Search Results: Titles starting with F from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition. Special Limited Edition. Bright copy in nearly fine condition. Signed limited first edition, number 364 of only 1000 copies. Signed by Dulac and wonderfully illustrated with 12 beautiful, full-page, color plates (complete). Eight fairy tales by Charles Perrault (including Puss in Boots)., Mme. d'Aulnoy and Count Anthony Hamilton. Dulac was one of the central illustrators of the Edwardian period, a time when fantasy illustration reached a peak of sophistication. Quarto, original half vellum gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. Quarto. 23.5 x 29 cm. 251 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original pale green boards with paper title label affixed to front cover. A Paper Read at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, Mississippi, March 7, 1975. One of 1,000 copies. Small octavo. 13 x 21 cm. 27 pp. A lovely copy and a perfect gift.

First Edition, First Printing. Giving the location, physical aspect, mountains, rivers, lakes, climate, productive and manufacturing resources, commerce, government, education, general history, etc. of the states, territories, counties, cities, towns, and post-offices in the American Union, with the population and other statistics from the census of 1850. Illustrated with seals and 31 state maps in counties and 14 maps of cities. Very good in original black cloth and some browning to text with previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, slightly edge worn. Ex-library with only one marking (discard stamp to front paste-down endpaper). Foxing and toning throughout. Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. 400 pp.

First Deluxe Edition thus. Fine, as new. Accented in 22kt gold. Beautifully illustrated by Richard Sparks. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full, rich, forest green leather with hubbed spines. A fine, very handsome, deluxe edition of this timeless classic.

First Edition thus. Fine, as new. Three quarter Red Buckram with textured, pictorial boards. In a fine, black slipcase. Beautifully illustrated with frontispiece and 8 richly colored illustrations by Anne-Marie Jones. Octavo. 320 pp. A beautiful edition of this timeless classic.
The story chronicles the experiences of Frederic Henry, an American serving on the Italian Front as an ambulance driver in 1915. After being injured by a shell, he begins a love affair with a beautiful English nurse, Catherine Barkley. But after his return to the Front, the tide begins to turn against the Allies, and following the desperate Italian retreat at Caporetto, Frederic's only escape is with Catherine. Molded from Hemingway's own experiences on the Italian Front, Frederic's narrative resembles a memoir, mirroring Hemingway's lifelong quest for the most 'truthful' form of the written word.

First Edition of this "exciting history of the rise of the American computer industry." (The Washington Post). Signed by Thomas Watson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
In this eloquent first-person account of a family drama that changed the face of American business, the man who transformed IBM into the world's largest computer company reflects on his lifelong partnership with his father--and how their management style and shared dedication to excellence united to create a unique corporate culture that became the blueprint for the entire technology boom. "A frank and revealing picture of Big Blue -- and a vivid inside look at the family that dominated its years of spectacular growth." (The Boston Globe).

First Edition, First Printing. Quite rare, especially in this condition. An important work which corrected misinterpretations from prior Greek translations. Content fine, clean, and bright, with no markings. Original printed wrappers very good-plus for the age, with foxing and edge wear as shown. Edges uncut. Thin octavo. vi; 47 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with slight wear to the edges. Blue lettered mustard cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. Overall, a lovely and fine copy.
Book one of Davies' lauded Deptford Trilogy. Davies drew on his interest in Jungian psychology to create Fifth Business, a novel that relies heavily on Davies' own experiences, his love of myth and magic, and his knowledge of small-town mores. The narrator, like Davies, is of immigrant Canadian background, with a father who runs the town paper. The book's characters act in roles that roughly correspond to Jungian archetypes according to Davies' belief in the predominance of spirit over the things of the world.
Davies built on the success of Fifth Business with two more novels: The Manticore (1972), a novel cast largely in the form of a Jungian analysis (for which he received that year's Governor General's Literary Award), and World of Wonders (1975). Together these three books came to be known as The Deptford Trilogy.

