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  • Fabel, Robin F. A.:  Bombast and Broadsides The Lives of George Johnstone.  Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The biography of George Johnstone (1730-1787) who played major roles in the British Navy, the American Revolutlion, governor of Western Florida and in the East India Company. 249 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text.
    TB15472  $14.00



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    Fairfield County Republican Womens Association:  Connecticut 1635-1935 Ye Tercentenary Cook Book.  n.p.: Fairfield County Republican Women's Association, 1935. First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed, paper over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 103 pages of text of recipes followed by several pages of ads. A fine clean copy with no stains or prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29963  $15.00



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    Fanning, Nathaniel:  Fanning's Narrative.  n.p. [Chicago]: LSC Communications, 2018. First Edition Thus. Fine in teal cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders both boards and the Lakeside Classic logo on the front board at the top of which is "LSC Communications" the new publisher of the Lakeside Classic titles. The top edge of the text block is gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is still contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. 346 pages including an index and text. Edited by Thomas Philbrick. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and plates from earlier works of art. Connecticut native, Thomas Fanning, provides this narrative of his life at sea during the American Revolution beginning in May of 1778 and ending with his return to New York in November of 1783 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris which brought the war to its final end. During his time at sea, Fanning served under John Paul Jones and experienced the battle with the HMS Serapis.
    TB33032  $65.00



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    Farmer, David:  Flannery O'Connor A Descriptive Bibliography.  New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981. First Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with faint whitish speckling to the upper and lower edges of the front board. Without a dust jacket. 132 pages including an index. Illustrated from photographs of covers and dust jackets.
    TB31663  $60.00



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    Farnham, Thomas J.:  Weston the Forging of a Connecticut Town.  Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing for the Weston Historical Society, 1979. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black and red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with a gift inscription on the fly title page. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly tanned. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Subtitled: "The Forging of a Connecticut Town." 265 numbered pages including an index and text. Illustrated with sketches and black and white photographs of this quaint, upscale, town in Fairfield County.
    TB29090  $40.00




  • Farrell, Cliff:  The Mighty Land.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a very good dust jacket with modest wear to the spine ends and corners and with the front panel rubbed. A collection of 14 essays on various events and individuals of the old west which "sifts facts from folklore" by a widely read and respected Western novelist.
    TB06256  $25.00



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    Farrow, Anne:  The Logbooks Connecticut's Slave Ships And Human Memory.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 charcoal gray cloth and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with purple end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 187 pages including a reading guide, bibliography, chapter notes and text. From the rear panel of the dust jacket: "Three long-neglected logbooks from Connecticut's Slave trade raise questions about memory and collective forgetting"..
    TB33081  $45.00




  • Fast, Howard (Editor):  The Selected Work of Tom Paine.  New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1945). First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in faded black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and a gilt eagle on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4". In a very good unclipped dust jacket with very light wear and slight flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area. 338 pages of text. A collection of six of Tom Paine's essays to include Common Sense, The Crisis Papers, Rights of Man, The Age Of Reason, Letter to Washington and Tom Paine: An Estimate.
    TB24257  $15.00



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    Fawcett, Edgar:  A Romance of Old New York.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1897. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light yellow cloth covered boards with green text on the spine and green text with gilt decorations on the front board. A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 4 inches with tanning and light soiling to the cloth on the spine and light soiling to both boards. Pasted to the verso of the first free end page is a newspaper image of four columned Greek Revival home perhaps with a connection to this title. 204 pages of text.
    TB32184  $50.00



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    Featherstone, Donald:  The Battlefield Walker's Handbook.  Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd., (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 352 pages including an index. Illustrated by maps and black and white photographs.
    TB27698  $25.00



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    Fecto, Betsy McDermott:  The Northern Litchfield Hills.  Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, (1996). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the Images of America series. 127 pages of text illustrated with images from black and white photographs throughout. A very fine and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32047  $15.00



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    Federal Writers' Project Of Ohio:  Guide to Tuscarawas County.  New Philadelphia, Ohio: The New Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 1939. First Edition. Good in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with the spineback split, but holding and with a significant lean to the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. Said by Jeff Dykes in his catalog/bibliography that this title is "scarce". 119 pages of text with a chronology of the county's history. Illustrated with maps and black and white images from photographs. (Brewer, 734; Dykes, 255; Scharf/Schoyer, 493; Powell, 1282)
    TB33826  $75.00



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    Federal Writers' Project of the WPA:  Stories Of New Jersey.  New York: M. Barrows And Company, 1938. First Edition, Possible second state binding. Very near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine and a partial map of New Jersey with place names on the front board together with the title. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. 422 pages of text illustrated from black and white photographs throughout. "Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey". Jeff Dykes in his American Guide Series catalog states that this title is "quite scarce". (Dykes, 201; Powell, 1039; Scharf & Schoyer, 385)
    TB33010  $75.00




  • Feiffer, Jules:  Ackroyd.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and charcoal gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a dust stained top edge. In a near fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap. Inscribed "To Betty - | With best regards - | Jules Feiffer | Enjoy!" on the second free end paper.
    TB16195  $28.00



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    Fenlon, Ellen:  Signs Of The Fairies.  Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, c1962. Edition not stated. Near fine in printed pink cloth covered boards with black text and an image from a photograph on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with a number of small, faint spots of what appear to be foxing on the front board. Signed by the author in her married name: "Ellen Fenlon Tobin" on the verso of the first free end page. Unpaginated, but containing 24 leaves of text and illustrations from photographs in color.
    TB32007  $50.00



