Search Results: Authors starting with F from Bloomsbury Books

No Place: No Publisher, 1931. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is in English. A left-stapled wraps containing eight pages including front and rear covers. No date, although circa 1931 (the year the address was given to the First International Stomatological Conference in Budapest, Hungary). Upper staple missing; lower staple lightly rusted; else Near Fine..

Falls Church, Virginia: Kimo Press. Offered is a first edition, first printing of "Quaking Over Gay Rights: The Wichita Conference, 1977" written by Charles Fager and published in 1980 by the Kimo Press out of Falls Church, Virginia. A stapled pamphlet measuring 5-3/8" by 8-1/2" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Mr. Fager writes, in brief, "The question of participation by Gay Quakers in the conference [Wichita Conference of Friends in the Americas] surfaced in March 1977 in a letter from a California Friend named Gary Miller to the conference planning committee. Miller, then a member of the San Francisco Monthly Meeting, was a lobbyist for the California Friends Committee on Legislation in Sacramento. He wrote on behalf of the Friends Committee on Gay Concerns [FCGC], an informal group of gay and straight Friends interested in gay issues. Miller's letter asked that the FCGC be given table space in the exhibition area for its literature, a regular meeting place for gay Friends… Read More

Grand Rapids, MI: Faith, Prayer & Tract League. Offered is a lot of 32 different Christian tracts published by the Faith, Prayer & Tract League out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and although undated were published during the 1960s and 1970s. Each measures 3-1/4" by 5-1/2" with 29 tracts containing 4 pages and 3 tracts containing 6 pages (including front and rear covers). All are from the "Silent Evangelist" series. The titles, with the Silent Evangelist series number shown in parentheses as well as the authors (if their names are indicated in the tract), are: Alpha Blessings (No. 325); Are You Ready for that Trip? (Roberta Stitzinger) (No. 238); The Beauty of the Lord (No. 1); The Big Game (Walter A. Peckman) (No. 57); Come to Sunday School (No. 235); Concerning Christ's Coming (G.S. Swadley) (No. 284); The Family Altar (D.L. Shepherd) (No. 138); 5 Minutes After (Wayne Christianson) (No. 232); 5 Points for the Growing Christian (J. McIntosh) (No. 135); For Some - the Only Way (C.S. Lovett) (No. 308); The… Read More

Grand Rapids, MI: Faith, Prayer and Tract League. Offered is a lot of four Christian tracts entitled "YOUR Autobiography - You're Writing a Book - HOW DOES IT READ?" (Silent Evangelist Number 96) published by the Faith, Prayer and Tract League out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. No date, although 1960s or 1970s. Each tract measures 3-1/4" by 5-1/2" and contains four pages including front and rear covers. The tract begins with a headline, "READ THE BOOK THAT YOU ARE WRITING" and continues with, in part, "What book is that? Your checkbook! The stubs and checks are notes that tell your past. They tell how you live and what you enjoy - and even what you believe!" Subtopics include, "Do the stubs indicate a trust in God or in gold?"; "Do the stubs indicate a desire to serve or to show off?"; "Do the stubs indicate that you recognize yourself and other believers as members of the Body of Christ?"; "Do the stubs show honesty in paying taxes and other obligations?"; "Do the stubs show that you are a good steward… Read More

Venice, FL: A Bard Review Edition, 1950. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled softcover containing 40 pages including front and rear covers. Poems include "Be Constant Heart"; "Song in September"; "Clothed in Radiance Shines From South"; "Oblivion Not To Be Hired"; "The Broken Bird"; "Until the Ninth Hour"; "Winterset"; "At Spring"; "The Place of Earth"; "An Adam Song"; many others. With single sheet "Bard Review" listing future proposed and to-be-published titles laid in. Signed and inscribed by poet to first inside page: "To Joyce With Best Wishes, John, June 1950." Covers age-yellowed; outer paper jacket detached but present and shows small chips along detached edges; very small, very light waterstain to front..

Birmingham, AL: Woman's Missionary Union, 1953. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A stapled softcover containing 24 internal pages. "Rolling Acres Baptist Church" stamp from Bangs, Texas, to inside front cover; in light to moderately worn outer covers; pencil marks to rear cover and several inside pages made by a child..

