Authors beginning with F from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (143 items)

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fourth novel in Faherty's mystery series featuring Owen Keane, "the metaphysical detective;" this time attending his high school reunion and learning his friends have been hiding an ugly secret; a collectable copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Faherty's eighth mystery novel and second in his series featuring private detective Scott Elliott investigating murder and movie making in 1950's Hollywood; a Very Fine, unread copy in like dustjacket.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The first collection of short fiction by Shamus Award-winning Faherty features his "metaphysical" detective, Owen Keane, in five short stories and two novellas. This first issue was limited to 200 numbered and signed copies; also, a separately printed short work, "Good Night, Dr. Kobel," is laid-in. Makes a special gift for the Faherty/Keane fan.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fourth novel in Fairstein's best-selling mystery/thriller series featuring New York City assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper. A collectable copy.

New York: Stein and Day, 1973. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The second novel in Falkirk's historical mystery series featuring Edmund Blackstone, a Bow Street Runner in London in the 1820s, this time given the assignment of stamping out the outlawed sport of prizefighting, a mission that leads him towards men willing to commit murder to stop him; the inside back cover has a short, crossed-out message, o/w the boards and text show some very minor shelf wear, and are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket shows wear at the edges, corners and spine ends, including several small, closed tears and a quarter-inch chip missing from the top edge of the front panel, o/w the dj is 99% whole with very little damage to artwork or design.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fallis' first novel introduces Sweeney and Wheeler, a mismatched pair of private detectives operating G & H Investigations in Massachusetts and investigating a the murder of a lesbian sculptress; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. In April, 1962, about three months before his death, William Faulkner visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, read from his soon-to-be-published novel, "The Reivers," answered questions about his work and the following day attended two advanced literature courses. All were tape recorded and later edited to create this book; previous owner's inscription on fep, o/w text and boards clean, tight; dustjacket shows some yellowing and very minor wear to top and bottom of spine. Collectable. Scarce.

New York: TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The third volume of the award-winning Farmer's highly-praised Dayworld triology; boards and text show light soiling on text edges, very slight spine lean; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. Farrell's first novel, which introduces Annie McGrogan, New York City actress and part-time private detective.

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Farrell's second novel in her mystery series featuring Annie McGrogan, New York City actress and part-time private detective. Collectable.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Farrell's first novel introduces aspiring actress and part-time private detective Annie McGrogan serving as bodyguard to a soap opera star whose husband is murdered in a sleazy East Side New York apartment; spine slightly cocked o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1949. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/Good Plus. Farrell is best known today for his early 1930s success with the Studs Lonigan trilogy, the story of a young, Irish-Catholic boy growing up in poverty in Chicago and unable to escape. But Farrell also wrote two other series of novels -- the O'Neill-O'Flaherty pentology (issued late 1930s early 1940s with the final book issued in 1953) dealing with generational conflicts and centered on Danny O'Neill, a young man who, unlike Studs Lonigan, had the talent to escape his poverty-ridden beginnings. Farrell's final trilogy, is named the Bernard Carr series after its main character, a young writer with a pregnant wife who married him expecting better things than the one-bedroom basement apartment in a poor section of New York. Carr never doubts his eventual success and unlike his wife, Elizabeth, is able to totally ignore his current circumstances and its effect on his wife. "The… Read more

New York: Walker & Co., 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Farrell's second mystery and second book featuring private detective Duncan Ames; boards and text are clean and tight; dustjacket shows small tear in upper right corner of front panel, o/w no significant surface or edgewear.

New York: Trident Press, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. John Faulkner's recollections about his Nobel Prize-winning brother, take us past the legendary writer's public personna to an intimate portrait, etched with humor, of a very private man fiercely loyal to his family and friends, who both loved and hated his native Mississippi because it never lived up to what he felt it was capable of being. Boards show a trace of shelf wear, upper edge of text is foxed, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows a couple of small tears and wear at the spine ends, wear at the corners and edges. A collectable copy.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. a collection of sixteen short sketches written by Faulkner for the New Orleans Times-Picayune early in his career, as well as an essay on Sherwood Anderson not included in earlier publications; First Printing of the First Edition Thus; boards and text clean, tight; dustjacket's back panel shows some discoloration and soiling. Collectable. Scarce.

New York: New American Library, 1961. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet P2006; The Nobel Prize-winner's novel of the return home of a disabled and dying World War I veteran; appears unread; age-browned text is clean, tight, square; small stain lower right corner; pictorial wrappers show only very minimal creasing, other surface and edgewear.

New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. One of Faulkner's masterworks, in which characters such as Joe Christmas and the Rev. Gail Hightower not only address issues of race, sex, religion and class in 1930s Mississippi but, through the author's talent and genius, live them. Introduction by Richard Rovere. The Modern Library No. 88, 1950 edition, a later printing issued between 1950-1970. 444 pages with a list of 318 ML books bound in at end of book. Light grey cloth binding with green title boxes and gold lettering and gold ML logo. Top edge of text stained green. Type "i' dustjacket with black and white lettering and logo on yellow and black background with 405 book titles listed on dj's reverse side and $1.95 price on front flap. A pencil eraser-size light stain on bottom edge of text, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked; binding tight and square. Dustjacket, now in mylar protector, shows wear at corners and spine ends and along… Read more

Shelton, Connicticut: The First Edith Library, 1984. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is a copy from the facsimile edition of Faulkner's first great novel, originally published in 1929. First edition thus, first printing. About 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 401 pages in white paper-covered boards decorated with an abstract graphic design and white backstrip with black lettering on spine. The front panel of dustjacket shows naked female figure apparently wrestling with her shadow with author and title in white letters in red box at top of panel, while back pane is a publisher's ad complete with 1929 prices and order blank.

New York: New American Library, 1958. First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Signet S1485; the Nobel Prize-winning author's novel of a small group of flyers and parachute jumpers barnstorming across the American south in the 1930's; the basis for the Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone film, "The Tarnished Angels;" First Edition Thus, Second Printing; one-reader text is age-browned, clean, tight and square; pictorial wrappers advertising the movie show some slight creasing, minor edge and surface wear. Nice reading copy.

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A careful account of author Clifford Irving's forgery of a Howard Hughes biography that fooled a major New York City publisher and resulted in a literary hoax that made headlines with its discovery and Irving's subsequent arrest; with photos; text edges lightly soiled; text is clean, tight and square, lower end of spine slightly bumped; dustjacket shows some light soiling, minimal surface and edgewear, upper corner of inside front flap creased. Nice reading copy.