Search Results: Authors starting with F from Bluebird Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. A biography of Charles II (1630-1685), who served as King of Scotland, and later as King of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Restoration in 1660. Despite lacking significant accomplishments during his reigns, Charles was a very popular monarch, especially with common citizens. With 16 pages of color plates and 100 illustrations in black & white. Includes an introduction by general editor Antonia Fraser. --- In full purple cloth-covered boards with cover coat of arms portion and spine titling, both in gilt. Dust jacket with Jansenss painting of Charles dancing to front panel. --- With some light sunning to cloth and inked gift inscription to front endpaper, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Dust jacket with unclipped $10 flap price, minor chafing and creasing to edges but overall intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in.… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0340649313 . A first printing of the Hodder & Stoughton edition of Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables's ". . .celebration of the pleasures and possibilities of the alpine-style approach in climbing the 6000-, 7000- and 8000-metre peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram." With dozens of spectacular color photos of various mountain scenes and of climbers. Also with several maps. Andy Fanshawe was killed in a fall in Scotland before this work was complete; Stephen Venables took over and completed the project. --- In full blue linen-finish paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with vivid color photos to front and back panels. The jacket bears the name and ISBN of an American edition published by The Mountaineers of Seattle. --- An about-Fine, gift-worthy copy: well-preserved, bright and unmarked. Unclipped, unpriced jacket is intact and bright,… Read More

London: Tate Publishing. Fine. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 1854374672 . A softcover work, showcasing the sculpture of England's Lynn Chadwick, who fashioned human or animal figures into abstract shapes in steel or bronze; sometimes his work was strictly abstract. The work published in conjunction with a retrospective Chadwick exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London in 2003-2004. --- With a wrap-around image of one of the artist's abstract sculptures to covers. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy lacking damages worthy of mention.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 128 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library signed edition presenting the first novel in James T. Farrell's famed Studs Lonigan trilogy. This is the story of a young Chicago Irish man who struggles greatly during the early part of the 20th century. Signed by author on a leaf near front of volume. Includes illustrations by Mitchell Hooks and a special introductory note by the author. Franklin Library "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. --- Bound in full olive bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Green silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a hint of sunning to edges of moire endpapers,… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1938-44]. Hardcover. A Modern Library Giant edition presenting James T. Farrell's famed trilogy (containing Young Lonigan, Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan and Judgement Day) complete and unabridged in this single volume. This is the story of a young Chicago Irish man who struggles greatly during the early part of the 20th century. Includes two introductions: one by the author and one by John Chamberlain. This work was named to the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. --- In Toledano spine G4 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine blocks / gilt-stamped ML torchbearer on front cover & spine / faded red topstain / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1938-1944 (though 1934 date appears in volume). ML #G41.1. --- A Good-only copy, with general dulling to covers and cover gilding, prior owner's bookplate affixed to to front paste-down, and light tanning… Read More