No Place: Published by Author, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is the first, and possibly only, draft of the film screenplay entitled "Sgt. Mackley" (title page; the front cover indicates "REDD FOXX IS SGT. MACKLEY") by screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer. An undated draft script circa late 1970s to early 1980s (the scenes are not numbered), the film, to my knowledge, was never made. The screenplay contains 152 machine-copied loose leaf pages (including title page) measuring 8-1/2" by 11". With light blue front and rear covers, the script is three-hole punched and bound together with three brass brads. The front cover contains a photocopied image of Redd Foxx in uniform (as Sergeant Gork from a 1976 episode of "Sanford and Son"). Reginald H. Farmer (1934-2008) was screenwriter for, among others, "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High.".

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author in pen to pre-title page: "For Moire [?] and Jack - with love Julie Fast." Stamp of Mr. Fast's Literary Agent (H.N. Swanson Inc.) to front and rear inside pastedown endpapers; dust jacket shows light corner wear, a few very tiny closed edge tears..

Los Angeles, CA: Self-Realization Fellowship, 2014. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-folded newsletter measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. Accompanied by 13 photos, the contents are: The Gyanamata Ashram Project: Added Strength for a "Spiritual Stronghold"; The Nuns of SRF: "A Pure Life of Dedication"; Progress Report: "AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda" - Acclaim and Opportunity [documentary film]; The Pilgrimage of the Spirit. Laid in is the Christmas greetings message entitled "Christmas 2014" from SRF's President, Sri Mrinalini Mata, distributed with this newsletter..

Minneapolis, MN: Barb Fenick. Offered is issue No. 41 (October-November 1983) of The Write Thing: An International Beatles Fan Club newsletter edited and published by Barb Fenick out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. An upper-left stapled publication measuring 8-1/2" by 14" and containing 26 pages including front and rear covers. With splendid front cover illustration of John Lennon, and photos throughout, contents include: Dear Members (from Editor Barb Fenick); letters; May Pang interviewed; Pete Shotten interviewed; Conventions & Events; Convention News; book reviews; Publishing News; Classified Ads; Collecting Q & A; record reviews; much more. Light corner wear in places. . Near Fine. Magazine. First Edition. 1983.

Chicago, IL: The Cosmic Circle of Fellowship, Inc., 1954. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered is a first edition, first printing of "My Trip to Mars" written by William Ferguson and published in September 1954 by The Cosmic Circle of Fellowship, Inc. out of Chicago, Illinois. A left-stapled pamphlet measuring 5-3/8" by 8-3/8" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. The type color varies from green to red. It begins, "'Welcome to Mars.' 'We have brought you here,' said Khauga, 'to verify some information concerning the planet Earth, and to acquaint you with an expedition we are planning to make to the planet Earth.' Khauga, I soon found out, is the chief Uniphysicist of our Solar System." The two small staples are lightly age-rusted, else Fine, a clean and bright copy..

Montreal, Canada: Librairie Universitaire, 1983. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled softcover containing 48 pages. Text is in French. Well-illustrated with historical photographs. Short, light narrow creases along outer spine fold area; else a clean, bright copy..

Kokomo, IN: Fictioneers, Inc. A Subsidiary of Popular Publications, Inc.. A digest-sized magazine measuring 6-7/8" by 9-1/8" and containing 98 pages including front cover. Contents include: novelette Midnight Magic ("No house is big enough for two fiancees - of the same man") by Jean Johnson; short stories You for Christmas ("Sheila was beginning a new life in which there was no room for memories") by Helen Ahern; Honeymoon for One ("Lorna went on a honeymoon - hoping to meet a husband") by Hope Campbell; Welcome to Heaven ("Penny loved men in general, but hated one man in particular") by Dee Campbell; Payable in Kisses ("A marriage based on business was fine - until Kitty fell in love with her husband") by Shelby Steger; and Plot for Romance ("Nancy Ann's plot for romance became a model for heartbreak") by Coral Lee Baxer. Condition: rear cover missing; pages lightly age-browned due to acidic paper used; ragged edges to front… Read More

