Search Results: Titles starting with F from Furrowed Brow Books

Regina Orthodox Press, 1997. Paperback. Carlton, Clark : The Faith: Understanding Orthodox Christianity. Salisbury (MA) : Regina Orthodox Press, 1997. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers, delightful reproduction of Colombe Che Bevono's photo of pigeons in a birdbath from the Tomb of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy. 286 numbered pages, plus two unpaginated pp ads following. Foreword, preface, recommended reading. Condition notes: Not ex library. Pages clean and binding tight; spine is creased but binding remains sound no notes or highlighting. A classic introduction to Orthodoxy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Hardcover. Emerson, W. Eric and Stokes, Karen [Editors] : Faith, Valor, and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose. Columbia, SC: University of SC Press, 2010. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm. Bound in publisher's tan cloth over boards; bright copper lettering imprinted on spine. 196 leaves (360 numbered pages plus xxxii pp of introductory material. Blank flyleaves. Condition notes: A very nice copy indeed. No notes or highlighting, pages clean and bright. Binding sound and square. Light wear to DJ, sheathed in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Free Pr, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Brenner, Reeve Robert : The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors. New York : Free Press, 1980. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h.Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, bright gilt lettering to spine. Glossy black/white/red dj features, features reprod of untitled illustration by Leo Haas, perhaps reflecting his experience whilst imprisoned at Theresienstadt camp. Plain light green endpapers. xvi pp prelim material, 266 numbered pp, plus four unnumbered following. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: Binding solid and square; pages clean, no notes, highlighting or inscriptions. Light wear to dj but for a one inch tear to top front spine-side. Former owner's embossed stamp to front free endpaper. A heartwrenching study: "The Holocaust is a midnight caller who never takes leave. It visited destruction upon the Jewish glaziers, plumbers, stove-builders, cobblers, and seamstresses of Lithuania and Latvia on the Baltic Sea and upon the… Read More

St. Martin's Press. hardcover. Haining, Peter [editor] : The Fantastic Pulps: Selections from the magazines, popular for over half a century, in which appeared stories - fantasy, horror, adventure - that were the predecessors of today's SF. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1976. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.125"/20.5cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 418 numbered pp, [419] bibliography, [420] blank. Acknowl, editor's intro, 21 stories in two section, plus a section of illus; from Stephen Crane's "Manacled" (which appeared in 1900) through Ray Bradbury's "Sea Shell" (1944). Along the way, contributions from a score of others: Robert Bloch, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, et al. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy; as such is has numerous library stamp; rear free endpaper has had a pocket removed from it, roiling the smooth face of the paper; small closed tear to head of… Read More

Book, Inc. Hardcover. Turgenef, Ivan Sergheievitch [Turgenev] : Fathers and Sons: a Novel. New York : Books, Inc, [n.d. - 1940?]. Part of the Art-Type Edition of the World's Popular Classics Series. No translator listed but likely Constance Garnett. Small octavo size (8vo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine. Top edge stained red. Plain white endpapers. Iv pp prelim material, 243 numbered pp, plus one blank. Condition notes: a solid copy of a classic work. Lacks dj, likely issued without; pages tanned but clean, no notes or highlighting. Part of a series mass-produced in the mid-20th Century. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1988. Paperback. Paavali, Archbishop Paul of Finland : Feast of Faith: An Invitation to the Love Feast of the Kingdom of God. Crestwood (NY) : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1988. Translated by Esther Williams. Preface by the OCA's Metropolitan Theodosius. Crown octavo size (8mo), 7.25"/18.4cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [1-6], 7-112 numbered pages. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Kennikat Press, 1976. First Edition. hardcover. Burgess, C. F. : The Fellowship of the Craft: Conrad on Ships and Seamen and the Sea (Literary Criticism Series). Port Washington (NY) : Kennikat Press, 1976. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's light brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to spine. Glossy brown and white pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xii pp prelim material, 160 numbered pp, plus four blank. Author's preface, six chaps, index. Condition notes: moderate wear and rubbing to dj, several small chips and tears. Spine slightly cocked, spine ends rolled. Noticeable foxing to all three edges. Interior clean and bright.

