Search Results: Titles starting with F from Lux Libri

NY: Pocket Books, (1948.) Vintage paperback. 1st Pocket edition, with "1st Printing, June 1948" stated on the copyright page. A study of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. Includes material on his theories related to repressed desires, dreams, the superego, sexualized personality, and more. Complete, unabridged edition. (First published in 1932 under the title The House that Freud Built.) 290 pp., with (2) page list of selected Pocket Books. (PB no. 522.) VG with only slight wear. Typical age-toning of the text pages, but clean and unmarked otherwise. Appears to have never been read. No creasing, prior owner signatures or other flaws.

York, England: Terpsichore Press, (2021.) Signed 1st edition. Poems inspired by the Adirondack Mountains. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. 54 pp. Near Fine. An uncommon book published to benefit the small public library in Keene Valley, NY, in the High Peaks region. The author is a professor in Scotland who has been visiting the Adirondacks since the 1970s.

NY: Julian Messner, Inc., (1946.) 1st edition of the author's first book. Signed and inscribed on the preliminary blank page. A novel about a young boy and an old man who share a memorable excursion to Coney Island. 300 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. A couple of small tears to the head of the book spine. Jacket shows moderate wear and tear, chipping and browning. Protected by a new clear archival cover. Uncommon with the author's signature. Inscribed to an 'old friend' in the year of publication.

South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press, (1998.) 1st paperback edition. Signed twice by the author. Signed/inscribed on the half-title in 1999, and also signed on the title page. A personal and military memoir of combat in the jungles of Vietnam. 261 pp. Paperbound 8vo. VG with moderate edge wear. Clean and securely bound.

Tuscon, AZ: Firsts Magazines, Inc. November 2002. Vol. 11, No. 9. Features "Collecting George R.R. Martin," with selected checklist. Much of else of interest to the bibliophile and collector, including Armed Services Editions, Edgar Pangborn, and Orwell's 1984. Standard magazine format. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. 72 pp., illustrations. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound.

Tuscon, AZ: Firsts Magazines, Inc. November 2002. Vol. 11, No. 9. Featured article is "Collecting George R.R. Martin" by John J. Miller (pp 36-43.) There is also a selected checklist of Martin's work (pp. 44-45.) Illustrated with reproductions of Martin book covers / dust jackets. With much of else of interest to the bibliophile and collector, including articles on Armed Services Editions, Edgar Pangborn, and Orwell's 1984. Standard magazine format. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. 72 pp. Near Fine.

Five armorial bookplates by Karlovsky (1922-1995), a Czech-born heraldry scholar and author whose work included designing a new coat of arms for US President Ronald Reagan when he was governor of California. Fine, unused condition with Karlovsky's red ink stamp on the rear. Sizes range from 2.75 inches square to 3 x 4.25 inches. The five plates are: (1) the Czech coat of arms with the motto Veritas Vincet (Truth Prevails); (2) Ex Libris François d'Anethan. Appears to be an imaginary bookplate for François-de-Paule Henri Joseph d'Anethan, a Belgian baron and politician (1743-1802); (3) Ex Libris Didi Karlovská. Design features kangaroos and the motto, Courage to the Last. Possibly made for a family member; (4) Ex Libris Johannis Žižka de Trocnov. Imaginary bookplate of Czech national hero Jan Zizka (1360-1424.) With Latin motto Sacri Romani Imperii et Regni Bohemiae Equitis, signifying Zizka as a knight of the Holy Roman Empire and Kingdom of Bohemia; and (5) Ex Libris Hedda Krackow von Grafin.… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1944. 1st edition. A guide to the wild, ornamental, and economic flora of Britain. Written to accommodate everyone from the amateur gardener to the professional botanist. Numerous b&w photos and 18 color plates. x, 393 pp., with general index and index of botanical names. 8vo clothbound hardcover in color dust jacket. VG/VG with modest wear and tear to the jacket. Now protected by a clear archival cover. Sound, tight binding. A well-preserved gardening / horticulture book from wartime England. Laid-in 1977 postcard from Scotland (with the stamp cut off) addressed to Jean [Robertson] Elliot, a former poet laureate of Virginia.

Three novels by John Banville. London: Picador, (2001.) 1st edition of this omnibus edition. Signed by Banville on the title page. 616, (1) pp. Thick 8vo. VG in VG dustjacket. Small circular indent above the "I" in Banville on the front panel of the jacket. Indent extends to the front cover but not the interior of the book. Jacket is unclipped with some rubbing and edge wear but no tears or significant flaws. Binding sound and tight. Still a sharp copy overall in a new, clear archival cover.

[Springville, NY: Springville Center for the Arts.] Catalog of a 2006 exhibit of the varied work of NY state artist Frances Conners Vacanti (1925-2005.) Brief introductory text, followed by her paintings, drawings, and photographs. 40 pp. Stiff paper wraps. Oblong, 7 by 9 inches. A scarce catalog in VG condition.

St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications / St. Bonaventure University. 1st US edition. A study of the "vibrant spirituality" of St. Francis, mystic Catholic friar and founder of the Franciscans. 8vo paperbound. 194 pp., with bibliography. VG. Clean and securely bound.

Canton, NY: Owen D. Young Library, St. Lawrence University, 1991. Limited to 1,000 copies. Paperbound 8vo. VG in dust jacket. A selected bibliography of works by and about the American poet, a three-time Pulitizer Prize winner. Introductory essay "Robinson for Our Time" and brief "Recollections About a Collection." 53 pp., portraits and illustrations.

Washington, DC, & San Francisco: Dryad Press, (1981.) Poems of the Jewish experience. Signed and inscribed by the author on the verso of the half-title. 63, (1) pp. 8vo. Paper wraps with calligraphic cover. VG+ with light signs of age. Clean and unworn.