Search Results: Authors starting with F from DuBois Rare Books

Shanghai: Pub. by the General Evangelical Protestant missionary Society of Germany, 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. xvi, 250, xlv pages [comprising the 4 appendices]. Frontispiece (portrait) 25 cm. 8to. Rebound in modern black cloth, gilt spine lettering. Condition: bruised right and proper midway down the front edge causing the page edges to either rip or crinkle. This damage appears very slight when viewing the front edge and never gets close to text or illustrations on the page edges. Otherwise the condition of this book is pristine. The binding is virtually new, the pages show no foxing or markings, they lay smooth and untroubled, the tissue guard is still present for the frontispiece. The unfinished manuscript of the famed missionary and scholar Ernst Faber as edited by his devoted champion Pastor P. Kranz. A scarce book to the trade.

Harmondsworth [etc.]: King Penguin, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good+/Lacking. 37 p., 64 p. plates. ; 19 cm. 12mo. Hardcover. Publisher's original decorated paper over boards. Book Condition: Good+, primarily due to completely perished spine, otherwise in lovely condition. From the library of Lawrence Ratzkin, with the careful calligraphic rendering of his name on the ffep by him, an indication of a book he most certainly acquired in his student days (we had the privilege of purchasing Mr. Ratzkin's library after his death over a decade ago). To appreciate the significance of this book owned by this artist it helps to know that Lawrence Ratzkin headed his own commercial studio for over 30 years producing literally hundreds of dust jackets almost all them of strongly font or text based, that is, utilizing the graphic qualities of type to tell stories of the books within in highly impactful ways. Kind of like if you came across a book on color theory with Josef Alber's name in… Read More

Boston, etc.: Silver, Burdett & Co., 1899. Regular Course" [taken from top of title page]. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. 4 volumes of "The Normal Review System of Writing. Vertical Copies." handwriting exercise books. 24pp each. 21cm. Staplebound wraps with front cover as title page. Two copies of Number 2, single copies of Numbers 4 & 7. Book Condition(s): Generally very good or better with varying degrees of minor flaws, toning to covers, tiny chips to extremities, ink stains etc. Four handwriting exercise books owned by one Howard Sanborn, who completely fills up, from beginning to end, 2 copies of book number 2, and one copy of book number 4. The same format characterizes each book, with varying emphasis on different handwriting skills. Each page consists of 2 exercises and spaces at the bottom of the page for the student to fill in her name and the date. Howard begins in September, 1896 ( with the first Book 2) and finishes on or about November 23, 1898 (end of Book 4). Book number 7… Read More

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2009. First Edition thus. Hardcover. New/New. 496pp. 8vo.Rust colored linen over boards with gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: New. Pristine and untouched. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Pristine and untouched. "The Other in the Mirror brings together three classic novels by Philip Jose Farmer: Fire and the Night, Jesus on Mars, and Night of Light. All three are united by one of SF's central tropes, that of The Other.

New York: Abrams Image, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff Boards. Near Fine. Unpaginated tall 8vo. Stiff boards. Some crinkling to front cover else fine.

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 111 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original decorated cloth over boards, lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities. A sharp copy.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good+. 32pp. 19cm. Oblong 8vo. Pages 9-31 are plates, some in color. Stiff, glossy wraps. Edited by William S. Lieberman ; Introduction by Eila Kokkinen].

New York: Norton, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. xiii, 408pp. vol. I; vii, 374pp. vol. II; 23 cm. Hardcovers. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: light wear to the extremities; each has a tiny chip or two at the edges, some small dustiness on occassion; overall very nice copies of a seminal collection of papers in the field of psychology.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. First edition, so stated. Softcover. Near Fine. xiv, 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm. 4to. Softcover. Photo-illustrated wraps. Book Condition: faint signs of handling else fine. Profusely illustrated.

Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As New/None Issued. 94pp. 26cm. Illus. Hardcover. Publisher's original black paper over boards, white lettering to spine and front cover. Copiously illustrated. Book Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. A sharp copy. Exhibition catalog published for the artist's show at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, June 10 - October 3, 2010.

[Bogota]: [Galeria Fernando Quintana], 1994. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good +. 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm. Book Condition: Superficial signs of handling else fine. Exhibition catalog for Sept.-Nov. 1994. Worldcat shows 5 institutions holding copies. Text in Spanish.

New York: Knopf, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 336pp. Hardcover. Octavo. Signed by author.

New York, 1920. Pen & Ink Original Drawing. Very Good+. Original signed Ernest Fiene watercolor/pen & ink on wove heavyweight cream colored stock. A whimsical nature scene created as the front panel of this home made holiday greeting card by artist Ernest Fiene, with sentiments from Fiene and his wife, Jeanette, to his brother's family- Paul Fiene and his wife (Rosella Hartman), and thier child Schnick. "Greetings To Paul, Rosella and Shnick From Ernest and Jeanette". "Jeanette" was Fiene's wife, Jeanette Fiene (nee Jeanette Etare), who was married to Ernest Fiene from 1921-1945 (thus dating the piece). "Paul" refers to Paul Fiene, Ernest's older brother and an artist in his own right (sculptor). "Rosella" refers to Rosella Hartman, Paul Fiene's wife and also a highly recognized artist. "Schnick" is (presumably) the child of Paul and Rosella. Front panel, with image, measures 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" (sheet) with the oval bordered nature scene measuring approximately 6 1/4" x 4 3/4". Signed by the artist… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First American Edition, First Printing so stated with no additional printings. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 416pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards. Book condition: Fine. Bright, tight and without noticeable defect. Apparently unread. Dust Jacket condition: Fine. Signed on title page in black ink felt tip (with bleed through to opposite side of leaf-copyright page). A sharp copy.

New York: Harpercollins Publishers, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. 416pp. Hardcover. Signed by author. Pristine copy.

Stuttgart: G. Hatje, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 341 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Large 4to copiously illustrated. Red cloth over boards, black lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Sticker ghost to ffep else Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Top edge wrinkled, tips show grain of rice sized chips, a bit shelf worn. Catalog of an exhibition held May 30-Aug. 23, 1992, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, and Sept. 13-Nov. 15, 1992, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Wraps. Very Good. Square 8to. in photo wraps. Creasing to panels, mild wear, a spot or two. Interior clean.

Toronto: Coach House Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good +. 84 pages ; 23 cm. Softcover. Tall 8vo. Perfectbound beige wraps, lettered in black and red. Book Condition: light wear to the extremities, abrading along spine, unmarked. Warmly inscribed by the author; rare signed. One of those books that seems cheap and common until suddenly there aren't any copies for sale and it's out of print. "A challenging work worth the effort." The correct publishing date is 2006.

Berlin: S. Fischer-Verlag, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good +. 198pp. illus. Perfectbound softcover. Nice copy with light yapping to cover edges else fine. Noted German publisher's annual celebration of all their authors, featuring photographs of many of them. Color illustration on cover by Paul Scheurich.

New York, Chicago, Boston: The American Historical Society, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 394pp. including index, illus. (some color), frontis., 28cm. 4to. 3/4 crushed red morocco and cloth over boards, gilt stamped spine lettering. Book Condition: spine split along most of the length of the upper cover, with cracking and splitting and chipping to leather in several other places. Binding very sound, interior, including plates bright and umarred for the most part. Good Only. An assortment of plates, the majority of which are portraits of the New York notables featured, the remainder being various family coat-of-arms. Portraits are an assortment of photographic reproductions, woodcuts, and engravings in steel. A roster of artisans responsible for the illustrations include: W.T. Bather, Campbell Bros., E.G. Williams and Bros., Marcus Ulbrichtz, J.C. Buttre, and H.B. Hall's Sons.