Search Results: Titles starting with F from Glenn Books

London: C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press, 1812. Covers with two sets of double-fillet gilt borders with corner rosettes. Between them a border of gilt grape leaves. Inner blind-stamped designs. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs. Inner dentelles, Old light purple endpapers. All edges gilt. Edges and joints just a bit scuffed, but firmly-bound. Verso of Contents page has a light smudge at top. Remainder of the book is quite crisp and clean. A total of 67 fables in two parts. Engraved head and tail piece vignettes. A charming, mellow volume. First edition was published in 1720. xx, 226pp. . Later Edition. Full Red Morocco. Gentle Edge Wear./No Jacket. 6 1/2" x 4".

London: Darton and Harvey, for Rivington et al, 1793. Rebacked retaining the leather spine label. Cover bordered in double-ruled blind fillets. Corners and edges worn. Endpapers darkened at periphery, appear to be original. Engraved title-page with vignette. Engraved memorial frontispiece, by Neagle, bound following the 11-page "Life of John Gay". The fables are in two parts, 66 in all, each embellished with a copper-engraving. These are found two to a page, each an oval vignette. Title-page shows moderate foxing, confined mainly to the edges. Text is very fresh, indeed. Some plates are slightly darkened along peripheral borders, with only occasional light foxing. Table of fables directly precedes the first fable. A nicely-restored English fable book, beautifully-illustrated with copper-plates. The author died in 1732, 61 years before this book was published. 256pp.. Later Edition. Contemporary Tree Calf. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

London: J.J. Stockdale, 1810. Spine designs in gilt. Internally quite clean. Widely margined. A totasl of 30 wood engravings including the frontispiece. Neat ink inscription at to of front free endpaper dated 1815. A collection of fables including such titles as "The Misanthrope and the Grasshopper", "The Farmer, The Owl, and the Rat". Each fable is prefaced by one of the wood engravings. Some controversy exists as to just who engraved them-some say it was Bewick.314pp + advert.. First Edition. Half Leather, Marbled Boards. Moderate General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

London: R. Sare, et al, 1704. together with: "FABLES AND STORYES MORALIZED. BEING A SECOND PART OF THE FABLES OF AESOP.. R.Sare, London, 1699. Twenty-eight page "Life of Aesop" in front of the book.Notes in an old hand rear endpaper and laid-in card. Contemporary panelled covers, The book has been rebacked by professional handbinder, new endpapers from old matching stock.New black leather spine labels. Leather has been renourished. Original panelled covers are well-preserved. See photos. Frontispiece portrait of L'Estrange and full-page engraving of Aesop surrounded by animals from his fables. Wide margins, clean text. Slightly darker toned paper used in rear 1/3 of the tome. A very nicely-preserved copy.. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Full Contemporary Calf. General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Tall Quarto, 12" x 8 1/2".

London: B. Crosby and Company, 1804. Marbled boards, matching endpapers. Covers and spine rubbed. Title-page very foxed, with light to moderate foxing throughout the text. "A Life of the Author" by F. Blagdon is prefixed to the text. Water-staining at bottom edge of the first few pages. Engraved title vignettes and floral chapter ends by Stothard. Eleven fables in all followed by a two-page advertisement for the publisher. The first edition was marketed in 1771. 81pp.. Later Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Corner Wear./No Jacket.

Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1927. Light soiling of covers. Small chip missing bottom1/2" of spine. Text clean. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were immigrant Italian anarchists who were found guilty of first-degree murder of a guard and a paymaster in an armed robbery in Braintree, Mass. in 1920. Evidence was sketchy at best but they were convicted and sentenced to die for the crime. Fierce legal and PR battles raged the next few years in an effort to save their lives. Primary sponsor was the committe that published this book. Turmoil and tension in the country prevailed, and they were executed in 1927. 127pp.. First Edition. Brown Wrappers. Moderate Cover Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton , 1924. Elaborate gilt pictorial cover and spine. One small nick at bottom of front cover without loss of cloth. Twelve full-page, tipped-in color plates by KAY NIELSEN. Numerous text illustrations in black and white. Slight bubbling of endpapers inside front cover and on rear cover. Occasional peripheral foxing on a few pages. A bright copy. 197pp.. First Trade Edition.. Green Ribbed Cloth. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket.. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Quarto.

