Search Results: Authors starting with F from Magus Books

New York: William Morrow, 1959. 1st Edition . Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($2.95 price intact) with minor wear at the corners, a couple of closed edge tears, and slight soiling to rear panel. INSCRIBED BY GARDNER in the year of publication on the flyleaf: To Robert P. -------- M.D., my teacher friend and companion, all my best wishes to a very wonderful friend. Cheers, Erle Stanley Gardner, Feb. 1959." Very scarce signed.

Stackpole Sons, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with bookplate on flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) that presents well despite some chipping to the corners and edges that has been reinforced with clear tape on both sides. An attractive copy of Fante's first novel.

Viking Press, 1940. 1st Edition . Near-fine with tiny bookseller label at bottom inside corner of rear pastedown, otherwise bright and clean inside and out (appears never to have been read). In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) which is clean and vibrant with a touch of wear and two small closed tears to the top edge. Signed by the author prior to publication on a tipped in label affixed to the flyleaf: "John Fante, Sept 1, 1940." A beautiful signed copy of Fante's third book.

Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out with just a touch of shelf wear. In a very good plus dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with slight wear at the extremities and three small pieces of tape at the corners on the reverse. A beautiful copy of this very scarce title.

Vanguard, 1939. 1st Edition . Near-fine with a touch of dustiness to top page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price clipped) with slight rubbing to edges of spine. A very attractive copy.

London: A. Owen & Co., 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near-fine with slight wear at the spine ends, otherwise extremely bright and clean inside and out. Very scarce. Philipp Fauth was a German astronomer who excelled in lunar research conducted during 40 years in his observatories in Landstuhl, Germany and later Grünwald, Bavaria. Thanks to a donation he could afford one of the highest quality telescopes in Germany.

Dodd, Mead, 1911. 1st Edition . Very good plus with slight rubbing to spine ends and corners and a touch of soiling to spine. Interior clean and unmarked, with tiny bookseller label at bottom corner of rear pastedown. Includes fold-out map. An excellent copy of this scarce title.

New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing in blue binding with "First Edition" at bottom of copyright page. Very good with some fading to spine and light wear at spine ends; binding firm. A bit of foxing to endpapers, but pages clean and unmarked. This novel won Ferber the Pulitzer Prize in 1925. A superior copy of a title difficult to find in decent condition.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1st Edition . Very good plus. Very good in green boards with a couple of small sunned spots on front cover. Slight foxing to fore-edge but interior pages clean and unmarked. In a very good plus dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with slight wear at the spine ends and corners, and a couple of small closed edge tears. An excellent copy of a title rarely found in dust jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. 1st Edition . Very good plus. Very good in light brown boards that are bright and clean. Substantial foxing to fore-edge, but interior pages unmarked. In a very good dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with some light chipping at the spine ends and corners. A nice copy of a title rarely found in dust jacket.

Binsford & Mort Publishers, 1944. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine with gift inscription on flyleaf, in a very good dust jacket ($1.50 price intact) with slight wear at the spine ends and corners. A nice copy of this rather scarce title.

House-Warven, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Luke, Keye. A fine copy--bright and clean inside and out--housed in a near-fine slipcase (as issued). Personal gift inscription at top of flyleaf, below which is an inscription from Hollywood actor Keye Luke (famous for the Charlie Chan films), who illustrated the book: "And with the hope that all good things will attend you always. Keye Luke." Scarce thus.

New York: Dial Press, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good plus/Very Good. Mercer Mayer. Very good plus with slight fading to boards and a touch of wear to bottom of spine. Interior clean and unmarked. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) with light wear at the extremities. Extremely rare first printing of the first title in Fitzgerald's popular "Great Brain" children's series.

New York: Alice Harriman Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Very good plus with some rubbing to title on spine and tiny bump to one corner; interior clean and tight. In a good only dust jacket with significant chipping to edges and two pieces missing from middle of spine (each about an inch by quarter-inch). Clear archival tape repairs to interior folds.

London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus. First English edition. Finely bound in later half hunter green morocco over green cloth, stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard and five plates. 383 pages (slightly trimmed) with top edge gilt, lacking the catalog in rear. Very good plus with hinges a bit tender but holding well. Neat gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean. A very attractive copy of this landmark 19th-century novel.

The Ring Publishing Co., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good plus with a bit of bumping to corners and slight crease to lower corner of rear board, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. SIGNED BY DEMPSEY on the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy.

Paris: Albert Méricant, 1910. 1st Edition . Near-fine in three-quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt titles and five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers and two blank pages supplied. Bright and clean inside and out--a beautiful copy. Text in French, with 371 pages plus ads.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1958. 1st Edition . Near-fine with a touch of foxing to front endpapers, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with light rubbing at the corners and a small chip at the bottom of the spine. SIGNED AND DATED BY FORAN on the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED BY FORAN on the front pastedown and signed "Audrey (his wife) and W. Robert Foran, Nanyuki, Kenya, October 11th, 1958.

Latimer House Limited, 1949. 1st Edition . Very good plus in grey boards with a touch of wear at the top of the spine. Interior clean and tight with a closed tear to the rear endpaper. An excellent copy of a scarce title.

Henry Holt, 1894. 1st Edition . Very Good. First edition, second state with "Stirling" spelled correctly. Very good in red boards stamped in black and gilt, with a bit of fading to the spine and slight rubbing to the extremities. Interior clean and bright with a minor repair to the rear seam. A nice copy.