Search Results: Authors starting with F from Sanctuary Books

Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto. 186 pp. Full blue cloth with titling gilt. 186 pp. With 86 illustrative plates in colour, 407 in black-and-white, all on coated stock. Nice copy in a dustjacket with modest discoloring.

Paris: Au Divan, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Original printed wraps bound in orange cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in brown leather spine label; folio; pp. [8], plus 15 hand-colored illustrations. Number 97 from a limited edition of 100 copies. Boards and lightly rubbed; spine tips a little frayed, and label a little chipped; original wraps toned, with flattened creases; previous owner's bookplate. Contents are fine -- bright and clean. SOLD WITH two letters, handwritten, illustrated, and signed by Fabres, to a female companion, Antoinette ("Mi muy querida y siempre recordada amiga"). Both are mostly in French, with just a little Spanish, both list an address of 715 Madison Avenue in New York, and both are absolutely charming. The first, dated 18 Mai 1951, has 5 hand-painted illustrations. The second, 5 Aout 1951, has an ink doodle of a winged man, flying with a heart in one hand and flowers in the other. Flattened creases from folding, but displays nicely… Read More

Helmstedt: Apud Georgium Wolgangum Hammium [Georg Wolfgang Hamm], 1704. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (201 x 166mm). [8], 608pp, [22] (but with pages 265-384 misbound between pages 202-203). Title printed in red and black. Woodcut device of fleur de lis on title and woodcut chapter head and tail pieces. Contemporary sheep-backed boards; (top of spine chipped, front joint splitting, light edgewear). Bookplate of the Newton Theological Institution in rural Massachusetts. The seminary is known for its Baptist radicalism and core American values, and is now called the Andover Newton Theological School. Rare work on conversion and the politics of religion in early modern Germany, Fabricius’s “Helmstedt Affair.” First edition of Fabricius’s Consideratio variorum Controversiarum, an abridged edition appeared in 1715. The Consideratio was printed in Latin and not German showing that it was aimed at a wider audience. Johann Fabricus was a staunch Lutheran theologian and… Read More

Paris: Les Cahiers du Journal des Poetes, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 26 lettered copies, this being letter B. Additionally inscribed by the author, and lengthily so, in the month of publication. Original wraps bound in custom blue cloth binding with decorative blue paper running down the middle on the front and back.

Borough of Watford: Festival of Britain Committee, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good+. Mottled cloth, lettering and crest stamped in gilt on upper board. Spine tips and corners a little torn and frayed. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate, and inscribed to him on the half-title page by "The Mayor and Mayoress of Watford, England and The Watford Industrial Exhibition Committee, June 1957." With 18 additional signatures on the facing page (chairmen, committee members, it seems). Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. This copy includes a laid-in, signed photograph of Fairbanks, in uniform.

1997. Fine. Black and white photograph, 8" x 10", signed by Douglas Fairbanks, Junior. Sir Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor (credited with more than 50 films, including the starring role in “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.

[American], c. 1930?. Board. Near Fine. A collection of 7 naive paintings, by a young Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., probably during the 1920s or 1930s. Each is about 15x20 inches, black ink and paint, heightened in white. A little rubbing or light chipping along the edges, otherwise in excellent condition. A range of images, many of them with an occult theme (skeletons, snakes, robed men, winged creatures) -- but also including simpler images (a man and woman beneath a flowering tree, a man approaching a house). Sir Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor (credited with more than 50 films, including the starring role in “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.

Fine. 8" x 10" b/w photograph of President Gerald Ford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., inscribed: "To our very good friend, Doug Fairbanks, with appreciation and warmest regards, Gerald Ford."

