Search Results: Authors starting with F from The Secret Bookshop

Leipzig: H. Haeffel, 1907. Hardcover. Good. Published by H. Haessel, verlag, 1906 German. Blue boards with Gilt Titles to both front board and spine. Slight lean. Previous owners stamp to decorative end papers. Blue silk page marker.Herausgegeben von H. Haessel, verlag, 1906 Deutsch. Blau Karten mit Gilt Titel sowohl Frontplatte und der Wirbelsäule. Leichte mager. Vorbesitzer stempeln zu dekorativen Papieren. Blaue Seide Seite Marker

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy with only some light pushing to the spine tips . The jacket has very minor shallow chipping to the tips. Part of the Pioneer Histories series.

Wellington: Ngaio Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. The Returned and Services' Association (RSA) has been a significant part of Wellington's social, and at times political structure since 1916. It was founded in April of that year by people who saw a need for welfare, rehabilitation, job-finding and meeting-place services for physically and psychologically wounded soldiers who were beginning to return from overseas service in World War I. This is the story of Wellington RSA's development, heydays, then relative decline, over the next 91 years. The RSA movement has been at the forefront of national debates about welfare, defence, duty, remembrance, sacrifice, welfare and morality. For its membership it has lobbied hard for pensions, land grants, medals, rehabilitation, welfare, disability issues and other rights. It has had strong links with the War Amputees' Association, Disabled Servicemen's… Read More

Dublin: An Foras Taluntais. (The Agricultural Institute) National Soils Survey of Ireland, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. In Fine Condition: This publication, Soil Survey Bulletin No 23, presents the findings of the soil survey of County Clare. It is one of a series of county soil surveys being carried out by the National Soil Survey of An Foras Taluntais (The Agricultural Institute) for the purpose of providing basic information which can be used in optimum land-use planning. Two full colour folded pull out maps. 246pp. Red cloth, gilt titles.

London: Faber & Faber, 2019. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy which feels unread. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the name 'Faber', as are the leafy squares of twentieth-century Bloomsbury. But what is the real tale behind the house that brought together these authors? And how did a tiny firm set up by two men in 1925 - weathering obstacles from wartime paper shortages to dramatic financial crashes - survive to this very day? Toby Faber has grown up with these stories, and uses a range of humorous and surprising sources to tell the history of the publisher in its own words. Drawing on material from memos to board minutes and unpublished memoirs, Faber takes us deep inside the evolution of the company: and along the way, we meet a cast of colourful characters that are… Read More

London: W. and G. Foyle, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is from the overseas collection at the National Library of New Zealand. A very clean copy, other than a couple of stamps. Folcroft Library edition. Re-issue

New York: Weatherhill, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy which feels unread. In this personal account, Stephen Fabian presents lessons for mastering life and self. While each lesson is gleaned from a distinct phase Fabian's life experience or martial arts career, taken together they form a step-by-step programme for personal mastery and success in life.

Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Appears to be unread. Heavy for overseas check postage with us before ordering

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Feels unread and very clean. We know the tales of Columbus and Captain Cook, yet much earlier mariners made equally bold and world-changing voyages. In Beyond the Blue Horizon, archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. From the moment when ancient Polynesians first dared to sail beyond the horizon, Fagan vividly explains how our mastery of the oceans changed the course of human history. What drove humans to risk their lives on open water? How did early sailors unlock the secrets of winds, tides, and the stars they steered by? What were the earliest ocean crossings like? With compelling detail, Fagan reveals how seafaring evolved so that the forbidding realms of the sea gods were transformed from barriers into a nexus of commerce and cultural exchange. From bamboo rafts in the Java Sea to… Read More

München: Stadtische Galerie, 1962. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1962 1. Auflage 7. Januar 1962 275 x 205 mm. pp207, mit 73 Abbildungen nach Fotografien von Herbert List. Ursprüngliche Bild Wraps mit ein wenig Verschleiß an den Kanten. Eine sehr gute Kopie insgesamt. Bei einem Gewicht von mehr als 1 kg Portozuschlag erforderlich sein kann.1962 1st edition 7 January 1962. 275 x 205mm. pp207, with 73 illustrations after photographs by Herbert List. Original pictorial wraps with a little wear to edges. A very good copy overall. At a weight in excess of 1 kilogram extra postage may be required.,

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Appears to be unread with no faults. Something for the Birds is an unusual and engaging memoir by a wellknown artist and personality. She traces her roots from her childhood in Timaru and back to her Irish ancestors, her bohemian life as a student and her marriage to celebrated psychiatrist Fraser McDonald. Jacqueline Fahey has always lived flamboyantly and courageously, and her crucial position as a painter in the vanguard of feminism since the early 1960s is clear without being made an excuse for self-importance. Something for the Birds is packed with stories, often hilarious and tragic together, and with constantly fizzing wit and style. It is extraordinarily lively, amusing, sad and utterly readable. Brilliantly illustrated by the author.

Germany: Konemann, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A very clean copy in a very good jacket. 4.8kg for outside NZ. This is an introduction to the representational culture of Japan, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. From architecture - sacred and secular, to painting, crafts and dance these volumes piece together a colourful mosaic of human expression.

Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is avery clean copy throughout and has only a tiny amount of foxing to the prelims and page edges. The jacket has moderate rubbing and tiny amounts of edge wear.

Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1975. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small pen name otherwise a good clean copy.

Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1967. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First reprint with very minor foxing to the prelims and a small pen name to the fep. Otherwise clean and bright throughout.

Auckland: OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1981. pp 272. First Ed. Book Condition:Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. one tiny closed tear and minor shelf wear. The early letters paint an intimate portrait of the poet as a young man while the later ones encompass aspects of the literary, social and political life of New Zealand at the time. Fairburn was a poet, a satirist, a prolific journalist, a camapigner for causes and a fluent and witty speaker.

Wellington: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stapled wraps, some foxing. Couple of stamps of the Avondale RSA. Small closed tear to the front cover.

Auckland: Tamaki Estuary Protection Society, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. A very clean copy.

London: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A good clean copy.

Redcliffe, QLD: The Redcliffe Historical Society, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft stapled binding. ghost of a sticker to the front, otherwise a very good clean copy.