Search Results: Authors starting with F from Legacy Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. (1992), 246pp, index, illustrated, bibliography. Ex-lib, else G+ in G+ dj. A book for the juvenile reader. A study of the geographical growth of the United States from thirteen original colonies to the fifty states and territories of today..

Chicago: Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1933, small 4to, unpaginated, 64pp, all photographs. Wrps. G+. A celebration of Chicago's centennial. '.

Danville: Danville and Boyle County Historical Society Book. VG+. Soft cover. 1966, first printed 1941, 283pp, index, bibliography. Wrps. VG+. See Coleman, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KENTUCKY HISTORY, #2599: "An interesting history of Danville with numerous references to Boyle County, its people, churches, Centre College, and Dr. Ephraim McDowell.".

Akron: The Old Bookstore Book. Very Good. Hardcover. N.D. Modern Reprint, 12mo, 39pp, ads. Limited to 500 hardbound copies, and 250 paperback copies, this number 66 of the hardbound edition. First published 1876..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp567-590. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899. VG. In plastic report covers. The writer was rector of the University of Rostock. He bemoans the fact that his institution does not have a botanical garden. He says it is striking because for a long time the botanical garden has been considered as evidence that botany is properly pursued in a university. He continues: "Today I would rather discourse to you of the generally understood, practical side of my department and relate in brief the development of the garden with reference to style and architecture." He then describes the elements of gardens from the time of the Egyptians..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp377-389. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, JULY, 1894. VG. In plastic report covers. An inaugural address given at the commencement of the physiological course at the Institute for Higher Instruction at Florence. .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Book. Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 1968, xx, 332pp, index, illustrated, extensive bibliography. A ding at the top edge of the front cover, else G+ in G dj. From the dj: The author uses the contrasting customs of North American Indian tribes to explain the evolution of man as a social being - his relationships with his family and kin groups, his religions and his political institutions. Some of the questions he explores: Why are some people considered warlike and others peaceful; Why is incest a universal taboo; What is the relation between primitive puberty rites and such modern religious rituals as Christian Confirmation or Jewish Bar Mitzvah; Why is our Memorial Day observance really a cult of the dead; How have some societies made it socially acceptable to rebel; and many others..

New York: Sheed and Ward Book. Good. Hardcover. (1967), xviii, 235pp, index, bibliography. Ex-lib, G in VG dj, which is taped to the covers in misguided library fashion. For many, Teilhard's writings are not only difficult to understand, but even considered dangerous to their Christian beliefs. From the dj: " For this reason, Father Faricy's synthesis of Teilhard de Chardin's brilliant and moving writings on the tasks of the modern Christian becomes an important educational and pastoral event. Here, for the first time, the reader to whom Teilhard de Chardin's own works are opaque or inaccessible will find both the grandeur of his vision and a spelling out of how this vision can change the Christian's response to the poblems and needs of the modern world.".

Sylvan Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1946, 97pp, illustrated with woodcuts and line drawings. Small burn on front cover, else G. Dj has a large open tear, about two inches by the width of the book, at the bottom and several half inch chips at edges. The author's intention is to stress that much of the technique of the artist is from the mind and spirit. Includes essays on painting, textile design, book production, wood engraving, and fine crafts..

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 3rd Edition. (1948), x, 388pp, index. G+ in G, chipped, well worn dj, with a one inch open tear at the top of the front panel. Signed by the author. James A. Farley, (1888-1976), served as Postmaster General during the first two administrations of FDR. He was also Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and was an unsuccessful presidential candidate..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp681-698. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 1883. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "The year 1883 has not been marked by any especially striking discovery in regard to the physiology or morphology of plants, although the mass of botanical literature is perhaps greater than in previous years. In this country, in particular an unusually large number of notes and papers on phaenogams have appeared, and the same is true of papers relating to fungi, while there has been a comparative dearth of writings on mosses and algae. The works on physiology, although numerous and in many respects important, have not been so elaborate in character as in some years. The countless papers on bacteria can no longer be considered under the head of botany, for by far the greater part of them have a purely medical bearing." .

New York: The Century Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1905. First Edition, xii, 447pp, index, profusely illustrated, folding plan. Extremities worn, front outer hinge split two inches at the top, moderate soiling, else G. The book, though primarily about the Palace itself, contains four sections: 1) The Palace; 2) The Park; 3) The King; 4) The Court..

Waterville: The W. W. Farnsworth Company Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1914, 24mo, (6x3.5 inches), 16pp, illustrated. Stiff printed wrps. VG. The catalogue for 1914. The firm sold fourteen varieties of strawberries plus the usual assortment of sprayers, and other small farm equipment..

New York: John B. Alden, Publisher Book. Good. Soft cover. (1886), 16mo, 33pp. Printed wrps. Covers lightly chipped and soiled, else G. In report cover. The Elzevir Library, Volume V, No. 196..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1898), 12mo, 311pp, designer cover. TEG, deckle edges. Lightly worn, minor tape repair to top corner of contents page, else VG. Frederic William Farrar, known as Dean Farrar, (1831-1903) was a cleric of the Church of England (Anglican), a schoolteacher, author, and renowned preacher. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society. He was the Archdeacon of Westminster from 1883 to 1894, and Dean of Canterbury Cathedral from 1895 until his death in 1903. He preached the sermon at Charles Darwin's funeral. This book includes his comments on the Imitation of Christ, and on the works of Bunyan, Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton..

New York: Privately Printed Book. Good. Hardcover. 1931, large 8vo, xx, 23-264pp, illustrated by Alexander King, with a preface by Pierre Louys and translated from the French by Samuel Putnam. Covers splotched, light wear, contents G. Seventeen short stories with opium as the theme. A scarce item. .

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp360-375, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 48, Number 2, April, 1983. VG. In rekport covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: "Farrington is refuting a paper written by Ortloff, Moseley, and Feldman in 1982. He contends they fail to understand the basics of canal hydraulics and irrigation hydrology. They estimate nonpermissible velocities, calculate a critical state of flow, and assume a discharge without considering the field requirements. Their claim that tectonic movements caused canal abandonment is rejected. There is no geomorphological evidence for such events. Other research is described which indicates that the canal was designed with a stable channel and was intended to transport the required discharge to state fields. Its breakdown is attributed to the effect of a large discharge flowing down a steep slope." Also… Read More

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1945), 341pp. G. A biographical novel about Thomas Paine, (1737-1809), pamphleteer, revolutionary, and freethinker, who is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States, although some have referred to him as the godfather of the United States. Just as Harriett Beecher Stowe was said by Lincoln to have started the Civil War with her novel, it was said by John Adams that Paine's pamphlet, COMMON SENSE, was the impetus for the Revolutionary War..

New York: The Modern Library Book. Good. Hardcover. (1946), xiii, 338; [343]-640pp. Two volumes in one. Underlining and marginal notes on about ten pages, extremities worn, else G. One of my college professors referred to Thomas Paine as the Godfather of the American Revolution. The first volume includes the writings of Paine: COMMON SENSE; THE CRISIS PAPERS; RIGHTS OF MAN; THE AGE OF REASON; and LETTER TO WASHINGTON, with critical notes by the author. The second is a biographical novel about Paine..

Bloomington: Indiana University Book. Good. Soft cover. pp37-78, one map. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 60, No. 1, March, 1964. Wrps. G. The Whitewater Valley lies in Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, Union, and Franklin counties in Indiana. As early as 1822 or 1823, delegates from six southeastern counties met to discuss the feasibility of the Whitewater Canal. The famous Erie Canal was under construction and it was an age of canal sentiment in general. According to many, this sentiment was overshadowing the move toward rail transportation..