First Edition, First Printing (1930). Illustrated with 5 color plates (complete) by Lois Lenski, as well as black & white vignettes throughout; illustrated endpapers. Near fine in original green cloth, stamped in purple, and very good plus illustrated dust jacket with a restored closed tear on the back, almost imperceptible. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright. This wonderful work includes poems by Hilaire Belloc, William Blake, Lewis Carroll, Christina Rosetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Wordsworth, etc. Very scarce in dust jacket. Quarto. 8 x 10 in. x + [ii], 147 + [1] pp. An absolutely beautiful copy, one of the best we've seen in some time.

Limited edition, numbered 297 of 350 copies and signed by Grisham on the colophon. Fine in original full green leather, about fine glassine jacket, and just about fine green slipcase, with very faint water stain to one edge. Octavo. 17 x 25 cm. 421 pp. A wonderful collectors copy!

First Edition, First Printing. Fully illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Goffstein. Very near fine in original brown boards and very good price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, top edge of boards mildly toned, jacket rubbed along the edges and mildly sunned at the spine. Caldecott Honor book. Oblong duodecimo. 18.5 x 16 cm. [31] pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited, hand-numbered edition of 150 copies, of which this is number 11. Nice, very bright copy. Signed by Pinter on limitation page. Near fine with very mild spot of discoloration to head of front endpaper, otherwise fine in original orange and black cloth. The five screenplays included in this volume are: The Servant, based on the novel by Robin Maugham; The Pumpkin Eater, based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer; The Quiller Memorandum, based on the novel The Berlin Memorandum by Adam Hall; Accident based on the novel by Nicholas Mosley; and The Go-Between based on the novel by L. P. Hartley. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 367 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Author's first novel. Near fine in original full cloth, titled in black on spine, and very good pictorial dust jacket. Small closed tear at top of front panel of dust jacket and rubbing on head of spine, otherwise very light wear to a nice, bright jacket. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. [vi], 280 pp. A very nice copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original green boards with a fine dust jacket; previous owner's small address label affixed to front free endpaper. Signed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, facing the title page. Children's story about America's first naturalist, William Bartram, and his life and travels in the mid-1700s. Fully illustrated in color. A lovely copy.

First Expanded Edition of this important story collection. Flowering Judas was first published 1930, but contained only five of the ten stories contained in this edition. Fine in beige cloth in a just about fine dust jacket. 8vo. A lovely copy!

First American Edition, First Printing (with 'A-P' on the c/r page). A nice near fine copy in like dust jacket. The author's fourth book and third crime novel, follows an Australian stud farmer who goes undercover as stable boy in England to expose racehorse drugging scheme. Octavo. 244 pages. A great copy.

First Limited Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 500, of which this is number 221. Inscribed by Taine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with light wear along the top and tail of spine and edges. An important early work of fantasy. John Taine was the pseudonym of California Institute of Technology mathematics professor and Historian of mathematics Eric Taine Bell. One of the first books issued by the Science Fiction Specialty Press. An excellent copy, one of the best we've seen.

First Edition, First Printing. Harry Gilmor was a 19th-century Confederate cavalry officer during the American Civil War. He wrote an autobiographical sketch of his role in the Civil War, focusing heavily on the events and raids in Baltimore County in July of 1864. Good+ in original maroon cloth with scuffing and wear to the spine head and edges. Square and tight with no cocking, with some creasing along page hinges. Content clean and unmarried with some foxing and toning per age. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Overall, a very nice copy, scarce in this original condition.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, of which this is number 242. Signed by McCracken on colophon. An absolutely beautiful work. Profusely illustrated with stunning black & white and color plates. Spine a touch sunned, otherwise fine in original rich, full leather binding and paper-covered slipcase with light damp staining and edgewear. Large Folio. 10.25 x 13 in. 284 pp. A wonderful and increasingly scarce copy.

First Edition, First Printing (with Scribner's "A" and seal on the copyright page). A beautiful copy of Thomas Wolfe's acclaimed collection of short stories.
Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only slight chipping and wrinkling at spine ends and corner folds of flaps. Dustjacket is clean, unfaded and wrapped in a mylar cover. No marks, signatures, or bookplates. The maroon covers are clean and bright, and the gold gilt lettering is very bright and unfaded.