Search Results: Authors starting with F from Crow Hop Rare Books

Saddle River, NJ: Gerry De La Ree, 1974. VG+ illustrated wraps, comb bound. First Edition, Limited to 400 copies, this copy being No. 73. An alphabet of illuminated letters inspired by the works of the late master of the weird tale, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937).

Elberton, GA: Elbert County Historical Society, 2005. First Edition. 266 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. VG+ (a touch of rubbing and edgewear). SIGNED by Jane Farmer on the inside of front cover.Explores the people of Elbert County from the Civil War through the 1960s.

New York: H. L. Lindquist Publications, 1949. First Printing. 198 pp. Drawings by the author and photographs by Arthur F. and James Waldo Fawcett. VG+ (toning to boards, spine rubbed) in a bright VG or better unclipped dustjacket (stamp inside flap, rubbing, chipping on spine). "The Story of the experiences of America's Number One Girl Circus Fan, following the Big Show over the map of the United States."

Towson, MD: Chestnut Hills Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine pictorial softcover. Edwin Honig blurb. Fein was author of Kafka's Ear.

New York: New Directions, [1968]. Twenty-Second Printing. Paperback, 93 [3] pp. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti on the half title. VG+ with light soiling and edgewear. Ferlinghetti died in February 2021.

[Baltimore]: Louis Fields, 1996. 128 pp. Near Fine (a touch of rubbing and edgewear). An informative guidebook published during Baltimore’s bicentennial, with sections on African American historical sites and attractions, Freedom Fighters, sports, churches, education, and a thorough business services directory. No copies in commerce and not found in OCLC. 2 copies available.

[n.p.]: [n.p.]. A playlet in one act, circa 1917, written for the RI State Food Conservation Committee with the purpose of "increasing the interest in Food Conservation and to emphasize the possible use of substitutes for the four food classes of food: wheat, meat, sugar and butter." Characters include Uncle Sam, Miss Rhode Island, Camp Fire Girls, and White Bread, Butter, & Sugar. [14 pp.] 5.5" x 8" in stapled wraps. VG overall (toning, closed tear at top edge, 2" tear at lower staple, penciled annotations assigning roles to cast of characters).Uncommon WWI-era play written by a woman, with no holdings in commerce and one per OCLC (Brown).

Portland, ME: King Philip Publishing Co., 1992. First Edition. 114 pp. #965 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author at colophon. Near Fine in red cloth, no dustjacket as issued. Collects references to Lizzie Borden and the infamous murders in Fall River, MA that have appeared in non-fiction books and articles, reference works, novels, short stories, plays, TV, radio, opera, ballet, poetry, rhymes, and music. "Lizzie Borden took an axAnd gave her mother 40 whacks.And when she found what she had doneShe gave her father 41."

London: Faber and Faber, 1998. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. "A journey into the mind of the African tyrant [Idi Amin] who became a cartoon bogeyman for the rest of the world."

[New Orleans]: [Luke Fontana], 1980. First Edition. [54 pp.]. Overall VG+ (a touch of internal soiling, with light wrinkling to covers). SIGNED and numbered (559 of a limited edition of 2000 copies) by Fontana and additionally INSCRIBED by him: “To Joe Burgess with jazzy memories of New Orleans wetlands May 26, 1981.” A ten-year collection of photography, 1970-1980, that was supported by a National Endowment of the Arts Photography Fellowship Grant. A wonderfully photographed collection, uncommon in commerce, of these dazzling marching bands of New Orleans.

New York: Knopf, 1995. Advance Reader's Edition. SIGNED by Ford on title page. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. The sequel to Ford's The Sportswriter.

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. First Edition. SIGNED by Ford on title page. Includes a fine pictorial postcard of Ford by Maude Schuyler Clay laid in. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket (toning to inside flaps).

New York: Vintage, 2004. SIGNED by Ford on the title page. Near Fine in pictorial wraps. Includes selections from Rock Springs, Independence Day, Women with Men, and A Multitude of Sins.

London: Belmont Press, 2002. Designed and typeset by Libanus Press of Marlborough and printed on Rivoli paper by B.A.S. of Over Wallop in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this being #113 and SIGNED by Franzen on the limitation page. Fine in hand-sewn blue wraps. Together with a stapled copy of its original appearance in The New Yorker, September 10, 2001.

New York: Atlantic , 1997. First Edition, first printing (with misprint of "man-woman" instead of "mad-woman" on p. 25). SIGNED by Frazier on title page. The novel won the National Book Award and was the basis for the 2003 film with Nicole Kidman and Jude Law, which earned seven Academy Award nominations. Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Chicago: Manning Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition. 6.75” x 10” in stiff pictorial yellow stapled wraps (staple hole on first page, but firmly bound throughout). Covers soiled and rubbed, with a half-inch stain on rear cover that affects page edges. [14 pp.]. VG or better.This volume was part of the Photographing Animal Pets/The Petland Photo Tales Series, which included four other titles (Mr. Bunny and the Magic Pool, The King Who Never Smiled, Circus Day at Catnip Center, and Kitty’s First Day at the Catnip School). Frees (1879-1953), described as “Artist, Photographer and Friend of Animals,” notes, “Photographing animal pets posed in costume requires an intuitive sense that tells you what a little kitten or puppy or bunny is going to do, before he does it. It also requires an exceedingly fertile imagination and infinite patience…The secret of success is kindness, first, last and all time.” Thirteen posed photographs of cats, bunnies, and a dog, “dressed as people and doing peopley… Read More

Newton, MA: Phillips Publishers Inc., 1953. First edition. Softcover. Illustrated by Barbara Corrigan. Torn box present.

New York: The Spiral Press, 1962. 32 mo. 10 pp., paper wrappers. A Christmas greeting by Frost. Near Fine. Frost’s final Christmas greeting, as he would die January 29, 1963.

Teaneck, NJ: (n.p.). Together, 40 issues (each 8.5” x 11” and 10 pp.) of this journal of magic and coin and card tricks. VG+ with moderate wear and soiling. The Pallbearers Review began publishing in November 1965 and ended in October 1975, followed by Close-Up Folio in 1976-1977, and then The Chronicles, which had a total of 36 issues published beginning in 1978. Only one holding in OCLC (Brown).