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    Fennelly, Michael:  East Meets Southwest Innovative Cuisine From Santacafe.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1991). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An oblong small quarto of 9 5/8 by 9 7/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 108 pages including an index and appendix. Illustrated throughout from color photographs by Charles Greer. With a foreword by James Bibo. Contains more than 40 recipes for appetizers. entrees and deserts.
    TB31890  $15.00



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    Fenning, D., and J. Collyer:  An Encyclopaedia of North and South America 1786.  Surrey, England: Unwin Brothers, Limited, (1976). Reprint of 1976. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with hints of wear at the upper edge of the spine area. One of only 500 copies printed with this copy out of series. A reprinting of volume II of the authors' book originally published in 1786 and titled: A New System Of Geography.... 159 pages of text printed in brown. Illustrated with three double page maps of what is now the United States, South America and Mexico and the Caribbean and two plates. A fine and handsome volume with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30704  $35.00




  • Ferguson, Gary:  The Sylvan Path.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in green paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in.
    TB06013  $30.00




  • Ferguson, Gary:  Spirits of the Wild.  New York: Clarkson Potter Pub., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. "The World's great nature myths" retold by the author who also wrote Walking Down the Wild.
    TB03680  $24.50



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    Fernow, Berthold:  The Ohio Valley In Colonial Days.  Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890. First Edition, First printing. Good in the publisher's original, printed, pink paper covered boards which are well faded around the outside edges and worn on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. 299 pages including an index. This volume is unread as all of the pages are uncut and un-opened. This is volume number 17 in Munsell's Historical Series. The author examines the historical struggle between the French, the English and the Native Americans to control the Ohio River Valley from its discovery in 1539 to the close of the French and Indian War. Mention is made of Simon Kenton and many other early settlers of the area. Considered by Wright Howes to be a "mildly scarce" title. (Howes F-92)
    TB20698  $125.00



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    Field, Eugene:  Poems of Childhood.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly worn, but not fraying and the cloth is worn at the lower edge of the both boards. The gilt text on the spine is almost unreadable. The illustrated paper label is in remarkably near fine condition with no chipping or damage around its edges. There is a Christmas gift inscription at the upper fore corner of the first free end page and the signature of another prior owner. Without a dust jacket. 199 pages with nine illustrations (including the title page) by Maxfield Parrish. The end sheets show a remarkable illustration of the giant with his club riding a bright orange lobster ready to pound the boy with the sword.
    TB33563  $225.00




  • Field, Andrew:  Nabokov His Life in Art.  Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine which has a modest twist. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear at the ends of the spine area with nicks at the corners but with the price intact on the front flap. Laid-in are several articles from the New York Times regarding Nabokov, his obituary and reviews of this book. 397 pages including an index.
    TB13475  $17.50




  • Fielder, Mildred:  Wild Bill and Deadwood.  Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in heavy cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket although the red edges on the front panel and spine area are well rubbed and with a 1/4" closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel. 160 pages of text and period photogarphs covering the life of Wild Bill Hickok.
    TB08051  $20.00




  • Fife, Austin & Alta:  Saints of Sage and Saddle.  Bloomington: Indiana University PressB, 1956. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ to near fine in decorated tan cloth boards with brown text and decorations with review of the book pasted to the FFEP. In a very good+ dust jacket with three 1/16" chips at the upper edge of the spine area and small creases to the upper edge of the front panel. A review copy with the publisher's review materials and a photograph of the authors laid-in. Sub-titled: Folklore among the Mormons.
    TB06489  $38.50



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    Fifer, Barbara:  Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark.  Great Falls: Montana Magazine, 1998. First Edition. Fine in illustrated, heavy paper covered wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Co-authored with Vicky Soderberg and maps by Joseph Mussulman. 206 numbered pages with index, text, photographs, drawings and maps illustrating the route of this famous expedition.
    TB06974  $35.00




  • Fillingham, Paul:  The Balloon Book.  New York: David McKay Company, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in textured blue cloth covered boards. In a very good- dust jacket with the color from the upper 3/4" of the spine area flecked off and a 2" closed tear to the front panel. 226 pages with index, text, black and white photographs and a number of sketches.
    TB07808  $14.00



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    Finch, Christopher:  The Art of Walt Disney.  New York: Harry Abrams, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in white cloth covered boards with Mickey Mouse cutout on the front board and a fold-out title page. On the first free end paper a prior owner has written the date of "12/24/73" in ink; else fine. In a very good- glassine dust jacket with a 2" chip at lower edge of the spine area, a 1" chip on the rear panel and the upper edge of the spine area is creased. There is also a long horizontal closed tear to the front panel two inches up from its lower edge. This is the prized first edition with a raised image of Mickey Mouse on the front cover. To protect the book and its glassine jacket it has been housed in a heavyduty, cardboard slipcase. A folio format measuring 13 1/4 by 10 3/8 inches containing 458 pages. Due to the large size of this volume our standard shipping charges can not apply. Please inquire for exact shipping costs.
    TB03233  $75.00




  • Finder, Joseph:  High Crimes.  New York: Wm. Morrow & Company, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB07737  $7.35



