Search Results: Authors starting with F from Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1925. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor. Book . VG+ HB with Poor DJ, protected by mylar. Black cloth over boards with red title and author's sig. on cover; title on spine. In about "as new" condition with sharp corners. Includes original receipt dated Aug. 6, 1925 from Marshall Field's! Pages slightly browned from age. DJ has large chips from the top and bottom of the front panel and front flap is separating. Port. of author on back panel. Novel traces the history of early Chicago through two generations of the Smith family. Scarce in DJ. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 433 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 255. .

[publisher not identified], [London], 1688. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Pamphlet A contemporary collection of documents chronicling King James II’s attempt to change Magdalen College of Oxford University into a Roman Catholic institution. When the presidency of the college became vacant, the protestants elected John Hough to take the position, but James ordered the fellows to elect a Catholic, Anthony Farmer, as their president. J. R. Bloxam expanded the collection in his Magdalen College and King James II, 1686-1688 (1886). In the introduction he describes James’ actions in the conflict as “an overt and undisguised step towards opening the chief seminaries of the Church of England to Roman influences and occupation” (p. viii). Although there is no editor named, the binder’s label on the front cover attributes it to Henry Fairfax, who is often named as the likely editor.… Read More

Kantyli Inc, [n.p.], 2004. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. New Book/Fine. Book . New HB in Fine DJ. 223 p.: col. ill., maps; 29 x 29 cm. Blue cloth over boards; corners are sharp. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ shows no wear. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 223 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Religious Buildings; United States; Modern; Religion & Theology. . ISBN: 0975978209. ISBN/EAN: 9780975978207. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 631. . 9780975978207

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1943. Newbery Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Good. Illustrator: Ward, Lynd. Near Fine HB in G+ DJ, protected by Brodart mylar cover. The blurb on the first DJ flap identifies this as the "Newbery Edition" and notes that artist Lynd Ward "has sharpened the drama of the story by adding twelve full-page illustrations." There is also a notice of the award on the half-title page. So, although the copyright page says 1943, this was apparently a special 1944 edition issued after the book received the award. 4 p. l., 256 p.: illus, col. front.; col. map on endpapers, 21 cm. Gray cloth over boards with blue/black illustration on front cover and title on spine. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 256 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners shap with minimal shelf wear. DJ shows wear around the edges, with some loss at the corners, a large chip at the top of the spine affecting the "Fo" of… Read More

Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Fine Condition. Book A volume in the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces series. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 241 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked; book appears to never have been read. Black imitation Leather (Leatherette with no bound-in ribbon marker) over boards with bright gilt and red title and decoration on spine and red diamond and gilt frames on the front and back cover with a gilt horse standing on the book on the front cover. All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mysteries; United States; 1980s; Main Picture: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and spine. Picture 3: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 4: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) -… Read More

Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition/Very Good-. Book This book tells the story of the trials and tribulations of William T. Piper and his development of the Piper Cubs. From the front flap: "This lively told account reflects not only the character and determination of that remarkable man ..., but the fascinating tale of the growth and development of the light-plane industry in the United States and use of its products throughout the world. Here, for the first time, is the story of tiny machines with 65-horsepower engines that became the world's most lethal aircraft for tactical land warfare in World War II." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 256 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight and the coated stock remains bright. There is some light foxing on the front and rear end papers and the first two leaves of the book (including the half-title page, frontispiece portrait, title page and copyright page.… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . G+ HB with no DJ. Stated Fourth Printing, 1953. xi, 298, xii p., 1 l. pl., ports., diagr. 25 cm. Maroon cloth over boards with bright gold E=mc2 on front cover; dull gold on spine with water stain. Front lower corner bumped. Small puncture in front hinge with pin hole in left margin of the first 13 leaves (through Introduction). Front hinge a bit loose. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Good reading copy of bio written when Einstein was at Princeton. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 298 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology; United States; 1950s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 738. .

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Illustrator: Miracle, Ed (Scarce First State DJ art). Book . Fine copy of First Edition in VG scarce First State DJ. Only 335,000 copies were printed with the Ed Miracle art, showing ships falling off the edge of the world. This was Friedman's choice for the cover, but the publisher failed to get permission from the artist, so the book had to be recalled and the DJ replaced. Book is in "as new" condition; corners crisp; text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ shows a little wear at the top of the spine, but is now protected in archival polyester cover. Scarce First State DJ art. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 488 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Miracle, Ed (Scarce First State DJ art). Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Future Studies; United States; Modern; Economics. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More