Search Results: Titles starting with F from Dark and Stormy Night Books

Paris: Delarue, Libraire-Editeur, 1111 In French. Circa 1900. Imprimerie de W. Remquet et Cie, Rue Garancière, N.5, Paris. Hard cover, 16 mo, finely bound in in half leather with decorative printed tan, white and blue paper -covered boards; the spine in five raised compartments with gilt banding, titles, and three gilt designs with geometric and foliate elements within double bands; cream silk paste downs; black silk ribbon bookmark; no date of issue; all edges gilt; xvi, 212 pp. includes index. Condition: Good Plus. Some wear to corners and at head of spine. Light foxing to preliminaries, light age-toning along page edges, in particular, is uniform throughout the book. A bit shaken. However, the many charming illustrations within combined with pleasing typography makes this still a charming item. ***Author Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695) was the most famous fabulist of French literature.** The artists include Henry Emy , which was the pseudonym of Armand Louis Tèlory (1820-1875), French… Read More

Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1958 Hard cover, 8vo, 210pp. Inscribed by author to ffep. Condition: Near Fine. D/j Good, with some small tears to dust jacket at edges, now in mylar. Massachusetts Author George Hibbert Driver ( 1879- 1966), graduate of Amherst College, poet and theologian. OCLC 3786368. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

Boston/New York: Lee and Shephard/ Charles T. Dillingham, 1890 Reprint of the 1887 edition (12th edition). Hard cover 12 mo in green publisher's cloth with title blocked in gold to front board and in black to spine, with tan floral end papers, 73 engraved illustrations by various artists, including Nat. Brown, C.W. Reed, M.M. Tidd, F. Myrick, E.H. Garrett, F.C. Hassam, and W.H. Bricher. CONDITION: Lacking foldout Map, otherwise Very Good Minus. Light soiling and rubbing and to boards. Text block edges a bit dusty. A few pages within are soiled, (showing use as a guidebook would.)** Full of vintage advertising, as well as numerous engraved prints, many illustrating the author's methods of transport available for the early tourist. Articles recommend travel routes from Boston, some of the perils of camping, favorable fishing spots and the like.**Captain Charles Alden John Farrar (1842-1893), publisher of this guide, trained as a printer in Boston as a teen, later becoming a newspaper editor. His… Read More

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1868 96pp. Condition: Corners of covers bumped. Lightly foxed.. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1995 Hard cover, folio, 200pp. Survey of the great estates of Brazil. Translated from the Portuguese. Lavishly photographed by Nicolas Sapieha. Condition: Fine in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 Hard cover, 8vo, in black cloth boards, with title in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, pictorial dust jacket, now protected in mylar. (viii), 453pp. First American Edition. Condition: d/j sunned on spine end and partial top of front; minor soiling to rear flap. Book is clean, tight and unmarked. Novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937), was best known for her depictions of the monied classes of Gilded Age New York in her many novels, including the Pulitzer-winning Age of Innocence (1920) and The House of Mirth ( 1905 ), but she was also a prolific short story writer. Literary biographer Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, explores works in both genres, delving into the psychological dimensions behind the sometime-resident of western Massachusetts, whom she calls, " ...the most original and important woman novelist in American literature, and one of the half-dozen greatest novelists America has produced.". First… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Self-Published/ University Press, Cambridge, [1898] Copyright 1898, dated 1900, First Edition. Soft cover, large 16mo. (measuring 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches) in grey card wraps printed in brown and forest green, printed in black and red, bound with red string, the printer's colophon logo in light green, 24 pp. Promotional booklet, printed within in black and red, featuring fine printing in typeface giving homage to the work of the Kelmscott Press, with attractive dingbats, faux-medieval cuts, Gothic-style initial capitals and other similar type-stylings. Bambace attributes the graphic art to Bradley, with a signed initial capital forming the start of the first chapter and Wayside device in the colophon. (p.206) Cover art and Book miscellany makes up the first 13 pages of the pamphlet, followed by a number of testimonial letters "that should be of interest to librarians" quoting prior patrons of The Boston Bookbinding Company. Printer's colophon at rear: "Printed for Norman H.… Read More

New York: The Grolier Club, 1952 Hard cover, quarto, 57pp. In publisher's decorative cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. The Grolier Club is famous for producing lists of the most desirable books. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

London: Elkin Mathews, 1916 Hardcover. Octavo. 111pp. Second edition. CONDITION: Very Good Minus. Foxed pages, especially to endpapers. Some shelf wear to covers. *** A collection of fantasy stories by Lord Dunsany, a huge influence on H.P. Lovecraft who in turn inspired Clark Ashton Smith - all three writers created worlds with ancient gods and the passage of time, and the fates of people who discover them.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.