Faux brown leather, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s address in gilt on upper board, "575 Park Avenue, New York, New York." Contains the signatures of hundreds of soiree attendees, including his family members (some really cute ones from his grand-daughter, you can watch her penmanship grow up), a few Vanderbilts, Dickie Olivier, Solly Zuckerman, Lillian Gish, Theo White, Jan Morris, Brooke Astor, Milton Goldman (a prominent theatrical agent), Happy Rockefeller, Betty Comden, Elaine Steinbeck, Pat Silver[-Lasky], Sam Spiegel (a. k. a. "S. P. Eagle"), Charles Coburn, Art Buchwald, and more. A rich collection of autographs -- and an interesting group of A-list friends, from performers to authors to royal and political figures of (some) scandal -- the debonair Mr. Fairbanks embraced them all. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000), was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War… Read More

American National Theatre and Academy, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; with numerous photo-illustrations throughout, mostly b/w. Inscribed by Fonda on the title-page, "To Doug -- my love and warmest good wishes -- Hank." From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000), an American actor (with more than 50 films to his credit, including the starring role in “Gunga Din”) and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. A remarkable association copy, linking two film icons.

Ames: The Iowa State University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. ix, [1], 341, with 2 records in a sleeve on rear paste-down. Inscribed by the author on the title-page. Bottom corners lightly bumped, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket just a little dust-soiled and age-toned.

London: J. and P. Knapton, 1742. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. 12mo. Full period calf; a very handsome set. George Farquhar (1677-1707) was an Irish Dramatist who turned to writing after an accident ended his acting career. 18th century sets of his work are uncommon.

London: J. Clarke, 1760 . Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Small 8vo. Early 3/4 calf and marbled paper over boards, with modern rebacking; spines worn with small losses. Engraved frontis to each volume. George Farquhar (1677-1707) was an Irish Dramatist who turned to writing after an accident ended his acting career. 18th century sets of his work are uncommon.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Original cloth, dust jacket. Signed by the author. A nice appealing copy in lightly edgworn DJ with a few short tears.

London: Edward Arnold, 1926. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. Two volume set. Original blue cloth. Photographic plates and a folding map. Nice set with modest wear only

Paperback. Good. La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia, Fondatori: Arnaldo Mussolini; Direttore: Manlio Morgagni; Unione Pubblicità Italiana S.A., Alfieri & Lacroix, Milano, Anno XIV, No. 11, Novembre 1935, 220pp., 9.75 x 13”, oversized and heavy. Founded in 1924 by Morgagni,Italy’s illustrated magazine of the people of Italy and the official the organ of the National Fascist Party published a variety of subjects from literature, art, sport, politics and industry with both beautiful and propagandist imagery. Cover design by Mario Sironi and profusely illustrated with large format photography, page foldouts, a variety of paper, experimental printing and page composition with many full page Italian advertisements from artists/designers such as: Giuseppe Amisani, Renato Birolli, Rinaldo Buzzi, Erberto Carboni,Fortunato Depero, Giacomo Manzu, Bruno Munari, Marcello Nizzoli, Pino Ponti, Riccadro Ricas, Aligi Sassu, Nino Strada and Studio Boggeri. Nearly fine… Read More

Paperback. Good. La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia, Fondatori: Arnaldo Mussolini; Direttore: Manlio Morgagni; Unione Pubblicità Italiana S.A., Alfieri & Lacroix, Milano, Anno XIV, No. 4, Aprile 1936, 188pp., 9.75 x 13”, oversized and heavy. Founded in 1924 by Morgagni, Italy’s illustrated magazine of the people of Italy and the official the organ of the National Fascist Party published a variety of subjects from literature, art, sport, politics and industry with both beautiful and propagandist imagery. Iconic cover design by Bruno Munari and profusely illustrated with large format photography, page foldouts, a variety of paper, experimental printing and page composition with many full page Italian advertisements from artists/designers such as: Mario Sironi, Giacomo Manzu, Munari, Xanti Schawinsky (Olivetti), Studio Boggeri and others. Very good condition with light wear and creasing with small amount of paper loss to the cover corners with a tape reinforced spine that… Read More

Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps. Hechos Sociales 7, translated from the English by Lino Novas Calvo, prologo de Antonio Marichalar. Covers lightly rubbed and wrinkled along the edges; spine chipped, with signatures exposed; text block a bit age-toned, but nice and clean.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly foxed; light creasing and scuffing along the edges; two small water-spots on front panel. A nice copy.