Search Results: Titles starting with F from Star Cat Books

New York, NY: Waverly-Blair Corporation, 1952. 1st. Poor. 1st ed. 1st printing. Poor condition. Green cloth boards with gold and white lettering. Stains on front and back cover. Front half signature broken and pulling away from binding. Heavy glossy paper, fully illustrated. Loose spine. Clean bright pages. Unusual book about Ramie from growing through harvest, through grating, through processing, through making it into cloth. A real find for a textile historian. 106 pg.

London, UK: The Toby Press, 1999. 1st. Very Fine. 1st ed. Very Fine condition, no DJ. Author's presentation edition limited to 750 copies signed by the author, this is number 227. The city of lights offers no refuge to a young American in Paris. With only one week to address a dire circumstance. Sabine Wilcox's past and present commingle in pain. Her life intwines with two men who prove to be more, and less, than they appear. 135 pg. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Signet Books, 1974. 1st PB. Very Good. Dean Ellis. 1st PB thus. Mass market, Very Good condition, minor creases to spine, some rubbing on edges of covers, minor spot on long edges, some foxing on top edges. Tight spine, clear crisp pages. Clearly handled carefully and shelved after reading once. 215pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Security, CO: WolfSinger Publications, 2015. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. Supernatural chick-lit meets weird Western with Transylvanian overtones." This is a New, unread copy, direct from the author. This copy of the book is inscribed: "Nancy Enjoy Best Becky." 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Security, CO: Wolfsinger Publications, 2015. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/N/A. Supernatural chick-lit meets weird Western with Transylvanian overtones." New copy,unread. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Jaffery, NH: David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc, 1981. 1st. As New. Mary Azarian. 1st edition, 8th printing. As New Condition. No DJ. Gray and red boards. Gold lettering on spine. Self-portrait of Mary Azarian, the author and illustrator creating a woodcut on the front cover. Mary Azarian lives in Plainfield, Vermont and when she first came to Vermont taught at one of the last one-room schoolhouses in Vermont. Vermont's department of education contracted her to write and design a Farmers Alphabet, the the idea of creating a decorative teaching aid that would celebrate some of rural traditions that are still around today. David Godine, the publisher, well known for his beautiful books, was at the time (1981) living in Jaffery New Hampshire himself. This oversized book is a rare find and a beautiful example of Mary Azarian's work. 28pg. Colophon.

Macon, GA: Samhain Publishing Limited, 2008. 1st. Fine. Trade paperback 1st edition, 1st printing. Small press. A M/M erotic fantasy, back cover: "Warning, this title contains the following: some M/M sex, some dragons, even some sex with dragons." Fine condition.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1923. 1st. Good. Good Condtion. Appears to be a book club edition by Lippincott. Red boards with black lettering and the "A. Fleming Stone detective story," emblem on the front. Slightly loose boards, shelf wear to spine. Some favored pages show loosening but stitching remains firm. Carolyn Wells 1862-1942 wrote 170 books in her lifetime in 1897, according to her autobiography, she heard a particular mystery novel being read on the radio and from then one devoted herself to the mystery genre. This is the 14th book in the Fleming Stone detective series. This popular book is still in print. 348 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1923. 1st. Good. Good Condtion. Appears to be a book club edition by Lippincott. Red boards with black lettering and the "A. Fleming Stone detective story," emblem on the front. Slightly loose boards, shelf wear to spine. Some favored pages show loosening but stitching remains firm. Carolyn Wells 1862-1942 wrote 170 books in her lifetime in 1897, according to her autobiography, she heard a particular mystery novel being read on the radio and from then one devoted herself to the mystery genre. This is the 14th book in the Fleming Stone detective series. This popular book is still in print. 348 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Woodstock, Vermont, USA: Backcountry Publications, 1989. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. As New. Third edition, third printing, as-new condition with slight dogging to outer corners. Great hiking book for the Green Mountains, to this day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co, 1888. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Complete with red wrapper covers, gilt lettering on spines of covers (some sun damage to spines, fading gilt on covers -- vol. 1 has some water staining to cover but otherwise unharmed); red and white hardcover cloth, gilt lettering on spine of cloth. Pages are gilted on top edge, deccled on bottom edge, some pages -- particularly half titles -- are still uncut. Four volumes, comprising: (1) Selections from the poets of the reign of Victoria: The earlier poets, the Blackwood Coterie, and earlier Scottish poets, the poets of Young Ireland. (2) Selections from the poets of the reign of Victoria: The Preraphaelite Brotherhood, the ballad and songwriters, the religious poets. (3) Selections from the poets of the reign of Victoria: The poets of the first half of the reign, the novelist-poets. (4) Selections from the poets of the reign of Victoria: The poets of the second half of the reign, the writers of… Read More

Boca Raton, Florida: Trimark Pr Inc, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. First printing of this first book by Karl Lenker, a pilot with extensive and varied experience. This copy is in perfect condition. On the front end paper it is inscribed "To: Ib & Carole, Enjoy the Ride" with the author signature. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. As new condition hardcover of a David Attenborough classic. Full-color photography and illustrations throughout. Tight binding, as-new jacket with a little shelf wear to edges (tiny tear on back bottom edge). Crisp clean pages. Indexed.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. 1st. Good. Walter S. Rogers. Good condition no DJ. Red cloth boards. Boards in tact but spine had hard shelf wear. Bumping to all four corners. Spine tight. Water stain on edges of all pages but no sign of damage. A series of books written by the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, however the principle author was John W. Duffield. This is 2 out of 20 in the series. He launched a second stratemyre aviation series. Duffield was a student of aeronautical technology. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903. 1st. 1st US ed. Very Good Condition. Green boards with black ship design. Gilt on front and page tips is bright. Gilt on spine is slightly dulled but is still clear. Binding tight. Small W.B. Clark sticker directly placed at bottom corner of front endpaper. Old pencil note at top of front endpaper. Bumping at bottom corners, light rubbing at spine edges. Minimal yellowing. Pages have been cut. 215 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. 1st. Library. Good/Very good. Tomie de Paola. Good condition, ex-library book, DJ in library protective cover. Inscribed by author/illustrator on the title page to the Bessemer Public Library. 1st edition, hardcover. Charming picture book about babies, children, and toddlers, done in short "flicks" as square illustrations, three to a page. A real find for Tomie de Paola fans.

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1972. 1st. Good. 1st edition, 6th printing. Good Condition. Minor shelf wear. Top right corner bent.Pages clean and tight. Trade paperback. 531 pg. + appendices, index. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1973. Very good/N/A. MM paperback, Very Good to Fine condition, one slight crease to hinge area of front cover from opening the book. Tight binding, pages clean and crisp, edges still have the original yellow coloring. First paperback edition. 286 pages. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Forward From Here explores aging, something we all expect to face. The author, daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, had her entry into the sixties complicated by the discovery of not just one but three secret families in Europe, and blood relatives previously unknown to her. The resulting book is a unique insight into a famous and complex family. This is a first printing copy, signed and inscribed by the author a month after the release date. The front flap of the jacket has sticker residue on it, and there is light bumping of the base of the jacket. Otherwise book and jacket are in As New condition. This book is a spectacular addition to a collection. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1990. 1st. As new/Very good. 1st ed, as new condition, DJ very good. Rare hardcover first edition of a classic Stephen King. 763 pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!