Search Results: Authors starting with F from Modern Rare

New York City, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 128 pages. Retrospective monograph on subject. The single best book on the art of the Faberge Flower. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "Faberge Flowers". Some of Carl Faberge's greatest creations. "At one time, the royal families of Europe and Russia were accustomed to having their every whim satisfied, even apparently impossible desires like freezing and preserving Nature in its most perfect form. This collection of photographs and essays documents Carl Faberge's attempts to do just that for the Russian Imperial Family and other aristocrats throughout Europe. In the late 1800's and… Read More

New York City, NY: The Library Of America, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Library Of America, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 924 pages. Retrospective collection of essays. One of the most important film collections of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents, in one meticulously edited and elegant volume, "Farber On Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber". ALL of the great film critic's essays. A consistently top-notch body of work that reminds us, in almost 1000 pages, how film criticism was once practiced as if it were an art form, and was treasured as such by cinephile-readers. "With serious film criticism in a serious and inexorable decline due to… Read More

Paris, France: Memento Films/Sony Film Classics, 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Paris, France: Memento Films/Sony Film Classics, 2013. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 100 pages.

New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 340 pages. The author's second novel. One of the best novels on post-Communist Russia, as seen from an American novelist's "outsider/insider" perspective. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Elsa Chiao's DJ design, which utilizes an evocative photograph of Moscow by the great photojournalist Adri Berger, is outstanding. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jon Fasman's "The Unpossessed City". A Le Carre-inspired twist to the espionage thriller genre. "Jim Vilatzer lives at home and works in his parents' restaurant. He's going nowhere until gambling debts force him to make a change. He lands a job in… Read More

Paris, France: Actes Sud, 2005. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Paris, France: Actes Sud, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 352 pages. Retrospective Exhibition Monograph. The single most beautiful book on the photographic art and achievement of Bernard Faucon. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover Edition (as shown on Amazon and other platforms) . Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original and sold in France only. The Softcover Edition has the same ISBN as the Hardcover. Furthermore, most copies of the book were issued in Softcover only. None of the copies was commercially distributed outside France. There is NO American Edition. The First Hardcover Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Bernard Faucon and ACTES Sud: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and… Read More

Paris, France: Actes Sud, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Paris, France: Actes Sud, 2009. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 120 pages. Artist Book. Collection of pastoral landscape photographs. One of Bernard Faucon's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original and sold in France only. There is NO American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Bernard Faucon and ACTES Sud: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and poetic texts by Bernard Faucon. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Paris to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Bernard Faucon: Ete 2550". Summer In… Read More

Zurich, Switzerland: Scalo Publishers/Museum Fur Gestalteng, 1992. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Zurich, Switzerland: Scalo Publishers/Museum Fur Gestalteng, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 168 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Nicolas Faure and Scalo: Oversize-volume format in wide oblong shape. Red cloth boards, as issued. Photographs by Nicolas Faure. Introductory Essay by Thomas Hurlimann. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Nicolas Faure's "Switzerland On The Rocks". An apt and witty title about one of the most unusual (and little-known) physical… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Self-Published, 1994. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Los Angeles, CA: Self-Published, 1994. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 8 pages. Rare James Fee collectible item. A fine copy of the Advance Promotional Excerpt of "James Fee: Photographs of America". Published in a small and limited print run for the trade only. None of the copies was commercially distributed or sold. The Excerpt is now rare. Presents a sampling of James Fee's masterpiece, "Photographs of America". Seven of the images in the complete Series are presented ahead of final publication, magnificently reproduced in duotone plates. The Excerpt is a foldout that consists of five full-page images, supplemented by two loose sheets and Jackie Gallagher's brief text on glassine paper. They give a hint of the Series' negative majesty: An America that is abandoned in all her glory, actual relics strewn throughout the… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: University Of California Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Los Angeles, CA: University Of California Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 240 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the greatest books on indigenous tribal art of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original by a University Press, with funding from the National Endowment for The Humanities. The Hardcover Edition was issued both with and without a DJ, a typical practice of University Press publications. The First Edition is now rare. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition held at the UCLA Museum of Cultural History from October 8 through November 25, 1985. Presents, in an austerely elegant volume, "The Eloquent Dead: Ancestral… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Independence Foundation/Susan Fenton, 2002. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Philadelphia, PA: Independence Foundation/Susan Fenton, 2002. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 44 pages. Catalog of the artist/photographer's body of work. The first and only edition. Underwritten by the Independence Foundation, none of the copies was commercially distributed. It was produced not for an exhibition but instead to showcase in published form Susan Fenton's mesmerizing work. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Susan Fenton: Oversize-volume format. Gray softcovers with silver titles printed on the cover. Photographs by Susan Fenton. Essay by Gerald Silk. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Susan Fenton's portrait-photographs, all of them original hand-painted silver-gelatin… Read More

