Search Results: Titles starting with F from BiblioStax

Los Angeles, California: First Ammendment Foundation, 1990. Lt. shelf wear. Pages fine. On January 9, 1990, Federal District Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima (Central District of California) rejected a Justice Department attempt by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prohibit the FBI v. The First Amendment from being published. Judge Tashima's ruling cleared the way for its release. The book, authored by Richard Criley, is published by the First Amendment Foundation, a national civil liberties association based in Los Angeles. The book is based on 132,000 pages of FBI documents chronicling the Bureau's 40 years of spying & disruption in its unsuccessful attempts to "neutralize" Frank Wilkinson & other officers & staff of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL) - originally the National Committee to Abolish HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee). Wilkinson, now 76, together with Carl Braden of Kentucky, were the last to go to prison for… Read More

Amherst, Wisconsin: Palmer Publications - WISCO, 1961. Rare classic, early UFO periodical from minds of Ray Palmer and Gray Barker. Moderate cover, corner wear. Pages very good. Close-up b&w cover shot of early jet pilot w/oxygen apparatus, helmet, in cockpit. Saddle-stitch bind good; fully intact. Unique 4"x6" design. Includes nine fascinating articles and sections on phenomenon inc.: Flying Saucers - From Under the Sea? by Will Carson; Saucers from Fortland (Charles Fortean slant) by Cecil Roberts; Saucer Over Our Carab Tree by Rosalind John; From the Critics Corner - Saucer Clubs - Twentieth Century Cults by Peter Kor; UFO's and Telepathy by Australian Flying Saucer Review; Chasing the Flying Saucers by Gray Barker; an editorial by Ray Palmer; Letters from Readers, Saucer Club News and an unusal personals section. Many unique and timely adverts such as the class Rosicrucian message at back and Oahspe book inside frt. cvr. Contents page states October, 1961; cover… Read More

Nan A. Talese - Doubleday, 2007. First printing. Lt. shelf wear. "Albin Kranz, a twenty-eight-year-old sculptor and the son of an abusive father, is melancholic, alcoholic, and beset by painful memories of his childhood. Although he tries to make sense out of what has happened to him, his consciousness frequently becomes altered and he seems to be hallucinating. At her wit's end, Livia, a photographer with whom he has lived for five years, suggests that they go to Istanbul to give their love one last chance." 305 pages. Bookstore mark.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

England: Hill Shorter, Ltd. Moderate corner, edge wear. Heavy stock, coated glossy pages very good. Informitive and entertaining tour program. Large 12" x 12" design. Few bookstore marks.. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Eugene, Oregon: The Grey Forest, 2009. Collector's Edition. From the creator of the Faerylands & Atlantis Fantasy Art Series. Beautiful cover art also by Michel Savage. Long, long ago the Faierie had roamed free, but for countless centuries now the fey have remained unseen, hidden and withdrawn, shrouded within the boundaries of the Evermore. But just how they became imprisoned there was a mystery their own elders had forgotten or refused to speak of, and a subject of taboo among the ancients. The Elvenborn had become a dying race, and now a strange and dreadful blight was encroaching upon their sanctuary. Ivy knew there was something terribly wrong with her world, something unspeakable her kind was hiding from. The Faerylands were vanishing, and she had to find out why. 248 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Princeton, New Jersey - Toronto, London, Melbourne: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. , 1967. First edition, sixth printing matching first printing in design, materials, colors. First Published April 1959; this printing, March 1967. A heavy volume of substance. Manila beige boards, reddish brown cloth spine wrap, white spine titles, moderate shelf wear, little residue at boards. Pages very good, clean. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original wrapper in mustard yellow with black band and whites, moderate shelf wear, rub; price-clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Front flap features summary of this title and back panel a brief bio of Hazlitt; back panel features rave review blurbs for this title. Clean, near very good early printing of the original edition in same wrapper. Stamp at title page and initials to exterior block, card pocket at back, and wrapper label, for: "Sauk Valley College Library." Interestingly, Sauk Valley College is in Dixon, Illinois was the boyhood home of… Read More

Princeton, New Jersey - Toronto, London, Melbourne: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. , 1968. First edition, seventh printing. First Published April 1959; this printing, December 1968. A heavy volume of substance. Brown buckram (cloth) boards, white cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump. Pages generally very good, clean; no writing in text body. Small number and area of toning at title page, front blank endpaper removed, marked out area to top and bottom exterior text block. Bind fine, square. Near very good rarity of honest economics. A lively, penetrating criticim of Lord Keyne's celebrated work "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money." In this book, Hazlitt writes a critical chapter-by-chapter and theorem-by-theorem analysis of Keyne's 'New Economics' of 1936. Hazlitt contends that these economic theories failed as a tool of analysis and as a basis for forecasting or as public policy. Insightful, digestible, yet comprehensive material.… Read More

Princeton, New Jersey - Toronto, London, Melbourne: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. , 1960. First edition, third printing matching first printing in design, materials, colors. First Published April 1959; this printing, March 1960. A heavy volume of substance. Beige boards, ruddy brown cloth spine wrap, white spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, clean. Unsigned bookplate at front pastedown. Bind fine, square. Original wrapper in mustard yellow with black band and whites, moderate shelf wear, rub; unclipped 7.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Front flap features summary of this title and back panel a brief bio of Hazlitt. Back panel features other Significant Van Nostrand Books on Economics with summaries from: Ludwig von Mises: Mary Sennholz' "On Freedom and Free Enterprise"; John Chamberlain; and, Hazlitt. Near fine rarity of honest economics in very good original wrapper. A lively, penetrating criticim of Lord Keyne's celebrated work "The General Theory of… Read More

New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1973. Stated at copyright page: "Copyright 1959 by D. Van Nostrand.., transferred 1973 to Henry Hazlitt. Printed in the United States of America. Essentially, a reprint under Hazlitt's ownership from Arlington House with new wrapper design and summary and redesign of volume. A heavy volume of substance. Black coated full cloth boards (buckram), blind-stamped publisher's emblem at cover, bronze metaillic spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Pictorial wrapper, light edge wear, rub, discoloration; unclipped 11.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Jacket design by Marge Terracciano. Back panel with "Raves for Henry Hazlitt's 'Great Book'. Near fine first Arlington issue in near very good wrapper. A lively, penetrating criticim of Lord Keyne's celebrated work "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money." In this book, Hazlitt writes a critical… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Stated First Edition at copyright page; dated 1923 at title page. Blue silk moire-like boards, gilt embossed cover design and titles, moderate shelf wear, some sunning. Cover depicts two whimsical elfin characters, one appearing more benevolent, the other mischievous. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind good; hinges intact. Includes eleven richly detailed color plates by Arthur Rackham on heavy stock coated pages w/borders. Also, partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces also by Rackham throughout. Rare near very good first edition. Classic tales include: English tale, Jack the Giant Killer; Scotch tale, The Battle of the Birds; Welsh tale, Lludd and Llevelys; Irish tale, Guleesh; French tale, The Sleeping Beauty; Italian tale, Cesarino and the Dragon; Portuguese tale, What Came of Picking Flowers; Japanese tales, The Adventures of the Little Peachling, The Fox's Wedding, and, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow; Russian tale, Frost;… Read More

Paternoster Row, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. 1908 at title page; no other dates, indications. Maroon leather boards, gilt cover emblem and spine titles on black field, gilt dentelle borders, ornamentation on five panels w/five raised hubs, some shelf wear, rub. Gilt seal at cover: "Amesbury School, Bickley, Intere ut Vincas". Light, blue, dark blue, and gilt patterned endpapers. Prize plate w/seal fors Amesbury of Bickley, Kent dated July, 1913; book was bestowed as reward to student. Pages very good; few w/light fox. Marbled text block at all sides. Frontispiece plate with tissue guard: "The Will-o'-the-Wisps." Bind good; front hinge reinforced. Several illustration plates of the enchanting, pastoral imagery of M. E. Edwards throughout. Printed at The Chapel River Press, Kingston, Surrey. 325 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Good. Illus. by Edwards, M. E.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

