Search Results: Titles starting with F from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

[Los Angeles]: Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1965. Good condition/None. The Best from APA L, 1965, Fred Patten and Tom Gilbert (editors), Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, [Los Angeles], (Salamander Press Publication, issue 108), 1965. 11 x 8.5 inches. Unpaginated. Staple bound, yellow and blue wraps with b&w illustrations. Table of contents is paginated until 124pp but leaves are unpaginated. Some color illustrations. Previous owners' names written on title page and on the inside of the rear wrap. Wraps have moderate creasing and soiling. Good condition. APA (Amateur Press Association) L was patterned directly from the APA F group in New York with the intention as being a vehicle of communication between publishing and non-publishing members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS). This issue contains favorite illustrations, letters, reviews, musings and science fiction and fantasy tales from previous issues. Some of the authors in this issue include John Trimble, Bruce… Read More

Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1897. Good. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1893-94, John Wesley Powell, Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1897, 11.5 x 8.5 inches, 366 pp. Dark olive green boards with gilt stamped illustration of an Indigenous person in a feathered headdress to front, gilt stamped lettering to spine, and blind stamped border to front and back boards. Newspaper clipping from an 1898 paper named "The Sun" laid in to first free endpapers; the clipping is of an article titled "Gala Day at Columbia", and recounts the 144th commencement ceremonies. A paragraph about cash prizes awarded for best books published in archaeology, ethnology, and philology is framed and underlined in black ink. Spine and all corners bumped and rubbed; moderate scuffing to front and light scuffing to back board; front and top edge of text block and endpapers foxed. Good condition. The United States Congress established… Read More

Kansas City, MO: Fred Harvey. Hardcover. Good/None. First Families of the Southwest, Huckel, J. F, Fred Harvey, Kansas City, MO, early edition, unpaginated, 11⅝ x 9 inches. Brown boards with pasted down picture of boy playing instrument, corners worn to boards, spine shows shelf wear to head and foot, pages lightly toned. Early printing without "American Indians" in the title. Good condition. "It's of these Americans who antedate America that this book tells of their every day life, their strange worships, of the men and women and children.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Heekin Can Company, 1927. First National Cigar Label Original Artwork 1924--Heekin Can Company. 4 original artist mock-ups for First National Cigars. Overall, the items are in very good condition and include proof notes and handling wear and tear. Two items have attached tissue guards. Also includes the work order slip dated October 7, 1924. See photos. 5.5 x 16.6 inches, 7.75 x 19.75, 7.5 x 7.5, 9.25 x 16.25 inches. Very Good Condition. Fun lot of original advertising art for First National Cigars who contracted with the Heekin Can Company of Cincinnati, Ohio for design work. One draft design is circular which indicates they were working on the labeling for a tobacco can and lid. A one point, the Heekin Can Company had the largest metal lithographing plant in the United States. Another mock-up was for a cigar box lid. Amazingly fine detailed works of art.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Good/None. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1909, 285 pp., 7¾ 5¼ inches. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover, gilt decorative cover, top edge gilt, light scuffing to covers, deckle fore edge, poorly cut, soiling to top edge, pages slightly toned, later printing. Very good condition. Book tells stories about author's adventures in fishing. Chapters include: Fisherman's luck, The thrilling moment, Lovers and landscape, Fishing in books, A lazy, idle brook, The open fire, A slumber song for the fisherman's child.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Good/None. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1909, 285 pp., 7¾ 5¼ inches. 3/4 leather bound with blue cloth, edgewear to all edges, top edge gilt, soiling to top edge and front and back covers, pages slightly toned, poorly cut, marbled endpapers with former owner's nameplate. Later printing. Good condition. Book tells stories about author's adventures in fishing. Chapters include: Fisherman's luck, The thrilling moment, Lovers and landscape, Fishing in books, A lazy, idle brook, The open fire, A slumber song for the fisherman's child.

London: Charles Whittingham, 1906. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Fishing for Pleasure and Catching It: and Two Chapters on Angling in North Wales, E. Marston, Charles Whittingham, London, 1906, xiii, 152 pp., 7¾ x 5½ inches. Light green cloth with gilt titling to spine and dark green titling to cover, shelf wear and foxing to edges, top edge gilt with light soiling, shelf wear to foot of spine, former owner's information inside front cover in ink, 1913, pages toned, in protective mylar. First edition. Good condition. Stories of the author's fishing adventures, including chapters: May Fly Fishing in Herefordshire in 1903, On the Stour, Lolling and Loafing, More Big Chub, Among the Rainbows, Our Holiday in North Wales, Days on the Lledr and Conway, etc.

