Search Results: Authors starting with F from Black Sheep Books

Edmonds, Washington: Pacific Fast Mail, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A definitive history of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, tracing the chronological development beginning with the Northern Pacifiic class A and concluding with the Western Maryland J-1 Potomacs, the last new railroad to reveive 4-8-4's in 1947. Green cloth with silver titling on spine, silver illustration on front, illustrated end papers which are different front and rear, title page is followed by a fold-out two-page colour photograph on both sides, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, several of which are fold-outs, 248 pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, is illustrated with a lovely watercolour painting by Mike Pearsall. Jacket has light edgewear and a horizontal tear across upper back which has been repaired with clear tape, but is clean and bright. This is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but… Read More

London: Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. New Introduction by Walter Clark. A 1974 Facsimile Edition of a book originally published circa 1920. Subtitled on cover: Being a Reprint of their Published papers, together with a History of their Early work and a Bibliography of Later Work on the same subject. Brown hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white illustrations and graphs, etc, 374 pages. Cover has light edge wear, foxing spots to upper text block edge. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has a sunned spine, light shelf and edge wear, a small closed hole on back. Book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Los Angeles, CA: Institute of Aerospace Safety and Management, University of Southern California. Card Cover. Good. Red card cover with gilt titling on front, red cloth tape over stapled spine, a few black and white illustrations, unpaginated (book is .75" thick) Light edge wear to cover, more significant wear to spine edges, cover has shelf wear with light creases, crease to lower rear corner that can be seen well into book, text block edges darkened, occasional marks or spots in text, otherwise text is tight and generally clean. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada: Mother Tongue Press, 2005. Limited/Numbered. . Card Cover. Very Good/-. Limited edition of 125, this is number 59. Gray card cover with 3 gradated rectangular window handcut into the cover and 1st two pages. 2 tipped-in photos fo former Mt. Belcher woods and trails by author. Handsewn with coloured cotton embroidery thread. SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR. This is a beautifully craft poetry chapbook with only minor wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall - Oblong

Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Press, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good-. A Labour of Love gathers an eloquent chorus of voices to sing of the joys and sorrows of pregnancy and birth, illustrated by artist, Heather Spears and photographers, Fred Rosenberg and Larry Towell. Signed by Jennifer Alley, Kirsten Emmott, Mona Fertig, Cathy Ford, Zoe Landale, and Carolyn Zonailo. Colourfully illustrated purple soft cover with purple and white titling, black and white drawings and photographs throughout, 168 pages plus 6 pages of notes on the contributors. Cover has minor edge and shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada: Mother Tongue Press, 2005. Limited/Numbered. . Card Cover. Very Good/-. First Edition. Limited edition of 125, this is number 58 - signed by the author. Gray card cover with 3 gradated rectangular window handcut into the cover and 1st two pages. 2 tipped-in photos fo former Mt. Belcher woods and trails by author. Handsewn with coloured cotton embroidery thread. Inscribed by author to half title. This is a beautifully craft poetry chapbook complete with publisher's polypropylene bag. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall - Oblong

Weinheim an der Bergstrasse: Verlag Von Julius Beltz. Card Cover. A German textbook for metal forming addressing workers and apprentices. Green card cover with black titling, textblock staple bound with cover glued to it, black and white pictures throughout, paginated 101-807, the book is complete, no pages missing. Cover shows some wear and a few scribblings, cover separated from textblock, title page is loose with some open tears, last page has some damage from being glued to cover. Rare. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Faber and Faber, 1960. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. An ethno-psychiatric study of Rural Ghana. Grey cloth with gilt titling on red on spine, 450 pages. Corners have minor wear, darker stripe on front endpaper.Dust jacket has slight wear to edges, back cover is age darkened. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto, Canada: Playwrights Co-op, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good-. Introduction by Michael Feingold. Book contains the scripts of four early works by Canadian writer, Larry Fineberg. Brown soft cover with white titling, 180 pages. Cover has minor edgewear, minor shelf wear, sunned spine, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Statesville, NC: Speedball Art Products Company, 1999. Card Cover. Very Good/-. The Speedball Textbook: Celebrating 100 Years of Penmaking in the USA. This popular book on lettering presents a short history of penmaking, many examples of lettering, technical advice and more. Glossy card cover, staple binding, 96 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Inscribed and signed by author to film director George Cosmatos and his wife, to whom this book is also dedicated. Brown cloth with white titling to spine. 189 pages. Light edge wear, bottom free corner bumped. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edge wear, spine sunned. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. Uncorrected Proof. . Card Cover. Uncorrected proof - advance reading copy. Yellow card cover with black titling on front. 184 pages. Cover and first two pages have one inch closed tear at front bottom, light sunning to spine, back has a few small smudges. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book is inscribed by the author to renowned Hollywood film director George P. Cosmatos and his wife: "Dearest George + Birgitta - Another one! with all my love, as ever Hugh" and dated "London 20/10/79". Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, 156 pages. Bottom free corner is lightly bumped, otherwise fine. Dust jacket show minor edge wear and is not price-clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Mill Bay, B.C.: Bendall Books, 2010. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/-. Fleming presents the development of the province's social and educational history starting with the first school in 1849 in a collection of writings, including letter, diaries, articles, interviews, official documents and more. Glossy soft cover, many black and white photographs, 321 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Instructional Fair, TS Denison. Soft cover. Very Good+. Larsen, Val. Subtitled: "The Famous Raffi Songs, Learning Activities, Patterns, Props and Creative-Play Ideas." This book provides sheet music and lyrics for sixteen of Raffi's songs, as well as activities that reinforce and enhance the concepts of each song. The book is filled with patterns that can be used for creative and dramatic play activities. Colourfully illustrated yellow soft cover with blue and black titling, staple binding, black and white illustrations in text, 79 pages. Book has negligible shelf wear, otherwise is in pristine condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1934. Soft cover. Very Good-. An edition of Classiques Larousse, published under the direction of Felix Guirand, with notes by Pierre Chambry. Tan soft cover with black titling, elaborate purple decoration on front, publisher's advertising inside covers, 88 pages. Cover, text block edges, end papers and page edges appear to be uniformly darkened, tiny dark speck to upper text block edge, book is clean and tight and in very nice condition for its age. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Oslo, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1959. Hardcover. Very Good-. Book is written in Norwegian. Tan cloth with brown titling on spine, three-colour illustration and decoration on spine and front, green upper text-block edge, 140 pages. Text block edge has some small stains, ink inscription on end paper, stains on seven pages in text, otherwise this attractive book is in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Perrott, Stanford. The life and art of artist and teacher, Stanford Perrott. Black hard cover with gilt titling on front, personalized inscriptions by both author and artist on title page, laid in is a signed photographic portrait of Perrott matted into one of his garden paintings, book is illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations and plates, 102 pages. This is a very handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong

Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1974. Soft cover. Exhibition catalogue, a review of works from 1963-1973, held February 12 to March 3, 1974. Colour frontispiece, black and white photographs of the works throughout. SIGNED by artist on the front cover. White card covers, stapled binding. Approximately 24 pages. Several small brown spots and other faint smudge marks on the covers, inside in very good condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. This anthology provides the reader with insight in to the history of the Western United States from the point of view of the First Nations People; it tells specifically the history of the First Nations People of Nevada and of the processes involved in contacts with the White People in the Great Basin region. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, yellow endpapers, title page with a black and white picture, a few black and white photographs in the middle of the text. 293 pages. Light edge wear, light smudges to textblock edges. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall