Authors starting with F from The Book Block

London F. Waller, 1831. Sm. folio (15 3/8 x 12 inches), full dark maroon roan, deeply impressed with an over all gothic cathedral design, featuring a large rose window above a vaulted arch, surrounded by rows of small arched windows; inside the arch on the upper cover is the gilt stamped title with the date M. DCCC. XXXI. (there is no date in the book, and the six U.S. copies reported to OCLC [LC, NYPL, Harvard, Yale, Duke and U. Texas] do not supply one). All edges gilt. Fine.The book contains a... more information

Verona Officina Bodoni, 1971. Sm. 4to., quarter blue morocco with the author's name blocked in gold over vellum-color, paper-covered boards with black Roman lettering spelling out the name of the author. T.e.g., other edges untrimmed; in a matching board slipcase. As new!One of 160 copies in English (translated by Betty Radice), printed in Dante type on Amalfi handmade paper, with an Introduction by Giovanni Mardersteig giving an account of those who collaborated in the work: Torniello who de... more information

N.p. Chez le Auteur, 1922. 8vo. (7 x 5 inches), bound in simple boards with the title information in black on the upper cover and spine. Slightly hand soiled, spine a little darkened. One of 600 copies for America, SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.The Belgian printmaker, illustrator, draughtsman and painter, Frans Masereel, was born in Blankenburg in 1889 and died in Avignon in 1972. He worked in Paris but moved to Switzerland during the great war where he associated himself with a circl... more information

London J. M. Richardson, 1813. 8vo. (8 1/2 x 5 inches), three-quarter contemporary calf over marbled sides. Spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration and titling, joints lightly rubbed. Quite a nice copy of a SCARCE BOOK, translated from the French, originally published in Stockholm in two volumes in 1801-1802.This first hand account records the author's travels into the remote, frozen north; the large folding map traces the course of the rivers of Torneå, Muonia and Alten. The t... more information

Paris Michel Lévy Frères, 1857. 8vo. (7 x 5 inches), contemporary quarter morocco decorated paper covered boards; spine with four raised bands and gilt titling. Inconsequential foxing to the preliminaries. INSCRIBED in ink on the half title by M. Bravard, who translated it into French.Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe (Love and Intrigue) was written and produced in 1784 in Mannheim where he was living in difficult conditions under an assumed name. The story provided the basis of ... more information

Small 8vo. (7 ¾ x 5 inches), second edition,original front wrapper; new back wrapper, slight stains, blank portion of last leaf restored. From C. G. Littell Library with his bookplate. ¼ morocco clamshell case.Joseph Field was a physician living in Texas when the Texas Revolution began. He joined the army, serving as both doctor and soldier. In 1836, Field was captured along with many others, most of whom ultimately were slain by their Mexican captors. Field, however, was spared to treat wounded Mexican s... more information