Five Letters from Author Tom Wolfe to Salt Lake City Artist and Educator Pat Eddington, 1979-2001 Archive includes one autograph letter signed and four typed letters signed, plus one envelope (1979) with Wolfe's name logo embossed on envelope and letterhead. Three typed letters on printed Wolfe letterhead. All with previous folds. Fine Condition. Envelope roughly opened on end. Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) was best known for his novel "Bonfires of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" his 1979 book which looked at NASA's Project Mercury program and the 7 astronauts who were in the program. Wolfe earlier published " The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" which vaulted him into fame and was emblematic of authors writing about counter-cultural themes in the 60's and 70's. Patrick Eddington was a beloved Junior and Senior High School art teacher in Salt Lake City. Eddington also was a professional artist with many of his works featuring feline subjects. Eddington's former students fondly recall Pat's love of rock and… Read More

Flasher, North Dakota, 1910. Collection of five real photo postcards, published circa 1910, Flasher, North Dakota. None of the cards are postally used; minor edge wear and soiling with a creased corner on the bird's-eye view card. Versos are blank save for several numbers written in pencil on three of the cards. Flasher, North Dakota was founded in 1902; their post office was established in 1903. Also, in 1903 the Flasher Hustler Newspaper was founded. The Northern Pacific Railway reached Flasher in 1910 which led to a booming community. These five rare real photo postcards date to circa 1910 after the completion of the rail line to town. One card possibly is from the celebration of the Northern Pacific reaching the community, showing a decorated steam engine and large gathered crowd at the new depot. Identified businesses include the Elgin Cafe, R.H. Neely Attorney, Flasher Land & Loan Co., Farmers Elevator Company and the Occident Elevator Co. Finally, we have an outstanding view of the Flasher… Read More

London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Fly-Leaves from a Fisherman's Diary, Captain G.E. Sharp, Edward Arnold, London. 1910, xi, 175 pp., 8 x 5½ inches. Red cloth with gilt titling to cover and spine with gilt pictorial of building on cover and fly on spine, top edge gilt, light stain to cover and mark to back cover, spine shows slight fading, deckle edge, poorly cut, all plates as called for, tissue guarded, name plate inside front cover, deckle fore edge. First edition. Good condition. Please refer to pictures for condition. This book is the author's recollections of stream trout fishing. He shares his love of the river and the sport with hopes to endure the reader "into the full, quiet joys of the water-meadow and the riverside, and into the soft atmosphere which pervades man's most gentle recreation." It is arranged by month, from February to October.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Very Good/Very Good. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940, 6.25 x 8.5 inches, 471 pp. Beautiful copy of this classic novel, based on Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War. First edition dust jacket in Mylar; not price-clipped; colors bright and clean; restoration along most of the top and bottom edges; spine slightly sun-faded; very good condition. Gray cloth boards with Hemingway's signature stamped to front; red blocking to spine; spine slightly darkened; bottom corners slightly bumped; else fine. Deckled fore-edge; interior clean and unmarked; very good condition. First edition, first printing with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Stored in custom gray clam shell box with gilt stamped leather blocking to spine. In a 1940 book review for the New York Times, J. Donald Adams praised For Whom the Bell Tolls as "the best book Ernest Hemingway has written, the fullest, the deepest, the truest. It… Read More

[Ford's Theater] Autograph Letter Signed by John T. Ford, Proprietor of Ford's Opera House, Washington D.C. plus Two Tickets to Fords [sic] Opera House Letter measures 4.75 x 8 inches on Ford's Opera House letterhead. With previous folds with one inch of archival tape at fold on verso plus archival tape along edges from mounting. One stab hole upper left. Includes laid down clipping from Baltimore Sun Newspaper from December 28, 1875. Very Good Condition. Tickets are taped to mat board, showing example of verso and recto of ticket from 1865-1866 season. Ticket color likely faded from a rose color. Very Good Condition. Pair of tickets for Ford's Opera House, the same season in which President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, April 14, 1865. The tickets are laid down on mat board; verso of each is not visible. Letter, on Ford's Opera House letterhead, is dated December 28th, with no year but 1875. Refers to set scenery being shipped from Philadelphia. The letter is signed J[ohn].F. Ford, is… Read More

Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1928. Good. Forty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1919-24, Jesse Walter Fewkes, United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1928, 11.5 x 8.5 inches, 626 pp. Dark olive green boards with gilt stamped illustration of an Indigenous person in a feathered headdress to front, gilt stamped lettering to spine, and blind stamped border to front and back boards. Paper pocket affixed to back pastedown; inside pocket is a color printed map entitled "Distribution of Salish Dialects, and of Languages Spoken in the Adjoining Territory, Before 1800, Based On Information Collected By James A. Teit, Franz Boas, and Leo J. Frachtenberg. By Franz Boas." Spine and all corners of boards bumped and rubbed, particularly bottom edge; back board lightly scuffed; inscriptions in pen and pencil to first free endpaper. Good condition. The United States Congress established the… Read More

