HARRISON, TEXAS: EIGHT TELEVISION PLAYS
by Foote, Horton. (Tamara Daykarhanova)
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1956. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. First book of published plays - these for television, including "Trip to Bountiful" in its early days - from the prolific playwright (Pulitzer Prize for"The Young Man from Atllanta") and screenwriter (two Oscars for "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Tender Mercies"). Rare association copy inscribed to actress and acting coach Tamara Daykarhanova,... Read More
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EL SALVADOR: WORK OF THIRTY PHOTOGRAPHERS
by Forche, Carolyn (text). Harry Mattison, Susan Meiselas, Fae Rubinstein
NY/ London: Writers and Readers, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. Oblong softcover, 120p. "For Susan" and signed by Forche, Meiselas and Mattison on the title page.
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Wanted - A Matchmaker
by Ford, Paul Leicester. Armstrong, Margaret (cover design). Christy, Howard Chandler (illustrations by)
New York: Dodd Mead, 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Chrity, Howard Chandler. Scarce dustjacket designed by Margret Armstrong who also designed cover art and text decoartions. Two short closed tears w/ internal tape repair, clean and remarkably unchipped dw save tiny knicks spine foot. Decorated cloth boards showing light wear at extrmeities and sun-darkened... Read More
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The Great K. & A. Robbery
by Ford, Paul Leicester
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1897. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Near Fine -. First edition, first issue with "Train" missing from tiitle page. BAL 6213. Gilt title at front cover in black stamped square locomotive pictorial. Corners gently bumped, spine ends slightly rubbed. Rough-cut pages, binding tight, text clean.
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Primulaceae from Western Yunnan and Eastern Tibet
by Forrest, George
London: The Royal Horticultural Society. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint pamphlet presumably from a volume of The Royal Horticultural Society Journal, paginated 213- 239, followed by doutone plates numbered XXVI - XLII. Uncommon.
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Primulaceae from Western Yunnan and Eastern Tibet
by Forrest, George
1908. Soft cover. Very Good -. Scarce. Missing front cover, else NF-. Small spot and bumped corners at rear cover. Text clean, no previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Black and white plates, XVI-XLIII, at rear.
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1700 MILES IN OPEN BOATS: THE STORY OF THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TREVESSA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, AND THE VOYAGE OF HER BOATS TO SAFETY
by Cecil Foster
London: Martin Hopkinson, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, navy blue linen, gilt spine titles, 173p, illustrated, foldout chart in rear. Errata slip laid-in. Private library stamp ffe. Solid, near fine copy.
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BIRD DOGS OF NEW ENGLAND
by Foster, William H.
Isaac Oelgart, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Limited to 1000 copies, this #46. Printed by Darrell Hyder. Hnadswen binding into Farbriano covers, with title label. The essay was initially read as a paper at the New England Game Conference in Boston in 1930.
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LITTLE BEAR AND HIS FRIENDS
by Fox, Frances Margaret. Beem, Frances (pictures by)
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Fourth in the Little Bear series, beautifully preserved copy in dustjacket. Pictorial pastedown on red cloth, just about fine all around, apparently unread. No names, bookplates, etc. Dust jacket with same pictorial, slightly soiled with two tiny piecee gone in the middle of the spine, and some... Read More
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TOO YOUNG TO DIE
by Fox-Sheinwold, Patricia
Blitz Editions, 1990. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG. Fine laminated pictorial boards in matching pictorial dustjacket that has some large chips head of spine and front upper rigjht corner. Dated NYC 1992 and humorously inscribed on the ffe by the Fox-Sheinwold, apparently from the American South, to a friend with whom she regards as a "Confederate pal'.... Read More
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THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 1915
by (San Francisco)
Chicago: Reily & Britton Co, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Oblong booklet, 10.25 x 8.25, embossed gilt with white and black on tan paper covers. Full page sepia photographs Near fine.
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ABC and Counting Book
by Fraser, Phyllis
New York: Woner Books/ Grosset & Dunlop, 1946. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Dustjacket. Sarkin, Jack. Part of Wonder Books wth the Washable Covers series. Presumed First Edition or Early Printing.
