The Clew in the Glass
by Ferguson, W. B. M.
New York: Chelsea House, 1926. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. William Blair Morton (W.M.B.) Ferguson (1882-1967) was a pseudonym for William Morton. He was a crime and mystery writer best known for works such as The Murder of Christine Wilmerding (1932), Garrison's Finish: A Romance of the Race Course (1907), and The Man with 100... Read More
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Dinard Regard sur le Passe
by Fermin, Henri
Editions les Courlis, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Small 4to. SCARCE. Illustrated magenta paper covered boards with white title to front board. Minor rubbing to boards and bumping to spine ends and corners. Fold out map pasted to front paste down. Interior is clean and bright with black and white illustrations throughout. 115 pages. In French. FRELANG/110915. ... Read More
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Star Spell
by Ferraro, Cari
San Jose, CA, 2007. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. A UNIQUE ARTISTS’ BOOK which has been signed and dated by the artist. The words “Star Spell” are written largely in resist and have been watercolored over to reveal the words across the twilight sky background. The familiar rhyme reads: “Star light / star bright / first star / I see... Read More
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Ave Maria: An Interpretation from Walt Disney's Fantasia, Inspired by the Music of Franz Schubert
by Field, Rachel
New York: Random House, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Vg in blue and gilt boards/thin 8vo./illus. Music. MUS1/2062.
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A. de luze & Fils: Bordeaux
by A. de Luze adn Fils
Bordeaux: Massin, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. An album about the wine merchants in Bordeaux since 1820 including pictures and recollections of the trade, vineyards, and city. Oblong in white silk covered boards with gilt title and color illustration to front cover. Light soiling to covers, but clean overall. Clean interior with many photographic illustrations, most in black... Read More
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Leonardo's Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader
by Findlen, Paula; J.G. Amato, Veronica S.'R. Shi, Alexandria R. Tsagaris, Carlo Vecce, essays
Stanford, CA: The Stanford Libraries, 2019. Softcover. Fine in near fine wrappers. Softcover. This beautifully produced and informative catalog was published by the Stanford Libraries in conjunction with their exhibition for Leonard's Library that commemorated the five-hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. The exhibition took place May 2 - October 13, 2019. The author and... Read More
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Colophon. Quadrimestrale di libri d'artista e di bei libri. Numero 5, giugno 2000
by Fiorin, Egidio, direttore responsabile
Belluno, Italia: Proposte d'Arte Colophon, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Near mint white thick-stock paper wrappers, tiny bit of smudging to rear wrapper, else bright and clean. Quarto. Interior is like new: crisp, tight and clean. Illustrated in b/w. In Italian. Publisher's ephemera laid-in. 45 pp. Books on Books. BOB/11183.
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Colophon. Quadrimestrale di libri d'artista e di bei libri. Numero 4, gennaio 2000
by Fiorin, Egidio, direttore responsabile
Belluno, Italia: Proposte d'Arte Colophon, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Near mint white thick-stock paper wrappers, a few small smudge marks to front wrapper, else bright and clean. Quarto. Interior is like new: crisp, tight and clean. Illustrated in b/w. In Italian. 45 pp. Books on Books. BOB/11183.
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Colophon. Quadrimestrale di libri d'artista e di bei libri. Numero 2, maggio 1999
by Fiorin, Egidio, direttore responsabile
Belluno, Italia: Proposte d'Arte Colophon, 1999. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Near mint white thick-stock paper wrappers, tiny bit of smudging to rear wrapper, else bright and clean. Quarto. Interior is like new: crisp, tight and clean. Illustrated in b/w. In Italian. 45 pp. Books on Books. BOB/11183.
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A Bank and Its Times
by First National Bank, Schneidereith & Sons
Baltimore: First National Bank, 1956. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. Paperback. Folio. Comb bound grey and white illustrated paper wrappers with gilt title to front panel. Stamp to rear wrapper. Minor rubbing to edges of wrappers and a few very light spots of browning to the front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout including... Read More
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The Canon of Aphrodisia Four Volumes
by [First Bite Press] Dolin, Stephanie K., book artist; Miranda Culp and Jef Delman, authors; Laurelin Gilmore, illustrator
Portola Valley, CA: First Bite Press, 2023. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 14 of 25 deluxe copies of this four volume collection. There were also 100 copies printed for the standard edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First... Read More
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The Canon of Aphrodisia Four Volumes
by [First Bite Press] Dolin, Stephanie K., book artist; Miranda Culp and Jef Delman, authors; Laurelin Gilmore, illustrator
Portola Valley, CA: First Bite Press, 2023. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 9 of 100 standard copies of this four volume collection.There were also 25 copies in the deluxe edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First Bite Press... Read More
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Russia's Road from Peace to War: Soviet Foreign Relations, 1917-194
by Fischer, Louis
New York: Harper and Row, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/thick 8vo./499 pp./contents bright, crisp, and clean. Russian History. RUS19/5132.
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Preussens Gloria. Der Aufstieg eines Staates
by Fischer-Fabian, S [Sebastian]
Droemer Knaur, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author. Bound in orange cloth boards with black title to spine. Small spot of soiling to front cover and bumping to top corner, else fine condition. Clean, bright interior. Includes 50 color illustrations. In orange illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine and front... Read More
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Storm Over the Arab World
by Fisher, Eugene M., and Bassiouni, M. Cherif [Foreword by Arnold Toynbee]
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Hardcover. Eugene Fisher was an American reporter and writer who first traveled to the Middle East in the 1930s. M. Cherif Bassiouni was an Egyptian-born professor of law and studied Islamic law in Cairo. This book focuses on changes occurring in the Arab world around the 1970s, including the developing relationships... Read More
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by FitzGerald, Edward (translator); Schwartzott, Carol (illustrations, design, & binding)
Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2007. Hard Cover. Fine in very good box. Hard Cover. 5 of 25 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. This is a particularly beautiful version of the famous Rubaiyat. In her artist's statement Schwartzott writes that as a collector of Rubaiyats she began to toy with creating her own version in 2006.... Read More
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The Transvaal From Within: A Private Record of Public Affairs
by Fitzpatrick, J.P.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Wear to exterior includes bumping to spine ends and to corners and several very small spots of discoloration. Minor rubbing to hinges. Minor foxing to end pages as well as a few light... Read More
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Dickens and the Drama, Being an Account of Charles Dickens's Connection with the Stage and the Stage's Connection with Him
by Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in red cloth covered boards with blind stamped title to front board and gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to edges and spine ends as well as light fading to spine and soiling to boards. Minor browning to end pages. Front interior hinge is starting... Read More
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The Practice of Political Authority, Authority and the Authoritative
by Flathman, Richard E.
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth covered boards with black title to spine. Pristine interior. Orange dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Index, 274 pages. Political Science. POL/010809.
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Weg und Heimkehr
by Flatter, Richard
Wien: Herbert Reichner, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good in red flexible cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Spine slightly faded. 91 pages. German Literature. GERLANG2/03301.
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Shakespeares Sonette Englisch und Deutsch
by Flatter, Richard
Vienna, Saturn-Verlag, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Uncommon. Shakespeare's Sonnets printed in English with German translations on the facing page with a brief introduction by the translator in German. Includes 154 sonnets. Richard Flatter (1891 - 1960) was an Austrian playwright, poet, and translator. His translations of Shakespeare's plays were used in many theatrical productions as well as... Read More
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Hamlets Flucht in den Tod: Das Hamlet-Problem Neu Dargestellt und Gedeutet (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY)
by Flatter, Richard
Vienna: Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1936. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Signed presentation copy. Very good in tan paper wraps with red title to front cover. Light soil to wrappers and minor browning to pages. Clean and bright. 89 pages. German. GER209251.
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Oeuvres Completes de Gustave Flaubert. L'Education Sentimentale. Histoire d'un Jeune Homme
by Flaubert, Gustave
Paris: Louis Conard, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in half navy blue leather with green marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Raised bands to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards. Marbled endpages and top edges gilt. Offsetting to first and last pages, with pencil note on last page of text. 704 pages.... Read More
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Oeuvres Completes de Gustave Flaubert. Par les Champs et Par les Greves. Pyrenees - Corse
by Flaubert, Gustave
Paris: Louis Conard, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in half navy blue leather with green marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Raised bands to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Marbled endpages and top edges gilt. Offsetting to first and last pages, else clean interior. Creasing to corners of a... Read More
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Appendice aux Oeuvres Completes de Gustave Flaubert. Oeuvres de Jeunesse Inedites. Tome 1: 183. - 1838 Oeuvres Diverses - Memoires D'un Fou; Tome 3: 1845 - 1846 L'Education Sentimentale (Version de 1845). Volumes 1 and 3 only
by Flaubert, Gustave
Paris: Louis Conard, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 2 of 3 volumes. Very good in half navy blue leather with green marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Raised bands to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Marbled endpages and top edges gilt. Offsetting to first and last pages, else clean interiors. Frontispiece... Read More
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