Search Results: Authors starting with F from Last Exit Books

E-381. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Published by J. G. & J. F. Low , Chelsea, MA. 1884. Illustrated with 30 plates. Ex-library item with library bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards have been rebacked and are chipped and worn to the extremities). Title page is chipped and worn and repaired with archival tape. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. These books are extremely useful in identifying unmarked tiles, and they provide an interesting look at the full assortment of tiles made by a particular factory at a particular time. Unfortunately, many of these historic catalogues are lost, and those which remain are very rare. Together with his father, John Gardener Low, founded the J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1877, having been… Read More

EB: Pantheon Books Bollingen Series. Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Pantheon Books, New York, 1954. Volume 1. Xx & 441 & 14 pages, illustrated in bw with several fold out plates. Volume 2 includes a 14 page booklet listing the plates, 196 plates. Bollingen Series XL. Slipcased in a paper coverd slipcase with paper label pasted to the side. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities with hole clipped to see the titles. Both volumes are tan cloth with gilt design, brown spine with gilt lettering. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses, also known under his princely name of Amenherkhepshef C[note 1]) was the fifth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC and was a son of Ramesses III and queen Iset Ta-Hemdjert. As a prince, he was known as Ramesses Amunherkhepeshef and held the titles of royal scribe and cavalry general. He was succeeded by his son, Ramesses VII… Read More

E-100: Harris-Wolfe. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harris-Wolfe & Co. 1968. 356 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ (chip present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine; scuff present to the front panel of the DJ). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. A collection of stories by the romantic Young, which includes "Little Dog Gone," a Hugo nominee, with an appreciative introduction by Fritz Leiber. Robert F. Young's strengths and weaknesses may be quickly summarized. His stories are polished, smooth, slick, reasonably entertaining, and shallow. They are freqently sentimental boy-meets-girl romances or mild satires. When Young is in a satirical mode, his targets are fairly broad and obvious: the American obsession with automobiles, environmental despoilers, puritanical religious… Read More

C4b. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by R. Sicard, Paris, France. No Date (1964). 142 pgs. Illustrated with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 27 plates with 105 colour photos and 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of "Australasia" Text in English. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is grubby and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Dr Rene Catala was a distinguished biologist who founded the French Oceania Institute to study marine ecology. He founded the Noumea Aquarium, now the Lagoon Aquarium in New Caledonia. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-105: Croscup & Sterling Co. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. Hardcover. 16mo. Croscup & Sterling Co, New Rochelle, New York, 1902. 12 issues, Each issue 24 pgs. Bound in cloth with paper label title present to the spine. Extra label tipped into the rear board. Original wrappers present and bound in. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A wonderful example of one of the classic small press magazine of the time and a nice arts and crafts type magazine. The Thistle was inspired by the work of Hubbard. Fairchild gained fame as a stump speaker for Roosevelt, afterwards befcoming known for his humorous lectuers and dubbed the "Artemus Ward" of his day "with the irresitible waggishness of the quaint philosopher." E-05; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-268. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1930. 320 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was a Scottish writer and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) supposedly based the character of Bulldog Drummond. After Sapper's death in 1937, Fairlie continued the Bulldog Drummond book series. Fairlie was born in Kensington, London, educated at Downside School, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in December 1918 in the Scots Guards. He was both an Army boxing champion and a member of the Great Britain team in the bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics at Chamonix,… Read More

E-184: Edwin Mellen Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Edward Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 2002. 317 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The author's thesis is that the slow ascent of Man to a life of reason is best portrayed by examining the long history of secularization that religion has provoked in every age. To that end, he traces the history of secular thought in western civilization from pre-Socratic Greeks to the French enlightenment of the 18th century and beyond. Among the milestones he finds on the way are the Greek conquest of Rome, the transition to the Renaissance and the Reformation, the age of Copernicus, non-conformist thought, characteristics of the enlightenment in England and France, and sociology… Read More

EB: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA. 1966. 515 pgs. Map endpapers. IIllustrated with black and white photos. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelfwear present with sunning along the spine, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremitites. Bound in black cloth with red titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu - a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war - marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina… Read More

E-030: Whitehorse Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Whitehorse Press, Grand Conway, New Hampshire. 2006. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Although in production for only three years, the R90S was the most significant post-war production BMW motorcycle. This comprehensive book tells the story of this important bike and how it evolved noting all significant changes from year to year. Beautifully laid out with big full-color pictures, the book could stand alone as a coffee table book. But it's much more than that. Falloon writes with enough detail to make restoring these great bikes much easier, and also includes a chapter on how to live with an R90S,… Read More

E-374. Good+. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Cat Fanciers' Association. 1923. 124 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn). Bookplate present to the front pastedown. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown and the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Foxing present. Binding tight and solid. The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) was established in the United States in 1906. The CFA is currently the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats. Originally headquartered in Manasquan, New Jersey, the CFA moved to Alliance, Ohio in 2010. The association's stated mission is preserving and promoting pedigreed breeds of cats while also enhancing the well-being of all cats. CFA's first licensed cat shows were held in Buffalo, New York and Detroit, Michigan in 1906. The association today… Read More

