Search Results: Titles starting with F from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Chicago, Illinois: Black Cat Press, [1967].. [1967].. Fine. - Miniature, 1-1/4"x1". Bound in the studio of Bela Blau in dark blue cloth titled & framed in gilt on the front cover. Marbled endpapers and 18 leaves, including the colophon. Decorations printed in light blue. Fine. <p>"Designed by Norman W. Forgue and printed direct from type by Charles Young at the Norman Press, Chicago".

Lausanne [Switzerland]: La Guilde du Livre, [1962]., [1962].. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JEAN ANOUILH - Octavo, pictorial maroon cloth titled in gilt with an image of 2 birds stamped in blind on the front cover. The bottom corner of the front cover is slightly creased & there is a small stain to the rear cover. 145 & [3] pages plus colophon. There is creasing to the bottom corners of pages 65-100 with increasingly light creasing to some additional pages. Good. <p>Hors commerce edition of this book of verse fables printed for members of La Guilde du Livre, a reprint of the 1962 edition published by La Table Ronde.<p>Inscribed in French and signed in full by the playwright on the half-title: "Pour Honoria avec l'affection d'un homme comble de boite de the et de dessins de maitre / Jean Anouilh / Noel 66". Perhaps the box of tea and the drawings of a master were a Christmas gift from Honoria to the playwright.<p>Jean Anouilh [1910-1987] was a French… Read More

Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office, 1810., 1810.. Fair. - 16mo, 6-3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Early brown mottled calf. The covers are detached. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the edges and corners and the spine is chipped. The pagination is as follows: pages [i]-vi, [i], 8-165, & [3]. The top edges of the title and preface pages have been clipped with no loss of text. There is offsetting and occasional foxing throughout with several page corners creased. An early owner's name is penned at the top of page 136. A complete copy which would be well worth rebinding. The 4-page preface to this French language book of Fables for American seeking to learn the language is in English. This little volume includes a 67-page French-English glossary on pages 99 through 165 and a 3-page catalog in English of "Books published and for sale by Warner & Hanna".

New York: Journeyman Press, 1970., 1970.. Very good. - Small quarto, 8-3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled blue-gray wrappers featuring a title design by Antonucci. The spine is lightly faded. [32] pages printed on blue-gray stock, with full page illustrations by Emil Antonucci on the rectos. The top front corners of the covers and pages are bumped. Very good. <p>First edition. Uncommon in commerce.

Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1966.. 1966.. Very good. - Octavo, stapled pictorial brown & cream wraps. Corners of rear wrap very lightly creased with a chip out of top & bottom edges. viii & 85 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>200 items are catalogued.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1939).. (1939).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], titled in green within a gilt panel & with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The binding is rubbed. The spine is darkened with its head & tail chipped & fraying to the head. The titling & decorations on the spine are almost completely faded. viii, [iv] & 271 pages. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates by Detmold, including a frontispiece. The pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. Good.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1988).. (1988).. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/2 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is very lightly soiled & chipped with a tear to the top corner of the front panel. 160 pages. Profuse color illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First American edition.<p>Foreword by Zandra Rhodes.

Guatemala: Ministerio de Educacion, 1965.. 1965.. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial pink & white wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed with the head & tail of the spine lightly chipped. 204 & [1] pages. The pages are darkened but not brittle. Good. <p>Published by the Departamento Editorial y de Produccion de Material Didactico "Jose de Pineda Ibarra" of the Guatemalan Ministry of Education, Volume 89 in the series "Biblioteca Guatemalteca de Cultura Popular '15 de Septiembre'". The text is in Spanish.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1953).. (1953).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket & the tail of its spine are chipped & there is a tear to the top edge of the front panel. xvi & 319 pages. Black-and-white frontispiece, & full-page & textual illustrations by the author. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

NY: Curtis Books, (1973).. (1973).. Good. - Small octavo, pictorial wraps. Spine & extremities darkened. 240 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. 16 pp. of B&W production shots & stills from the films. Good. <p>First edition.

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, (1954).. (1954).. Very good. - Large 8vo, green cloth (bumped); titled in gilt on spine; in pictorial dw (dw chipped with tiny tears at edges; rubbed). 222 & [i]pp. Endpaper maps & 60 photographic illustrations. Near fine in a good dw. <p>First edition.

London: John Murray, (1950)., (1950).. Very good. - 8vo, yellow cloth (bumped; light stains to top edges of covers; small stain to front cover) titled in red with vignette in red on front cover, in pictorial dw (rubbed & chipped with small pieces out; dw spine faded). 64 pp. Profuse B&W comic illustrations by the author. Very good in good dw. <p>First edition.

