Search Results: Authors starting with F from Yesterday's Muse Books

New York: Osprey, 2006. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Hook, Adam. First printing. Covers toned, ink mark on rear cover. 2006 Soft Cover. 64 pp. Gibraltar is not only an archetypal fortress, preserving in its dominating topography and walls, bastions and emplacements a rich testament to extended periods of human conflict, but it is also a unique record of the evolution of the sciences of fortification and associated defensive structures over a period of more than six centuries. Gibraltar has a complex and varied military history, lying as it does at the gateway to the Mediterranean and the meeting points of the continents of Europe and Africa. Its history, always shaped by its unique combination of strategic position and topography, begins in ancient times with successive occupations by Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans. It then passed through Arab, Castilian and Spanish hands, and has been a British possession since 1704. The Rock served as a base for Nelson's fleet in the… Read More

New York: P.J. Kenedy, 1902. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Corners lightly rubbed, ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1902 Three-Quarter Leather. vii, 361 pp. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards, top edge gilt. Religious fiction featuring the Catholic church.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7x5x1. First edition. Jacket spine toned, sticker on front jacket panel. 1974 Hard Cover. vii, 215 pp. Records the struggles, beliefs, and practices of the people who founded religious communal societies throughout the U.S.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. 2nd printing. Small tear to jacket spine-head. 1980 Hard Cover. 384 pp. "In 1978, ten years after Lorena Hickok's death, an extensive and hitherto private correspondence between Hick and Eleanor Roosevelt, who signed her letters E.R., became available at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park. The Papers of Lorena Hickok filled eighteen cardboard file boxes and contained 2,336 letters from Eleanor Roosevelt to hick and 1,024 letters Lorena Hickok wrote to Mrs. Roosevelt." Includes 16 pages of black-and-white photographs, source notes and index.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Book club edition. Ink name on endpaper, jacket faintly rubbed. 1995 Hard Cover. 288 pp. "Revealing the work of modern archaeologists, who use technology and scientific methods more than shovels, this survey of recent findings includes the earliest Bronze Age shipwreck, ancient Incan farming systems that are superior to current methods, and a newly discovered Mayan city.

Walnut Creek, California: Alta Mira Press, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x8. First printing. A fine copy. 2004 Trade Paperback. xvi, 400 pp. As the tour guide for this fascinating trip across the Golden State, the author will take uou to visit distinct societies in widely constrasting environments : Chumash villages on the Santa Barbara coast, shell mounds in the San Francisco Bay, salmon trappers of the northern streams, acorn gatherers of the Central Valley, and shamans who painted a multitude of mysterious figures on stone.

New York: Second Edition, 1999. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x0x8. Fagan, Jack. Second edition. An exceptional copy. 1999 Hard Cover. 180 pp. Includes black and white illustrations. This is the story of the Shawangunk mountains, a land of long rocky ridges and spectacular vertical cliffs, hundreds of feet high... This book was primarily written for the walker, who will find the numerous trails and the many old carriage roads a pleasure to explore.

New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Ruscha, Edward. First edition (a paperback original). A very nice copy. 1974 Soft Cover. 128 pp. Cover by Edward Ruscha. A collection of poetry by Larry Fagin. Some of these works first appeared in Another World, The Ant's Forefoot, Big Sky, The Boston Eagle, 49 South, The Harris Review, Juillard, Oink, The Paris Review, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Sesheta, Strange Faeces, Telephone, This, The World, and The World Anthology. "Twelve Poems" was published as a pamphlet by Angel Hair.

New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1946. First Edition. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Wrappers lightly toned, ink stamp on front wrapper verso. 1946 Stapled Binding. 64 pp. "...catalogues the United States Army's airplanes... Compiled from official documents and original source material, it delineates the development of each military type in tabular text and pictures, model by model, arranged chronologically or by builders in three sections covering the early years; and numerically by model designation in the sections devoted to Numbered Types and Modern Models.

Cambridge: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 1998. 10th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. 10th printing. Faint edge wear. 1998 Trade Paperback. The late John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. This book remains a masterwork without parallel--a concise and authoritative account of China and its people over four millennia. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman has brought the book up to date with a chapter on events in the post-Mao period and a new preface and epilogue. She provides a detailed account of the wide array of changes--social, economic, cultural, and even political--that have taken place in China over the past two decades.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss and 1 inch closed tear, jacket lightly toned, endpapers lightly foxed, jacket price clipped. Laid in is a handmade bookmark initialed E.F.D. - probably Edith Foster Dulles, mother of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles (this volume was purchased with a collection that includes other items with Dulles provenance). 1938 Hard Cover. xiv, 494 pp. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2. In the world of botany, there are not too many names bigger than David Fairchild's -- he was responsible for the introduction of several hundreds of thousands of plant species to the United States, he was a plant explorer for the US Department of Agriculture, and he married the younger daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. He also served on the National Geographic Society board of trustees. His home on Biscayne Bay, which he named The Kampong, was the subject of another of his books, The World… Read More

Boston: Gambit, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Light edge wear. 1971 Hard Cover. 286 pp. A 1971 work examining the rise of the USSR as a sea power, with a complete list of the military-grade vessels that were part of the Russian navy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Light general wear. 1930 Hard Cover. 61 pp. Maroon cloth boards. Top edge gilt. The Ingersoll Lectures is a series of lectures presented annually at Harvard University on the subject of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectureship was established by a bequest by Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, who died in 1893, leaving $5000 for the institution of a series of lectures to be read annually in memory of her father, George Goldthwait Ingersoll. The lectures were to take place at Harvard University on the subject of "the immortality of man".[1] The lectures were initiated by Harvard president Charles W. Eliot in 1896. They are now generally known as The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality. On May 21, 1979, the Ingersoll Lecture Fund was transferred to the endowment of Harvard Divinity School, which continues to organize and host the lectures. The lectures were to be published. From 1896 to… Read More

Brooklyn: Melville House, 2010. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. 1st printing. Faint crease, tiny smudge. 2010 Trade Paperback. A fictionalized retelling of real-life family that had their lives torn apart in Nazi Germany.

New York: Footprint Press, 2000. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x8. Edges worn, foxing. 2000 Trade Paperback. 288 pp. "This guidebook, packed with pictures and maps, will lead you on a quest. Be the first (besides the author) to bag the highest point of each county of New York Statethere are 62 to be conquered. Some are barely molehills that can be driven by; others are significant mountain peaks that require an all-day climb. All promise the exhilaration of new discoveries. Can you name the highest point of the county where you live? Chances are good that you'll be wrong. As Gary Fallesen researched the summits he repeatedly came across experts who steered him wrong. Local belief often differs from factual reality. In this book you'll learn not only where the real Peak Experiences are, but how to get there. Fallesen delved into the history of each high point as well. With his guidance you'll meet the people populating the high points today and at the peaks in history.

New York: Dell, 1954. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Wrappers rubbed. 1954 Mass Market Paperback. A concentration camp survivor runs into the German guard who killed his family, and the hunter now becomes the hunted.

Salem, Virginia: Trust Publisher, 2008. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. Second printing. Signed by author on half-title page with inscription, "Karen: Thank you for your support--God bless." A fine copy. 2008 Trade Paperback. xii, 215 pp. The Lambi's Call is a love story between the author and the people of this rural part of Haiti's central plateau. The story will take you to a part of Haiti that westerners seldom experience, "The REAL Haiti." Through vivid descriptions, and the telling of stories about the people of Haiti that he has meet and worked with, Fame gives and intimate picture of Haiti, as well as a way to problem solve the best way to go about foreign ministry work."With The Lambi's Call, Tom Fame has brought us a memoir of shared faith and shared hope. This is a testament to the power of communities to collaborate and effect change. Fame writes: "Haiti raises the bar." And it does, even as it calls for… Read More

S.N, 1844. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. No publisher date. Leather rubbed, small chip to spine head. 1844 Half-Leather. Half-leather with marbled boards. A friendship album of sorts: ruled notebook in which owner transcribed favorite poems by various authors. Appears to have been passed down (from Carry H. Wolcott to Mary H. Wolcott?), as it includes entries as early as 1844 and as late as 1937.

Miami, Florida: Banyan Books, 1978. Large Softcover. Good. 11x9x0. Signed by author. Signed by author on half-title page with inscription, 'Enjoy!' Edge wear, covers creased. 1978 Large Softcover. xvi, 120 pp. A history of the westernmost County in New York State.

Chicago, Illinois: New Publications, Inc, 1948. Magazine. Good. 0x0x0. Some loss to spine head and spine base, chips and tears to wrappers, pages toned. 1948 Magazine. 130 pp. The Second Deluge, by Garrett P. Serviss; Finis, by Frank Lillie Pollock; What Do You Think; In the Next Issue.