Search Results: Authors starting with F from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Carleton; Bentley, New York; London: 1863., 1863 306p. Decorated title page. Lacks front fly leaf. Mildly age stained. 12mo. Original full green publisher's cloth binding. Embossed in blind and stamped with publisher's device. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Slightly worn at extremities. Hardbound. First Edition. Fabens (1821-1875) went to the Island of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti) to farm. He gives us a wonderful account of: his efforts to profitably grow fruit and vegetables; his relations with his neighbors; general conditions on the island; etc. Sabin 34420. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/7 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good.

Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville, PA (New York: 1978)., 1978 230p. Well illustrated. 4to. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards, top edges sun faded. Original dust jacket. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. New Series. Volume 12. Still the best work on the topic. When authentic, these chests fetch remarkably high prices at important auctions of American folk art. The scarce original first edition of this classic. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE USE THE ABE 'ASK THE BOOKSELLER A QUESTION' FUNCTION TO CONFIRM AVAILABILITY Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville (New York: 1978)., 1978 230p. Well Illustrated. 4to. DJ. Original cloth binding. This was once the most valuable book in the whole series of PA German Society publications. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

G.B. Paravia, Torino: 1942., 1942 154 p. + Illustrations. Italian text. 12 mo. 195 mm. Original illustrated paper wraps binding. Very good. Manuscript ownership inscription of: "Ralph S. (Spencer Walker) Lt (jg) U.S.N.R. 12/31/45." Probably bought when he was in Palermo with the U.S. Navy. An account in Italian of the Second German North polar Expedition (1869-1870) and it's second ship: schooner-brig "Hansa" - a coal tender under Captain Hegemann. Leaving Bremerhaven with the main ship "Germania", in 1869, the general task was exploration of the region north of 74o at the eastern coast of Greenland. The ships are separated forever in foggy weather on July 20. In September 1869 the "Hansa" is locked in the pack-ice at 73o 25,7' N - drifting south. By October the ship is heavily damaged by the ice-pressure, and sinks 10 km off the east coast of Greenland at 70o 52'N 21o W. The crew of 14 escaped to a southward drifting ice floe and spends the Polar… Read More

Typis Seminarii, apud Joannem Manfr, Patavii (Padua, Italy): ., 1757 Part two of three parts. pp. (5), 484. Engraved title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces. 4to. 240 mm. Tp. with old foxing and soiling, but still attractive. Early stiff paper boards binding, without spine covering. A famous and important history of the University of Padua which was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second oldest in Italy. SCARCE. NW1 /Editio Small Box 1. Hardcover.

(Reprint from The Bucks County Historical Society Papers, Volume VII: 1935)., 1935 17p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original brown printed wraps. Ownership label of Isaac M. Bush, Furlong, Pa. on front cover. A paper read at a Meeting of The Bucks County Historical Society held at Doylestown, Pennsylvania Saturday, May 4, 1935. PA PAMPH 20_24 BX7 0.0. Soft cover.

(Bucks County Historical Society: 1936)., 1936 20p. Illustrated with a portrait of Lafayette and tavern signboards. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Address label of Isaac M. Bush, Furlong, Pa. on front cover. PA PAMPH 20_14 BX7 0.0. Soft cover.

(From The Bucks County Historical Society Papers, Volume IV: 1916)., 1916 10p. Tall 8vo. Original gray printed wraps, very small loss at corners. Ownership label of Isaac M. Bush, Furlong, Pa. on front cover. A paper read at a Meeting of The Bucks County Historical Society at New Hope, Pa., October 28, 1916. PA PAMPH 20_24 BX7 0.0. Soft cover.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London: 1978., 1978 139p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. NH 6 0.0. Hardcover.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia: 1983., 1983 74p. Numerous illustrations, many in color. 4to. Original color pictorial wraps. Crisp copy. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX1 = 2c. 0.0. Soft cover.

Issued by Maryland Development Bureau of the Baltimore Association of Commerce, Baltimore, MD: (1931)., 1931 209 p. Original carbon copy printed on one side only. Illustrated with numerous letter press charts. Original wraps. XLib. Faux limp morocco leather binding. Mark on spine. Scarce. AMERICANA BX 5 0.0. Soft cover.

Univ. of CA, Berkeley: 1895., 1895 pp. 273-300 + Plus two plates. Unopened. 4to. Original printed wraps. NH 5 0.0. Soft cover.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Dallas, et. al.: (1978)., 1978 pp. xii, 552. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full gold paper binding. Front board decorated with a green dragon. Small rubbed spot on front board. Hardbound. Very good. ORIENT BOX 3 0.0. Hardcover.

Britton Publishing Co., New York: 1918., 1918 157p. + Frontis, and wonderful photos of the great stars of the silent film. 12mo. Original pictorial full cloth binding. PHREN 2 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed at the Edinburgh Press for) John Murray, London: 1901., 1901 pp. vii, 171. Uncut. Top edge gilt. Inked ownership of Arthur Holmes on front paste down. 12mo. 190mm. Original full blue cloth binding with Yapp edges. Spine and front board decorated with red roses and green leaves. Spine faded. Boards slightly worn. Hardbound. Very Good. Margaret Fairless Barber (1869-1901) was an English Christian writer who used the pseudonym Michael Fairless. This, her first book, is a religious romance. Her second, The Roadmender (1902) achieved a wild success and made her famous. LIT BX 8 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by G. Barclay for) David Bogue, London:, 1853 31 p. + Six remarkable engraved plates, showing nine subjects. 16mo. 190 mm. Original printed wraps, slightly worn. First Edition. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a humorist of the school of Hogarth, and is considered by some to be one of the best that Britain ever produced. He was the son of a Scottish painter, Isaac Cruikshank, and apparently his talent was such that he could draw as soon as he could write. From the beginning he was concerned with satire. At a young age he achieved public notice by painting theatre backdrops (the first was for Drury Lane Theatre, London). In the early 1820s he made etchings for the pamphleteer William Hone, but his political caricature work was soon overtaken by his work as a book illustrator. Life in London (1821) was followed by Tales of Irish Life (1824), and then a series of further books at an ever increasing rate. His best known work was for Charles Dickens, starting with Sketches by Boz and reaching its… Read More

Walker, Philadelphia: ., 1836 142 p. + Four woodcut plates. Very light age stain. 24mo. 150 mm. Original leather spine over blue linen covered blue boards. Corners rubbed. Slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Very good. William Falconer (1732-1769) was a Scottish epic poet concerned mainly with life at sea. Early in life he became a sailor. He was fully competent to describe the management of the storm-tossed vessel whose career and fate are described in this poem, first issued in 1762. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! S&S/AI 37373. PAIMP 25. Hardcover. Good.

W. Spemann, Stuttgart. Ca: 1880., 1880 pp. xii, 345. Wood engraved plates and Illustrations. Some foxing. Folio. Absolutely remarkable decorated full red cloth binding. Huge gold central device surrounded by a complex series of rolls, stamps, and illustrations in gold and black. Rarely is this book found in such fresh condition. Oversized. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE5 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

American Genealogical Research Institute, Washington, DC: 1972., 1972 128 p. 8vo. Wraps. Manuscript genealogical notes. Softbound. Good. GENEALOGY 2 0.0. Soft cover.

J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia: 1919., 1919 349 p. + Illustrations + Color frontis + Folding map. uncut. Inked ownership of Alice Starner on front paste down. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial orange cloth binding. PA 7x2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.