Search Results: Authors starting with F from Boston Book Company

1795. FABRE, Pierre F. TRAITE DES MALADIES VENERIENNES. Paris, Didot, 1795. 8vo. xvi,576pp. Fourth edition, revised, corrected, and expanded by the author. A thorough treatment of the subject and its remedies, starting with the importation of disease by Christopher Columbus. Intended for the instruction of young surgeons "to make them worthy of the public trust." Fabre, originally from Provence, was Provost and Professor at the College Royale de Chirurgie. An authoritative text which went into many editions. In early calf, gilt. Quite worn to extremities; boards starting; library marks. Internally fine.

1970. [FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John. ENGLISH PILOT. The Third Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Straits, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers....in the Oriental Navigation. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Series of Atlases in Facsimile, Fifth Series, Volume III. A facsimile of the John How edition, London, 1703.With an Introduction by Coolie Verner and R.A. Skelton. ). (Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1970). Folio, blue cloth; xv + 82 pp. + 28" x 18" three fold-out maps, 28" x 18", 35" x 18", 23 1/2" x 38 1/2", 30 two-page maps and three plates. Fine, in the dust jacket.

1811. FALCONER, William. THE SHIPWRECK, A POEM. Collated with earlier editions. With additional notes and illustrations, and a sketch of the author's life. Embellished with descriptive engravings, by Robert Dodd, Marine Painter. London: Printed for William Baynes ... by John Jackson, 1811. This edition illustrated by Dodd was first issued in 1808, and this copy is one of two editions that were issued in 1811. It reprints the third edition text of the poem, the last to be edited by the author. 18 engraved plates, 3 engraved vignettes, engraved half-title and dedication (to the "Elder Bretheren of the Corporation of Trinity House") pages, each with a vignette, and an engraved folding chart (26 x 31 cm). Quarto (27 x 21 cm). [2], xxxviii, 152 pp. Nineteenth-century three-quarter light brown calf, with gilt decoration and title on spine, and marbled sides. Heraldic bookplate of Christopher Harrison to front pastedown, with his ink signature on title-page. Binding shows a bit of wear on joints, but is… Read More

1927. FALES, Winnifred. SIMPLE COURSE IN HOME DECORATING. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Very good.

1917. FALLON, John. HOW TO MAKE CONCRETE GARDEN FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES. New York: Robert McBride, 1917. First edition. 8vo., brown cloth, illustrated. Faint offsetting to frontispiece and adjacent leaves. Some rubbing to boards affecting title, with some light pencil marking to joints. Very good plus.

19. (NIAGARA FALLS). LENGTHENING OF NIAGARA FALLS. Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Company, [n.d.]. 8vo., brown paper-covered boards. Very good.

1925. FALMOUTH, MASSCHUSETTS. FALMOUTH ON CAPE COD. Picturesque, Romantic, Historic. Second edition. By the Walton Staff. Boston: Perry Walton, 1925. 4to., wrappers, photo illustrations, 47 pp. Slight fading, moderate edgewear to gilt-decorated wraps; internally, just slightly musty, but pictures and text are clean and very good.

1896. FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. FALMOUTH BY THE SEA: The Naples of America. (Falmouth): The Board of Trade and Industry, 1896. Small 4to., gilt decorated burgundy cloth, bevelled edges, photo illustrations. As is: scuffing, bubbling sun, touch of soil to edgeworn boards; book block nearly separated from spine with ffep, frontis and title detached but present, all signatures loose. Short edge-tear, occasional soil and foxing internally.

1897. FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. RESIDENTIAL FALMOUTH...Homes, New and Old. Falmouth-by-the-Sea: (Falmouth Board of Industry), 1897. Oblong 8vo., blue cloth with gilt lettering, red pictorial design to front board, illustrated. Superficial insect activity, fading and a touch of soil to boards; occasional spot of soil, foxing internally; hinges tender. An about very good copy, overall.

1896. FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. FALMOUTH BY THE SEA: The Naples of America. (Falmouth): Th Board of Trade and Industry, 1896. Small 4to., gilt decorated blue cloth, bevelled edges, photo illustrations. Slight rubbing and touch of soil, with light wear to extremes; lightly skewed and shaken, foxing to edges. Hinges tender, light occasional foxing; four leaves bear a 1/2" tear to the bottom edge. About very good, overall.

1897. FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. RESIDENTIAL FALMOUTH...Homes, New and Old. Falmouth-by-the-Sea: (Falmouth Board of Industry), 1897. Oblong 8vo., red cloth with gilt lettering, black pictorial design to front board, illustrated. As is: some dampspotting, soil, and bumping to boards; hinges cracked, with book block nearly sperated from boards, and signatures loose; faintly musty, with occasional thumbing or foxing, but text and pictures are serviceable overall.

