Search Results: Titles starting with N from Furrowed Brow Books

RAFM, 1978. Paperback. Nice 56 page miniature wargamers reference work from 1978. Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Staining, a price sticker and wear to cover ,not too egregious. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Institute for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 1992. Paperback. Cavarnos, Constantine : New Library - Volume Two. Belmont (MA) : Institute for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 1992. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's semi-glossy tan paper wrappers glued to textblock. Unusually paginated - xii pp prelim material, preceded by [iv] pp unnumbered/unaccounted for; then body numbering starts at p 13, runs through 211, followed by nine blank pp (four with text on author's other works, five blank). Total number of pp is 224/112 leaves. Second of three volumes of Cavarnos' collected reviews of books, this one including topics in modern philosophy, Christian education, St. Photios the Great, Greek religious writers under Turkish rule, modern Greek literary writers, recent Greek theological works, Russian writers. List of illustrations; indices of proper names and subjects. Condition notes: a fine, clean, unmarked copy, with light wear to the cover. We personally inspect every book we offer. Read More

Institute for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 1995. Paperback. Cavarnos, John P. : New Library - Volume Three. Belmont (MA) : Institute for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 1995. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's semi-glossy tan paper wrappers glued to textblock. Unusually paginated - xii pp prelim material, then body numbering starts at p 13, runs through 112, followed by eight unnumbered pp (four with text on previous works in series. Total number of pp is 120/60 leaves. Third of three volumes of Cavarnos brothers' collected reviews of books, this one including topics ranging over Byzantium, ancient and medieval Greek thought, modern Greek poetry, the Greeks of Corsica, and more. Short author biography; indices of proper names and subjects. Condition notes: a fine, clean, unmarked copy, with light wear to the cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

E.P. Dutton & Co, 1974. Paperback. Walker Art Center : Naives and Visionaries. New York : Dutton PB, 1974. Stated first edition. Square quarto (4to), 10"/26cm square. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 95 numbered pp plus five additional following. Exhibition of nine 'grass-roots' or folk artists. You'll be amazed. Condition notes: closer to VG than Good. Not ex library. Former owner's name written in pen inside front cover; otherwise, no notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound, though the front hinge has begun to crack. Light wear to cover, a bit of curling to the corners. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Earth Aware Editions, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Shive, Ian [Photographer]; Kiernan, Tom [Foreword] : The National Parks: Our American Landscape. San Rafael (CA) : Earth Aware, 2009. First printing. Signed by photographer Shive on front free endpaper. Oblong quarto (4to) size, 10"/26cm h x 13.25" L. Bound in publisher's color pictorial boards, white lettering to spine. Matte color dj. Identical endpapers, starfish photo in shades of green and white. 202 numbered pp, plus two w/o numbers following. Foreword by Thomas C. Kiernan; essays by Scott Kirkwood and Amy Leinbach Marquis; intro by Ian Shive. Many many color photos of national parks; parks index, tech notes, acknowledgements, colophon. Condition notes: slight bowing to this large, heavy volume, but overall shows only a few dimples to boards, light shelfwear/rubbing. Other than photographer signature, no notes or highlighting observed. Dj shows moderate wear, several tears at folds, wear/scratching/rubbing, a light moisture stain evident on… Read More

