Search Results: Titles starting with N from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Washington: NASA History Division 2009. 8vo. xvi, 759 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Very clean copy in unused condition. No ownership marks. Colour and b&w illustrations. 9780160849657 . Fine. Cloth. 2009.

London: Martin Secker 1939. 8vo. 40 pp. Foxing to endpapers and fore-edges. Jacket is damaged, with loss along the top of the spine and across most of the top of the front of the jacket and a small bit at the top of the rear. Nice tipped-in author's note before the title page. As the publishers note on the front cover, by this time Gawsworth had been awarded the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1939.

London: Ben Brown Fine Arts 2014. Small 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 47 pp. Tan hardback in colour illustrated jacket. In near fine condition, clean and bright. Catalogue for the 2014 exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts of Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas. Colour illustrated throughout. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2014.

London: Heinemann 1959. 8vo. First UK Edition. viii, 223 pp. Blue hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Slight wear to jacket corners and spine ends, minor spots and a tear to rear panel. Boards clean, internally clean. A collection of Nabokov's short stories, previously published in American magazines. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1959.

Edinburgh: T & T Clark 1986. 8vo. xi, 194 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Internally very clean with minimal wear and no markings. VG/VG 0567093646 . Very Good. Cloth. 1986.

London: Quartet 1986. Oblong 4to. 59 pp., b/w photography, signed and dated by Swannell on the title page. 0704326094 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1986.

Munich: Prestel 2010. Square 4to. Still in shrinkwrap; new. 340 pp. Hardback in illustrated jackets. The definitive monograph on Nancy Spero's entire body of work, revealing a pioneer of feminist art and a key influence on contemporary art. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white reproductions of her and her husband Leon Golub's works. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 9783791344164 . New. Hardcover. First Edition. 2010.

Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books / Greenhill 1994. 8vo. 421 pp . with 42 photographs and drawings and 13 maps. 1853671835 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1994.

New Haven: Yale University Press 2004. 8vo. xiii., 354 pp. illustrated in b/w. Looks unread. 0300090013 . Fine. Hardcover. 2004.

London: Jonathan Cape 1974. 8vo. First edition. 352 pp. Brown hardback. Top edge stained red. A few small marks to top edge. Very lightly bumped to tail of spine. Jacket intact with no tears. Slightly tanned at edges. Internally clean and bright. This is Burgsess' take on humorous historical fiction, recounting the excesses and seductions of Napoleon Bonaparte inspired by Beethoven's 'Eroica'. This novel has been described by Burgess as 'elephantine fun', nonetheless commenting on 'the tragedy of berserk ambition harnessed to total power'. A smart and presentable copy. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1974.

London: Henry Colburn; John Murray 1818; 1817. 8vo. Two texts on Napoleon. 140; [iv],146 pp. Recently bound in a half speckled calf over marbled boards, with a red title label, five raised bands, and gilding to spine. All edges marbled. Minor foxing throughout but both texts clean and bright given age. The second text is allegedly written by the imprisoned ex-Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at his St. Helena exile and smuggled to London, but now thought to be by Frederic Lullin de Chateauvieux. . Near Fine. Half Speckled Calf. First Edition. 1818.

London: Stanley Paul & Co. 1915. 8vo. 2 volumes. 347; 368 pp. Half dark red morocco over scarlet boards with gilt borders to boards, and raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations to spines; top edge gilt. Externally fine, clean and bright. Bookplates to endpapers. Minor spots to fore-edge but internally clean. Two colour frontispieces and 100 black & white illustrations. Fine binding by Hatchards. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1915.

London: John Murray 1856. 12mo. First Edition. x, 348, map, 32 pp. Publisher's original ochre cloth with blind-stamped design to boards; gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping and slight wear to extremities. Bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to pastedown and tear and ink ownership mark to ffep. Some sections a little sprung, with occasional pencil marking and significant foxing. Including a frontis of an engraving of Kars Castle, plan of Kars and a fold-out map of Turkey. Sandwith M.D. was Chief of the Medical Staff and had to contend with starvation and a cholera outbreak within the fortified city of Kars during the siege of June 1855, the last major operation of the Crimean War. 20.5cms tall. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1856.

London: J Snow 1837. Large 8vo. xviii, 589 pp., complete. Colour frontis by Baxter. Folding maps, several b/w plates. Original brown patterned publisher's cloth. Binding is rubbed and worn, minor foxing throughout. Minor splitting to spine, corners bumped. Gift inscription on the endpaper from Mrs. [Elizabeth] Fletcher to Mr Parken 'as a testimony of approbation for the care he took of the Library at Lancrigg' (in the Winter of 1850). Elizabeth Fletcher had asked her friend William Wordworth to find her a house. Lancrigg was it, and Wordsworth had arranged the transaction and been instrumental in the renovation. Visited by the Literati, she was friends with Scott, Southey, Tennyson and both Coleridges. She was also interested women's welfare, education and the emancipation of slaves. She was also a friend and benefactor of the Italian revolutionary Mazzini. . Very Good. Original Cloth. 3rd Thousand. 1837.

Boston: Russell, Shattuck and Co 1836. 16mo. [engraved frontis] 133 pp., Boards a little rubbed at extremities, 1878 library stamps on full title and later in text, minor foxing to early and last few pages, but generally very good and clean. Pen number on full title. Sabin 32473 ref . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. 1836.

London: John Murray 1818. Tall 8vo. xv, 144 pp. Contemporary half straight-grained morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down. Inner hinges renewed. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Internally clean. Binding firm. The author was First Lieutenant of the Venezuela Artillery Brigade. He was recruited in London by Don Mendez, the agent of Simon Bolivar, as part of the British Legion. These volunteers, mainly British, Irish and German, fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in the Spanish American wars of independence. They were motivated by a combination of both genuine political ideals and mercenary motives, which the author relates in his introduction. Scarce. . Good. Half Morocco. 1818.

Oxford: Berg Publisher 1996. 8vo. 281 pp. Laminated boards. Clean copy. 1859731805 . Fine. Laminated Boards. 1996.

London: The National Film Theatre 1954. 8vo.Pamphlet. Three original pamphlets. Two page 'Membership Prospectus' for 'The British Film Institute and The National Film Theatre' which is SIGNED & inscribed by Erich von Stroheim: 'Good Luck!' and dated 5/1/54. Eight page programme notes to 'Foolish Wives.' Five page programme notes to 'Donald Duck and the Gorilla,' 'The Pedicure,' and 'Safety Last.' . Very Good. Wraps. 1954.

London: William Mackenzie N.d. [c. 1880]. FolioFacsimile. (xiv), 303 pp. Bound in recent full vellum with lettering & decorative design in black & green to front board & spine. Gilt-ruled lines to spine. Yapp edges. Hand-marbled paper endpapers. Facsimile of the first folio. Comedies volume only. Frontis and additional full-page illustrations by J. Noel Paton. A very handsome volume in natural full vellum. In Fine condition. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Fine. Full Vellum. 1880.

London: The Hambledon Press 1988. 8vo.Ex-Library. 225 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Jacket covered in clear laminate which is stuck down to the boards. Internally clean. 0907628974 . Very Good. Cloth. 1988.