Search Results: Authors starting with F from Furrowed Brow Books

Moonscape Press, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Faye, Georgia : Down Under. San Diego : Moonscape Press, 2021. First edition. Signed by author on half-title page. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color wrappers, design by Michelle M. White. [viii] pp prelim material, 286 numbered pp, two w/o numbers following. Condition notes: Unread and in very nice condition. Simple signature by Georgia Faye to half-title page. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Adventurers Club, 1968. hardcover. Featherstone, Donald : The bowmen of England: The story of the English longbow. London : Adventurers Club, 1968. Reprint of the 1967 1st in this (very nice) book club format. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color dj. Plain white endpapers. 200 numbered pp plus eight glossy pp b&w illus to center. Author's intro, list of illus, prologue, epilogue, bibliography, index; along the way, covers (among others) Falkirk, Bannockburn, Halidon Hill, Sluys, Morlaix, Crecy, Neville's Cross, Mauron, Poitiers, Homildon Hill, Agincourt, Verneuil, Rouvray, Patay, and Flodden Field. Condition notes: DJ unclipped, incl on back flap a 'Friend's Enrolment Form' for the club, wear particularly to spine ends and top front where an old price sticker removed some color; binding shows spine ends rolled and corners bumped but no sunning; no notes or highlighting. A nice copy of a classic work. We personally inspect every… Read More

Nordland Pub Intl, 1982. Paperback. Fedotov, George P. : Treasury of Russian Spirituality. Belmont (MA) : Nordland Publishing Co, 1975. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy white wrappers w/green and brown text. Xviii pp prelim material, 501 numbered pp (but begins at p 12), plus three blank. Author's preface, chapters on (inter alia) St. Sergius, St. Seraphim, John of Kronstadt, and Way of a Pilgrim; list of illus, notes, bibliography. Condition notes: a solidly constructed volume; tanning to wrappers, light soiling to top edge; no notes/highlighting; binding sound. Quite a nice copy of an important work. Please note that this is the paperback edition - ISBN apparently shared by both hb/pb. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Stanford University Press, 1970. paperback. Fehrenbacher, Don E. : Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850's. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1962 edition/1970 printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth, black lettering to spine. Lacks dj. Plain white endpapers. Xiv pp prelim material, 205 numbered pp, five blank following. Author's preface, seven chapters, bibliographical notes, notes, index. Condition notes: Ex library with typical stamps and stickers; spine tail discolored by removal of sticker; corners bumped, spine ends rolled, spine slightly cocked. Lacks dj. Rear free endpaper has been neatly removed. General tanning, with a few more pronounced spots where tape once resided. Numerous pages show light pen or pencil notes, not too distracting, no highlighter. Quite solid reading copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

B. G. Teubner, 1873. Fourth Edition. Feller, F. E. (Friedrich Ernst) : Nuovo Dizionario Portatile Italiano-Tedesco, Tedesco-Italiano, Vol I. Lipsia [Leipzig] : B. G. Teubner, [1873]. Quarta edizione/fourth edition. Size is 16mo, 4 1/16"/10.3cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's brown leather, four gilt bands to spine, with nos 2 and 3 framing gilt title; boards marbled green and white paper. Edges speckled. Plain white endpapers. [i-ii] title page and verso (blank), [1]-532 (collated and all confirmed present; a handful of pages remain untrimmed). Entries in Italian with German equivalents; eight page geographical section to end. Condition notes: binding sound. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Wear and some spotty darkening to paper boards. Interior unmarked with occasional/spotty foxing. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Fergie's Follies, 2007. Hardcover. Ferguson, Pat : Gone Huntin': A Generation of Hunting in Northern British Columbia. Clearwater (B.C., Can) : Fergie's Follies, 2007. Second printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's color photographic paper over boards. Lacks dustjacket, possibly issued without. Plain white endpapers. 192 numbered pp. Color and b&w photos/drawings. Condition notes: Light wear to boards, spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Author signature to title page, else no notes or highlighting. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. hardcover. Fergusson, Bernard : The Watery Maze: The Story of Combined Operations. New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First American edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's forest green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Front endpapers: B&w&red map: Combined Operations - France, North Africa, the Mediterranean. Rear endpapers: B&w&red map: Operation Neptune/France 1944. 445 numbered pp, plus seven blank to end; an additional six sheets/12 pp of b&w photos are scattered, unpaginated, through text. Author's foreword, 17 chaps, appendices (list of code names/objectives; abbrev; bibliography), index. Many b&w maps scattered throughout. Condition notes: a very nice copy of the first American edition. Binding tight and square, spine ends rolled, a bit of soiling/spotting (not foxing) to textblock edges; interior tanned but clean/unmarked. Unclipped DJ slightly tattered with numerous small chips… Read More