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    Finer, Peter:  Peter Finer: Seventh Catalogue (Antique Arms and Armor Catalog).  London: PF Peter Finer, (2005). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 1/4 inches with marbled paper end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Unpaginated, but containing over 200 pages. Illustrated throughout with images from color photographs. A perfect copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31451  $45.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  The Beautiful and Damned.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First State. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and blind embossing on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine has a closed tear of approximately 1/16 of an inch and very slight rubbing at the tips of the boards. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. Without the very scarce issued dust jacket. This is the very uncommon first edition, first state without the Scribner's seal on the copyright page. 449 pages of text. (Bruccoli A8.I.a) A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30905  $600.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  All The Sad Young Men.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and with blind text embossing of the title and the author's name on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with miniscule rubbing at the corners of the cloth at the head of the spine. This copy is obviously early in the run of the first printing as there is no battered type on pages 38, 90 and 248 unlike later impressions further into the run which began to exhibit broken or worn type. The contents are exceptionally clean and bright without any foxing, tanning or prior owner's markings. This copy has an interesting binder's error. Pages 249 and 267 are duplicated. Nonetheless, the book is complete and remains a fine, collectible copy. Containing 267 pages of text. (Bruccoli, A12.Ia)
    TB33660  $475.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  Flappers And Philosophers.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition, First Printing, second state. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine which is heavily tarnished and with the title embossed in blind on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is rubbed and worn and the cloth is worn through over the lower tips of the boards. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. Without the very scarce issued dust jacket. 269 pages of text. A collection of eight short stories all of which had appeared in magazines. One of only 5,000 first edition copies printed. (Bruccoli A6) A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32283  $450.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  This Side Of Paradise.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Third Printing. Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with very faded gilt text on the spine and blind embossed text on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with only touches of light wear to the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. Without it issued dust jacket. 305 pages of text. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. As noted by Bruccoli in his bibliography of Fitzgerald's works, the numerous mispellings and typos which appeared in the first edition and early reprints were not corrected in the plates until the fourth printing. Only 5,000 copies of this, the third printing, were produced. (Bruccoli 5.I.a)
    TB30904  $250.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  Afternoon of an Author A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly tanned and with a 1/8 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. 226 pages of text. A collection of short stories and essays.
    TB32836  $75.00



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    Fitzgerald, Edward:  The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam.  New York: Dodge Publishing, (1916). First Edition. Near fine in its original light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and gilt text stamped on the front board with a decoration of gilt outlined grapes and leaves. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 7 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated with tipped on color frontispiece with tissue guard, and eight more tipped on color images all with the tissue guards in place.
    TB30508  $25.00



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    Fitzpatrick, John C.:  The Spirit of The Revolution New Light From Some of the Original Sources of American History.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in navy blue cloth covered boards with much of the gilt stamped text on the spine worn off; however, the gilt stamped text on the front board remains present and quite readable. There are minor spots of foxing throughout the text. Without its issued dust jacket. An octavo measuring 8 5/9" tall by 6" deep containing 300 pages including an index. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art and photographs of original documentation. (Gephart, 1137)
    TB22985  $30.00




  • Fitzsimons, Bernard:  150 Years of North American Railroads.  Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 12" by 9 1/4". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. 224 pages including an index, text and illustrated with color photographs throughout.
    TB25593  $10.00



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    Flechier, Espirit:  Oraisons Funebres Composées Par Monsieur Flechier, Abbe De Saint Severin De L Academie Francoise.  Paris: , 1680. Seconde Edition. Good in a 17th century binding of full leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with only fragments of the backstrip remaining, but enough to show gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments. In subsequent years to preserve the binding the spine area was heavily varnished. In the area where the backstrip has been lost the underlying sewing supports (cords) are visible. The front and rear joints seem to be cracked but the varnish continues to hold the book together with the aid of the still strong front and rear hinges. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4" by 3 1/2" with two recent prior owner's names on the first free end page. 326 pages of text.
    TB26039  $350.00




  • Fleming, William H.:  Slavery And The Race Problem In The South.  Boston: Dana Estes & Company, Publishers, n.d. (circa 1906). First Limited Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 white cloth and light gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and front board. The 1/4 white cloth is soiled, tanned and foxed, the fly title page has a 3/4" closed tear at its upper edge and there are a prior owner's notations in light pencil on the margins of a number of pages. Without a dust jacket. This copy is identified as number 395 out of only 1,000 copies printed. This copy is also signed by the publisher on the front board of the book. 66 pages of text with a frontispiece portrait of William H. Fleming. The full title reads: Slavery And The Race Problem in The South. With Special Reference To The State of Georgia. Address of Hon. Wm. H. Fleming, Before the Alumni Society of the State University, Athens, June 19, 1906.
    TB21836  $85.00



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    Fleming, Thomas:  The Great Divide.  Boston: Da Capo Press, (2015. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 pink paper and black paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 424 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Subtitled: "The Conflict Between Washington and Jefferson That Defined a Nation". Illustrated with a section of 8 pages of plates with images from contemporary works of art. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32846  $20.00




  • Fletcher, Robert H.:  Free Grass To Fences The Montana Cattle Range Story.  New York: University Publishers for the Historical Society of Montana, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and decorated light brown paper covered boards with black and green text and decorations on the spine and with decorated end papers by Charles Russell. The fly title page has a dated gift inscription. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep chip at the upper corner of the spine area and with a 1/2" deep chip at the upper edge of the rear panel both with related creasing and with rubbing and wear at the folds. "The full story of the Montana cattle industry, from the earliest days of the fur traders down to the latest Miles City Roundup, written by a man who knows the northwestern range land and its history without a map." 233 pages of text and illustrated with photographs and drawings by Charles Russell.
    TB17081  $70.00