Marietta, GA: The Truth At Last, 1985. Book. Fine. Brochure. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered is "Judaism - The World's Strangest Religion" (Truth Tract No. 4), a brochure written by Dr. E. (Edward) R. Fields and published by The Truth At Last out of Marietta, Georgia. No date, although published in the 1980s. A large mimeographed sheet, as issued, folded twice to make eight pages, with each page measuring 3-1/2" by 8-1/2". The topics are: What Are The Real Differences? [between Christianity and Judaism]; Judaism Is Based On Race; Judaism's Secret Book - The Talmud; What The Talmud Rules About Christians; Foes Destroyed During the Purim Feast; The Shocking "Kol Nidre" Oath; The Bar Mitzvah - A Pledge to The Jewish Race; The "Judeo-Christian" Hoax. Dr. E. R. Fields was founder of the National States' Rights Party (1958-1987), a white supremacist, segregationist, anti-communist and anti-semitic organization..

Marietta, GA: The Truth At Last. Offered is "The Most Debated Question Of Our Time - Was There Really A Holocaust?" (Truth Tract No. 1), a brochure written by Dr. E. (Edward) R. Fields and published by The Truth At Last out of Marietta, Georgia. No date, although published in the 1980s. A large sheet folded twice to make eight pages, with each page measuring 3-1/2" by 8-1/2". The topics are: Official Holocaust Figures Reduced; No Holocaust Order Ever Given; The Impossibility of Mass Gassings; How Many Jews Actually Died?; "Holocaust" Silences Opposition; What About Real Holocausts? Dr. E. R. Fields was founder of the National States' Rights Party (1958-1987), a white supremacist, segregationist, anti-communist and anti-semitic organization. . Fine. Brochure. 1st Edition. 1985.

No Place: Michael Schwartz and S. David Walker Publishers, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled pamphlet measuring 5-3/8" by 7-7/8" and containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. Illustrated throughout. Staples lightly age-rusted..

Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Containing news, articles, outings and events, photographs and illustrations, highlights include: cover photo of Monitor Peak from Top of Sunlight; East Face of Monitor Peak by Jack Fralick; Denver Winter Sports Program - 1947-1948; Chiricahua National Monument by Julia E. Wagner. Pages lightly aged; light wear along left outer fold. . Very Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1947.

Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Containing news, articles, outings and events, photographs and illustrations, highlights include: cover photo of Windom and Sunlight Peaks; issue devoted to Noname Creek Outing; or, Safari Anonymous, illustrated by Dorothy Smedley: Chapter One, The Advance Party by Barbara Hayden; Chapter Two, The First Nighter, or, My Introduction to the CCC by William E. Davis; Chapter Three, Climber's Guide from Noname Creek by Henry Bechtel; Chapter Four, Pigeon and Turret, or, the Fly Camp of 1947 by Louise Roloff; Chapter Five, An Investigation of the CCC by the G.O.P.; Chapter Six, The Under-Privileged by Marjorie Peregrine; Chapter Seven, Night Life. Previously folded down the middle; covers show light edge wear; pages lightly aged. . Very Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1947.

Various Locations: Films Incorporated, 1971. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Offered is "Films Incorporated 1971," a catalog featuring 16mm feature film selections for rental by movie houses throughout the country. Containing 176 glossy pages, packed with photographs and a synopsis of each film offered in the following categories: Comedy, Musicals, Action and Adventure, Short Films, Westerns, ABC Pictures Corp., Drama, Light Drama, Mystery and Crime, Fantastic, War Themes. With a Key to Symbols, Other Materials Available, Religious Themes, Alphabetical Index, Rental and Order Information, Personnel and Exchange Addresses. Detachable order forms missing; in worn and rubbed covers showing periodic cover creases and short closed edge tears. A fascinating look at what was available to movie theaters in 1971, and an excellent reference and research source..

No Place: No Publisher, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original photographic print measuring 8-1/8" by 9-7/8" showing the portrait photograph of Robert H. Finch distributed during the 1966 California gubernatorial campaign. The photograph contains no date or publishing information, although purchased from a collector of 1966 California gubernatorial ephemera. The blank verso contains a stamped imprint, most likely a collector's shop, containing its address (9426 Santa Monica Blvd.) and Photo No. 1030-4. Tiny spot to blank verso..