London - New York: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., Aldine House - E. P. Dutton & Co., 1939. First published in this edition 1899; 1939 fourteenth printing. Cream full-cloth boards, pictorial cover design, moderate edge wear, rub, crease, 1/2" spine pull; protected in clear slide-on sleeve. Classic cover and spine design by Charles Robinson in orange, green and gilt hues depicts swaddling cherubs amongst flowers, and, at spine a young child in night clothes amongst arbors. Pages generally very good; moderate fox at endpapers, text block edge. Unsigned decorative bookplate verso frontispiece. Antiquarian inscription inside cover: "To Jane, Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday. From Mummy & Daddie, May 5th 1942." Bind good; hinges intact. Frontispiece and title page in beautiful color, again in orange and green hues of 'The Mermaid,' and fancy title page within ornate fish themed borders. Illustrated throughout w/the uniquely varying styles of the three brothers,… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, Publishers, 1923. Second printing. First published November, 1921, Reissue, August, 1923. Sharp, ruled, midnight blue full-cloth boards, black embossed cover art of the wild swans, cover titles and spine art - crisp gilt spine titles, fine. Pages crisp, clean; no writing. Frontispiece color painting of Elisa by Eric Pape. Charming blue monotone, illustrated endpapers of the fishing frogs. Includes over seventy full and partial-page, enchanting illustrations by Eric Pape, along w/fascinating paper cuttings made by Hans Andersen, himself, w/their own unique charm for his young admirers. Tales include: The Tinderbox; Little Claus and Big Claus; The Princess on the Pea; Little Ida's Flowers; Tommelisa; The Traveling Companion; The LIttle Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Wild Swans; The Swineherd; The Nightingale; The Ugly Snow Queen; The Snow Queen; The Darning Needle; and, Booby Hans. Near fine, rare investment.… Read More

Garden City, N. Y.: Garden City Publishing, 1932. Red cloth boards, black stamped spine titles, moderate wear, rub. Kay Nielsen full-size, color plate set to front cover. Frontispiece color plate of The Tinder Box w/eight color plates and black and white images throughout by Nielsen. Illustrations match the coveted, original 1924 Hodder & Stoughton edition. Pages very good. Bind good. Tales include: The Tinder Box; Great Claus and Little Claus; The Real Princess; The Hardy Tin Soldier; The Flying Trunk; Ole Luk-Oie; The Swineherd; The Nightingale; The Snow Queen; The Red Shoes; The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper; The Shadow; The Shirt Collar; The Bottle-Neck; The Elder Tree Mother; and, The Story of a Mother. 272 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Nielsen, Kay; Federer, C.A. (Illustrators). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

39-41 Parker Street, Kingsway, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. Stated at copyright: "First Published in this series, 1933 by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Reprintied October 1934." Large 7 1/4" x 9 3/4" design. Pictorial boards, red cloth spine wrap, moderate corner, edge wear; now protected clear sleeve. Front cover depicts colorful Monro Orr collage of characters within. Humourous as Orr is. Pages generally very good. Antiquarian inscription inside cover: "To darling Pat, From Auntie Gracy, Nov. 2/35." Bind good; hinge reinforced. Features an enchanting collection of thirteen classic tales by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Scottish artist Monro Scott Orr, including four full colour always charming and whimsical plates. Attractive good scarcity. Tales include: "Hansel and Grethel; The Golden Bird; Rumpelstiltskin; Tom Thumb; The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats; The Elves and the Shoemaker; Roland; The Little Brother and Sister;… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, Publishers, 1939. Stated at copyright: "New Edition, October, 1930; Reprinted November, 1939." Bright orange, full-cloth boards, black embossed cover art of the wild swans, cover and spine titles, fine. Pages very good; slight discoloration at few page, vintage name at frt. endp. Frontispiece color painting of Elisa by Eric Pape. Charming blue monotone, illustrated endpapers of the fishing frogs. Includes over seventy full and partial-page, enchanting illustrations by Eric Pape, along w/fascinating designs after the paper cuttings made by Hans Andersen, himself, for his young admirers - each w/their own unique HCA charm. Tales include: The Tinderbox; Little Claus and Big Claus; The Princess on the Pea; Little Ida's Flowers; Tommelisa; The Traveling Companion; The LIttle Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Wild Swans; The Swineherd; The Nightingale; The Ugly Snow Queen; The Snow Queen; The Darning Needle; and,… Read More

