Search Results: Authors starting with F from Thorn Books

New York: WIlliam Morrow and Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Thin folio. (40)pp. Paper over boards printed in full color. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a very good, bright copy with only a trace of wear at edges and corners. The dustwrapper is rubbed at the edges lacks two small pieces, else is in very good condition. It is not price-clipped. With a full page full color dedication on the front blank featuring the animal king. Wolo (Baron Wolff von Falkenstein) was a refugee from Nazi Germany who took up residence in San Francisco where he worked for the Chronicle and developed his superb artistic ability. .

New York: WIlliam Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by the author.. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a fine copy with only a trace of wear and soil. The dustwrapper is rubbed at the folds and edges and is rough along the top else is in very good condition. It is price-clipped. Inscribed by Wolo on the page facing the title page "To Suzanne Burdett" and with an original full color picture of a smiling flower, signed "Wolo" Wolo (Baron Wolff von Falkenstein) was a refugee form Nazi Germany who took up residence in San Francisco where he worked for the Chronicle and developed his superb artistic ability.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Fine. Hardcover. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of wear and soil. The dustwrapper has a couple of short closed marginal tears, else it is in fine condition. It is not price-clipped. This copy inscribed on the reverse of the dustwrapper with a lovely full color prancing pig bearing a purple tulip and signed 'Wolo '41". Beneath the illustration, in Wolo's calligraphic hand, is the inscription: "To Lambie Taylor from Amanda and Sir Archibald and Wolo." Wolo (Baron Wolff von Falkenstein) was a refugee form Nazi Germany who took up residence in San Francisco where he worked for the Chronicle and developed his superb artistic ability.

London: Printed by J.M. for Walter Kettilby, 1674. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (xvi),552pp. Contemporary full leather. Rebacked to style with the spine in matching calf, five compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. Wear to edges, some scuffing, else a very good copy. Imprimatur on leaf A1v: "Imprimatur, Sam. Parker. Jan 23. 1672/3." Bound with "The second book concerning ceremonies and ecclesiastical constitutions" commencing at p. 299 (continuous pagination). The author was preacher at St Nicholas, in Lyn Regis. Wing F331; ESTC 25390.

New York: Nafis and Cornish, 1849. Hardcover. Good. Pictorial Edition. 8vo. iv, 5-468p. Brown sloth decorated in gilt on the boards and spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Cloth is worn at spine tips, hinges, edges and corners, textblock shaken, but still a good copy. Some copies of this edition were apparently issued with a large map; this copy was not. Howes F49; Graff 1294' Wagner Camp 107; Cowan 83A. .

New York: Random House, 1964. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. Illustrated by Don Bolognbese.. Copyright date is 1964, but actually printed in 1967. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Light wear and signs of age else a very good copy. Neat ownership name and date on the front paste down. The dust wrapper is a little rough along the bottom else is in near fine condition. I exhibits the first state price of $3.95 and the 4/67 code. Known in a single copy originally typewritten and bound in 1927 by the author, this is the first publication of Faulkner's tale of magic and enchantment.

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. The third edition. 8vo. 138pp. Illustrated with full page plates, including 12 aquatints which are vividly and magnificently hand-colored. In a contemporary binding of full crimson straight-grain morocco. The spine is in five compartments with raised bands, all intricately tooled in gilt. Gilt and blind rolls border the boards with a gilt vignette of the monastery on the center. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of Williams of Blaina Gwent and also the ownership signature of Augustin Williams. Occasional foxing, else a very good copy in a fine binding with lovely illustrations. .

Not Published, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Original cloth, gilt title. Cloth sunned to tan on spine, slight fading at top of front cover; waterspot. Born in Connecticut, Stephen Johnson Field was practicing law in New York when word of the Gold Rush arrived. He sailed to California in 1849, crossing Panama at Chagres. He soon became a leader of the California bar, going on to sit on both the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. His book focuses on his first years in California, centering on his experience as practicing attorney and the first alcalde for the mining town of Marysville, 1850-57. In the second section, he relates anecdotes of his later career as justice, first of the California Supreme Court, then of the U.S. Supreme Court. Very scarce first edition, in original binding (later reissued with additional material). A very good copy. Cowan, p. 208; Howes F-117.

London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. 12mo. (4),(xviii,)(19)-(276)pp. (Pp. 241-276 misnumbered 193-228.) Full sprinkled calf, probably 19th century; Spine in six compartments, gilt. Red and green lettering labels, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half title present. Hinges rubbed and cracked but firm; tip of spine worn; a few lower text margins near the end slightly soiled, not affecting the text; else a very nice copy. With the Gustavia A. Senff bookplate on the front pastedown. This is the Doheny copy, with her leather gilt bookplate on the front free endpaper. Two versions of this work were printed in 1755. This is the version edited by Fielding's half-brother John. The unedited version was printed first but suppressed in favor of the edited version, which, though printed later, was the first version issued. Rothschild 857; Cross III, 326-7; Warde 28. T131333.

