Search Results: Authors starting with C from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth boards, lettering on spine faded, decorative illustration on front boards intact. Previous owners name and bookplate, some discoloration to page ends.

Random House, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hilarious travel adventures from noted adventurer Cahill. His third book, now out of print in hardcover. Book is fine in near fine jacket (small split at top front edge, spine slightly sunned), not remainder marked. First edition, first printing.

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a very early reprint of the novel, about 6 years after it's first appearance. Stated first printing of this edition. For its age, quite remarkable condition. Green cloth boards, some browning to pages. Green jacket with yellow text has strong color, almost no wear other than some spotting to the extremities of the flaps, a tiny ding at the top of the front panel, and a small tear at the head of the spine. Also includes an attractive mid-century bookmark from Concord Books of Times Square. In protective mylar

Praeger Publishers, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A thorough examination of English music for keyboard instruments from the Middle Ages through the 18th Century. VG in a VG, price-clipped jacket with a few small bumps and a small closed tear near the top of the front flap. Neat gift inscription from 1975 on the front endpaper. A quite nice reference copy

Crown, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Wonderful Italian cookbook praised by Paula Wolfert, among others. Pasta is at the center of each four course meal presented here. Tired of Atkins? Eat some noodles!. Fine in a fine jacket. Perhaps a bit of toning to rear jacket flap. First printing.

New York: Overlook Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A survey of English prints from the 15th to the early 20th centuries. Near Fine (small red mark or stamp to bottom edge) in a similar unclipped jacket (1/4 faded spot to top edge of the front panel). Very clean internally, with wonderful illustrations.

New York: Dutton, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Children's National Book Award wiinner for 1973. VG in like jacket. Book has foxing to top edge, bit of a lean, faint stain to foredge. Jacket price clipped, small tear to top rear at flap. NOT ex-library, this is a fourth printing.

Racine, WI: Whitman, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Thin pictorial edition--cover has Larry Frederick illustration. Endpapers feature line drawings of Trixie and Honey, four others. A nice clean copy. A little wear to board edges, spine ends. Lists to #16, Missing Heiress. Price sticker on rear pastedown reads 1.50.

Golden Books, 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Beige paperback, no printed cover price (which is unusual). Internal lists to Missing Millionaire. A few dings to the cover, tiny closed tear and a bit of crumpling to lower back cover near the spine, but overall a nice clean copy

Racine, WI: Whitman, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An "ugly" (thin pictorial) edition of volume 1. Pictorial cover with terrible Larry Frederick illustration. Endpapers feature line drawings of Trixie and Honey. Slight lean to book, a little wear to front cover (sticker removed) and at head of spine. Tiny stain (pinhead sized) at front edge of title page and facing list page. Lists to #16, Missing Heiress. Price sticker on front reads $1.25

Racine, WI: Whitman, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An "ugly" edition of volume 1. Pictorial cover with terrible Larry Frederick illustration. Endpapers feature line drawings of Trixie and Honey. Slight lean to book, a little wear to front cover (sticker removed) and at head of spine. Owner's first names in pen on rear endpaper, small stain (pinhead sized) at front edge of title page and facing list page. Lists to #16, Missing Heiress.

Golden Books, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Beige paperback, price on cover $1.25. Internal list to 28 The Hudson River. Lovely overall condition, faint creases on spine.

Golden Books, 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Beige paperback, orig cover price $.95, lists to Unseen Treasure. Nice clean copy with minimal wear, Small bend to top page corners, gift inscription to front endpaper.

Golden Books, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Beige paperback, orig cover price $.95. Internal list to 22 Mead's Mountain. Some tiny bends to cover but overall in pretty great shape.

Golden Books, 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Beige paperback, orig cover price $1.50, lists to Missing Millionaire. A nice and overall clean copy

Golden Books, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Beige paperback, orig cover price $.95. Internal list to 22 Mead's Mountain. Some wear to cover, tiny tear lower front near spine, another small tear to rear cover, corners a bit bent. One stamp to inside front cover. Good reading copy, solid binding. Pages a touch yellow.

New York: Hyperion Books, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First U.S. printing of this novel developed along with the screenplay to Campion's film of the same name. Near fine in a like jacket, with just a touch of shelfwear.

New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of author's second book, a collection of stories. Small space where place holder had rested visible from bottom edge only, else fine in a fine jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Author's first book, an exceptional collection of short pieces, some reprinted from earlier magazine appearances. Fine in a very nearly fine price-clipped jacket (very light overall wear, a fingernail mark or two). This is the second priinting. No remainder mark

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Excellent copy of this Canin novel of a small-town Missouri man caught up in New York intrigue. Fine in a fine jacket, this is a first printing.