Search Results: Authors starting with C from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Harper Brothers, 1907. Hardcover, slate gray cloth heavily stamped in white, silver, and gold. Top edge gilt. 334pp. Illustrated with 4 boldly colored tipped-in plates, all with tissue guards intact, by Howard Pyle. Pictorial green endpapers. No name, no book-plate, etc. Mild age soiling and toning to binding, still a very attractive period binding, in the first state. Very good.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. Red cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket Introduction by John Macy. First edition, first printing. Previous owner's name and date on front free end-paper. Dustjacket quite age worn with flaps detached and chips affecting several letters in title Good in poor dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1904. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in white, no dust-jacket. 256 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and 7 full page plates by Will Grafe; decorated by Blanche Ostertag. First edition, second state with frontis figure standing and dedication to Martha Louise Branch. Author's first book. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, terracotta cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 128 pages. Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Second impression. An entertaining introduction, for the vicarious traveler, of 11 of the most vainglorious monuments created by owner's and builders, from the modern New World's Newport, R.I. to ancient Rome's ruined villa at Tivoli. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket worn. book is clean, square and unmarked. Very good in a poor dust-jacket. .

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1995. Trade paperback. New copy still in publisher's shrink-wrap. "Written by ten distinguished Dante scholars, the essays in Dante Now represent the most significant areas of contemporary Dante studies. This collection, originating from a 1993 University of Notre Dame conference, includes some of the newest and most exciting work in contemporary Dante studies and focuses in particular on three intensely cultivated areas of Dante studies: poetics, minor works, and reception." [from rear panel] New copy.. Softcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Frankfurt, Germany: Pro-Fun Media Publishing, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, case bound quarto volume in pictorial boards, no dust-jacket as issued. Unpaginated (120 pages). Prefatory note by Gerard Nemour printed in English, German and French. Illustrated throughout with full color photographs. First edition. A provocative assemblage of male nudes by French photographer and world renowned director/producer of gay pornographic films Jean Daniel Cadinot. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new. Scarce..

Paris, France: Self Published by Author, 2000. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large slim quarto paperback. Unpaginated [84 pages]. Single introductory page in French, English and German. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. First edition of this title, essentially a self-promotion piece for the directors new batch of gay films. It was followed two years later by a larger hardcover edition issued by Pro-Fun Media Publishing, Frankfurt, Germany. Explicit color photos of 28 actors from French director Cadinot's 1990s films. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new. Scarce..

New York: Penguin Books, 1988. Trade paperback. 193pp., Foreword by Robert Coles. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight copt. Mild wave to covers, else very good.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The American Social Hygiene Association, 1928. Hardcover, dark brown cloth spine over light brown paper covered boards. 80pp., Foreword by William Freeman Snow, M.D. Fifth printing, originally published in 1917. Illustrated with drawings and nine plates [several in color]. An early science primer covering reproduction in plants, insects, animals and man. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square copy. Very good.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, green cloth, no dust-jacket. 295 pages. Index. Second printing. Contains sixteen scholarly essays on Whitman and his work. No previous ownership marks. No previous ownership marks. Spine lightly sunned, else a like new copy. Book is clean, tight, and unmarked. Very good+..

New York: Dorset Press, 1985. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 360pp., Glossary of Persons and Places, Ilustrated with 7 maps. Translated with an Introduction by Jane F. Gardner. Reprint edition, second printing thus. Dust-jacket toned, small closed tear tape repaired on verso. No previous ownersgip marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket lightly worn. A very good copy in a good dust-jacket. . Reprint. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: D. R. Godine, Publisher, 1980. Hardcover, buff cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 208 pages. Further Reading, Notes on Illustrations and Glossary/Index. Extensively illustrated with color and monochrome photographs, drawings and maps, including map end-papers, selected by Barry Cunliffe. Translated by Anne & Peter Wiseman. First American edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Amphoto, 1972. Hardcover, green cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket. 191pp., Facsimile of the 1901 First edition, originally published by Doubleday, Page. illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Peter Pollack. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket shws several blemishes: two small abrassions on lower spine, very mild edge-wear along top edge and old residue from price sticker on upper front panel. A clean, square, tight copy in a complete dust-jacket. Very good+ in very good dust-jacket.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1957. Hardcover, blue cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 555pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and map endpapers. Foreword by Arleigh A. Burke. First edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers. Old adhensin marks where mylar had been affixed to inside of boards. Not an ex-libris copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. Mild reading wear and toned endpapers under flaps, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Near very good in a very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hawthorn Books Inc., 1974. Hardcover, green cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 243pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. First edition, first printing. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. A riveting account of the greatest land-air battle in history, the Battle for Kursk,which saw the greatest concentration of armor of any campaign of the Second World War. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2010. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 304 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. An engaging autobiography by two time Academy Award winning British actor whose career began in 1964 [Zulu], was knighted in 2000, and has stared or appeared in dozens of films. No previous ownership marks. Small remainder dot on bottom edge and publisher's price sticker on rear dust-jacket panel. A clean, sound, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a very good+ dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover,, black cloth in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 648 pages. Bibliography, References, Abbreviations, Notes, Acknowledgments, Index. Illustrated with 24 black and white photographs. Second American edition, first printing with full number line. Volume I of Cairns' massive biography of the great composer, published some ten years after the first, now revised and corrected and issued to complement volume two, published the following year. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, book like new. Dust-jacket clean and complete, with no tears or chips. Fine in fine dust-jacket. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

Milan, Italy: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, 1983. Large hardcover, white cloth in white dust-jacket printed in red and black. Volume II of a massive 4 volume set. 555 pages. Profusely illustrated with monochrome and color photographs. First edition, no other printings indicated. Text in English. An inter-disciplinary study of the social, economic, territorial and political history of the Italian nation from the beginning of the twentieth century up till the outbreak of World War II. Private gift dedication on blank prelim. Else a very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Housed in original color printed slipcase which shows clear tape repairs across to edge. Near fine [dedication] in a fine dust-jacket. Slipcase is complete but rated good due to clear tape repairs. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Milan, Italy: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, 1984. Large hardcover, white cloth in white dust-jacket printed in red and black. Volume III of a massive 4 volume set. 555 pages. Profusely illustrated with monochrome and color photographs and maps. First edition, no other printings indicated. Text in English. An inter-disciplinary study of the social, economic, territorial and political history of the Italian nation from the beginning of the Second World War up till the 1960's.. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Housed in original color printed slipcase. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Slipcase is very good plus . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press Books, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 484 pages. Appendices, Index to Topics and Institutions, Index to Authors. Signed presentation copy, on title-page, by author, addressed to the parents of the assistant author for this edition. Included also is a personalized hand written letter, signed by Caldwell, on his letterhead, to the parents of Paul Stanley Weiland, gifting the book "with your son's name on the cover". Third edition, revised and enlarged. A clean, square, fresh and apparently unread copy, near as new. Near fine. .