Search Results: Authors starting with F from Alkahest Books

New York: The Macmillan Co., (1964). first printing, as stated.. hardcover. Good +. Arnold Roth. Drawings by Arnold Roth. 12mo,, approx, 6" wide by 7 3/16" tall. Color pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Color illustrations in text. Unpaginated. Covers worn at edges and corners. Wally the Word Worm likes to eat words. 021210A

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., (1966). first edition. as stated. hardcover. fine/very good. Octavo, terra-cott colored cloth covers, 182 pages. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket chipped at top front edge, with a bit of creasing, still very good. Warm inscription by the author on front free endpaper. Signed by the author. Studio

New York: Oxford University Press, 1919. first edition. softcover. near Very Good. Sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of Economics and History, John Bates Clark, Director. Octavo, blue card covers, x [2] 302 pages. Chipped at head of spine, else very good. 092715B

Riverside, Connecticut: Published in association with The American Museum of Natural History, The Chatham Press, Inc., (1971). first edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Small quarto, (approx. 8 1/4" wide by 10 1/4"tall), red cloth spine over patterned paper boards, 160 pages. Many color photos of costumes plus black and white drawings and map. Includes bibliography and index. Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket has light crease on top panel, Very Good.090619F

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., (1925). first edition. hardcover. Very good/Fair. Small quartos, (approx. 6 3/8' wide by 9 1/2" tall) blue cloth covers. With 32 illustrations from photographs. Volume I; xxx [2] 331 page; Volume II: ix [5] 353. Index. Dust jackets have closed tears and chipping, Fair. Extra postage will be required for shipping outside the U.S.A. 092508D

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1972. first edition, as stated.. hardcover. near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, black cloth covers, near Fine. 322 pages. Dust jacket has light wear at edges, a little rubbing on rear panel. 120506A

Chicago: Contemporary Books, (1989). first U.S. edition. hardcover. near Fine/near Fine. Octavo, ix [3] 372 pages. Black and white photo reproductions, bibliography, index. Book and dust jacket are in near Fine condition. 091306A

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1930. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. Maps compiled by Major A. F. Becke. xxii [1] 394 + xiv. Map of Palestine in rear pocket. Red cloth covers, some spotting, minor discoloration on spine and covers.Color two-page map on front endpapers of the Judaean Fortress. Other maps, some color, plus other illustrations bound in text. Part of the series: Histroy of the Great War Based on Official documents By Direction of the Historical Section Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. 061507C

London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1930. original edition. Hardcover. near Very Good. Part of: HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR Based on Official documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. (Volume 2, Part II). Maps compiled by Major A. F. Becke. Octavo, red cloth covers. Book begins with Chapter XVIII, starting at p. 395 and continues through page 748. Includes Appendices and Index. With maps and illustrations in text (but not separate map case). Spine slightly dulled; a few light spots/ soil on covers. 061508D

Elverson, PA. Mennonite Family History, 1992, 1992. Soft cover. Elverson, PA. Mennonite Family History, 1992, 1992. Soft cover. Pages unpaginated, 8 1/2" x 11" softcover. Contains 52,640 name index to ten years of MFH, and includes surnames, authors of articles, subjects with such prominence that they merit entry in the index, and every namementioned in the articles. Very Good condition.

New York, William Morrow, 2002,, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover. uncorrected proof. Pages 336,6 1/8" x 9 1/4". Cover edges slightly worn, still Very Good. 100704A ISBN: 0-06-018496-5

New York: Basic Books, (1972). Hardcover. Very good/near Very Good. Pages: xiv + 228, octavo (approx. 5 5/8" x 8 3/8") hardcover. Includes references, index. Book is in Very Good condition; dust jacket is slightly sunned on spine, small closed tear on rear panel, near Very Good. 100202A ISBN: 0-46502784-9

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1945. first edition. softcover. Very good. Published under the Joint Sponsorship of the University of California aand the Hollywood Writers Mobilization. Periodical, 129 pages, approx. 6 3/4" by 10". Some fading of covers, else Very Good. Articles on Hollywood War Films, Radio as Literature, Author's Moral Rights, Synthetic Sound and Abstract Image, and many others. 092108B

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., (c. 1918). hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, (5 1/4" wide by 7 1/2" tall) pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Illustrated with scenes from the William Fox Photo-Play entitled "Why America Will win," reproducing events in the Life of General John J. Pershing. 135 pages. Browning from newspaper clipping (now removed) on pages 150/151. No dust jacket. 092508B

Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, (1983). first edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo (approx. 6 3/16 by 9 3/16"), blue cloth covers, 276 pages. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. This novel was published posthumously -- Farrell died in 1979. 020201A

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (c. 1984). 4th printing. softcover. Very good. Softcover, quarto ( approx. 8 1/4' wide by 10 3/4' tall), 332 pages+ 8 pages (illustration sources, discography, index.) 092717D

New York: Issued Privately for Subscribers, (c. 1929). first thus, limited edition. hardcoveer. Very good. King, Alexander. With a preface by Pierre Louys. Illustrated by Alexander King. Copyright by Nicholas L. Brown and S, J. Wegman. Small quarto (approx. 6 1/2" wide by 10" tall). Cream cloth spine over blue-gray boards (worn at corners) with gilt spine titles (faded) and gilt desgn on top cover. xx [2] 23-264 pages.This edition is limited to 1250 numbered copies, 775 of which are for America. This copy is un-numbered, instead bearing an inscription on the limitation page to Bruce Grant by the publisher, Nick Brown. On the facing page there are two more inscriptions to Bruce Grant, one by the 2nd copyright holder, Samuel J. Wegman, and the other signed "Sam", likely the translator, Samuel Putnam. Bruce Grant bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Front hinge starting. A bit of foxing on last four pages. No dust jacket. Bruce Grant was a newspaperman, and the author of 50 books. 040414A

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. , (1958). second printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xvii [3] + 333 pages, octavo. With an introduction by Richard M. Nixon, Vice president of the United States. Includes many black and white illustrations, and index. A few small brown spots on first few pages, else Very Good. Dust jacket is Very Good. 110504A Trains, Railroads

Lake Forest, Illinois: Privately Published, 1919. first edition. hardcover. Very good. 12mo, green cloth covers with gilt titles. Illustrated in halftone, with a frontis. portrait of the author and several photo reproductions of bird. Introduction by Mary Drummond. Foreword by John V. Farwell. (Jr.) 192 pages. Includes a chapter: Notes Made From Collection of Birds in Illinois building at the World's Fair. The author was the first wife of John V. Farwell, Jr.

Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Ass'n. hardcover. Very good. 12mo, red cloth covers, 196 pages. Former owner name on front free endpaper, else Very Good. 100104A