Search Results: Authors starting with F from Bibiliophilia Books

Cibinii [Nagyszeben, Hermannstadt (now: Sibiu, Romania)] et Claudiopoli [Kolozsvar, Klausenburg (now: Cluj-Napoca, Romania)]: Martin Hochmeister. Hardcover. Near Fine. No date given, and the preface is dated 1779 [by I. F. de R., Senator Cibiensis], but the actual date of publication by Eder was 1803. - Duodecimo (18x11 cm). - [8], 289, [1] pages. - Contemporary marbled boards, near fine. - Interior very fine. - Title vignette. - In Latin. - A few tables (such as the "Regum Hungariae domesticorum" on Page 111), and "Errata" on last page. - Martin Felmer (1720-1767} did not plan to publish this work, but Joseph Karl Eder (1760-1810) issued it together with his own studies based on manuscript research in various Transylvanian libraries. - A pioneering and exhaustive study of the history of Hungary and Transylvania. -

Budapest: Amicus, 1922. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. (24x17.5 cm). - 59 pages and plates. - Dark brown 1/2 cloth with faded gilt title on spine; brown boards with embossed publisher's logo in gilt - With 18 tipped-in illustrations (mostly full-page), and 3 text drawings. - The first book about the first Hunarian post-impressiionist. - For 14 years, Csontvary traveled all over Europe, as well as Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia and the Holy Land, and created fantastic and imaginative paintings.; as well as often enormous controversy - VERY RARE: WorldCat locates only 5 copies (New York, Budapest, Szeged, London and Berlin).

Pozsonyban, es Kassan: Landerer Mihaly, 1778. Hardcover. Very Good. Crown octavo (19.5x12 cm). - [30], 215, [2] pages, 6 multiply folding plates. - Contemporary full calf (somewhat worn), spine with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration (mostly gone), title in gilt on leather label. - Interior and plates very fine. - Marbled end-papers. - Engraved title-page vignette, and some initials and end-pieces. - With frontispiece illustration, and altogether 34 figures on the 6 plates. - In Hungarian. - One of the first architecture books printed in Hungary. - Based on Gautier's "Traite de la construction des chemins". - Quite rare: WorldCat locates only 4 copies ( Budapest, Szeged, Cluj-Napoca and Paris).

Caesenae (Cesena): Ex typographia Nerii, 1646. Hardcover. Fine/not applicable. 4to. - lxiiij,380 pp. - Contemporary polished calf, spine with 5 raised bands, blind-pressed decorations and title; IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. - Small hole on back free end-paper, also small wormholes on both endpapers. - Bold ownership signature, in old hand (and then crossed out, also in old hand) on front free endpaper: and another, probably older, on the title- page. - With Neri's large engraved printer's device on title-page, also some engraved head-pieces and end-pieces. - - The Prolegonema include a bibliography ("Lactantii Codicum Mss. et Impressorum Nomina, ."), as well as a biography ("Vita Lactantii ex Scriptis Ipsius, et Aliorum Authorum Collecta") of Lactantius (ca.240-ca.320). - The collected works consist of: 1. Divinarum Institutionum adversus gentes Libri septem. - 2. Divinarum Institutionum Epitome (in Greek letters) Akefalos. - 3. De Ira Dei Liber unus. - 4. De Opificio Dei,… Read More

New York: Tibor de Nagy, 1964. Soft cover. Near Fine. (27x21 cm). - 32 pages. - Illustrated covers . - FINE. - PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. Illustrations by PeTER FORAKIS, PHYLLIS YAMPOLSKY and DEAN FLEMMING. -

Paris: G. Masson, 1890. Soft cover. Very Good/not applicable. Octavo (24x14.5 cm) - [4], 476 pages. - Green paper covers, with title printed in black.Lacks back cover. Bound with a yellow paper cover (with a 3 cm tear on the back) for extra protection.

Philadelphia - New York: J. B. Lippincott , 1969. First edition . Soft cover. Very Good/not applicable. 8vo. - vi,248 pp. - With a 6-line inscription, in ink, by Fry. - Pictorial paperback, slightly worn, else very good. - The BLACKSTONE RANGERS were founded in the late fifties, on the South Side of Chicagoi in the Woodlawn neighborhood, by Eugene Hairston and Jeff Fort. - Under Fort's leadership they became increasingly revolutionary; and an Islamic faction emerged, as well, called "El Rukn".

Salzburg: Residenz, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. Square quarto (30.5x30 cm). - 210, [1] pages. - Blue cloth, front cover brilliantly illustrated in embossed gilt, title on spine in gilt. - Very fine, interior very fine. - Profusely illustrated with full -page plates, some in color. - With two additional illustrations by Fuchs on the two free end-papers. - Jacket as numerous tears; see photo.

Wichita, Kansas: Fuller Research Institute , 1945. Soft cover. Good. Imperial octavo (27.5x21.5 cm).- 42 pp. - Original cream wrappers, title in black on front cover. Covers partially darkened, spine with slight crack; interior fine. - Boldly inscribed, on the inside front cover, in ink: "To Barry + Annette Byrne / affectionately / Bucky Fuller". - Tipped-in is a 10-page reprint from Fortune magazine, April 1946, entitled "Fuller's House", with 18 photo illustrations, including a full-page portrait: "Board Chairmen Fuller with Ventilator". - The text starts with a 5-page "Topical Outline", describing the "sequence of paragraphs in the text". Twelve titles are given in this outline for the talks, such as: I. Designing an industry - not just an end product / III. Man's habit of building houses is fortuitous / VI. A scientific Dwelling Machine / VII. Biology of structure / IX. Nothing done just to look pretty - all for technical advantage /… Read More