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    Flint, Timothy:  Recollections Of The Last Ten Years, Passed In Occasional Residences And Journeyings In The Valley Of The Mississippi From Pittsburg And The Missouri To The Gulf Of Mexioc, and From Florida To the Spanish Frontier.  Boston: Cummings, Hilliar, And Company, 1826. First Edition. Very good in its original paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the paper at the head and heel of the spine and minor small chipping from the paper title label. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 395 pages of text. Timothy Flint (1780-1840) was a missionary and writer who traveled broadly throughout the US during his lifetime. The subject title deals with the author's descriptions of his years living in various locations in Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas and Lousiana, during the years 1815 to 1825 where he comments extensively on geography, topography, culture and conditions. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". Smith in his bibliography of Travels in the Old South states: "The Recollections of Timothy Flint form one of the more significant travel accounts of the early nineteenth century in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys." A very clean and handsome copy in its original binding. (Clark, Vol. 2, 26; Streeter, Vol 3, 1540; Howe, F 204; Sabin, 24794; Graff, 1359; Rader, 1420; BAL, 6113)
    TB31025  $900.00




  • Flint, Abel:  A System Of Geometry and Trigonometry Together With A Treatise on Surveying Likewise, Rectangular Surveying.  Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke, 1804. First Edition. Good+ in contemporary calf with faded gilt rules on the spine with rubbing to the leather around the edges of the boards. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5" with an early prior owner's name written on the second free end page and last free end page reading: "Uriel Fullers" of "Hampton Connecticut" Without a dust jacket. 168 pages of text and tables followed by four fold-out plates. Half of the first plate is missing and the others suffer from foxing, a high water mark, excess creasing and some closed tears. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong with no loose pages.
    TB26209  $165.00




  • Florin, Lambert:  Ghost Town of the Pacific Frontier.  New York: Promontory Press, 1971. Reprint. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. 280 pages of text and black and white photographs.
    TB08075  $10.50



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    Flynn, Errol:  Beam Ends.  New York: Longmans, Green And Co., 1937. Third Printing of May, 1937. Very good- in light blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with map end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn with several short closed tears to the depth of the text block and the cloth is worn through over the tips of the boards. With a prior owner's name and date on the fly title page. Without its issued dust jacket. 241 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates all from black and white photographs. The story of Errol Flynn's cruise off the northwestern coast of Australia to New Guinea on his ship Sirocco with his three friends and crew members.
    TB33138  $450.00




  • Follett, Ken:  The Power Twins.  New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB06426  $7.84



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    Fondiller, Harvey V.:  Men of The Revolution American Soldiers of 1776.  New York: Popular Photography Magazine, 1976. Reprint . Near fine in glossy heavy paper wraps with the author signature and inscription on the front panel and a small stain on the rear panel. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author in Rochester (New York) on "10/11/76" This is a reprint of the article of the same title which appeared in the July, 1976 issue of Popular Photography. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep. Unpaginated containing 8 pages. "A photographs of each (American Revolutionary soldier) from Life With Their Memories of the War. "In 1864 the last surviving veterans recalled their experiences in the War of Independence. Their words and portraits were the world's first photo-interviews."
    TB18599  $45.00



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    Foote, Allan D. and James Morrison, Joseph Robertaccio, and Alan Sterling:  Liberty March The Battle of Oriskany.  Utica, NY: North Country Books, (1998). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 221 pages including an index, bibliography, end notes, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with maps, reproductions of contemporary works of art and images from drawings by David Yahnke.
    TB33555  $40.00



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    Forbes, Lieut. Col. [James Grant]:  Report Of The Trial Of Brig. General William Hull;Commanding The North-Western Army Of The United States By A Court Martial Held At Albany On Monday, 3d January, 1814 And Succeeding Days.  New York: Eastburn, Kirk, and Co., 1814. First Edition. Good in its original 1/4 vellum and blue-green, paper covered boards with a printed, paper label on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with the spine cracked down the middle allowing the text block to in two roughly equal pieces, the front board is loose as is the first free end page. The top edge of the title page is signed in ink by an early prior owner which appears to be "Wm. Montague". The record of the trial against the commander of American troops for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British and their native allies within the first two months of the War of 1812. 119 pages of text followed by an appendix of 29 pages of text. In his bibliography The War of 1812 An Annotated Bibliography by Dwight L. Smith, he states of this trial: "Hull was charged with treason, cowardice, neglect of duty, and unofficer-like conduct in the Detroit campaign in 1812. The court felt that Hull had not committed treason, but that it had no legal jurisdiction in such matters. On the other charges he was found guilty and sentenced to death. But the court recommended him to the mercy of the President of the United States." He was pardoned by President James Madison. (Smith, , 532;
    TB32875  $250.00




  • Forbes, Esther:  America's Paul Revere.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1946. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in decorated, red cloth covered boards with the fore edges of the boards discolored & a PON stamped on the end paper. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap, light soiling across much of the white background of the jacket and with 1/8" chips at the ends of the spine area. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. 46 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB09949  $35.00



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    Forbush, Edward Howe:  Birds of Massachusetts And Other New England States (3 volume set).  Boston: Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 1925, 1927 and 1929. All first editions. All three volumes are in very good condition in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and on the front boards. Each is a small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the corners of the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. The first free end page and title page of each volume has a prior owner's name written at the upper fore corner. Volume I contains 481 pages; volume II contains 461 pages; and volume III contains 466 pages including an index for all three volumes and a biographical sketch of Edward Howe Forbush by John Bichard May. All volumes are illustrated with photographs and colored plates from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and others. Due to the extra weight of this three volume set special arrangements must be made with Town's End Books to cover the cost of shipping.
    TB33196  $145.00