New York: Hastings House - Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0803863365 . The prolific author S. Kip Farrington has compiled this catalog of locomotives in operation from 1923 through 1950. The author rode in the locomotives for many of these trains. He has provided black & white photos and specifications for each, and has included details of his rides. Also with tables and technical information. With an introduction by noted railroad artist Howard Fogg. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with titling in white to cover and spine. Volume wrapped in jacket with a color photo of Southern Pacific unit no. 4449 to front panel. --- A very nice copy: bright, unmarked and tightly-bound but with some foxing to textblock top edge. Bright, unclipped jacket with a few creases but otherwise in great shape and in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1946]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting Howard Fast's historical novel of George Washington and the American Revolution. Includes maps of New Jersey and New York City areas in 1776. Volume in jacket with a front panel color illustration of Washington. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 309 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1946 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #239.1. --- With dulling to cover & spine gilding and prior owner's signature & info. to half title, else a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.25) with chafing to extremities but remaining bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; [14], 316, [6, ads] pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1956]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Faulkner's 7th novel, a story of small town life in the American South, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (based on his actual home county of Lafayette). First published in 1932. With an introduction by Richard H. Rovere. Volume in black and yellow jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 377 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1956 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #88.5. --- With discoloration to edges of cloth, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a few small tears & rubbing to front panel, strip of darkening to back panel, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 444, (6, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1962-63]. Hardcover. William Faulkner's landmark 1936 work is an important part of the literature of the American South. This Modern Library reprint edition includes chronology, genealogy and map at rear of volume. Includes an introduction by Harvey Breit. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on maroon spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1962 (though 1951 date appears in book). ML #271.1. --- Something has been spilled on the outside of the book, leaving a spot of soiling to textblock top edge and a few spots of soiling on covers. Interior of volume with erased inked notation to title page, otherwise clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Note: A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item. ; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xii, 7-378, (8), (8, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1947]. Hardcover. William Faulkner's novel, first published in 1931, deals grippingly with the difficult subject of rape. The author maintained that he wrote the novel strictly to make money, but it was a success with critics as well as the public. This later edition includes a new introduction by the author. Volume wrapped in jacket with E. McKnight Kauffer illustration to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 329 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1947 (though 1932 date appears in book). ML #61.2. --- With underlinings and notations in red ink to perhaps as many as 25 leaves in the back half of the book, age-toning to leaves and mild soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Fair-only price-clipped, brittle dust jacket with complete vertical split, several tears and a… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition (preceding the Random House trade edition). A collection of stories by William Faulkner which fall into one of three kinds: those which were published but never in a Faulkner short-story collection, those which he revised to become parts of later books, and those which have remained (until now) unpublished. Edited and with an introduction by Joseph Blotner, with drawn portrait of the author by Alan Reingold. An entry in the publisher's First Edition Society series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full black bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Grey silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c.1959]. Hardcover. Two of William Faulkner's most admired novels in one volume. With a new 'appendix' as a foreword by the author. In green Mariam Woods-designed dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 415 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1962 (though 1946 date appears in book). ML #187.2. --- With prior owner's signature to half title & slightly warped front board, otherwise a very nice copy: clean, tightly bound and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with scuffing along most of spine, bluish soiling to back panel and scuffed spot to front panel, else intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; (4), 532, (8, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1955 (confirmed by number of ML titles on jacket verso). William Faulkner's examination of black/white relations in his native Mississippi takes the unique form of seven complementary short stories. Volume wrapped in bright blue, black and yellow variant jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 372 titles in ML catalog. ML #175.4. --- With discreet bookseller label to front free endpaper & slight wear to cover edges, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing, slight spine darkening and mild chafing to edges, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); (8), 383 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of William Faulkner's 7th novel, first published in 1932. The story presents the author's take on small town life in the American South, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (based on his actual home county of Lafayette). Volume wrapped in simple typographic dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 10 / green cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso lists ML 415 titles. Likely published c.1963 (though 1959 date appears in book). ML #88.6. --- Interior of volume with numerous markings in black ink along edges of text, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with small tears & chips to extremities, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); (4), 444 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c.1969-70]. Hardcover. 0394601750 . A Modern Library reprint edition of William Faulkner's examination of black/white relations in his native Mississippi. This unique work takes the form of seven complementary short stories. In simple typographical dust jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 14 in black cloth-look paper-covered boards / titling & torchbearer stamped in silver on spine / ml device blindstamped to front cover / blue & yellow Fujita endpapers. Volume bears 1955 date but likely published c.1969-70. Jacket style o, verso is blank. ML #175.4. --- A tightly-bound, clean and unmarked copy though with a hint of soiling to cloth. Price-clipped dust jacket with tears to extremities (especially to spine ends) but remaining bright, mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); (8), 383, (8, ads) pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. New York cop's turbulent life is the focus of author's novel. In navy quarter cloth and green paperboard covers; interior clean & bright. 2nd printing. DJ in great shape and w/orig $5.95 flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. A collection of much-admired poetry, selected by Hazel Felleman, former editor of the New York Times Book Review Notes and Queries. The poems are organized by topics, such as "Love," "Friendship," "Humor, Nonsense and Whimsey," etc. --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped decorations and titling to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with prior owner's signature to front paste-down.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxiv, 454 pages .

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and a pseudo-biography of his best-known creation, Tarzan. Burroughs began the journey of Tarzan by writing stories featuring his famous character, then he added full-length novels which were made into popular movies and a very successful comic strip. With several black & white photos, often showing the various men who played Tarzan in the several movies made from the books of Mr. Burroughs. --- In full tobacco brown cloth-covered boards with spine titling in green; green topstain. Volume in jacket with photographic portraits of Burroughs and Tarzan (as portrayed by Elmo Lincoln) to cover. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped jacket with chafing, minor sunning to spine and a few small tears, else bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in.… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. The prolific author's novel is the story of a family in the Pacific Northwest. Post-war book club edition in full blue cloth-covered boards; dust jacket. --- A clean, firm copy but w/previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Dust jacket with some chipping and small tears along edges, sticker on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company. Very Good-. 1909. Hardcover. Compiler James Fernald provides the reader with suggestions for the proper use of English words, rather in the style of the later and much longer "Dictionary of Modern English Usage" as published by England's H. W. Fowler in 1926. This slim, narrow edition is compact enough to fit into one's pocket. --- In olive cloth-covered boards with titling in black and decorations in green to cover. --- With spots of scuffing to front and back panels, else a well-preserved copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; 34, (6, ads) pages .