Search Results: Titles starting with F from Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

London. Cassell, Petter and Galpin. n.d. ( c. 1885 ) Bound in full paneled and decorated trade morocco. Gilt decorated spine with raised bands and gilt titles. Ornate gilt titling to front cover. Intricate inner-dentelles. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. Very thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plates, vignettes and embellishments by Gustave Dore. A lovely copy of the large format edition in a wonderful, rich and imposing binding. Some usual mild scuffing to joints and edges, corners bumped, else Near Fine.

London. c. 1694. Bound by Richmond in full, elaborately blind embossed calfskin. Guilt-tool ornamental devices to front and rear covers. Raised bands and guilt titles to spine. Marbled endsheets. Tall 4to. Early Printing. Illustrated with a frontis Depicting Aesope surrounded by animal characters. Wing A-706: Hodnett-Aesope in England, 63. This copy; lacks title page, ad leaf @ pg.38 and portrait of L'Estange. Spine heal lacking with lacquered repared. Corners bumped. Covers mildly rubbed. Else, a Very Good, sound copy.

Boston. T.O.H.P. Burnham. 1864. Bound in blind embossed, gilt titled cloth. Thick 12mo (5.5" x 7"). Illustrated with 198 woodcuts en texte. Spine well sunned, covers mildly sunned and rubbed. Headpiece chipped. Ink inscription to ffep. Light water staining to bottom corners throughout (very seldom reaching text block). Volume presents slight lean. Several signatures slightly shaken but very firm. A Good, crisp, bright copy.

Washington. Bedford Arts. 1990. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. Square 4to. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour plates and further monochrome photographs, drawings, advertising, etc. Published for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, this is a most comprehensive study of the portrayal of African Americans by American Artists of all races. A Very Fine copy in a Very Fine dustwrapper.

Battle Creek. Magner Publishing Co. 1894. Bound in gilt titled 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards. Marbled edges and endsheets. Thick 4to (6.75" x 9.5"). First Edition. Illustrated with 1400 monochrome, duotone and chromolithographic plates and drawings depicting all manner of things equestrian. An immense compendium of Equine information. Startling in its scope. Sumptuous in its illustration. Quite rare. Top of original spine strip lacking with coloured varnish repair. Obvious repair to rear hinge. Boards rubbed as usual, else a Very Good, crisp, bright copy.

Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott. 1887. Gilt decorated and titled cloth. 8vo. Illustrated with photogravures of various elves, fairies, etc. A charming poetic tale , profusely illustrated with fabulous plates of an intoxicating fairy world and those that call it home. A very scarce title. Rubbing and darkening to covers ( gilt has lost its sheen ), a few patches of very mild foxing, soiling to ffep, tear to rear endsheet with adhesion remnant to rear pastedown, else Very Good.

Seattle. Boeing Aircraft Corporation. 1944. Bound in pictorial black cloth over limp boards, depicting the Boeing logo flanked by two B-17 aircraft in flight to front cover. 8vo. This manual is Boeing Document number D-4142, stamped issue number 8626 with stamped date of August 1, 1944. Marked restricted throughout. Illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs, diagrams, schematics, etc. Extremely rare manufacturers manual for the most famous bomber aircraft of all time. Exhaustive in both scope and illustration, this manual details every system comprising the B-17 including: Fuselage, engines, electrical systems, armaments, empennage, etc. An impressive piece of military history. Light usual scuffing and rubbing to covers and spine. Original owners ink inscription to front paste down. A small stain appears at the very bottom of some pages throughout (quite innocuous and not intrusive upon contents). Some light soiling to edges. Several pages dog-eared at bottom corner. A Very Good, tight and… Read More

New York. Hanover House. 1959. 4to. First Edition. Illustrated by photographs. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Garden City. Doubleday and Co. 1969. Embossed cloth with gilt titled spine. 8vo. Second Series. Illustrated by photographs, drawings. Light soiling to edges, else Near Fine in Very Good tape repaired and price-clipped dustwrapper.

London. Andrew Melrose. n.d. (circa 1905). Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated cloth depicting Britannia to front cover and admiral Nelson to spine. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with fifteen full page plates after engravings. Mild rubbing to extremities, tape repair to front inner hinge, contents slightly shaken. A Very Good copy.

New York and Boston. Jonathan Leavitt and Crocker & Brewster. 1834. Cloth and paper covered boards with paper spine label. 12mo. Usual wear to extremities, light bumping to spine-caps, lacking ffep and half-title, general foxing throughout, else Very Good. An interesting treatise on Religious Fanaticism.

London. Debenham and Freebody. n.d. (Circa 1880). Spectacularly bound in full gilt decorated vellum, gilt titles to front cover art nouveau gilt motif and morocco label to spine. a.e.g. 8vo. Edition Deluxe- 6th edition. Exquisitely illustrated with 20 full page colour plates and a further 30 monochrome plates by Lilian Young depicting period female costumes in graphic detail. When Victorian ladies of society were invited to Fancy Dress Balls (Costume Parties), They would review the contents of this book and select a costume for the evening. A truly magnificently bound volume presenting a detailed overview of late 19th century fashions. Covers slightly bowed, the mildest of usual darkening to vellum, else a fine gleaming copy

Providence. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. 1979. Small 4to. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour and monochrome plates. An exhaustive and lovely study. Wear to head and tailpiece , else Very Good in Good only dustwrapper.

Milan. R. Lier and Co. 1924. Bound in half buckram and paper covered boards. Imprinted titles and ruled spine compartments. Raised bands. Tall Folio. (19" x 15"). Facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491. Illustrated with 13 plates in facsimile tipped-on to heavy cardboard stock. Volume 1 of the Monumenta Medica, under the general editorship of Henry Sigerist. Introduction by Karl Sudhoff. Translated and adapted by Charles Singer. Very Mild occasional offset throughout. Some mild occasional foxing to text and several plates. A Very Good crisp copy.

New York. The Platt and Munk Co. 1937. Bound in 1/2 cloth and pictorial laminated boards. Tall 8vo. First Edition. Numnber 878 of the Platt Munk series. Illustrated throughout with Art Deco stylized color plates upon hard boards. Sunning to front cover. Corners a bit bumped. Small previous owners name in ink to top edge of one plate. A Very Good, bright copy.

New York. Essential Books. 1944. 8vo. 1st Edition. Profusely Illustrated from photographs Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper.

New York. The Neale Publishing Company. 1912. Bound in gilt titled blue cloth. 8vo. 5.5" x 8.0". The First Edition. Illustrated with a Frontis map. Kick-8. Very mild rubbing to head and tailpieces. A Fine copy.

New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1966. 8vo. A Fine copy in Very Good dustwrapper.

Sacramento. A.J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing. 1894. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Covers mildly scuffed and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. A Very Good copy.

New York. Atlantic monthly press. 1990 1st Printing. An as new copy.