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Celia's Secret
by Frayn, Michael; Burke, David
London: Faber & Faber, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Signed by both authors on title page.
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Meister Echart's Sermon on Beati Pauperes Spiritu
by Fredericks, Claude (printer). R. B. Blakney (translator)
Pawlet VT: Claude Fredericks, 1960. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Very Good. 120 copies, 8vo, four folded sheets, laid-in printed folder. Near fine save gentle crease traversing the pamphlet on the vertical.
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A Plan for the 'Sonnets' of a Proposed Shakespeare set and Printed By Claude Fredericks for Hsi Friends at Christmas McMliv
by Fredericks, Claude (printer)
Pawlet VT: Claude Fredericks, 1954. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Very Good. 160 copies, hand-set and printed by Fredericks as a Christmas greeting. 6 folded sheets, 8vo size, in handmade double paper folders. Fine.
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A Page from Bacon's 'Essays' Set & Printed By Claude Fredericks for His Friends at Christmas McMlvi V.
by Fredericks, Claude (printer)
Pawlet VT: Claude Fredericks, 1955. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Very Good. 180copies, hand-set and printed by Fredericks as a Christmas greeting. 8vo, one folded leaf string tied to double paper folder. Missing the front top cover of the double folder.
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The Cantico of St Francis
by (Fredericks, Claude [printer])
Pawlet VT: Claude Fredericks. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed limited (though not stated) and without any publishiung information or colophin but clearly the work of printer Claude Fredericks. 16mo, two sheets, printed both sides, one tissue (in Italian) the other on handmade rag (in Englsih) printed both sides and in double handmade paper folder. Fine.
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NEOCLASSICAL CARVINGS IN BAHIA
by FREIRE, Luiz Alberto Ribeiro
Oderbrecht, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in near fine dustjacket.
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Homes and Their Decoration
by French, Lillie Hamilton
NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Old-fashioned home decoration book celebrating the all-American, Colonial Revival home of good taste. INSCRIBED by author French in pencil on the ffe" "To Lou. Who knew some of it before. With Lillie's love Xmas 1903" Publisher's decorated green cloth, teg, sides untrimmed, xvi + 430p, copiously... Read More
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Tischtheater.The Art of Table Decorations
by FROMMEN, Christa., CHRIST, Monika. VON KNOOP, Christa
Koln: DuMont, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine, apparently unused copy, in slightly rubbed near fine dustjacket. Stunning photography. No US edition.
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MAY MAN PREVAIL? An Inquiry Into the Facts and Fictions of Foreign Policy
by Fromm, Erich
NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. An apparently unead, unused copy. As new in fine dustjacket.
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PAZ Y JUSTICIA SOCIAL: ANALISIS DE LA CAUSAS DE LA GUERRA
by Frondizi, Risieri. (Cesar Pelli and Diana Balmori)
Sobreitero de Cuandernos Americanos, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. A finely preserved, inscribed copy of anti-war paper by Risieri Frondizi, Argentian philosopher, anthropologist and one of that country's pre-eminent intellectuals. Frondizi (1910 - 1983) spent his early career in academe at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, where he served from its founding in 1937 as its' director... Read More
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SOME SCIENCE FICTION (Frost Christmas card 1955)
by Frost, Robert
NY: The Spiral Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Grushkin, Philip (decorations by ). This imprint for Al Edwards. Fine condition.
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From a Milkweed Pod (Frost Christmas card 1954)
by Frost, Robert
NY: The Spiral Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Nason, Thomas W. (wood engravings). This imprint for Eleanor and Al. Fine condition.
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An Illuminated History of North America,,,Illustrtaed with over Four Hundred Engravings
by Frost, John
NY: Bill, Witter & Co, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Blind-stamped leather, gilt-pressed with red leather label to spine. With foldout colored lithograph of San Francisco in 1854 (with a short tear along one fold) plus color forntispiece. 706p, plus 1 page publisher list. Leather rubbed all over, binding firm. Episodic foxing. Over all, a sound, unsophisticated... Read More
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