Search Results: Authors starting with F from Fox & Hedgehog

The Lassen Association, 2015. Edition limited to 1000 copies; Lassen Association reprint of original 1926 edition. Hardcover. Fine. 6 3/8 x 8 1/2. Manay B&W photos. 3H. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards. A beautiful clean copy, nearly as new. Elegant real cloth covers with gilt titles. This limited edition bears the signatures of various Lassen worthies on the limitation page; else no marks. Tight binding, strong hinges; virtually no wear. Slight spine lean that looks to be how it came from the binder, as there is no sign of the book's having been read.

Mill Valley, California: Pickleweed Press, 1996. Second edition, first printing (stated). Softcover. Near Fine. Oversize, 9 x 12. B&W illustrations. 3L. Tight binding with square spine. No marks. Minor cover wear. Label on back cover.

Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2004. This Dover edition, first published in 2004, is a slightly altered republication of the edition pubblished by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1977 (an outdated list of Go resources has been omitted). The author has supplied a new Preface for this volume.. Softcover. Near Fine. Trade-size. B&W illustrations. 4I. Indexed. A nice copy, nearly as new. Tight binding, square uncreased spine, no marks. Very little cover wear.

Lake Oswego, Oregon: Privately printed, 2022. Softcover. Very Good. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11. Color and B&W illustrations. 1K. Smudge and some scratches to front cover, else nearly as new. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks.

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First trade edition (stated), limited. Softcover. Very Good+. 10 1/2 x 7 3/8. With etchings by John Register. 1K. Signed by both John Register and Fante's widow, Joyce, on the colophon page. Limited edition of 1000 copies (preceded by the hardcover edition). Slight curl. Binding tight, no marks to text. Very faint sunning around edges. A few stray marks and smudges to cover, with one small water-stain front cover top edge and another on back cover. Smudge on back endpaper. A couple faint handling creases to back cover, else little to no wear.

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1986. Reissue of Collins edition (1960). Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 2H. Paper-covered boards, in dustjacket. A nice fresh copy. Binding strong with good hinges. No marks. Minor smudging front pastedown & page edges. Small dampstain front board -- hardly noticeable. Spine ends have some creasing and sun-fading. Unclipped dustjacket is intact, with some mild creasing at edges, else little wear.

Bergamo: La Nuova Italia Letteraria, 1961. First edition (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. 5 7/8 x 8 1/4. With a photograph of the author. 4G. Sewn binding. Italian and English on facing pages. A solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Covers and pages toned. Some staining to covers (see photo). Small nick top of spine, else little wear.

Zurich: Buchdruckerei Stäfa AG und Kusnacht, 1965. Christmas keepsake. Softcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 5/8. Mit Zeichnungen von Walter Roshardt. 5I. Stiff card covers in glassine-covered dustjacket. A nice copy with tight binding and square spine. No marks to text. A little wear at spine-ends. Unclipped dustjacket, with glassine cover, is toned at the edges, with a little wear at spine-ends.

Voxlox, 2009. Softcover. Near Fine. Oversize, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2. Color and B&W photos. 2L. Sewn binding. Both discs present. A nice fresh copy with tight binding and no marks. 1 1/8" crease bottom front cover. Minimal shelf-soil & cover wear.

Arkadelphia, Arkansas: Delta Publications, 1988. Softcover. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 3/8. 3I. Stapled wraps. Thirty-page pamphlet of autobiographical writings, a portion of which appeared in The Instrumentalist. Inscribed and signed by Fennell on the title page. B&W author photo on back cover. I've rated this "Good only" because there is a large blot of black marker on the front cover (see photo). Otherwise Very Good, with a rubber-stamping on the flyleaf and some wear and minor creasing to the front cover.

New York: New Directions, 2012. First printing of the first trade edition (number line). Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 5/8 x 8 1/2. 2H. Signature-sewn, paper-covered pictorial boards No dustjacket (as issued). This first trade edition preceeded by a limited edition. Tiny crease head of spine, a very little wear to extremities. Publisher's label on back cover. A nice copy.

Ogdensburg, New York: Town of Waddington / Ryan Press, 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. Trade-size. B&W illustrations. 4F. A nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Very minor cover wear.

Camarillo, California: Commonplace Books, 2010. (NAP). Softcover. Very Good+. Trade-size. B&W illustrations. 4F. Hard copy scarce. A clean and solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. A couple light pencil-marks on first (title) page, else no marks. Lower front corner of cover creased. Lower back corner mildly bumped, lightly creasing cover and back pages.

Framingham, Massacusetts: Privately printed, 1987. First edition (stated). Softcover. Very Good-. 10 x 7 1/2. With B&W photos and drawings. 1F. "More than ninety specimens illustrated, with accompanying technical information and dates of invention and manufacture, for the first time classified in families & species; also: reprints from patents, advertisements and catalogs, and an index to principal manufacturers and trade names." Scarce item. A solid copy with a worn and a bit grubby cover. Firm binding. A couple check-marks in ink in text, and one page has a small amount of highlighting.

Tel-Aviv: Isra-Tav Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/8 x 8 1/8. 5H. Sewn binding in paper-covered boards. Yiddish/Hebrew/English. Music printed fake-book style, melody with chords above. A solid copy, opening widely but sewn binding is strong. No marks. Some cover wear.

Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing In.c. Revised edition (no date). Softcover. Good. 9 x 5 7/8. 3K. CD included, in unopened sleeve: "A new recording of Interstellar Overdrive by Hawkwind." Spine square and uncreased. No marks. 3/4" tear top edge front cover. Else Very Good with a cover crease, rubbing and minor wear to extremities.

San Rafael, California: Sain Raphael House, 1945. Second edition (1945) of title originally published in 1943. Hardcover. Very Good-. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4. 2K. Cloth covered boards. The original publication (second edition), not the recent reprint, bound in real cloth. Cover somewhat soiled and rubbed, with wear at spine-ends and some browning to endpapers. Fore-edge reasonably clean for a book that obviously been well-handled. Spine lean. Owner name in ink on endpaper, no marks to text. Hinges good though text-block feels a little loose in binding.

Boulder, Colorado: Blue Poppy Press, 1997. Second edition (stated). Hardcover. Very Good+. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. 4G. Sewn binding, laminated pictorial boards. Index and bibliography. A nice copy with firm sewn binding and intact hinges. Owner info on front flyleaf effaced with rubber-stamping, else no marks. A very little creasing at spine ends, else hardly any cover wear.

London: Penguin, 2008. First printing this edition. Softcover. Very Good. Pocket-size, 4 3/8 x 7. Cover art by Richie Fahey. 5G. Published to promote Sebastian Faulks' Bond novel, "Devil May Care." With a note on "007 in New York" by Peter Janson-Smith. Tight binding, uncreased spine, no marks. Some handling creases to cover, but covers are flat; hardly any edgewear.

Laughlin, NV: Route 66 Magazine, 2006. Softcover. Very Good+. Trade-size. 3H. Unique item, the subtitle says it all. Binding tight, no marks. Light crease front cover at foot of spine. A little wear to extremities.