Search Results: Titles starting with F from Parker's Rare Books

Columbus, Ohio: Capitol College Press, 1949. 2nd pr. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 205pp. Clean book with slight edge wear, SIGNED by author on ffep. Owners name ffep as well. Book condition VG-.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, ND. HB. Green cloth, 8vo., 246pp. Book condition VG-.

Bergen: Ed. B. Giertsen, 1867. HB. Brown blindstamped pebbled cloth, gilt bible and cross on front cover, 8vo, 191 pp. Lacking backstrip. Previous owner's label front paste-down, writing on front and rear endpapers, no marks in text. Text in Danish. Book condition Good-.

Toronto: Musson Book Co, 1940. First Canadian Edition. hb. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 334 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket with spine sunned and one small hole to paper bottom of spine. Dust jacket in mylar. Henderson was British ambassador to Hitler's Germany, 1937-39, and tries to offer an explanation for the coming of World War II, and his role in history. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1964. First Edition. HB. Green cloth, blue lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 224 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Pages 55-58 have small tear to outer margin. Edges of text block show some soiling. In an unclipped ($3.25) dust jacket that shows chipping with about 1" loss top of front and rear panels near spine. Book condition VG- in Good DJ.

New York: Carlton & Porter, 1861. First Edition. HB. Red blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 16 mo, 147 pp. Uncommon title. Presentation inscription on ffep, no other marks in book, binding solid. Covers show minor wear, soiling. Frontis illustration. Book condition VG.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1887. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 130 pp. plus 4 pp. publishers ads at rear, patterned end-papers. Frontis portrait of Maximilian. Seaton Schroeder (1849-1922) rose to the rank of Rear Admiral in the U. S. Navy. Presentation copy with the inscription "General Townsend, compliments of the author" and dated 1887 on ffep. Townsend was most likely Edward Davis Townsend (1817-1893) and became adjutant general of te army. Further inscription stating that this copy was given as a gift by the daughter of General Townsend in 1952. No marks in book but for previous owner's stamp on front end-paper, binding tight. Book condition VG.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1917. HB. Brown paper covered boards with brown lettering on front cover, 8vo,unpaginated. Satire of family photo albums. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, bumps to bottom edge. In a brown dust jacket stating $1.00 net. Dust jacket shows edge wear, three tape repaired tears. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ.

New York, et al: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. First Printing. HB. Quarter maroon cloth and gray boards, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 242 pp., gray endpapers. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In unclipped ($8.95) dust jacket that shows minor chipping. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1902. HB. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 366pp. X-Lib. with minor markings, in library binding. Text clean, binding tight. Book condition Good+.

Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead Company, [1952]. Wraps. Gray stiff paper wraps, black lettering front cover and spine, 12 mo, 147 pp. "Proceedings of the Thirty-First Conference of the American Country Life Association, Madison, Wisconsin, September 15-18, 1952." Interesting analysis of farm life and its problems in a series of addresses by leaders involved in rural life. No marks in book, binding tight. Minor creases bottom rear corner, spine lightly sunned. Book condition VG+. Uncommon.

Jamestown, North Dakota: Farmers Union Education Service, 1941. New and Revised Edition. Wraps. Tan paper wraps, black lettering and design on front cover, 8vo, 165 pp. Uncommon history and description of the organization of the Farmers Union. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Covers show just a hint of soiling. Book condition VG.

Sparta, Wi: Monroe Publishing Co, 1939. HB. Rust colored cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 205 pp. Catholic priest from a rural Wisconsin parish (St. Mary's Ridge) gives a populist analysis of farming conditions as they existed in the late 1930's. Owners name front paste-down, inked out, only mark in book, binding solid, pages just slightly browning. Lacking the dust jacket. Book condition VG-.

New York: Soho Press, 1998. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Quarter green and white paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 312 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight, page 149-50 has a 4"closed tear. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows very light edge wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

New York: Vanguard Press, [1933]. Wraps. Cream colored stapled wraps, black lettering and diagram on front cover, publisher's ad on rear cover, 12mo, 58 pp. plus 2 pp. bibliography and 1 pp. publisher's ad at rear. Minor marginal notations in text, small name stamped at top of front and rear covers, light edge wear. Book condition VG-.

New York: Federal Book Co, c. 1896. HB. Blue cloth, 12 mo., paste-on drawing on front cover, 365pp. Clean book, slight edge wear, rear end paper torn. Translated from the German by Mary Stuart Smith. Author was Elisabeth Burstenbinder, 1838-1918. Uncommon title. Book condition VG.

Royal Oak, Mich: Radio League of the Little Flower, 1932. Wraps. Green paper wraps, 8vo., 239 pp. Some soiling to covers, spine split at top rear. No marks in book, binding solid. Book condition Good.

Springfield, N.J: Enslow Publishers, 1996. 1st. HB. Glossy pictorial boards, 8vo., 128 pp. X-library, but only flaws are stickers on spine and front cover, library name stamped on ffep. Also stamped "review copy" on ffep. No card pockets, etc. No marks in text, binding solid. Very minor edge wear to covers. Book condition VG-.

Concord: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1836. HB. Full title: "Biographical Sketches of the Fathers of New England intended to Acquaint Youth with the Lives, Characters and Sufferings of those who Founded Our Civil and Religious Institutions". Green pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 16 mo., 180pp. Some soiling to covers, foxing to pages, pages 13-18 have a smooth tear, but pages complete. Writing in pencil, ffep, rear end paper missing about 1/2" from bottom. Book condition Good+.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1978. Stated First Edition. hb. Quarter yellow cloth and red paper covered boards, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 445 pp. Owners name front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding tight. In a price clipped dust jacket that shows light soiling, one 1/2" tear top front panel. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ.