Search Results: Titles starting with F from Scraps of American History

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 200 pages plus index. A delightful collection of fairy tales and stories for children for use in schools. Riverside Literature Series, Numbers 47 and 48, price forty cents stamped on cover. Tan cloth binding with burgundy decorations and titles on front cover and spine. Some wear to cover, especially at spine where much of decoration and title is worn off, edge wear, scuffs and spots, small wrinkle in upper edge of back cover, former owner's name "Louise W. Grimes, Keyser, W. Va., Oct. 4, 1894" on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned but clean with no obvious markings or scribbles, binding tight.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Volume 1 of the Fair Maid of Perth: 456 pages with notes and glossary, Volume 2 and the rest of the book: 479 pages with notes and glossary. Waverly novels. Blue cloth binding with a paper label with black titles on spine. One of a set of 15 volumes we have in stock. Some scuffing of cover with spotting, paper label tanned, corners and spine ends bumped, some light edge wear to cover, glue stains on end papers, front hinge a little weak, interior pages bright and clean, page edges speckled with stain on page edges, binding tight. Average size, measures 5 1/2 x 8 inches.

New York: Free Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 308 pages with questions and bibliography. Three women of different faiths come together to try to understand issues of prejudice and fundamentalism. Sky blue boards with matching cloth spine cover, gilt titles on spine. Minor edge wear, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages a little tanned. Illustrated white dust jacket with red and gold titles shows a little edge wear, tiny tear at base of jacket spine, not price clipped.

New York: Stanford and Delisser, 1858. Twenty-second edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 354 page. Rare book of religious commentary. Black embossed binding with gilt titles on spine, yellow end papers. Heavy wear to cover, especially at spine where cloth is split, considerable bumping of corners and spine ends, scrubbing and a little spotting, small pencil notations on end papers, front hinge a little pulled, tanning and foxing of interior pages, binding appears tight.

New York: Stein and Day, 1973. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 178 pages. An economic study of trash. Quarter black cloth over red boards with gilt facsimile author signature on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear and a little spotting, colors and gilt bright, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, former owner's name "Florence Marcia Zuesse?" on front free end paper, two old price stickers on front free end paper, interior pages bright, small stain on back fixed end paper. White dust jacket with red, gray and black titles shows some soiling and edge wear, short tears along edges, tape repair and stain on back cover of jacket, tear at bottom of front fold, $6.95 price not clipped.

A reprint of an 1862 edition written by a Hungarian vintner and nobleman considered the founder of the California wine industry. Burgundy cloth spine over tan boards, silver titles on spine, black end papers. Cloth is spotted and faded at edges, light edge wear to cover, spine ends and corners a bit bumped, front board a little curved, interior pages a little tanned, binding tight. Illustrated gray dust jacket with black titles on front cover and blue titles on spine is a little faded at spine, minor creases and short tears along edges of dust jacket, a little spotting, small creases and tears at top of back jacket, price clipped.

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, LLC, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 127 pages with index. Nineteen patterns plus instruction for felting (or fulling) knitted pieces. Illustrated brown wraps with white and golt titles on front cover and spine. Some edge wear with tiny chips in top edge, minor spotting, light bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 8 1/2 x 9 inches.

New York: Benziger Brothers, 1876. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 376 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece and black and white drawings. A reader for children intended to give them a sound Catholic education, with church history as well as stories about American history. Quarter leather over black stamped cloth boards, black titles on covers and embossed titles on spine, blessing from Leo P. P. XII on front fixed end paper. Front cover detached at hinge, scuffing and spotting of cover, wear to leather on spine, corners and spine ends bumped, several names in pencil on front free end paper, interior pages tanning with some stains, part of index missing with back free end paper, writing on back fixed end paper. Measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Popular Library, Inc., 1960. First edition thus. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 144 pages. The award winning play that tells the rowdy story of Fiorello La Guardia. White illustrated wraps with red and black titles on fornt cover and spine, 35 cent cover price, G 500, green page edges. Some tanning and a little soiling of cover, spine a little cocked, interior pages tanned, former owner's name inside front cover in ink, binding tight.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Good/No jacket . Yaroslava. 144 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs and color drawings. Projects and history of crafts from different countries. Illustrated wraps with black and red titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Spine a bit faded, reading crease in spine, cover spotted with a little staining, some edge wear, light creases at corners, short tear and crease in bottom edge of front cover, former owner's name on front free end paper, interior pages bright, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 7 x 10 1/4 inches.

