Search Results: Authors starting with F from Brillig Books

New York: Basic Books, 2006. Book. As New. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, original charcoal grey cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 338pp. including extensive index, note and recipe references. A wide ranging study of the interactions of religion, commerce politics and exploration and discovery of the New World all tied together by the origins of the tradition of Friday fast days when only fish was eaten. Written by a highly respected anthropologist with plenty of historic recipes. A pristine copy in like dust jacket. BRAND NEW..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1920. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick octavo, tan cloth covered boards with blue, white and black cover decoration of mountains over a lake. and tree on spine. Top edge gilt. 304pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece and color illustrated title page. Genrously illustrated throughout with 113 black and white photographs on separately printed glossy stock and a couple of folding maps. Map and index of National Forests and National Parks of the Western States. Great early photograph of Yellowstone Park, Cedar Canyon in Utah, Lake Tahoe, Glacier National Park, Zion Canyon among many other famous and some now past landscapes of the Far West. A very tight, clean, bright volume with some unopened pages. Some darkening to the top edge gilt. Bookseller's sticker of "The White House Books" San Fransico on rear pastedown. Very near fine.,.

NY: G. P. Putnam's, (1981). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards. 293pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A flawless copy in a crisp, sharp brilliant dust jacket..

New York: Fleet Publishing, 1965. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, charcoal gray cloth covered boards. xi, 82 pp. A tight, clean, unmarked and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, clean, very tight, unclipped dust jacket with two barely perceptible short closed edge tears. A very nicely preserved copy. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards. 270pp. including index and references. An excellent concise survey of the history, treatment and social significance of blindness in Western culture. A very tight, clean and fresh volume in a crisp, bright dust jacket with a bit of superficial rubbing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Uncommon..

London: W. & R. Chambers, (1961). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small octavo, burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 160pp. plus large folding map (23" X 28") in rear. Illustrated throughout with black and white full page photos of monuments, scenery etc. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with a trifling spot of faint fading near top of spine, else fine in a dust jacket with a couple of quite small edge nicks and a bit of stain at spine. Map in perfect condition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. An uncommonly nice copy of this title in dust jacket..

NY: Coward-McCann, (1946). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Thick octavo, blue cloth covered boards with white decoration of train. 430pp. including extensive index. Very generously illustrated throughout with numerous black and white photographs of engines, locomotives, locomotive interiors, passenger trains, freight trains,interiors and every detail of railroad operation. Fine in dust jacket with slightly frayed spine top and one closed edge tear to rear top edge. A fine, very tight, fresh and clean volume in a very good plus or better dust jacket..

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, pale blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. Decorative endpapers. 160 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with beautiful full color photographs of houses, gardens, interiors and details. Includes a final section of 65 black and white detailed plans and elevations for the houses included in the text. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt spine titles, in a crisp, sharp, sparkling, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Octavo, red paper covered boards with black spine titles. 436 pp. including index, exstensive bibliography,and extensive notes. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, tight, clean, flawless dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW..

London: Faber and Faber, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Large octavo, red cloth covered boards. 296pp. including extensive index and extensive bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with over 200 photographs and reproductions in black and white and some color. Map and folding chronological chart. A very tight, clean and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY: Harry N. Abrams, (1973). Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition thus. New shorter edition. Quarto, illustrated self wraps. 147pp. plus three page biblliography. Generously illustrated throughout with 180 color and black and white photographs. Fine..

Philadelphia: Camino, 1998. Book. New. Soft cover. First Thus. Octavo, photo-illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback) with photo of author in his flower garden. 245 pp. including plant index, and general index. Includes sources for seeds and plants, sources for tools and supplies and a list of "Places of Interest" (exemplary gardens in Pennsylvania). Illlustrated with full color photographs and black and white line drawings and sketch maps. Sections on growing everything from trees, shrubs, vegetables and flowers to berries etc. A comprehensive guide, more than 25 years in the making, designed specifically for the Pennsylvania gardener. A square, crisp, tight, glossy, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. NEW..

New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated stiff wraps. 192pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of galaxies and galactic forms. Fine..

Washington, D.C.: Self-Published, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black library buckram covered boards. 301pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A rare first edition of this record of the travels (in Colonial Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Maryland). of this Presbyterian Covenanter Minister throughout his lengthy career. Not only a list of every marriage and baptism that he every performed, but including listing of every person he visited on religious business. This is followed by extensive excerpts from his meticulous diary showing all of the towns, villages and habitations that he visited day to day in his peregrinations on religious errands. NO RETURNS ON GENEALOGY BOOKS. A very tight, complete, generally clean and unmarked volume. This is an ex-library volume in a library binding with a bookplate on pastedown and notes and stamps on the first few pages but NO card pocket and NO MARKS after the first few… Read More

London: Fischer Fine Art Ltd, 1972. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small quarto, dark brown self wraps (paperback). Approx. 190 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions with detailed notes for each of 90 modern works from the premiere exhibition of this renowned London gallery. Laid in are two flyers for coming exhibitions. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright and unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. Small bump to rear corner, else fine. Near fine..

New York: Lark Books, 2004. Book. New. Trade Paperback. Small square quarto, color illustrated self-wraps (trade paperback). 408 pp. After a short introduction by Cathy Finegan, this is solely a compendium of full color photographs of glass beads along with necklaces and bracelets made from glass beads. Each item has a short technical note on the fabrication. An enormously wide ranging and imaginative book of design for small glass beads and jewelry. A luscious treat for the eyes. Bright, tight, square, clean, unmarked and unblemished, with a flat uncreased spine. NEW..

Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc, 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. Top edge stained black. 209 pp. including index, glossary and notes. A historical anthology of questions and answers by renowned Rabbis on the Torah, with biographical notes and illustrated with black and white photographic portraits. A very tight, clean, volume with fresh cloth and sparkling gilt, with a solid black topstain, in a tight, clean, bright, glossy, sharp unclipped dust jacket. A touch of faint foxing at the top corner of the rear free endpaper, else fine. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE especially the first edition..

Berkeley.: University of California Press, (1968)., 1968. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Square octavo, red and black photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 144pp. including filmography and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A very tight, square, fresh, bright, crisp, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. Fine..

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, (1976). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, white fabrikoid with blindstamped decoration. 297pp. plus colophon and list of geographical areas covered in text. Illustrated throughout with 212 full page color photographs. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN. This is fundamentally a beautiful picture book of a broad time range of historical Northern Russian architecture. A visual feast of beautiful color photographs of a timeless Russia. A beautiful, fresh and unread volume in a crisp and near fine dust jacket(slight lamination split at top edge). Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. Octavo, turquoise colored sttif wraps (paperback). 269 pp. including index and extensive notes. A tight, square, crisp, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Virtually as new..