Search Results: Titles starting with F from bookwitch

Universe Books/ Rizzoli, 1999,. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ben Asen. Squarish small quarto, fine in fine colorful pictorial dj. 137 pp, illus w/ 100 color photos by Ben Asen, chapters by age groups, 1st edition, first printing. Author suggests new ways to use toys with our children. From Frank Lloyd Wright's first exposure to Froebel Blocks a century ago to a child's first glimpse at LEGO's high-tech Mindworks today, F.A.O. Schwarz has offered toys that seize our imagination with their playful manifestation of science, art, and culture.

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1983. Very Good/Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG in good, lightly edgeworn, price-clipped orange pictorial dj. First edition. Well researched with a 50 page section of notes, bibliography, index. Seemingly a very gregarious man, he remains a "riddle wrapped in an engma" -- he was both daring and cautious, flexible yet stubborn, he broke preceden3ts yet loved tradition; he mixed petty vindictiveness with Christian charity -- he was complex to say the least. 563 deckled pages.

Viking Press, New York, NY, 1982.. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in lightly edgeworn blue pictorial dj. Filled with b/w photos, a political columnist presents a pictorial biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt on his 100th birthday & fiftieth anniversary of his 1st triumphant Presidential campaign. 256 pp.

Crown, New York, 1974, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Small quarto, hardcover, VG ex library copy, front hinge starting, else clean and unmarked; endpaper removed. 136 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Written for a young adult audience. Scott marries the wrong girl, writes the Great American Novel, and then destroys himself.

NY: Crown, 1974., 1974. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Squarish small quarto, hardcover, front hinge starting else good ex library in VG beige and green pictorial dj. in mylar. 336 pp. including index. Fitzgerald failed in every way but one. In personal and professional life, his was a long list of failures, but was one of the most talented writers of the 20th C. Illustrated with photos.

England, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1996, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto, softcover, VG in blue pictorial wraps. 112 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. This was the best selling jet fighter in the world; lightweight, low cost, General Dynamics and Northrop competed for the billion dollar program.

New York: Military Press, 1991., 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio, hardcover, Near Fine in lightly edgeworn dj. with closed tear at back. 128 p., color photos. This awesome aircraft is seen in action from the Pacific to Europe's Northern Flank. Highly detailed text teamed with great aviation photography. A companion volume to F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet.

Little, Brown, 2002, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, VG in VG blue pictorial dj. CNBC's "The Brain" Tells You How Wall Street Really Works and How You Can Make It Work for You. 291 pp. including index.

Charles Scribner's Sons (1978), New York,, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Collectible, Fine/Near Fine. Quarto, hardcover, fine, clean and unmarked, in near fine black pictorial dj. 143 pp. illustrated in color and b & w. Devoted to the jewelled extravagances created for the last Czars of Russia, illustrated by examples from the Forbes Magazine collection, then the most important holding of Faberge's Imperial Treasures outside the Soviet Union. Includes invaluable guide to other collections of Faberge open to the public, also catalogue of the Imperial Eggs. First printing.

Debrett's Peerage Ltd. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1977., 1977. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong softcover. Crease at righthand margin of cover, else VG. Includes objects from the Royal collection at Sandringham. Foreword by Roy Strong, Director. Intro. by A. Kenneth Snowman. The great gol dsmith Carl Faberge, appearing first in 1953, second in 1955, and enlarged in 1962, a fouth in 1964. This marks the Silver Jubilee in 1977. These, the Queen's, objects form the core of the presen exh i bition. The last expression of court art in European tradition--craftsmanship and inventiveness of design, a celebration of virtues, wit and fantasy. 131 lavishly illustrated pages.

Nash Pub., L.A. 1971,, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Merike Tumma, Drawings. Oblong octavo, near fine, in beige boards with white cloth at spine in good gold and black lightly edgeworn dj. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. High quality tan paper. The fable is about a remote mountain village called Harmony where life is peaceful and orderly.

Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Lobel, Arnold & Lobel, Anita. Quarto, softcover, VG with school stamp on inside cover. Fables by Aesop, La Fontaine, Mirra Ginsburg. Illustrated in color by the Lobels. 45 pp. with glossary.

Gick Publishing, Inc., Laguna Hills, California, 1980.. Peter Gick, Photos. Oblong quarto, softcover, VG in blue pictorial wraps. GP-455 of designer series. 25 pages; profusely illustrated. great gift ideas; easy make.

American Quilter's Society; 2007), 2007. Paperback. Fine. Quarto, softcover, fine in red pictorial wraps. 96 pages. Discover how to showcase your unique color, texture with these quilt projects; combine gradated solids with printed fabrics for fabulous look, enhance quilts with hand dyeds and commercial prints.

United States Steel Export Company, 1960., 1960. Paperback. Good. Octavo, softcover, VG in white and blue pictorial wraps. Spiral bound 150 pp. with 13 tabbed sections; A detailed account of fabricating USS stainless steel. Discusses welding, brazing, soldering and joint design. Also Machining, cutting, forming, annealing and pickling. Information on surface finishes, protection and cleaning. Illustrated with drawings, photographs, and lots of tables.

Crowell, 1978, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Quarto, hardcover, VG in good white and red decorative dj. How to create designer pieces from unfinished furniture. Profuse b/w photos. 21 color photos. 176pp.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (1981, 1981. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, good ex private school library copy in VG beige pictorial dj. 1st American ed. Full page color illustrations opposite text. Describes the habits and characteristics of strange beasts and birds, including the unicorn, griffin, phoenix, and basilisk, once thought to live in wild and distant parts of the world.

Hermes House, 2003, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Debbie Patterson, Photos. Quarto, softcover, VG in orange pictorial wraps. illusrated throughout ~ 50 Inspirational Projects for Contemporary Floral Designs, both traditional and contemporary by world's leading floral designers. 300 photos, easy to follow pictures and glorious finished bouquets. summer tables, bud vases, topiary trees and more.

NY, Knopf, 1959, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in yellow cloth spine, blue boards. No dj. Probable book club edition. Clean and unmarked. 279 deckled pages including index. Recent movie depicted his life and affair with Jenny Lynd.

Bantam, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG black dj. First edition. First printing. 609 pp. plus note on author. Clean and unmarked. ..He's Hollywood's most dazzling star, whose flawless countenance inspires the worship of millions and fires the hatred of one twisted soul. His perfectly ordered existence is under siege as a series of terrifying, enigmatic messages breaches the exquisitely calibrated security systems of his legendary Bel Air estate.