  • Forbush, Edward Howe:  A History of the Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and Adjacent States.  Boston: The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1916. Second Edition. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is mildly rubbed and worn. Without a dust jacket. 636 pages including an index "Including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers: also the means for conserving those still in existence." Illustrated with drawings and with photographs.
    TB20411  $28.00



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    Ford, Gerald R.:  Photograph - Signed.  n.p.: n.p., n.d.. . A fine 8 by 10 inch color photograph of Gerald R. Ford holding his glasses standing in front of an American Flag and a paneled book case. There is no wear or flaws of any kind to this photograph. Signed by the President in black ink in the lower white margin.
    TB26115  $150.00




  • Ford, Richard:  The Sportswriter.  New York: Vintage Books, 1986. First Edition. Near fine with covers very modestly curled at the edges, otherwise very clean and bright. in wraps. This is the author's third book which was also the prequil to his Pulitzer Prize winning Independence Day. The book was initially only published in paperback and was a nominee for the 1987 Pen/Faulkner Award.
    TB05979  $50.00



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    Ford, George Hare:  Historical Sketches Of The Town Of Milford.  New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, 1914. First Edition, Limited Edition. Good in its original brown, printed paper wraps over a triple stapled binding with black text and a sketch of the Memorial Bridge on the front cover. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 3/8 inches with heavy wear and chipping around the edges of the covers and with perdition to the upper fore corners of the text block restricted to the margins. The covers were loose, but have been reattached using non-acidic, clear tape. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author at the upper edge of the title page without a date or inscription. 80 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece, fold-out map of Milford from 1835, reproductions of earlier works of art, line drawings and images from black and white photographs. An uncommon item, especially signed. (Armstrong, Connecticut A Bibliography of Its History, 5613)
    TB32789  $50.00



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    Ford, Gov. Thomas:  A History of Illinois Volume II.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1946. First thus. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt tooling on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge to the text block with the cloth at the upper edge of the spine very slightly rubbed. The Lakeside Classic for 1945. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The original publication of this book was in 1854 after the author's death. Volume I of the book was published by the Lakeside Press in 1945. 369 pages including an index, text and two fold-out maps which are both in excellent condition. A beautiful, clean, crisp and handsome copy!
    TB27571  $40.00




  • Ford, Gov. Thomas:  A History of Illinois Volume I.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1945. First thus. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt tooling on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board are bright and clean with spots of foxing in the hinge areas of the end sheets a result of a reaction with the glues used in binding. The Lakeside Classic for 1945. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The original publication of this book was in 1854 after the author's death. Volume II of the book was published by the Lakeside Press in 1946. 364 pages including an index, text and two fold-out maps which are both in excellent condition. A nice copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28184  $35.00




  • Ford, Richard:  Rock Springs.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/2 charcoal gray cloth and tan paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 235 pages of text.
    TB02914  $25.00




  • Ford, Richard:  Wildlife.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. By the author of Rock Springs.
    TB03156  $21.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  Marionettes at Home.  London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1936. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in brick red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and light yellow end papers. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" tall by 5" deep. The end sheets, preliminaries and fore edge of the text block show mild spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 192 pages of text illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and 11 black and white photographs. A very uncommon early title by Forester which focuses on his hobby of marionettes.
    TB20593  $175.00



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    Forman, Samuel A.:  Ill-Fated Frontier Peril And Possibilities In The Early American West.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2021}. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue colored paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 252 pages an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout with images from earlier works of art. A very clean, handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. An engaging account of a true overland adventure to move 60 slaves via cart and flat boat from New Jersey in 1789 across Pennsylvania to the Ohio River then down the Ohio and Mississppi to Natchez, Mississippi which at the time was under Spanish control.
    TB32074  $30.00



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    Forster, John:  The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith.  London: Bradbury & Evans And Chapmane & Hall, 1848. First Edition. Very good+ in full, polished calf leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with a dark green leather title label and gilt tool work in the compartments with gilt borders around the edges of the beveled boards. The edges of the text block are marbled as are the end sheets together with gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins. A thick octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 1/4 inches with both joints cracked, but the hinges are strong and tight. There is a dated (1862) gift inscription on the second free end page in ink. 704 pages of text including a section of notes and corrections at the rear. Illustrated throughout with vignettes from engravings.
    TB31024  $150.00



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    Forsthoefel, Andrew:  Walking To Listen 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story At A Time.  New York: Bloomsbury, (2017). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the upper corners of the spine area and at the upper fore corner of the rear panel. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 371 pages of text.
    TB30464  $40.00



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    Foster, David:  The Scientific Angler, Being A General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling.  New York: Orange Judd Company, 1883. First Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of green cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and gilt decorations on the spine and with gilt text and black image of a fishing pole and net on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and three scuff marks to the front board. The contents are clean, unmarked and free of foxing, tanning and any prior ownership marks. 247 pages followed by five pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with six plates from line drawings. Compiled by the author's sons and edited by William Harris, who was the editor of American Angler. This title was originally published in London in 1882. Bruns in his Angling Books of The Americas considers the first edition of this title to be "very scarce". (Thacher, p.185; Bruns,H-82 & p.160)
    TB32149  $200.00



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    Fouque, Friedrich de La Motte:  Undine.  New York: Doubleday Page, 1911. Second Impression. Very good+ in its original 1/4 light brown cloth and printed, light green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and green text and green design on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with very light rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and with the paper cover rubbed through over the tips of the boards and at the fore edges. There is an early prior owner's name and date (1912) on the first free printed end sheet. The fly title page is missing. The contents of this copy are immaculate. 136 pages of text. Illustrated with a tipped-on, color frontispiece and 14 tipped-on, color plates as well as numerous black and white vignettes throughout for a total of 45 illustrations. Translated from the German by W. L. Cortney. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. LTD of London. (Hudson: Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.169)
    TB32915  $225.00




