Search Results: Authors starting with F from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Softcover. Very Good +. pp. 225. 8vo. Lovely illustrated covers. Light sunning to the spine, else, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 112. Tall, slim, 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Appears unread; as new.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 112. Tall, slim, 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Short neat ink inscription to the ffep, else, bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Appears unread; as new.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Mayberry Fine Art, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 10]. Oblong 8vo., measuring 8.5" x 5.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Colour photographs of the artist's works, accompanied with a short biography of the artists. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #85224755. At time of cataloguing not found in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Cover title: "Cover title: Bronze age, the sculpture of Joe Fafard; Catalogue of an exhibition held at Mayberry Fine Art, Dec. 1-17, 2005."

Toronto: Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 36. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Contents include: Al Purdy writes on his visit; Unionists visit to Canada; Amigos de Cuba; Hurricaine Relief Fund; Poem to the Sailors on the "Oxford"; Portion of Castro's May Day Speech, and much else. Scarce in commerce. "On June 30th the first group of Canadian students will leave from Eastern Canada for Cuba where they will spend from six to eight weeks working with and talking to Cubans from all walks of life. The second group leaves on July 3rd from points west of Winnipeg and will join up in Mexico City before proceeding to Havana. A total of 45 students will participate in the program and will be led by Captain David Middleton, a retired Canadian army officer. The group are representative of Canadian… Read More

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 318. 8vo. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in near fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardcover. pp. vii, 280. 8vo. Light-blue cloth over boards, gilt rules, lettering and crest to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+, to, near fine.

N.P. [Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]: Privately Printed, N.D. [Circa 2006]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 64. Slim 8vo. Publisher's gray cloth over boards, black lettering to the front board. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket. Unrecorded in commerce, or OCLC. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Tundra Books, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 46 plus two pages of publisher's advertisements. 4to. Pictorial boards. Replete with lovely black and white and colour photographs, illustrations. Appears unread; fine in fine dustjacket.

East Village, New York: KARMA, 2011. Limited Edition. Softcover. Unpaginated [pp. 112]. 8vo. Plain stiff card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, and illustrations. Entirely without blemish with bright, clean, adn unmarked; fine. Scarce in commerce in this, the limited edition.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. The Modern Canadian Poets Series. Unknown. pp. 232. 8vo. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Lightest rubbing to the covers, upper-right margin of the ffep has been neatly excised, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ to near fine. SIGNED, and warmly inscribed and dated by the author to the half-title, and title page.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Privately Printed, N.D. [Circa 1992]. First printing. Spiral Bound. pp. x, 94. 8vo. Light blue illustrated card covers held with blue plastic spiral binding. Black and white photographic frontispiece of Henri and Irene Gilbault. One additional photograph of the extended family celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Gilbault family. Circular tide-mark to the rear cover, contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Multicultural Bahar Books And Literatures | Privately Printed, 1991. First printing. Softcover. Near Fine. pp. 496. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black and white map, illustrations. Lightest rubbing to covers, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Affixed to rear verso cover is a type-written note from the author explaining the origins of his efforts to have his memoirs privately printed. The biography recounts the life story of Iranian-Canadian Joseph Reza Fenai who escaped his homeland for Pakistan in 1982. Settling in Canada in 1984 he began the difficult process of assimilating with Canadian society. He describes his struggles to integrate, his efforts at learning English. From the preface: "The story immerses the reader in a journey from one part of the world to others, from one culture to other cultures, from one self to many selves and from the borders of nationalism to border-free multiculturalism. It is a frank indictment of today's… Read More

Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 265. 8vo. Illustrated stiff card covers. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good.

Toronto: The Anglican Book Centre | [Church of England in Canada], N.D. [Circa 1976]. [Reprint]. Hardcover. pp. vi, 97. 12mo., measuring 19 cm tall. Light green cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Light bumping to the corners, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ to near fine. Text in English and Cree syllabics. Comprises of 112 hymns with Gloria Tibi and Presentation of Offerings. Each hymn has note giving details about the translator, date of translation and/or revision. Syllabics hand-drawn and then reproduced by photoduplication process. Scarce with no known extant copies of this edition available on the market at time of cataloguing. The General Synod Archives of the Anglican Church of Canada indicates two copies amongst their holdings. We also note the presence of a similar copy housed at Library and Archives Canada but published by the 'General Board of Religious Education of the Church of England in Canada'. See OCLC… Read More

Blaine, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1989. Softcover. pp. 278. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. "Exploring the Masculine Principle of Divinity. This companion volume to The Witches' Goddess re-establishes the ancient balance between God and Goddess. Part I covers the many concepts of the God examined, including: His faces throughout history; The Son/Lover God; The Vegetation God; The War God; The Anti-God; and more. Part II gives a close look at 12 individual gods of history with an appropriate invoking ritual for each. Part III presents a comprehensive dictionary of over 1000 gods from many world cultures, past and present. The Farrars are among the best-known authors on the Craft, and in The Witches' God have written what is likely to become the standard work on the masculine god aspect."

Blaine, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1989. Softcover. pp. 278. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. "Exploring the Masculine Principle of Divinity. This companion volume to The Witches' Goddess re-establishes the ancient balance between God and Goddess. Part I covers the many concepts of the God examined, including: His faces throughout history; The Son/Lover God; The Vegetation God; The War God; The Anti-God; and more. Part II gives a close look at 12 individual gods of history with an appropriate invoking ritual for each. Part III presents a comprehensive dictionary of over 1000 gods from many world cultures, past and present. The Farrars are among the best-known authors on the Craft, and in The Witches' God have written what is likely to become the standard work on the masculine god aspect."

Blaine, Washington: Phoenix Publishing Inc., 1987. Softcover. pp. 319. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; about fine. "The WitchesÂ’ Goddess is of great practical value in discovering and celebrating the transforming energy of the Female Principle of Divinity. A companion to The WitchesÂ’ God, this is an important, three-part work by the Farrars, providing an in-depth exploration of the Goddess in her many aspects at a time when Western Culture is awakening to the influence of Feminine Divinity, both individually and collectively. In part one, they outline the numerous faces of the Goddess: her presence throughout history, her Earth and Moon symbolism, her Madonna and Magdalene disguises, her revelation in Woman, and her influence today. In part two, they examine thirteen goddesses from history, including Ishtar, Isis, Hecate, and Aphrodite,… Read More

La Broquerie, MB: Prairie Gold Publishing Co., 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 63. Oblong 8vo., measuring 11" x 8.5". Pictorial, twice-stapled, stiff card covers. Richly illustrated with many (chiefly) black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws: bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Appears unread; as new.

Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada, N.D. [Circa 1957?]. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 156. 8vo., measuring 23 cm. Illustrated, textured card covers with navy-blue lettering. Black-and-white frontispiece of the author. Black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Light sunning to covers, single stamp (not ex-library) to title page else, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound stapled binding. Not to be confused with the 2012 reprint of the same title. Rare in commerce in the original printing. Overall, very good+. [In the Steppes of Siberia: beginnings of the Mennonite settlements in the Altai, Amur, Omsk and Pavlodar regions.]