Search Results: Titles starting with F from Good Books In The Woods

Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publications. Very Good+. 1973. Second Printing. Soft cover. 0879471336 . With photographs and drawings and diagrams. Includes fold-out diagram of F. N. Browning light semi-automatic rifle. Very Good Plus. Ships same or next business day. ; The Combat Bookshelf; 8.60 X 5.40 X 0.30 inches; 135 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by J. Edgar Hoover, reads: "To R. C. Wilkes / Best Wishes! J. Edgar Hoover / 5-29-63". Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover. "What is the FBI? How did it come into being? What has it accomplished? What are its powers? Above all, what does the mere fact of its existence mean to EVERY CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES? This book, written with the cooperation of J. Edgar Hoover and FBI personnel, will answer all these questions once and for all." - from front flap. Very Good Plus black & grey boards with FBI insignia embossed on front cover. Book is lightly bumped at head and tail end of spine, light stains on fore-edge of pages, head edge of pages is faded. Very Good Plus dust jacket is lightly worn along head and tail edges, edges are lightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. Fifth Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Signed by One Author .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679415416 . "A full portrait of one of our most forceful, effective yet inscrutible presidents. This is a major work by a biographer with exceptional psychological insights." -- Publishers Weekly. Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Text block is pulled away from spine head, minor edge wear, tiny bumps on spine ends, crease from dog-ear on page 29, faint soiling on fore-edge and tail edge; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket has some edge and shelf wear, crease on spine, light rubbing on fore-edge of back cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 691 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 067122347X . "The extraordinary story of that famous circle of enthusiasts, reformers, and brilliant eccentrics--Shaw, the Webbs, Wells--whose ideas and unconventional attitutes fashioned our modern world." Ships same or next business day. Remainder stamp on tail edge. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bumps on spine ends, age spotting and some tanning on endpapers, light soiling on edges of pages; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket has moderate edge and shelf wear, 1/4-inch tear and creases on head edge of front cover, small creases on spine ends and corners, tanned on interior of head edge. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 446 pages .

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Previous owner gift inscription on first free endpaper. Book bumped at both ends of spine. Rubbing to bottom edges of book. Dust jacket is price clipped. Chipping and small tears at head and tail of spine panel with small loss. Shelfwear to top and bottom edges of dust jacket. A 1 inch and a 1/2 inch tear to top of DJ back panel. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Fables and poems illustrated by Thurber. Ships same or next business day. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Very Good. 1965. Reprint. Softcover. Ships same or next business day. Spine is wrinkled, moderate edge and shelf wear, light stains to both covers, soiling on fore-edge; overall, pages are clean and tight. ; Blackwell's French Text; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1965 pages .

New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by Author on half title page in blue ink. Inscription reads "To Mardy/Sincerely! /Ralph Hancock". A bit of shelf wear to bottom board edges. Both ends of spine gently bumped. Text is clean. Shelf wear to both ends of dust jacket that includes very small tears and wrinkles. DJ inside shows slight soiling. DJ protected in mylar. The romantic and fantastic history of this city is told here as the life story of a boulevard, the main street in the world's most extraordinary city (Los Angeles) - (from DJ). Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0316414913 . SIGNED by author on full title page. Copyright page reads, "First Edition T02/75." "It is often difficult to grasp the fact of a living master's presence...[David Ignatow] is one of a precious handful of indispensable poets in all of American literature." -- James Wright. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, reading creases on both covers, light foxing on head edge; overall, pages are clean and tight. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0241110084 . First English Edition. "The same wit, imagination and style are in abundant evidence in this collection of Nye's short stories." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Moderate edge wear. Tiny bumps on spine ends. Pages are tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear. Small creases on top corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages .

London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0241110084 . INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper, "Inscribed for Rolland L. Comstock gentle reader with best wishes from the author January 1991." "The same wit, imagination and style are in abundant evidence in this collection of Nye's short stories." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Moderate edge wear. Small bumps on corners and spine ends. Pages are tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear. Small creases on spine ends and corners. Faint scratch on back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; Signed by Author .

Frankfurt: Machinebau-Verlag. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. In German and English. Trade Edition. This is a unique copy. INSCRIBED by Adolf Rabenseifner to Thomas E. White in 1988. Rabenseifner ran a machine business in Fulda, Germany. Fulda is famous for the Fulda Gap, the place where a Soviet invasion of Western Europe would have taken place had WWIII happened. Stationed at Fulda in 1988 was US Army Colonel Thomas E. White. White later became an executive at Enron where he was accused of improperly using his army connections to land no-bid contracts for Enron. White sold his Enron shares for $12 million before the company's collapse. White became the Secretary of the Army under Bush II and Donald Rumsfeld. He was fired by Rumsfeld for disagreeing with Rumsfield over the Crusader system and for refusing to publicly admonish Shinseki for his comments to Congress about needing hundreds of thousands of troops to effectively control Iraq. The inscription thanks… Read More

New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345478991 . "Now, on the orders of Omar Khadri--the malicious mastermind plotting more al Qaeda strikes on America--Wells is coming home. Neither Khadri nor Jennifer Exley, Well's surperor at Langley, knows quite what to expect." Ships same or next business day. Dust jacket protected in an archival cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 335 pages .

Mansfield, PA: Mansfield State College. Very Good+. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Contains the poem, "Crazy," by Toby Olson. Also has entries by T. E. Porter, Edward Hoagland, Russell Edson, Greg Kuzma, and others. Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear, faint crease down front cover, black rub near spine on front cover, tiny creases on bottom corners of page 97 to back cover; otherwise, free from major defect. Protected in archival bag. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 124 pages .

Oceanside, CA: Evergreen Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0913056111 . Inscribed by Author, Ray Miller on the title page. Inscription reads, "Good Luck with the Ranchero Ray Miller." "During the 1950's, American cars were caught up in a competitive growth in size....Car[s] grew over 18 inchs in length to a hefty 17.8 feet overall!" Ships same or next business day. Near Fine brown leatherette covers with bright gilt spine title, text block edges are soiled. Good dust jacket--tears, chips and 1-inch chip at spine top, protected in an archival cover. With 1306 photographs. ; The Ford Road Series, Vol. 7; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Knightly Vernon Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. This volume, by famed Falconer and Vice-President of the British Falconers Club, is a treatise on the training and flying of long-winged hawks, or falcons. The emphasis of this book is not so much on training as on actual flying at wild quarry in the field. Author's second book. Illustrated by D. M. Henry and G. E. Lodge. Illustrated with 12 beautiful full color plates including the frontispiece, all plates retain their tissue guards. Additional illustrations include line drawings and black and white plates of hoods. Illustrations clean and bright. Spine is slightly slanted. Minor edge wear. All corners very gently bumped. Top of spine bumped. Light wearing and age spotting along head edges of boards. Some age spotting and foxing to edges of pages. Text is clean. Dust jacket has normal edge and shelf wear. Small creases and tears on corners and spine ends. Upper half of… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. "This is the story of what happens to Farragut as he adapts to the gloom, the fascination and eroticism of his new surroundings, how he falls in love unexpectedly and deeply; how he lives through the strange hours of confinement that open the way to his undreamed-of-liberation." Ships same or next business day. Rough rub on front paste-down endpaper due to improper sticker removal. Book's spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bumps on bottom corners and both ends of spine; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has very slight edge wear, plastic coating is lightly yellowed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pages .

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0713455551 . "The superb selection of colour and black-and-white photographs of birds in flight and the instructional text make this book indispensable for falconers throughout the world." Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and loose. Small bumps on spine ends. Boards lightly faded along head edge and on spine ends. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Thin scratches on back cover. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 352 pages .

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0713440473 . "Emma Ford offers just such guidance in this detailed account of the rules and practice of falconry, the husbandry and breeding of birds of prey, and the many species that can be trained." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Tiny bumps on top corners and spine tail. Slightly dirty on head edge. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Faded on spine. Yellowed on flaps and slightly on interior. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages .

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine. 1989. Softcover. INSCRIBED by Paul West in black ink on page 59, the title page of his contribution to the 1989 Fall Fictionals line-up, "Lord Byron's Doctor", reads: "Rolland! Bravo, (signature of Paul West) " ("Rolland" refers to noted collector Rolland Comstock). SIGNED by Joseph Olshan in black ink on page 39, the title page of his inclusion in the edition. All together nine selections of pieces of work by authors David Payne, Howard Frank Mosher, Joseph Olshan, Paul West, Marita Golden, N. Scott Momaday. A. G. Mojtabai, Steve Heller and Mary Elise Robertson. Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge and shelf wear, lightly worn and head and tail ends of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Chatto and Windus. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0701179112 . Fine black boards with gilt spine title. Very Good dust jacket with small tear on front. Signed by Author on title page. A dazzling new version of Homer's story. Ships same or next business day. ; 9.21 X 6.30 X 0.94 inches; 215 pages; Signed by Author .