Search Results: Authors starting with F from Irving Book Company

New York: Saint Philomena's Rectory, 1946. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine. The merest touch of shelfwear; titling somewhat dull. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. 48mo. 2.875 x 4.125 in. 281, [7] pp. The Purgatorian Manual, Cloth Edition. Original cloth. Preface on Devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory by St. Alphonsus Liguori. Black & white frontispiece ('The Poor Souls' Friend'). Published by the Redemptorist Fathers for Saint Philomena's Rectory. Approbations. A nice copy of the plain binding style.

New York: Grossman Publishers / Orion Press, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine in near fine, price-clipped jacket, lightly worn at extremities.. Demy 8vo. 5.625 x 8.25 in. 198 pp. Original black cloth, green top-stain, in white pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with black & white stills. Translated from the Italian by JUDITH GREEN.

Athens: (Friends of Literature), 1955. First Greek Edition. Paperback. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edgewear; purple stamp to preliminary page. Jacket heavily chipped, with moderate toning to spine panel.. 8vo. 6 x 8.75 in. 143, [1] pp. Variant jacket with necking. Plain typographic wrappers printed in red, in pictorial dust jacket illustrated in green & reddish brown. Translated by MANTHOS CRISPIS. Text in modern Greek. Uncut pages. Very scarce.

Berlin: Lothar Blanvalet, 1953. First German Edition. Hardcover. Very near fine in very good dust jacket. Light toning & soiling to jacket, with moderate edgewear. Binding very fresh, square & tight. Pages crisp.. 8vo. 5.125 x 8.25 in. 268, [4] pp. Full black linen cloth, in vibrant pink & blue dust jacket. Tasteful binding & stunning dust jacket designed by notable graphic artist PAQUITA KOWALSKI TANNERT. A nice copy.

(Paris): Gallimard, 1967. First French Edition. Paperback. Light offsetting to wrappers from glassine, else nearly fine in near fine, lightly chipped dustwrapper. A touch of edgewear.. 8vo. 6 x 8.5 in. 289, [7] pp. French-folded wrappers, printed in red & black, with numbered-limitation slip; in glassine dustwrapper. Translated by Suzanne MAYOUX. Uncut signatures. Published as No. 439 of the 'Du Monde Entier' series. Text in French. Limited edition, numbered 19 of 47 copies on Lafuma-Navarre paper. Not in Bruccoli.

Athens: (Friends of Literature), 1955. First Greek Edition. Paperback. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edgewear with a touch of foxing; previous ownership inscription to preliminary blank and to title page. Light foxing to dust jacket, spine panel moderately toned; heavily rubbed at crown & foot of spine panel, with one-inch closed tear to rear panel. Tape shadows to rear of dust jacket. Binding square & tight, text otherwise unmarked.. 8vo. 6 x 8.75 in. 143, [1] pp. Plain typographic wrappers printed in red, in pictorial dust jacket illustrated in green & brown. Translated by MANTHOS CRISPIS. Text in modern Greek. Scarce.

London: Percy Fitzgerald and W.T. Spencer, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper browned, as usual, else very good. Covers lightly worn and mottled, corners bumped; label moderately toned. Binding square and tight, text clean.. Royal octavo. 6.5 x 9.75 in. viii, 359 pp. Original green cloth with printed paper spine label affixed to the spine (as issued). Uncommon.

Chicago: Wilcox & Follett, 1944. First Thus. Paperback. Somewhat toned, else near fine. Lightly edgeworn & soiled.. Wide, thin 8vo. 6.375 x 7.875 in. [40] pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. Translated into Spanish by Luis de Miguel Jr. Text in Spanish.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1848. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Lower half of backstrip detached; front boards separating but still attached at top. Traces of worming to gutter. 1868 ownership signature to front flyleaf.. 16mo. 4.25 x 6.25 in. 256 pp. Contemporary black half-leather over brown marbled boards. The Principles of Gaelic Grammar; with the Definitions, Rules, and Examples, Clearly Expressed in English and Gaelic: Containing Copious Exercises for Reading the Language, and for Parsing and Correction. Second Edition, Greatly Improved. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer.

(Jacksonville, TX), 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Covers soiled, rubbed at edges, heavily rubbed at crown and foot of spine. Binding square and sound. '1930' in ink on title page, several measures scribbled in blue ink to rear pastedown, text otherwise unmarked.. Medium 8vo. 6.125 x 9.25 in. 183 pp. Original green cloth. Complete, illustrated with 24 black & white photographic plates. A history of Larissa College in Larissa, TX. Scarce.

Harissa: Saint Paul Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First gathering somewhat loose, else very good. Covers lightly worn, with moderate rubbing to corners. Textblock lightly toned at margins. Binding otherwise rather tight. Text clean.. 32mo. 3.75 x 4.875 in. Original red quarter-cloth over dark red pebbled boards, ornamented in black with cross on upper cover and the Madonna enveloped in a rose on lower cover. Illustrated with black & white ornaments, tail-pieces. Daily meditations for the Month of May, Mary's Month, by Father Boulos ('Paul') Foshanji; from the publishing wing of the Saint Paul Fathers in Harissa, Lebanon. Includes also meditations for the Rosary, the Litany of Loretto, the Salve Regina, etc. Text in Arabic. Beirut imprimatur. From the Introduction: 'As to the truths regarding the Virgin Mary, they consist in meditations of a golden chain whose links are connected, and they are all linked to one first, basic truth, which is that the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God. As to the… Read More

Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in very good, unclipped jacket. Light spotting to top edge; previous ownership signature to front free endpaper. Light chipping to jacket. Binding square & tight.. 4to. 7.5 x 10.25 in. xiii, 177 pp. Original powder blue cloth, in black & white pictorial dust jacket. The Franco codex of magnificats, presented here in modern score. Designed by ANDOR BRAUN.

New York: David McKay, 1962. Third Printing. Hardcover. Good. Moderate edgewear, light soiling to covers, spine somewhat toned. Occasional soiling to text; pp. 131-134 somewhat crumpled at fore-edge yet intact. Binding square and tight.. Crown 8vo. 5 x 7.5 in. ix, 141 pp. Publisher's printed cloth. Selected, arranged, and with notes by H.W.F. FRANKLIN. Selection include CATULLUS, HORACE, PETRONIUS, BOETHIUS, SENECA, et al. Vocabulary at rear. From the library of University of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer, with his ownership signature in red pencil to front flyleaf, and several pencil marginalia.

Pisa: Fabrizio Serra, 2010. First Separate Edition. Paperback. Near fine. A touch of wear.. Pamphlet. 6.75 x 9.6 in. 111-116 pp. Staplebound, beige typographic wrappers. Inscribed to classicist and Vergil scholar KARL MAURER 'with best wishes' by LEE FRATANTUONO on first page.

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine in original wrappers. Bindings square & tight, text clean & bright.. 8vos. 5.875 x 9 in. xxiii, 455; xvii, 398; xviii, 493 pp. Complete three-volume set in glossy pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with several reproductions of black & white photographs.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good indeed. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking dust jacket.. Large 8vo. 645 pp. Original brick cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Illustrated with a suite of black & white plates. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; unmarked.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in poor, heavily wormed jacket. Binding square & tight.. Large 8vo. 388 pp. Origina cream cloth, in green dust jacket. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; with his ownership signature to front flyleaf, and some very occasional annotation in pencil.