E-149: L. G. E. Editora. Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. L. G. E. Editora, Brasilia, 1999. Unpaginated. Illustrated with numerous color photos. Possibly signed and inscribed by the photographer. Text in English and Portuguese. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase lightly rubbed and worn. Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. Rui Faquini was born in 1943 in the state of Goiás in a time the access to the Brazilian hinterlands was rare and difficult. In the early 60's he watched and participated in the construction of Brasilia. During the 60's and 70's he was able to live in several countries outside Brazil. It was this experience that opened his mind to the wide range of the world's cultures. In fact, he started his career as a professional photographer while living in Iran and Japan, then he… Read More

E-124: Dumont Buchverlag. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by DuMont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany. 1980. 79 pgs. Illustrated. Text in German. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine.. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1977, Farb traveled to the USSR under the auspices of the USIA. In addition to exhibiting his work, he made portraits of a cross section of the people of Novosibirsk with a view camera and a Polaroid back. These Polaroid photographs also had negatives which were brought out of the Soviet Union in a diplomatic pouch. It became a book, Russen, Dumont, Koln, DE, 1980, followed by publication in: FR, IT, NL, and the US. EB; 11.8 X 9.8 X 0.6 inches .

E-309: The Nonesuch Press & Random House. Very Good. Leather. Leather. Large 8vo. Published by The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc. , London and New York. 1929-33. 7 Volumes totaling nearly 5000 pages. #1573 of a limited edition 1600 copies. Bound in full tan niger morocco with 5 raised bands with gilt titles and gilt rule present to the boards by A. W. Bain. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is lightly faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Shakespeare represents the chef d' oeuvre of the Nonesuch Press ... This is the finest of all editions of our greatest poet." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-010: Gibbs Smith. Very Good. 2017. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Gibbs Smith, Layon, Utah.. 2017. 208 pgs. Illustrated. Later Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Combining the rich traditions of the past with the sensibilities of contemporary life, interior and garden designer James Farmer of Perry, Georgia, is unapologetically Southern. Tour eleven diverse homes in the deep South-makeovers, remodels, and new construction-as James Farmer brings together a cultivated mix of high and low, storied and new, collected and found; presenting them all as a thoughtfully exhibited array of taste, style, good architecture, and interior comfort. Woven alongside beautiful photography are personal stories James shares about living in the South, the… Read More

E-357: ASPEN PUBLISHERS INC. Very Good. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Aspen Press, Boulder, Colorado. , 1974. Viii, 112 pgs. Signed by Philip Jose Farmer on the half-title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A night sky aerial engagement with a deadly Fokker aircraft nearly claims three brilliant lives . . . Meanwhile, Baker Street’s enigmatic mystery-solver, Sherlock Holmes, forms a historic alliance with Greystoke—the noble savage, peer of the realm, and lord of the jungle—bring down the hellish spy Von Bork! EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages; Signed by Author .

E-051: The Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Vanguard Press. 1934. 303 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ernst Reichl DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth with paper label titles present to the spine and the front board. No ownership marks present. Foxing present to the fore-edge. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Vignettes of the South Side of Chicago. Raw, shocking, and overpowering, the sixteen short stories set in sleazy hotels, ramshackle flats, reeking taverns, smoky poolrooms, busy streets, and garbage-strewn alleyways, tells it as it is in the nation's second largest city. ? Includes: Helen, I Love You. --The Scarecrow. --Looking 'Em Over. --The Buddies. --A Front-page Story, --Just Boys. --Honey, We'll Be Brave. --A Casual Incident. --Clyde. --Jim O'Neill. --Twenty-five Bucks. --Mary… Read More

E-144: New Directions. Very Good. 1946. Hardcover. Softcover. 8vo. New Directions. No Date (c.1946). Unpaginated (32 pgs). Orange wrappers worn. Bookplate (of William Bentz Plagemann) present to the reverse of the front wrapper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Will the commercialization of publishing destroy good writing? Some observations on the future of books." Reprint of an article originally appearing in New Directions 9. James Thomas Farrell (February 27, 1904 - August 22, 1979) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. One of his most famous works was the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and into a television miniseries in 1979. The trilogy was voted number 29 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. E-144; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-194. Good+. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Macmillan and Co. , London, UK. 1883. 181 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (small stain present to the front board). Byrdcliffe bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer (24 June 1819 – 11 October 1899) , was an English civil servant and statistician. He entered the public service in 1850 as secretary to the naval department (renamed the marine department in 1853) of the Board of Trade. In 1865 he was promoted to be one of the joint secretaries of the Board of Trade, and in 1867 became permanent secretary. His tenure of the office of permanent secretary, which he held for upwards of twenty years, was marked by many reforms and an energetic administration. Not only was he an advanced Liberal in politics, but an uncompromising… Read More

A-13: Edward Elgar Pub. Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. A-13; 9.8 X 6.8 X 1.0 inches; 299 pages .

E-137: Sold At the Political Book-Store. Good+. 1795. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Sold at the Political Book-Store, South Front-Street, No. 8; Published by T. Bradford, Philadelphia, PA. January 7, 1795. 20 pgs. Issued in sewn wrappers. Wrappers worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present (closed tears present to the edges). Book is free of ownership marks. Heavy foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet, French minister to the United States, who also pressed the fledgling government to repay its large debt. Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet (1761 Saint-Quentin - 1834 Paris) was a French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States. He studied law. When the French Revolution broke out, he published pamphlets in praise of the event. He was a secretary in the Ministry of War, and then Executive Council. He was appointed ambassador to the United States, with orders to arrest Edmond-Charles Genêt. He wrote an essay… Read More