Dept of Religious Education, Orthodox Church of America, 1983. paperback. Belonick, Deborah : Feminism in Christianity: An Orthodox Christian Response. Syosset (NY) : Dept of Religious Education, Orthodox Church of America, 1983. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers. 54 numbered pp, plus two blank. Author's intro, four chapters (feminism in light of Scripture, the Holy Trinity, Christ, and the Resurrection); conclusion, acknowl, bibliography. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy with the typical array of stamps and stickers indicating such in this a card pocket to inside rear cover, call number taped to front cover, tape wrapping around sine to back; and a pen note to head of title page. Else no markings. Binding sound. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Hess, Earl J. : Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864 (Civil War America). Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2005. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm H. Quarter bound in publisher's green cloth (spine) and flecked gray-green paper (boards); bright silver lettering imprinted on spine. Color dj with illustrations from Edwin Forbes' paintings of the fortifications of Culp's Hill. Endpapers plain, in the same gray-green as boards. xx pp prelim material, 428 numbered pp. Profusely illustrated with maps, photos, drawings, appendices on the fortifications of Yorktown and Gettysburg, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: A lovely, unmarked copy. Spine slightly cocked, tail spine end rolled/comparable dj location slightly wrinkled, perhaps a drop. Dj covered with mylar wrapper. Otherwise light wear. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Scribners. hardcover. Hemingway, Ernest : The Fifth Column and four unpublished stories of the Spanish Civil War. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Later printing ("B.10.69[C]" to CP). Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine, reprod of the author's signature to front board. Glossy b&w, red dj. Plain white endpapers. [Vi] pp prelim material, 151 numbered pp, plus three blank. Also included: "The Denunciation", "The Butterfly and the Tank", "Night Before Battle", and "Under the Ridge." Condition notes: glue residue and scrapes to ffep where a pocket or similar was removed, as well as pencil notes/former owner's name, discreetly, in pen; ghost tape marks to both free endpapers - else lacks hallmarks of ex-library copy. DJ is unclipped, tanned, mylar-sheathed, slight fold to tail front flap. Pages tanned but clean. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Basil Blackwell, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Various : Fifty New Poems For Children. Oxford : Basil Blackwell, [1922]. First edition. 7 5/8"/20cm h. Bound in publisher's black paper boards; b&w pictorial paper pastedown to front board. Plain white endpapers. 63 numbered pp plus one wo numbers following. By my count actually fifty-two; index. Condition notes: boards heavily worn with some sunning, considerable tanning and staining to white front pastedown; spine pastedown removed (remnants still clinging); boards bent forward at spine creating a slightly curled appearance; joint worn through for one-plus inches, revealing internal fabric. Corners worn and bumped. Uncut edges show darkening. Modest foxing to endpapers; discreet gift inscription to front flyleaf; both pastedowns show ridging where spine/boards are bent; front flyleaf has remains of a since-removed sticker. Hinge beginning to separate pp 32-33. Pages show varying but generally minor tanning and staining throughout; other than gift… Read More

White Mane, 1988, 1988. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Worthington, Glenn : Fighting For Time: The Battle That Saved Washington and Mayhap the Union. Shippensburg (PA) : White Mane Publishing, 1988 reprint. Introduction by Brian C. Pohanka. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Bound in publisher's bright red coated cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine. DJ in color with dramatic reproduction of Gilbert Gaul's Skirmish Line. Front endpaper shows map of Virginia to Pennsylvania theater, pastedown only, flyleaf blank; rear has two page spread of battlefield dispositions on July 9, 1864. Numbering of pages complicated by adding new material to a reproduction, thus: reproduction of 1932 edition contains x pp prelim material, plus 306 numbered pp, within which are 14 leaves with a map, illustration or photo on one side (only). The prelim material is itself preceded by viii (unnumbered) pp, while after the original index (p 306) the reader will find an additional 40 pp without numbering. Thus the entire… Read More

New American Library, 1984. Paperback. Pincus, Edward & Ascher, Steven : The Filmmaker's Handbook . New York : New American Library, 1984. 4th printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [I-vi], vii-xii pp prelim material, 1-434 numbered pp, [435-436] ads. B&w photos/diagrams. Condition notes: .Not ex library. Pencil notes fairly common in this volume; otherwise pages clean, binding tight. Three inch closed tear to tail front wrapper, and one inch closed tear to head front wrapper at spine; else moderate wear to cover. Possible former owner's name printed to verso half-title page ("Hisham Bizri...9/9/1988"). Lebanese filmmaker Hisham Bizri launched his career after this date. We personally inspect every book we offer.

George Allen & Unwin. hardcover. Lang, David Marshall : The First Russian Radical: Alexander Radishchev, 1749-1802. London : George Allen and Unwin, 1959. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, bright gilt lettering to spine. Red topstain. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 298 numbered pp, plus frontispiece and 10 more pp glossy b&w plates scattered through text. Intro, 15 chaps, bibliography, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: spine slightly cocked, ends rolled, corners sharp; topstain uneven, occasional bumps and rubbing to boards. Unclipped dj w rubbed spots, top edge small tears and chips, minor moisture staining. Endpapers each with several prominent regular tan spots, possibly tape residue (no sticking); ffep with former owner's address label affixed. All else excellent: no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

City Lights, 1974. 4th prt. Paperback. Cassady, Neal : The First Third. San Francisco : City Lights, 1974. Fourth printing, June 1974. Small octavo (8vo), 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". Bound in publisher's glossy b&w photographic wrappers.[i-vi] prelim material, 1-157, [158] blank. First Third (three chaps); Fragments; Letters. Condition notes: a solid vintage paperback: former owner's name in blue ink to inside front cover, otherwise no notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. Mid-20th Century Americana. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Princeton University Press, 2006. 51565th. Paperback. Lambert, Frank : The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006 (Fifth printing). Size is medium octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.5cmH. Color paper wrappers glued to text block. xii prelim pp, 328 numbered pp. Notes, index. Condition notes: wrappers slightly worn, a bit of curling to corners, spine ends bumped. Edges ever so slightly soiled. First five pages have modest pencil (only) underlining; otherwise pages clean and binding sound. A nice copy.

Barnes and Noble. hardcover. Morison, Stanley : Four Centuries of Fine Printing: One Hundred and Ninety-Two Facsimiles of Pages from Books Printed at Presses Established Between 1465 and 1924. New York : Barnes & Noble, 1960. Fourth (revised) edition; "Students Edition". Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's dark red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 254 numbered coated pp, plus [2] blank. Author's preface to the 1949 edition; publisher's preface to the 1960 edition; 38 pp introductory essay; postscript; chronological list of plates; several hundred pp of b&w plates from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, highlighting examples from Europe and the U.S. - from the 1465 page of Cicero's De oratore by Schweynheym and Pannartz, to the Bremer Presse 1924 imprint of Dante. Index. Condition notes: Lovely copy, unmarked, tight and square. Spine ends rolled. Mylar-sheathed Dj shows several small closed tears, some spotting, edgewear. A… Read More

University of Nebraska Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Lincoln: Univ of Nebraska Press. 1998/1st/1st. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm. 126 leaves (234 numbered pages plus introductory and end material). Flat black flyleaves. Bound in black publishers cloth, stamped on spine with bright silver lettering. Condition notes: A lovely copy. No notes or highlighting; pages clean, binding sound and square, corners sharp. Glossy DJ is unclipped with light wear. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing. hardcover. Smith, Carl : Fredericksburg, 1862: 'Clear the Way' (Classic Battles Series). Oxford (UK) : Osprey Publishing, 1999. Military Book Club/BCE. Size is octavo (8vo), 10.125"/25.5cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial boards. 96 numbered pp. Typical of the series, this volume contains background material, orders of battle (OOBs), analysis, wargaming notes, the battlefield today, and further reading. Replete with color/b&w photos/illus/map. Condition notes: lacks dj, likely issued without; all clean, tight, bright, unmarked. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr. paperback. Yannaras, Christos : The Freedom of Morality (Contemporary Greek Theologians Series, 3). Crestwood (NY) : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1996. Reprint. Briere, Elizabeth [Translator]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 278 numbered pp. Foreword (by Bp Kallistos [Ware] of Diokleia), 12 chaps (from "the Masks of Morality and the Ethos of the Person", through "The Gospel's Rejection of Individual Ethics" to "The Ethos of Liturgical Art"); epilogue, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: a fine, clean/unmarked copy with light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.