New York City, NY: Little Brown & Company, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Little Brown & Company, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 390 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Gold "Autographed Copy" sticker pasted on the spine. Presents Joshua Ferris' "Then We Came To The End". His first, and still his best, novel. "Written with confidence in the tricky-to-pull-off first-person plural, the collective fishbowl perspective of the 'we' voice nails the dynamics of cubicle culture: The deadlines, the gossip, the elaborate pranks to break the boredom, the joy of discovering free food in the breakroom.… Read More

Chicago, IL: Museum Of Contemporary Photography, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Chicago, IL: Museum Of Contemporary Photography, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 124 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Jed Fielding's brilliant and moving debut. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Jed Fielding and MCA: Oversize-volume format. Maroon cloth boards with black titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Jed Fielding. Text by Denise Miller, Nan Richardson, and the great novelist Shirley Hazzard. Separations by Robert Hennessey. Printed on pristine-white, glossy stock paper by Meridian Printing Rhode Island in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf/Whitney Museum Of American Art, 1989. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf/Whitney Museum Of American Art, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 18 pages. Artist Book. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title as a regular Hardcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Eric Fischl: Oversize-volume format. A tall and slim book. Bright yellow hard boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles, as issued. Lithographic reproductions by Eric Fischl. Text by Jamaica Kincaid. Pictorial slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Jamaica Kincaid's and Eric Fischl's "Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam, And Tulip". Unique… Read More

Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 2010. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 2010. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 115 pages. Landmark collection of all-color male nudes. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition in its First Printing and First-State DJ. The DJ shown on Amazon and elsewhere is the Second-State DJ. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run by Bruno Gmunder Verlag as a hardcover original only. An Import title, none of the copies was sold commercially in the United States. The First Edition is now rare. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. The production values are outstanding in every respect. Presents Corbin Fisher's "Boys Unlimited". Brought to you by Bel Ami and the photographer's… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 334 pages. Rare Richard Flanagan collectible set. A fine copy of "The Narrow Road To The Deep North" First American Edition/First Printing, signed by Richard Flanagan, with a fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof. Both precede and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2015 Easton Press Edition, issued more than one year later. Published in small and limited first print runs as hardcover and softcover originals only and respectively. The First Edition is now rare. The author's sixth novel. One of the greatest novels of our time. Presents Richard Flanagan's "The Narrow Road To The Deep North". The Australian "War And Peace". The title itself is borrowed from Matsuo Basho's collection of haiku poems, as translated into… Read More

New York City, NY: Catapult Press, 2019. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Catapult Press, 2019. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 257 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of short stories and first book to be translated into English. One of the most brilliant literary debuts of our time. Uncorrected Proof. Advance Reading Copy. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run by Catapult Press as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. The ISBN is the same as the regular trade edition. The Uncorrected Proof is now rare. Presents, in its earliest-state format, Paulina Flores' "Que Verguenza" in a felicitous English translation by the indefatigable Megan McDowell. Literally, "How shameful!". The Chilean writer's brilliant first collection of stories, catapulting her to global acclaim. "Nine mesmerizing stories… Read More

Seattle, WA: Minor Matters Books, 2018. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Seattle, WA: Minor Matters Books, 2018. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 80 pages. ISBN 0990603695.

New York City, NY: HarperCollins, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: HarperCollins, 2012. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 420 pages. The author's seventh novel. One of Richard Ford's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several, and particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Richard Ford's "Canada". A Ford-ian narrative-twist on a classic literary subject: About a boy's struggle to survive and quest for redemption, re-told by the author brilliantly and authentically. "A haunting and elemental novel about the cataclysm that undoes one teenage boy's family, and the stark and unforgiving landscape in which he attempts to find grace. A powerful and unforgettable tale of the violence lurking… Read More

London, England: Granta Books, 1992. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Granta Books, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 710 pages. Retrospective collection of great American short stories. The best collection of its kind ever published in the late-20th century. Advance Signed Copy of the First British Edition. Which is the true first. Elegant publisher's cream bookplate neatly pasted on the front free endpaper. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published, in conjunction with Viking Press in the United States, in a small and limited first print run by Granta Books as a hardcover original only that, quite improbably, given its 710-page length, went into multiple subsequent printings. The First Edition is now rare. Presents, in its true First Edition format, "The Granta Book of The American Short Story". Edited by Richard Ford, himself one of the… Read More

London, England: Granta Books, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Granta Books, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 760 pages. Retrospective collection of great American short stories. The best collection of its kind ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run by Granta Books as a hardcover original only that, quite improbably, given its 760-page length, went into multiple subsequent printings. There is NO American Edition. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents, in its true First Edition format, "The New Granta Book of The American Short Story". Volume Two. Edited by Richard Ford, himself one of the greatest American short-story writers of our time, with an indispensable Introduction. Volume One was first published by Granta Books in 1992, then rapidly… Read More