  • Fow, John H.:  The True Story of The American Flag.  Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1908. First Edition, First printing. Good in light paper printed wraps with a stapled and glued binding. The front panel of the wrapper has a number of chips at the corners. Without a dust jacket as issud. An octavo measuring 8 5/8" tall by 5 13/16" deep containing 54 pages of text illustrated with eight color plates of fifteen flags.
    TB19582  $20.00




  • Fowler, Connie May:  River of Hidden Dreams.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book.
    TB04712  $65.00




  • Fox, Michael W.:  The Soul of the Wolf.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket with a 1" closed tear at the base of the spine area and light wear at the upper edge of the spine area. 131 pages of text, illustrations and black and white photographs.
    TB08489  $15.40




  • Fox, John, Jr.:  Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition, First printing. Very good in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine awith gilt decorations on the front board with white borders and text and a gilt top edge to the text block. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn and the spine is very slightly rolled. A collection of six short stories with six color illustrations by Frank Schoonover and H. J. Keller. (BAL, 6252)
    TB17126  $15.00




  • France, Anatole:  Golden Tales of Anatole France.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927. First Illustrated Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. Without its issued dust jacket. 352 pages of text with marginal line art and 14 illustrated plates by L. A. Patterson. A collection of eighteen short stories (tales) including: The Procurator of Judaea; Putois; A Good Lesson Well Learnt; The Seven Wives of Bluebeard; Our Lady's Juggler, Balthasar; Olivier's Brag; The Ocean Christ; The Manuscript of a Village Doctor; The Daughter of Lilith; Leslie Wood; Five Fair Ladies; Crainquebille; Laeta Acilia; Edmee, or Charity Well Bestowed; Mademoiselle de Doucine's New Year's Present; The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas; and, Gesta.
    TB21264  $40.00




  • France, Johnny:  Incident at Big Sky.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1986. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a tiny nick from the upper corner of the front panel. Co-authored by Malcolm McConnell. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Malcolm McConnel, one of the co-authors. The true story of the tracking and capture of two mountain men who in 1984 kidnapped Olympian Kari Swenson in the mountains of Montana.
    TB10241  $30.00



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    France, Anatole:  L'Etui De Nacre.  Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1923. Edition Revue Et Corrigee Par L'Auteur. Very good+ in 3/4 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with two black leather text labels and gilt rules in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather worn through at the upper fore corner of the front board and with lighter rubbing at the front joint and lower edges of the boards. 310 pages printed entirely in French. The binding was by Dorbon of Paris and New Yorl A handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31541  $25.00



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    Francis, John W.:  Old New York; or, Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years.  New York: Charles Roe, 1858. First Edition if the Revised and Enlarged Edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition in the original light brown cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine with blind embossing on the spine and on the boards. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with 1/4" deep chipping to the cloth at the head of the spine, light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and the remnants of what was a book plate of some sort on the front paste down. The contents are marred with occasional spots of foxing. The only indication of this copy having been a library copy shows on page 13 where the stamp of "The Circulating Library of Savannah, GA." appears. 384 pages of text.
    TB30546  $50.00



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    Francis, Edward P. and George DeAngelis:  The Early Ford V8 As Henry Built It A Production Facts Book 1932-38.  South Lyon, Mich.: Motor Cities Publishing Company, (1982). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and on the front board. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with a slant to the spine. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area and with several short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed by both authors on the title page without an inscription or date. Also, laid-in at the front of the book is a typed letter secretarily signed by George De Angelis. 219 pages of text followed by a one page index. Illustrated from black and white photographs.
    TB30175  $450.00



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    Frank, Edwin, and George Woodman:  The Further Adventures of Pinocchio Le Ultime Avventure.  New York: Lo Specchio d'Arte, 2004. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and printed paper covered boards with a narrow photographic label on the front board, white text on the spine with red text stamped on the front board. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2" with faint rubbing to the edges of the boards. Without a dust jacket. (39) pages of text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
    TB24132  $25.00



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    Frankel, Max:  The Times of My Life and My Life with The Times.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1999. Signed First Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8" tall by 5 7/8" deep containing 546 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 966 of only 1,000 copies printed and sold. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB22444  $150.00



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    Frankel, Rebecca:  Into The Forest A Holocaust Story Of Survival, Triumph, and Love.  New York: St. Martin's Press, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue-green paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 335 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of 16 pages containing images from black and white photographs.
    TB33211  $35.00




  • Fraser, Claud Lovat:  A Book of Simple Toys.  Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1982. Facsimile edition. Fine in a purplish woven cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a paper label on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. A facsimile of C. Lovat Fraser's book of 1917 containing an introduction. Unpaginated containing text and color illustrations of toys. One of only 1,000 copies produced.
    TB16344  $24.50




  • Freemantle, Sir Arthur J.:  Two Views of Gettysburg.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1964. First edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and the top edge of the text block in gilt. In its original glassine dust jacket which is in good condition with multiple closed tear and small chips. Laid-in at the front of this copy is a compliments of the season card from Gaylord Donnelley. Co-authored by Frank A. Haskell and edited by Richard Harwell. Published from original records and journals of both Fremantle (visiting with the CSA from Great Britain) and Haskell who served with the Union Army provide two dispassionate pictures.
    TB33308  $25.00