1843. HUTCHINSON FAMILY SINGERS. THE OLD GRANITE STATE: A SONG, COMPOSED, ARRANGED AND SUNG, BY THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY (SHEET MUSIC). Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1843. Family portrait lithograph on cover: Bouve. 10 pp. Folio. The Hutchinsons, from New Hampshire, were Abolitionist performers who gave antislavery concerts across the country, and at the White House for President Tyler in 1844. Frederick Douglass once said that the Hutchinson Family Singers' because they possessed such "fine talent for music could have secured for them wealth and fame, but, like Moses, they preferred to suffer affliction in the cause of justice and liberty." After emancipation, they turned their cause to women's suffrage. (Brodsky Lawrence, p. 304).

1964. (KENNEDY FAMILY). CHRISTMAS CARD FROM ROBERT AND ETHEL KENNEDY, circa 1963. The front of the card shows a flying angel blasting a trumpet; the design was reproduced by Hallmark Cards for the benefit of the National Cultural Center from an original painting by Jacqueline Kennedy, who was honorary co-chairman of the center. Inside the card is green with a 1/4 inch white border. Laid-in near the top-edge is a black and white photograph of the Kennedy children with their names printed (in red) below; below this are printed the sentiment "Hark The Herald Angels Sing | Glory To The New Born King" and the names of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. 10 by 6 7/8 inches, folded once at the center. Fine.

1848. O'HARA FAMILY. CROHOORE OF THE BILL-HOOK, AND THE FETCHES. London: Simms and McIntyre, 1848. Later printing. 12mo., quarter red morocco over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled. Bookseller stamp to ffep. Some rubbing and edgewear to spine and boards. Rear hinge is weakening, else generally clean within. About very good. [a].

1829. FANSHAWE, Lady. MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE, BART. ... TO WHICH ARE ADDED, EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. lxiii + 395 + 5 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., half art vellum over marbled paper covered boards, gilt leather spine label and top edge, gilt rules. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Meyer. Spine chipped, vellum soiled, boards rubbed/shelfworn. Moderate foxing to frontispieceand title page; ocasional light foxing and pencil underlining in the text. Written in the year 1676. Sir Richard was Ambassador from Charles II to the Court of Madrid in 1665.

1920. HYDROSULPHITE NF HOECHST (PATENT APPLIED FOR) AS A STRIPPING AGENT FARBWERKE VORM. MEISTER LUCIUS & BRUNING, HOECHST. HYDROSULPHITE NF HOECHST (PATENT ANGEMELDET) ALS ABZIEHMITTEL. Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany: Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Bruning [n.d. pre-1925]. Stiff grey wrappers printed in black. 10 x 5 3/4 inches folded. Corners of wrappers chipped, soiled, with American distributor's (H. A. Metz & Co.) inkstamp on rear wrapper. Text in English. "No. 665" at bottom of title page, which has light soil also. 5 pages. Lists of wool and half-wool colors. Stripped colors are classified/grouped by the end result.

1849. FARIA, Eduardo de. NOVO DICCIONARIO DA LINGUA PORTUGUEZA... Seguida de um Diccionario de Synonimos. Lisbon, Typographia Lisbonense, 1849. First edition. Two folio volumes. 489;478pp. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine, in quarter leather and marbled boards. Library bookplate/W. Winthrop. The first edition of an important dictionary which went into several editions. Scarce.

1966. FARMER, John S. VOCABULA AMATORIA. A French-English glossary of words, phrases and allusions occuring in the works of Rabelais, Voltaire, Moliere, Rousseau, Beranger, Zola, and others, with English equivalents and synonyms. Introduction by Lee Revens. (USA): University Books, (1966). First edition. 8vo., red cloth stamped in black. Near fine in price clipped dust-jacket. Very slightly worn at spine, small white spot on front board.

1859. PRAIRIE FARMER COMPANY. PRAIRIE FARMER: NEW SERIES VOL. 4 NO. 22, DECEMBER 1, 1859. Chicago: Emery and Co., 1859. pp. 337-352. Unopened edges, tabloid size newspaper. A few small closed tears at creases (one horizontal, two vertical). Front page has age toning to top left segment. Formerly the Union Agriculturalist and Western Prairie Farmer, now with the legend "Emery's Journal of Agriculture" in the front page banner's engraving (in which you can also see a steam tractor). Decorative text borders. Lead article is "Drainage for Wheat;" others include "Girls and Muscle,"(a short, positive article on a girls' rowing team at Englewood School New Jersey) "The Points of a Good Hog" and "Hired Help, Temperance &c." Also recipes, "Housekeeper's Diary." Scarce.

1899. FARMILOE, Edith, with verses by E. V. LUCAS. ALL THE WORLD OVER. New York and London: E. P. Dutton & Co./Grant Richards [ca. 1899]. 30 pp. plus 30 color plates. Oblong 4to., half cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Owner's Christmas gift inscription on ffep (dated '99) with another later inscription below. Spine sunned, faded; dampstains to spine and about 1/8 inch of bottom edge. Boards rubbed, shelfworn. Spine shaken, hinges cracked. Occasional light finger soil to pages. Children's rhymes and illustrations of children around the world in native dress/costumes.