Search Results: Authors starting with C from PWK Books

A beautiful collection of aphorisms and essays compiled by Caroline May, a 19th-century English-American editor and literary critic who was particularly interested in works by and the education of women. Brown cloth jacket with blind and gilt stamping on front and back, with texture and gild on spine.

Publication date listed as 1851 on title page and 1850 on copyright page. C. Sherman is printer.

Cover shows wear and bumping on edges and corners, with fraying on top and heel of spine. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Spine is cocked. Small writing in pencil throughout.

Lavishly illustrated edition of Carroll's classic. Blue cloth with blind stamping on front and gilt on spine. Glorious illustrations: Each chapter features B&W illustrations with an additional color that changes from page to page. In addition, there are eight full-color illustrated plates.Gift inscription to former owner on FFEP dated 1944.Cover is stained and bumped, with some wear at the top of the spine. Rear endpapers are cracked. Pages are age tanned.

A lovely book by a founder of modern environmentalism. Beautifully illustrated from the colorful dust jacket to seaweed-patterned endpapers to the many B&W drawings within.Book itself has a small white stain on the front cover and a small bit of writing on the half-title. Pages are age tanned. Dust jacket has numerous tears, wear, and stains.

Grosset & Dunlap edition of Harris' Uncle Remus tales, including a preface & dedication by Harris to Frost as well as an introduction by Harris. Amply illustrated with over 100 B&W drawings by Frost. Bright green cloth cover with navy lettering on front and spine. Green & cream frontpapers.Cover is worn with stains and bumping. Interior is age tanned, chipped and stained. Features a lengthy inscription dated 1944.

1959 yearbook of Pomona College. Illustrated with B&W photographs.Inscribed by previous owner on second free page; otherwise condition is Fine.

1956 yearbook of Pomona College. Illustrated with B&W photographs.Stain on front cover.

A leather limp bound collection of six stories by Conrad. Includes "Gaspar Ruiz," "The Informer," "The Brute," "An Anarchist," "The Duel," and "Il Conde." Black leather with gilt on front and spine. Text block has gilt top. Decorative endpapers.FON on front endpaper dated 1924.Cover has wear and bumping, especially on top and bottom of spine. Significant cracking on front hinge. Pages are age tanned.