Search Results: Authors starting with F from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: R. & W. A. Bartow, 1821. Half mottled calf over marbled boards, red morocco title lable, gilt title, gilt ruled spine, (5.5 x 3.5 inches). 216 pages; illustrated by engraved frontis. Binding ticket of O.B. Beebe, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Shows some expected toning and foxing and light wear. A sound, tight copy of a scarce work. Leather. Very Good. 24mo.

London: William Pickering, 1836. Aldine edition of the British Poets; The Poems of Falconer. (7" x 4.5"). Polished full calf, raised bands, gilt titles and compartments, gilt stamped Aldine motif on front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. xxxvii, 236 pages. Binding signed by Zaehnsdorf. Showing some general overall wear and rubbing, remains a very choice book in a handsome signed binding. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1984. Two volumes, complete. Green cloth w/o jacket, as issued, gilt titles, (8 1/2" x 6"). 813 pages with Family Name Index and General Index, 354 pages with Index. This work stands as the first complete guide to Irish and Scotch-Irish genealogical research ever published in America. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright set. Size: Octavo. Cloth. Fine.

Boston: David R Godine, 1991. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 170 pages, w/ photographic resume and list of photographs; color illustrations. The first comprehensive monograph documenting the 45 year photographic career of Daniel Farber. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Folio. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Concord, N.H.: George H. Doran Co., 1924. Purple cloth (hard cover), with color printed "winter scene" laid-on front board and spine. Vol. LX, NO.4., 385-533 pages. Includes "The Cage. A story by Dorothy Canfield with sketches by Mary Ludlum; People of Sparta by H.D. with sketches by Rockwell Kent; a review by Louis Bromfield. A clean, bright copy in a scarce cloth binding showing just light wear at head & tail and toning to edge of rear board Size: Tall Octavo. Cloth. Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1965. Green cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket, top edge red, (8.25 x 5.5 inches). First Random House Edition (stated on copyright page). 51, 67 pages. Faulkner's two volumes of poetry are reproduced photographically from copies of the original editions. The original poems are both rare and even the Random House facsimile edition is now scarce. Booksellers price ($.49) and red "H" on front fly, else a clean, tight copy in a price clipped jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.

New York: Modern Library (Random House), 1955. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles on spine and front board in original unclipped dustjacket, (7.25 x 5 inches). 381 pages; Rockwell Kent endpapers. A clean, tight copy in a lightly worn jacket of the Modern Library edition of a Faulkner classic. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth boards, raised bands, gilt titles and ruled decorative compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpaper, (6 x 8-1/2 inches). Second volume from the four volume serious by Faure. Translated from the French by Walter Pach. 433 pages, w/ Index plus fold-out Synoptic Tables at rear; illustrated by photographs selected by author. Showing just light wear, internally clean and tight, remains a handsomely leather bound volume with strong shelf presence. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

Cleveland: Gray & Company, 1996. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 318 pp. The best from three decades of commentary by Cleveland's top columnist. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2009. Blue cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 162 pages. Feller is the youngest member ever inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and this book distills his 90 years of hard earned experience into nine essential tenets for success, on or off the diamond. this copy SIGNED by Feller in blue ink on title page. A clean, tight copy in AS NEW condition Size: 12mo. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2009. Blue cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 162 pages. Feller is the youngest member ever inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and this book distills his 90 years of hard earned experience into nine essential tenets for success, on or off the diamond. this copy SIGNED by Feller in blue ink on title page. A clean, tight copy in AS NEW condition Size: 12mo. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Culpeper, Virginia: Community Press, 1965. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 111 pages, w/ appendices, and indes; illustrated. Over 100 photographs, standing as the only complete pictoral record, documents the construction process. A clean, tight copy in a chipped jacket Size: Small Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket. 758 pp., w/ notes, bibliography and index. This authoritative text contains full critical and literary analysis based on scholary collation of all nine editions of "The Oregan Trail" published during Parkman's lifetime. A tight copy in a chipped dust jacket. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Thick Octavo.

Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Idlewild Press, 1943. Green cloth in mylar protected dustjacket, (8.75 x 6 inches). First Edition/Second Printing. 452 pages, with List of Illustrations and Index; illustrated. Remains the most authorative book on the subject of edibe wild plants; identifies, discusses and illustrates more than 1000 kinds of wild plants fit for food. A clean, tight copy in a jacket showing some wear and chipping. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1998. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 456 pp., illustrated with more than 400 color photographs by Humberto Rivas. This work offers a rare and comprehensive view of Spain's most treasured architectural landmarks. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Wilmington, (Del.): Wilson & Heald, 1846. Three quarter dark blue morocco leather over blue cloth boards, raised bands, gilt title, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, silk pagemarker, (9.25 x 6 inches). First Edition. Full title, "A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware, from its Discovery by Hudson to the Colonization under William Penn. To which is added an Account of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Swedish Settlers, and a History of Wilmington." 312 pages with appendix; illustrated with four lithographed plates, two plans and a folding map at rear. A classic account of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware. Howes F-97. A clean, tight copy in handsome leather binding showing minimal wear.. First Edition. Very Good. Octavo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 371 pages. First Edition/First Printing with number "1" on publisher's number line. SIGNED by author on title page. The acclaimed author's second novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

New York: American Institute of Physics, 1988. Cloth w/o jacket (as issued). 258 pp.; illustrated. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition / First State. "Published, September, 1904" and poem copyrights on copyright page. Black cloth with color pictorial label, gilt titles and top edge gilt. 199 pp., illustrated endpapers and eight color, tissue-protected, plates by Parrish. Previous Owner's inscription, "A Merry Christmas / from / Mother and Father / 1904." Bookplate residue on first blank, tape repair to reattach front free endpaper at the hinge, tips bumped, some fraying to head and tail, front board pictorial label rubbed. All plates present, clean and bright. Remains a presentable copy of an important Parrish illustrated book. Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Very Good. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Black cloth with pictorial paste-down on front board. 199 pages; 8 color plates, plus pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, some light rubbing and wear, else a very good copy of a children's classic Size: Tall Octavo. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish.