Search Results: Titles starting with F from Louise Aird

The Fair Maid of Perth, or St. Valentine's Day was first published in 1828. It was inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch. It is set in Perth around 1400.
The Battle of the North Inch, or the Battle of the Clans, was a staged battle between the Chattan Confederation and the 'Clan Kay' in September 1396. Thirty men were selected to represent each side in front of spectators that included King Robert III of Scotland and his court, on what is now the North Inch Park in Perth.
The Chattan Confederation killed all but one opponent, at a cost of 19 of their own men. It is not clear whom they were fighting: it may have been their traditional enemies Clan Cameron or it may have been Clan Davidson, in an internal dispute for precedence in the Chattan line of battle in future campaigns against the Camerons.
Provenance
The inside front cover of this book bears the pre-printed book plate of Robert Treat Platt, author of Oregon and Its Share in the Civil War (1903).… Read More

Frances Burney, known as Fanny Burney, was an English satirical novelist and playwright who is equally famous for her diaries. She was writing at a time when society felt it was inappropriate for women to be writers. Her first novel, Evelina, was published anonymously; it is still a well-read book. It was Burney (and Aphra Behn) who showed Jane Austen that she could be a writer. Her life was fascinating and she was an avid diarist--her diaries were originally published in several volumes.This book, Selected Letters & Journals, covers the period from 1793 when, at age 41, she married (for love) the impoverished French emigre General d'Arblay, to her death in 1840.It was edited by the Canadian academic Joyce Hemlow.This is a first edition. The dust jacket is designed to look faded; the spine is light green and the rest of it is pink. This particular copy has a laminated dust jacket.It has not been read and is in pristine condition.

Nevil Shute Norway (1899-1960) was a brilliant English-Australian novelist, pilot and aeronautical engineer. He wrote 24 novels, many of which have been made into famous films, with On the Beach and A Town Like Alice being among the most famous; his novel The Pied Piper continues to be required reading in schools all over the world.
The Far Country is the story of an English woman who travels to Australia and falls in love with the country. But it is also quite political--a commentary on looking after one's citizens (the National Health Service was new) and the treatment of immigrants in Australia.
It has been filmed twice, for television.
Published by Heinemann, 333 pages
Very plain--red boards with an 'S' on the cover and gold type on the spine. The spine has minor shelf wear and there are a couple of tiny marks on the back cover, which should brush off. Other than that, this book is clean and clear.
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This is an unread copy of Far From the Madding Crowd, the Thomas Hardy classic written in 1874.
No illustrations.
This copy's pages have darkened but it has not been read and is otherwise in pristine condition.

This is a first edition of The Far Lands, by the American writer James Normal Hall (1887-1951), who is best known for the Mutiny on the Bounty trilogy. It was published in 1950.
It is the fictional re-telling of the settlement of Hawaii seen through the eyes of the legendary figures found in Hawaiian mythology. A group of Tongans are in search of their promised lands; the story details the struggles they overcome and describes their faith in their ability to find their final home island. Maui is the main character and the story tells of his life from childhood to old age. It is a story of thrilling adventure.
It is 298 pages, unadorned except that each chapter title is printed in blue. This book's original owner had the covers wrapped in light plastic. The only wear is to the dust jacket and covers; all of it is shown in the photos. The book has a slight smell of must but it is currently being stored with a scenter. The inside of the book is pristine.

In 2002, England's Daily Express published the limited Good Reads Series--several classic books that were small, light-weight and high-quality. They're all 5" x 8", pale colored boards with gilt lettering and one cover image. This is A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway's story of an American soldier during WWI, and his love affair with an English nurse.223 pages. Page 223 only has been wrinkled, and there is a small tear at the bottom of it. Otherwise perfect, although the paper has darkened quite a bit.

Winter 2005
Cover: Cindy Crawford in Gucci, by Russell James (a stunning photo)
190 pagesSee Table of Contents Scans
Cindy Crawford: The Secret to Her Staying Power
Karl Lagerfeld, Holly Brubach
Gael Garcia Bernel, History of Louis Vuitton
Hats & Bows, Cindy Crawford Launches Her Own Beauty LineCondition Note: There was a paper overlay attached to this copy; as you can see from the image, when it was removed, the paper over the spine came with it. The back half of the overlay is still on the magazine. (Interestingly, the only other image I've found of this cover is on Pinterest and its cover has the same issue.) There is also a ¼" tear on the top right, which continues to page 32. Otherwise perfect.

Fathers and Sons, aka Fathers and Children, is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev (1818 – 1883). It is one of the most acclaimed Russian novels of the 19th century.
The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazarov, a nihilist who rejects the old order.
This copy was published by Walter J Black for the Classics Club in 1942 and reprinted in 1970.It is beige tweed boards with red and brilliant gold on the cover and spine; the top pages are dyed red.
345 pages.
Unread and pristine. There is one flaw--a few bits of red have started to come off the spine, as you can see in the photo.

1.This is Favorite Hymns to Play and Sing for Church, School, Home, a 60-page collection of 38 hymns collected by the Canadian music educator John Ferris Loth. It is undated, but the last hymn is God Save the King, and Loth started working for the Waterloo Music Co in 1942, so it's likely from the early 40s.See scan of first lines of hymns.Excellent condition. There are some thumbprints on the cover and a crease to the back. The inside is perfect.2.Singing Youth for Christ is a 4" x 6" spiral-bound book of dozens of hymns over 116 pages. It was published in 1948.Excellent condition.Note: I have lots of vintage sheet music listed here, some singly, many in bundles. You're welcome to create your own bundle, or just buy one piece from a grouping. NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

These are three uniquely French-Canadian pieces of sheet music, and I have not been able to find them available anywhere else. They are in near-perfect condition.
You don't have to buy all three. If you want one or two, let me know.1. The Dance Caprice 'FETE DES ROSES (Roses Day)' by Arthur Wellesley, published by Waterloo Music in 1928, as part of the Canadian Composers Series. 5 pages of music, plus covers and samples, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4"Aside from 2 tiny tears at the edges, condition is superb. It is both frameable and usable.Arthur Wellesley was Arthur Wellesley Hughes (1870-1950) who, as a child, ran away from his Kingston ON home to join the circus. He became an itinerant musician in the US, playing the piano, calliope and alto horn. And he became a pretty successful composer, with lots of commissioned pieces, and two big hits: Kitty My Love, and Fete des Roses.2. SUNSET ON THE ST LAWRENCE, 1925There are a couple of original pieces of this song's music extant, but this is the only one… Read More

This is a first edition (1966) of The Fierce Pawns, the account of the First Afghan War by the Anglo-Irish expert on Afghanistan Sir Patrick Macrory (1911-1993). It recounts the conquest, folly and intrigue of the campaign, leading to the revenge of the Afghans during the British retreat from Kabul in 1842.
The jacket, which is unclipped, has some shelfwear--you can see it in the photos.
The book itself is near-mint. There's a white mark on the spine and the pages have yellowed a little. Other than that, it's perfect.352 pages including photos and index.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

From 1978 to 1981, Time-Life Books published a series called 'The Seafarers'. It was 22 volumes, all written by experts in their fields, on different aspects of maritime history.
All are 175-185 pages, all bound in thick black leatherette, all beautifully illustrated with drawings, paintings and photographs.
Of the 22, I have 12 left (the list is below). All are listed here on Biblio. You can buy one, or as many as you like.
Mine are from the first printing. Unless otherwise noted, all are in mint condition.
This one is Fighting Sail, which covers the Golden Age of the Royal Navy in the half-century leading up to, and including, the Battle of Trafalgar.
Condition: Mint
From the series, I have:
- The Clipper Ships
- The Explorers
- Fighting Sail
- The Frigates
- The Great Liners
- The Men-of-War
- The Racing Yachts
- The Spanish Main
- The U-Boats
- The Venetians
- The Vikings
- Windjammers
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This is a first edition (UK 1975) of Fighting Ships of World War II, written by the British historian John Norton Westwood. It is an interesting selection of various types of ships from the navies of the warring powers, with descriptions and details. There is a photograph or table on every page.160 pages. I have the dust jacket but it's in terrible condition. The original ownersigned the front endpaper. There is a rub to the edgeof the cover, and a a couple of faint marks on the cover, hence the price. The inside is in perfect condition.