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    French, Mary M. Billings:  Indian Captive The Experiences Of Zadock Steele Described In The Narrative Written By Himself.  Woodstock, Vermont: The Elm Tree Press, 1934. . Very good in 1/4 black cloth and light brown paper covered boards with printed, paper titles on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/8 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine, a faint dampness stain to the upper fore corners of the boards and to the lower margins of the rear 24 pages and light foxing to the title page. Without a dust jacket. 46 pages of text with map end sheets.
    TB31003  $25.00



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    Frenkel, Francoise:  A Bookshop in Belrin.  New York: Atria Books, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and gray paper boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 269 pages of text. "The rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis". (from dust jacket)
    TB31201  $30.00



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    Frey, Helen:  M19 A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two.  New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, (2020}. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold metallic blue colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 327 pages an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of images from black and white photographs. A very clean, handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32071  $30.00




  • Fried, Adelaide L.:  The Road to Salem.  Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944. First Edition, First printing. Fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name on the 1st FEP. In a near fine dust jacket with only light wear at the ends of the spine area and at the corners to the panels with the price intact on the flap. The text of this 317 page book on the early history of North Carolina is based on the 1803 autobiography of a woman who lived through it all.
    TB11020  $21.00



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    Frischauer, Willi:  The Rise And Fall Of Herman Goering.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. First Edition. Very good+ in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and at the tips of the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. 309 pages of text including an index and bibliography. Illustrated with a frontispiece and several plates of images from photographs.
    TB31955  $30.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  The Tall Uncut.  Santa Barbara: John Daniel & Co., 1992. First Edition. Fine in heavy illustrated paper wraps with just a hint of rubbing to the upper edge of the rear panel. in wraps as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. A collection of seventeen short stories. This is the author's first book and one which received very complementary reviews by William Kittredge and Ivan Doig.
    TB10849  $75.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  Dry Rain.  New York: Lyons & Buford, Pub., 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed and nicely inscribed and dated in April, 1997 by the author on the title page. A collection of sixteen short stories by this author who won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for 1994 for his book: Indian Creek Chronicles.
    TB13431  $65.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  King of the Mountain.  Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1994. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown cloth and paper covered boards gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. A collection of eighteen "sporting" short stories to include Halibut-head, Mixed Shot, Blues in the Reefs, Grayfish, First Time Out, Flyways, Trumpeter and others.
    TB13374  $50.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  How All This Started.  New York: Picador, 2000. First Edition. Near fine in black paper covered boards with a minor bump to the head of the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel of two children growing up in the deserted landscape of a small west Texas town. This is the author's first novel.
    TB13375  $50.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  The Tall Uncut.  New York: The Lyons Press, circa 1998. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Originally published in 1992 by the John Daniel & Company in wraps. Subtitled: "Lives amid the Landscapes of the American West." A collection of seventeen short stories. This is the author's first book and one which received very complementary reviews by William Kittredge and Ivan Doig.
    TB11061  $40.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  Blood Knot.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with ivory colored text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A collection of ten short stories of fishing. 132 pages.
    TB10842  $35.00




  • Fromm, Pete:  Night Swimming.  New York: Picador USA, 1999. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A review copy with a 4" x 6" photograph of the author laid-in. A collection of thirteen short stories which include: How All This Started, Night Swimming, The Investigator, The Raw Material of Ash, Freezeout, Black Tie and Blue Jeans & 7 more.
    TB13163  $35.00




  • Froncek:  Voices from the Wilderness.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. Outdoor Life B. C.. Very good in black paper covered boards with dampness staining to the boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with minor closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. A collection of 27 accounts from various frontiersmen and plains- men from 1755 through 1870 who each provide their own record of their lives on the American frontier.
    TB07975  $14.00



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    Frost, Robert:  A Masque of Reason.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. First Limited Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 tan buckram and brown paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The buckram is tanned and spotted with foxing from a reaction to the glues used in binding. This foxing is also apparent in the hinge areas of the end sheets .A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within its original black, paper covered slipcase which has several broken joints now repaired with clear acetate tape. One of only 800 numbered and signed copies with this copy identified as number 489 and signed by the author on the limitation page. 30 pages of dialog in blank verse. (Crane A27.1)
    TB33898  $300.00



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    Frost, Robert:  The Wood-Pile.  New York: Spiral Press, 1961. First Edition. Fine in illustrated white wove paper wraps with a stapled binding with a small light brown, faint stain to the front cover. This is a single poem issued as a Christmas greeting in a pamphlet form. Signed by the author on the title page :Ton Donald Born from Me*" with a * next to Robert Frost. A 24mo measuring 5 3/4 by 4 1/2 inces containing 8 leaves. With wood block illustrations by Nason of a a chickadee in a tree, a stack of logs in front of a tree and a wood stump with an ax stuck in it. (Crane B33)
    TB34017  $300.00



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    Frost, Thomas:  The Old Showmen, And The Old London Fairs.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Very good- in its original, decorated, blue cloth covered boards with a gilt image and gilt text on the spine and with black embossed borders on both boards with addition black embossing and a gilt image of a small child on the shoulder of a street actor. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth on the spine worn down to the edges of the text block, the cloth over the lower board tips is also worn through and evidently damage from what may have been silverfish to the front board. There is also an early prior owner's name neatly written at the top of the title page. The contents show moderate spots of foxing throughout and the last free end page is missing. 388 pages including an index. This title is extremely uncommon in first edition as evidenced by, as of this date, no first edition copies of same are listed on the Internet. Numerous printings of 1875 and beyond are much more common.
    TB32107  $275.00




