Search Results: Titles starting with F from Mike's Library

Moscow: IFRAN. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1998. Trade Paperback. 5201019838 . Top corner bumped, creasing along spine edge, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Russian language. Analysis of Russian comparative philosopher F I Shcherbatskoi, with emphasis on his writings on Buddhist philosophy and modern philosophy. ; 247 pages .

Johannesburg: Communist Party. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Pamphlet. 3" spine edge tear, well toned, small tears. Paperback stapled pamphlet.; South African Indian communist leader's explanation of the passive resistance campaign against discrimination. Dadoo was jailed as this stapled pamphlet went to press.; 12 pages .

New York: Arno Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 0405024525 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, sunning, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1825 Fourth Edition, Philadelphia: William Fry, Printer. "At the present moment the attention of the citizens of Pennsylvania is occupied by the subject of internal improvements. All are impressed with the importance and necessity of effecting a communication between the eastern and western divisions of the commonwealth. ... If the view of this question, presented in this pamphlet, be correct, the benefit which will result to Pennsylvania will be of incalculable value. The delay in effecting a canal from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, which has so frequently been the subject of regret to teh friends of internal improvement, will then prove a benefit of the greatest magnitude to our State. The wealth and enterprize of New York and Ohio will have been expended almost in vain, if… Read More

No place stated: No Publisher Listed. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Spine label tear, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; Two poetry works by wife of President of Wilkes College, bound as one: Fair-Lea (1961) and Later Years (1967). ; 181 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0824039343 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "The aim of this present study is to re-examine the Falconieri palace in light of new documentary evidence, and to coordinate this with known information, in order to determine more precisely the nature and extent of Borromini's commission." 151 illustrations. Contents: Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction; I. The Early History of the Falconieri Palace; II. The Rebuilding of the Falconieri Palace; III. The Interior Decorations; IV. The Iconography of the Decorations: The Via Giulia Wing; Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix. ; Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts; Ex-Library; xiv, 346 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195052692 . Light wear; Dust Jacket sticker residue, light rub, light wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "... offers a completely new perspective on the four centuries from the Ming Dynasty to the Communist revolution. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, Lloyd E Eastman clarifies the complexities of Chinese society while paying tribute to its extraordinary regional, social, and historical diversity." ; x, 267 pages .

New York: Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. 0405030967 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, light wear. Solid hardcover.; Reprint of 1938 University of Chicago Press edition; Social Science Studies series, number XXXV. "The methods of research, the findings, and the conclusions presented in this book are of interest, among other reasons, because they present the joint work of a sociologist, Ruth S Cavan, and a psychiatric social worker, Katherine H Ranck. This combination of psychiatric and of sociological viewpoints in the study was a recognition that the effects of the depression upon the family and its members were undoubtedly both psychic and social. ... Evident in the study is anxiety, excessive worry, nervous breakdown, and suicidal thoughts or attempts, as well as changes in standards of living, in family roles, and in familial and personal objectives. ... In short, the adjustment of the family to the depression turned out apparently… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. Corner chip, wear to cover label, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Crisp paperback stapled wraps. ; Nice collection of sketches on Ohio-born author Fannie Hurst, printed early in her career by her prime publisher, Harper. Contents: A Biographical Sketch; A Critical Appreciation by Grant Overton; Somehwere in Ohio by David O Edwards; Lummox by Heywood Broun; A President is Born by Winifred Jones, Lummox by Robert Littell; and Bibliography. A scarce pamphlet.; 41 pages .

New York: Corsair Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Trade Paperback. Cover tone, bottom corner bumped, light page tone, light wear. Solid trade paperback.; SIGNED "With all best wishes - Rex Benedict" on front flyleaf. "Modern examples of the author-turned-printer are not uncommon. A few years ago in New York City Rex Benedict set and printed by hand, a page at a time, the 300-odd pages of his Fantasano ..." - Roderick Cave; The Private Press; 1983 R R Bowker; page 58. ; [2], 309, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0824009118 . Library stamps/marks/pocket, light spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: The jealous clown; or, The lucky mistake; an opera 1730 / Thomas Gataker; The lover's opera 3d ed. 1730 / William Rufus Chetwood; The mad captain; an opera 1733; The fancy'd queen; an opera 1733 / Robert Drury; The intriguing chambermaid 1734 Henry Fielding; Trick for trick 1735 / R. Fabian; The lover his own rival; a ballad opera 1736 / Abraham Langford.; The Ballad Opera; Ex-Library; Vol. 12 .

New York: D Appleton. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cover rub, spine darkened, cover stains, rear free endpaper creased and small chipping, owner's note on front paste-down, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Note glued to front paste-down: "My dear friend : Does not this little book hit the mark pretty close? G?. P. R. Dec 1894." First Edition of this delightful, illustrated account of a year in the life of a rural New England boy, organized by seasons. ; viii, 116 pages .

Boston: Boston Music Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1913. Booklet. Some random foxing, 1/8" snag on front cover edge, otherwise light wear. Crisp paperback booklet. ; Instruction book for the Boston, an Americanized slow waltz popular in the early 1900s. Contains foot position diagrams and photographs. Booklet also briefly covers the Turkey Trot, the Aeroplane Glide and the Tango. Interesting early Twentieth-Century dance instruction. ; 31, 1 ad pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0192117718 . Pen UNDERLINING and margin lining, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine head scrape, price clip, light edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; History of the Fashoda Crisis of 1898. "Although in the end the British prevailed, it is the handful of French officers lead by the youthful and dynamic Marchand, and their cheerful and resourceful Senegalese soldiers, who still capture the imagination, as they slowly made their way on foot and by river across the continent. ... It is a heroic exploit which perhaps deserved a better end; now, for the first time in English, the reports and personal accounts of those who took part in the expedition have been used to give it a splendid and spirited epitaph." ; 194 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, endpapers foxing, edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine sun, edgeworn with 1/4" tears and creasing, rub, wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper. Biography of author's father, who built a successful small town newspaper in Santa Ybel, California, and wrote fiction based on local stories he could not publish. ; viii, 299 pages; Signed by Author .

Rock Island IL: Förgattarens Förlag. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. Toned text, cover sun, cover rub, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Swedish language. Association copy: Publisher's gift inscription to Eric Norelius, third president of the Augustan Synod, and signed by him on title page. "Till Dr E Norelius, Augustana Synods president. fran Förgattarens." Printed at Lutheran Augustan Book Concerns Tryckeri. Title translates: Poverty and Wealth in the light of God's word and history.; 105 pages .

Ann Arbor MI: Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. 0879443022 . Light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Contents: Acknowledgements; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Introduction; Ch 2: Mechanics and Background of Section 121; Ch 3: Questions Addressed in this Policy Evaluation; Ch 4: Data Set, Procedures, and Key Variables; Ch 5: Results; Ch 6: Summary and Conclusions; Appendix A: Legislative History of Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code; App B: Explanation of Variables; App C: Illustrative Calculations of Tax Savings under Alternative Versions of Section 121; App D: Logit Results; App E: Tables; References. ; Research Report Series; xiii, 81 pages .

New York: Arno Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. 0405035772 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, Vol 1 front hinge started, Vols 1 & 2 rear hinge creaks, Vol 2 small peel to rear paste-down, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.; Three of three volume set; complete set. First volume covers the Annual Reports for the years from 1934 to 1939; paginated 93; iii, 131; v, 192; xii, 241; xi, 246. Second volume covers Annual Reports for the years 1940-1949. Third volume covers the Annual Reports from 1950-1959. Massive compilation of FCC regulation of telephone, radio and television communications. ; History of Broadcasting: Radio to Television; Ex-Library .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. 0824058046 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of work originally published: Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915. (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; no. 236). Charles B Davenport was one of the leaders of the American eugenics movement.; The History Of Hereditarian Thought; Ex-Library; Vol. 5; 158 pages .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1/4" spine head tear with chipping, light cock, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; In his limited-edition pamphlet, Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I, Otto Penzler describes the "notoriously rare" first edition of Fer-de-Lance: "Black cloth, front cover and spine stamped with gold lettering; rear cover blank. Issued in a mainly black, pink and green pictorial dust wrapper … As is true of all the Nero Wolfe novels published by Farrar & Rinehart, the first edition may be identified by the appearance of the publisher's monogram logo on the copyright page. If no logo appears on the copyright page the book is a later printing." Hard-to-find First Edition, First Printing of the first Nero Wolfe mystery.; 313 pages .

Cleveland OH: H K Ferguson Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Pamphlet. Rear cover peels, corner creasing, light creasing, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback stapled pamphlet. ; Monthly free marketing magazine / pamphlet from the Cleveland engineering firm of H K Ferguson, which specialized in the design and construction of large industrial buildings. Main article, "Bring College to the People is Motto of "Penn State", written by alum and corporate Vice President Joseph S Ruble, highlights Ferguson's construction of the new Recreation building [Rec Hall] and a campus infirmary. This issue also contains a centerfold of four photos of Penn State's campus. Another article highlights Ferguson's role in building three different facilities to replace destruction from the Great Kanto earthquake in Japan. Uncommon Twenties corporate marketing. ; 16 pages .