New York: Privately printed, 1893., 1893.. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth The binding is lightly rubbed with a tiny mark on the cloth of the front cover. 352 pages, unopened. There is creasing to the inner edges of some pages, undoubtedly caused in the printing. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good. First edition.A note by the author's mother states that her daughter's stories, which have appeared in print at various times under the pseudonym Ruella Lennox, have been here collected "and a limited number printed for private distribution as a memento." Ella Adelaide Harper was the sister of the distinguished antiquarian bookseller Lathrop Harper.Rare.

(New York): Random House, (1960).. (1960).. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM GOYEN - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the binding is slightly faded & there is some very light spotting to the lower halves of the covers. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with staining internally. There is a chip out of the head of the jacket spine & the top edge of the rear flap is foxed. [ix], 167 & [2] pages. There is an area of staining & a small area of soiling to the bottom edge with a few small, light stains to the fore-edge. There are small areas of staining to the bottom inner corners of the rear pastedown & endpaper, rear blanks & the last few pages of the text. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper and signed "Bill".

Reykjavik [Iceland]: Helgafell, 1966.. 1966.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are rubbed & bumped with light soiling to the rear wrap. 154 pages with an errata slip bound in. The contents are very good. <p>First edition in English.<p>This translation by Kenneth G. Chapman of "Andlit i spegli dropans", a collection of impressionistic short stories, was the first work by Vilhjalmsson to be translated into English.

n.p., 1942., 1942.. Very good. - Octavo, self-wraps. A sheet of cream stock, 9 inches high by 13 inches wide, has been folded to form 4 sides. The 4th page is lightly foxed & there is some very light foxing to the edges of the other pages. 1 full-page black-and-white illustration [portrait of Marion MacKaye]. Very good. <p>In a note on the fourth page, Percy MacKaye writes that the photograph of Marion Morse reproduced on page 3 was given to her by him as a wedding present two days before their marriage in October 1898. Twenty years later, at their home in New Hampshire, she wrote the passage from her journal reprinted here about the eternal bond of their love.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1921.. 1921.. Good. SIGNED BY ALBERT W. SMITH - Octavo, brown cloth with a printed label on the front cover. The binding is bumped. The head & tail of the spine are chipped. The spine is rubbed with some discoloration & a small chip out, possibly where a label has detached or been removed. Title & 32 pages. The contents are very good. Good. <p>Signed by Albert W. Smith on the front endpaper. Smith was the Chair of Cornell's Engineering Department and later president of the University.<p>Rare. WorldCat locates one copy.

1953 [2000]., 1953 [2000].. - A collection of facsimile letters, consisting of 256 sheets of watermarked paper reproducing the title page and 255 letters addressed to Theodore E. Steinway which formed an album created in 1953 honoring the centenary of the House of Steinway. The individual leaves are here laid loose in the sleeves of a binder. The original album from which this facsimile was produced was sold at auction circa the year 2000 and 3 sets of facsimiles of the letters were created by the new owner. That album was subsequently broken up and the pages sold separately. <p>The album of original letters from which this facsimile was produced was sold at auction circa the year 2000 and 3 facsimiles of the letters were created by the new owner. The album was subsequently broken up and the pages sold separately. This is one of two sets of the facsimiles that are being offered for sale.<p>Among the musicians included in the album are: Walter Piston, Fritz Reiner, Pablo Casals, Percy… Read More

1953 [2000]., 1953 [2000].. Very good. - A collection of facsimile letters, consisting of 256 sheets of watermarked paper reproducing the title page and 255 letters addressed to Theodore E. Steinway which formed an album created in 1953 honoring the centenary of the House of Steinway. The individual leaves are here laid loose in the sleeves of a binder. The original album from which this facsimile was produced was sold at auction circa the year 2000 and 3 sets of facsimiles of the letters were created by the new owner. The album was subsequently broken up and the pages sold separately. The album in in fine condition.,
This set of facsimiles of the letters are being sold together with an original 10 inch by 8 inch vintage gelatin silver print of Franz Liszt with his famous student Alexander Siloti. The photograph was purchased at auction with other items from the Steinway collection. The top corners of the vintage photo are chipped with small pieces out and a tiny piece is out from the bottom right… Read More

London: Cassell and Company Limited. (1931).. (1931).. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with spotting around the edges. The jacket spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped. xvii, 317 & [1] pages. The top edge & fore-edge are spotted. There are tiny creases to the front edges of the first 4 leaves. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.