Search Results: Authors starting with F from Rulon-Miller Books

Lipsiae: sumtibus Johannis Friderici Gleditsch, 1692. Folio, 12 p.l., 2934 columns (thus paged), [92] leaves; engraved pictorial title-p., vignette title-p. printed in red and black; text in double column; woodcut head-pieces and initials; full contemporary vellum, blindstamped panel and arabesques on both covers, spine in 7 compartments, manuscript lettering in 1; front joint cracked, vellum soiled; good and sound. Basil Faber (1520-1576), Lutheran schoolmaster and theologian, was born at Zary in 1520. In 1538 he entered the University of Wittenberg, studying as pauper gratis under Philipp Melanchthon. Choosing the schoolmaster's profession, he became successively rector of the schools at Nordhausen, Tennstadt (1555), Magdeburg (1557) and Quedlinburg (1560). From this last post he was removed in December 1570 as a crypto-Calvinist. In 1571 he was appointed to the Rathsgymnasium at Erfurt, not as rector, but as director. In this situation he remained till his death in 1575 or 1576. His translation of… Read More

Lipsiae [i.e. Leipsig]: Thomam Fritsch, 1696. Folio, pp. [8], 2606 columes, [147]; title page printed in red and black, woodcut device on title page, historiated woodcut initials, text in double column; some toning of the pages, else a very good, sound copy in full contemporary unadorned calf, neatly rebacked with old spine laid down. Engraved bookplate of Beilby Thompson, plus another of the 20th century of Eugene G. Sandersley. Basil Faber (1520-1576), Lutheran schoolmaster and theologian, was born at Zary in 1520. In 1538 he entered the University of Wittenberg, studying as pauper gratis under Philipp Melanchthon. Choosing the schoolmaster's profession, he became successively rector of the schools at Nordhausen, Tennstadt (1555), Magdeburg (1557) and Quedlinburg (1560). From this last post he was removed in December 1570 as a crypto-Calvinist. In 1571 he was appointed to the Rathsgymnasium at Erfurt, not as rector, but as director. In this situation he remained till his death in 1575 or 1576. His… Read More

Lipsiae: Thomae Fritschii, 1726. 2 volumes in one, folio; [a]-b4 A-5O4 (A)-(5H4); woodcut printer's mark of a winged horse; text printed in double column; contemporary boards, spine perished; edges rubbed and worn, preliminaries ragged along the edges and starting to come loose; occasional soil spots and period ink stains in margins, else textblock good and sound.

London: Elzevier Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. 204; near fine in original black cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket with darkened spine and some edgewear including small chips Inscribed by the author; scarce in the jacket. Written from the viewpoint of a book.

Kjobenhavn: Rittendorff & Aagaards Forlag, 1852. First edition, two volumes in the original 75 parts, 8vo, pp. [10], 617, [3]; [10], 560; printed paper wrappers, volumes 1 and 2 each have a title page and table of contents dated 1854 and 1855 respectively, 479 woodcut engravings; generally fine, and complete. This is a complete set of a Danish history for the people. Volume 1 (parts 1-39) covers the beginnings (legends and Norse mythology) up to the Union of Kalmar (1397). Volume 2 continues with the Union of Kalmar up to 1848. This parts issue is not noted in OCLC.

Milano: Antonio Vallardi, 1978. Later edition; 32mo, pp. 135, [2]; original stiff blue printed wrappers, minor edge wear; pages uniformly tone, very good. From the series "Dizionari del Turista". Not in OCLC.

Cleveland, Ohio: Alumnae Association of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 179; Presentation copy, with author's inscription on front free endpaper, frontispiece portrait of Frances Payne Bolton, numerous black & white photographic illustrations; upper corners a bit bumped, binding slightly skewed, else near fine in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine.

London: Dulau & Co, 1883. First edition, 8vo, 198-[199]pp., numerous illustrations in the text; extremities rubbed, a few pages partially unopened, corners bumped, top of spine chipped, spine scuffed and rubbed, else a good, sound copy in orig. brown cloth, t.e.g. Contents include a chronology of the artist, glossary, biographical notices of collectors: a descriptive and historical account of his art work as well as other works relating to him in the holdings of the British Museum.

