Titles beginning with F from Nooks Of Books (32 items)

New York: Doubleday / Crime Club, 1974. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full light green cloth. The spine is stamped in dark green. 184pps. Stated First Edition. There is some faint discoloration on the verso of the rfep as if a label or clipping had been affixed there and gently removed. Touches of tanning on either pastedown due to the binder's glue. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear or previous ownership inscriptions. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing wear to the extremities and the folds; no chips or tears of note. The original price is intact. A nice, presentable copy.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...Two years ago he had been a promising young novelist. Now he was living in a derelict cottage with only his obsessive thoughts for company. Two years of loving Drusilla: the spoiled, rich, unstable woman with a husband she wanted dead. The affair was over, but the long slide… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The New Press, 1997. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 284pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (23.00) is intact. Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>I</big>t was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have -- and in the process, the match that could inflame… Read more

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 232pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise absolutely flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A highly presentable copy of the author's first book, a trade paper original. ".The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann Martel's title story (described as 'unforgettable.a truly stunning piece of fiction'), won the 1991 Journey Prize to universal acclaim. The intensely human tragedy that lies at its heart is told with a spare, careful elegance that resonates long after it has ended -- and is matched through all the stories by an immediacy and a dazzling freshness." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed… Read more

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 232pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise absolutely flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. A highly presentable copy of the author's first book, a trade paper original. ".The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann Martel's title story (described as 'unforgettable.a truly stunning piece of fiction'), won the 1991 Journey Prize to universal acclaim. The intensely human tragedy that lies at its heart is told with a spare, careful elegance that resonates long after it has ended -- and is matched through all the stories by an immediacy and a dazzling freshness." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for… Read more

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. 271pps. The heel of the spine is miildly bumped and, as ever, the pages are faintly yellowed (due to the acid content of the stock). Otherwise, excellent: clean, square, and soundly bound. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price of 16.99 (U.K) is intact on the front flap. ".In the year 1592, Sir Robert Carey, a handsome courtier, comes north to Carlisle to take up his new post as Deputy Warden of the West March. He has wangled his appointment to be nearer his true love, a married woman, and farther from the still eye of his Queen and the disapproving eye of his father. And of course, there's the money. Sir Robert is quick to realize he won't see a profit from the perks if he fails to keep the peace. Alas, he is… Read more

Chicago: McClurg & Co., 1904. First printing: September 24, 1904. Very Good+ in the publisher's original green cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black, blue, and gilt; the front is stamped, also, in ivory. The top-edge is gilt. 277pps. Mild rubbing to the boards, principally at the extremities; all the gilt is brilliant. The ffep has been glued to the front pastedown, presumably to strengthen the front hinge; the rear hinge is fine and the binding is, overall, tight with all pages secure. The text is bright and immaculate; no foxing, dog-ears, thumbing, etc. There is a small bookstore-stamp at the bottom of the rear pastedown: no other ownership markings. Overall, a beautiful, clean, copy. Darrow is best known for his defense in 1925 of high school teacher John T. Scopes ('The Scopes Trial'), who was charged with violating Tennessee law by teaching evolution. "...A semi-autobiographical novel written when the famous attorney was in his mid-forties, based… Read more

Boston: Atlantic / Little, Brown, 1957. (1957). Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in black cloth with a yellow cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 246pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild bumping to the lower tips and the spine-ends and there are a few faint specks atop the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is rubbed -- particularly along the folds -- and has modest wear with attendant creasing at the extremities; there is very little of the usual fading of the spine. The original price is intact. A nice copy of the author's second novel. ".'The Feast of Lupercal,' set in contemporary Belfast, is an exciting, readable, and profoundly moving narrative of human love and human inadequacy. Diarmuid Devine was a guilty prisoner of his own emotions and yearnings. At thirty-seven, settled in his ways, painfully shy and inhibited, he met a young girl who seemed to… Read more

New York: Scribner's, 1976. (1976). Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Sky-blue boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 258pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has been price-clipped: it is otherwise fine. SIGNED and inscribed by Shulman -- in letter format -- on the ffep. This is the first book of Carl Hiaasen, the ghostwriter. ".In this irreverent fictionalized look at medical schools and the training our future doctors receive, Lloyd Goldman learns that locating your funny bone is the first thing you have to do in order to survive four frantic and frustrating years. Goldman had always wanted to be a physician, but he wasn't quite prepared for the fierce competition, the stamina required, and the bewildering, often absurd situations he encounters. Mixing both anquish and antics -- from losing his first patient to… Read more

Aliso Viejo, CA, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. As New in an As New slipcase. Decorative marbled paper-covered boards quarterbound in burgundy leather-look cloth. Both the spine and the front board are lushly stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Green endpapers. 434pps. No dustjacket, as issued. This is a flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, in matching burgundy cloth and stamped in gilt, is equally fine. This is one of 600 specially bound and numbered copies SIGNED by both Cussler and Kemprecos on a limitation page. Another beautiful offering by this specialty publisher. "...In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has proclaimed himself czar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of dollars, he is determined to overthrow the already shaky Russian government -- and U.S. opposition doesn't bother him one bit. A little crisis of their own should distract the Americans… Read more

London: Egmont, 2002. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue boards. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in copper. "Old Manth" endpapers. 341pps. Except for a very mild bump to the upper front tip, this is a flawless copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has the orignal price intact on the front flap. SIGNED by the author -- without a dedication or an inscription -- on the title-page. Book III of "The Wind On Fire" trilogy.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...It is the time of cruelty. The Manth people have left the ruined Mastery to seek their homland, in the face of starvation, blizzards and the evil of the Morah. Only Ira Hath can lead them there. She grows weak. Kestrel dreads reaching the homeland. She is afraid of what it will mean for her mother -- and of something else. Why does she feel so alone? Bowman eagerly awaits the summons from Sirene. He prepares to make the… Read more

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller Inc, 1982. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Gray endpapers. 560pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest touches of rubbing wear and a crease along the top of the rear panel. The original price (50.00) is intact. SIGNED by the author as well as by the dust jacket artists on a special limitation page. This is one of 500 copies , though unnumbered and stamped 'Presentation Copy' on said limitation page.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth.

