Search Results: Titles starting with F from Post Horizon Booksellers

Staten Island, NY, USA: The Carriage Association of America, Incorporated, 1967. Facsimile Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [88pp]. Lithographs featuring carriage models 300-383. Titled wrapper shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling. Stapled binding sound. Oblong quarto: 232 x 302 mm. This catalog is the first of a series of facsimile reproductions from The Carriage Association of America. Originally published 1884 by the F. A. Babcock Co., Carriage Builders of Amesbury, Mass. featuring lithographs of each of their carriage models, and considered at the time of publication to be "the most complete [carriage catalog] ever printed.

New York, NY, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [xvii], 136pp. Light grey boards, blue cloth quarter-wrap spine w crisp silver lettering. Mild bumping to head. Binding square and sound. Titled blue DJ shows corresponding bumping, no other wear. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112pp w appendix. Illust w bw photos and figures. Dark blue cloth w bold gold lettering to spine. Light bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing corresponding bumping, and is price-clipped. Octavo.

London, England: Fishing News (Books) Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 155pp. Technical, scale, and detail drawings. Text in English, French, and Spanish. Dark brown cloth w gold lettering to spine. Mild bumping to bottom corners and tail. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ preserved now in mylar cover. Quarto. Published by arrangement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Eighty designs of fishing nets and their riggings as used in principle fisheries of the world

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 155pp. Illustrated throughout text with bw photographs. Titled wrapper is clean showing light shelf wear. Binding square and not creased. Prev owner stamp inside front cover. 23 x 21cm "On October 16, 1985, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization celebrated 40 years of service to humankind. Such an anniversary was time for recollection: of the hopes vested in the Organization by its founders; of the tides of change which have ebbed and flowed in FAO and the world during four decades; of endeavor and achievement. This book conveys not only the flavor of the past, but also something of the living reality that is FAO.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office (FHBRO), 1996. Spiral Hinged. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 49 + 52pp. Bilingual text: French / English. Illustrated card wrapper clean. French cover showing scuff from lib cat label removed. Wire coil binding without kinks, two page perforations worn on covers. Standard library markings. Written for the Canadian context, this doctrinal text informs decision makers concerning the appropriateness of intervention to Crown-owned heritage buildings on the internationally accepted principles of conservation.

Indianapolis and New York: Howard W. Sams & Co. / The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1973. 3rd Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 176pp. Cover is clean, showing light handling. Binding square and sound, not creased. Octavo. Third edition, second printing, 1973, stated. From the series, Howard W. Sams photofact publication, FMS-2. Cat. no. 20910.

Indianapolis and New York: Howard W. Sams & Co. / The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1974. First U.S. Edition 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159pp. Schematics and figures. Wrapper is clean, showing very light handling. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Pub Cat. no. 20723. First edition, fourth printing, 1974, stated.

London, England: Faber and Faber, 1954. First U.K. Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412pp. Illustrated cloth shows very light handling. Soft bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Second impression, 1954, stated.

Saskatoon, SK, Canada: Fifth House, 1994. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 184pp. bw photo ports. Light thumbing stain to fore edge. Dark brown boards w gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Quarto.

Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1969. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Wilson, York. 83pp w index of titles. Unpaginated bw port w tissue guard paper intact. Six full-page illustrations by York Wilson. Tan endpapers. Marble-style boards w title plate tipped on, as published. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing very light handling, preserved now in archival cover. Duodecimo: 193 x 131mm. From the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: Japanese series. Translated from the Japanese by Graeme Wilson.

New York, NY, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. Book Club Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Connolly, Jerome. xv, 316pp w appendix, bibliography and index. Illustrated w bw photographs, figures and maps. Previous owner's name inked on ffep. Blue cloth w goldstamp figure on cover, fine gold lettering on spine. Light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing light bumping to top edge, preserved now in archival cover. BOMC edition.

Legon, Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 232pp. Light splatter stain to fore edge. Illustrated wrapper is clean, showing light handling. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo: 207 x 147mm. First Sub-Saharan Publishers edition with an introductory essay by Kofi Anyidoho, (1947- ). Third in a trilogy of works by Amma Darko, preceded by Beyond the Horizon, and, The Housemaid

New York, NY, USA: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [vii], 184pp w bibliography, glossary and appendix. Illustrated w instructional diagrams and bw photographs. Ffep thinned and corner clipped from pocket removal. Adhesive ghost on endpapers. Blue-grey cloth w gold lettering on spine. Adhesive ghost on boards. Bottom corners worn. Joints and hinges sound, binding square. Colour photo illustrated DJ shows light wear, preserved now in BroDart cover. Lib cat label on DJ spine. Still a very sound reading copy. Including a chapter by legendary New York Rangers GM Emile Franics, the book will help hockey fans both new and old to become more knowledgeable in the history of ice hockey, the rules, tactics on ice, and even the technique of watching the game.

Waterloo, ON, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1981. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxvi, 548pp w indexes. Prev owner name inked on flyleaf. Goldenrod endpapers. Goldenrod cloth w crisp black lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Octavo: 237 x 162mm,

London, England: Collins, 1961. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255pp. Med blue cloth w gold lettering in red title panel to spine. Light shelf wear. Binding square and sound, sunned. Sunning to front cover has caused ghost of print from DJ to cloth. No DJ. Octavo.

New Brunswick: Self-published, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 168pp. Beige cloth with fine gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean and without edgewear, showing only light bumping to head. "This is the story of a young girl, daughter of a millionaire, who leaves her father's home, against his very strong will, and rents an ancient country dwelling in the Miramichi valley.... " Born in Chatham, New Brunswick in1886, Benedict J. Murdoch was ordained in 1911. Father Murdoch's early years in priesthood were given to the pastoral ministry in New Brunswick. During WWI he served as chaplain and from those harrowing years came his best-known book, The Red Vineyard. The ill effects of the war forced him to give up pastoral duties and in 1932, he retired to spend several years at Bartibogue, where he produced most of his novels and meditative writings by which he has been recognized as… Read More

London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxiii, 339pp w glossary and index. Illustrated w indexed maps and photographs. Prev owner name on flyleaf. Illustrated wrap shows light handling, bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Originally published in 1938 and first published in paperback in 1961, this is the fourth impression, September 1968, stated, with an Introduction by B. Malinowski. "A really competent and instructive contribution to African ethnology by a scholar of pure African parentage.

New York, NY, USA: Association Press, 1960. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 125pp. Gift inscription inked on front pastedown. Grey cloth shows faint stain on front board, rubbing to tail. Binding square and sound. DJ shows moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling, now preserved in archival cover. Contributors include John C. Bennett, Paul Blanshard, Daniel J. Callahan, William Clancy, Robert McAfee Brown, Bernard Dauenhauer, Waye H. Cowan, Msgr. Francis J. Lally, C. Stanley Lowell, F. Ernest Johnson, Thomas F. O'Dea, Robert L. Schlager, Henry P. Van Dusen and Gustave Weigel, S.J. An insightful book revealing ecumenical thinking at the start of the 1960s, two years prior to Vatican II

Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank, 2006. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 37pp. Titled wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Education Working Paper Series, Number 5. Reduced shipping may apply. "This paper attempts to describe and analyze the development and reforms of secondary education in Hong Kong and Shanghai over the past 25 years.