Search Results: Titles starting with F from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth with gold spine lettering over pale mauve boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [x] + 261 pages. Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017) was a bestselling American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Among her many awards: the Ross Macdonald Literary Award (2004), Cartier Diamond Dagger (2008), and Edgar Grand Master Award (2009).<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No remainder markings.

London Boston: Faber and Faber, 1984. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine/None. 12mo, pictorial wrappers depicting a comedic set of glasses-red nose-moustache, 383 pages. An well-edited and Excellent collection of parodies. Rather Scarce.<br /> <br /> Simon Brett OBE FRSL (born 1945) is a prolific and highly respected British writer of detective fiction, children's literature, humor writings, as well as a radio producer.

New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Decorative cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo, maroon cloth with peach & silver lettering on spine plus three reddish-&-black doubled crosses embossed on the front cover, Mylar-protected gray-blue dust jacket with a black cross (unclipped) by Riki Levinson, blue-gray endpapers, yellow topstain, 437 pages. Near Fine Condition: tight & bright, clean throughout except for faint traces of erasures on page 17. Dust jacket is complete, bright and crisp with some fading to spine and slight rubbing to its edges and a couple of nicks. Lower right corners of front blue-gray endpaper once dog-eared & straightened leaving faint bends on pp.1-16. "$4.75" price and "8/54" on lower corner of front flap. "First Printing" stated. Petersen A31a. Brodsky & Hamblin #s1044-1052. William Faulkner (1897 - 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. He is primarily known for… Read More

Tours, France: Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1897. First Thus Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Good +/None. A. Vimar. Folio (13" x 9 3/4" x 1 5/8"), pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover plus a nicely colored group of animals sitting beneath a sculpture of La Fontaine on front cover; illustrated throughout by A. Vimar with B&W frontispiece, vignettes throughout, & several full color plates; blue-green endpapers; all page edges gilded [a.e.g.]; xvi + 486 semi-gloss pages. Weight: ~ 7 lbs. Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695) was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is best known for his Fables, which served as a model for fabulists across Europe.<br/><br/>Auguste Vimar (1851-1916) was a French painter and illustrator highly respected for his animal studies (notably horses, dogs, and elephants). He worked in oils, gauche, and related media. In 1897, another children's book by Vimar was his humorous L'Automobile… Read More

Oak Park, Illinois: Think Fast Ink LLC, 2002. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper (adding his stamp of a hyperdermic needle); tall thick 8vo (9 1.2" x 6 3/8" x 1 3/4"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (with images of Jaguar auto emblems), 533 pages. Burt S. Levy (born 1945) is an author and auto racing buff and expert.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR overall condition with a Remarkable Inscription incorporating a hypodermic needle stamp.<br/> <br/> Tight, bright, clean. Dust jacket (unclipped) has slight rubbing.

London: Spring Books, N.D.. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Photos. Small 4to (9 3/4" x 7"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with glossy B&W frontispiece and 91 similar plates (some 2 images/page), archival mylar-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a statue of Perseus on Pegasus foregrounding the Eifel Tower, 310 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 4 oz. An evocative and charming series of 14 walks and several drives around Paris by a City expert. Harold P. Clunn (1879 - 1956) was a British shipping agent and non-fiction author known for his topographical works in the Face of... series; that provided many insights into London and Paris. This volume was originally published by Simpkin Marshall in 1933. It provides very useful views of the great and glorious city just before World War II. Overall in FINE/VG CONDITION: Cloth is tight and clean; pages are unmarked; plates are glossy, bright, and unfoxed; dust jacket has some wear, light soil on back… Read More

Toronto, Canada: Basilike (Paul James Davis), 1974. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/None. Norman Lindsay. Narrow 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/8"), beige cloth with paper spine label over tan marbled paper over boards, illustrated with B&W reproductions of drawings and engravings by Norman Lindsay, 1 of 350 copies, designed by the Dreadnaught Press and printed by The Coach House Press, unpaginated [80 pages]. Exceptional Collection of poems by Jack Lindsay, the prolific novelist-poet son of Australian artist-and-novelist Norman Lindsay with charming illustrations by his father. (We also have a few now RARE copies left of Jack Lindsay's, Collected Poems, published by The Chiron Press, our imprint.) SCARCE copy in Exceptional Condition!

Oxford: Oxford University Press (Institute for Policy Dialogue Series C), 2005. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo, black cloth with bright gold lettering on its spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a plant sprouting, xxvii, [xxviii] + 315 pages. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of the NYTimes bestselling book Globalization and its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz here joins with fellow economist Andrew Charlton to offer a challenging and controversial argument about how globalization can actually help Third World countries to develop and prosper. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!

Washington, D.C. Covelo, California: A Shearwater Book / Island Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Abigail Rover. Small 4to (9 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W), grass green one-eighth cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with marginal & some full-page drawings by Abigail Rover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Abigail Rover, xviii + 283 pages + [1] Colophon. The First Publication of Thoreau's Last Manuscript!<br/><br/>EXCEPTIONAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Thoreau's last classic naturalistic study. Tight, bright, clean.<br/><br/>Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his books Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a tipped in sheet by the publisher, tall 8vo, pale blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale blue boards, 258 numbered pages + [2] About the Author. Alice Hoffman (born 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. EXCEPTIONAL COPY in all respects!

