Search Results: Titles starting with F from Parnassus Book Service

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (1978). 25 pp. First edition. Hardcover. Binding is only lightly worn at the edges and spine. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Includes a small card from the publisher with New Year's well-wishes. This limited edition was published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the publisher.

Sutton West, Ontario:The Paget Press. , (1982).. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sutton West, Ontario:The Paget Press. (1982). 157pp. Illustrated.  With dust jacket. Oblong. A very good, clean copy. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelf-worn at edges with some small tears. * Includes sections from GOAD'S 1884 ATLAS OF TORONTO.

New York:Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, (1963). hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. New York:Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher. (1963). 346pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy inside and out with a small bookseller ticket to bottom edge of 1st free end-page. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and edge worn along edges but still in very good condition. 

New York:Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York:Hawthorn Books, Inc. (1974). 194pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some wear to the edges and spine with soiling to the covers. Otherwise in good condition. Binding is gently shelf-worn. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good, tight copy with a good jacket.

Chicago:Morrill, Higgins & Co., (1892). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Chicago:Morrill, Higgins & Co (1892). 1st edition. 180pp. Illustrated by W. L. Dodge. Hardcover. Brown decorated boards lightly soiled, rubbed and shelfworn with wear to edges, spine ends and edge points. Gilt decorations dulled. Top edges gilt. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures, but with shadow of erased bookseller notes at top outer edge of 2nd free end-page. Floral end-pages in very good condition. The binding is tight with hinges intact. *Wright III:2025.

Boston:Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1925. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Charles E. Lauriat Company. 1925. 204pp with photographs tipped in. Hardcover. Binding is shelf-worn with some scattered soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though there is a touch of age-toning to the page edges. Overall, this is a very good copy.

(San Francisco):City Lights, (1972). First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. (San Francisco):City Lights. (1972). 1st edition. 188pp. Wrps. White covers with black print, lightly soiled. Page edges lightly soiled.  Internally, pages bright and clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures.  $2.50 price on rear cover.  A very good copy.

Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press, 1978. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press. (1978). 289pp. 1st edition. The book is in very good condition, save for some light dust residue to the top page edge. Dust jacket is in near very good condition, with some sun fading and soiling, as well as a bit of dust residue to edges of the rear flap.

James G. Gregory, 1861. soft cover. Good/No jacket. New York: James G. Gregory. 1861. 31p. Sewn wrps. Covers soiled with some chipping along edges with the spine strip chipped at top and bottom edges. Internally a half-inch diagonal slice through all pages at top margin not affecting text. Externally the slice continues, also light fraying of edges, otherwise a tight clean copy. Two strong pro-Union statements by a Kentucky Democrat who had been in Buchanan's Cabinet and became the first Judge Advocate-General of the U. S. Army, in September, 1862. He was largely influential in preventing Kentucky from seceding. See DAB for additional information. Sabin #32650.

The Dedalus Press, 1999. First Edition. hard cover. Fine/Fine. Dublin, Ireland: The Dedalus Press. (1999). No pagination. First edition. One of 350 bound copies. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Jacket shows only very light shelf-wear to the edges. Otherwise in fine condition. Book itself is clear with no notable signs of wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. All in all, a fine copy.

New York:Mahlon Day and Co., 1840. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Mahlon Day and Co. 1840. 1st edition. 203pp. Hardcover,  Green boards with design embossed on covers, with title in gilt to spine.  Boards lightly rubbed and shelf-worn, with edge points worn to boards. Both ends of the spine are chipped and worn to boards. Internally, a previous owners inscription is inked to the 2nd free end-page but otherwise, a very good, clean copy.  Pages are clean and bright with no foxing or age-toning.  Sabin #29309

New York:Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, (1858). hard cover. Good/No jacket. Being a Familiar and Complete Instructor Upon the Subject of the Construction, Fitting-Up, Stocking, and Maintenance of the Fluvial and Marine Aquaria, or "River and Ocean Gardens".  New York:Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers. (1858). 1st American edition. viii+121pp+7pp ads. Illustrated, with color frontispiece. Hardcover.  Blue covers soiled and quite shelfworn with edges of spine strip rubbed with material starting to seperate. Both ends of spine strip worn and starting to fray, with a small tear to top edge; wear to all edges, and edge points gently bumped and worn to boards. Gilt decoration on front cover dulled. Internally, end-pages age-toned with a previous owners name to 1st free end-page. Otherwise foxing and age-toning scattered throughout.  The binding is tight with hinges intact. A good solid copy, of an early book on aquariums.

Philedelphia:University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia:University of Pennsylvania Press. 1982. 297pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is only lightly worn at the edges with no chips, tears, or fraying. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy.

hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Collection of the Palace of Ostankino in Moscow. [Bournemouth, Eng.]:Parkstone Press. (1996). 215pp. Illus. With dust jacket. Fine copy. 

New York:Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1936. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Harper and Brothers, Publishers for the Council on Foreign Relations. 1936. 1st edition. xii+293pp. Illustrated with 9 plates (including frontispiece) and 3 maps (1 folding). Hardcover.  Green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn along edges. Gilt on spine dulled. Edge points bumped. Interally, a previous owners name and date is inked to the 1st free end page with a "Compliments of the Author" card attached to the inside front board. Otherwise, pages clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good, clean copy.

Self published, 1993. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Vienna: Self published. 1993. 280 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Volume 1 of 2. Dust jacket shows some soiling along the spine and rear; there is some very minor tearing and chipping along the top and bottom edges. Otherwise in very good condition. Book itself has some light soiling and white marks on the boards. Aside from that, it shows only light shelf wear. Inside is very bright and clean. All in all, a very good copy.

Chapel Hill:The University of North Carolina Press, (1994). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/03/0_img_7327.jpg. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press. (1994). 1st edition. xxii+347pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. A spot of soiling to top page edges, and bottom board edges, otherwise a very good, clean copy, inside and out. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and lightly sun-faded, but still in very good condition. *"Rich in detail, convincing in argument, and broad in its implications, Farmers & Fishermen is at once a superb study of the capitalist transformation of the fishing industry and an important addition to the existing literature on the farm economy of New England."...dj

Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company. 1909. 1st edition. xi+248pp. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. Hardcover. Decorated boards lightly soiled with light shelfwear along edges and spine ends. Page edges soiled. Internally, end pages lightly soiled with a bookseller ticket to bottom inside edge of 1st free endpage, otherwise free of previous owners marks or signatures. Some light age-toning scattered throughout, usually adjacent to any illustration. The binding is tight and hinges intact.

Edita, 1973. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Edita. 1973. 1st edition. 314pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. A near-fine copy and dust jacket, with a shelfworn slipcase. 

New York:Avalon Books, (1996). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. New York:Avalon Books. (1996). 211pp. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn but otherwise in very good condition. Book itself shows only some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good, near fine copy.