Search Results: Authors starting with F from LaCelle Rare Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with all first issue points, including date on title page, etc.  Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages;  some wear to covers; dust jacket is somewhat worn with light soil, a couple of tears, and small chip at head of spine.  Very scarce in original dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 369 pages. Illustrated. Very Good in Fair or better Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; name on front endpaper; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with chips and tears along edges as well as some smudges.  Scarce book. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

New York: American Book Company, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: American Book Company, (1896). FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 540 pages. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; light wear.  Scarce early book by the great economist. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1911). 365 pages.  Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; pages and covers clean; crease in rear endnpaper; only slight wear; dust jacket is worn with some chips. ~ Scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, (1943). EARLY PRINTING with correct publisher, etc. in first issue dust jacket with $1.50 price. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary owner's name and date (1942) on front endpaper; moderate wear to covers; dust jacket is worn with small tears and chipping along edges; price not clipped ($1.50). SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND INTERESTING BOOKS.

Macmillan/Viking/NAL/Putnam, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Macmillan/Viking/NAL/Putnam, (1960's-1980's). 13 Books. Mostly vintage book club editions. Very Good in Good Dust Jackets. Tight bindings; clean pages; moderate wear; dust jackets are clean with moderate wear (a couple have small chips). .

Ayer, Massachusetts: Press of Huntley S. Turner, 1894. Hardcover. Good+. Ayer, Massachusetts: Press of Huntley S. Turner, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 196 pages. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". Good+. Rebound; tight binding; frontispiece and title page have a stain; clean pages; light wear.  Author was Sergeant, Company H, 40th Regiment, New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Many Civil War and mining experiences. "Much on Calif. mining experiences."--Luther. "Fletcher went twice by sea to the Gold Fields, 1852 and 1854."--Robinson. References: Cowan p.214; Graff 1350; Howes F-188; Kurutz 244; Mintz 157; Rocq 5989. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Hardcover. Fair. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 97 pages + ads.  Fair. Tight binding; moderate foxing; some soil to endpapers; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; owner stamp on another blank page; covers soiled and worn. An early printing of the AMA's code of ethics and etiquette. Scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1889. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 433 pages. Good. Tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; small stain in corner of severals pages else generally clean; small chip to corner of rear endpaper; some wear to covers.  Mining prospector, John Flippin's adventures during five years in the Sierra Madres of southwestern Chihauhau. Considered a very accurate account of an, at the time, little known region. "We cannot be told too much concerning our sister republic to the South; if the narrator is intelligent in his observations, and truthful in his record. A residence of five years in one of the least known regions of Mexico, and a naturally keen habit of observation, have aided the author to no small extent, and he has crowded a great deal of valuable information into the space occupied. The book is especially recommended to tourists across the Rio… Read More

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1899. Wraps. Good. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [n.d. circa 1899]. Original wraps. Illustrations (some in color). Good. Tight binding; pages have a little rippling and a few light smudges; some wear to covers. A wonderful antique edition of Jack and the Beanstalk. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1923). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with correct copyright statement, correct $2.00 price and jacket blurbs, etc.  Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name several times on endpapers; light wear; dust jacket is clean with a few small tears. "A story of New York life, underground politics and intrigue, laid in the old Eighth Assembly District ('De Ate') of a past generation, and in Coney Island when it was only a little year-round beach-colony of clam-diggers, wastrels and way-worn sinners with their pimitive dance-halls and wide-open saloons, firmly ruled over by the autocratic John V. McKane."--front flap.  Very scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1942. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Lawson, Robert (Illustrated by). Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1942. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with 1942 date on title page, correct copyright statement, etc. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear and light sunning; no jacket. Scarce signed.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, (1978). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with  FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page as well as full number line, etc.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; sunning along edges of cover; a couple of bumps; dust jacket is worn and a bit rippled; backed by white paper; price clipped.  Classic. Scarce signed. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926.  First Edition, First Printing         with all first issue points, including 1926 date on title page with no later printings noted on copyright page, etc. Good. Tight binding; lacking front endpaper; contemporary owner's name on front pastedown; small note on rear endpaper; some wear; no jacket. "No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humor, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered by many to be the best arbiter of good practice."--Foreword to the World Classic Edition After almost a century Fowler's monumental Modern English Usage remains the standard work in the genre. "With no trace of… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with 1928 date on title page, no later printings noted on copyright page, etc. 349 pages. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary ownership signature of J.A. McLaughlin - who apparently was a Harvard Law School Professor; some bumping to corners; no jacket.   The Supreme Court Chief Justice's important treatise on the work of the Supreme Court.  Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 - February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry L.… Read More

New York: John B. Alden, 1885. Hardcover. Good. New York: John B. Alden, 1885. Good. Hinges slightly cracked else tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear and a light stain to covers.  A biographical cyclopedia of dozens of eminent Christians, from John Wycliff to Roger Williams; Jonathan Edwards to Henry Martyn. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Lee and Shepard, (1855). Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 467 pages. 300 illustrations. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; a couple of tiny tears; moderate wear. A wonderful antique book containing hunting stories from around the world, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Badger, Wild Boar, Buffalo, Chamois, Fox, Hare, Stag, Indian Antelope, Lion, Marmot, Virginian Deer, Indian Rhinocerous, Bison, Polar Bear, American Black Bear, Llama, Reindeer, Tiger, Hyenna, Orangatang, Monkey, Ibex, Paca, Agouti, Viscacha, Chinchilla, Moose, Cheetah, Kangaroo, Jaguar, Gnoo, Ostrich, Wildebeest, Obyx, Springbok, Quagga, African Buffalo, Falconry, Leopard, Snakes, Blesbok, Hippopotamus, White Rhinocerous, Giraffe, Elephant, Bustard, Eland, Marten, Sable, Genet, Civit, Wild Horse, Donkey, Ocelet, Lynx, Cougar, Squirrel, American Elk, Raccoon, Black-tailed Deer, Muskox, Beaver, Oppossum, Fisher,  etc. .