Search Results: Titles starting with F from Goodbar Books

There is a cracked hinge at the back of the book's interior, but book remains readable/sound. Former seller stamp to the copyright page, but interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. Very little shelf-wear. Includes lots of fantastic mid-century B&W engravings. 64 pp. Miscellaneous.

In lovely shape: Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of very subtle staining to the exterior boards. No notable wear to the Mylar-protected jacket. Incredible jacket design by Gary Gore. 113 pp. Fiction.

In lovely shape: tight, square, uncreased spine has a bit of sunning; clean unmarked interior. Only the gentlest of edge-wear. 'With 16 pages of photographs'. 319 pp. Arts.

Copyright date states 1956, but this is a later printing. Tight, square spine has some very subtle cosmetic creasing. Former owner name to the half-title, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some toning to the pages. Some areas of light rubbing and gentle edge-wear to the covers, but nice copy over all. First published in Paris in 1956 by Librairie Gallimard as La Chute. Translated by Justin O'Brien. In October 1954, Camus was taken by a Dutch acquaintance on a tour of the seedier areas of Amsterdam, including what would become the setting of this novel: Mexico City, a sailors' bar located in the notorious red-light district, which the book's narrator, Jean-Baptiste Clamence, identifies as the innermost circle of a city whose 'concentric canals resemble the circles of hell . . . The middle-class hell, of course, peopled with bad dreams.' Camus's last complete work of fiction before his 1960 death when publisher Michel Gallimard's Facel Vega FV2 veered off the French Route nationale 5 and hit a… Read More

An undated facsimile of an 1897 publication, or 'souvenir' exploring the history of the city through monochrome plates and text. A business card for Jack Akre A.I.D. is stapled to the inside of the back cover. There is some cosmetic tearing to the spine exterior at the foot, but binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of subtle rubbing and tearing to the covers, but nice copy overall. History.

Signed by Bowers to the title page. Interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. Spine is tight, square, and uncreased. Corners are fairly sharp. Some light shelf-wear. Includes B&W photos. Designed by Mary Wilson. Scarce. 44 pp. Biography.

Staples are beginning to rust slightly, but saddle-stitched binding remains sound overall. Unmarked interior. Areas of foxing/light soiling to areas of covers and a few pages of interior. Features a self-portrait frontispiece. Cover design by Carol Dahl. 33 pp. Poetry/The Arts.

An influential publication from the re-founded radical second-wave feminist nonprofit. A few folios at the center of the book (pp. 95 –106) have separated from the saddle-stitched binding, but book remains complete and otherwise sound, and has not suffered any other notable wear. Clean, unmarked interior. Some toning to covers and interior. Includes B&W illustrations. 200 pp. Oversized.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable shelf-wear. Beautifully designed book with lime green patterned end-sheets, full-color photo insert, and royal blue ribbon marker. 243 pp. Design.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Wraps are toned and there is some light edge-wear. A lovely product of the Mimeo Revolution, this chapbook features an ornament-centric cover and title page designed and letterpress printed by Miller, and text mechanically stenciled on multicolored paper. The puerile exuberance of the 1960s San Francisco underground is on full display here, as noted in publisher Douglas Blazek's 'INTROFUCKTION', which begins, 'BROWN MILLER is a word ejaculator, he has diarrhea of the brain'. Blazek was a collaborator of d.a. levy and R. Crumb, and his Ole' magazine featured contributions from Charles Bukowski, James Baldwin, Anaïs Nin, and William S. Burroughs. Includes publisher's prospectus. First printing: 500 copies. 30 pp.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. There are a few scattered instances of notes/underlining in pencil, but interior is clean and unmarked otherwise. Very little wear overall. Program for the 1978 textile arts symposium. Intro by Fireworks director Andy Kashiwa. Edited by Maria Vella and Sarah Smith. Designed and coordinated by Donna Larsen. Photography by Elaine Keenan. Statement by scheduled keynote speaker Mildred Constantine. Lots of B&W photos throughout. 32 pp. Art.

Signed by Palmer to the title page. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable shelf-wear. Jam-packed with full-color photos. 319 pp. Natural History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of rubbing, edge-wear, and light creasing to the covers. Contains lots of truly beautiful two- and three-color figures and illustrations. 229 pp. Natural History.

Spine is square and tight, but has some heavy cosmetic creasing. Former owner name to inside front cover, but interior is else cleana nd unmarked. Includes B&W figures and illustrations. 215 pp. Esoterica.

Inscribed by Abbey to the half-title: 'to Bill / Edward Abbey / 1985'. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There are some areas of light foxing to the edges and moderate to heavy edge-wear to the covers, but no other notable wear. 222 pp. Fiction.

Spiral binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very gentle shelf-wear. Cover design by Georgie Schnobrich. Interior design by Diane Martin. Matte cover printed in two colors; interior printed in sepia. Includes illustrations. 104 pp. Fiction.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very light shelf-wear. Cover design by Georgie Schnobrich. Interior design by Diane Martin. Matte cover printed in two colors; interior printed in sepia. Includes illustrations. 104 pp. Fiction.

Ex-library book with markings to covers, edges, and front and back matter. Covers have been laminated. Interior is else unmarked. Tight, square spine. Areas of light edge-wear and soiling to the covers. Includes B&W figures and illustrations. 167 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some toning to the head and foot of the spine, but very little wear to the book overall. Light to moderate edge-wear to the jacket. Designed by Karolina Harris. Author photo by Francesco Scavullo. As a young actress, Mallory appeared in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Stepford Wives, as well as a number of TV commercials, including one for Faberge ('Are You Wild Enough to Wear It?), which was banned for being too risqué. She dated Sean Connery, Marcello Mastroianni, Louis Malle, and most enduringly, Norman Mailer, who urged her to quit acting and take up writing. Jacket designer Patricia Manzone, whose work includes the equally tubular first edition of Lorrie Moore's Self-Help, employs loud, multifaceted lettering here to entice the reader into the book, which, according to the jacket copy, 'shows us what it's really like to be a girl on the make.' 203 pp.

Tight, square spine has some very light cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some lightly bumped corners and sunning to the covers. Includes lots of B&W illustrations. Bibliography: pp. 279–294. 304 pp. Scholarly.