Search Results: Authors starting with F from Berthoff Books

Schocken Books, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 222 pages plus 117 b&w illutrations on unnumbered pages. First Schocken Paperback edition of work first published 1947; version revised and extended by editor Arthur Elton, 1968. Has Editor's Preface, Catalogue of Illustrations, and Index. Large trade paperback (6-5/8" x 9-1/8"), minimal shelf wear, light dust soil to top edge, faint foxing to fore-edge, page-turning soil to bottom corner, pages unmarked.

Oxford University Press, 1974. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1518 pages, with Prefaces to first and second editions, List of Contributors, list of Abbreviations, list of Popes and Anti-Popes, short biography of Frank Leslie Cross, compiler of the 1957 first edition. The dictionary is laid out in two columns; the content is encyclopedic, with some entries several paragraphs long. Royal 8vo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 3" thick), dark blue cloth slightly smudged, gilt lettering on spine, shelf wear, foxing to top edge and page-turning soil to bottom edge, moderate crease to backstrip, pages a bit wavy at bottom from tilt on shelf (not from damp). Pages bright and unmarked. Heavy book, may incur shipping surcharge.

Stanford University Press, 1978. No Binding. Good. 35 pages plus 5 more of notes. Unbound offprint of chapter from Literature and Society in Imperial Russia, 1800-1914 (ed. Wiliam Mills Todd III). 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" pages stapled at upper left, light vertical crease to the whole, outer pages and edges age-toned with a few spots of foxing, not strongly inked - some type appears broken on some pages. Inscribed by the author to his Harvard collegaue Prof. Warner Berthoff, whose check marks or notes appear on a few pages. Will reduce shipping charge by 50% and send by first class mail if requested.

P.F. Collier, 1892. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 725 pages. Volume Nine of Cooper's works in ten volumes contains The Ways of the Hour, Wing and Wing, The Wept of the Wish-Ton-Wish, Precaution. Text laid out in columns. Illustrated with wood-engravings, frontispiece protected with tissue. Super 8vo (7" x 10-1/4"), dark blue cloth with very faded and rubbed gilt lettering, blind-stamped colophon on back board, blue-flecked edges, small spots of discoloration to boards, rear hinge and another place in sewn binding cracked but pages attached, wear to corners/crown/heel, small hole (1/2" tear) in backstrip, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned, smudges and faint foxing to end papers. Pencil mark on rfep, interior pages unmarked.

P.F. Collier, 1892. Hardcover. Good. 718 pages. Volume Six of Cooper's works in ten volumes contains Home as Found; The Chainbearers; The Redskins. Text laid out in columns. Illustrated with wood-engravings, frontispiece protected with tissue. Super 8vo (7" x 10-1/4"), dark blue cloth with very faded and rubbed gilt lettering, blind-stamped colophon on back board, blue-flecked edges, hinges loose, wear to corners/crown/heel, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned, foxing and smudges to end papers, chips to a few pages on fore-edge. Pencil mark on rfep, interior pages unmarked.

P.F. Collier, 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 735 pages. Volume Eight of Cooper's works in ten volumes contains The Oak Openings, Satanstoe, Mercedes of Castile. Text laid out in columns. Illustrated with wood-engravings, frontispiece protected with tissue. Super 8vo (7" x 10-1/4"), dark blue cloth with very faded and rubbed gilt lettering, blind-stamped colophon on back board, blue-flecked edges, small soil spots to boards, hinges cracked, wear to corners/crown/heel includes small chip to heel, tiny hole (1/16") in hinge from the outside at rear of backstrip, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned, faint foxing to end papers. Pencil mark on rfep, interior pages unmarked.

P.F. Collier, 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 720 pages. Volume Five of Cooper's works in ten volumes contains The Crater; Miles Wallingford; Homeward Bound. Text laid out in columns. Illustrated with wood-engravings, frontispiece protected with tissue. Super 8vo (7" x 10-1/4"), dark blue cloth with very faded and rubbed gilt lettering, blind-stamped colophon on back board, blue-flecked edges, hinges loose, wear to corners/crown/heel with chipping especially to the latter, front board stained with a caked-on substance surrounded by extra rubbing from attempts to clean, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned. Pencil mark on rfep, interior pages unmarked.

P.F. Collier, 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 679 pages. Volume Seven of Cooper's works in ten volumes contains Wyandotte (The Hutted Knoll), The Monikins, Jack Tier. Text laid out in columns. Illustrated with wood-engravings, frontispiece protected with tissue. Super 8vo (7" x 10-1/4"), dark blue cloth with spine faded to bleached appearance, very faded and rubbed gilt lettering, blind-stamped colophon on back board, blue-flecked edges, front hinge cracked with rfep/frontispiece/title page loose, sewn binding loose at several other places, wear to corners/crown/heel, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned, foxing and smudges to end papers. Pencil mark on rfep, interior pages unmarked.

