Search Results: Authors starting with C from Alkahest Books

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1913. hardcover. Very good. Pyle, Howard. Illustrated in color by Howard Pyle (four full page color illustrations). Octavo (Approx. 5 5/8" wide by 8 5/8" tall) black cloth covers with paper pictorial onlay on top cover and gilt titles. xii +216 pages. Spine titles faded. A little wear at head of spine. Former owner name on front free endpaper. Republished later as Domnei. The fifth volume of Cabell's Biography of the Life of Manuel. Fantasy Fiction. Studio

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Kimball, Alonzo. Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball with color frontis. and others in black and white. Octavo red cloth covers with decorative design in black, blue and gilt, cover corners slightly worn. x [2] 396 page, plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. 062906A

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Kimball, Alonzo. Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball with color frontis. and others in black and white. Octavo red cloth covers with decorative design in black, blue and gilt, cover corners slightly worn. x [2] 396 page, plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. 062906A

New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, (c. 1994). softcover. Fine. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, (c. 1994). softcover. Fine. Completely Revised and Updated Edition. Special Consultant Alec Foege. Foreword by George Strait. Includes many color illustrations. Quarto, 208 pages. 021210A

Washington DC: The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, (1994). first edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Small quarto, (approx. 8 1/4" wide by 10 1/4" tall), gray cloth covers, 261 pages. Gift inscription (non-authorial) on front free endpaper, dust jacket price clipped; book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Includes many black and white photo reproductions, sources, and index. Architecture, Photography, Chicago. Studio

Louisville: Sarabande Books, (c. 1999),, 1999. first paperback edition. Soft cover. near fine. 72 pages, trade paperback. Book is in near Fine condition. 012306A

Sheltom Connecticut: The First Edition Library. Facsimile. hardcover. fine/fine. Octavo. Book, dust jacket, and slipcase are in fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the first edition. No publisher's information card included. Studio

Privately printed. (1925)., 1925. limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 23 pages. Reprinted by permission from the September Atlantic Monthly, 1925. On the colophon: "Made into a Christmas book for Earnest Elmo Calkins and Angie Cushman Calkins by the Pynson Printers of New York and two hundred copies printed on Glaslan hand made paper of which this is copy No. 46. Patterned paper covered boards, light wear at cover corners, else Very Good. 120506A

Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1926. first impression. hardcover. Very good. Octavo xiv [2] 372 pages, pictorial cloth covers, top edge gilt. Illustrated in both color and black and white; index, illusstrated endpapers. Bookseller stamp on half title page. No dust jacket. Light cover wear. 070400B

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, May 1950. first impression. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, green cloth covers with pictorial design in blue, gilt, and black. x + 427 pages. Includes bibliography, index. Color frontispiece, light damp stain along top edge of frontispiece. Includes folding map, black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket.

New York: Bantam Books, (1991). first edition. hardcover. Near fine/near fine. With illustrations by Malcolm Wells and photographs by the author. Octavo black cloth spine over blue boards, xiv [2] 223 [1] pages. 020922F

London: James and John Knapton, John Darby et Alios, 1730. New and Expanded Edition. hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, folios, full calf. Illustrated with 10 copperplates and 51 maps; frontispiece engraving of Camden by R. White; maps of England and the Counties by Robert Morden. The self-described Second Edition. This classic of the United Kingdom was translated from the Latin original, and expanded by Bishop Edmund Gibson (former librarian at Lambeth). The English Short Title Catalog, no. N15690, dates this scarce edition to "1730"?. [Brunet I. 1511; Sowerby 326 (1600 text in Latin), 327 (1753 3d ed.); PMM 101 [the 1586 ed.]. Title pages printed in red and black; text printed in 1536 double columns; antiquarian cuts including ancient coins, and a rendering of Stonehenge by Johannes Kip. The Appendix covers Ireland, Chronicles of the Kings of Man, the Insertions made by Dr. Philemon Holland in his English translation of BRITANNIA; with extensive Index and errata page. Contemporary calf covers,… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. first edition, as stated. hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, beige cloth covers with titles on spine in a reddish brown field. ix [3] 305 pages. Some browning on endpapers. Dust jacket has a long scratch on top panel, price clipped, with some tape reinforcements on the inside; a little chipping at head and foot of spine. Inscribed and signed to western Americana author, Jeff Dykes, by the author. Studio

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co. Inc., 1936. first edition, as stated. hardcover. Very good/near very good. Octavo, orange cloth covers, stamped in black, 304 pages. Dust jacket has small tape reinforcements on the inside, some light chipping at head and foot of spine. Laid in is a letter to Prof. Jeff Dykes from the author. Long inscription to Dykes on front free endpaper and signed by Caddo Cameron. Studio

San Francisco: Cameron & Company, (2001). 6th printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cameron, Robert. Oblong quarto. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Inscribed by Mayor Richard M. Daley to Nobel Prize winner, Paul Greengard.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1939. first edition. hardcover. Very good/Fair. A Double D Western. Octavo, blue tweedy cloth stamped in navy blue. 277 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, chipped at edges; some tape residue on the inside of the dust jacket. Long inscription on the front free endpaper by the author, Caddo Cameron, to Jeff Dykes, One page TLS folded, laid in, also from Cameron to Dykes. Studio

New York: Carlton House, (1941). first printing, as stated. hardcover. Fine/good. Octavo,, beige cloth covers with light red titles and pictoriial design on top cover. 303 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, faded spine. Cellophane tape was used on the inside of the dust jacket to reinforce some of the edges, and browning from this has leached through to the front of the dust jacket.. Inscribed by the author to Prof. J.Dykes, and also signed by Cameron. A two page TLS, also from Cameron to Dykes is laid in. "Badger Coe and Blizzard Wilson, underover Texas Rangers, follow the trail of the worst outlaw in a tough country." Westerns. Studio

New York: Willim Morrow & Co., 1972,. hardcover. Very Good. New York: Willim Morrow & Co., 1972,. hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo, 284 pages. With bibliography, index, and black and white illustrations including maps, photo repros., and diagrams. Book is lightly sunned at top and bottom edges. Dust jacket spine is sunned, closed tear on rear panel. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. 092108D

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1938. first edition, as stated.. hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo, red cloth covers, 306 pages. Tape reinforcement on inside of dustjacket at corners and head of spine, chipped at edges, and browning from tape is apparent at edges. Dust jacket spine faded. Inscribed by the author. Long inscription is signed by Caddo Cameron on front free endpaper. Western Fiction. Cowboys. Studio.

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Kuhn, Charles. Octavo, green decorated cloth covers, xvii [3] 461 pages. Drawings by Charles Kuhn. Travel, Exploration. No dust jacket. 092715A