London: Cassell, 1958 8vo, hardcover in dust jacket with mylar cover, 131 pp. The author (born 1922) was educated in England, and then after a term with the R.A.F. during the Second World War, left Britain to serve in various provincial educational posts in Africa. He published a number of well-regarded books of poetry. This volume was undertaken after a term as Education Officer in Benin, western Nigeria. The blurb claims it to be "the first account of the ancient West African kingdom of Benin written for the general reader since 1897, the year of the Massacre, when the capitol became notoriously known for its human sacrifices as "the City of Blood." Contains photographs and descriptions of the famous Benin bronzes, and traces cultural changes with the influx of European customs. Condition: Very Good with a Very Good dust jacket. The book jacket was, at some point, proactively taped with a reinforced tape on the interior side next to the book. This has closed an inch and a half tear to the foot of… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1994 The second book in the Barlow series. Author Robert A. Carter's writing has been described as witty and yet hard-boiled. Nicolas Barlow is - like the author - involved in the book publishing industry. He discovers his highly disliked dragon of an editor dead in the New York office, and must pound the pavement, (albeit stylishly and with great charm) in his fine Savile Row suit, in order to exculpate himself to the cops. Condition: Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. 3/8- inch spot to front of d/j. Otherwise book is crisp, clean, and like new. . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Portland, Oregon: Perri Press, 1949 Paper wraps. 42pp unnumbered. Condition: Pages age-toned. Small closed tear to top of front cover and pages. Covers dust-soiled. *** A short story written by noted pulp magazine writer, David H. Keller (1880-1966). It was written around ten illustrations, which were winners of a contest held by the Portland Fantasy Society. A psychiatrist by profession, Keller turned to short-story writing as a hobby, and notably helped out Arkham House when it ran out of funds in 1948.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus.

London: P.S.King & Son Ltd, 1925 Hard cover, 8vo., pp viii 9-158 + 2pp ads + foldout chart. In publisher's navy cloth binding with gold lettering to spine, and including scarce dust jacket. Condition: Very Good in like dust jacket (now protected in mylar), but with some chips to dust jacket and some wear to the top & bottom edges of the covers. ** Written in the aftermath of WWI, this work attempts to draw parallels between the economic situation in Europe in the 1920s, versus the conditions after the Napoleonic wars of the previous century. The author discusses the settlement after the Napoleonic wars, taxation, expenditure, debt, and the problem of maintaining (or not) the gold standard. *** The author, Angus Whiteford Acworth (1898-1981), was a financier and keen conservationist. He visited Jamaica in 1946 at the request of the Jamaican Historical Association, and published "Treasure in the Caribbean: A First Study of Georgian Buildings in the British West Indies" in 1949. OCLC 3932589.. First… Read More

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899 Hard cover, quarto, 145pp. Condition: Good. Covers show some marks. Light foxing to endpapers. Scarce.. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Kegan Paul & Tench Co., 1885 Printed at the Chiswick Press, and finely bound by R. W. Smith whose signature is pallet stamped to the ffep. Hard cover, 16 mo (measuring 3 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches) in a contemporary fine binding done in full tan morocco, ruled in gilt, with five raised bands to the spine, ruled gilt with terminal gilt dots on the bands, the title upon a red leather label, and publication date upon a black leather label at foot of spine, 224 pp. The gold, taupe and white marbled endpapers are highlighted with decorated dentelles, rolled with both an attractive tulip, and shark-tooth, pattern in gilt. The text, upon laid paper, features a title page printed in black and red. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. CONDITION: Very Good Plus, or better. The book is clean, tight, and bright with minimal age toning to the fore and bottom edges, a touch of foxing only appearing to the tissue-guard and frontispiece engraving. Very slight darkening of spine. A couple of small nicks to edges of… Read More

New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1985 336pp. Comic novel set in Maine and praised by Stephen King. Inscribed by author to front free endpaper. Condition: About Fine in like dust jacket (now protected in mylar).. Signed by author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 2001 260pp. A sometimes-humorous memoir of the journalist and author Helene Stapinsky's upbringing among a family of "swindlers, bookies and crooks" on the mean streets of Jersey City. Condition: Fine, with a Fine dustjacket, in a Brodart protector. Previous owner's embossed stamp on half title page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979 Hardcover, 8vo., 240pp. In publisher's red cloth binding with black lettering to spine. Signed by Bloom to front free endpaper. Condition: Small closed tear to dustjacket, which has some wear to the edges. ** Written as a "sequel" to David Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus" (1920), it sets out to create a science-fantasy based on the ancient Gnostic religion. The author, Harold Bloom, was well regarded (and popular) as a literary critic, but as a fantasy author, opinions are divided.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Robert M.McBride & Co., 1938 Hard cover, 8vo, in tan cloth, titles in blue to spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket, 341pp. Printed by R.& R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh. Printed on laid paper, with frontispiece and many other illustrations and maps. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good, un price-clipped d/j. Outer rear joint shows some staining in the gutter; matched by browning along corresponding interior rear hinge--could be from gluing during manufacture? (Not seen on the front joint or hinge.) Text block edges a bit dusty, just a hint of foxing to top outer edge and fore edge of text block. Interior with mild age-toning. D/j with minor crimping, one half-inch closed tear, and a couple of marks to rear portion.** As much a travelogue as a scientific work, this highly readable title helped bring the topic of conservation to the consciousness of the Commonwealth.**Indian-born zoologist, entomologist, and early conservationist Francis Ratcliffe, OBE (1904-1970) was best known for his… Read More

Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1999 463pp. Illustrated book of folklore and superstitions concerning the sea. With chapters on Weather Lore, Songs, Art, Mermaids, Spectre Ships, Reavers Privateers and Smugglers etc. Condition: As New. Dust jacket protected in mylar.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.