Search Results: Titles starting with F from Andrew James Books

Random House - Postscript Books, 2015. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st thus. In immaculate throughout, appears unread.

New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket with damage to base and head of spine, small tear to top front edge and bumped at corners. Faded to spine and edges. No inscription and internally clean.

Faber Music, 1977. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1977 Faber Music edition paperback. Good to very good light fade to cover edges a couple of creases. Pencil marks to contents page and occasional unobtrusive pencil mark to scores.

Chatto & Windus, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, Fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, clean throughout.

J B Lippincott, 1877. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st English translation of a novel by Ludwig Harder. In good condition, original brown buckram boards with gilt titles to spine. Rubbed and worn to top and base of spine and scuffed and marked to boards. Owners name to blank end paper and with small 'hole' to preceding brown front end paper. Internally otherwise clean though pages have faded. Mrs Wister was an American who specialized in translating the works of lesser known German authors in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Michael Joseph, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, no inscription very clean throughout. Keith Floyd's guide to South East Asian Food

Hamish Hamilton, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout. The book looks at the small number of brave men that stood up against the Soviet Dictatorship during the years following Krushchev's death. The author has put these dissidents in their social and political context. He analyses the importance of the Jewish movement in Russia and the seriousness of anti semitism. The policy and tactics of the KGB are scrutinised closely as possible. And the effects of Russia's chronic economic crisis are spelled out from the viewpoint of the man on the street. A vivid portrayal of dissident life in the Soviet Union before its break up.

Ward Lock. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Undated assumed first edition 1907. Red cloth with black decoration and titles. Backstrip slightly faded. Light shelf wear to head and base of spine. No inscription, ffep partially tanned otherwise clean throughout. Hinges cracked at front and rear end papers and spine a little shaky but binding secure. A very uncommon title by Frederick Merrick White who was an author of science fiction stories in the early 1900's and went on to help develop the spy genre. Advertisement for Ward Locks's sevenpenny series to the rear

New York: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WIth unclipped dust jacket which is complete but well worn. Label mark to front paste down otherwise clean throughout. Thriller about the American intelligence agency and a cover up dating from World War II

USA: Rand McNally & Co, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. In good to very good condition. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles and gilt and blue pictorial design to front. Lightly rubbed to edges in places. Top edge of text block gilt. Front hinge cracked and the first gather is a little loose binding is otherwise secure. Internally clean. 394pp 20cm x 14cm approx. Stories of everyday country life in Connemara in western Ireland in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Illustrated with 8 black and white plates and map.

Kimber, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears with light shelf wear along top edge. No inscription. Foxing to top margin of some of the pages not affecting the text otherwise very good and clean. The biography of Ernest Willows, Britain's foremost Airship pioneer and the first person to fly in an airship from England to France. A hair-raising account of his life given the Heath Robinsonesque level of technology.

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free, light rubbing to edges in places,small mark to bottom edge of text block otherwise clean throughout

Cardiff Naturalists Society, 1920. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good condition, Stapled pamphlet with thin card covers lightly soiled and with a couple of marks to rear but remaining crease free and internally clean throughout. Very scarce guide and instructions to members of the Cardiff Naturalists Society who were to participate in the Faunistic Survey of Cardiff that they were undertaking.

Peter Lang, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Part of the Germanic Studies in America series. No jacket (as published) cloth boards. Internally very clean other than very light foxing to front end papers.

With unclipped dust jacket in just about good condition, some shelf wear and a couple of repaired tears along top edge.The word "Melbourne" is written in ink along the spine. Boards in very good clean condition. Owners bookplate to front paste down and some light age toning to end papers otherwise very clean throughout.A fascinating account of the Felton bequest in particular and a chapter in the history of Art in Australia with particular interest in the debate on the buying policies and function of Art Galleries in general. With 55 black and white plates in addition to the 105 pages of text.

Blackwell Pub, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers crease free with light reading crease to spine, internally clean. Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary is of major interest to those who are aware of the breadth of its two component areas, and wish to explore the common ground between them more intensively. Entries deal with concepts from and significant figures in psychoanalysis, issues of sexual politics that intersect with psychoanalysis, feminist aesthetics and criticism which both use and challenge psychoanalytic thought. Each entry concludes with a short, carefully selected list of further reading.

Pierre Seghers, 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited edition stapled pamphlet signed and with a lovely dedication by the author to Arnold Saxton, the English translator of French Literature notably Balzac's Eugene Grandet. Very scarce item with 55 pages of poetry in FRENCH

Macmillan, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with price clipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, one or two finger impressions to front of jacket. No inscription, internally clean throughout. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges will apply.

Faber & Faber, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free, owners name to ffep and page edges slightly faded otherwise clean. A study of the fiction that was written after the terrible years of the First World War, both by combatants and by established novelists. Please note postal prices will be reduced.

Virtually as new signed to the front blank end paper by the author (see photos) Leather bound with gilt decoration, gilt to all edges of text block, light rubbing to top edge of text block otherwise the book is fine. Clean throughout. Non UK buyers please note additional shipping charges may be required