Search Results: Titles starting with F from Cedar Tree Antiques

New York: Knopf, 1972. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ROYAL FLASH! by George MacDonald Fraser. First American Edition. Book 3 in the Flashman series of Harry Flashman, coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Spine & hinges sound. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, deckled edges to text block. Corners not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not price clipped, not a book club edition. A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference? Once again Flashman's charm, cowardice, treachery,… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FLASHMAN AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD by George MacDonald Fraser, published by Knopf. This is the 10th book in the Flashman series. A near fine book in a fine jacket. Corners are not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate. Prior booksellers price in pencil on free front endpaper, otherwise no markings. Spine & hinges are sound. Deckled fore edge. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is crisp and bright. In which we find Captain Harry Flashman of Her Majesty's Secret Service in the antebellum South, where the irrepressible, globe-trotting Victorian becomes the target of blackmailing beauties. Evading danger, bedding women, and profiting from every opportunity, Flashman once again weasels his way into history, this time in John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry, just before the Civil War.

New York: Knopf, 1975. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME by George MacDonald Fraser, published in New York by Knopf. This is the 5th book in the Flashman series. A fine book in a fine jacket. Corners not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate or markings. Spine & hinges are sound. Deckled fore edge, text block's top edge is red stained. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is crisp and bright. Flashman is recruited to go to Jhansi in India and investigate rumours of a rebellion among the Sepoys. Flashman again encounters Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, and the Russian tries to kill him. Once in Jhansi he meets the queen, Rani Lakshmibai. He listens to her grievances against the British Raj and attempts to seduce her. Shortly afterwards he is nearly garroted by Thuggees and assumes the disguise of Makarram Khan, a Hasanzai of the Black Mountain, and takes refuge… Read More

Knopf, 1986. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1986 by Knopf. First American edition. The eighth volume of Harry Flashman memoirs, in which the anti-hero departs Hong Kong for China where he encounters leaders of the Taiping Rebellion and members of the Qing Dynasty. A near fine book in a near fine jacket. Corners are not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate. Spine & hinges are sound. Very light shelf ware to bottom edge.Dust jacket is crisp and bright, and is not price clipped. A barcode label seen on back is affixed to mylar cover, not to DJ. See photos.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1973 by Barrie & Jenkins, London. First edition. The fourth volume of memoirs in which Harry Flashman confronts destiny with Lord Cardigan and the Light Brigade. A near fine book in a near fine jacket. Corners are not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate. Spine & hinges are sound. Dust jacket is crisp and bright, and is not price clipped, showing price as £2.25 net. There is a small "R5" written in ink at the bottom of the front flap. There is a small (.25") closed tear on the back flap fold approximately where the horse's leg crosses the edge. See photos.

Bath, England: Richard Cruttwell, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ernest Longfellow (his son). Sacra Privata - The Private Meditations and Prayers of the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson, D.D." A FORE-EDGE PAINTED book printed in Bath, England by Richard Cruttwell in 1818 and bound in gilt-stamped green leather, with six compartments on the spine, gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins, all edges gilt. The fore-edge is finely painted, and depicts a river in the Holy Land. Thomas Wilson was Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755. There is a gilt-stamped green leather "bookplate" on the inside cover showing Jane Rowley 1818. This may be Jane Fuller Rowley (1736-1819) of Connecticut. Please view the photographs. CONDITION: The fore-edge painting is crisp and beautiful. Prior bookseller's penciled price of $250 on inner front end-paper, foxing to title page & front end-papers but not elsewhere. Overall very good condition. DIMENSIONS:… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This 1980 Viking Press first edition of the "Frankenstein Diaries" was translated from the original German by Reverend Hubert Venables. It purports to be a record of the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein. Illustrations throughout, some of which are not for the squeamish. It's alive! Binding is a dark green leatherette with a gilt embossed Teutonic eagle. This book is clean & tight, in fine condition. The dust jacket is clean and covered in protective Mylar, with the original price unclipped. Marbelized endpapers. There are no bookplates or markings. A very nice copy.

various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Read More