Search Results: Titles starting with F from Quercus Rare Books

Boston: Ball Publishing Co., 1911. An important collection of prominent socialist thinkers of the late 19th century, edited by the great Irish dramatist. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus,"With a new Preface for this edition by Mr. Shaw." Light olive cloth binding, lettered in blind in black. Clean text; 218 pages, indexed. Previous-owner name on FFEP (dated 1922). Minor rubbing, faint drink stains on the front cover. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Company, 1951. A complete record of the great football teams of the Carlisle Indian School including of course the most famous player, Jim Thorpe, and the most famous coach, "Pop" Warner." A scarce title. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Black cloth binding with red lettering on spine. Corners very lightly bumped, foxing to the endpapers, else Fine. The dustjacket shows wear, with creasing and chipping at its margins; it has been repaired in the past with cello tape; while unclipped, the price has been blacked out. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus.

New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher, 1888. Montague (1857-1889) was an Editor at the Boston "Globe" who wrote several mystery and speculative fiction works. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, one of the publisher's "Popular American Novels" series. Listed Hubin, p.296. Attractive decorative binding, red cloth, with a floral design stamped in black; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 248 pages with three pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Textblock is very bright and clear, but a previous-owner signature on the FFEP has been blacked out. Spine lightly faded to a rose colour; with a very slight lean. Else, a Fine copy of this early American mystery. In an archival plastic protector. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. Omnibus edition that covers the first fifty years of the magazine. Edited by Robert B. Luce, with introductions by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Dark gray paper-covered boards with a tan linen spine, gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Clean text; 480 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is unclipped; shows some rubbing and minor chipping; one larger chip near the foot of the spine. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Fine/Very Good Plus.

Chicago: Anti-Defamation League, 1939. Intended as a guidebook to participants in the "Fireside Discussion Group" of the Anti-Defamation Group and intended to provide accurate information answers to the many slanders perpetrated upon the Jewish people. By 1939, the generalized anti-Semitism of the decade was crystalized around Hitler's rise in Nazi Germany. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Uncommon to scarce. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 24 chapters, with pagination not continuous; Quercus speculates that these essays originated as a series of phamplets. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Chicago: Anti-Defamation League, 1938. An impressive refutation of the anti-Semitism current prior to WWII, intended to be a guide for discussion groups. Consists of an Introduction and 23 chapters on a variety of discussion topics. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. (No date or author listed, but per OCLC dated 1938 and written by Sigmund Livingston, who founded the ADL in 1913. However, the text indicates a later publishing date of at least 1939.) Brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Minor wear to the margins, corners lightly bumped, a few discolorations to the rear panel. Clean text with an occasional wrinkle. Previous-owner signature on front paste-down. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds, 1946. Novel set in the slums of Dublin, a very scarce title. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding with black spine lettering. The dustwrapper is Very Good Plus; complete and unclipped, just a bit of wrinkling; the rear of the jacket has been internally reinforced with tape. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Dublin, London, New York: Maunsel and Co., Limited & Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906. Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950) later would write a biography of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party; here he takes the reader into some unusual nooks and crannies of Ireland. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Highly decorative green cloth binding, embellished in gilt with Celtic knotwork and lettering. Clean text; 416 pages, indexed. Top edge is gilt, others rough-cut.Thirty-one black-and-white illustrations, a coloured frontis and three others also coloured, by Hugh Thomson. Mild rubbing at the margins, and a small chip to the lower spine. Some spotting, generally confined to the page edges and endpapers. A very handsome book. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York & London: Crosby Gage; Faber & Gwyer, 1927. Three stories by the great Irish author. This is a Very Good copy of the First Signed and Limited (to 1190 copies) Edition. Paper-covered boards with a shamrock design; tan cloth spine with a paper label. Clean text; 58 pages. SIGNED by O'Flaherty on the half-title. Mild soil and wear around the edges; the fragile spine label has been rubbed but is still quite readable. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. . Limited/Numbered.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: John Murray, 1834. Croker (1798-1854), a folklorist, collected ancient Irish poetry and legends; his work remains important today. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition Thus, a reprint of the original publication (in 1825) that he "condensed and revised" to fewer tales and a single volume. Issued as part of Murray's "Family Library" series, with plates and woodcuts, at 5 shillings the book. EXTREMELY SCARCE in any early printings; rare if any institutional holdings. Paper-covered boards with black lettering, mildly bumped. Clean text; 344 pages, including an appended letter of praise from Sir Walter Scott. The rear board contains an advert from the publisher. Very bright and readable, although pages are stiff. The main defect of the volume is that the spine is perished, although everything is holding together nicely. Please note this condition issue; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of repair or restoration. This would well be worth the… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. Donleavy, who died in 2017, turned "the great sad cathedral" of New York into his signature comic romance, leavened by his Irish wit. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Second Printing (stated) of the First American Edition. Green cloth binding with titling on the spine in green and gilt; gilt signature on the front cover. Clean text; 341 pages. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the second title page. Shows sunfade around the margins, with faint flood marks on the covers. The dustjacket is complete; tanned around the edges, with some slight wrinkling. In an archival plastic protector.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1933. The Capek brothers have retained their fame as important modernists in both art and literature, with the famous play "R.U.R." and "War with the Newts." First published in 1932; this is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition. Not common. Yellow cloth binding with blue titling on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 288 pages. Contains ten tales, with numerous illustrations by Joseph. Light soil and very mild bumps; the major defect is the removal, although very cleanly, of the first free endpaper. The dustwrapper shows wear, with a darkened spine and several chips, with a rather large one at the foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good (Minus). Illus. by Joseph Capek. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. Donleavy's absurdist wit was never sharper than in this, his sixth published novel. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated First Printing). Green cloth binding with gilt lettering (and electric green bands on the spine), sunned a bit at the top edges. Clean and fresh text, no bumps. The dustjacket is unclipped and shows minor wear. There is some green paper offset on the inside that does not show. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1933. The Capek brothers were leading lights in early 20th-century modernism; Karel wrote speculative fiction that is always on lists of the top titles. Joseph was murdered in the camps; Karel beat the Nazis by dying before they could get him. Here is one of their joint projects, a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, which is less common than the English version. Translation from the original Czech by M. and R. Weatherall. Tan cloth binding, with green illustrated front cover, green titles on the spine. Clean text; 288 pages. Lacking the dustjacket, with a slightly darkened spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Capek. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition [stated First Printing]. Green cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine; reproduction author signature on the front. Clean text; 341 pages. Very fresh and bright. This copy has been SIGNED by J.P. on the first free endpaper. The dustjacket is Very Good (Plus); complete and unclipped, it has a lightly darkened spine and a small chip at the head of the front cover. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: due to a computer crash this book may appear with the inventory # 000632]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Livingston (MT): Eyre Methuen, 1973. Donleavy's sixth comic novel, about a charcter with "shy virtues." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First English Edition. Dark blue cloth binding withgilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 410 pages. Some spotting/soiling to page edges; smudge on rear cover; previous-owner name on FFEP. The dustwrapper has been clipped; it shows some wrinkling at the margins; some chipping to the flaps. In an archival plastic protector. "Happiness is a big cat with a mouse on a square mile of linoleum.". First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1973. Donleavy's sixth comic novel, about a charcter with "shy virtues." This is a Neatr Fine copy of the First English Edition. Dark blue cloth binding withgilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 410 pages.Tiny bump to one corner; else, A Fine copy. The dustwrapper is Near Fine as well. Just a tiny touch of erar to the head and foot of the spine. A sticker has been placed over the price on the front flap. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: due to a computer crash, this book may appear with the Inventory # 000652]. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1903. The third book by Yeats; first published in 1888. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, part of "Scott's Library." There is no publication date; however British Library and Oxford hold copies noted as 1903 and 1906; Wade (223) notes it to have been published in October of 1903. "Scott's Library" was intended to be cheaper editions of 120 famous books; but this is bound decoratively in green cloth with fancy gilt tips and ruling - almost a fine binding! A Very Good copy. Clean text; xviii, 326 pages, including note, and with 18 pages of publisher adverts in the rear (includes 119 titles in the Library; this being Number 37). Mild bumping and light rubbing at the head and foot of the spine. Previous-owner signature on the front paste-down and the Title Page. Occasional/scattered pencil marking. Tipped-in at the rear paste-down is an envelope with a postmark from 1908. A solid copy. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 16mo -… Read More

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1903. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Impression(stated) of the First American Edition. Dark blue ribbed cloth binding with fancy gilt titling on the spine; noted at bottom as "Special Edition." Clean text; 271 pages, with a ten-page publisher's catalog in the rear; top-edge is gilt. Spine just slightly darkened and mild rub to the corners; else Fine. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. A superior copy. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1903. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. Blue ribbed cloth binding, blindstamped with three anchors on the front cover. Titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 271 pages, with a ten-page publisher catalog in the rear. The FFEP bears the neat signature of Philander Lathrop Cable (1891-1940), the grandson of the founder of the Rock Island Line railway. This is an exceptionally nice copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.