless destroyed more than one hundred Japanese planes while losing only fourteen of their own pilots on combat missions..." (front flap notes.

Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 1989. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. xviii, 393. Glossy gray illustrated dust jacket with black type. Gray cloth boards with reddish brown type. Very light shelf wear to dust jacket and book. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked. Looks like it had very little handling. This study sheds new light on the specific ways in which the European and American settlement of Alaska affected the health and daily lives of Alaska Natives.

New York: Schocken Books, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. First edition, first printing. 10 x 7 inches: pp. xxxii, 1024. Gold paper dust jacket with titles, spine titles and back cover quotes in gold boarders, with titles in red and black type. Gray cloth over marbled gray boards with titles on front cover in gold square with gold type on spine. With introduction, commentary and notes. Light edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Gold gilt page edges have scuffing, scratches on head and foot of book. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Freed, Ernest. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1960. LIMITED EDITION. 1 / 450. 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. xvi, 121, [2]. Original plain paper dustjacket. Brown cloth over illustrated paper boards, paper spine label with red type. Prospectus laid-in. Engravings by Ernest Freed. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light soiling to jacket. Some foxing to bord edges and head and tail of book. Text is unmarked. Clean, bright, tight. Introduction by Patrice Manahan. Voyage to California in 1848 : Inpressions of Panama, San Francisco, Monterey, San Jose, etc, and a Letter from Colonel John Charles Fremont, describing his Expedition to the Rocky Mountains made during the winter of 1848 - 49.

London and New York: Routledge, 2016. First edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. London and New York: Routledge, 2016. First edition. 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches: pp. xxv, 605. White photographic cardboard covers with red, black and white type. Very light edge and corner wear, creasing on bottom corner. Small ding at upper spine. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. Looks unread.

London: Hogarth Press, 1948. 4th Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. London: Hogarth Press, 1948. 4th impression. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 137. Tan paper dust jacket with black type, list of publications on reverse. Green marbled cloth with spine titles in gold gilt. Translated by James Strachey Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Some sun fading, discoloration at edges of dust jacket, edge wear. Price clipped on inner flap. Corners nudged, textblock square, binding tight. Interior cleanand unmarked. The International Psycho-Analytical Library. Edited by Ernest Jones. No. 26.

Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1980. 9 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. x, 174.Lavender, illustrated, stiff paper dust jacket with black type. Dark red cloth with gold gilt type on spine. With index, Dust jacket has light edge wear, sun fading at spine, and small hole puncture on front panel near hinge join. Light rubbing on edge and corner wear. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

New York: Samuel Weiser,Inc, 1977. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1977. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 46. Blue and white illustrated wraps with dark blue type. With Introduction and Language Notes. Light edge and corner wear, some bumping to upper corners. Spine rubbed. Some toning on back cover. Name written on upper edge of free facing end page. Text unmarked. Binding sound.

Privately Printed. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Privately printed. No Place, No Date. 33 pages. Stapled pages with illustrated cover sheet with title and contributors. Light handling wear. Has a note on inside cover - Received from Horowitz Winter '07 (Presumably Mikhail Horowitz). Wide ranging, interesting selection, either from interviews by the "staff " or unattributed sources. Scarce.