Search Results: Titles starting with F from Charles Agvent

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines very slightly sunned. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #403 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a little sunned. Near Fine in a broken slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #1022 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on each front pastedown along with a neat ink owner name dated 1930. Spines a little sunned, as usual. Still Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #810 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Fine later slipcase issued by the publisher. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Of a total of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where it is also marked "Office Copy" rather than numbered. Acquired directly from the publisher's family.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a touch sunned. Fine in a Very Good slipcase with repaired bottom edge. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #668 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

(New York): Random House, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear to book; very small chip to head of somewhat faded spine of the dustwrapper. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper. Second collection of short stories by this chronicler of East Texas. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to a close friend at the time of publication: "To Florence--/With affection and/my wishes for her happiness./Bill/New York City/July, 1960."

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on each front pastedown. The spines of the dustwrappers have just a touch of the sunning and none of the foxing on the panels usually found with this title. The slipcase is near pristine. Fine in close to Fine dustwrappers and a Fine slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #1185 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. The uncommon dustwrappers are present as is the slipcase. A lovely set of this, one of the underrated books of the press. Monthly Letter laid in.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. The spines of the dustwrappers slightly darkened with some chipping to the tips and the typical foxing to the side panels. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrappers and a Near Fine, intact slipcase with foxing to the paper spine label. Agnes Miller Parker. Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #916 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. The uncommon dustwrappers are present as is the slipcase. One of the underrated books of the press.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine in slightly foxed, Very Good dustwrappers with sunned spines and chipping at the tips, in a Very Good slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. One of the underrated books of the press.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Spines sunned. Still Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers with an internal tape repair and sunned spines, in a Very Good, intact slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #844 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. One of the underrated books of the press.

Boston: James Osgood, 1881. First Edition. Dec. green cloth. Slightly cocked, a little rubbed. VG. 1st printing. BAL 2055. Early work by the author of LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY and THE SECRET GARDEN.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some darkening. This early novel by Goyen is lengthily and beautifully INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to a close friend:"To my very special Florence,/part of my life and its deepest/feelings. My wishes for you/are so many that I'd have to/write another book to tell you./In my heart, dear Florence--/and joy ahead for all of us./Bill/New York City/November 10, 1963/My Wedding Day/William Goyen."

London: Boriswood, (1937). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Lovely copy. Foreword by the author. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York & Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in the later, more practical slipcase issued by the publisher. Alice Neel. Tall folio (11-1/2" x 15-1/2") bound in red goatskin and marbled boards. Illustrated with an etching and two lithographs by Alice Neel who died shortly before publication of the book. Copy #992 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by Raphael Soyer who contributes an afterword about the artist. This copy is additionally SIGNED by Neel and is one of a small but unknown number thus. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Random House, (1980). First Edition. hardcover. Slight spotting to the bulked top edge of the text. Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper in Charlottesville in 1986. In addition, laid in is a piece of paper on which is written, "This a great novel." Beattie has responded by writing below "Yes No Maybe Other," each with a box next to it. She has checked the box "Maybe" and written "Thank you, though--/--Ann."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Georgia native's third book and first novel. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. SIGNED by the author and dated 30 September 1995 on the title page.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1878. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Front endpaper detached; hinges cracked. Slight fraying to the spine head. Good. Original cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to a noted abolitionist: "Mrs. Maria W. Chapman/with the respects of/John Bartlett/1878." With Chapman's early pencil signature using her maiden name above Bartlett's inscription. Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the radical antislavery leader William Lloyd Garrison. She edited THE LIBERATOR, a widely-circulated abolitionist publication.

New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1904. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps; [10] pages. Part of the Friendly Animal Series. Brief stories about a horse, a cow, and a calf. Illustrated with a chromolithographed cover and 4 full-page color plates.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Wraps. Fine in the uncommon proof dustwrapper, also Fine. Blue printed wraps with dustwrapper. Uncorrected Proof of gay author's first book, a collection of stories.