This book was first published in 1912, by Harper & Brothers New York. It was revised (by Dreiser) in 1927, which is also when it was first published in Britain, by Constable & Company, which published reprints in 1931 and twice in 1936. This is a copy of that second 1936 printing.
The Financier - Story
Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities--a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity. Dreiser's 1912 classic, which is based on the life of streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes, remains an unsparing social critique as well as a devastating character study of one of the most unforgettable American businessmen in twentieth-century literature.
The book is pristine, inside and out. No dust jacket.
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This is an Advance Reading Copy of The Fingerprints of Armless Mike, a 1996 novel by the American Author Thomas William Simpson (The Caretaker, Full Moon Over America, This Way Madness Lies). It is an amusing, fast moving romp about love, lust, greed, and grand larceny.
This copy has not been read, or even opened. 390 pages, laminated soft cover, pristine condition.
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This is a first edition of the First Circle, a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), published by Harper & Row in 1968, before he was expelled from the Soviet Union. This is also a limited edition, as Solzhenitsyn rewrote much of it before he died; the new version was published in 2009.
The book is highly autobiographical; it depicts the lives of the occupants of a research bureau made of gulag inmates located in the Moscow suburbs. Many of the prisoners are technicians or academics who have been arrested under Article 58 of the Penal Code, as part of Stalin's purges.This group was well-treated, but if they fell out of favour, they'd be shipped to Siberia. The title refers to Dante's First Circle of Hell, where the philosophers live in a walled garden, enjoying a small space of freedom in the heart of Hell.
The cover of this book is a bright pink, with some scuffing. The spine of the jacket is heavily faded.
The rest of the book is absolutely pristine. It has not been read; when I opened it,… Read More

This is a first edition of First to the Front: The Aerial Adventures of 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs and the 95th Aero Squadron - 1917-1918.It was written by the journalist Charles Woolley and published in 1999.Publisher's Description:The 95th Aero Squadron was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March 1918 and 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs was one of its original members. The history of the Squadron is told through the words of those who served, Heinrichs' richly written diary forms the nucleus of the story supported by contemporary letters, anecdotes, and combat reports from many of the other flyers. Entries from the official Squadron history as contained in the History of the American Air Services A.E.F. (the Gorrell History) round out the narrative. Over 280 photos, most unpublished from the personal albums of the participants, show planes, places and personnel which surrounded this happy band of warriors.8 3/4" x 11 3/8".244 pages.
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This is a pristine copy of the first US edition (stated) of Fisher's Face, or Getting to Know the Admiral, written in 1969 by the Welsh historian Jan Morris.
John Fisher, aka Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet, and later First Sea Lord, known for his efforts at naval reform. He had a huge influence on the Royal Navy in a career spanning more than 60 years, starting in a navy of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon and ending in one of steel-hulled battle cruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers. The argumentative, energetic, reform-minded Fisher is considered the second-most important figure in British naval history, after Lord Nelson.
Unclipped dust jacket, 297 pages, including photos. Front endpaper signed from daughter to father. Otherwise mint condition.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is the Andre Deutsch Russell Edition, and 1978 3rd printing of V.S.Naipaul's A Flag on the Island, his 7th book, originally published in 1967 (by Deutsch). It is 11 stories and a novella: A Flag on the Island is a story that began as a commissioned screenplay and was rejected by the director.
This book is in pristine condition. It has not been read. There are no marks of any kind in it or on it. Its only flaw is some fading on the spine of the dust jacket.Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018), most commonly known as V. S. Naipaul, was a Trinidadian-British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker later novels of the wider world, and his chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than 30 books over 50 years. Naipaul won the Booker Prize in 1971 for his novel In a Free State. In 1989, he was awarded the… Read More

This is a first edition of The Fleet That Jack Built: Nine Men Who Made a Modern Navy, published in 1931. Copies of this book are rare; most of the ones available are from the 1962 US printing.
It was written by Rear-Admiral Sir William Scarlett Jameson (1899-1966).
It is the story of the nine brilliant men whose efforts created the Royal Navy that dominated the 19th century, the Far East and two world wars—in spite of opposition from politicians: Admirals Wilson, Beresford, Fisher, Scott, Jellicoe, Beatty, Tyrwhitt, Keyes and Keppel. 'Jack' in the title refers to Admiral Fisher.
The front endpaper is first signed by the woman who owned it in 1962, then it was given to someone in memory of Jameson, in or after 1966, apparently by one of his relatives (see photo).
344 pages, no jacket—it likely never had one. The cover could use cleaning—you can do that with a little Absorene. The inside is perfect.
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