Search Results: Authors starting with F from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Science House, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Beginning with Sigmund Freud's 1900 analysis of Hamlet, this collection offers a slew of essays & commentaries that take a psychoanalytic approach to Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, & histories, analyzing each play & assorted characters in separate chapters. 553 pages including Index. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1970, this hardcover book is Near Fine: very clean, binding strong & straight, with rough-cut page edges showing minor soiling at bottom & former owner's bookplate on ffep. NO writing or underlining or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is Good, with some chipping at corners & spine head & taped repair along bottom edge. Photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.

London, England: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Mapplethorpe, Robert; Fabre, Jan. Companion to the drama of the same name, which premiered in Italy on 11 June 1984 & played around the word through 1986 though never in the United States. Stark black-and-white photographs by Mapplethorpe taken during a stay in Antwerpen, Jan. 1985, by which time he had fully embraced his own "erotic orientation [characterized] by images that were overtly sadomasochistic & gay," are complemented by pen-and-ink drawings by playwright Fabre, created Jan-June, 1984, that emphasize "theatre [based on] bodily suffering." Unpaginated.A FIRST EDITION from a limited printing of 3000 copies from Jan. 1986, this hardcover 4to has glossy black paper over boards with white lettering to front along with a photo of frogs. From the library of the founding chair of the Theatre Dept at UC Davis, it is in Near Fine condition: as bright… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Morrill, Leslie. Originally part of a two-volume set (we are offering only Vol. II here) containing the best, most beloved stories, poems, fables, fairy tales, & characters in children's literature, lavishly illustrated with black-and-white & full-color illustrations throughout the 300+ pages (starts numbering at page 301, where Vol I left off, & goes through 629), with Indexes of First Lines & of Contributors. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1984, hardcover book with colorful DJ has deep blue cloth-covered boards with gilt design to front & lettering to spine. Condition is Fine: just lacks that Brand New crispness! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white.The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG because it is has two areas of paper loss/chipping along the top edge of both the front & back covers; else, bright & colorful &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mazuri Press, 2002. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second book in a series, 8 years in the making, in which the author/artist reflects on his transformation as he goes through fatherhood.A FIRST EDITIOn, First Printing, from 2002, SIGNED by the author on the second page below quote about poetry. Square hardcover 8vo (9.25" x 9.25") has green cloth-covered boards with a black title box/inset green lettering to front, gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: looks & feels Brand New & never opened! marred only by slight bumping to heel of spine. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, colors intense. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with a tiny bit of wrinkling to head of spine; beautifully protected in new mylar cover free! A beauty! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping… Read More

Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Good+. SIGNED First Edition from 1968 documenting 283 diverse & unique pieces of art--masks, bronzes, wood carvings, decorative pieces, clothing & adornments--created by a wide variety of indigenous tribal peoples across Africa, collected by Katherine White Reswick since the late 1940s & now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Unpaginated. Compiled by William Fagg, Deputy Keeper in charge of the African collections in the Dept of Ethnography at the British Museum in London. Along with a Preface, there is a personalized inscription & signature of Ms. Reswick dated Mar. 1972 on full title page. With brown textured cloth over boards & black lettering to spine, this square quarto (9" x 9.5") hardcover is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers. Slight fading to extremities… Read More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Szwejkowski, Adam. Another one of the Whitman Authorized TV Adventure series of books for children, designed to complement the popular TV series of the same name. These are now highly collectible by fans of 1950's-1960s' television & culture. Hardcover small 8vo has glossy red paper-covered boards decorated with a picture of The Beav riding in a fire truck; no DJ, as issued, in 210 pages + ads for other Whitman titles in rear. Condition Good: very clean, binding straight & strong but front hinge was cracked at base & reglued. Pages are tanned, heavier around the edges, commensurate with age & paper quality, but completely unmarked. Moderate rubbing to extremities, with some peeling of the protective acetate covering, heaviest at both ends of spine & corners, & front hinge is starting. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of… Read More

1929. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. A career police officer in San Francisco, CA, for 37 years in the late-nineteenth-early 20th century recounts some of his greatest cases. Fascinating historical look at crime & law enforcement, with chapters on murder, burglary, poisoning, mutiny, gang violence & vigilance committees, & early forensic science. In 292 pages, this First Edition, First Printing hardcover small 8vo has dark green cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine. Very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges. Condition downgraded to just Good due to water damage to lower edges, impacting the rear board the most, mildly staining endpapers; interior pages are unaffected. The scarce DJ shows dampstaining to same area along lower edges, with a large chip to lower-outer corner of front cover, light soil to rear. Protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never… Read More

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Written after the author went blind in 1978 as a result of complications from diabetes, dictated to his wife, & first published in 1980 by Black Sparrow. This is the Third Printing of that First Edition from 1988. Trade paperback in 147 +[3] pages has tan wrappers with red, black, & green lettering & design. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & bright & unmarked inside, appears never opened! Marred only by a extremely mild edgewear. Special: order any other book by this author & take 20% off both & only $1 extra shipping for both! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Another collection of verse from this relatively unheralded screenwriter & author (1909-1983). Orig. published in 1952, this is the posthumously published Black Sparrow trade paperback edition from 1988 (first, thus). In colorful wrappers, 161 pages, this softcover 8vo (6" x 9") is in VG+ condition: stored since Brand New, it has suffered a bit of insect damage to front cover in the form of some rubbed areas with slight paper loss. Else, completely clean & bright & unmarked, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white. Special: order any other book by this author & take 20% off both & only $1 extra shipping for both! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very… Read More

