Search Results: Authors starting with F from Independent Books

London: The Royal Anthropological Institute, 1957 Vol. LVII, December 1957, Articles 227-252. Attrition of Teeth among Tibetans, more. pp 176-188.

New York : The American Geographical Society of New York, 1971 The Ecology of Swidden Cultivation in the Upper Orinoco Rain Forest, Venezuela, more. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the front cover. Condition notes: 475-628 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. mildly sunned. Cover: gray wraps, black titles front/spine; lt edge/shelfwear, spine and edges a bit sunned, shallow crease to front bottom corner.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1993 All aspects of ships are covered in these pages: the early glory of ships under sail, the inexorable replacement of wood by iron and then by steel and steam, the trills and dangers of the last grain races, the challenge of constructing the world’s largest war and pleasure ships, the intimate appeal of small craft. Condition notes: 192 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, lt tan eps, large photo frontis; PO bookplate to ffep. Cover: deep rose, blindstamped titles front, silver titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, b/w historic photos front/back, black/red titles front, black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1901 453 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, a little loose, frontis; t.e. dusty, t.e./f.e. foxed, hinges starting. Cover: dk red, paster photo of subject, black and gilt artwork front, gilt titles front and spine; dampstains w/fading front top corner and head, overall darkening with gilt dulled.

Paris: Hachette & Cie, 1957 231 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. In French. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned P.O. info inked in large letters ep. Cover: glossy black paper over boards, photo front, reverse titles front/spine; lt edegwear. DJ: brittle, battered (large tears, chips), and yellowed clear wrap w/ reverse text front.

Paris: Hachette & Cie, 1958 231 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. In French. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned P.O. info inked in large letters ep. Cover: glossy black paper over boards, photo front, reverse titles front/spine; lt edegwear. DJ: brittle, battered (large tears, chips), and yellowed clear wrap w/ reverse text front.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1931 "A glowing romance of the days of Queen Bess." The copyright and title pages would indicate the publisher is Little Brown, however, the DJ and the spine indicate it is an A.L. Burt reprint of the Little Brown original. Condition notes - 326 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain; gift inscription inked to ffep, mildly cocked. Cover: med blue, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, white, double printed w/ Burt advertising on the inner surface, full color artwork front, black titles front/spine; spine sunned, moderate edge/shelfwear w/ numerous sm and tiny closed tears, the tail a bit tattered and the head tattered and chipped w/ loss of most of title.

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited, 1913 117 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., color frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. tanned, eps toned. Cover: tan, round color paster front, gilt ornamentation and titles stamped front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine lt tanned, overall mild soil. A lovely period book.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910 594 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g.; a.e. lt tanned, front hinge cracked (intact). Cover: navy silk, gilt artwork front/spine, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extremities a bit worn. The darkness of decadent Paganism versus the dawn of Christianity.

Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf for Cambridge University, 1822 Furnishes only those general principles and leading methods, which afford a useful exercise to the learner, and which may be considered as belonging to the pursuit of liberal studies. Condition notes: 153 numbered pp +appendices. Includes fold out illustration in rear, I-V and VII-IX (lacks No. VI). Pages: clean, ivory/foxed, tight, f.e. and b.e. highly deckled; eps well-toned and stained, a.e. well sunned. Cover: gray-green paper over boards, black titles spine; substantial shelfwear, extrems worn through, titles mostly chipped away, as is about one third of spine covering, back board replaced with a leather board, tape to front, soiled. Pretty much a pig, but a scarce first edition of antique technical textbook.

Philadelphia: The Blakiston Co., 1946 88 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; t.e. mildly dusty and wavy. Cover: green, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear, back top corner mildly bumped. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, green, jumping trout front, seahorse back, reverse/yellow titles front, black titles spine; lt edgewear, several sm closed tears and chips, head tattered.

New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1928 91 numbered pp +2; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, beautiful color decorative eps, color frontis; a.e. tanned, pencil scribbles to ffep, one of the lfep is torn, sm piece of gold tape front ep. Cover: peach, blue artwork front, blue titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn, sm holes head/tail, faint pencil marks front, lt soil. Numerous beautiful color illustrations.

Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint 146 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, printed on cream paper w/ brown ink; a.e. lt tanned, eps a bit toned. Cover: blue, navy ornamentation front, navy titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white, color artwork + black titles front, blue titles/text spine/back; lt edge/shelfwear w/ v sm/tiny chips, lt toned. Great sepia photos throughout.

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1972 The story of the Ilwaco Railroad & Navigation Company, the IR&NC, the Clamshell Railroad, dubbed the "Irregular, Rambling & Never-get-there" by a local journalist, which traversed the Long Beach Peninsula for years. Several of its rail cars and depots dot the peninsula to this day. Condition notes: 146 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo eps, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: gray boards, blue titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, blue, color artwork and blue titles front, white titles spine, ads back; numerous small to med close tears, a few sm chips, ghost of s ring front. .

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1972 The story of the Ilwaco Railroad & Navigation Company, the IR&NC, the Clamshell Railroad, dubbed the "Irregular, Rambling & Never-get-there" by a local journalist, which traversed the Long Beach Peninsula of Washington state for years. Several of its rail cars and depots dot the peninsula to this day. Condition notes: 146 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo eps, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned, a year and location neatly inked to ffep. Cover: gray boards, blue titles front/spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, blue, color artwork and blue titles front, white titles spine, ads back; a bit of wear head/tail, spine mildly rubbed, v lt soil to back. A very nice copy indeed.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976 Catalogue for the 1976 exhibition. Condition notes - 238 numbered pp +1; TPB. A synoptic introductory outline to the study of old master drawings. Dampstain to upper edge of pages, with waviness.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975 208 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, tan eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: tan boards, black backstrip, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, tan/black, black titles front/spine, photo back; minimal edge/shelfwear.

New York : E.C. Publications, 1959 Block of ice to front cover. Disbound w/ covers present, toned, numerous sm tears, med chips, creases. Tatty.

New York : E.C. Publications, 1966 Gold w/ MAD Proudly Presents its 100th Issue (Big Deal) to front cover. Spine taped, toned.

New York : E.C. Publications, 1974 Special cop out issue. Cops to the front cover. Spine split at tail, toned, sticker remains to front, lt soil.