Osprey Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Lardas, Mark; Smith, Jonathan [Illustrator] : Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861 - 65 (Warrior). Oxford (UK) : Osprey, 2006. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 64 numbered pp. Chronology, color plates w/commentary, heavily illustrated with illus/photos in both b&w and color, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The MIT Press, 1986. hardcover. Bloch, Ernst : Natural Law and Human Dignity (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought). Cambridge (MA) : The MIT Press, 1986. Schmidt, Dennis J. [Translator]. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's light khaki. Lacking dust-jacket. Plain white endpapers. Xxxii pp prelim material, 323 numbered pp, plus five blank. Translator's intro, author's preface, 26 chaps, index. Condition notes: Lacking dust-jacket. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Sunning to spine and head of boards has turned the khaki (which has a hint of green) to tan. Former owner's name, black pen, to head of ffep, along with a blindstamp; latter observed at a few random points in text. Else unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Macmillan, 1974. Paperback. Leiser, Erwin : Nazi Cinema. New York : Collier/MacMillan, 1974. "Translated from the German by Gertrud Mander and David Wilson." Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 179 numbered pages, [5] blank. B&w photos, bibliography. Condition notes: Former owner's name inscribed neatly on front flyleaf; otherwise no notes or highlighting. Pages lightly tanned but clean, binding sound. Moderate wear, curling to covers. light soiling to edges. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Arcadia Publishing, 1999. paperback. Hibbs, Dixie : Nelson County:: A Portrait of the Civil War (Civil War Series). Charleston (SC) : Tempus/Arcadia, 1999. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. 126 numbered pp, [127] bibliography, [128] acknowl/credits. Intro, five chaps, bibliography, etc. Replete w b&w photos/maps/illus. Condition notes: wear to wrappers, tanning to interior, no notes/highlighting, slight overall bend to volume from stacking. Nelson County, Kentucky - with Bardstown as the county seat. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Alexandra Publishing, 2000. paperback. Dimitri, Michael A. : Nevolijani: Portrait of a Macedonian Village. Fort Wayne : Alexandra Publishing, 2000. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 1-137, [138] blank. Acknowl, contents, seven chaps, b&w photos, appendices (place names, casualties of Democratic Army of Greece, selected emigrants, names of presidents of Skopia-Nevoliany Benevolent Association, Macedonian language pronunciation). Notes, key dates, map. Condition notes: near fine, no interior markings. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Inst for Byzantine & Modern Greek, 1989. Paperback. Cavarnos, Constantine : New Library - Volume One. Belmont (MA) : Institute for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 1989. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's semi-glossy tan paper wrappers glued to textblock. Unusually paginated - xii pp prelim material, preceded by [iv] pp unnumbered/unaccounted for; then body numbering starts at p 13, runs through 176, followed by four blank pp. Total number of pp is 184/92 leaves. Cavarnos' collected reviews of books on ancient Greek philosophers, Byzantium, modern Greek philosophers, modern Greek religious writers, Russian writers, books on Hellenic communities abroad (including Ethiopia), and books on modern Greece. Indices of proper names and subjects. First of three volumes on the topic. Condition notes: a fine, clean, unmarked copy, with light wear to the cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Charnel House, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Garton, Ray; J K Potter [Illustrator] : The New Neighbor. Lynbrook (NY) : Charnel House HB, 1991. Size is octavo (8vo), 9 1/8"/24cm h. Handsomely quarterbound in publisher's black (spine) and red (boards) cloth; red lettering to spine; black Potter illus of said new neighbor debossed to front board. Slipcase covered w black cloth. Endpapers bear identical b&w photo of human female body with bat's head. [Viii] pp prelim material, 280 numbered pp, plus six not numbered to end, plus seven glossy photo leaves inserted throughout. One of a limited of 500 copies, signed by both author Garton and illustrator Potter at colophon; this one marked 'pc' (publisher's copy). Illus bookplate verso front free endpaper reveals this copy to be from the library of Stanley Wiater, three time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, author, television host; title page bears a red ink inscription (likely Wiater's) with an arrow pointing to Potter's name, "who gave me this." An… Read More

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Tarazi, Paul Nadim : The New Testament: An Introduction Vol 3/Johannine Writings. Crestwood (NY) : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2004. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [1-8], 9-291 ,[292-296] blank. Intro, sections on Revelation, Gospel of John, and Johannine epistles; subject and scripture indices. Notes passim. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The Bobbs-Merrill Co, [192?-193?]. Baum, L. Frank : The New Wizard of Oz. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [192?-193?]. Fifth edition, second state (per Bibliographia Oziana). Size is octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front board. Yellow topstain. Plain white endpapers. [i-x] prelim material, [1], 2-208; an additional 15 sheets contain full page illus to recto and lack pagination. Eight full page color illus and eight full page b&w illus, plus many b&w illus throughout added to text pages, all by W.W. Denslow. Condition notes: A worn, collectible pre-movie edition of the classic work, with the following flaws: spine cocked, spine ends rolled and corners bumped; general wear/staining/discoloration to the green boards. General soiling to edges. Binding loosening with fabric showing at verso front free endpaper. Former owner's name, neatly, in blue pen to head ffep. Interior generally tanned but unmarked, with… Read More

Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. hardcover. Halliburton, Richard : New Worlds to Conquer. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co, (1929). Early (but not first) printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark olive cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, with an ornamental debossed frame to latter. Endpapers show decorative map-like illus in pink and white, Mexico/Caribbean/Central America/northern end of South America to front; balance of South America to rear. [i-xiv] prelim material, 1-368, [369-370]; additionally, 32 coated sheets with photos (recto and verso) scattered throughout, not paginated. Prologue, 33 chaps. Condition notes: a sound and handsome copy, with an engaging author inscription to ffep ("My compliments to...a good boy from Dick Halliburton - another one/April 16/1930."). Binding loose but sound; boards worn with some spotting, but with generally excellent color retention. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Interior generally tanned but unmarked (except… Read More

Eerdmans Pub Co, 1989. hardcover. Schaff, Phillip and Wace, Henry [Eds] : Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus: Historical Writings, etc. (Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church - Second Series, Vol. 3). Grand Rapids (MI) : Eerdmans Publishing, 1989. Reprint edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.625"/24.2cm h. Bound in publisher's gray-green cloth, gilt characters to the spine with blue label framed by gilt bands. Plain white endpapers. Xiv pp prelim material, 594 numbered pp. Schaff's general preface; Theodoret - Translator's (Blomfield Jackson) preface and prolegomena; Jerome/Gennadius - Translator's (Ernest Cushing Richarson) intro materials, respective authors' "Lives of Illustrious Men"; Life and Works of Rufinus/Jerome's Apology against Rufinus, etc; translator's (William Henry Fremantle) prolegomena, and the works themselves; indices (Theodoret - scriptural, subject; Jerome/Gennadius - subjects; Rufinus - subjects, scriptural). Condition notes: a solid, clean… Read More

Harvard University Press, 1963. First Edition. hardcover. Sigmund, Paul E. : Nicholas of Cusa and Medieval Political Thought. Cambridge (MA) : Harvard University Press, 1963. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lacking dust-jacket. Xii pp prelim material, 335 numbered pp, [336] blank, [337] list of Harvard Political Series titles, [338-340] blank. Author preface, contents, XII chaps, conclusion. Notes (passim), bibliography, index. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy with the typical array of stamps and stickers indicating such. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Moderate wear to boards, some loss of brightness to spine lettering. Spine solid, with slight looseness. The dj, though missing, was dismembered and parts tipped in: descriptive flap to verso ffep, and gilt coat of arms to half title. Previous owner's name (post-library holding) neatly to head ffep. Main text free of notes or highlighting. We… Read More

Pegasus Crime, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Wolfe, Inger Ash : The Night Bell (A Detective Hazel Micallef Mystery). New York : Pegasus Crime, 2016. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's off-white paper (boards) and dull red (spine) paper, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Matt color dj. Plain white endpapers. [viii] pp prelim material, 392 numbered pp, two unnumbered following. Condition notes: A fine, tight copy, not ex library or remaindered. Pages clean, binding sound and square, corners sharp, light wear to dj. Flawed only by slight uneven tanning to top edge. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Ash Tree Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Quinn, Seabury : Night Creatures. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2003. First edition; limited edition of 600 copies. Introduction by Peter Ruber and Joseph Wrzos. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Color glossy dj features art of Keith Minnion. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. Xiv pp prelim material, 245 numbered pp, plus nine w/o numbers following, including sources, colophon and (helpfully), a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2003, including forthcoming titles. 11 stories, all originally published in 'Weird Tales' between 1923 and 1947. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked, square copy with light wear to dj and boards. We personally inspect every book we offer.

William Morrow, 1978. First Edition. hardcover. Fontaine, Joan : No Bed of Roses: An Autobiography. New York : William Morrow, 1978. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's black paper boards, off-white cloth spine, gilt lettering to latter. Glossy b&w/color photographic dj. Tan endpapers with red rose illus. [1-7], 8, [9-11], 12-319, [320]. B&w photos, index. Condition notes: a solid first printing: unclipped dustjacket worn, tanned, with numerous small closed tears and chips, folding. Spine ends rolled, loss of color to head of paper binding, some tanning to spine. Interior tanned but clean. We personally inspect every book we offer.