Search Results: Authors starting with F from Black Paw Books

National Library for the Blind, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon book covers Giffin's work creating the Nation's first library reading room for the blind in 1897 in the Library of Congress as well as her later work as Direction of the National Library for the Blind. Octavo, 162 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. No bookplates or signatures.

Boston: Self published, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. Scarce Russian language book on Holocaust in Bessarabia. Tall octavo, 123 pp., [5] leaves of plates, 6 pp. , illustrated. Spiral bound. Cyrillic letters spelled out in Roman letters in pencil on title page; book is otherwise clean and unmarked.

Vellecchi, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Italian language work. Thick octavo, 598 pp. Maroon cloth. From private collection of retired diplomat. Binding splits between half-title and title page and has been reinforced with binding tape. Text block remains tight. Blind stamp of Italian society on title page. Text remains clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows a little rubbing and shelf wear. All said, a solid reading copy of a book that is uncommon in the States.

New York: The Grafton Press Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good. The following pages relating to the Obelisk in Central Park, New York City, are reprinted without change from Judge Farman's book "Egypt and Its Betrayal,"which is an account of the country during the periods of Ismail and Tewfik Pashas, and how England acquiared a new empire. The story of Cleopatra's Needle has been frequently told in magazine and newspaper articles, but the following is the fullest and most authoritative account yet published and is of such historical value as to warrant it being issued in this separate form." Octavo, pp. 142-192. Green cloth. 7 black & white plates. From private collection. Scarce, with no copies currently available for sale online.

London: Joseph Masters, 1851. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 321 pp + publisher's adverts. Blue cloth. From private collection. Binding is a bit shaken and spine slant evident. Name printed on front pastedown. Minor ink stain on fore-edge of book block. Scarce.

Greenwood Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good+. George Whitefield Chadwick was one of the most prolific composers that the United States ever produced. During a career that spanned over 50 years, he was considered the Dean of American Composers from the 1880s until after World War I. He composed in nearly every genre, including opera/stage works (seven), orchestral music (17 major works), songs (over 100), and dozens of choral and chamber works. Chadwick benefited from numerous performances of his music-particularly by the Boston Symphony Orchestra-and many of his works were published during his lifetime. He was also considered one of the foremost teachers of his era. He began teaching composition at the New England Conservatory of Music, and became its Dean in 1897, a post he held for more than 30 years. Chadwick and his music are currently enjoying a revival. Octavo, 304 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. No ownership ink. No dust jacket (presumed as issued).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From celebrated entertainer Michael Feinstein comes a beautifully illustrated account of the lives and legacies of the Gershwins-told through stories of twelve of their greatest songs and accompanied by an original CD of those songs, performed by the author." Quarto (10.5" tall). 352 pp. CD sealed in back pocket. Black cloth with decorative gilt stamping on front board. In handsome dust jacket.

Bilbao: Talleres Espasa Calpe,S.A., 1927. Hardcover. Good. Spanish-language account of author's adventures climbing in Spain's Vizcaya region. Retired library copy bound in green buckram binding. Octavo, 267 pp. + index and black & white photographic plates. Usual stamps and markings. Pages are a little agetoned.

No publisher stated, no date. Softcover. Very Good. Walter Ferriss (1768-1806) was a Universalist minister. He was appointed to the Committee of the General Convention in Strafford, Vermont, in 1802. In 1803, Ferriss attended the Winchester Convention in New Hampshire as a representative from Hinesburg, Vermont." (Andover-Harvard Theological Library website). Facsimile reprint of the original 1803 edition with no mention of publisher or copyright date. Octavo, 137 pp. In blue paper wraps. From private collection. Wraps show small sticker mark and a little rubbing.

New York: AMS Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good+. Reprint of 1898 edition. Octavo, 108 pp. Blue cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. From the private collection of Pulitzer Prize winning author and Lincoln biographer David Herbert Donald. No ownership ink or bookplates. Clean, unmarked copy.

David & Charles, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book examines the history of rural Devon though the history of Tavistock Abbey. Finberg charts the abbey's development from its establishment by King Edgar until its dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII, and uses the abbey's records to detail the changing nature of Devonshire. Octavo, 320 pp. Cream-colored cloth binding. Previous owner's name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, square and tight. No underlining or notes. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear and rubbing.

Peter Randall Publishing, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 23 pp. Black & white illustrations. Cloth backstrip over card stock wraps. Clean, unmarked copy. Catalog published in conjunction with 1997 exhibition at the Strawberry Banke Museum. Catalog tells the story of Irish, African-American, Greek, Italian and Chinese families that moved to Portsmouth, NH.

University of Massachusetts Press, 2014. Softcover. Very Good. Lorenz J. Finison explores the remarkable rise of Boston cycling through the lives of several participants, including Kittie Knox, a biracial twenty-year-old seamstress who challenged the color line; Mary Sargent Hopkins, a self-proclaimed expert on women's cycling and publisher of The Wheelwoman; and Abbot Bassett, a longtime secretary of the League of American Wheelman and a vocal cycling advocate for forty years. Finison shows how these riders and others interacted on the road and in their cycling clubhouses, often constrained by issues of race, class, religion, and gender. He reveals the challenges facing these riders, whether cycling for recreation or racing, in a time of segregation, increased immigration, and debates about the rights of women." Octavo, 312 pp. In wraps (softcover). From private collection. Small crease to bottom corner of upper wrap and first couple of pages, else Fine.

Bright Leaf. Softcover. Fine. At the end of the nineteenth century, cycling's popularity surged in the Boston area, but by 1900, the trend faded. Within the next few decades, automobiles became commonplace and roads were refashioned to serve them. Lorenz J. Finison argues that bicycling witnessed a renaissance in the 1970s as concerns over physical and environmental health coalesced. Whether cyclists hit the roads on their way to work or to work out, went off-road in the mountains or to race via cyclocross and BMX, or took part in charity rides, biking was back in a major way. Finison traces the city's cycling history, chronicling the activities of environmental and social justice activists, stories of women breaking into male-dominated professions by becoming bike messengers and mechanics, and challenges faced by African American cyclists. Making use of newspaper archives, newly discovered records of local biking organizations, and interviews with Boston-area bicyclists and bike builders, Boston's… Read More

Geneseo, New York: James Brunner, Publisher, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. a comprehensive study of the history and architecture of barns in the Genesee region of New York state during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The book is richly illustrated and covers the transition from early log barns to the large, truss-framed "Wells barns" with their cathedral-like interiors. Inscribed by author to previous owner on title page, with recipient's name marked out in ink. Heavy quarto. xvii, 527 pp. Brick red cloth. From private collection. Dust jacket shows a little rubbing from shelf wear.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Skidmark Press, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 27 pages. Stapled paper wraps. From private collection. Light creasing and wear.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1875. Hardcover. Good+. Comprehensive biography of noted Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who served as prime minister from 1782 to 1783. Complete three volume set. Binding shows some wear, including a few small perforations to cloth along heel of first volume. Front hinge of one of the volumes is cracked; and the other hinges are tender. Books show light foxing, mostly limited to endpapers and edges of book block. All said, a solid reading and reference set.

London and New York: Routledge, 2000. Softcover. New. Stalinism is a provocative addition to the current debates related to the history of the Stalinist period of the Soviet Union. Sheila Fitzpatrick has collected together the newest and the most exciting work by young Russian, American and European scholars, as well as some of the seminal articles that have influenced them, in an attempt to reassess this contentious subject in the light of new data and new theoretical approaches. Octavo, 377 pp. In wraps (softcover). Book is in New Condition, with no remainder marks or similar flaws.

Lugano: Art International, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. Folio-sized issue (13 3/4" tall). Pages are clean and unmarked. Wraps show small splits along spine ends.

Lugano: Art International, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Folio-sized issue (13 3/4" tall).Pages are clean and unmarked. Wraps show small splits along spine ends.