Gravesend, England, 1839. Very Good. Four Men In a Boat - Voyage of the "Rambler", Commonplace Book, "Campbell's Journal", Gravesend and Vicinity, England, 1830-1839, 4 x 6 inches, 58 leaves. Dark green embossed boards; gilt lettering to spine; edges and corners worn, bumped; binding tight; interior pages contain manuscript entries, pencil and ink drawings, and watercolor paintings. Very good condition. This book contains 47 pages of illustrations, most of them humorous or satirical, but also includes numerous skilled and beautiful renderings of landscapes, architectural studies, and fantasy themes. In addition there are approximately 60 pages of manuscript text. One of the pieces is dated 1832 and signed by Henrietta Camilla Jackson, a Jamaica-born English novelist best known for her anti-slavery novel "Cousin Stella; or, Conflict", and mother to renowned engineer Fleeming Jenkin. She was married to Captain Charles Jenkin, who signed another piece in this volume. The main theme running through… Read More

Framed Half Plate Tintype of a Man in a Horse Drawn Cart. Framed tintype measuring 4 ¼ x 5 1/4 inches. Taken in the mid to late 19th century. Minor deterioration including surface cracks and a comet (from debris falling on the plate during the developing process). Brass mat is dinged along the edges. Clear tape at corners from previous owner. Overall very good. Framed tintype depicts a horse-drawn cart piled with sacks of grain (or something similar) and one man sitting atop them. The man sits cross legged and has reins and horsewhip in hand. Nicely detailed exterior tintype view.

Cannes, France, 1870. Very Good/None. French CDV album circa 1870 with wood inlay front board with Cannes printed on back board. Leather tooled spine. Gilt edges to leaves. One metal clasp missing. Very Good. 5 original watercolors by A. Vincent (one damaged at top third) and 18 CDV's from several French studios. Photo included of the several back stamps. Comes with full written provenance of the Arthur W. Parsons family with wife Helen and children Edward and Grace.

1878. Sixth Plate Frank Grouard Tintype Photograph 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches. Tintype has clipped corners as typical. No bends but has light scratches to surface with some loss of emulsion along edges. No markings on verso. Image is slightly underexposed. Good detail especially under a loupe. Rare and perhaps lone surviving 6th plate studio tintype image of Sioux captive and Army scout Frank Grouard (1850-1905). Few Indian Wars personalities led the life Frank Grouard did. Born into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint missionary family in the Tuamotu Archipelago in 1850, Grouard's father was of European descent, his mother Polynesian. His mother returned to the South Pacific in 1853 with his two brothers and Frank was adopted 2 years later by the Pratt family of Beaver, Utah. He left home at the age of 15, heading north to Montana where he became an express rider and stage driver. As legend has it, in 1869 Grouard was robbed on his mail route in rural Montana leaving him without his horse. He… Read More

Orrville, Ohio: Frank T. Fries, 1930. Good/None as issued. [Dime Novel] Frank Reade Library Volume One, Number 4, 5 and 6. Frank T. Fries, Orrville, Ohio, 1930. 12pp. each. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. Staple-bound 12-page booklets with varying red, black or green ink. Light toning and chipping to edges. Volume four has slight separation to spine. Good condition. 1930's re-prints of old time Dime Novels originally published on the latter 19th century. These very popular novels were written by Luis P. Senarens (1865-1939) with the pseudonym "Noname". Frank Reade Jr. was always the hero often using his inventions to great effect. His inventions included airships, submersibles, steam-driven and electrical land vehicles, and various robot-type animatrons. We only find the Smithsonian holding these 1930's re-prints.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1974. `. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Frank Tenney Johnson Book: Master Painter of the Old West, Harold McCraken, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1974207 pp., 13¼ x 10¾ inches. Light tan cover with color pictorial, printer designed speckle text edge, clean interior, tight binding. Very good condition. Slipcase shows slight shelf wear, soiling to edges. Good condition. Limited edition of 4000 copies, number is S349. "Frank Tenney Johnson was a painter of the Old American West, and he popularized a style of painting cowboys which became known as "The Johnson Moonlight Technique

Fred Jones' Place at Camp View--Menu 1931, Roseburg, Oregon. 6 x 9.25 inches. Thick cardstock with black imprint. Pinholes at top and bottom. Pencil notes at top edge. Very Good Condition. Menu from 1931, Roseburg, Oregon if we believe the pencil notations at top. What we do know is the menu is for "Fred Jones' Place at Camp View". Their specialty was Chop Suey. We find no record of this establishment. A nice find for the menu collector.