Search Results: Titles starting with F from Lamplighter Library

Phaidon Press. London. 1975. Near fine First Edition with green boards and gilt lettering to spine.Spine slightly bumped with some fading at bottom of boards. Inscribed on half title page by William P. Cumming. Very good clipped jacket has minor shelf wear that is protected with a removable mylar cover. William Cumming (1900 - 1989) was a historian of cartography and professor emeritus of English at Davidson College. Prof. Cumming selected and wrote captions for 240 pre-1800 illustrations of people, events, battles, and maps. Full-page color reproductions are included of such well-known works as John Singleton Copley's Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by John Trumbull, Gilbert Stuart's head of Washington, and Van Blarenberghe's surrender at Yorktown. (Ref.: The J. of Am. History). 10.5 x 7.5 in. 352 pg.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall. 1978. Green paper boards with gold lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear to boards and spine with age-toned fore-edges. First Edition, fifth printing in unclipped ($9.95) jacket that also shows shelf wear with small chips on top and bottom of spine and 1in. tear without paper-loss on upper back. The author's first book has become a classic novel of the Vietnam War. 6.25x9.25. 344pg.

New York. Harper & Row. 1968. First Edition (stated) in maroon boards having gilt lettering to spine. Boards show shelf wear with some fading to edges. Internally, book is clean and devoid of writing, stickers and bookplates. Copyright page shows no subsequent printing(s). Unclipped ($10.00) jacket, still with unfaded color, shows shelf wear and several small chips to bottom of front, bottom of spine and upper right of front. (see photos). Jacket is protected with a removable mylar cover. The First Circle of Dante's Hell stands as a metaphor for this highly autobiographical novel about the inmates of a prison for scientists in Stalin's Russia. 6.5x9.5 in. 580 pg.

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1981. Quarter-bound in black cloth with black paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. First Edition (stated) with date on title page matching date on copyright page and printers code 11/81 on back flap. Slight fading to color on bottom of spine and boards, else fine. Signed in ink by author on title page. Age-toned unclipped ($13.95) jacket has minimal shelf wear that is protected with removable mylar cover. Robert Stone (1937-2015) was a finalist for the National Book Award five times, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice and once for the PED/Faulkner Award. His novel, Dog Soldiers, was the sole winner (NBA, 1975). Perhaps little known is Stone also won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award for his first novel, A Hall of Mirrors. This novel, like much of his work, revolves around unusual landscapes and social upheaval. In this novel three groups of Americans encounter a banana republic in Central America about to undergo civil revolution. Includes several… Read More

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009. First edition. Hardback. Fine/fine. First Edition with full number line, starting with "1". Inscription on half title page in blue ink with bold signature. Dust jacket (fine) shows the $24.00 price seen with first editions. Book (fine) is composed of beige boards, brown cloth binding and gilt letters on spine. Copy suitable for collectors.308pp. Ford County, Mississippi, the setting for Grisham's first book (A Time to Kill) is brought back to life through a collection of 7 short stories

Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1990. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Minor fading to gilt on number (19677) found on bottom of the spine. Fine unclipped ($19.95) jacket with minimal shelf wear now protected with removable mylar cover. All first edition points present: First Printing, July 1990 with number line ABCDEFGHIJ-MW-943210. The story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist seems to follow how the entire town of Odessa, Texas responds to and affected by the Panthers of Permian High School football team. Basis for the 2004 film starring Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton and Tim McGraw. Also the basis for the 2006 TV series Taylor Kitsch, Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. 6x9.25. 357 pg.

Random House. New York. 2013. Quarter-bound in blue with blue paper boards and silver lettering to spine. Fine First edition (stated) first printing with requisite Random House number line ending in 2. Fine unclipped ($30.00) jacket protected with removalble mylar cover. Signed on half title page by author at the St. Louis County Library Foundation's "Buzz Westfall Author Series Feb. 9, 2013. Upcoming authors at this event include Richard Ford and Caroline Kennedy. Chapters that cover the six drivers are: Earth Inc., The Global Mind, Power in the Balance, Outgrowth, The Reinvention of Life and Death and The Edge. Book contains a Bibliography, Notes and an Index. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times, the U.S. Senate two times and served as the vice president to Bill Clinton for eight years (1993-2001). 6.5x9.5 in.