Search Results: Titles starting with F from The Sensible Magpie

Munich: Prestel - Verlag, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Previous owner's name, in ink, to upper corner of rear free endpaper. Dustjacket near fine. Lightly scuffed jacket. 119 pp with list of Workmasters, Craftsmen, and Painters at the House of Faberge, and Selected Bibliography and Exhibitions. Photograph credits to rear of book. Clean, tight, bright. Translation from the German by Bram Opstelten. Translations from the Russian by Barbara Chronowski. "Few art objects are as famous and well loved as the fifty-six magnificent eggs created by the those of Faberge for the Russian imperial family. This book documents the largest reunion of imperial eggs since the confiscation of the imperial family's property in 1917," (rear flap).

Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Before going off to fight in the Civil War, many soldiers -- especially on the Union side of the conflict -- posed for a 'carte de visite,' or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts." Coddington presents 77 of these from his collection and tells the found stories of their lives before and after the war. Introduction by Michael Fellman. 251 pp with notes, references, acknowledgements and index. Very slight shelfwear. Silver lettering to spine, bright blue cloth-covered boards. A fascinating study. Very clean, bright, tight.

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Uncut pages. Black lettering debossed to tan cloth spine of tan boards. Clean, tight, bright. Unpaginated. "The story of three wealthy brothers -- Ferdinand, Anthony, and Frank -- who find themselves enamoured of Phyllis, the fair maid, and vie for her affections," (Wikipedia).The Malone Society is a British-based text publication. Edmond Malone (1741 - 1812), was an English scholar dedicated to the study of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. It publishes editions of plays from manuscript, facsimile editions of printed and manuscript plays of the period, and editions of original documents relating to English theatre and drama.

New York: New American Library, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Good Plus. SIGNED. Mild edgewear. Front lower corner and rear upper corner a bit creased. Lovely faint pipe aroma. Black lettering to spine and front cover, white covers. No reading crease. Letter to reviewer laid-in. Clean, unmarked text. Solid binding. 504 pp. Book of the Month Club Featured Alternate. Serialized in the August 1980 Issue of Playboy. "In three books. Comprising her life at Lymeworth, her initiation as a witch, her travels with the Merry Men, her life in the brothel, her London high life, her slaving voyage, her life as a female pyrate, her eventual unravelling of her destiny, et cetera."

London: Black Dog, 2008. Paperback. Fine, Still/Shrinkwrap. Plastic wrapping has a few small tears to edges. Black lettering to spine and front of blue and white, illustrated covers. Illustrated. Clean, bright, solid. 185 pp A comprehensive survey of the ecological, technological and aesthetic qualities of plastic and a look at the future of what has become one of the worlds most recognisble materials.

London: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in association with Allison & Busby, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. Light corner crease to front bottom corner. Black lettering to pink spine, red and white lettering to front of pink and grey illustrated covers. Photograph of Fleet Street, ca. 1890, to rear cover. Illustrated with 2-page map and 36 black and white figures / photographs. Clean, bright, solid binding. 60 pp with notes, further reading and acknowledgements. The results of an historic and architectural study of Fleet Street and the London newspaper industry undertaken by English Heritage's London Division. "The authors trace the development and evolution of the industry in its unique metropolitan setting since 1500 and review the changes taking place to newspapers and newspaper buidings and to the Fleet Street area itself today, (rear cover).

NEW YORK: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. FIRST THUS. Hardcover. Good Plus in Chipped Dustjacket. First Edition of Knopf's Black Widow Thriller edition of this Philip Marlowe novel. Book itself tight and square, some dj bleedthrough to front joint. Bottom front corner lightly bumped and in rear, but less so. Dustjacket shows chipping to top and bottom of spine, with one chip missing from top of dj -- 1/2 in. x 1 1/4 in, and several smaller ones at bottom of spine, and along flaps. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown., and some offset to rear endpapers. Tight and square.

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Hayes, Sidney, and others. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Light rubbing to edges and corners, moreso to front board. Pages age-tanned. Front hinge started. Beautiful paste-on to entire front board, green boards. Endpapers decorated with sweet illustrations, one in orange tones, two in blue. A lovely full color illustration to frontispiece by Sidney Hayes, all other illustrations in blue tones by a variety of artists. 20 pp. Of the Father Tuck's "Happy Hearts" Series. Contents include: Little Farmers; Piggy Hedgey-Hoggo; The Birthday Treat; A Syllable Too Much; A Roomy Mushroom; and more.

Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oxenbury, Helen. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR to copyright page. FINE matching dustjacket. Delighful watercolors accompany text throughout. Brown pictorial boards. Unpaginated (32 pp). Clean, bright, tight. Charming tale of a hardworking duck and the lazy farmer who gets chased out of town by the rest of the farm animals!

Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oxenbury, Helen. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR to copyright page. FINE matching dustjacket. Delighful watercolors accompany text throughout. Brown pictorial boards. Unpaginated (32 pp). Clean, bright, tight. Charming tale of a hardworking duck and the lazy farmer who gets chased out of town by the rest of the farm animals!

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. Hardcover. Good. FIFTH EDITION. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Moderately worn edges and nudged corners. A few light spots and light shelfwear. Acid transfer to endpapers. Neat red underlining to several pages. Extensively illustrated. 222 pp with a list of checkups. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping. Twenty-five chapters on subjects such as Art Supplies and How to Use Them to Traditional Significance of Color.

New York: Dover, 1996. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Staplebound. Previous owner's label to front cover. Light wear to cover. Contains 30 costumes on 16 color plates. Colorfull illustrations to light lilac front cover. Introduction. List of costumes on back cover. Clean, bright, solid. Fashions of England's Regency Period are colorfully illustrated on paper dolls. Fashions from the early 19th-century from

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Mild wear to extremities. Light browning to endpapers. Dustjacket poor. Jacket is very torn, creased and chipped, but still intact. Red debossed lettering to spine and front of grey linen-look covered boards. Black and white illustrations. Clean, tight, bright. 93 pp. Ted Key, born Theodore Keyser, was an American cartoonist and writer. His cartoon series, Hazel, was subsequently made into a television series which ran from 1961 to 1972. This is a collection of "all the wacky comments on our American Way of Life," (front flap).

New York, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. DePol, John. SHARP CORNERS. Very faint pipe aroma. Dustjacket very good. Now Mylar protected. Wood engravings by John DePol. 70 pp with facsimile section of Faulkner's manuscript of Father Abraham at rear of book. Clean, tight, bright. "Father Abraham is a valuable element in the study and analysis of the stages of revision and restructuring a major work goes through before it is ultimately regarded by its author as finished ," (front flap).

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good Plus. AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE on title page. Light sunning to rear cover extremities. Black lettering to spine, cream-colored lettering to front of grey illustrated cover. Many black and white photographs. Clean, bright, solid binding. 408 pp with bibliographical references and index. "Orval E. Faubus, thirty-sixth governor of the state of Arkansas, known most infamously from America's civil rights era as the governor who pitted his state against the dictates and forces of the federal government during the Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis," (rear cover).

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. FIRST EDITION. SHARP CORNERS. Dustjacket very good plus. Mild edgewear. Mylar protected. Gilt lettering to spine of royal-blue, cloth-covered boards. Photograph of Roosevelt in 1928, to frontispiece. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. Clean, tight, bright. 256 pp with acknowlegements and credits. A salute to one of our century's great leaders. It is the 100th birthday of FDR and the 50th anniversary of his first triumphant campaign for Presidency. Roosevelt held an unprecedented four terms as President of the United States. The New Deal was enacted during Roosevelts presidency, and the quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" was from his 1933 Inaugural Day speech. Picture sections compiled and written by Roland Gelatt. Photo research by Laurie Platt Winfrey.

Paris: Productions Musicales, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. IN FRENCH. STAPLEBOUND. 8.5 X 14.5". Mildly scuffed covers. White lettering on front of gold-color illustrated covers. 30 pp. Clean. Songs include, J'entends j'entends, Les poetes, un jour un jour, Aimer a perdre la raison and more.

San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1988. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Barbour, Karen. Mild shelfwear. A 1.5 x 1.25" light brown spill on front corner of first 18 pages. Clean, bright, solid binding. Bright, colorful covers. Loaded with traditional recipes. Clean, bright, solid binding. 366 pp with index.  Each chapter begins with recollections of the holidays for that month, followed by tantalizing recipes.

London: Collins, 1972. Hardcover. VERY GOOD MINUS. FIFTH IMPRESSION. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Moderately shelfworn boards, corners nudged, spine caps folded under. Corner creases to a few pages. Occasional marginalia and notes. Erratum tipped-in p 60. Gilt lettering to spine of red cloth-covered boards. Color and black and white illustrations. 288 pp with appendix and index. Solid binding. With 16 colour plates and 24 black-and-white plates by the author and Rena Fennessy. Introducted by Roger Tory Peterson. A guide from the Ostrich to the Bunting.

London: Collins, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Fennessy, Rena. SIXTH IMPRESSION. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Notes in pen to RFEP. Dustjacket very good plus. Slight wear to extremities. Gilt lettering to spine, cherry red cloth-covered boards. Very tight, bright. No markings to text itself. Plastic protective cover to DJ. With lovely color illustrations. 288 pp with appendix and index. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. 459 species described and illustrated, 179 of which are in color. "From Rhodesia to the Red Sea, all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find," (front flap).