Search Results: Authors starting with C from Collectible Books

1. PLEASE NOTE. This is the first edition of 1880 and NOT the 1881 2nd edition. Very scarce. The author is Henry Calderwood a Presbyterian Minister who lived from 1830 to 1897. Published in London by Macmillan. 443 pages + 1 advertisement page. The spine is sunfaded and shows letters and horizontal lines in gilt. Corner tips are lightly rubbed. Maroon cloth covers have impressed borders. On the half-title there is a fine inked inscription dated Sept. 8 1880. NO loose pages, cracking, tears, stains, writing, or marks.

1. 1956 Random House. First edition, stated first printing. 182 pages + ""About the Author"" page. Dustjacket is in blue, black and white; shows $3.00 price on the inside flap, short tears at top and bottom edges, some soil and edge rubbing. Black cloth with letters and front cover design in blue, silver and maroon. No ownership marks.

1. Title page reads, ""Great French Writers. George Sand. By E. Caro of the French Academy. Translated by Melville B Anderson translator of Hugo's ""Shakespeare"". Chicago A. C. McClurg Company. 1888."". First American edition. 235 pages. No dj. Blue cloth with clear gilt lettering on spine. Tight and bright with NO foxing. Very likely better than the rest.

1. SIGNED in pen on the title page, ""J.C.Oates"". First trade edition 1986 published by Dutton. Blue and white cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 310 pages. Mylar protected, price-clipped dustjacket. Otherwise book and dj are like new.

1. Vanguard first edition. Blue cloth with silver letters on spine and front. Blue endpapers. Faint tan spotting on textblock foredge; else clean, bright, tight and unread. Dustjacket has unclipped $10.00, wrinkle to spine ends, (2) 1/8"" closed tears, and light edge fade.

1. 1981 New York, E.P. Dutton. Stated First Edition. Like new but for light bump wrinkle at dj spine top.

1. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Hard Cover. Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . Stated First Trade Edition following limited Franklin Library printing. [14], 558pp. Light spotted foxing to verso of dj and to textblock foredge; else clean, square, bright, tight and unread.Original dj flap price $12.95. Very slight corner tip rub, no tears, chips etc.

1. 1982 Dutton. First edition stated, first printing (full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ). Dj with publishers $16.95 on flap. like new. Book in clean, unread, tight and bright condition. Very slight fade to textblock edges.

1. Stated first edition. Fine dj. Spine leans and two lines of text are underlined in pencil. Otherwise clean, bright and tight.

By Frances Chamberlain Holley. Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1891, 2nd edition.(Originally published in 1890) Ex-library with bottom spine label, rear pocket, a couple of stamps, light rub to corner tips, some fray to spine ends. Dark blue cloth with pressed gilt letters and designs to spine and front cover. Blind-stamped back cover design repeats in black on front. Decorated endpapers, marbled edges. 9 x 6 inches. 419p. + v (Index). Illustrated with 30 duo-tone photographs and drawings. 1891 inscription on blank front end paper, margins with a few short penciled vertical lines and one short note, front and rear hinge paper cracked. Else clean, bright and tight. Sioux/Dakotah Indians, Minnesota Massacre, Little Big Horn, etc. Scarce. Graff 1932, Luther 69, #70 High Spots Custeriana, Howes 592.

1. Mysterious Press. First printing. First edition (July 1985). xxi,168pp. Not the signed limited edition. Fine book in near fine dustjacket, lightly rubbed w. very slight edgewear. Book clean, bright, tight and unread.

1. Borzoi Book published by Knopf. Stated First Edition. Unworn black cloth with gilt to spine and front cover. Dust jacket shows very slight bumping to spine ends, edges lightly toned, NO tears, price ($15) intact. Very faint spotting to endpapers. One page fold (binding error). Else appears unread, clean, bright and tight.

1. Published by W. A. Butterfield, Boston. First edition. On title page: 1913, ""Frontispiece by Mary Hamilton Frye, 'The God of the Bees is the future' - Maurice Maeterlinck."" No dust jacket. Spine ends and corner tips very lightly rubbed. Green cloth with pressed line border to covers, and bright pressed gilt letters to spine and cover. Neat signature on fep, ""Maude Smith 1914"". Otherwise unmarked, clean, bright and tight. Scarce.

1. Scarce 1st edition by Edna Maria Clark. Published in Richmond in 1932 by Garrett and Massie in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 509 pages with frontis, 142 black and white plates, a biographical list of artists, and index. No dust jacket. It contains the history of Ohio art and artists from the mound builders to 1930. Painting, sculpture, wood carving, photography, needlework, weaving, pottery, jewelry, furniture, metal work etc. There are NO cracks, tears or handwriting. There is light tanning to the blank pastedowns and endpages.

1. SIGNED, inscribed and dated by the author on the fep in 1934. Excellent condition. Macmillan 1930 on title page. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules on the spine. 9 x 6 inches. xiii, 512 pages including appendices and index. Foldout b&w map frontis. 4 pages of listed illustrations. No dj. Very light rubbing and edgewear. Clean, bright and tight.

1. NY, Viking 1981 first American edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket showing the faintest bump and rub. Review copy with publisher card and review laid-in.

1. Stated first edition. Borzoi Book/Knopf. Unread copy. Clean, tight and bright. Dustjacket shows faint surface rub, no color loss.

1. NY, E.P. Dutton. Stated 1st edition, 1st printing. Well stored, unread, clean, bright and tight.

1. Stated first edition. As issued, dustjacket isbn: 0879234075; copyright page isbn: 0906293057. Well kept. Almost like new but for small penciled '6.50' on dj flap next to original publisher price of $12.95, small chip to bottom dj flap, and 3 small corner creases. Pages unread, clean, bright, and tight.