[Paris: Sand Project Press, 1970. First edition printed in a limited but unspecified number; 4to, 11" x 8½", [12] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; covers lightly spotted and toned, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers by Joe Brainard, side-stapled. Issued as Blue Pig #12. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

St. Paul, 1993. 4to, 11" x 8½", pp. 70, [2]; side-stapled; fine. Contributors include Johanna Drucker, Bernadette Mayer, Ron Padgett, and a host of others. Errata slip laid in, as issued. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

London: Strange Faeces Press, 1971. Staple-bound chapbook, 13" x 8", pp. [40]; illustrated, hand-colored paper wrappers; light soiling to covers, near fine. The poetry was written in collaboration with Michael Brownstein, John Clark, Tom Clark, Clark Coolidge, Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, and Tom Veitch.

[New York]: Adventures in Poetry, June, 1970. 4to, 11" x 8½", pp. [120]; printed from typescript on rectos only; original pictorial front wrapper by Jim Dine, back wrapper unadorned; side-stitched; tear at the bottom of the front wrapper with partial loss of two letters (the 'r' and the 'y' in "poetry"); all else near fine. Contributors include Scott Cohen, Tom Clark, Tom Veitch, and others. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

[Lexington]: University Press of Kentucky, 1995. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 314; frontispiece portrait, map endpapers,18 illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "A biography of a commissioner in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service and a pioneer in the Western study of China's foreign relations, based on Morse's personal papers."

New York: Thomas N. Fairbanks Company, Import Division, United States Envelope Co, 1930. First edition, 8vo, 2 p.l. plus [22] French-fold pages demonstrating 11 papers in various weights, several illustrations; spine slightly toned, else near fine in the original parchment-backed ocher paper-covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover, gilt spine.

Cambridge & London: Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxiv, [6], 825, [1]; [10], 829-1625, [1]; frontispieces, 20 illustrations and 4 maps; fine set in near fine dust jackets. Robert Hart's 45-year tenure in China's maritime customs service as Inspector General. Hart was the most important and most influential Westerner in Qing dynasty China. According to Jung Chang, he transformed Chinese Customs "from an antiquated set-up, anarchical and prone to corruption, into a well-regulated modern organization, which contributed enormously to China's economy."

Cambridge: Harvard University, East Asian Research Center, 1965. 2 volumes, 11" x 8½", pp. viii, 115, [1]; [6], 34 leaves; 21 Chinese texts; occasional pencil annotations in the first volume, a couple of spots to the title page of the first volume, and a previous owner's inscription, else very good to fine in original red printed wrappers.

Worcester: Institute of Paper Conservation, 1992. Small folio, pp. 287, [1]; numerous illustrations, graphs, and tables throughout; front wrapper a little wrinkled, else near fine in original printed wrappers. This landmark conference was divided into seven sections: Painting, Printing and Drawing Media; Albums and Sketch Books; Art on Paper; Oil Media and Stains on Paper; Books; Sizing and Resizing; and, Scientific Studies and Special Papers.

Madison, Wis: Atwood & Rublee, state printers, Journal Office, 1868. 8vo, pp. 16; original printed blue wrappers; vertical crease, else fine. Inscribed "Compliments of Lucius Fairchild." Annual address on taxes, laws, education, prisons, banks, the militia, immigration, etc. Fairchild was a colonel in the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment which was part of the legendary Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. He would lose an arm at Gettysburg and became three-time governor of Wisconsin. Fairchild was also a 49er and took part in the California Gold Rush.

London: Macmillan, 1983. First edition, 8vo, 233pp., 50 illus. on 12 plates; fine in the dust-jacket. The story of the 1983 challengers, and Australia's ultimate success.

New York: published by the author, G. W. Wood, printer, 1847. 12mo, pp. 132; mezzotint frontispiece portrait by the Scotsman Alexander Hay Ritchie, then of N.Y., who specialized in mezzotints; original brown blindstamped cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; text toned and slightly foxed, spine ends a little chipped and the cloth along the front joint partially cracked; all else very good. The book is dedicated to Fitz-Greene Halleck. "Born in western Massachusetts, Sumner Lincoln Fairfield was the son of a physician who grew up in humble circumstances after the death of his father. After education at Brown University he lived in Savannah; abandoning a career in the ministry he traveled in Europe, taught school, and edited the North American Magazine. He died at an early age in New Orleans, whereupon his widow published a biography recounting his tenuous career as a man of letters" (spenserians.cath.vt.edu).