Search Results: Authors starting with C from Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable

Drawing. Very Good. No Binding. Paper size: 305x250 mm, drawing size: 130x100 mm. Etching signed with a dry stamp in the margin. Numbered: 86/120. In very good condition, small wear to extremities. .

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Folio (305 x 220mm). Inscribed by Chaplin to the title page:"To Prime Minister and Mrs Wilson - Charlie Chaplin". Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister who, encouraged by Louis Mountbatten, included Chaplin in the 1975 Queen's New Years honours list, conferring upon him the title Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). The book comes from the collection of Harold and Mary Wilson (included catalogue from the auction as provenance). The book is firmly bound in clean black cloth lettered in white to the spine, the extremities are a little bumped and rubbed. The text block is slightly toned and dusty. The dust jacket is the original, it is price clipped and slightly grubby with some minor nicks, closed tears and rubbing to the edges. With excellent provenance, and an important association with the British Prime Minister who granted Charlie Chaplin the establishment recognition he… Read More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. vii, 298pp [+14 ads]. 'Cheap edition 1925' stated to the copyright page. Original green cloth, black title to the spine and front cover together with decorated motif in black. Spine slightly faded, little wear to spine ends, pages edges tanned, minimal foxing. Included original dust jacket with some restoration, slightly soiled. Clean and fresh copy. .

London: George Newnes Limited, 1933. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Mostly in good+ condition - there are some small tears, usual wear and soiling to the cover. Some covers slightly detached from binding but still remains whole. .

Bremen, Verlag von C. Ed. Muller, 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio (340 x 400mm). 180pp,[1]. Finely bound by the J. R. Herzog, Leipzig, in burgundy cloth, embossed gilt ornaments, gilt title on front board and spine, all edges are gilt, leather spine. Glossy endpapers. 'Deutsches Leben in Frieden und Arbeit' (German life in peace and work), frontispiece and 12 full-page lithographs, elaborately decorated. Text in two columns, divided on twelve chapters: 1. An Gottes Segen ist Alles gelegen (Everything is situated for God's blessing) 2. Die Sitte des Hauses (The custom of the house) 3. Unser taglich Brod gieb uns heute! (Our daily bread is giving us today!) 4. Arbeit des Geistes (Work of the mind) 5.Vorzeit und Gegenwart (Past and present) 6.Fur unser Volk ein herz (A heart for our people) 7. Kunst (Art) 8. Malerei und Skulptur (Painting and sculpture) 9. Poesie (Poetry) 10. Musik (Music) 11. Freies Burgerthum (Free citizenship) and 12.Nachruf (Obituary). 374 songs,… Read More

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1887. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Copyright edition. Collection of British Authors vol. 2491 and vol. 2492. 18mo - 165x125mm (6.5' x 5'). Quarter morocco bindings with marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt titling to the spine and decoration. Endpapers marbled. Bookplates 'Bibliotheque Grace Whitney Hoff' and 'Charles De LaBouchere'. Corners very lightly rubbed. Block edges slightly tanned with occasionally spotting. Last page in vol I (351/352) with small tear. Fine copy..