Search Results: Authors starting with F from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

Brooklyn, NY: Libra Productions, 1983. Very Good. Brooklyn, NY: Libra Productions, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 96 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Rare collection of poems from the New York City Library School system instructor. Includes photos of some of "Urban Poet Fast Eddie Williams" performances along with "Funky Rhythms," "Epitaph For The Dead Living," and "Blackfolks Are Kool," among others. Three copies in OCLC as of February, 2024.

J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia, 1906. Very Good -. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's tan decorative cloth stamped in black and red; [2],363pp. Extremities rubbed with some brief exposure at corners and spine ends, cloth darkened along margins, especially spine, brief discoloration to rear cover, rear hinge cracked but holding; Good or better overall. Novel by the son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in which young lovers are separated by the woman's unfortunate marriage.

London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd, 1930. Very Good +. London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. 286 pages + publisher's "Summer 1930 List." Pink boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are lightly worn with brief exposure and spine and top edge toned. Binding gives a little with some separation along spine, but overall bounding is holding soundly. Foxing to preliminaries and bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Pages otherwise unmarked. A supernatural melodrama featuring a family curse from the author of the Mapp and Lucia novels.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. Very Good-. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's tan cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; x,[2],336pp.; frontispiece, three leaves of plates and folding map bound in rear, text illus. throughout. Moderate wear to board margins, most notably at spine ends, spine a bit cocked and gilt dulled, rear joint and hinge starting to split, 1978 ownership label to front free endpaper of Franaces Thornton Jones, American Embassy, Madagascar. Overall Good to Very Good of this uncommon sociological and anthropological account.

Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. Near Fine. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. First Edition. Small quarto. 144 pp. Black and white photographs. Gray cloth boards with photo illustration mounted to front and stamped in white. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition, stated. Signed by Powers without inscription and dated May 1947 at front free endpaper. Octavo. 277 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Gray boards stamped in black and red. Dust jacket chipped along edges and joints with heavy rubbing along top edge of front panel, and general toning and rubbing. Corners of boards bumped and spine ends nudged. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Author's first book.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. Very Good +. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 225 pp. Black and white illustrations. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards gently rubbed along edges with a couple minor scuffs. Binding is sound. Small stamp reading "CC" to bottom edge of text block, but pages otherwise clean and unmarked.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Outland Publishers, 1988. Very Good. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Outland Publishers, 1988. Publisher's sample copy with no illustrator signature. 12 black and white plates and publisher's list of plates housed in publisher's illustrated folder (13 7/8 x 11). Folder edgeworn and creased with some general spotting and surface scratching. Red "Sample" stamp inside front and back covers and on versos of each plate. Plates themselves worn at corners. Illustrations created by Fabian for Clive Barker's Books of Blood series.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. Very Good. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 336 pp. Black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed along edges and binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper and some staining to top edge of text block, but pages otherwise unmarked.

Manchester: George Simms, 1853. Very Good. Manchester: George Simms, 1853. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 16pp. Light wear and toning, otherwise in clean, stable condition, Very Good. Pamphlet on the need for education reform and advocating for the development of a national education system in 19th century Britain.

New York: Continuum, 1999. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Continuum, 1999. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 144pp.; illus. Faint ring-staining to upper jacket panel, corners tapped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper," To Vicken, A kindred spirit, Larry Fagg.

Norfolk: Crippen & Landau, 2005. Very Good/Very Good. Norfolk: Crippen & Landau, 2005. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 113 of 200 copies on limitation statement at front. Additional separately-printed pamphlet, Good Night, Dr. Kobel, included as issued. Octavo; 225pp +publisher's ads. Illustrated dust jacket with $42 price intact; book in blue cloth with yellow lettering to spine. Pamphlet is side-stapled in blue paper covers. Jacket is clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Pamphlet, too, is crisp and clean.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; xxvii, 378pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a bit of fading to spine. Some humidity rippling to preliminary and terminal pages. Long tear lengthwise across 3/4 of pp. 21-22; almost severed, but with text still legible. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Ace Books, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Ace Books, 1992. Stated First Edition: October 1992, with full numberline. Signed bookplates, one per co-author- loosely laid in at front. Octavo; [viii], 264pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $18.95 price intact; book in purple paper-covered boards with dark blue cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint rubbing along bottom edge, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Apparently-common "B" (for Berkley Publishing Group) remainder mark on fore-edge.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1934. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price to front flap. Blue boards with beige labels to spine and front stamped in black. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and rubbed along edges with general toning, more heavily along spine. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Spotting to preliminaries and, more sparsely, to first 30 pages, but otherwise pages clean and unmarked.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. Signed by Farrell with inscription to previous owners on front free endpaper. Octavo. 204 pages. Printed dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Tan boards stamped in black. Dust jacket chipped at extremities with a 2" closed tear along bottom edge of front panel. General rubbing. Boards show light shelfwear with some staining along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Horizon House, Publishers, 1936. Very good/Good. New York: Horizon House Publishers, 1936. First Edition. Signed by Fasano on front free endpaper with inscription, "Presented to Naval Radio Key West with compliments. Lawrence Fasano." Octavo. 226 pages + appendix. Illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Navy boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is heavily chipped and rubbed with most significant loss to front and top of spine. Boards are worn at extremities. Sound in binding. Pages toned but unmarked.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition, stated. Signed on front free endpaper by author: "For Nicolas Reisini [sp?] with admiration, Howard Fast. 2/20/64." Octavo; 123 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $3.50 price; book bound in black cloth-covered spine and gray cloth-covered boards with text in gold and blue on spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with only light rubbing on edges, no chips or tears. Boards are sturdy with faint bowing at fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Frederick A. Praeger: New York, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957. Bookplate signed by author Howard Fast laid in. First Edition. Octavo; 197 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $3.50 price. Black cloth binding with title and author in gilt. Dust jacket has light rubbing and edge wear, with a small closed tear on upper back edge with some adjacent creasing. Spine toned. Boards sturdy and square. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper in ink. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

New York: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing Group, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing Group, 1992. First Thus. Octavo; 332 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $17.95 price. Black cloth spine and yellow leatherette over boards, with red foil lettering to spine. Dust jacket bright and clean with some rubbing to edges, slight rippling to jacket but no signs of water damage. Crease on front flap. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Originally published in 1960 under the pseudonym E.V. Cunningham, as Fast was at the time blacklisted by a number of publishers.