Search Results: Authors starting with C from Bibliodditiques

McClelland and Stewart, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. A. W. Davey. Published to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Province of Saskatchewan. Documents geological history, indigenous peoples, first European immigrants, fur trade, farming, politics, the dust bowl and Great Depression years and more. Illustrated with drawings and maps. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has some light edgewear and a bit of paper loss at head of spine. Included is a newspaper clipping from The Financial Post of a review of the book shortly after publication. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 292 pp.

London: W. Tweedie. Hardcover. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. A few dog-earred pages. Front hinge is exposed, but binding is still secure. Blind-stamped black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design on spine. Corners are bumped. Wear at corners and head/tail of spine. Appears to be missing an endpaper at front. Previous owners' names stamped and written on first free endpaper. Pencil writings on front pastedown endpaper. Frontis illustration. A nice compendium of scientific articles from the 19th century covering such topics as volcanoes, carnivorism, fossils in Ireland, Cuckoos, Sea Anemones, Jupiter's spot, tides, sea sickness, bitumen, 1755 earthquake in America, the arrangement of stars, coal, Mount Vesuvius, tapeworms, Peru, Jamaica, bird migration and much more. Nicely illustrated with engravings. No date of publication indicated, but likely from the mid-1800's if not earlier. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 700 pp.

New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tomie De Paola. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear at corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth-covered coverboards with gilt lettering. Top edge of text block is gilt. Frontis portrait of The Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada, with tissue guard. Photographic illustrations and fold-out map of eastern Canada. One loose photographic plate. Front free endpaper is missing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 344 pp.

Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No written inscriptions, tears, chips or creases to pages. Dust jacket has edge wear - chips, small tears about 1" long. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1963. First Canadian Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Previous owners' names on ffep. Dust jacket has some stains and a chip at bottome edge of spine and bottom edge of rear panel. Spine of jacket is yellowed. Contains photographic illustrations of author, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Maxwell Perkins, Ford Madox Ford, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson, Michael Arlen and James Joyce. Book recounts author's friendship with Hemingway and Fitzgerald in Paris during the summer of 1929. 255 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Eric Aldwinckle. A fictional account of university life at the University of Toronto, based on reality but featuring fictitious characters. Signed without inscriptions by both the author and illustrator on front free endpaper. Loose newspaper clippings about the book included. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Dust jacket has a few small tears. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 172 pp.

Toronto: John M. Poole, Publishers, 1932. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Very clean and bright copy. Green coverboards, Very slight lean to book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255 pp.

Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. A reconstruction of Castro's life with an account of the economic, social, and political history of Cuba since Castro's childhood. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some light wear to top edge of jacket. Twenty-six black and white photographic plates. Silver ribbon marker bound with book as published. Size: 9" to 11" (Sm 4to). 440 pp.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. The book is signed by Gregory Clark on the front free endpaper. His bookplate is on the front pastedown endpaper. I suspect this is the Gregory Clark who was a Canadian war veteran, journalist, and humourist. "A reporter for the Toronto Star from 1911 through 1946, Clark gained fame in Canada for his coverage of various news events of the 1920s and 1930s, and particularly for his front-line coverage of World War II." The book plate has a hunting/fishing motif, and Clark was known to be an avid outdoorsman. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Erasure of the number 10 on front free endpaper has left an impression mark. Brown coverboards with gilt embossed lettering. Black and white photograph on frontis showing author fishing. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 143 pp.

Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1909. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hard to find title in original binding. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Paste-down colour illustration on front. Gold-yellow coverboards. Eight full-colour illustrative plates. Some discolouration of endpapers. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 96 pp. + 16 pages at rear of book listing Notable Books on Foreign Missions.

New York: Golden Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tom O'Sullivan. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Surface paper on coverboards is worn through at corners and head and tail of spine. Front paste-down endpaper has a small scribble. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

Camarillo, California: DeVorss Publications, 2004. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Very Good +. Book aims to teach "the listener how to experience music with a new focus and intensity that will consciously bring about healing, serenity, vitality and spiritual awakening through the exquisite energy within music". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 154 pp.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1990. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. An account of New England Puritan settlers exploring their anxieties; their roots in literature and religion of the country they left behind; racial prejudice that exaggerated the difficulties of making a new home in a "howling wilderness". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 303 pp.

Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 1987. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Barry Moser. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Jacket has some small tears around edges; largest being a 1.25" tear at top edge of front panel. Previous price written in small numbers on rear panel. Richly illustrated with watercolors. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 37 pp.

London: The Folio Society, 1977. First edition thus. Slipcased. Near Fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Full-colour frontis and 11 other full-colour illustrations. In a brown slip case. Slip case has some wear and partial splits along edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 359 pp.

Quebec: Musee du Quebec, 1992. Slipcased. Very Good +/near fine. Jean Paul Lemieux. Book published on the occasion of the exhibition "Jean Pau Lemieux" held at the Musee du Quebec from June 3 to November 1, 1992. Lemieux "painted scenes of everyday life suffused with a sense of uncertainty about man's position in the universe." Includes dozens of full colour reproductions of the artist's works printed on glossy paper. Cardboard slipcase. Tight binding. Previous owner's name/date on front free endpaper. A Canadian postage stamp featuring a self-portrait of the artist has been stuck on the title page with the date October, 2004 written in pen beside it. Two newspaper clippings regarding the artist are laid in the book and will be included with purchase of the book. Additional shipping cost may apply due to weight/size. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 285 pp.

Edinburgh New York Toronto: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Kurt Werth. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Brown coverboards. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Original price of $2.75 on front flap. Jacket has some yellowing, small chips/tears around edges. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 95 pp.

San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Author recollects his thoughts, images from a day-long walk he takes through the forest on his property in the Ozark Mountains. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 230 pp.

London: Seeley Jackson, & Halliday. Hardcover. Very Good. A very early printing. No chips, tears, creases on pages. A gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper. Some edgewear to coverboards. A couple of signatures are a bit loose but the binding is secure. Dampstain on top edge of text block. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 483 pp.