Search Results: Authors starting with F from Books That Expand The Mind

Lisbon, 1760. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1760 1st Edition (Thus) , INSTITUTIONUM ORATORIARUM LIBRI DUODECIM By Marci Fabii Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Lisbon, quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 434 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0000780 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1920 , THE WONDERS OF INSTINCT Chapters in the Psychology of Insects By JH Fabre JEAN HENRI FABRE, author of the long series of “Souvenirs Entomologiques” from which these studies are taken, was a French school-teacher and scientist whose peculiar gift for the observation and description of insect life won for him the title of the “insectsÂ’ Homer.” A distinguished English critic says of him, “Fabre is the wisest man, and the best read in the book of nature, of whom the centuries have left us any record.” The fact that he was mainly self-taught, and that his life was an unending struggle with poverty and disappointment, increases our admiration for his wonderful achievements in natural science. A very interesting account of his early years, given by himself, will be found in Chapter… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1920 1st Edition , INSECT ADVENTURES Retold for Young People by Louise Seymour Hasbrouck By JH Fabre JEAN HENRI FABRE, author of the long series of “Souvenirs Entomologiques” from which these studies are taken, was a French school-teacher and scientist whose peculiar gift for the observation and description of insect life won for him the title of the “insectsÂ’ Homer.” A distinguished English critic says of him, “Fabre is the wisest man, and the best read in the book of nature, of whom the centuries have left us any record.” The fact that he was mainly self-taught, and that his life was an unending struggle with poverty and disappointment, increases our admiration for his wonderful achievements in natural science. A very interesting account of his early years, given by… Read More

Paris: Chez P. Fr. Didot, 1782. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Half-title, some early annotations throughout, ownership inscription to front blank of Joannis Francisci Brochard, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, extremities worn Please see photos as part of condition report 1782 4th Edition , With Provenance TRAITE DES MALADIES VENERIENNES [TREATING VENEREAL DISEASES] Professeur des Ecoles Royales de Chirurgie, ancien Prevot de sa Compagnie, Commissaire pour les Extraits de L'Academie, &c. Quatrieme Edition Revue, corrigee, & augmentee par l'Auteur. [Professor of the Royal Schools of Surgery, former Prevost of his Company, Commissioner for Extracts from the Academy, etc. Fourth Edition Revised, corrected, & expanded by the Author] By Pierre Fabre Pierre Fabre (1716-1791) Member of the Royal Academy of Surgery (1751). Commissioner of estraits (1775-1782).… Read More

Italy: Josephus Cominus, 1718. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Boards and spine bumped and scuffed. Rear board present but detached. Please see photos as part of condition report 1718 5th Edition or Later Reprint , GABRIELIS FAERNI CREMONENSIS FABUL, CENTUM (100 FABLES OF GABRIEL FAERNI OF CREMONA Ex antiquis auctoribus delect, carminibus explicat, novisque cre incisis iconibus adornat. Quid accesserit prterea patet ex indice editoris londinensis prfationi subjecto By Gabrielis Faerni Italian scholar and Latin poet Gabriel Faerno (ca. 1510-1561), best known for this collection of fables, first published posthumously at Rome in 1563 Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Josephus Cominus, Italy quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 114 ISBN: Faerno s book of fables.… Read More

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1968. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1968 5th Edition or Later Reprint , AMONG THE MYSTICS By William Fairweather Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 145 ISBN: This book does not claim to be a complete treatment of mysticism, either historical, philosophical, expository or critical. While none of these aspects has been ignored, the main object has been to set down the results of some studies relating to a subject which, in spite of the increasing attention being devoted to it in the present century, particularly since the Great War, cannot yet be said to have come to its own in our… Read More

Simon and Schuster, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. 2nd Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Fair - Please see photos as part of condition report 1953 1st Edition 2nd Printing, THE UNFAIR SEX By Nina farewell Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Simon and Schuster, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 212 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0000679 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

France: Manuscript, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Medium octavo (8vo 6+1?2 × 9+1?4 165 × 235). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Boards rubbed and bumped; text block and binding firm and strong. A lovely copy. This is a beautiful theoretical course, there are no drawings. If the volume is volume "IV", it is an independent volume. The manuscript ends with a table. It is signed on page 498 and on the 4th page of the table by Faulcon. Please see photos as part of condition report 1777 , Manuscript PHYSICA PARTICULARIS [CELESTIAL BODIES, PLANETS, COMETS, LIGHTNING, ELECTRICITY, METEORITES, ETC.) Manuscript by a philosophy student at the University of Poitiers. By Charles-François Faulcon-Alizard Charles-François Faulcon-Alizard, born in 1758 in Châtellerault, then 19 years old. Illustrated By: Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Manuscript, France Medium octavo (8vo… Read More

USA: Grayle Press, 2024. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. octodecimo or eighteenmo (18mo 4 × 6+1?2 102 × 165). Rowan E. Cassidy. Please email for Photographs or further information. New - Deluxe Edition: Only 23 hand-numbered copies Extra Hymn by the author Size: 3.5” x 6” Approximately 190 pages of 100-lb cream paper Three black-and-white illustrations and seven sigils by Rowan E. Cassidy Stamped spine in red Cover bound in dark gray leather Black slipcase 2” image of dragon foilstamped on cover and slipcase Viscera-like endpapers Gray and red headbands Smythe sewn Please see photos as part of condition report 2024 , Deluxe IO TYPHON A Hymnal By Harper Feist From harperfeist.com "Harper Feist was discovered as an infant in an Egyptian pyramid coffin. At the age of five, she sold her grandmother for a chocolate bar. She summoned the devil for a tequila shot and hibernated during the harsh winters of 1946 to 1951. She believes that wisdom must be canned, that books must be can openers and… Read More

London: Printed for the author, at the Globe, opposite Cecil Street in the Strand, 1757. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Imperial octavo (8vo 8+1?4 × 11+1?2 210 × 292). James Ferguson / J. Mynde. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Original Calf boards, rubbed and scuffed. Binding and text block firm. Fold-outs present as called for. Previous owner markings on FEP, some browning of end papers front and rear. Text block pages bright and clean. Please see photos as part of condition report 1757 2nd Edition , ASTRONOMY EXPLAINED UPON SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PRINCIPLES and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics By James Ferguson James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer.[1] He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer. Illustrated By: James Ferguson / J. Mynde J. Mynde Born: 1702 - Died: 1771, a… Read More

Adam & Charles Black, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1955 , ALBERT SCHWEITZER AN INTRODUCTION By Jacques Feschotte Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: Adam & Charles Black, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 130 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001425 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

MacMillan and Co, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1908 1st Edition , THE INWARD LIGHT By H Fielding Hall Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: MacMillan and Co, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 252 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001473 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1984 , RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM By Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages ISBN: 9781870630658 SKU: BTETM0000751 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

George Harrap & Co, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Willy Pogany. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1909 , RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM By Edward FitzGerald William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Hunt Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink.… Read More

The Hague: Henry van Bulderen, 1696. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3?4 102 × 171). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Eight books in 2 vol., additional engraved title, and illustrations, 18th century calf, rebacked and recornered, 8vo, The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1688-1696. *** A very clean copy with attractive engraved vignettes by Henri Cause. Please see photos as part of condition report 1696 , FABLES CHOISIES Mises En Vers Par Monsieur Et par luy reveues, corrigees & augmentes de nouveau By Jean de la Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. Illustrated By: Format: Hardcover, Language: French Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust… Read More

London: J.F. for William Lee, 1651. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Additional engraved title page, and contemporary map of Italy (not called for). Full calf leather rebacked with new title lable and endpapers. Please see photos as part of condition report 1651 5th Edition or Later Reprint , Leather 6th Edition SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY INCLUDES NEW ATLANTIS AND PROLONGATION OF LIFE By Sir Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC, QC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. He argued for the possibility of… Read More

Forgotten Books, 2010. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2010 5th Edition or Later Reprint , INSTITUTES OF METAPHYSIC: THE THEORY OF KNOWING AND BEING (CLASSIC REPRINT) By James Frederick Ferrier Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Forgotten Books, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 530 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0000721 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1949 , INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHO-ANALYSIS By Siegmund Freud Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good Published By: George Allen & Unwin, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 395 ISBN: Introduction to Psychoanalysis or Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (German: Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse) is a set of lectures given by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in 1915–1917 (published 1916–1917). The 28 lectures offer an elementary stock-taking of his views of the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of neuroses at the time of writing, as well as offering some new technical material to the more advanced reader. The lectures became the most popular and widely translated… Read More

Radiance Associates, 1985. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1985 , THE REIKI FACTOR: A GUIDE TO NATURAL HEALING, HELPING, AND WHOLENESS By Fstratford Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Radiance Associates, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 146 ISBN: 9780933267039 SKU: BTETM0000334 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg