Search Results: Titles starting with F from The Owl at the Bridge

NY, Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. xix, 674 p., illus.; 32.5 cm. "Second printing." This covers the years of his adulthood, his entry into politics and his dealing with polio. Stock#47694. Vg; owner name on front fly / dj poor with big tear.

N.Y., Beaufort, 1986. Hard Cover. 266 p., plates; 23.5 cm. Biography of the writer whose newspaper column was widely read, and who became a key figure in the Algonquin Round Table. Stock#29415. Vg/ dj vg.

San Francisco, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 1999. Soft Cover. Oblong exhibition catalog, 32 p., 13 color illus.; 23 cm. With a critical essay, Counting the Hours at Millennium's End: F. Scott Hess' Allegory of Time, by Michael Duncan. 'Hess' masterful, postmodern culling of art historical referents and styles creates a sophisticated context for the paintings' strange mysteries and twisted denouements.' Color pictorial paper covers, corners a bit worn; near fine. Stock#38286. Vg/ paper.

Monographic bookseller catalogue. 152 items; stapled in blue pictorial paper; Good. Stock#ofc0274.

Leaflet, [16] pages, 152 items; 21.5 cm. Printed on green paper, portrait of FSF on front; Good+. Stock#ofc0780.

N.Y., Simon and Schuster, 1985. Hard Cover. 830 p. illus., 24 cm. "FDR's majesty and his mischief come through on every page, along with his intellect, decency and courageous leadership." Stock #29,237. Vg/ dj vg.

"This fourth volume [of Freidel's biography of Roosevelt] follows [him] from election night 1932 through the first summer of the New Deal." x, 574 pages, 14 illus.; 21 cm. Stock#Neu415.

Providence?] [Remington Press] [1917?]. Soft Cover. [12] p., 16 illus., 26.5 cm. "Providence Opera House Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings May 4,5 and 6 at 8:20 Saturday Afternoon, May 6, at 2:20. Auspices of the Providence Branch International Sunshine Society" One of the six "toys" is a woman in black-face. An early owner pasted Providence theater clippings to the rear cover, surviving is a newspaper editorial by Brown Professoe Thomas Crosby (1870-1947, see Encyclopedia Brunoniana). Stock# 43,916. vg / soft cover

Faber & Faber, London [1955]. 'Second impression mcmlv'. Hard Cover. Arranged alphabetically by author (Aaronson, Abercrombie, Abse, Allison, Auden to Yeats & Young), with Index of Titles and Index of First Lines. 390 p., 19 cm.; dj clipped, corners & spine ends chipped; good+. 34135.

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1996. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and made possible by Fabergé Co." 417 objects illustrated in color. Soft Cover. 366 pages : illustrations (mostly color), portraits ; 26.5 cm. ISBN (10): 0500016992. Stock#47802

Paris: Delloye, Desme et Cie., 1838. Hard Cover. xxvii, [1], 260 pages, illus.; 24 cm. "It is remarkable that some of his graceful and delicate works were written in the midst of the Revolution..." First pub. Paris, 1792. Cioranescu (18th C.) 28747. Bound in original publisher's half leather; very good. Stock#OB673.

Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1990. Soft Cover. 303 p., illus.; 24 cm. Fourth edition. "Explains how to choose, buy and install the correct fabrics for historic interiors. Included is a unique catalogue of more than 600 fabric types and patterns." ISBN(10) 0891331751. Stock#46687. Vg / softcover.

Emil White, Big Sur [Phillips & Van Orden, c1967]. "New and Revised Edition". Soft Cover. "Sixty-Five Photographs in Full Color." "The only color guide with a complete history of the Castle." "California State Monument on Scenic Highway One, San Simeon, California." Photographs by George T. C. Smith, Lee Blaisdell, Peter Breinig and Art McEwen. [40] p. with color photos & text; 27.5 cm.; pictorial paper covers illustrated inside as well; minor wear; VG. Stock#34936.

N.Y., Atheneum, 1988. Soft Cover. xiv, [4], 523 p. illus.23.5 cm. Foreword by Helen Hayes. Alfred Lunt (1892-1977) and Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) acted together, as a team, for over 35 years. Stock #29,638, Vg/ wrappers.

NY, George Braziller, 1976. Soft Cover. 224 p., [12] leaves of plates, illus. (some color); 26 cm. Medieval feasts for the modern table: a practical prelude to the recipes. Over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts. ISBN (10): 080760898X. Gift inscription on front fly; Very Good; soft cover. Stock#47541.

N.Y., Crown, 1954. Hard Cover. xiv, [162] p.; 31 cm. By now the title should be The City as It Was and Was because so much has changed in 50 years. "With prints and contemporary photographs of the past and the same scenes today [i.e. 1953] in photographs by Andreas Feininger. History and descriptions by Susan E. Lyman, Museum of the City of New York." Vg/dj worn, torn. Stock#101560.

NY, Viking Press [1976]. Hard Cover. 354 p., index, plates; 22 cm. Book club stamp. A broad view of battlefield experience that focuses on three battles that took place within a few miles of one another: Agincourt, 1415; Waterloo, 1815, and the Somme, 1916. Stock#46751. Vg, extensively underlined and annotated by a military historian / dj good+.

NY, Viking Press, [1976]. Hard Cover. 354 p., index, plates; 22 cm. Book club stamp. A broad view of battlefield experience that focuses on three battles that took place within a few miles of one another: Agincourt, 1415; Waterloo, 1815, and the Somme, 1916. ISBN (10): 0670304328. Stock#31065. Vg/ dj good+, worn.

[Providence, R. I., Copper Beech Press, 1978]. Soft Cover. 61 pages; paper; new. Twenty-three poems, some previously published. "What is this strange body/ You have given me?/ It looks back from mirrors/ And I see my cheeks are flushed/ My skin no longer temperate./ Inside, nothing is the same:/ Rare and exotic herbs dance/ On my tongue. I am weightless:/ A fine white feather that moves/ In the air you breathe." (title poem). stock#25693x/h.

Toronto & Buffalo, University of Toronto Press [c. 1971]. Hard Cover. 202 p., 48 ports.; 31 cm. 48 black & white photographic portraits of celebrities, arranged alphabetically beginning: Marian Anderson, Joan Baez, Christiaan Barnard, Pablo Casals... Karsh has a knack with his lighting to make images seem three-dimensional. ISBN (10): 0802017711. Stock#L-318. Good+, gift inscription / dj good, worn at edges, tear in spine.