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1898. 1898 copyright stated at title page. Neat compact 5 1/4" x 6 3/4" design. Pictorial full-cloth boards, pastel colored wrap-around cover montage, beige cover and spine labels, moderate shelf, label wear, toning. Stylish old English titles; royal lionized dragon at spine. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Small antiquarian, white medallion-like bookstore label inside cover: "C. O. Lincoln & Co., Booksellers & Stationery, Eureka, Ca." Charming color frontipiece: "She gave the swineherd ten kisses." Profusely illustrated w/additional full-color, full and partial-page b&w imagery throughout. Several artists contribute to this edition in varying formats creating a pleasingly subtle collection. Bind fine; hinges intact. Includes preface of HCA's life and works. Near very good example of this scarce Altemus edition. Sixteen pages, following Andersen's tales, of varied titles available from Henry Altemus of… Read More

Odense, Denmark: Hans Reitzels Forlag - Flensteds Forlag, 1986. First published in 1950; this edition 1986. Issued from Odense, the poet's native town. Edited by Svend Larsen, Director of Hans Andersen Museum. Translated from the original Danish text by R. P. Keigwin. Illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich, reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum. Smooth, deep red, leather-like volumes. Gilt stamped cover and spine titles adorned at front w/child sitting w/in blooming flower; borders at front and back. Volumes protected in original large case; moderate shelf wear, small sticker residue, mark. A most complete collection w/many rarities not found elsewhere. Printed in Denmark by Special-Trykkeriet, Viborg. Nearly 1600 pages of charming stories and illustration. Insured post.. World Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Pedersen, Vilhelm; Frolich, Lorenz. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Hurst and Company, 1905. Near very good example of this classic beautiful volume. No date; circa 1905. Deep blue full-cloth boards, crisply embossed titles and cover design, moderate shelf wear, rub. Ornately designed cover features black titles over large gilt disc, scenes of running stags, landing bird of prey, ships on stormy sea, and large golden sword among flourishing patterns. Spine features sharp titles on gold field, tropical scene of palms and sea bird w/decorative accents. Hurst and Company in gilt at heel. Frontispiece color illustration of The Swine-herd. Pages very good; no writing. Many full-page brightly colored, entertaining plates throughout. Light gold patterned endpapers. Bind good. This edition features translation by H.W. Dulcken. Over seventy tales and stories; many scarce, short and sweet. Large 6" x 8" design. Sharp near very good rarity. 377 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus.… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. First printing with 1912 at title page. Large 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" gift book design. Brown full cloth boards, mounted color plate, crisp dark green cover and spine titles, moderate cover wear, rub, bow, discoloration. Cover features Rackham plate from tale of Snowdrop: "The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found snowdrop lying on the ground." Pages generally good; some with moderate discoloration. Frontispiece color plate with original printed tissue guard: "The King could not contain himself with joy." Small antiquarian stamps at pastedowns: "Margaret Alice Gregg." Bind good, square; hinges reinforced. Features one dozen subtly rich color plates by the renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham. Additionally, fifty-five full and partial-page illustrations by Rackham greet readers throughout. Near good Rackham first edition of this rarity. Arthur Rackham was one of the great illustrators of the early 20th… Read More