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1976. Ninth Printing. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 296 pages. Poetry and essays with a Christian theme about women and their lives. Illustrated wraps with white and green titles on front cover and blue titles on spine. Some edge wear, creases, spotting, corners creased, price sticker on inside front cover, small tear in front cover at spine hinge, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

New York: American Book Company, 1936. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Furman, E. A., G. Carlson, Gladys Peck and others. 488 pages with dictionary, color frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout text. A collection of short stories and poems about daily life, transportation and human invention. Illustrated yellow cloth binding with black titles. Some darkening of cover, soiling along spine, colors bright, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, minor scratches, pencil notations and ink names on front end papers, interior pages bright with some staining along page edges and upper corners. Average size, measures 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.

New York: Christian Press Association Publishing Company, 1902. First edition. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket as issued. 499 pages. A pilgrim details his experiences as he converts from Protestantism to Catholicism. Blue cloth binding with blindstamped borders and gilt titles on spine, black satin end papers. Some edge wear, light spotting and a little scrubbing, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt on spine a little rubbed, a few spots on page edges, binding tight, interior pages lightly tanned, repeated former owner's name on blank pages and front fixed end paper in pencil.

New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1987. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 197 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition hard cover with "1" printed in number line. The unusual story of the interesting life of a woman who considered herself a performer, wife and mother, told in a unique autobiographical collection. Quarter red cloth over white board, silver titles on spine. Minor shelf wear with a little soiling along bottom edge, light bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated silver jacket with red titles shows a little scrubbing, some edge wear, spotting, tanning of interior folds, not price clipped.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Guerin, Jules. 524 pages with glossary of foreign words and phrases, tissue protected color frontispiece. Novel set in Rome by an often controversial and satirical British author and journalist who traveled widely. Green cloth binding with gilt titles and blindstamped decorations on front cover and spine. Some staining of cover, titles faded on spine, edge wear, especially at spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's name on front free end paper, (Etta Kerr Hicks, granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson of Maryland, Attorney General under President Zachary Taylor, 1849 -1850) end papers tanning along with half title, interior pages mostly bright with a little edge tanning and small stains on some page edges, binding tight. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good +. 373 pgs. An entirely fictitious magazine is the setting for a comic story about the people who produce the magazine. Blue cloth binding with gilt, blue and yellow titles in a black title box on spine, blue end papers. Slight fading at edges of cover, light spotting, minor edge wear, light bumping of corners and spine ends, former owner's name on front free end paper, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Blue illustrated dust jacket with white and yellow titles on front cover and spine shows slight edge wear and a little scrubbing with spotting, a few creases and wrinkles at top edge, not price clipped. Measures 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.

Washington DC: Ara Marcus Daniels, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 173 pages plus advertising, illustrated with charts and diagrams. Black cloth binding with gilt titles and border on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Spine titles faded a bit, bumping of corners and spine ends, some edge wear, spotting and stains to cover, chips along leading edges and small hole in cloth at spine hinge front, light foxing of end papers, interior pages bright, binding tight. Measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.

Washington DC: Ara Marcus Daniels, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 173 pages plus advertising, illustrated with charts and diagrams. Black cloth binding with gilt titles and border on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Spine titles faded a bit, bumping of corners and spine ends, some edge wear, spotting and stains to cover, large chip in cloth at top of spine and another smaller chip at edge of spine, light foxing of end papers, interior pages bright, binding tight. Measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.