Search Results: Authors starting with F from George S. MacManus Company

1980. (HUGHES, TED). FAAS, Ekbert. The Ted Hughes: The Unaccommodated Universe. With Selected Critical Writings by Ted Hughes & Two Interviews. Original cloth-backed printed boards, printed paper spine label. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First edition. One of 294 numbered copies singed by Hughes and Faas on tipped in leaf following the copyright page. Fine.

1988. FABEL, Robin F.A. The Economy of British West Florida, 1763-1783. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, [1988]. 1st ed. ix,296pp. Map. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. A study of British ambitions and failures in Florida, especially in commerce.

2000. FABEL, Robin F. A. Colonial Challenges: Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. 1st ed. 8vo. x, 282, [1] pp., illus. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Near fine. Signed and inscribed by Fabel on the front free endpaper.

[FABENS, Joseph Warren]. "The Prince of Kashna" A West Indian Story. With an Editorial Introduction Introduction by Richard B. Kimball. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Carleton, 1866. First edition. Wright II, 880. A very good copy.

1996. FABER, Edward and UNGER, Stewart, comps. American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design. Atglen: Schiffer, [1996]. 4to. 277pp. Plates, illus., advertisements. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.

(MOTTRAM, RALPH HALE). FABES, Gilbert H. The First Editions of Ralph Hale Mottram. Original cloth. Illustrated. London: Myers & Co., 1934. First edition. Limited to 300 copies, this one out of series. A good copy.

FABES, Gilbert H. The Romance of a Bookshop 1904-1929. Original cloth. Illustrated. Privately printed, 1929. First edition. Some light pencil markings, else a very good copy.

(LAWRENCE, D.H.). FABES, Gilbert H. D.H. Lawrence, His First Editions: Points and Values. Orig. cloth, dust jacket. London: W. & G. Foyle Limited, [1933]. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Fine.

FABES, Gilbert H. and FOYLE, William A. Modern First Editions: Points and Values. Second Series. Original cloth. London: W. and G. Foyle Ltd., [1931]. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. A fine copy.

FABES, Gilbert H. Modern First Editions: Points and Values. Original cloth, dust jacket (spine darkened). London: W & G. Foyle Limited, (1929). First edition. Limited to 750 copies. Fine.

FABES, Gilbert H. Modern First Editions: Points and Values. Original cloth, dust jackets. London: W. and G. Foyle Limited, [1929]. with FABES, Gilbert H. and FOYLE, William A. Modern First Editions: Points and Values (Second Series). London: W. & G. Foyle Ltd. [1931]. with FABES, Gilbert H. Modern First Editions: Points and Values (Third Series). London: W. and G. Foyle Limited, [1932]. The set. First editions. First and Third Series limited to 750 copies. Second Series limited to 1000 copies. A fine set.

(MOTTRAM, RALPH HALE). FABES, Gilbert H. The First Editions of Ralph Hale Mottram. Original cloth, dust jacket (quite faded, soiled and worn, torn at the spine margins). Illustrated. London: Meyers and Company, 1934. First edition. One of 30 copies signed by Gilbert Fabes and R.H. Mottram and printed on handmade paper. Bottom cover corners slightly chewed, otherwise a very good, useable copy.

FABES, Gilbert H. The First Editions of A.E. Coppard, A.P. Herbert and Charles Morgan. With Values and Bibliographical Points. Original cloth, dust jacket (soiled and worn). London: Myers & Company, [1933]. First edition. A very good copy.

FACKENTHAL, B. F., Jr. Saint John Reformed Church of Riegelsville, Pa. Showing the Development and Growth of the Congregation from Its Organization in 1849 to January 1, 1911. Its Pastors and Officers; the Erection of Buildings; Its Financial Operations and Constitution; Founding of the Riegelsville Academy and Public Library; To which Is Added an Alphabetical List of All Its Members, Past and Present. Riegelsville, PA: Published for Private Circulation, 1911. 1st ed. 221 pp. Frontis., illus., portraits. Orig. armorial cloth, T.e.g. Spine lightly sunned, some minor speckling to cloth, front inner hinge cracked, else very good. One of 350 copies. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper, "Hon. Charles F. Chidsey, Compliments of B. F. Fackenthal, Jr., Riegelsville, Pa., September 12, 1911.

1778. FADEN, William, and RATZER, Bernard. The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East And West, Commonly Called Called The Jerseys. London: Wm. Faden, December 1, 1778. 2nd ed. with Considerable Improvements. Copper-engraved map on two joined sheets, 32 x 24 inches in total, with original outline color. Guthorn, British Maps of the American Revolution, p.39. Degrees of Latitude 47. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, p.193. Snyder, The Mapping of New Jersey, pp.57-59. This elegant composition depicts New Jersey in finely engraved detail at a large scale of seven miles to an inch. The map was the grandest representation of the state made up to that time, taking in the entire breadth of the state, as well as the Hudson Valley, most of Long Island, eastern Pennsylvania, and all of Delaware Bay. It captures the state's rich topography, including the Jersey Highlands and the Palisades in the north and the broad Pine Barrens and coastal marshes in the south. The county divisions, major roads and towns are all… Read More

1777. FADEN, William, engraver. A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia Survey'd by N. Scull and G. Heap. London: W. Faden, 1777. 1 sheet folio, 24-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches. Framed. A few very tiny stains at foot of sheet, not affecting map, else a very good or better copy. Although already 25 years out of date, this map was one of only two maps of Philadelphia available at the start of the Revolutionary War. Faden issued this in March 1777, six months before Philadelphia came into the military campaign. "Faden was careful to give credit on his plate to the pioneer American mapmakers. Instead of placing the elevation of the Statehouse across the top, as Scull and Heap had done, Faden inserted it at the bottom without setting it off by boundary lines. Nor was he slavish in copying the country homes; rather, he made an effort at updating the Philadelphia environs." Snyder, City of Independence. This is the third state of Faden's map with "Billingsport Island" below Hog Island, joined by cheveaux de… Read More

(BARTRAM, WILLIAM). FAGIN, N.B. William Bartram: Interpreter of the American Landscape. Baltimore, 1933. 1st ed. ix., 229pp.

1920. FAIN, John Tyree (comp.). Fain's Critical and Analytical Index and Genealogical Guide to Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee. Nashville: Paul Hunter, 1920. 1st ed. 8vo. 86, [2] pp. In orig. wrappers. Light wear to the spine. Contents toned. Very good.

1888. FAIRALL, H. S., comp. The Iowa Railroad Case. Proceedings of the Injunction Hearing and Opinion of Hon. S. H. Fairall, Judge of 8th Iowa District, as Chancellor, in Case of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway vs. the Iowa Commissioners. Iowa City, IA: Republican Publishing Company, 1888. 1st ed. [2],96pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine abraded, a little minor chipping to extremities of wrappers, else very good. The railroad company had challenged that Iowa legislation had allegedly interfered with its interstate commerce and unduly restricted its charter privileges.

FAIRBAIRN, Henry. A Defence of William Penn, From the Charges Contained in the History of England by the Rt. Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay. Phila.: Printed by Joeph Bakestraw, 1849. 1st ed. 38 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Lacks rear wrapper, some chipping to spine and front wrapper, else a very good copy.