London, United Kingdom: Orion, 2005. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Pale blue endpapers. 205pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price (14.99) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. Originally published in Scotland in 1986 in an edition of only a few hundred copies, this issue includes a brand new introduction from Rankin.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Mary Miller has always been an outcast. As a young girl she had fallen into the hot burn -- a torrent of warm chemical run-off from the local coal mine. Fished out white-haired and half-dead, she was initially treated with sympathy. But all that changed when the young man who pushed her in died in an accident… Read more

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1943. In Very Good condition. Bound in full brown cloth. The front panel is stamped in black. Duodecimo. xx + 114pps., with a tipped-in illustration. No dustjacket. There is a small hole in the front panel. Also, a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown and their name is neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise, clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. The errata slip has been affixed to the last leaf with three 1942 Christmas postage stamps. "...Flies, that is, the kind we are going to write of here and the kind we use for fishing, in our efforts to deceive fish, have always occupied a leading position as a subject for discussion or argument whenever and wherever fishermen have gotten together. Flies, their pattern and styles, their virtues and vices, their good points and bad points and the manner of their use or uselessness, have always comprised a considerable portion of angling literature -- past and present -- and they… Read more

New York: Crown. [1957]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 538pps. There is mild rubbing and fading to the edges of the cloth, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a slightly sunned spine, quite shallow chipping at the spine-ends, and a 1" closed tear at the upper front tip; the original price is intact. "...With the publication of 'The Flying Swans' -- a book over ten years in preparation -- Padraic Colum has completed the most important work of his long and distinguished literary career. Out of a lifetime of experience as a poet, dramatist, folklorist, Mr. Colum has produced a novel of haunting beauty and rare dimension. 'The Flying Swans' takes for its story the boyhood and early manhood of Ulick O'Rehill. It is also the story of Ulick's family: his… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. [2004]. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Speckled tan boards with a beige, gilt-stamped backstrip. Quarto. Map-endpapers. xv + 236pps. There is a remainder mark to the top-edge, otherwise as new: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...In the final volume of 'The Berrybender Narratives,' Tasmin and her family are under arrest in Mexican Santa Fe. Tasmin, who would once have followed her husband anywhere, is no longer even sure she likes him, or knows where to go to next. Captain Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame, is puzzled by the great changes sweeping over the West, replacing red men and buffalo with towns and farms. Jim Snow, Kit Carson and one of Lord Berrybender's many illegitimate offspring make their way back to Santa Fe. But even they are unable to prevent the… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. (1965). Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards with an orange cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. Decorative 'Harper' endpapers. 244pps. Stated First Edition. There is dustspotting to the page-edges (only), otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a couple of slight and unobtrusive nicks; no chipping, fading, or tears of note; the original price (3.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy, beautifully jacketed. The author's third mystery novel, following 'Dead Cert' (1962) and 'Nerve' (1964).<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies… Read more

New York: Hyperion, 2006. [2006]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Burgundy boards with a red backstrip. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Red endpapers. 197pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed; the original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the original owner on the half-title page.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...The story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? As a child, Charley 'Chick' Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when… Read more

CT: First Edition Library. Fine in a Fine slipcase. A facsimile of the first edition, Scribner's (A), from 1940. The attention to detail makes this an interesting book -- and an affordable alternative to the original. There is a faint pencil erasure on the ffep., otherwise in beautiful condition. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee.. First Edition Library. Catalogs: War, Literature, U.S.A..

Idaho: Caxton, 1948. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. This is the SIGNED edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 213. Fully-bound in grainy brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Beige topstain. Pictorial endpapers. 373pp. This is an excellent copy, the only flaw being light touches of rubbing to the lower tips and the heel of the spine. Otherwise clean, tight, and square. All tips are sharp. Many pages are uncut (unread) and all are bright. This volume has been kept in obvious good care. The dustjacket, glossy in mylar, has a bit of crinkling to the lower tips; there are no chips or tears. I would grade the jacket fine except that it does appear price-clipped -- I say 'appear' because there is an underlying brown-paper layer to it that shows a printed price of $7.00. You won't find a better copy of this title: it is in splendid condition. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. To… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Orange boards. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black. 338pps., with a number of line drawings by Robert Amick. Stated First Editon, however these Grosset & Dunlap issues are re-prints using the same printing plates as the Harper original. There is mild bumping to the tips and spine-ends and a light soil-mark on the front board. Also, there is a faint bit of foxing to the page-edges. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is in splendid condition; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest edgewear and a 1 1/2" closed tear at the bottom of the front panel. All in all, a very nice and colorfully jacketed copy of this early issue. ".A story of the old West -- of the lawless days of cattle-stealing and the thrilling pursuit and capture of wild horses -- is full of the intensity and dash which made up life then and… Read more