Search Results: Authors starting with F from JB Books

New York: Avon Books, 1982. Book. Illus. by Kimberly Ann Coe. Very Good-. Wraps. A child-care expert presents her many insights into child psychology and behavior, offering tips and guidance to parents and educators on how to understand children, listen to them, give them enough confidence to honestly talk to adults, how to deal with feelings, alternatives to punishment, the development of a positive self-image, how to develop cooperative attitudes, much more. Wraps, illustrations, indexed, 242pp., covers show light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1987. Book. Illus. by Kimberly Ann Coe. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Printing.. A fine guide for parents on the how-tos of imparting correct behavior patterns, values, and attitudes to children to get along with their siblings and to thus integrate in a wholesome and happy manner within the family unit, increasing happiness while reducing stress on everyone. Hardcover, contains additional readings list, indexed, 219pp., a few pages show underlinings. A nice copy overall sans jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The biography of the woman who lived in the White House for four years and who had a very close and 'intimate' relationship with the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin Roosevelt - a relationship not reported by media and which still remains largely unknown to the American people; contains illustrations, notes, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 384pp., d.j. shows light wear to head of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The biography of the woman who lived in the White House for four years and who had a very close and 'intimate' relationship with the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin Roosevelt - a relationship not reported by media and which still remains largely unknown to the American people; contains illustrations, notes, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 384pp., d.j. shows light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1980. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The biography of the woman who lived in the White House for four years and who had a very close and 'intimate' relationship with the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin Roosevelt - a relationship not reported by media and which still remains largely unknown to the American people; contains illustrations, notes, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 384pp., d.j. shows light edgewear and pricesticker removal marks, book shows a light smudge mark along pagination end. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denver: Forum Publishing Company, 1975. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Former Owner Bookplate. First Edition.. A heart-warming true account of the author's experiences on a ranch in Montana, describing the pleasures and hardships of ranching, the pioneering spirit, the ever-present hopes based upon the promise of tomorrow, the love of the land and one's harmony with nature, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, 137pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A grand survey of the people and events surrounding the archaelogical digs in the Americas. Hardcover with dust jacket, 369pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. An exploration into archeology's greatest events and accomplishments all across the world, drawn from first-person accounts of those who experienced it all - revealing much of human origins and discoveries, the science involved, much more. Large-format hardcover, contains illustrations, bibliography, indexed, 493pp. A very nice copy. Rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. A fine collection of devotional thoughts on Scripture, designed for readers who are single - divorced, never married, or widowed - to understand their life purposes, come to know God better, and to discover the wonderful life He has planned for every believer in His Son Jesus Christ. Softcover, 344pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Zebra Books : Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1988. Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Horror novel of a man obsessed with a young woman superstar - he then entrapping her into his weird world of fear and terror. Softcover, 287pp., book shows moderate general wear. Reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cheltenham: This England, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Magazine. First Edition.. This issue: Garden Flowers of England; Autumn in England; The Forgotten War; The Heroes of Singapore; A Handful of Rice: Life as a Prisoner of the Japanese; English Village Alphabet; Faggies: Arms of the Livery Companies; Forget-Me-Nots; English Hymn Writers; Union Jack flag; rural railways; England's Country Churches; From an English Country Garden; Don't Let Europe Rule Britannia!; much more. The leading magazine devoted to studies of England's past and present, lifestyles, gardens, history, and all other aspects of English life and times. Large-format magazine, contains illustrations, 80pp. A nice copy with only light use and a small abrasion to head of spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ithaca: Spoken Language Services, Inc., 1975. Book. Very Good+. Wraps. First Edition (thus).. A study of the Armenian language, syntax, grammar, and vocabulary, suitable as a fine reference for the serious student as well as the language professional in this field. Softcover, 403pp., covers show light wear, author name penned to front cover. Very rare. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A lively history of the origins, nature, and perception of pain and how people have dealt with it over the ages, highlighting the ups and downs of medical reseach and the creation of increasingly effective pharmaceuticals to combat it. Hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated, indexed, 272pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A biographical-autobiographical account by the daughter of black singer - dancer - actress Josephine Premice, discussing her mother's life, her interracial marriage to a white man, growing up in an interracial family amidst national and local racial strife in the United States, the many popular actors, actesses, singes, dancers, and other performers her parents knew, worked with, and befriended, Hollywood and how it treated black performers, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, career chronology notes, 275pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Athens: Ohio University Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A fine collection of scholarly essays on the life and work of writer Harry Hayden Clark, discussing his outlook, his art and style, his literary ideas and his views of the work of others, the importance of his work, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains published writings list of Clark, bibliography, 243pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Very rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belmont: John Birch Society, 1974. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. A John Birch Society essay on the fundamental American right to keep and bear arms, intended by the Founders to safeguard American liberty by having an armed citizenry ready and able to put an end to tyrannical big government, and how and why communists and leftists see this as a threat to their agendas of a one-world New Order in which such liberties are abolished. Reprinted from the May 1974 Bulletin of the John Birch Society. Softcover, 13pp. A very nice copy. Rare Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) (thus).. FIRST PRINTING of this RD First Edition (stated). Five great modern novels condensed into one volume. Hardcover with dust jacket, 574pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt Verlag, 1941. Book. Good-. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First Edition.. A wartime Nazi account of the military operations during the very rapid Norwegian campaign of 1940, the German Navy securing the harbors and coastlines of Norway, the German army disembarking and seizing objectives, etc. - the German forces occupying the country just hours before a similar British invasion force had arrived. German text throughout. Hardcover, photos, 174pp., boards show wear along spine, binding firm, interior pagination clean and bright throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Study of Adolf Hitler's close deputy Martin Bormann, postulating his 1945 escape to South America, his personal life there, and his political and financial leadership of a shadowy postwar international Nazi underworld or 'Fourth Reich'. Hardcover with dust jacket, 479pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Bantam Books, 1973. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The fascinating chronology of Nazi spying in America and Great Britain just before and during World War II - Based mostly on German records that the Nazis tried to destroy but which were captured by American forces- 878 pages - softcover - Jacket shows scuffing, edgewear, and microtears - spine shows creasing from being read; pages have yellowing due to age; images will be made available upon request 12 mo.