Search Results: Titles starting with F from Derringer Books

New York: Sidney Janis, 1948. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Large single sheet of paper, folded twice to form a four panel booklet. When fully opened, this forms a poster measuring 19" wide x 14" tall. Some wear at folds, else a very attractive poster. The poster lists nineteen paintings from the exhibition. Quite rare Leger ephemera.

St Muritz: Manatschal Ebner & Co, No Date. First edition. Cloth. Good +. Oblong quarto. A "Company Book" documenting through photographs the sowing, reaping and transport of Egyptian cotton in Alexandria by F. Planta & Co. n.d., but circa the turn of the 20th century. Some soiling and light staining to cloth covers. Internally clean. In good to very good condition.

Ziff-Davis: International Federation of Photographic Art, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First editio. Trilingual text (English, French, German). Photos from around the world. Mostly black and white. A fine fresh copy in black cloth in very good unclipped dustwrapper.with crease and short closed tear near bottom of front panel.

Kew: Fin, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Double issue 3 and 4 of this magazine devoted to socio-political articles and reviews within a feminist context. This copy INSCRIBED by Judith Rodgriguez, cover artist and translator. A very good copy of this uncommon magazine.

San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1967. First edition. Loose Sheets. Good. Single sheet of paper measuring 10.25" tall x 7.25" wide. A flyer for FLUXFEST a multi-media performance, art and music event which took place on March 31, 1967 at Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco. Featuring musical performances by Quicksilver Messenger Service & Wildflower. The evnt promised cosmic/concrete happenings based on various international underground movements. Heavily toned at the top and very bottom of the flyer as seen in the accompanying photo. Still, a scarce bit of West Coast Fluxian ephemera.

Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. STapled mimeograph typescript pages with silkscreen cover by Kryss. One of only 255 "vanishing" copies published by the Ghost Press in Cleveland. Book contains poems and silkscreens by the four contributors. A tribute to Rev. John R. Scott, who was sentenced in 1968 to two years in the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Workhouse on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Light staining to lower edge of front cover, else an exceptionally nice example of this Cleveland poetry rarity.

New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2016. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Thick wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 383 pp. Foreword by Mary Schmidt Campbell. Spectacular volume showcasing a decades-long collection of abstract art of modern and contemporary art by artists of the African diaspora and from the continent of Africa. Lavishly illustrated. With texts by Joost Bosland, Mark Godfrey, Norman Lewis and many others. A fine copy in just lightly worn illustrated paper dustwrapper. A marvelous book and terrific reference. Very heavy volume, additional shipping charges may apply.

East Hampton: JMc GBH Editions, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Essay by John McWhinnie. A fine hardbound book issued without dustwrapper. This is one of only 50 hand numbered and SIGNED copies. Fine. Signed by Author.

San Francisco: Sexual Freedom League of San Francisco, 1965. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good +. Stapled paperbound quarto. At the top of the first page is the following statement: This edition of The Fug's Songbook is reprinted Oct., 1965 by Sexual Freedom League of San Francisco, Box 14007, SF, California". 28 leaves printed on rectos only. Front and rear cover paper is peach. A very handsome example of this scarce FUG's item. This book would go on to be reprinted several times out of Detroit in 1966 and beyond.

No Place: Self Published. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Single sheet broadside in fine condition. Measures 9 x 6" wide. No publication info given.

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 4to in hard slipcase. Quarter rose cloth over decorated boards. 234 pp. One of 1950 copies printed for the members of The Imprint Society. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company. This copy not numbered, but is SIGNED by Gillian Tyler, the illustrator. Light spine wear, else a near fine copy in printed and illustrated hard slipcase. Nice example.

Karlsruhe / Baden: Jonathan Williams (Jargon), 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in bound wrappers in dustwrapper of this collection. Published as Jargon 6. A lovely near fine example in near fine wrapper, clipped at bottom of front flap.

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. 8vo. 269 pp. A volume of essays by the well known poet. Light foxing to top edge else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 8vo. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 224 pp. First edition stated of Brown's first book which was the winner of the very first Edgar Award for Best First Mystery novel. Attractive bookplate afixed to the inside front pastedown else a relatively clean and well-bound very good copy. Some wear to board edges. The price intact dustwrapper is present, but is badly compromised in several places. Really just a placeholder until a nicer wrapper can be found. Sold in as-is condition.

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of the second book in the Riverworld Series. Tiniest bit of wear at spine tips. Otherwise a lovely fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. A keeper!

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. First edition of the crime writer's first book and winner of the EDGAR AWARD for best first mystery novel. Prior ownership initials to front endpaper. Minor crimping to spine ends. Spine lettering a bit dulled with age. Overall a nice copy of this book. Price clipped dustwrapper has some chipping at top of spine area, small creases and wear to edges. Vibrant colors. A solid copy of an important debut. SIGNED by Brown and quite uncommon thus.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. First edition of the crime writer's first book and winner of the first EDGAR AWARD for best first mystery novel. Minor crimping to spine ends. Spine lettering a bit dulled with age. Overall a very nice copy of this book. Price intact dustwrapper has some chipping at top of spine area, small creases and wear to edges. Bit of light staining to top of front panel. Vibrant colors. A solid copy of an important debut.

Iowa City: The Windhover Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall wrappers. Unpaginated volume of text by Harding on the life of Apollinaire withcolor decorations on many pages. One of 320 copies printed at The Windhover Press. A very good copy.

Kyoto: Shizuteru Ueda & Miholo Okamura / The Institute for Zen Studies, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 166 pp. Text in Japanese with some English captions. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Black and white photographers documenting the final years of Suzuki, the famed scholar and author of topics on Buddhism and Zen philosophy. Scarce book.

New York: Station Hill Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine copy in decorated wrappers, one of 1,000 unnumbered copies. There was no hardcover edition.