Search Results: Titles starting with F from The Book Shelf

Paris: Librairie Theodore Lefevre & Emile Guerin, Editeur. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Gift inscription on half title page. Front free endpaper is missing. ; This book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. A handsome copy with tight binding and clean, unmarked text. All edges bright gilt as is front cover - see image. Tissue guard on frontispiece, and charming Illustrations throughout. Text is in French. No date given. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 248 pages .

PA: International Textbook Company. Very Good+. 1941. Hardcover. Book is in excellent condition. "The essential principles of machine tool operation are presented, in fact stressed." Profusely illustrated with photos of equipment, tables, graphs and drawings. Bonus: previous owner's test booklet with instructor's comments and grade is laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pages .

Surrey, England: Food and Agriculture Organization. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Revised Edition. Hardcover. "The Catalogue is intended for fishermaen, netmakers, fishing technologists, fishery officers and instructors." text is in three languages: English, French and Spanish. ; Ex-Library; Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages .

Maine: Puckerbrush Press. Near Fine. 1977. Presentation Copy. Paperback. Signed, inscribed and dated on title page. Maine author presented this copy to another Maine author, Sandford Phippen. ; Square Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 62 pages; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: Bay Books. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. 0891710019 . This work will take you through the process step-by-step from setting up a studio, materials, design suggestions, and techniques. Clean, unmarked text with usual library markings. ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 49 pages .

New York: McGraw Hill. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has some edgewear and a closed tear along front cover seam - see image. Protected in a Mylar sleeve. Previous owner's label on inside front cover. ; First edition copy with a rare dustjacket. Scarce copy, overall. Book is in Excellent condition. From the library of Sanford Phippen, Maine author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

Baton Rouge, La: Louisiana State University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0807101532 . Excellent copy and would be described as Near Fine if it wasn't an ex-library book. Protected in mylar sleeve. Usual markings, pocket, spine label, etc. ; but tight binding, and clean, unmarked text. ; Ex-Library; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 86 pages .

Washington, D. C.: Franklin Knight. Good. 1844. Hardcover. Front board is detatched. Foxing throughout, but all texts and plates are legible. ; Includes facsimiles of eight letters, dated from Oct. 20, 1792, to Nov. 6, 1797. Includes "A true and beautiful portrait of the character of General Washington, by ... George Channing." this frontispiece has its tissue guard. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 72 pages .

New York: Beechhurst Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has edgewear and chips - protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Book is in excellent condiiton. Caricatures of the famous and infamous. "Even fabulous folk have their foibles, their Archilles' heels. And these are deftly and humorously revealed in a few swift lines, a sweeping stroke of Mr. Scheel's facile pen." ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages .

New York: Bobbs-Merrill. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. "Jef's vision of the world we live in reflects the absurdities of that world as well as the forces emerging to change it. . . . "; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Printed Matter. Very Good+. 2011. First Edition. Paperback. 9781933606255 . Creases to lower right front cover and a few succeeding pages - see image. ; Essays by those who knew and loved this Maine poet and his poetry. ; Black & white photograph; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .

New York: Frederick Warne & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. The story of a miniature circus which only performs for the animals in the field it passes. "Beatrix Potter wrote this chapter book for older children towards the end of her writing career. She wrote it for her own pleasure and at the request of friends in America who shared her love of the Lake District and north country tales." [goodreads]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages .

Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Good. 1888. Hardcover. Corners bumped and slightly frayed. Bottom of spine mended. ; Book is in Good condition - exceptions noted and priced acccordingly. Tight binding and clean, unmarked text. No inscriptions or names. A handsome volume with all gilt edges, beveled boards; beautiful engravings and drawings that capture the mood and theme of the poem in true Victorian style. ; Steel engraving; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1919. 1st. Hardcover. Previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover. ; A charming book using fairy stories to explain nature and the natural world to children. Very scarce. There are only minor defects in both the hardcover book and the dustjacket. This is a tightly bound, clean copy that has been gently used - if at all! ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Dampstain along top edge of front and rear covers, and slight sunning to some edges. Dustjacket has a closed tear to top edge of front panel, discoloration to the spine, and slight edgewear on some other panels, along with dampstains on inside front and rear panels - protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Signed by Tasha Tudor on the title page, also her bookstore label on first rear endpaper. Book is in Very Good condition with tight binding and clean, unmarked interior - exceptions noted and priced accordingly. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Signed by Illustrator .

Boston: W. A. Wilde. Very Good+. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Bumped corners. ; Book is in excellent condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. 1st ; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0395984165 . Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author on th title page. Autobiographicl novel which takes place in Vermont, but as noted by the author's Inscription, coud just as easily be Maine. Protected in a plastic sleeve. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall278; Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good. 1883. 8th. Hardcover. Slight smokey aroma. Very slight fraying to top and bottom of spine. ; Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted and priced accordingly. Bright gilt lettering on front cover. Tight binding and clean, unmarked pages ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 904 pages .

Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front end paper (whose book was inscribed to by author) . ; Inscribed, dated and signed by one author on the half title page. Poem by Elinor Wylie recited by author in Hancock, Maine is laid in. A crisp, clean copy in Near Fine condition. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 74 pages .

New York: Pocket Books. Near Fine. 1949. First Edition. Paperback. First Edition copy in pristine condition - see image. Never been read. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white images. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 132 pages .