New york: G. P. Putnam;s Sons, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 8vo. 318pp. Illustrated. Black cloth, gilt spine titles. Trace of foxing along the top edge, residue from a paper clip n the front free endpaper else a fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is lightly worn at the edges and folds else is in near fine condition. Errata slip laid-in and another tipped in. Inscribed by Firestone to Dolores Hope. Also laid in are four original 5 by 7 inch black and white photographs: Two show Bob Hope and the author, Harvey Firestone. Another sows Hope, Firestone, Joan Crawford and Mrs. Charles F. Willis, Jr. The fourth photograph shows Hope and President Lyndon Johnson. All photographs are in fine condition and seem to have been taken at a USO function. Accompanied by a letter from the Bob and Dolores Hope Charitable Foundation certifying that this copy came from the Hope library.

(Cedarville, New York): n.p., 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong 12mo autograph book. Title page printed in gold; the remaining pages blank for autographs. Padded velvet boards in shades of orange; all edges gilt. 37 pages have been filled out, mostly with poetic sentiments and written in lovely penmanship. Most of the autographs are from upstate NY or NJ towns and from Leland, Ill. M. Huyck and D. C. Huyck mention that they are Minnie's aunt and uncle. THe aunt's pages is signed 'New Dover" and the uncle writes: "Oct 30th 1884, Sommer has passed, and Minnie has come to visit her Uncle far from her home. And with Fred her companion a very nice Boy. We wish them much pleasure and also much Joy. From her Uncle D. C, Huyck." Another entry is signed "With brotherly regards, P. A. Clapsaddle, Los Angeles Cal., . Cedarville, May 25th, 1886." Contents shaken, wear to edges, first page detached, else in very good condition. .

London: The Haymarket Press, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated with four color plates by W, Russell Flint. Thin 4to. 47pp. One of 100 copies; this is number 8. Limp vellum, spine and upper board with title in gilt. General light soil to the vellum and ties, else a very good copy. The extra suite of plates has been mounted on blank pages leaving a small adhesive discoloration on the margin of the plates and on the supporting page. .

n.p. (Nuremberg): n.p. (Verlag Georg Maar), 1853. First edition. Stiff card wraps. Very good. A single lithographed scene 6½ inches by approximately 275 inches (nearly 26 feet). Individual leaves are pasted together accordion style. The Nuremberg Folk Festival began in 1826 and included a large parade. This 1853 Festival was no exception and was commemorated by the present lithograph, reputedly executed by Leopold Itzel. A glorious example of lithography: The Herold der Stadt Nürnberg and Trompeter are followed by the Ehrenfahnenträgen für Bauern; Noris, the Representation of Nuremberg, follows in a Roman chariot; then trade representatives: artists, plumbers, armour, carpenters, locksmith, a Flora and Pomona in chariots, triumphal cart of Gartner, a train of brewers, Buttner and hosts, and finally floats from rural communities Steinbuhl, Mogeldorf and Rednizhembach, the last as a canal boat. The captions along the bottom are in German. The first 8 panels are hand colored, thereafter the… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in fine, bright condition with only a trace of aging along the top of the rear flap. You will not find a nicer copy of this title. .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in near fine, bright condition with only a short closed marginal tear and creasing along the top. .

London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1828. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. xlviii, 348pp. Illustrated with 11 full page engraved plates, the plate of Egyptian Trades with contemporary hand-coloring. Recently bound to style in quarter calf, spine in six compartments and raised bands; leather lettering labels, gilt. The plates include scenes of Thebes, Acheron, Bacchus, Roman Houses, Pompeii, Telmessus, etc. Without the additional plates from other works sometimes found. The frontispiece was once closely trimmed, not affecting the image, is now mounted on paper of similar size and age as the text block. Occasional light foxing, one short marginal closed tear on a text page else a very good copy in a fine binding.

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Ten illustrations housed in a portfolio of cloth spine, decorative paper boards, facsimile of Houser's signature inset on the upper board, tape ties. The colophon is likewise on a folio-sized sheet. The illustrations are selected from four books: "Cochise" (1953), "Blue Canyon Horse", (1954), "The Cave" (1958) and "Desert People" (1962). The illustrations are printed letterpress by the Palace Press on paper handmade by Mark Fredrickson at his Singing River Studio in Santa Fé. One of 50 numbered copies of which this is No. 30.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Good. 4to. x,110pp. 15 plates, some in color. The colored plates are chromolithographed. Additional illustrations in text. Publisher's brown buckram printed in red, black and gilt. Decorative endpapers. All edges red. Boards worn and soiled, nicely rebacked with the original backstrip laid-on. The binding is only good. There is a whited-out signature on a preliminary blank else the textblock is in fine condition. Tutorial on china painting with examples, tools and patterns. The second edition. The work was first published in 1885.

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marstons, 1865. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. x, 547pp. Popuar edition. Illustrated throughout and with a large folding map in the rear. Contemporary polished calf, spine in six compartments, gilt, gilt rules on the boards, marbled paper endpapers and edges. The binding is a little scuffed and worn at the edges, and the map has a closed repaired tear (no loss) where it is attached to the book, else this is a very good copy. Two ownership names on the reverse of the full color frontispiece. "A Narrative of Arctic Experience in Search of Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition" -- Sub-title.

London: Faber & Faber, 1955. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by the author.. Oblong 4to. Yellow paper over boards printed in black, green and red. Plain endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. Trace of soil else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and is in fine condition. Wonderfully original tale of a crocodile who comes to live with a Parisian family. Precedes the Paris-New York edition of 1956. English and French on facing pages. Scarce.