Lincoln: Jacob North, Printers, 1902. Seventeen short stories of the West. The author , also known as "Rex M", wrote tales of the West for youngsters in various periodical of the time. He called it "clean fiction". 165pp.. First Edition. Light Green Cloth. Light Wear and Soiling/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1894. TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. Panelled spines with gilt designs. Two brown leather spine labels. Volume 1 has frontispiece portrait of Scott and vignette title-page. Volume 2 has the vignette title-page. Large folding map facsimile of Abbotsford in 1811, hand-colored, at rear. Light foxing occasionally, mainly confined to preliminary pages. 445-435pp. A companion binding to our #014553. . First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

New York: The Platt and Munk Company, 1945. Color plate onlay front cover. Illustrations by Irving L. Holcombe. 21 illustrations in color with descriptions. . Third Edition. Persimmon Cloth. Minor Wear Only/Chipped Dust Jacket. Grand Octavo.

New York: The Platt and Munk Company, 1940. Color paper onlay front cover in nearly fine condition. Dust jacket is chipped, some old tape repairs, and detached at the spine without paper loss. Twenty full-page color plates by Irvin L. Holcombe. From the Wright brothers' plane to the Boeing Stratoliner. Illustrations are on the recto with accompanying text on the adjacent page. Unpaginated.. First Edition. Red Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Oblong Quarto.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1983. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. With an introduction by Robert Cantwell and engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. 400 pp. This classic English novel was first published in 1874. The author (1840-1928) was an Engklish novelist and poet. His novels "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and this work were voted to be in the top fifty on BBC's survey "The Big Read".. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Manhattan, Kansas: S.C. Orr, V.S., 1896. Front cover gilt lettering remains bright. "A short and plain description of the ordinary diseases of horses and cattle, with simple, practical rules for their care and treatment. Divided into two parts-horses and cattle. A concise look at causes, symptoms, and treatment. 160pp. Quite a clean copy throughout. This is the only original edition presently for sale on the major internet book sites, all others are reprints-on-demand.. First Edition. Black Cloth. Moderate General Wear/No Jacket. Small Octavo.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1890. Lettered in black. Free edges chipped in places. Preliminary pages foxed. Reprinted from "The Scots Observer". A letter written in defense of the famous priest who founded the leprosarium on Molokai Island, and who, himself, died of the dreaded disease. 30pp.. First Edition. Brown Wrappers. Light Edge Wear and Soiling. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. TRanslated from the Russian by Constance Garnett abd illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". First published in 1862, this is one of the most acclaimed Russian novels of the 19th century.Turgenev lived from 1818-1883. 234pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Modern translation by Alice Raphael. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. From the Easton series, "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Occasional underling and marginal notes in a fine hand. Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, theatre director, critic. 183pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Burgundy Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2001. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on limitation page. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about the book and author are laid-in at front. First published in 1973. 336pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Deep Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Edinburgh: John Reid, 1692. A recent facsimile copy of the original edition. Loose-leaf in plastic binder. A copy of our book inventory number 012248 listed at $5000.00. See Thimm p. 138 for details. . Facsimile of the Original Book. Fine./No Jacket. Quarto.

New York: Winchester Press, 1974. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Well-illustrated with photographs and drawings. Plates on decorative wraps in color. Chapters on selection of the blank, tools and materials, design, ordering material, construction details, wrapping guides and trim, rod care. 189pp.. First Edition.. Green Cloth. Nearly Fine./Light Edge Wear.. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1969. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Illustrated by Joseph Domjan. The battles are: Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metaurus, Arminius, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, and Waterloo. We found two underlined passages through the text, otherwise quite clean and crisp copy. This book was first published in 1851. 211pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Quarto.