  • Frost, Robert:  West-Running Brook.  New York: Henry Holt, 1928. First Edition, First State. Near fine in 1/4 dark green cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and decorated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine show modest rubbing. The gilt text on the spine is bright and easily read. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a 1/3 inch chip at the upper fore corner of the front panel and 1/4 deep chips from the upper edge of the spine area and 1/8 inch chips at the lower edge of the same. This copy is a first state of the first edition as the slug "First Edition" does not appear on the copyright page; and with "roams" instead of "romps" on the last line of page 44. (Crane, A10) 64 pages containing 39 poems with four, full page wood block illustrations by J.J. Lankes.
    TB34053  $160.00




  • Frost, Robert:  A Boy's Will.  New York: Henry Holt And Company, 1915. First Edition, First Printing. Poor in blue linen covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text within double borders on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 5 1/8 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine heavily worn and with the preliminary pages roughly torn and discarded from this copy leaving the title-page, with loss to its inner margin. The title-page has been tipped back in with a strip of nearly matching paper. The remainder of the book is intact to include all of its numbered pages. A prior owner's book plate is attached to the front paste-down. One of only 750 copies printed. This is the very uncommon first American printing of Frost's first book. It has the issue point of the word "Aind" on the last line of page 14 which was corrected to "And" in the second printing of the title. The other typo in both this printing and in the British printing, which was not corrected until 1923, is located on page 62 line 16 where "witch-hazel" is appears as "wich-hazel". A poor copy owing to its mistreatment, but with strong joints and hinges and and offered at a fraction of the cost of a collectible copy of Frost's first book. (Crane, A2.1)
    TB34094  $100.00




  • Frost, Robert:  The Lovely Shall Be Choosers.  New York: Random House, 1929. First Edition. Fine in heavy printed paper wraps over sewn binding. A small quarto of 10 by 6 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 475 copies printed. Containing four leaves with two printed, but un-numbered pages. Absolutely no wear, nicks or prior ownership markings of any kind. (Crane, A-12
    TB34008  $50.00




  • Frost, Robert:  Does No One But Me At All Ever Feel This Way In The Least.  New York: Spiral Press, 1952. First Edition. Fine in heavy printed wove paper wraps with a staple binding. This is a single poem issued as a Christmas greeting in a pamphlet form. With illustrations provided by Howard Cook. On the fly title page Henry Holt and Company has been lined out and the page signed by Bill R_?__. A 24mo measuring 5 3/4 by 3 7/8 inches containing 8 leaves. (Crane B23)
    TB34013  $40.00




  • Frost, Robert:  Doom To Bloom.  New York: Spiral Press, 1950. First Edition. Fine in heavy printed wove paper wraps with a staple binding. This is a single poem issued as a Christmas greeting in a pamphlet form. With wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. An oblong 64mo measuring 2 1/8 by 4 5/8 inches containing 8 leaves. (Crane B22)
    TB34014  $40.00




  • Frost, Robert:  A-Wishing Well.  New York: Spiral Press, 1959. First Edition. Fine in printed wove paper wraps with a staple binding with two tiny light brown spots to the front cover. This is a single poem issued as a Christmas greeting in a pamphlet form. Thomas W. Nason provided the wood engravings within this publication. A 24mo measuring 5 3/4" tall by 3 7/8" deep containing 8 leaves. (Crane B31)
    TB34011  $25.00




  • Frost, Robert:  A Cabin In The Clearing.  New York: Spiral Press, 1951. First Edition. Very good+ in heavy printed wove paper wraps with a staple binding with the corners lightly worn and a blemish at the fore edge. This is a single poem issued as a Christmas greeting in a pamphlet form. Decorations provided by Leo Manso. A 24mo measuring 5 3/4 by 3 7/8 inches containing 8 leaves. (Crane B23)
    TB34012  $20.00



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    Frothingham, Richard:  The Centennial: Battle of Bunker Hill with a View of Charlestown in 1775, Pages Plan of the Action, Romane's Exact View of the Battle, and Other Illustrations.  Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1875. First Edition. Good in light green cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the front board with blind embossed borders on both boards. A 16mo of 6 7/8 by 4 1/2 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips and fore edges of the boards. The fold-out map is missing and the fold-out illustration of Charleston following page 32 has a 4 inch long closed tear (which has been professionally repaired) and several creases from careless refolding. 133 pages of text followed by a two page appendix. Illustrated with a fold-out drawing noted above and a one page map appears on page 43 and line drawings appear within the text on pages 15 and 117. (Gephart, 5846)
    TB31811  $60.00




  • Fuermann, George:  Houston The Feast Years.  Houston: Premier Printing Co., 1962. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. In a very good+ dust jacket which is rubbed at the corners and spine ends. With illustrated woodcuts by Lowell Collins. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by both the author and the illustrator. 51 pages with index, text, photographs and woodcuts. The modern photographs are by Owen Johnson.
    TB06723  $24.50



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    Fuller, Edmund:  Prudence Crandall An Incident of Racism in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black and silver colored text on the spine. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a 1/2 closed tear at the upper corner of the spine area which is also faded and faded across the first 1" of the front panel. 113 pages of text including a list of sources. Illustrated with eight reproductions of early painted and photographic portraits.
    TB21837  $40.00



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    Fullerton, B. M.:  Selective Bibliography of American Literature 1775-1900.  Woodbridge, Conn.: Ox Bow Press, c1932, (1989). Reprint of 1989. Fine in off-white linen cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and metallic purple text stamping on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 327 pages including an index. With an iIntroduction by Carl Van Doren. From the title page: "A brief estimate of the more important American authors and a description of their representative works."
    TB32381  $20.00






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