Oxford University Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 148 pages, plus 16 front matter/intro pages, with 16 b&w illustrations (reproductions of artwork), further reading list, appendix of names. Published in the OUP's Very Short Introductions series. Mass-market paperback-sized with self-wraps. Minute bit of shelf wear along front top edge, pages bright and unmarked, except for author's inscription to friends on half-title.

Princeton University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 240 pages. Essays touch on Greek drama, Hamlet, Chekhov, G.B. Shaw, T.S. Eliot, plot and action, "the mimetic perception of action". 8vo, gray cloth browned with age and soiled, silver gilt lettering in black inset on spine, faded gray topstain, other edges age-tanned, gray end papers, wear particularly to crown and heel. Names of former owners written on ffep, underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 60 pages.

World Pub, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 340 pages, with index, illustrated with black and white photos on eight double-sided plates. 8vo, brown boards with black cloth quarter, silver gilt lettering on spine and coat of arms on front board, shelf wear, rubbing and scratch to boards, former price sticker on front board, remnant of clear tape on back board, dust-soil to top edge, faint foxing to fore-edge, brown pictorial end papers with coat of arms, binding solid, pages bright and unmarked. Not ex-library.

André Deutsch Ltd, 2004. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 360 pages, with index and bibliography. Illustrated with b&w photos on four double-sided plates. A critical look at MI5, British domestic intelligence, after 9/11. Trade paperback, former library book with relevant stickers and stamps, wraps worn and creased, peeling to inside front cover, edges and page margins age-toned. Underscoring and/or margin brackets on approximately 30 pages.

The Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 113 pages. Compiled and edited by Steven Flanders. First posthumously published collection of poems by Jane Flanders, "a compilation of her work primarily from the years 1974-78, when Jane discovered her vocation as a poet." Black and white photos of Flanders on back cover and two within; frontispiece b&w reproduction of "I and the Muse" by Marc Chagall. Faintest hint of foxing to top edge and smudge along top of back cover, very slight wear at crown and top back top corner. Pages bright and unmarked.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 61 pages. 8vo, deep magenta cloth with turquoise gilt lettering, faint foxing to edges, in scarcely worn DJ. One small mark in ToC. Inscribed on half-title by the author to the former owners, her teachers and friends. Inventory #WBB-840 is a softcover copy of this first edition.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 58 pages. Third collection of poems by Jane Flanders. Trade paperback, front cover slightly curled, foxing to edges, bookstore sticker on back cover, pages unmarked. Inventory #WBB-795 is an inscribed-by-author hardcover first edition of this collection in DJ.

University of Massachusetts Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 58 pages. Second published collection of poems by Jane Flanders. Winner of the Juniper Prize. 8vo, beige cloth with gilt lettering on spine, aqua blue end papers, faintest foxing to edges, in DJ with considerable shelf wear, small chips at crown, rubbed along spine, some soil and scratches. Inscribed by the author to former owners Ann and Warner Berthoff. Two small pencil marks in ToC, other pages all bright and unmarked.

Petits Classiques Larousse, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 287 pages, avec Biographie, Contextes, Tableau chronologique, "Genèse de l'oeuvre". Édition présentée, annotée et commentée par Guillaume Peureux. Illustrated with b&w reproductions, some full-page and some cuts, of drawings from classic editions of the Fables. Wonderful, pretty little edition with tons of supporting material and ample footnotes explaining archaic terms and expressions. Small paperback (11cm x 17cm), reading crease to front wrap, light stain to fore-edge, minimal shelf wear. Handwritten index of page numbers of some of the fables, on inside back cover; text pages bright and unmarked.

Penguin Books, 1965. Soft cover. Good. 242 pages, with index, 36 tables of economic, sociological and population data, 28 maps. A Pelican Original - Pelican Book A706. Mass-market paperback. This copy is listed as in "good" condition as an average of the beat-up exterior ("fair") and the unmarked pages ("very good"). Front cover discolored from being damp-stuck to another book, wraps heavily creased, 2" separation of front cover from spine at top, small tears at foot; foxing, stains and soil to edges and end papers; front matter pages dog-eared at bottom and slightly so at top. Not ex-library, former owner's name written on ffep, no marks on pages except for one tiny ink spot on page 155.

Frederick A. Praeger, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 315 pages, with index, list of books illustrated with Picasso's engravings, list of Picasso's works in European museums, and chronological list of his works in the form of b&w thumbnail images. A study of his work by Frank Elgar, intertwined with a biographical study by Robert Maillard. Translated from French by Francis Scarfe. Many full-color art reproductions. 8vo, black cloth with blue cloth quarter, white lettering, wear to corners/crown/heel, other light shelf wear, cocked, edges and page margins age-toned, foxing to end papers, rear hinge anchored from inside with clear tape. No writing or marks observed. Bonus is a laid-in MoMA postcard of Guernica.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 342 pages, with map. Historical novel. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, red end papers, minimal wear, in unclipped DJ with slight wear to corners and rubbing along spine. Pages bright and unmarked.