Search Results: Authors starting with F from PWK Books

Gorgeous edition of this account of the explorations of Henry Morton Stanley. Cover is yellow cloth with gilt and black stamping on front, blind and black stamping on spine. Numerous B&W illustrations, including frontispiece with intact protective tissue.FON inscription on frontpaper dated 1888.Cover is stained with wear and bumping, especially on edges and corners. Two attached ribbon bookmarks are cut short. Pages are age tanned.

Second printing of Farquhar's classic history of the Sierra Nevada mountains. B&W dust jacket over a blue cloth cover with white design on front and gold text on spine. Lavishly illustrated with several B&W photographs and a full-color frontispiece.Dust jacket is stained and chipped. Interior has some stains and inscription dated 1967 on frontpaper.

Dark blue cloth with gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Attractive chapter decorations.Cover is stained and bumped, with fraying on corners and top & heel of spine. Spine is cocked. Pages are age tanned with some stains.

Beautifully illustrated collection of translated Persian poetry. Part of the Doran series "The Golden Years of Childhood." Green cloth with black lettering on cover. Decorative endpapers. Contains 12 full-color illustrations.Dust jacket is in poor condition, in three pieces & quite fragile. Text block is beginning to separate from binding at top of book. Minor edge wear on jacket. Fore edge of book is cocked. Interior is age tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked.

English translation of Undine, edited by Grenville Mellen.Book is missing front cover and spine cover, but pages and binding are intact. Back cover is badly stained and chipped. Interior is age tanned and stained, inscriptions in pencil have been crossed out. Previous owner pressed flowers in the pages at seven different places, flowers will be included.