Search Results: Titles starting with F from Gotcha By The Books

New York: Caedmon, 1984. 1st thus. Double-album 2 x 33"" vinyl records in illustrated card sleeve. As New . 2 x 33"" vinyl records. cover illustration Norman Green Brand new (still in original sealed plastic wrapping) double-album (2 x 33"" vinyl LP records) from spoken-word label Caedmon, of Jack Adams reading Jim Dodge's classic story FUP, with music by Michael Britten, played by Paul Green; cover illustration Norman Green; recorded at Madman Studios Berkeley; being Caedmon TC 2092; illustrated card sleeve, with mallard duck illustration to front.

Rutland and Tokyo: Tuttle, 1969. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w illustrations Collection of poems by Hagiwara Sakutaro, translated by Graeme Wilson and with illustrations by York Wilson; stated 'First Printing, 1969'; half-cloth with silver titling to spine, textured paper sides with title label to front board; illustrated dustwrapper; Sakutaro is a major force in Japanese poetry, active in the Taisho and early Showa periods, best known for his dark visions, and blending of Japanese sensibilities with Western free verse forms; former owner's name-stamp to front pastedown and name to front endpaper, minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, with one or two short closed tears, sunned/tanned to spine and edges of front panel (1-2cm), o.w. G-VG.

London: W.H. Allen, 1962. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st UK Edition of Janet Frame's second novel addressing aspects of mental illness, loosely based on Frame's own experiences; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; bookshop stamp to front pastedown, tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block, lighter foxing to prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, price clipped, foxing to reverse side, o.w. G-VG.

Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries, 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. colour plates Catalogue for the exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ian Fairweather, covering the period from 1922-1971, Philip Bacon Galleries Brisbane April - May 2010; includes short texts by Lawrence Daws, Joe Furlonger, and Imants Tillers; exhibition catalogue by Murray Bail; colour plates of Fairweather's paintings throughout; minor dampstain top corner of front cover, o.w. Very Good.

Sydney: Murdoch Books, 2009. revised edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Revised edition of Murray Bail's classic study of the life and work of Ian Fairweather, modified and expanded from the first edition in the light of newly discovered paintings and rare photographs, writings and letters; 233 illustrations, including some handsome gate-folds; Very Good throughout in Very Good dustwrapper; PLEASE NOTE: VERY HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE DEPENDING ON DESTINATION - NO INCREASE FOR AUSTRALIAN ORDERS..

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Series of essays addressing aspects of skepticism and its effect on Christian and Jewish concepts of faith; William P. Alston (Knowledge of God), Robert Audi (Rationality and Religious Commitment), Terence Penelhum (Parity is not Enough), and Richard H. Popkin Fideism, Quietism and Unbelief); edited with an introduction by Marcus Hester; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper with vertical dampstain to rear, o.w. Very Good.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated study of the House of Falize, famous jewelers and goldsmiths from 1840-1936; includes biographies of Alexis, Lucien, Andre, Jean, and Pierre Falize, and references craftsmen, sources of inspiration, materials and techniques, etc; 414 illustrations with 157 in colour; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

London : Sandle Brothers Ltd, no date (1950s). 1st Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. landscape 8vo. pop-up illustrations The Farmyard Animals volume in the Come To Life Stories of pop-up books, two nice double-page pop-ups of pigs, horses, chickens, dogs, etc - pop-ups in Very Good condition with sharp folds and no damage; gift-inscription to reverse side of front cover, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards a little rubbed and edgeworn, prominent vertical crease to front board, 2cm loss near head of spine; no publication date but gift-inscription dated 1952, so early '50s.

Brisbane: Boolarong/Brisbane History Group, 2011. abridged edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. endpaper maps Abridged edition of Colin Munro's novel in three volumes, being the first Queensland novel, originally published in London in 1862; maps to reverse sides of covers front and rear; a joint-publication of Boolarong Press and the Brisbane History Group.

