Search Results: Authors starting with F from Bazaar of Books

"The Leader and Recorder's History of the Junction." Edited by Diana Fancher. Toronto: West Toronto Junction Historical Society, 2004. pp. 140. numerous b. & w. photo. illus. Paperback (corners bit bent, interior clean and unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 11" x 8 1/2" (28cm x 22cm).

"Art & Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry" selected and introduced by Kate Farrell. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1992]. First edition. pp. 175, Index. 145 colour illus. Hardcover, green cloth with silver decoration on cover and silver title on spine (corners bent, spine bumped, scratches on back cover, bookplate on front free endpaper, interior is unmarked). d.w., clipped (some wear, upper front corner worn and small tear, scratches).Very good condition.Size: 7 3/8" x 7 7/8" (18.5cm x 20cm).

"Giles: Fifty Years at Work" [text by William Feaver]. [London: The British Council, 1994]. Published for the exhibition Giles: A Cartoonist Goes to War! at the Belgian Centre for Cartoon Art, Brussels, 6 September-6 November, 1994. pp. 60. numerous b. & w. illus., some colour. Paperback (slight wear, esp. corners, interior unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 8 5/8" x 9 5/8" (22cm x 24.5cm).

"Decoys of Nova Scotia From the Collection of Gerald Ferguson 4 May - 21 May, 1984, Nova Scotia Collects." exhibition catalogue. [essay by Gerald Ferguson, foreword by Bernard Riordan Curator/Director]. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, [Halifax, Nova Scotia]. pp.6. 17 b & w illustrations. (wrinkled, corners bent, otherwise in good condition- no marks). Size: 12 1/4" (31cm). x 8 1/2" (21.5cm).Good condition. An invaluable reference for the decoy collector.

"Easy & Not-So-Easy Pieces" by Richard P. Feynman. Introduction by Roger Penrose. London: The Folio Society, [2009]. Second printing. pp. 254, Index. some colour illus. Hardcover, red cloth, decorative front cover and gilt title on spine in a gold board slipcase (corners square, interior clean & unmarked, some wear to slipcase).Very good condition.Size: 9" x 6" (23cm x 15cm)- book dimensions only.

"The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats." Revised Second Edition. Edited by Richard J. Finneran. [New York]: Scribner Paperback Poetry (Simon & Schuster Inc.), [1996]. pp. 544, Index. Paperback (few scratches, some pages bent on bottom edge, slight dent in back lower corner, Remainder mark, interior is clean & unmarked).
Very Good condition.
Size: 8 3/8" x 5 1/2" (21.5cm x 14cm).

"Assault on a Queen" by Jack Finney. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1959]. Book Club edition. pp. 192. Hardcover, turquoise, top edge black, fore-edge uncut (top & bottom of spine bumped, corners bent, both covers and interior unmarked). dw. (worn, soiled on back, chipped to top & bottom of spine). Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4". (22cm x 15cm).Good condition.This novel was made into a movie of the same title, starring Frank Sinatra. Finney also wrote "The Body Snatchers", which was the basis for the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

"Sea-Birds: An Introduction to the Natural History of the Sea-Birds of the North Atlantic." (The New Naturalist) by James Fisher and R. M. Lockley. London: Collins, 1954. pp. 320, Index, Bibliography. 9 colour illus., 68 b. & w. illus. and 66 maps & diagrams. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on spine (corners bent, spine bumped, soiling on covers, some marks on top & bottom edges, bookseller label on front endpaper, interior clean & unmarked). d.j., unclipped (marks & soiling especially to back cover, loss to spine: 1-inch loss to top; 2-inch loss to bottom, also loss to front & back cover at bottom, and couple chips to jacket edge). Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.Very Good condition. (dustjacket in Good condition).Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" (22.5cm x 16cm).

"The Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1969]. pp. 190. Hardcover, quarter black cloth and blue boards, with gilt title on spine (slight tear on front cover (see photo), ex-library copy stamp on rear endpaper, bit soiled, couple of stains on fore edge, interior is clean & unmarked). No dustjacket. Very Good condition.Size: 8 1/2" x 5 5/8" (21.5cm x 14.5cm)This story forms the basis for the 2017 TV series, "The Last Tycoon" starring Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, Lily Collins and Dominique McElligott. Elia Kazan made a movie of "The Last Tycoon", in 1976, which starred Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Nicholson. The screenplay was by Harold Pinter.

"You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming. [New York]: New American Library, [1964]. pp. 240. Hardcover, yellow cloth with red title on spine, and author's facsimile signature in black on front cover, top edge red and deckle fore-edge (corners square & bit worn , spine bumped, front hinge cracked, one small dent and one worn spot at bottom back cover, interior clean and unmarked, covers unmarked) dj. (edges toned, especially spine, corners worn, a 3/4-inch tear to lower spine, small tear top of spine & also chipped, small faded pen mark on front cover). On the bottom of the front flap is printed "002" and "Book Club Edition"Good+ condition (Dust jacket in Good- condition).Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" (21.5cm x 14.5cm).The iconic James Bond spy novel, set in Japan.

"The Best of Man Bites Dog No. 2" by Donal Foley. Reprinted from The Irish Times. Dublin: The Irish Times Ltd., 1973. pp. 112. Paperback (soiled, top edge darkened, few light scratches to covers, interior is unmarked).
Very Good condition.
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (21.5cm x 14cm).

"Wildlife" by Richard Ford. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company (Canada) Limited, [1990]. First edition, First printing. Inscribed by the author. pp. 177. Hardcover, black boards with gilt title on spine (corners square, owner's bookplate on front endpaper, pages toned, few marks on top and fore edges, interior is clean & unmarked). d.j., unclipped (bit soiled, corners rubbed, top and bottom of spine creased).Very Good condition.Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (23.5cm x 16xcm).

"The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. New York: The Viking Press, [1971]. Book-of-the-Month Club. pp. 380. Hardcover, red boards with grey quarter cloth, red lettering on spine, top edge is red (some staining to top and bottom edge of covers, also top & bottom of spine discoloured, interior is unmarked). dj., unclipped- $7.95 printed on dustjacket flap (dustjacket is toned overall, top of back cover is tattered with several short tears, one very short tear at bottom of spine, inside jacket is foxed).Size: 8 3/4" x 6" (22cm x 15cm).Very Good- condition (dustjacket is in Good condition).Forsyth's first novel and the beginning of many bestsellers. The story of a professional assassin, hired by the OAS (disaffected French army officers) to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Also made into a popular movie (1973) by the director Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox.

"Life: An Unauthorized Biography, A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth" by Richard Fortey. London: The Folio Society, 2008. First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins in 1997. pp. 379, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. numerous colour illus. Hardcover, green cloth with decorative front cover and gilt title on spine in an illustrated orange board slipcase (corners square, interior clean & unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 10 3/8" x 7 5/8" (26.5cm x 19.5cm)- book dimensions only.

"The Earth: An Intimate History" by Richard Fortey. London: The Folio Society, 2011. First published in 2004 in Britain by HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 416, Bibliography, Index. numerous illus. (mostly colour). Hardcover, quarter brown cloth with illustrated boards and gilt title on spine, in a brick red board slipcase (corners square, interior clean & unmarked, slipcase has slight scratches).Very good condition.Size: 10 3/8" x 7 5/8" (26.5cm x 19.5cm)- book dimensions only.

"Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations 1860-1940" by Daniel Francis. Saskatoon/Calgary: Fifth House Publishers, [1996]. pp.151. 140 b. & w. illus. Paperback (lower corners bit worn, few folds to lower back cover, price sticker on back cover, interior is clean & unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 10" x 8" (25.5cm x 20.5cm)

"Matisse's Garden" by Samantha Friedman. Illustrations by Cristina Amodeo with reproductions of works by Henri Matisse. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [2018]. Published in 2014, this is the Fourth printing. unpaginated. full-page colour illus. with 3 fold-outs. Hardcover, illustrated boards (corners square, mark on title page, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked). dj., illus. same as book covers (some wear on top edge and corners, short tear at bottom of spine and a very tiny tear at top of back cover).
Very Good condition.
Size: 12" x 9 3/8" (30.5cm x 23.5cm).

"The Red Stockings" by Pete Fry. New York: Roy Publishers, Inc., [1962]. pp. 158. Hardcover, red cloth with black title on spine (owner's signature on title page, corners straight, top of spine bumped, light foxing on top & fore edges, black mark on bottom edge, some toning to endpapers, interior is clean & unmarked). d.j., unclipped (some wear along edges, some soiling and marks on back cover, spine darkened, scuff mark to front, top right corner).Very Good condition. (Dust jacket Very Good- condition).Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/8" (19cm x 13cm).