Search Results: Authors starting with C from EGR books

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition. Very Good-. Undated circa. 1900 - early edition, Hardcover has bright, clean boards. Binding is tight and square. No internal markings other than small ownership inscription on title page. Dust jacket is price clipped and has wear to the corners and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes. Illustrated with 52 full page engravings by "Phiz," illustrator of many of Charles Dickens' best known works. Rebound in 3/4 blue morocco and marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Five raised band and gilt spine. Gilt text block top. Tanning to other text block edges. Ownership inscription. Some foxing to tissue guards, plates, and end papers. Edge wear to boards tips and hinges. Square and tight binding

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Four volumes. Translated from the French by P. Davall and dedicated to William Congreve. Scarce first British Edition. Bound in 3/4s calf with marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine. Gilt tooling to spine. Some rubbing to edges, spine, and tips. Ownership inscription of FFEP. Interiors are clean. Bindings are tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 144p. Inscribed by author on FFEP. A decorated blue cloth hardcover book. Spine head and foot lightly rubbed. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Otherwise, interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. A poetry collection illustrated with black and white plates and a color frontispiece. Features an attractive front cover, displaying a steam locomotive in the snow.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, first printing. Full number line to "2" as was the standard for Random House at that time. Light wrinkling to foot of unclipped dust jacket and front panel, top edge. Clean interior with no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG-. Dust Jacket: Condition: Fair. First edition. Hardcover in excellent condition but for one inch chip to backstrip and portions of the backstrip with tears. Partial DJ. Missing rear panel. Front panel and two flaps present with chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated, First Printing. (Number line 24689753 indicates Random House first printing during this time). Unclipped dust jacket has very light wear to tips and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Beautifully bound in 3/4s calf with marbled boards. Brown endpapers and red edges. Five raised, ribbed bands. Gilt spine title. Some wear to extremities and rubbing to boards. Binding is tight and square. A collector's copy.Robert Chambers (10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner, William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. Large item. Extra shipping may be required.

First Edition. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost & J. M. Conde. 8vo, publisher's illustrated tan cloth in chipped dust jacket. Hardcover Condition. Fine. Boards are bright, clean, and well preserved, tight, and square. DJ spine is missing approximately three-fourths. DJ front has a 1-3/4" tear originating from the spine. DJ has edgewear and chipping. 175 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. A rare and beautiful reprint of the 1733 classic. Large folio (18 1/2" X 13 1/2"). Marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine and gilt. Gilt text block top. Protective case is fine but for two small bumps/chips to the spine. Large item. Additional shipping may be necessary.

Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated 68pp. 16mo. Square and tight. Rubbing to spine. Library sticker from the Cadet Armory in Boston front pastedown. Richmond: James E. Goode (printer), 1881.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Unclipped DJ with light chipping at spine and small tear at top rear corner. Some light toning to spine. Hardcover is fine with bright vibrant colors. Top stain appears is bright red and unfaded.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, 9th printing. Signed by Tom Clancy on the half title page. Binding and pages are clean and tight. Hardcover has some tanning to text block edges and light shelf wear to the boards. DJ is unclipped with no tears or chips. Some light rubbing to the DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. One of only 152 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on hand-made paper in full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Full calf, light green binding. Ownership bookplate of James William Ellsworth. Light rubbing to board edges and tips. Rubbing at crown and foot of spine. 1/8" chip at front and rear of the foot of the spine (at the hinge). A few light scuffs to the calf on the rear board. Offsetting to title page. Tight and square binding..

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated. First printing. Full number line starting with "1." Dust jacket is unclipped. The first novel by the author A collector's copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition 1st edition. Second printing with number line to 2. Light dust spot/smudge to front hardcover cover. Fine, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Red morocco binding with marbled boards. Gilt top edge. Raised bands. Ownership stamp on front pastedown and flyleaf, otherwise clean interior. Some rubbing to edges and boards. Pre-Civil War anthology of American poetry. Scarce.The preface states, "This volume is the first of a series designed to present a survey of Western Literature--to make known who have been, and who are the poets, orators, and prose writers of the States[ Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas] which comprise what is properly known, in American history and geography, as The West; and to preserve, in a form convenient for reference, their most characteristic productions. .It contains selections, with biographical notices, from the writings of 97 men and 55 women. . .It has been the intention of the Editor to include in this collection every person, legitimately belonging to the West, who has gained recognition as a… Read More

Copy of the the original playbill of the first performance of "Seven Keys to Baldpate." The play premiered on Broadway on September 22, 1913 at the Astor Theatre and ran for 320 performances. This 1913-14 play by George Cohan is based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The dramatization was one of Cohan's most innovative plays. It became a hit, running for nearly a year in New York, another year in Chicago and receiving later revivals; Cohan starred in the 1935 revival. Cohan adapted it as a film in 1917, and it was adapted for film six more times, and later for TV and radio. Bound in full leather. NF condition. Rare.

385, [blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First US edition, first issue. A VG+ copy in original blue cloth, spine and upper board gilt. Spine faded/soiled. Slight spine lean. Light rubbing to tips. Interior clean other than light foxing on title page gutter and rear board. Text block has slight foxing.

Hardcover with DJ. Illustrated. DJ is scarce. Hardcover Fine. DJ is Very Good. Book is square and tight and internally very clean with some tanning to endpapers. DJ has a chip at the top of the spine and two small chips to bottom rear edge and a small chip to top front tip. One small stain on front and another on rear of DJ.