Search Results: Authors starting with F from Uncommon Works

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, as stated. Missing dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped ship on cover, bright gilt title stamping on spine. Mild bowing to front cover. Binding is sturdy and strong. Painted top edge. Map endpapers. Deckled pages. 315 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 inches tall. The Golden Hind Series was initially co-published by John Lane in the UK and Harper’s in the U.S. The first titles were issued in 1927.According to a prospectus for the series (quoted in Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia, edited by Jennifer Speake) “the volumes were presented as ‘in a form suitable for the general reader new lives of great explorers written by well-known men of letters which are at the same time reliable history and attractive biographies.’ Each author was allowed to present his subject in the manner he wanted, so long as he examined all… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, as stated. No dust jacket. Dust jacket image of ship has been glued onto half-title. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped ship on cover, bright gilt title stamping on spine. Binding slightly cocked but otherwise sturdy, and strong. Painted top edge. New endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Deckled pages. a couple of unopened pages. 262 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 inches tall. The Golden Hind Series was initially co-published by John Lane in the UK and Harper’s in the U.S. The first titles were issued in 1927.According to a prospectus for the series (quoted in Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia, edited by Jennifer Speake) “the volumes were presented as ‘in a form suitable for the general reader new lives of great explorers written by well-known men of letters which are at the same time reliable history… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968. Book of the Month Club Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus Book of the Month Club edition in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Bump to lower front corner. Previous owner's name stamp on first free end paper. Decorative endpapers with Indigenous mask on first free endpaper.Dust jacket shows some creasing and shelf weaar especially at top an corners. Minor loss to jacket paper at foot and crown.332 pp. including index. Octavo.

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., ca. 1880. Later printing. Cloth. Very good/none as issued. A beautiful edition in very good condition. [n.d.] Burgundy cloth and gilt cover and title stamping. Roundbacked binding. Cloth on spine is bubbling. All edges bright gilt. Black endpapers. Mild foxing. Color map frontis, illustrated throughout. 778 pp. Frederic William Farrar, (born Aug. 7, 1831, Bombay, India—died March 22, 1903, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.), popular English religious writer and author of a sentimental novel of school life, Eric; or, Little by Little (1858).In 1856 Farrar became a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and later accepted an assistant mastership at Harrow School. Eric was followed by Julian Home (1859) and St. Winifred’s (1862). Farrar was also an expert philologist; his Essay on the Origin of Language (1860) earned him a fellowship of the Royal Society. His Life of Christ (1874) ran through 30 editions in as many years. In 1876 Farrar became… Read More

New York: Regan Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. As new/as new. As new first edition hardcover, first printing in a like dust jacket, with two programs laid in from the Sacramento, California exhibit. Black boards with silver title. Full color & b/w photos throughout. As new dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 197 pp. plus index. Small folio, 10 x 12 1/2 inches tall. The September 11 Photo Project was a community based response to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, using photos and written statements by survivors, eyewitnesses, and those generally affected.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Very good plus first edition, which would be fine except for the previous (large) owner's name blacked out on first free end paper. Blue cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Gray end papers. In a very good, original, unclipped dust jacket with tiny price sticker. Dust jacket shows minor loss in an otherwise closed small tear on rear jacket. vii, 206 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 8 3/4 inches tall.

Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine hardcover first edition, complete: volumes I-III in four parts. Blue cloth boards, gilt stamping. Map and photo endpapers. Mild dust soiling to edges, otherwise near fine. Profusely illustrated from photographs, maps and charts including all 8 folded maps in rear pocket of Vol I, a folded map and pristine 33 1/3 rpm small vinyl recording of the earthquake in rear pocket of Vol II, A. 263, 392, 350, and 155 pp, respectively. Quarto, 9 x 11 1/2 inches tall. Volume I: Operational Phases of the Coast & Geodetic Surveyincluding an account of Seismicity and Brief history of the coast and geodetic survey in this area. Volume II: (A) Research Studies: Seismology and marine geology, Engineering Seismology, (B) Seismology (C) Marine Geology. Vol III: Research Studies and interpretive results (A) Geodosy (B) Photogrammetry"Large and heavy set will be billed at actual postage.

[Charleston, IL]: [self-published], 1991. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Fine/none as issued. As New. Issued without dust jacket. 153 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Octavo. This is a story of the 499th Bomb. Squadron on Biak off the coast of New Guinea during WWII; I have strived to make it as accurate as possible. Most events are true. Charlie Phillips, Vic Tatelman, Corie Johnson, Henry Jepson and Robert Stewart are still living to attest to the accuracy of several episodes. Brig. General Richard Reinbold, our commanding officer, can verify events concerning administration. I did not keep a diary, but I have referred to the daily letters I wrote my wife for special events and dates. Many specific details of traumatic events have been supplied by living members of the squadron; they are crystal clear after over forty years. It is always difficult for an author to separate the reported events which might have happened.One fictitious character, Carl Zark, is a… Read More

New York: Illustrated Modern Library, 1943. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good. Warren Chappell. A near fine Illustrated Modern Library edition in a very good, original slipcase. Blue quarter cloth under blue paper boards with fine Warren Chappell illustration centerpiece on cover. Top edge painted blue. 3 digit number neatly inked on first free end paper. Small Levinson's book store label on back pastedown. Decorative crown inner end band is loosening, but does not affect the binding, which is sturdy and square. Slipcase shows no splits or tears, and is heavily rubbed at all edges with some loss to burgundy paper. Full color plates and illustrations, 884 [1] pp. Duodecimo, 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall.

Brainerd, Minnesota: Gridley Girls, LLC, 2013. First Edition, First State. Hardcover. As new/as new. An as new (fine), unread, first edition, first state which includes the original fine dust jacket, plus the corrected fine second state jacket. SIGNED by the author in Gridley, California, where it all started. Pink boards with gold title stamping on cover and spine. 358 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 1/4 inches tall. Reviewed in Parade Magazine as one of the Top 10 Beach reads of the year 2016, this hardcover edition has content and stories not included in the trade paperback expanded edition. They are the Gridley Girls, now and forever. Meg Monahan is hosting the wedding of her best friend, Anne Calzaretta, while still keeping a secret she's not prepared to face, let alone share.Meg, Anne, Jennifer, and Tonya were known as The Group in their rural town of Gridley, California, in the 1970s. Now living professional lives in Sacramento, they discover that in many ways they are still trapped by… Read More

Brainerd, Minnesota: Gridley Girls, LLC, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. An as new (fine), unread, first edition, with a fine second state dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in Gridley, California, where it all started. Pink boards with gold title stamping on cover and spine. 358 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 1/4 inches tall. Reviewed in Parade Magazine as one of the Top 10 Beach reads of the year 2016, this hardcover edition has content and stories not included in the trade paperback expanded edition. They are the Gridley Girls, now and forever. Meg Monahan is hosting the wedding of her best friend, Anne Calzaretta, while still keeping a secret she's not prepared to face, let alone share.Meg, Anne, Jennifer, and Tonya were known as The Group in their rural town of Gridley, California, in the 1970s. Now living professional lives in Sacramento, they discover that in many ways they are still trapped by their high school reputations. Fourteen-year-old Meg kept a secret… Read More

New York: Basic Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A near fine first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Black paper boards under quarter cloth. Gilt title stamping on spine. Russet endpapers. Deckled page edges. Remainder mark bottom edge, otherwise fine. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and without flaws. xii, 628 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. Octavo. ...Franklin Roosevelt has been lauded by most historians—most brilliantly by Eric Larrabee in his book Commander in Chief (1987)—as a shrewd political and military strategist who conducted both aspects of WWII with great guile, wit and efficiency. Fleming, however, portrays FDR as an inefficient and oafish warmonger spoiling for battle amid world political, economic and social tensions he did not understand. Fleming revives the well-worn canard that FDR wanted, needed and invited the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Then he quibbles with the notions of… Read More

New York: Basic Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A very near fine first edition, first printing with complete number line. Appears unread. Top right corner and bottom edge mildy bumped. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket. 543 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Octavo In this book, acclaimed historian Thomas Fleming undertakes nothing less than a drastic revision of America's experience in World War I. He reveals how the British and French duped Wilson and the American people into thinking the war was as good as won, and there would be no need to send an army overseas. He describes a harried president making speech after speech proclaiming America's ideals while supporting the Espionage and Sedition Acts that sent critics to federal prisons. Meanwhile, a government propaganda machine created a hate-driven "war will" that soon spilled over into attacks on ethnic Americans. On the Western Front, the Allies did their… Read More

Washington DC: Department of the Air Force, 1951. Screw Post Binding. Near fine/none as issued. A very near fine edition from 1951. Original hard plastic cover in triple screw post binding. Foxing to page edges, otherwise clean and bright. No torn or missing pages, no writing. Filled with graphs and illustrations. Unpaginated, includes a section-based index. 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall. quarto.

Mendocino, CA: by the author, 1977. First Edition. Paperback original. Near fine. A very near fine, first edition in softcover, signed by the poet on the title page. Dust stain to edge of cover.Duodecimo, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Chicago: Rand McNally, ca. 1972. Reprint. Pictorial cover. New/new. John R. Neill. Near fine white binding softcover reprint circa 1972. Full color John R. Neill illustration pictorial front and back covers. $1.50 price on cover. Binding is sturdy and square. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white drawings. No markings or nameplates. Bottom right corner bumped. Small bookstore label inside front cover. Some foxing to first and last page, text otherwise clean and bright. 288 pp. Octavo, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2019. Reprint. Pictorial boards. As new/none as issued. W.W. Denslow; John R.Neill. An as new deluxe edition of this classic work. Black, silver, and gold pictorial boards. 19th printing. Original publisher's price and ISBN label on back of book. 480 pp. Octavo. This beautiful new edition collects together the best of L. Frank Baum's Oz works, taking material from the very first 1900 publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and subsequent novels including Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz and The Lost Princess of Oz.

Chicago: Rand McNally, ca. 1972. Reprint. Pictorial cover. Near fine/none as issued. John R. Neill. Near fine white binding softcover reprint circa 1972. Full color John R. Neill illustration pictorial front and back covers. $1.95 price on cover. Binding is sturdy and square. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white drawings. Pages evenly toned. No markings or nameplates. 281 pp. Octavo, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., 1921. Hardcover. Very good. A very good 1921 edition. Green cloth boards with some spotting or fading, especially to back cover. Map end papers. Previous owner's information in pencil on front pastedown. School stamp on first free endpaper. Card pocket and pencilled marginalia on rear pastedown and last free endpaper. Illustrated with b/w plates of French landmarks. Binding is sturdy and square. Ex-library with no other markings. 342 pp. including index and appendix. Duodecimo, 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall. All proceeds from this sale go to The Shalom Free Clinic, providing healthcare services to the uninsured and underinsured in Chico, California.

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very good +. Very good+ first printing. In orginal wraps, front cover showing toning at sides. Front top corner is bumped. Foldout intact and fine. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Otherwise interior pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 142 pp. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall.