Search Results: Authors starting with F from Vivarium Books

New York: Columbia University Press. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 401pp. Very good hardcover in like dust-jacket. Pages clean, binding sound. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1997.

Milano: Casa Editrice S. Lega Eucaristica. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [xlviii, 739pp]. Superbly gilt-tooled leather binding with colored image of the "Seraphic Patriarch". Brightly gilt edges and endpapers. Spine leather slightly sunned. A few tiny spots of wear to leather. Strong binding. Clean, bright pages. Plates (some tipped in color), tissue, monochrome photography, engravings. Title continues: ..."Obra Esplendidamente Ilustrada, Distinguida con un Breve de S. S. Benedicto XV y Alabada Incondicionalmente por la Universidad de Lavaina." . Near Fine. Leather Bound. 1926.

Barcelona / Madrid: Biblioteca Franciscana. 2 vols. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [lxii, 493pp] + [430pp]. Profusely decorated cloth with raised gilt image of the "Seraphic Patriarch". General edge-wear and faded spines. Cracked exterior joints of Volume II have been repaired. Decorated endpapers. Pages clean, bindings sound and cracks repaired where found. Gorgeous 'Arts & Crafts' style engraved title pages, etc. Ruled text borders. Ex-library. Plates, tissue, monochrome photography, engravings. Title continues: ..."Obra Esplendidamente Ilustrada, Distinguida con un Breve de S. S. Benedicto XV y Alabada Incondicionalmente por la Universidad de Lavaina." Gift of "Dr. Juan Menchaca" (Mayo Clinic, USA?) dated 1947, Guadalajara, Mexico to the (defunct) College of St. Theresa, Winona, Minnesota, administered by the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester, Minnesota. Extra international postage required. . Fair. Hardcover. 1925.

Chicago: Hillenbrand Books. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xi + 242pp. FINE/HC/DJ. . Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 2004.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxiii + 481pp. FAIR/HC. Mild to moderate exterior wear concentrated at head and tail of spine. Inner hinges weak. Else unmarked and firm. . Fair. Hardcover. 1899.

Bangalore: Franciscan Institute of Spirituality in India (FISI). Title continues ~ "Letter of the Four Ministers General of the Franciscan Family to the Poor Clares, to all Franciscan Sisters living the 'enclosed' life and to all who love Clare and Francis throughout the world on the occasion of the Eighth Centenary of the Birth of St. Clare (1193-1993)." 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ii + 69pp. G/SC. Ex-library. Else and unmarked, firm, scarce pamphlet. . Good. Soft cover. 1993.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 232pp. Very good hardcover in like dust-jacket, covered in mylar. Pages clean, binding sound. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1973.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 400pp. Fine hardcover in like dust-jacket. . Fine. Hardcover. 2012.

New York: Sheed and Ward. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii + 236pp. Very good cloth hardcover with lightly chipped and worn d/j. Ex-library stamps. One ink marking found to text. Otherwise quite sound. . Good. Hardcover. 1967.

Leominster, Herefordshire: Fowler Wright Books. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii + 396pp. Good hardcover in like d/j. Ex-library. One gathering had come loose and has been reattached with archival quality glue. Otherwise sound. . Good. Hardcover. 1980.

New York: Basic Books, Inc.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiii, 160pp. Very good hardcover in like dust-jacket, enclosed in mylar. Pages clean, binding sound. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1967.

Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press (A Michael Glazier Book). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 132pp. Good softcover. Rear cover shows some light rubbing. Otherwise flawless. . Good. Soft cover. 1990.

London: The Medici Society Limited. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good gilt and blind-stamped hardcover. Spine slightly sunned. Attractive sepia-tone photographs, some reproducing medieval art. Pages clean, binding sound. . Good. Hardcover. 1924.

Ramat Gan: Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 258pp. Fine soft cover. English Intro with some black and white illustrations. . Fine. Soft cover. 2000.

Ramat Gan: Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (47pp.) + (182pp.) Near fine softcover. Very slight curl at foot of front cover otherwise in perfect condition. Printed in two sections: one in English text and the other in Hebrew text. Illustrated in black and white pictures, maps, and charts. Clean, bright, and tight. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1999.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 200pp. G/HC/DJ. Mild DJ rubbing. Else unmarked and firm. . Good. Hardcover. 1st American Edition. 1968.

London: Macmillan. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxxiv + 1229pp. G/HC/DJ. Price-clipped toned DJ. Private ex-libris bookplate, else unmarked, firm. . Good. Hardcover. 1918.

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 152pp. Good brown hardcover with extremely slight wear. Pages clean, binding firm. Ex-convent library. Scarce biography of St. Francis of Assisi underscoring Christian knighthood and chivalry. "The title chosen of this book has not been chosen by the author but by the oldest biographers of St. Francis (Thomas of Celano)." . Good. Hardcover. 1948.

Olten & Lausanne: Urs-Graf-Verlag. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 140pp. Presumed very good hardcover cloth. Lavishly illustrated in both color and monochrome. The previous own very occasionally made a small pencil reference note, for instance in the appendix. Additionally, the dust-jacket has been fixed to the boards with clear tape and the edges have been covered to protect from wear. There is still a crease through the dust-jacket spine and some minor toning to the surface. Binding otherwise sound. Extra international shipping required. . Good. Hardcover. 1956.

Graz: Akademische Druck. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. x, 361pp, 384 black and white figures, one folding. Pages clean, binding sound. Clear tape has been applied to the head and tail of dust-jacket for protection against wear. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1972.