Search Results: Authors starting with C from Michael Fox (Bookseller)

Harper's Magaine Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A Publisher Recollects the Time of His Life." A memoir by the longtime publisher of Harper & Brothers/Harper & Row, a holdover from the early 20th-century days of publishing as a gentleman's vocation. A clean tight copy signed by the author on ffep; laid in is a signed letter from Canfield describing the book. Dust jacket (price intact) has come nicks on edges and spine is sun-faded. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Chatto & Windus, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The original UK edition, published one season ahead of the US edition. A clean tight unmarked copy in a fine dust jacket with price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Knopf, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean tight unmarked copy -- virtually as-new -- of the stated first edition of the fourth volume in Robert Caro's ongoing biography of Lyndon Johnson. Dust jacket has price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean tight unmarked copy of the stated first edition of the second volume in Robert Caro's ongoing biography of Lyndon Johnson. Dust jacket has price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Random House, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tennial, John & Kredel, Fritz. A lovely special edition of the Lewis Carroll classics, unjacketed in slipcase as issued. The original Tenniel illustrations have been colored "in the manner of the period" by Fritz Kredel. Books are clean tight and unmarkedSlipcase has some wear but is intact, with a small inked notation at the bottom back. We ship all books promptly, caarefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A historian's evaluation of Churchill's 1924 decision to create an articial monarchy to nite three unfriendly peoples -- Kurds, Sunis, and Shiites. 288 pp, a clean tight unmarked copy in dust jacket with price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags

Cambridge University Press, 1982. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 316-page comparative study of segregation in South Africa and the American South. Q clean tight copy, unmarked except for a black spot on top edges (remainder mark?) and a bookseller's barcode sticker on back cover. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Prentice-Hall, 1956. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A clever little book whose premise is that so many English words sound similar to each that plausible alternatives to texts can be made by substituting words-- hence "Anguish Languish" for English Language. 48 pp, illustrated with cartoons; Categories cited as examples are Furry Tails (Fairy Tales), Noisier Rams (Nursery Rhymes), etc. Example: Ladle Rat Rotten Hut for Little Red Riding Hood. Unstated printing, lacking dust jacket; a bit worn and grubby, owner's name on ffep. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Dodd Mead, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 993-page collecting reprinting the stories first published in The (Innocence, Wisdom, Incredulity, Secret, Scandal) of Father Brown. A clean tight unmarked copy of the first edition, with copyright page number line complete from "1," just a bit of shelfwear on bottom edges. Dust jacket has price intact. Father Brown is no Sherlock Holmes, and Chesterton is no Conan Doyle, but here it is... We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Doubleday, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine copy of the stated first edition, published simultaneously with the hardcover. Small crease at bottom corner of back panel, small chip along bottom of front panel, otherwise a pristine copy, virtually as-new. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

HarperCollins, 2018. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Five of the most popular Hercule Poirot msteries in a slipcase. Books are clean, tight, and unmarked; slipcase has a 1" split at bottom front corner. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1953. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Undated later book club printing of Clarke's early masterpiece. A clean tight unmarked copy, really about fine -- no flaws to be remarked. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Eyre Methuen, 1982. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Revised and enlarged edition of the book first published in 1963. 310 pp, including a 30-page gazetteer of interesting or significant organs. A clean tight unmarked copy in dust jacket with price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Schirmer G Books, 1981. Hardcover. Good/Fair. An extraordinary compilation of brief reviews of pretty much every piece of any length on any LP listed in the Schwann catalog of the time. A staggering 2164-page book that must have represented thousands of hours of listening. In general, one and only one specific recording is recommended for each piece, whether a Beethoven symphony or a trumpt-piano solo piece. (And there is little doubt that Cohn actually did listen to each and every piece, since his remarks are often quite specific; as an example, he prefers a different pianist for each one of the five Beethoven conceros.) As might be imagined, he sometimes struggles to say something different for each of the thousand-odd pieces included, but it is an amazing feat all the same. The very heavy book is solid and unmarked; the dust jacket has several taped tears.

George Braziller, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Oversize 136-page survey of Gaudi's work, including 8 full-color pages and numrous plans, drawings, and b/w photos. A clean tight unmarked copy; covers rubbed. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A classic account of quests and exploration through history. Owner's signature on fffep, otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust jacket (price intact) has some chipping and a slight tear along top, some creases on front flap. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Latimer House Limited, 1949. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean tight copy of the second printing (1950), gift inscription on ffep. Lacking dust jacket. We ship all books, promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Random House, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Coover's second novel, a fantasy baseball league governed by chance. A clean unmarked copy of the stated first edition lacking jacket. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Signet (New American Library), 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. The first paperback publication (stated first printing June, 1969) of the acclaimed second novel by Robert Coover. A clean tight unmarked copy, seemingly unread. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.

Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean tight unmarked copy of the first edition -- copyright page number line complete from '!" of Coover's sixth novel. Remainder stamp on bottom edges. Dust jacket has price intact. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.