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1920. Paperback. Ferrar, William John : The Saints of Cornwall. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1920. First edition/First impression. Small octavo size (8vo), 6.5"/16.5cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. 64 numbered pp, plus [ii] frontispiece (b&w photo of St. Buryan's Church), not numbered. Intro, chapters on Irish, Welsh, Native Saints, a Saxon Saint, Saints of Armorica (Brittany), and Foreign Saints. Condition notes: wrappers quite worn, binding beginning to crack. Smudges to covers; spine missing 2cm cover material to head, while 3cm piece to tail is flapping. Scattered pencil notes. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Field, Ron; Hook, Adam [Illustrator] : Appomattox 1865: Lee's last campaign. New York : Osprey, 2015. First edition. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Savas Beatie, 2012. hardcover. Finck, James W. : Divided Loyalties: Kentucky????????s Struggle for Armed Neutrality in the Civil War. El Dorado Hills (CA) : Savas Beatie, 2012. Foreword by William C. Davis. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black paper boards, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color dj. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 243 numbered pp, plus three w/o numbers. Foreword, intro, notes, b&w photos/graphs/maps aplenty, appendix of relevant documents, bibliography, index, about the author. Condition notes: a lovely, nearly flawless copy; no notes or highlighting, clean, tight, bright, light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Holy Cross Orthodox Press. paperback. Fitzgerald, Kyriaki Karidoyanes : Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church: Called to Holiness and Ministry. Brookline (MA) : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999. Revised edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.125"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers (featuring "The first deaconesses" by the hand of Kostas Xenopoulos). Xxviii pp prelim material, 227 numbered pp, plus one blank. Letter to the author from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; author's preface; prologue (by Evangelos D. Theodorou); nine chaps; appendices (partial list of women deacon saints, Byzantine Ordination Rite of the Deaconess, excerpts from several other relevant historical documents, prayer for the ordination of a deaconess). Condition notes: Excellent, unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers, no crease to spine. Light fold to tail edge. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fitzharris, Joseph C. : The Hardest Lot of Men: The Third Minnesota Infantry in the Civil War (Volume 67) (Campaigns and Commanders Series). Norman (OK) : University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9 3/8"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue simulated cloth, gilt lettering to spine, barcode to lower rear board. Matte color dj features detail of sergeants of Company E from the Mn Historical Society. Plain white endpapers. Xiv pp prelim material, 323 numbered pp, five unnumbered following. B&w maps and photos, notes, bibliography, index. The author presented earlier version of this information in paper form to the Twin Cities Civil War Roundtable. Condition notes: a fine, clean, tight, square copy. Matte dj shows smudges readily; it has been covered in mylar wrapper. No notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Nordland Pub Intl, 1979. paperback. Florovsky, Georges : Ways of Russian Theology, Part One (Volume Five in the Collected Works of Georges Florovsky). Belmont (MA) : Nordland Publishing Co, 1979. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy white wrappers w/blue and black text. [i-vii], viii-xviii, [xix-Xx] pp prelim material, 1-381, [382-386] blank. Editor Richard Haugh's preface, translator's Robert Nichols' note, author's preface; chapters on the Crisis of Russian Byzantinism, the Encounter with the West, the Contradictions of the 17th Century, the St. Petersburg Revolution, and the Struggle for Theology; notes; index appears in Part Two (separate volume). Condition notes: light wear, no spine crease to wrappers. Interior shows booksellers label to tail half-title page, else no notes or highlighting. A near-fine copy of a hard to find volume. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Buechervertriebsanstalt, 1987. hardcover. Florovsky, Georges : Aspects of Church History (Collected Works of Georges Florovsky, Vol 4). Vaduz : Notable & Academic / B??chervertriebsanstalt, 1987. Series edited by Richard S. Haugh. Translators: not credited. ISBN 3905238047. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. 231 numbered pp (pp [i]- [xii] use Roman numerals; Arabic numbering starts (erroneously) at [11]; [232-234] blank). In Memoriam (about author), Aspects of Patristic Thought and History (including a brief essay on "The Hagia Sophia Churches"; Aspects of Russian Church History; notes and references. Condition notes: a clean, tight, unmarked copy with bumped corners/rolled spine ends, moderate wear to boards and the remains of a sticker to back. Interior shows light tanning. Lacking dust-jacket, possibly issued without. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Notable & Academic Book, 1987. hardcover. Florovsky, Georges : The Eastern Fathers of the 4th Century (Collected Works of Georges Florovsky, Vol 7). Vaduz : Notable & Academic / B??chervertriebsanstalt, 1987. Series edited by Richard S. Haugh. Translators: Catherine Edmunds. ISBN 3905238071. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. [i-v], vi-xiv prelim material, with Arabic numbering starting at [15], 16-274, [275-276] blank. In Memoriam (about author), author's preface, 13 chaps (Basic Features of Theology in the Fourth Century; St. Athanasius; St. Cyril of Jerusalem; St. Basil the Great; St. Gregory the Theologian; St. Gregory of Nyssa; St. Eustathius of Antioch; Didymus the Blind; St. Amphilochius of Iconium; St. Epiphanius of Cyprus; St. John Chrysostom; Jacob Aphraates; St. Ephraem the Syrian). Condition notes: a near-fine, clean, tight, unmarked copy with a lower rolled spine end, light wear to boards. Interior shows… Read More

Minnesota Historical Society, 1924. hardcover. Folwell, William Watts : A History of Minnesota - Vol II. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1924. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.125"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board; top edge stained gilt. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 477 numbered pp, plus one blank; in addition: one foldout diagram, four unpaginated pp maps, 10 unpaginated pp plates. Lists of illus/maps; 12 chaps (from "Admission to the Union" [1857] to "Gleanings" [through 1865]; appendix (with 17 entries), index. Notes and maps passim. Condition notes: A fine, unmarked copy of the 1924 edition (dated to both title page and copyright page) with the following flaws: lacks dj, likely issued without; moderate wear to boards, spine ends rolled, corners bumped, sunning to spine, a small but noticeable gash to front board (see photo); interior tanned but clean/unmarked. Binding solid. Also included as a bonus are two small ephemeral… Read More

Minnesota Historical Society, 1926. Folwell, William Watts : A History of Minnesota - Vol III. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1926. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.125"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board; top edge stained gilt. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 605 numbered pp, plus one blank; in addition: five unpaginated pp maps, 10 unpaginated pp plates. Editor's intro, lists of illus/maps; 15 chaps (from "After the War" [1865] to "A Chronicle of Recent Events" [through 1925]; appendix (with 19 entries), index. Notes and maps passim. Condition notes: A fine, unmarked copy of the 1926 edition (dated to both title page and copyright page) with the following flaws: lacks dj, likely issued without; moderate wear to boards, spine ends rolled, corners bumped, sunning to spine; interior tanned but clean/unmarked. Binding solid. An inch of the tail fore-corner of textblock stained; pp 571-580 show small tears - see photo. Also included as… Read More

William Morrow, 1978. First Edition. hardcover. Fontaine, Joan : No Bed of Roses: An Autobiography. New York : William Morrow, 1978. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's black paper boards, off-white cloth spine, gilt lettering to latter. Glossy b&w/color photographic dj. Tan endpapers with red rose illus. [1-7], 8, [9-11], 12-319, [320]. B&w photos, index. Condition notes: a solid first printing: unclipped dustjacket worn, tanned, with numerous small closed tears and chips, folding. Spine ends rolled, loss of color to head of paper binding, some tanning to spine. Interior tanned but clean. We personally inspect every book we offer.

F.E. Robinson & Co. paperback. Forbes, Urquhart A., and Burmester, Arnold C. : Our Roman Highways. London : F.E. Robinson & Co, 1904. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, white lettering to spine, same to front board plus ornamentation; bevelled boards; top edge gilt; fore- and tail-edges untrimmed. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 259 numbered pp, [260-262] advertisements for publisher's series of histories of the colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, plus Trinity College, Dublin; two fold out maps included, not part of pagination. B&w illus, maps. Authors' preface, detailed table of contents, list of illus; Xiv chaps; Itinerary of Antoninus relating to Britain; appendices (portion of Ptolemy's Geography; the Diaphragmata of Richard of Cirenchester cf Antoninus; the Notitia Imperii relating to the Saxon Shore and the Roman Wall; stations marked on the Peutinger Table (British content only) cf Antoninus; List of Roman Towns and… Read More

Praeger, 2004. hardcover. Ford, Ken : St. Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid (Praeger Illustrated Military History). Westport (CT) : Praeger Publishers, 2004. Size is octavo (8vo), 10"/25.3cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial paper boards. 96 numbered pp. Text, b&w and color maps/photos/illus. Condition notes: a clean, tight, unmarked copy. Moderate wear to boards. We personally inspect every book we offer.