Search Results: Authors starting with F from The Book Shed

Concord NH: Republican Press Association, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Lightly marked ex-library copy. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, faint label ghost to the spine, library bookplate to front endpaper,stamp to the title and last page. Fold out of the principal campus building at rear. Inscribed on the second blank page by the author. Short histories of all the graduates of Dartmouth College and the Chandler Scientific School for the year 1856. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Plc, 1964. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light wear to tips corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket which is stained on the back panel; page edges spotted. A memoir of life in South Uist athe thurn of the last century. Frederick Rea began teaching in the remote Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland in 1890. "His pupils remember him as a sincere, conscientious man and an excellent teacher. This book also reveals his keen powers of observation, and his interest in the unfamiliar scenes and events he witnessed and recorded. His lack of city comforts was more that compensated for by the wonders of the natural world and the uncommon kindness and generosity of the islanders. Dr. Rea treasured his memories of South Uist for the rest of his life, and his love and respect for the islands is wonderfully conveyed in this vivid testament." Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors… Read More

Brooklyn, NY: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, some discoloring of the cloth, a few underlinings and notations. A Watchtower tract in peach and gilt cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. J. F. Rutherford "wrote twenty-one books and was credited by the Watchtower Society in 1942 with the distribution of almost 400 million books and booklets. ...overall membership increased more than sixfold by the end of Rutherford's 25 years as president."--Wikipedia. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Trifiling bit of wear to the price-clipped jacket else As New in all respects, clean, unmarked, unread. First printing, no others noted. History of the cattle and cattlemen who drove them across the Great Plains on the iconic cattle drives of the American West. Jacket and title page illustrated by the noted Western artist Donald M. Yena. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket, as issued. Lightest shelf wear to the book; about As New in all respects. No jacket, as issued. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. Ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbets and "...for showstopping, truly fabulous desserts, made completely in advance, turn to the last chapter, which contains ice cream cakes, pies and other frozen desserts."--from the back cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, 1859. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good+. corners bumped, early gift inscription to ffep, soiling to eps and pages scattered throughout book. Quite scarce, WorldCat locates 4 copies. Fanny Dale's second collection: Golden rule, or Second Series of Household Words for Boys and Girls is more readily available having been reprinted in scholarly editions in recent years. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. wear to tips, corners and edges of book, spine unevenly sunned, front endpaper and half-title page dog-eared; no jacket. Deckled edges, top edge gilt. First printing, same date, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Allied Publishing Group, 2002. Facsimile reprint. leather_bound. Fine/no jacket, as issued. About As New in all respects, unmarked. Probably faux leather, bonded at best, all edges gilt, marker ribbon. Facsimile, indexed, ads from the original publication. The oiginal publisher,Little, Brown & Co, did not predict good sales and limited the 1896 first edition to 3,000 copies, published at the author's expense. The book was so popular in America, so thorough, and so comprehensive that cooks would refer to later editions simply as the "Fannie Farmer cookbook", and it is still available in print over 100 years later. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. Seventh Edition Completely Revised . Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Third printing of 1943. This may be the cleanest copy of the dozens I have handled. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, light staining to the covers and spine, page edges lightly soiled, gift inscription of 1943 to the dedication page else clean and unmarked; no jacket. Binding is solid and tight.Tan cloth with blue titles, prefaces by Wilma Lord Perkins and Fannie Merritt Farmer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. From the Preface to the Seventh Edition: "In preparing this revision I have made an innovation which I hope will be of value. Fifty basic recipes have been developed for the use of schools and beginners who wish to teach themselves the fundamentals of cooking."--Wilma Lord Perkins. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the… Read More

Princeton: The Pynne Press, 1972. facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Lightest shelf wear to the book; more to tips, corners, and edges of the jacket which is sunned on the spine. Clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1905. Sub-titled 51 Ways to Please Your Neighbors Week Nights, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and During Warm Weather. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London: Pluto Press, 1976. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket; page edges spotted; old seller's price label to the rear panel; previous owner's name to the front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. From the jacket: "Michael Farrell was a founder member of People's Democracy and a key organizer of the Belfast-Derry march of 1969 which unleashed the current bout of civil war. He has been interned and jailed for his political activities and survived a lengthy hunger strike. He is totally committed to the struggle for socialism in Ireland." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Oxford University Press/Franklin Library, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. A title in the Oxford Library of the World's Great Books. About As New in all respects. One quarter leather over gilt decorated cloth, four raised band, gilt titles, all edges gilt, faux marbled endpapers, sewn in silk marker. One of the great American novels In 1998, it was ranked sixth on the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket, as issued. Steven H Stroud. A lovely, unread copy. Blue and gilt decorative imitation leather, all edges gilt. No statement of limitation. A part of The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light shelf wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's lengthy note to the front endpaper and name and date to front free endpaper, a couple of related news articles laid-in with discoloration, else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. Herbert Feis (1893 – 1972) was an American Historian and economist. He was the Economic Advisor for International Affairs to the U.S. Department of State in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations. Feis won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1961 for Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference (Princeton University Press, 1960). It features the Potsdam Conference and the origins of the Cold War. The Herbert Feis Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association, the pre-eminent professional society of historians, to recognize the recent work of public historians or independent scholars. Most items ship with free delivery… Read More

New York: Random House, 1950. First edition thus. Hardcover. very good/no jacket, as issued. Phoebe Erickson. very light wear to the book, clean and unmarked. Glossy pictorial binding. First printing, not others noted. "Adapted for children 5-10." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: The Modern Library, 1952. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the bright, priced jacket which is rubbed with small creases, spine sunned a bit, previous owner's 50s'ish bookplate else clean and unmarked. Red and black cloth, Rockwell Kent torchbearer on spine front cover and endpapers which are in the repeating ml pattern. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Mal Singer. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; more to the jacket which shows a loss at the top and bottom of the spine. Trade edition in a priced jacket. First printing, stated. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Boston: Little, Brown, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light shelf wear to the book and jacket, Stated first edition. Genealogy chart eendpapers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. A CrowNinshield family history. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Doubleday, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket; a bit of red staining to the edges of the dust jacket which is unclipped. Otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "These biographical reminiscences are interweaved with Allen Ginsberg-esque high energy bursts of raw emotion, rumination, reflection, reminiscence and prognostication on what we may face as a species on Planet Earth in the future. Little Boy is a magical font of literary lore with allusions galore, a final repository of hard-earned and durable wisdom, a compositional high wire act without a net (or all that much punctuation) and just a gas and an inspiration to read." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop… Read More

Amherst, MA: Carpenter & Morehouse , 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library Bound in three quarter leather with marbled paper covers, five raised bands, titles and call numbers stamped in gilt. The front cover is tender at gutter. Ownership and withdrawn stamps and labels of the Bowdoin College Library, else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. In gilt at base of spine is stated "ex-libris A. S. Packard." This would be Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr. (1839-1905), Bowdoin class of 1861, Civil War surgeon, Entomologist who corresponded with Darwin and a Professor at Brown University with 25 publications. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798 – 1884) an American who may be the longest serving faculty member to any American college through his 65 years of dedication to Bowdoin College, "in this particular I acknowledge, without reserve, my allegiance to Brunswick, Maine." The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the… Read More