Search Results: Titles starting with F from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Switzerland: F. Witschi, June, 1949. Card Covers. pp. 56. 4to. Illustrated card covers. Profusely illustrated with a variety of black and white photographs, engravings, illustrations of various clock and alarm-clock parts. Text in English, French and German. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Scarce.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Fund Inc., 1988. Hardcover. pp. cxlvi, 412; 481. Thick 8vo's. Illustrated, stiff, covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound bindings; near fine. Appears unread; as new. "It used to be that everyone read the "notorious" Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy. The Fable of the Bees begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues. It is all tied together by the startling and original idea that "private vices" (self-interest) lead to "publick benefits" (the development and operation of society). From that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions."

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 342. 8vo. 1/4 red buckram over white boards, gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to extremities, contents equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket. Near fine.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Stoddart, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 118. Oblong 4to. Publisher's textured navy-blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Chiefly comprised of colour photographs documenting the devastating Manitoba flood of 1997. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+, unclipped, dustjacket. Near fine. SIGNED in ink by the photographer, Tom Thomson, and author, Shirley Sandrel.

New York: Pan Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 289. 8vo. Publisher's navy-blue boards, silver lettering to the spine. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece accompanied with black-and-white, and colour photographs, maps, illustrations, etc. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in original, fine, unclipped, dustjacket.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Government of Canada, Department of National Health and Welfare | Educational Services, Food and Drug Directive, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. 8vo's., measuring 4" x 9". Series of three pamphlets (thrice-panelled) issued on coral, green, and yellow card-stock for the consumption of the general public on the uses, abuses, adverse physical and mental effects, physical characteristics, and legal status of each class of drugs (L.S.D., Amphetamines, and Marijuana). Clean, and unmarked; fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in BAC/LAC, McGill, etc.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. As New. pp. xi, 208. Small 8vo. Appears unread; as new in fine dustjacet. "Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, set against the yearly march of the twentieth century whose horrors and miracles their story echoes. In "The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American composer John Morton," a Canadian university student visits Washington, D.C., and experiences the Vietnam War and its aftermath through an intense musical encounter. In "Manners of Dying," variations of a warden's letter to the mother of a son he has just executed reveal how each life is contained in its end. The final story, "The Mirror Machine", is about a young man who discovers an antique mirror-making machine in his grandmother's attic. The man's… Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & Mcintyre, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp. xi, 287. 8vo. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 94. Tall 8vo. Glossy pictorial covers. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, reproductions, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. See OCLC #318007003. Not found in Peel.

New York: Metropolitan Books | Henry Holt and Company, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. pp. 311. 8vo. Publisher's black, and terracotta boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. Appear unread.

Toronto: Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 36. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Contents include: Al Purdy writes on his visit; Unionists visit to Canada; Amigos de Cuba; Hurricaine Relief Fund; Poem to the Sailors on the "Oxford"; Portion of Castro's May Day Speech, and much else. Scarce in commerce. "On June 30th the first group of Canadian students will leave from Eastern Canada for Cuba where they will spend from six to eight weeks working with and talking to Cubans from all walks of life. The second group leaves on July 3rd from points west of Winnipeg and will join up in Mexico City before proceeding to Havana. A total of 45 students will participate in the program and will be led by Captain David Middleton, a retired Canadian army officer. The group are representative of Canadian… Read More

Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 60. Slim 12mo. White boards, black lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; about fine and housed in very good+ unclipped lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Scarce in commerce. Seven talks given on CBC University of the air.

London: James Clarke & Co., Limited, ND [Circa 1923]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 237. Small 8vo. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Neat ink stamp to ffep (not an ex-library), otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket showing to small spots to the spine panel. Overall, very good to very good+.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada: Coastline Publishing, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Slim square 4to. Pictorial boards, lovely colour illustrations throughout. Appears unread; as new. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Everyman's Library | Richard Clay & Sons Ltd., N.D. [Circa 1913]. First Everyman Library Edition. Leather Bound. pp. xiii, 360. 12mo., measuring 7" x 4.5". Bound in original quarter pigskin over like cloth boards with gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, publisher's topstain. Faintest edgewear, else, extremities exceptionally well-preserved, text-block remains without blemish; near fine. The leather exterior has recently been professionally replenished, and treated with a natural leather preserver. A lovely, and scarce offering of the leatherbound edition of this volume. Near fine.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd., 2006. Softcover. pp. viii, 280. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Appears unread; as new. "Walter Stadnick is not an imposing man. At five-foot-four, his face and arms scarred by fire in a motorcycle accident, he would not spring to mind as a leader of Canada's most notorious biker gang, the Hells Angels. yet through sheer guts and determination, intelligence and luck, this Hamilton-born youth who had the nickname of "Nurget" rose in the Hells Angels ranks to become national president. Not only did he lead the Angels through the violent war with their rivals the rock machine in Montreal in the Nineties, Stadnick saw opportunity to grow the Hells Angels into a national criminal gang. he was a visionary--and a highly successful one. Bikers are not known for their fondness for rival gangs. Stadnick and the Angels fought and defeated rival gangs, or used power of persuasion to patch them over. As Stadnick's influence spread, law enforcement took… Read More

New York: Fordham University Press, 1986. Softcover. pp. 146. 8vo. Neat ink name to title page otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Appears unread, near fine.

Goshen, Indiana: Privately Printed by the authors, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. Fine. pp. 209. 4to. Illustrated light blue stapled card covers. Replete with black and white photographs, illustrations et al. Negligible shelfwear, contents clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Modern Films Distributors of Canada, 1961. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 95, [1]. 8vo., measuring 8" x 5.5". Plain, twice-stapled, covers. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, charts, tables, figures, etc. Sections include: The Facts of Life, Sex Organs fo Male and Female, Dating and Going Steady, The Menstrual Period, The Problem of Frigidity, Forty Years Old, Menopauge, or "Change Your Life", Masturbation, Protecting Your Children From Criminals, Aborton, Multiple Births, and much more. A highly problematic, period, booklet directed towards Canadian women advising them (outdated and sexist) on all manner of personal, and interpersonal matters. Scarce in commerce. Corresonds to OCLC #427673123.

Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver: Standard Brands Limited, N.D. [Circa 1940]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 32. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Bright beautifully colour illustrated stapled card covers featuring a trio of women (mother, grandmother, daughter) with a container of Magic Baking Powder. Booklet comprised of many hundreds of recipes incorporating the use of Standard Brands' "MAGIC BAKING POWDER". Rear cover includes colour advertisements for other Standard Brands products, including a notice to consumers: "Magic Baking Powder is made in Canada and does not contain Alum. All ingredients are plainly stated on the label. Alum is sometimes referred to as Sulphate of Alumina or Sodic Aluminic Sulphate. The public should not be mislld by these technical names." Sections include: Biscuits, Cakes, Muffins, "10 Famous Cake Recipes", Six Prize-Winning Recipes, Icings and Frostings, Recipes for Good Home-Made Bread and Sweet Goods, Special Recipes for Odd Occassions, and… Read More