Search Results: Titles starting with F from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

London: Taylor, Walton & Maberly, 1851. 3rd Edition, much revised and enlarged. Hardcover. very good. London: Taylor, Walton & Maberly, 1851. 3rd Edition, much revised and enlarged. 7 x 4 1/2 inches: pp. xx, 536, [8]. Original embossed red cloth with spine titles in gold gilt. With catalog. Corners bumped, some soiling to cover. Bookplate inside front cover with ink stamp of name on upper right of free facing end page. Text clean and unmarked with some light toning. Binding tight. Von Liebig [1803-1873 was one of founders of organic chemistry.

New York: Ballantine, 1972. Fourth printing. Mass market paperback. Very Good. New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. Fourth printing. 7 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 288. Illustrated cardboard covers with black type. Cover illustration by Roger Coleman. Light edge wear. Lower corner of back cover creased. Light bump on upper spine. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. A clean and bright copy.

New York: Bantam, 1978. 3rd Printing. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Bantam Books, 1978. 3rd printing. 7 x 4 1/8 inches: pp. (6), 214, (4). White illustrated cardboard wraps with white and black type. Edge and corner wear, creasing. Creasing at spine. Underlinings and markings sprinkled throughout text. Binding solid, sound. General used condition. The classic feminist science fiction novel of one woman in alternate realities. "A wonderfully inventive novel, this interplanetary exploration of Feminist inner space, this sophisticated, playful fantasy book which is, of course, all about reality." - Phyllis Chesler, author of WOMEN AND MADNESS.

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1974. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1974. First edition. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. 176. Orange, blue and white photographic paper dust jacket with white and black type. Green textured covered boards (possibly leather or it's fake counterpart) with bright gold gilt lettering to front board and spine. Loaded with photographs. Map endpapers. Signed by both authors on front end paper with "Sincerely" and "Best Wishes." Negligible amount of rubbing to book's extremities and a bit of shelf wear to jacket. Dustjacket shows rubbing, scuffing, edgewear and several closed tears; it has done its job well of protecting the book. Previous owner's name to rear pastedown. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Covers nearly all of the dozens of landings up and down the mighty Columbia River in the Great Pacific Northwest, as well as histories of the building of the dams and bridges, including "many a yarn about the… Read More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Paperback. Good +. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978. Uncorrected proof. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 344. Orange illustrated printers wraps with black type. Vietnam Glossary at back. Front cover has some edge wear, vertical crease along the length of cover. Pages have slight age toning, but are unmarked. Binding solid, tight. Cover is protected with glassine jacket that has title taped on the spine. Classic novel about the Vietnam War by a highly-decorated Captain in the USMC.

London: Knockabout Comics, 2017. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. London: Knockabout Comics, 2017. First edition, first printing. 10 1/4 x 7 inches: pp. [64]. Orange and purple illustrated cardboard covers with white, orange and pink type. Light edge wear. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xvii, 444. Black boards with gold gilt type on spine. With 8 pp. ads to rear of text. FIRST EDITION. By English novelist of the 19th century, here the author recounts 50 years of life in London, from his childhood through to his years as a writer. Moderate rubbing to extremities with corners rubbed through to cardboard. Front hinge cracked, but binding holding. Light spine lean. Tearing to much of length of front hinge, hinge just starting. Former bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Writing in pen to dedication page, and on upper edge of free facing end page.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Trade paperback. Near Fine. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches: pp. xvi, 350, (2). Bright blue photographic wraps with yellow and white type. With photographs, notes, bibliography and index. Light shelf wear. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

Universal City, Texas: Barnes Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Universal City, TX: Barnes Press, 1975. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. [2], 256. Black and white illustrated paper dust jacket with black, white and red type. Black cloth with titles in red gilt. Index, 24 photos, map. In bright, color illustrated dust jacket with some light white chafing on front and along fold, edge wear, creasing, a couple of small closed tears.. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Interior bright and clean with some spotting to top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Forward by Milton Caniff. Casey Vincent's story of three years in the China-Burma-India Theater, including the fighting withdrawal of the Flying Tigers from Eastern China. [jacket blurb] Vincent became "Colonel Vince Casey" in Milton Caniff's"Terry and the Pirates"

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Manuscript found mong the papers of Charles Reznikoff at his death in 1976, and was, according to Seamus Cooney, "clearly intended for oral delivery." 15. pp. "SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover). "Pound himself has said in his book (ABC of Reading): "music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance, and poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music."

New York: Schocken Books, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. First edition, first printing. 10 x 7 inches: pp. xxxii, 1024. Gold paper dust jacket with titles, spine titles and back cover quotes in gold boarders, with titles in red and black type. Gray cloth over marbled gray boards with titles on front cover in gold square with gold type on spine. With introduction, commentary and notes. Light edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Gold gilt page edges have scuffing, scratches on head and foot of book. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

London: Duckworth, 1999. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. Very Good. McDonnell, Hector. London: Duckworth, 1999. First edition thus. 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 191. Orange and black illustrated cardboard wraps with black, white and lime green type. Very minor thumbing to corners, one corner has a small crease. A few scuffs and scratches. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The first collection of Flann O'Brien's World War II columns, which appeared daily in the Irish Times under the pseudonym Miles na gCopaleen. "Flann O'Brien is inventive, his storytelling is swift and sure, making the eccentric seem natural and the commonplace hilarious" - (The Times, review from back of book). 191 pp.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 450. Purple photographic dust jacket with red black and white type. Red cloth over gray boards with gold gilt type. Includes index. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light foxing to all page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The author "portrays the Flying Tigers in a new and acurate light. Reviewing the personal papers of Claire Chennault andhis men, as well as Japanese, British, and American records, Ford scours the myth to revealthe still-awesome truth about the 'only Western fighting force that gave better than they got from the triumphant Japanese.' Vastly outnumbered, the Tigers nonetheless destroyed more than one hundred Japanese planes while losing only fourteen of their own pilots on combat missions..." (front flap notes.

New York: John Lane Publishers, 1916. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good Minus Dustjackt. New York: John Lane Company, 1916. Second edition. 12mo. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. xvi, 237. Light green printer's wraps with dark green type. Bound in green boards, with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Dust jacket has wear to edges, closed tears to top and bottom of spine, as well as a closed tear to the bottom corner of the back flap. Some tanning and soiling. DJ now protected in mylar. Light rubbing to corners. A (very) few pages show light pencil bracketing, numerical notes written inside back cover. Binding tight, sound.

North Bend, Oregon: SELF-PUBLISHED, 2005. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bob Jackson. Folio (11 1.4" x 8 3/4"), glossy pictorial covers, 168 pp. Just a wee bit of shelfwear -- scuffs, scratches. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "A passionate journey through the words, sketches and photos of the World Famous Harrah Car Collection and more. Over 4 dozen drawings..."

Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1864. First edition. 8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 360. Green, textured cloth boards with faded gilt lettering. Lithograph frontis of Mr. Peck. A couple of small spots on boards. Wear, and rubbing to extremities, but still quite solidly bound Previous owner's penciled name to title page. Some soiling and foxing on pages. Otherwise text is unmarked. Binding sound. All for the sake of the Mission, herein are selected transcriptions from the voluminous and thorough half-century of recollections and correspondence kept by the remarkable man of faith, John Mason Peck, interlaced throughout with commentary and elucidation by the editor. When he came there were not a score of Baptist churches, and when he left, just under 2000 had been established. His "outpostings" and influence were well-known in New York State, in St. Louis and other towns in Missouri and… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1948. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1948. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. x,228, [2]. Red and white photographic paper jacket with white type. Green boards with black type. Inscribed and SIGNED, most likely by author (his first name only) on front free endpaper. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Edge wear, some creasing, closed tears to dust jacket with $3.00 price intact, and several small chips missing, the largest being a 1/2" x 3/4" at top of (dustjacket) spine. Boards with slight rubbing to extremities.Light toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author was appointed by General McArthur and assigned to the post of American observer aboard the Hashidate Maru, fleet flagship of a Japanese whaling fleet southward bound for the great Antarctic fisheries. He accompanied 300 Japanese seamen and one Australian representative for 132 days, his chief responsibility being to enforce the whaling… Read More

Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1980. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1980. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches: pp. 70. Light green illustrated wraps with black type. Light creasing on bottom corner of front panel. Toning on spine. Sticker outline/residue on upper corner of back panel. Text is unmarked. Binding sound. A critical study of Frank Herbert's science fiction novels and stories up to 1980.

Great Britain: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Great Britain: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, 1988. First edition. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches: pp. xvi, 466. Red illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with black and white type. Red cloth with gold gilt titles on spine. With illustrations, maps, bibliography and notes. Light edge and corner wear, creasing to dust jacket. Corners are lightly bumped, with bottom corner of front board bump being more pronounced. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1906. HARDCOVER. Fair. J. Watson Davis. New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1906. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. 69. Light green cloth with paste down illustration of a squirrel and etched and painted design on front board with red, blue and black type. Thirty illustrations by J. Watson Davis. Missing color frontis. Some shelf wear. Front and ack hinge cracked, book is hanging literally by threads. Front paste down is scuffed away from top corner. Name written in pencil on free facing end page. Tear on bottom of pages 31-32, some text is affected. Foxing, text is unmarked.