Search Results: Titles starting with F from Elk River Books

New York: North Point Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo (24cm), pp. 261. Brown boards with black quarter cloth binding and gilt lettering on spine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed and inscribed by Cheever "To Joseph Gioia with my best regards," and dated June 14, 1977, on front free endpaper. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 214. Black cloth with title stamped into front board, white spine titling. Deckle edge. Blue jacket with author photo on back. Spine-cocked with sunning to top edge and bumping to spine ends. Jacket is price-clipped. Gioia was a senior editor at Modern Photography, a contributing editor at American Photo, an early contributor to Salon[dot]com, and the author of The Guitar and the New World: A Fugitive History and Divide's Guide to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book comes from his private estate.

New York: Putnams, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 432. Gray boards with silver stamped star, red quarter-paper and silver spine text. Bumping to edges of boards and jacket.

New York: Viking Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (24 cm), pp. 424. Gray cloth with green and blue spine titling. Black jacket with $12.50 original price. An Esalen book, series edited by Stuart Miller. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Bumping to spine ends. Jacket with moderate chipping, closed tears.

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp.199. Pictorial wraps, signed by author on title page. Front cover is creased at corner, has faint pink mark. A reprint of one of Wheeler's mid-career novels, featuring sheriff and doctor Santiago Toole.

Barcelona: Ediciones Omega, 1986. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 858. Pictorial boards and endpapers, no jacket. Includes more than 3,000 illustrations, 163 in color, along with 98 maps. Former owner's name on bottom edge of text block, stamp stamped on title page. Light edge wear.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. #38/200. Signed by author and artist on limitation page. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 58. Handsome two-toned gray cloth with lizard motif. No jacket as issued. Illustrations by Elizabeth Hughes Bass.

New York: Forge, 2001. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (24cm), pp. 383. Black boards with gilt text on spine. Inscribed by author on title page, "For Steve, I admire your courage." Jacket has light wear at head/tail of spine, small closed tear.

Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited edition (84 of 400), signed by author on colophon page. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 347. Black cloth with gilt spine text, in original slipcase, with pictorial jacket. The final novel to feature Milo Milodragovitch, and winner of the 2001 Silver Dagger award. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

New York: Forge, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 349. Navy boards with gilt titling. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Boards show bumping at tail of spine.

New York: Forge, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Signed by author on title page. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 349. Navy boards with gilt titling. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Boards show bumping at tail of spine.

New York: Forge, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 349. Navy boards with gilt titling. Pictorial jacket. From Wheeler's popular Barnaby Skye series. As new, gift quality condition.

New York: Heritage Press, 1958. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto (29.4 cm), pp. 466. Green cloth boards with stamped floral motif, with red quarter cloth and gilt and green spine titling. Foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. "Containing complete librettos of the 14 operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances together with facsimilies of the first-night programmes." Vignette illustrations throughout. Includes the related copy of "Sandglass" pamphlet. Facsimilie programs are the complete set in a gilt paperboard box. A previous owner has also added a October 29, 1992 program from the Dartmouth College production of The Mikado. Staining to spine and very slight bumping, rubbing to boards, else fine. Slipcase shows minor rubbing and edge wear.

n.p. [Missoula, MT]: Frontier, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Limited edition, #6/400, signed and inscribed on dedication page: "Nov. 12, 1989, For Mary, great writer and fellow night hag. Let's keep being us. Love, Lee." Handsewn wraps with illustration by Deborah Clow. Black endpapers. A chapbook of poetry, closing with "Night Hags over America. Winner of the Merriam-Frontier Award. Light soiling to wraps, thread on binding is loosening.

Scappoose, OR: Flying Pencil Publications, 1993. Paperback. Fine. Octavo (23cm), pp. 173. Signed by author on full title page. Cover has slight corner wear.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Unstated edition, presumed first. Small octavo (21 cm), pp. 144. Orange cloth with gilt and black spine titling. White illustrated jacket with $3.50 price. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light bumping to spine ends. Jacket shows minor chipping and soiling, else fine.

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto (28.5 cm), pp. 102. Color illustrated boards. Numerous black and white illustrations plus six color plates by Emile A. Nelson. Significant edge wear to boards, dampstaining to inside front, smudging to several pages. No jacket, as issued. [Baumgarten, Author 100] An early aviation adventure story by the author of The Magic Aeroplane.

New York: Gallery Books, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 326. Signed by author on half-title page. Light blue boards with orange quarter-cloth and gilt spine text. Book and jacket in unread, pristine condition.

Laramie, WY: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wyoming, 1962-1972. Staplebound wraps. Near fine. Set of eight octavo (23 cm) volumes with paper wrappers. All are stamped on front wrapper with previous owner's name. Bindings are tight, texts are clean.From Archives West: "C. L. Porter was born in January 15, 1905 in Gujranwala, India to American and British Missionaries. He recieved B.S. and M.S. degrees in Botany from the University of Michigan in 1928 and 1929 respectively. He and his wife moved to Wyoming, where he taught Botany from 1929-1943. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1937, he became assistant curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, and later served as curator from 1943-1968. He died January 8, 2000 in Peoria, Arizona."

Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 117. Includes B&W illustrations and maps.