Search Results: Authors starting with F from Monkey House Books

London; New York: University Press; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 172 pages, general wear & soil. Introduction to philosophy for the 'average man.' Covers philosophy and science, materialism and idealism, scepticism in philosophy, philosophy in practice, personality and the whole.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . 241 pages, index. Ex-library. B/w photo sections. Civil Rights, race relations, Alabama.

Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1977. Blue cloth boards with gilt stamped spine.. Good./Dust Jacket condition good in clear wraps.. 319 pages. Discusses the work of Irish writers from 1885-1940, including William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, J. M. Synge, Augusta Gregory, Frank O'Connor, and Sean O'Faolain. Ex-library with clear wraps, spine label, and rfep razored out affecting last page of index. Jacket has two small losses on the front flap and one ding at the bottom of the back cover.

Surrey, UK: Quadrillion Publishing Ltd., Duncan Petersen Publishing Ltd., 1999. Hardcover pictorial boards. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as issued. Maps and Illustrations by Julian Barker.. Large format, 80 pages, index. Nice for home or school reference. Well-illustrated, continents & regions, political & geographical. For children/young people.

New York: A Dell/Bryans Book, 1981. Softcover, mass market paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A wounded sub, a desperate mission.' Volume II in the World War II adventure series 'The Silent Service'. Vintage paperback. First printing thus, July 1981. Light edgewear & cover creasing, one dogear.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Rust-colored boards, library rebind.. Good/No Dust Jacket. 331 pages, list of publications. Tight, light spotting to pages. Begins with French Revolution, author's departure for England, describes her meetings with prominent characters of the day, including Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, figures of the French and English stage, various ladies.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979. Black boards. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . Life story of the roguish actor who died of a heart attack in 1977 at the peak of his career. Foreword by Liv Ullmann. 2 sections of b/w photos. 312 pages, index, chronology, filmography.

Manor Books Inc., [no date]. Mass market paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as issued. Chapters include stats, World Series, rules, pitchers, hitters, managers & teams, fielders, firsts, etc. 192 pages, lightly tanned. Light edgewear and sunning to covers.

New York: Airmont Publishing Company, Inc., 1964. Softcover, mass market paperback. Good. Part of the Leatherstocking Tales, chronologically the first volume detailing Natty Bumppo's youth. Adventures in the American wilderness by a prolific writer of classic historical fiction. With an introduction by Cecil J. Porter. Airmont Classics Series, complete and unabridged. 412 pages, tanning, rather small print.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Richard M. Powers. Cooper's fourth tale of his wilderness scout, Leatherstocking. With an introduction by Robert E. Spiller, author's preface. Special contents copyright by The George Macy Companies, Inc. Simple but handsome edition. 474 pages. Tan cloth boards, brown-stamped spine, speckled edges.

Schenectady: New College and University Press, Inc., 1971. Softcover, trade paperback. Very Good. Edited for the modern reader by James H. Pickering. Masterworks of Literature Series. 432 pages, light cover wear. Originally published in 1821, The Spy is a seminal work in Cooper's career and American literary history.

Syracuse: Published for the Author, 1862. Brown cloth. Fair-Good/No Dust Jacket. Reading copy only. With an Appendix. Second Edition. 165 pages. Autobiography of a 19th century religious figure in Pennsylvania and central New York among the Wesleyans & Baptists, dealing with sickness and losses, closes in 1860. He was born in Oswego NY, moved to Choconut PA, also describes other towns in the region where he lived and worked. Well-worn and frayed, endpapers discolored. Some dampstaining/spotting to pages. 1st few leaves apparently stuck down to endpaper. Tape residue and pencil notes.

Bangor: Charles H. Glass & Company, 1894. Light gray cloth boards, blue decorated cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Katherine Parker Stewart.. Copyright Bangor Kindergarten Association. Charming little antique volume of children's short poems and stories, uses nature as a metaphor for life, death, growth and change. Scarce original copy. Prvious owner's gift inscription inked on ffep. 70 pages, spotting and darkening, edgewear and bumping.

New York: Hill and Wang, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. Biography of the New York State governor and Irish Catholic Presidential candidate in 1928, Lower East Side immigrant childhood. Light wear to dust jacket, inked gift inscription on ffep, else Fine. 396 pages, index.

New York et al.: American Book Company, 1927. Tan cloth boards, black-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. 278 pages, ex-library with stamps, spine label, card pocket. School text, civics, expectations and responsibilities of good citizens. B/w photos, illustrations. Some dampstaining.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1947. Green cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair. . First Edition, so stated. Biography of Martha Carey Thomas, President and first Dean of Bryn Mawr. She was from a Quaker family, a strong and intelligent woman who advocated for women's education, forging a path for modern American women. Dust jacket is quite worn with some large tears; clear wraps have been added for preservation. Frontispiece missing (noted in contents but actually appears in b/w photo section). Illustrated endpapers. 342 pages, index.

Dog Ear Publishing, 2012. Softcover. As New/No Jacket. 277 pages, story of a culinary student taking care of her father following her mother's death. Signed and inscribed by the author. Includes discussion questions and an author interview. Brosky's other works include Long Island ghost stories and Huntington history.

Jena: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, [no date]. Beige cloth boards, brown-stamped.. Good/No Dust Jacket. Geschichte eines Dackels. 61-70 Tausend. Titel der danischen Ausgabe: Ib Fidelius Adeltand. Text in German Frakturschrift. 213 pages, well-worn and spotted.

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1974. Tan cloth boards.. Good./Dust Jacket condition good in clear wraps.. Part of the Irish Writers Series. 98 pages. Four essays consider the author's major works since 1955. Ex-library with clear protective wraps, spine label and card pocket.

Rochester: BOA Editions Ltd., 1998. Trade paperback, stiff paper with vestigial flaps.. Good.. Ex-library, with spine label and rear free endpaper razored out. 94 pages. Late 20th century poet, born in Maine in 1949, founding editor of the Chautauqua Literary Journal.