Basle: Galerie Beyeler, 1970. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated overview of the work of Fernand Leger, copiously illustrated with hand-tipped colour plates and b&w text illustrations; poem by Blaise Cendrars, texts by Rene Jullian and Andre Maurois; off-white cloth boards with red titling to front and spine, illustrated endpapers, 2 dustwrappers, one illustrated the second clear printed acetate; Very Good in Very Good dustwrappers.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1973. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG Dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated First comprehensive study of the drawings of Leger, with texts by Jean Cassou and Jean Leymarie; copiously illustrated with 382 images, 28 in colour, and providing details of medium, date, title, collection; includes list of documentary illustrations, one-man exhibitions, and select bibliography; 1st English Ed., (first published in France 1972); tanning/foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. G-VG; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION. .

Koln: DuMont, 2009. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Major monograph on the work of Rainer Fetting, with focus on the paintings, but also including some sculptures; texts by Jan Hoet and Arie Hartog, and with an interview between Fetting and Heinz Stahlhut; copiously illustrated with hundreds of colour plates; includes list of exhibitions, collectors and museums, works in public collections, and bibliography; half orange cloth with illustrated sides (paper over boards), orange endpapers; foxing top text block, edges of some pages with very mild rippling, o.w. Very Good throughout; PLEASE NOTE: VERY HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION.

London: Peter Owen, 1970. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. G-VG in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Collection of poems by Bella Akhmadulina, translated from the Russian by Geoffrey Dutton and Igor Mezhakoff-Koriakin, and with a foreword by Yevgeny Yevtushenko; heavy tanning/offset to endpapers, lighter to prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgworn and heavily rubbed.

London : W.H. Allen , 1967. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w illustrations Ffolkes takes a jaundiced look at the 1960's Pop Scene, comprised of 64 drawings in an A-Z format - addict, birds, discotheque, mods, rockers, café society, etc; watermark top text block and with minor bleeding top edges of pages, endpapers/prelims/text block foxed, o.w. G-VG throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, minor loss to head of spine, watermark to rear panel.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1961. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Concise study of the Fibonacci Numbers, being a translation of the 1951 Russian edition; Fibonacci numbers and geometry, simple properties, number-theoretic properties, Fibonacci numbers and continued fractions; being volume 2 in the Popular Lectures in Mathematics Series; medium-heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional foxing in text, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards rubbed, foxing to rear.

Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1967. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. large 8vo. colour and b&w illustrations 1st Edition, follows the adventures of Fiji Johnny at home and abroad; written and illustrated by Nancy Curtis; Scarce in the dustwrapper; mild toning to endpapers, gift-inscription to title page, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, mild dampstain to spine and rear panel, o.w. G-VG

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Signed 1st Edition of Jan Owen's second collection of poems; flat-signed/dated by Owen to title page; minor knock top text block, o.w. Very Good.

1st Edition. stiff card. Very Good /no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Lengthy philosophical/aesthetic text, being a collaboration between art historians/curators Adam Szymczyk and Andrzej Przywara; interconnnecting typographies and images, including gate-fold illustrations; stiff-card wraps, ring-bound at spine; begins on the front cover and ends on the rear, with no details of publisher, publishing date, etc.

Sydney: Piper Press, 2001. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. sm 4to. profusely illustrated The first major study of the work of Fiona Foley, addressing aspects of history, memory, politics, the flora and fauna of K'gari Fraser Island, Indigenous life in Australia, etc in the artist's oeuvre; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; foreword by Djon Mundine; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Sydney and Brisbane: Museum of Contemporary Art/UQ Art Museum, 2009. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good /no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Signed 1st Edition catalogue for the Fiona Foley exhibition, MCA Sydney November 2009 - January 2010 and UQ Art Museum February - May 2010; Signed and with greeting (Best Wishes) by Foley to title page; texts by Franca Tamisari, Michele Helmrich, Fiona Nicoll, Rachel Kent, Louise Martin-Chew, Gary Lee and Maurice O'Riordan, and including an interview by Alison Kubler; colour illustrations throughout; minor rubbing to boards, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy.