Search Results: Authors starting with C from Elk River Books

New York: Villard, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Octavo (24.5 cm), pp. 283. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page: "---, I hope you enjoy this one. Several stories were written while I was suffering from an on/off case of maleria. I originally thought there was a 'fever dream' aspect to the book, but on later reading I found, at least comprehensible -- I hope you do to. Tim Cahill." Goldenrod boards with green quarter paper. Gilt spine text and author's initials stamped on front board. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Minor bumping to spine ends, bumping and rubbing to jacket. More extreme adventures from the author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and A Wolverine is Eating My Leg.

New York: Villard, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Octavo (24.5 cm), pp. 283. Association copy: signed and inscribed by author on half-title page to his friend, acclaimed novelist Richard S. Wheeler (from his estate), "For Dick, my model, happy adventures, Tim Cahill." Goldenrod boards with green quarter paper. Gilt spine text and author's initials stamped on front board. Livingston Enterprise (Cahill and Wheeler's hometown paper) news article about Cahill's reading at local book store laid-in. Minor bumping spine ends and jacket. Light rubbing to jacket.

New York: Villard, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Octavo (24.5 cm), pp. 283. Signed by author on half-title page. Goldenrod boards with green quarter paper. Gilt spine text and author's initials stamped on front board. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Minor bumping spine ends and jacket. Damp-staining along bottom edge of dust jacket but with no visible transfer to boards. More extreme adventures from the author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and A Wolverine is Eating My Leg.

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Unknown edition. Folio (31 cm), pp. 202. Signed by photographer James Yarnell on title page and signed and inscribed by dedicatee, Olive Ann Beech, on dedication page. Light blue boards with red quarter cloth, silver and blue spine titling. Photographic endpapers. Fully illustrated throughout with black and white arial photography from across the United States. Light fading and bumping to edges, slightly spine-cocked. Jacket with closed tears, small chipping and creasing.

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1995. Paperback. Very good. Quarto (28 cm), pp. 210. Pictorial wrappers with light edge wear. Includes 22 maps, 44 black and white plates, references and index. Author's name written on front cover, former owner's stamp on rear.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Folio (31 cm), pp.208 including bibliography. Beige buckram with black quarter cloth. Gilt spine titling with gilt Bourke-White's facsimile signature on front board. Black and white pictorial dust-jacket. Text illustrated with over 200 black and white photos. Minimal edge wear to book. Dust-jacket with 1" closed tear on front, 3/4" closed tear on back, moderate chipping on top front. . A retrospective photographic history of Bourke-White's career from her college years (1921) through her years with Life Magazine (1950-1956).

Viking Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo. 305 pages. White boards with blue quarter-cloth. Silver spine text. Author's initials stamped on front board. Appears unread. Very slight wear to corners of jacket.

Philadelphia: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1893. Very good. 18.5 x 13.5 cm plate, mounted to 23.5 x 16 cm leaf. One of 1000 copies published of the Aquarelle Edition of The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopidia of Universal Authorship, the 10-volume set was edited by Ainsworth R. Spofford and Charles Gibbon. "The photogravure illustrations form a gallery of art exclusively devoted to the representation of literature, such as has never been seen till now; and these pictures, by the best artists of all nations, conclusively prove the importance of the editors' selections from literature, because the paintings were made for the text, not the text for the paintings, and the great modern painters confirm the good judgement of the editors in their selection of great masterpieces."

Murcia, Spain: Eurocolor, 1995. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo (24 cm), pp. 797. Green wrappers with photo, illustrated with color photos and black and white drawings. Wrappers have very slight wear.

Toronto: MacMillan Canada, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Association copy: Signed and inscribed by author to conservationist and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard "with admiration and gratitude." Octavo (23 cm), pp. 246. Orange boards with pictorial jacket. Includes index and further reading. Promotional material from Cameron laid in. One corner is bumped, else fine.

New York: Penguin Books, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 406. Gray boards with red quarter cloth, silver titling. Few dog-eared pages, jacket has light edge wear.

New York: Penguin Books, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 369. Sandstone red boards with brown quarter binding and gilt lettering. Jacket and boards have slight edge wear.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (23.5cm), pp. 208. Front right upper corner has some light creasing and curling.

Salt Lake City: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003. Near fine. Poster (33 x 48 cm) for the 2003 exhibition of Salt Lake City writer Scott Carrier's photography exhibit at Ken Sanders Rare Books. Signed by Carrier and poster designer Trent Harris. Minor wear at lower corner.

Del Mar, CA: The Kyron Writings, Inc., 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Small Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 382 including index. Gold colored paper with silver and black titling on cover and spine with round colored photo of globe. Black and white photos of globe on each new chapter and occasional black and white photo. Slight rubbing to edges. Several dog-earred pages. A collection of channellings by Kryon.

Avon, CT: Heritage Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo (24 cm), pp. 172. Yellow cloth with red and green decorations and spine titling, yellow endpapers, red publisher's top stain and slipcase. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Sandglass, publisher's newsletter, laid-in. No jacket, as issued. Slight sunning to edge of slipcase, else fine.

Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo (18 cm), pp. 232. Tan boards with black quarter binding. "Elementary Course of Commericial English" with lessons, vocabulary, grammar and lexicon in French and English. Illustrated throughout. Light foxing and a few pages with very light pencil margin notes. Boards show moderate wear, but cover and spine text is unfaded and very readable. No jacket as issued.

Gainesville, FL: Feline Press, 2006. Later Printing. Spiral bound wraps. Near fine. Quarto (28 cm), pp. 174. White gloss cardstock wraps with color photo. Fully illustrated throughout with color photography.

Billings, MT: Western Organization of Resource Councils, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo (23cm), pp. 192. Signed by author on title page. Includes xeroxed epilogue written in 2006 by author, stapled in back. A memoir from renowned conservationist rancher and co-founder of the Northern Plains Resource Council.

New York: Robert McBridge & Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 12mo (19 cm), pp. 84. Black boards, pictorial jacket is clipped on all four corners (though original $1 price remains). Unread book with unopened pages. Jacket has slight edge wear.