New York: The Mysterious Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black boards with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dark photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting St. Basil's cathedral on Red Square, 277 pages. The Mysterious Press' SIGNED FIRST EDITION of another excellent Kaminsky mystery featuring Profiry Rostnikov. Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-1996); Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman (1990-2007). SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! A sharp clean dust jacket.

New York: Scribner, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, butterscotch quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white speckled boards, archival plastic film protects the pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with detail of an angel from Pietro Della Francesca's, Madonna del Parto, 463 pages + [464] About the Author. 1 lb 10 oz. Robert Hallenga (b.1941 - ) is a Midwestern novelist. He began writing fiction at Knox College and became a Professor and now Distinguished Writer in Residence. He published his first story in 1973, and his first novel (after many rejections) in 1994. The author's first six novels are: The Sixteen Pleasures, THE FALL OF A SPARROW, Blues Lessons, Philosophy Made Simple, and The Italian Lover, Snakewoman of Little Egypt. The Confessions of Frances Godwin, will be published in Spring/Summer 2014 THE FALL OF A SPARROW deals with the moral reawakening of a classics professor… Read More

Nashville, Tennessee: Dowling Press, 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a guitar with orchid by Marilyn Murphy, 319 pages. Cecelia Tishy is professor of English and American Studies at Vanderbilt ; expert on country music, as well as an author of several fascinating mysteries. The third Kate Banning mystery. After Boston cop-turned-reporter Kate Banning finds herself in Nashville, she investigates who is responsible for the atempted murder of a popular country music singer. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

Los Angeles New York: Hyperion, 2013. First U.S. Edition, First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Tom Mandrake. SIGNED boldly by the Author on the half title, thick 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine, illustrated with double-spread B&W map of London & brief comic in glossy color [7pp.] based on The Fallen tipped-onto the rear (art by Tom Mandrake), archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting in B&W two boys on an empty highway beneath an overarcing interchange, black endpapers, all page edges stained black by publisher, 533 pages. Charles Higson (born 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the Young Bond and post-apocalyptic / zombie-horror Enemy book series for young adults. The Fallen is fifth in the series, which now numbers seven with The End published in 2015.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, clean in comparable dust… Read More

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, 8vo, red boards with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Art Machine protected in an archival quality clear cover, 420 pages + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author. By the New York Times Bestselling Author David Baldacci (born 1960). The author has written 36 novels for adults and 6 for younger readers. THE FALLEN stars Memory Man, Amos Decker, who strives to solve four murders.<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally and externally. No remainder markings.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, black cloth over desert sand-colored boards with Cachina cover motif stamped in crimson on cover, Mylar-protected illustrated dust jacket with Cachina motif by Peter Thorpe, [x] + 294 pages. An Exceptional copy internally and externally.<br /> <br /> New York Times Bestselling Author Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, and grew up with Pottawatomie children. After graduating from high school, he served as a private in the Army with the 103rd Infantry during World War II, where--for valor--he was awarded a Purple Heart as well as Silver Star and Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters. <br /> <br /> During his convalescence, he became closely involved with Navajo Marines on their reservation. His connection with the Navaho Nation, Hopis, and Zunis would become a life-long commitment. <br /> <br /> Thereafter, he graduated from the University of… Read More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a special front endpaper, 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering over red cloth, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting scene from Tosca, map of Venice as endpapers, [x] + 264 pages. Donna Leon (born 1942) is the American author of a series of very popular crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean copy in a comparably Superior dust jacket (unclipped).

New York: ECCO / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Near Mint/Near Mint. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a front endpaper, tall 8vo, purple quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected photographic jacket (price-clipped) by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo depicting waterfalls, [xvi] + 481 pages. Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. Several of her novels have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. See also "The Glass Ark: A Joyce Carol Oates Bibliography" on the web. SIGNED COPY in Superior Condition in all respects. Tight, bright copy in FINE / NEAR FINE… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo ("), blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white boards with "S.M." on front cover, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) with embossed raised images of paper-cutouts of children, viii + 389 pages. + Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. A masterful, engrossing novel about the life of a large family that is deeply bonded by the stranger in their midst, an autistic child. "Profoundly honest, shapely, ambitious, engrossing".--New York Times Book Review.<br /> <br /> Spanning forty years Family Pictures follows the family drama set in Chicago between husband and wife over a beautiful autistic child. Randall is both angel and demon. His father, David, a coolly rational psychiatrist, wants him placed in an institution; his mother, Lainey,… Read More

New York: Beechhurst Press / A Bittner Art Bool, 1956. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Chaim Gross. PRESENTATION Copy SIGNED by the Artist with an ORIGINAL SIGNED SKETCH of a large Woman holding a man in her hand, 4to, black cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold circular sketch on lower right front cover, Introduction by A. L. Chanin / Analytical Essay by Samuel Atkin, M.D., profusely illustrated with sketches by Chaim Gross and a few photos, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a grotesque surrealistic face by Gross, protected by an archival acid-free clear plastic cover, 116 pages. Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was born in Ukraine from which his family fled the Russians to Hungary. There, briefly, he studied art in Budapest; soon thereafter following more persecution, to Vienna. He then emigrated to the United States in 1921. Gross's work encompassed sculpture, linocuts, lithographs, sketches, and wood carvings by the "direct… Read More