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Trade Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Two never-before-published novellas from this relatively unheralded screenwriter & author (1909-1983), discovered & brought to press by his wife in 1985. This is the Second Printing of the First Black Sparrow trade paperback edition from 1989, in colorful wrappers, 188 pages. Softcover 8vo (6" x 9") is in Near Fine condition: stored since Brand New, it is completely clean & bright & unmarked, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white. Only flaw is a mild diagonal crease to bottom outer corner of front cover. Special: order any other book by this author & take 20% off both & only $1 extra shipping for both! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship… Read More

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First Thus 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Another collection of verse from this relatively unheralded screenwriter & author (1909-1983). Orig. published in 1938, this is the posthumously published Black Sparrow trade paperback edition from 1983 (this the Second Printing from 1987). In colorful wrappers, 161 pages, this softcover 8vo (6" x 9") is in Near Fine condition: stored since Brand New, it is completely clean & bright & unmarked, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white. Only flaw is very slight curling to bottom outer corner of front cover. Special: order any other book by this author & take 20% off both & only $1 extra shipping for both! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First, Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Another collection of verse from this relatively unheralded screenwriter & author (1909-1983). Orig. published in 1977, this is the posthumously published Black Sparrow trade paperback edition from 1988 (First, thus). In colorful wrappers, 178 pages, this softcover 8vo (6" x 9") is in Near Fine condition: stored since Brand New, it is completely clean & bright & unmarked, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white. Only flaw is mild diagonal creasing to bottom outer corner of front cover. Special: order any other book by this author & take 20% off both & only $1 extra shipping for both! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Perennial, 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Acclaimed psychologist offers this most thorough guide to dream interpretation, includes how to decode your personal dream symbols, the meaning of recurrent dreams & nightmares, common dream themes, & how to keep a dream diary. Hailed by her peers as having written "the best available how-to-do-it book on the self-interpretation of dreams,'' the book comprises 381 pgs with Index, Bibliography, & Appendix in rear. Orig. published in 1974, this is the First Printing of the First mass market paperback edition from 1976. Condition is Fine: as bright & clean & crisp as brand new, save for heavy page tanning, commensurate with age. Binding strong & straight, feels & looks never opened or read! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket, 1970. First Edition Later Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. A rant against the modern educational system in the United States, focusing on how schools "exploit and enslave students, petrify society, & make democracy unlikely." In 142 pages. Billed by Esquire magazine as "the underground's first classic'' when it was first published in 1969, this is the Third Printing (1970) of this first mass market paperback edition, first published in this format earlier that same year (Pocket Books #77238). Condition is breathtakingly Fine: looks brand new, unopened, & unread! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages unmarked with only a whisper of tanning to outer edges. Slight bleed on to the fore edge side of a few pages in front matter from red dye used to stain the outside page edges.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Amphoto, 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Asher, Judith. A behind-the-scenes look at the world of fashion photography, lavishly illustrated with 80+ black-and-white photographs. Interviews with models, agents, agency creative directors, publishers, photographers, hair & makeup artists, & more. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this hardcover book is in Fine condition: just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white. The DJ (unclipped) is Near Fine, with extremely slight edgewear; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't have here! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays, next business day.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1952. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Menasco, Milton. Book #8 in the author's bestselling YA series, with pen-and-ink drawings throughout the 309 pages of text by illustrator Milton Menasco. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing hardcover from 1952, this hardcover book has rust colored cloth-covered boards with black horse design & lettering to spine. Condition is solidly Good: very clean with the occasional smudge/soil from handling. Front hinge is cracked, ;text block secure. Pages off-white. Former owner's names on ffep, else unmarked. Modest edgewear all around, including bumping to corners & ends of spine. The unclipped DJ is Fair: colorful & bright, but marred by chipping, heavy at both ends of spine, & a stain that wraps around the whole spine, edging a little into both front & back cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have!… Read More

New York, New York: Pyramid Books, 1976. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. The Hugo-award-winning sci-fi author edits this collection of 9 tales, both factual & fictional, about humans raised by animals, each with a Foreword by Farmer & a Bibliography in rear. 253 pages. Orig. published in hardcover in 1974, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1976. An exceptionally bright & clean copy, in Near Fine condition! Binding strong & straight (feels never opened), pages off-white & unmarked save for former owner's name inside front cover. Very mild edgewear & 1 shallow crease to front cover parallel to spine. Protected in new clear mylar collector bag free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays Pacific time (Pacific); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Medallion, 1979. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Stunningly collectible condition of this First Printing (Feb. 1979) of this FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION of this speculative work (orig. published in hardcover in 1965) which solves the unsolved historical mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke (Virginia), positing that the settlers were kidnapped in 1588 & set down 200 light years from Earth on another planet. This is a gorgeous copy: obviously unopened, with perhaps a whisper of edgewear, including a tiny diagonal crease to bottom outer corner of front cover. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages slightly off-white but completely unmarked except for former owner's name in neat pen inside front cover. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm… Read More

Radnor, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Chilton Book Co, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The Hugo-award-winning sci-fi author edits this collection of 9 tales, both factual & fictional, about humans raised by animals, each with a Foreword by Farmer & a Bibliography in rear. From a single-owner collection, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing hardcover, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on full title page. Both book & DJ are nearly perfect, BUT book shows very light dampstaining to exterior page edges & outer edges of white linen boards. Does NOT impact interior, but downgrades book to VG+, & significantly lowers your price! Otherwise completely clean, binding tight & square. Unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.95 price) shows some yellowing to white areas & very mild rubbing to extremities; beautifully protected in archival mylar cover since purchased newOur photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Medallion, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorgeous copy of this fourth & final book in the author's famed "Riverworld" series.A book club edition (BCE) from a single owner's collection, this hardcover is Fine in a Fine DJ: both are completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages a shade off-white. Colorful & bright DJ shows maybe a whisper of rubbing to extremities. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.