Titles starting with F from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Stamford, CT: Ailsa, Inc. (The Classics of Golf Library), 1988. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.25". [311pp.] Red cloth with gilt lettering. Ownership signature, else a nearly fine, very bright copy. With a foreword by Herbert Warren Wind and an afterword by Ross Goodner. With the Classics of Golf flyer laid in. Tait was a professional soldier, a Scottish war hero, who was among the most proficient amateur golfers of his day. ... more information

New York : William Morrow & Company, 1948. Hardcover First edition 7.25" x 5". 248pp. Orange cloth, lettering in black. A good+ copy with moderate external wear & soiling, bookplate removed, spine slightly cocked; text clean & unmarked throughout. Dust jacket is fair, tattered & edgeworn with light rubbing. Norma Drooschen is suspected of killing one man because she wanted to marry another; Lieut. Bill Decker, the one man she can trust, must resist her temptations and convince her... more information

(Tokyo): (Yamaha Music Foundation), 1986. Hardcover First edition 9" x 6". 195pp. Black cloth hardback with green lettering. Fine condition. A highly technical treatise covering the basics of FM, complex FM, waveform, sines, pitch perfection, feedback, resonances, and much more. ... more information

Paris: Garniers Freres, [Circa 1890]. 7" x 4". 416pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, all edges gilt. Near fine condition. This nice French language edition features many illustrations after woodcuts. ... more information

Paris: Hachette, [No date, circa 1930]. Hardcover 12.25" x 9.5". 72pp. Beige paper covered boards with color illustrated mounted label on the front board, blue cloth spine. Fine condition. French language fables. The full page color illustrations by Lorioux are marvellously executed. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. Hardcover First edition 10.75" x 7.5". 124pp. Bottom corners lightly bumped, else a nearly fine copy. The dust wrapper has a somewhat darkened spine, and some small edge tears, and is otherwise a fairly bright VG+ example. It is not price clipped. Thurber's wonderful humorous illustrations of animals and ridiculous people are the perfect adornment for these silly short tales of modern life. ... more information

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 2000. Hardback First edition 9.5" x 9". 144pp. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Includes beautiful photographs on nearly every page. ... more information

Pasadena, California: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1972. Paperback 8.5" x 11". 31pp. Red stapled paper wrappers. Fine condition. "A brief summary of salient science results obtained from the Mariner 9 mission through early June 1972." With many black & white photo illustrations. Mariner 9 was an extraordinary mission; it was the first human artifact ever to orbit another planet. It mapped the s... more information

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. Hardcover First edition 10" x 7". 304pp. Illustrated cloth, in dust wrapper. Gift inscription, very light foxing to a few leaves, else near fine condition; the jacket has a few edge tears aand small chips but is over all quite nice. Szarkowski was an influential photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 he was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Ths volume is his second book and has becom... more information

Fairbanks, Alaska: Tanana Yukon Historical Society, 1988. Hardback 10.5" x 8.5". 160pp. Oatmeal colored cloth covered hardback. Fine condition. Signed by the author on the title page with the notation, "#21 / 250". Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. oral histories of Alaskan life by some of its residents. ... more information

Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 1973. Hardback 9" x 5.75". 185pp. Illustrated cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition, fine jacket. Two novelettes by the Japanese author of proletarian literature. In 1929 Kobayashi was dismissed from his job at a bank in response to The Absentee Landlord. The following year he was tortured and killed by the Japanese police at the age of 30, apparently partially in response to a depiction of police torture in a story he wrote. ... more information

Sapporo, Japan: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Printing Shop, 1949. Hardback First edition 7.5" x 5.25". 159 pp. Red flexible boards. Ownership inscription, else near fine condition. A profile of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, including facts and fiction. With many black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Hardcover First edition 11" x 8.5". 87pp. Green embossed cloth with gilt lettering with a mounted illustrated paper cover label. With a touch of rubbing and soiling, small gift inscription, otherwise a superb, bright copy. Far better than average condition. With dozens of color and black & white plates by Harrison Fisher. ... more information

Toronto: William Briggs, 1911. Hardback First edition 8.25" x 5.5". 296pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and a beautiful white and pink illustration on the front board showing a tepee against a mountain backdrop. A beautiful illustrated cover. With twelve color illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo. An account of life and travel in Canada. The author began his journey in Liverpool and visited Quebec, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Calgary, the Selkirk Mountains, Victoria, British Columbia,... more information

New York: Dial Books , 2001. Hardcover First edition 8.25" x 5.25". 139pp. Blue and green hardback, in dust wrapper. One spot of soiling on the rear flyleaf, else fine condition; the jacket has a light bit of soiling, but is otherwise in near fine condition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. ... more information

Bremerton, Washington: Red Press Press, 1984. Paperback First edition 7" x 10". 48pp. Illustrated stapled paperback. light soiling, else nice VG+ condition. ... more information

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1981. Hardcover 10.75" x 14.5". 312pp. Red buckram hardcover with gilt cover design and spine lettering in dust wrapper. Spine tip is lightly bumped, top edge of rear board bumped in one spot, publisher's label on second leaf, else fine condition. Dust jacket is in fine condition. The contents is organized into four parts; The Age of Steam, Fairground Baroque, The Modern Movement and The Figurative Tradition. Fully illustrated with black and white ... more information

London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Circa 1955. Paperback 10.25" x 13". 16pp. Color illustrated stapled paper wrappers. Near fine condition. This book contains color cut-outs that can be assembled to form an actual miniature train engine. All of the pieces are present, alog with instructions and a short narrative story. This book is scarce, especially in such nice condition with all the parts present. ... more information

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. Hardcover First edition 8.5" x 5.25". 261pp. A fine copy in a lightly edge worn dust wrapper. A classic work with chapters on the fairy realms, tutelary spirits, forgotten gods and nature spirits, the 'host of the dead', hobgoblins and imps, giants, hags, monsters, fairy beasts and plants, time and the seasons, changelings, fairy wives and lovers, fairies in literature, etc. With many illustrations. ... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1916. Hardcover 8" x 5.5". 232pp. Pale heather grey cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Spine tips and edges are lightly bumped with some fraying on corners, and a few small chips from bottom edges, else near fine condition. The dust jacket spine and edges are worn with some small tears and chips missing, else VG+ condition. A black and white photograph of the author with a dog is laid in before the first leaf. Some silvering of the ... more information