Search Results: Authors starting with C from Shapero Rare Books

Paris, chez l'auteur, de l'Imprimerie & de la fonderie de J. Pinard, 1825. . First edition; elephant folio (73.6 x 54 cm); letterpress title, two leaves of explanatory text and leaf of subscribers, lithographic dedication leaf, and ten lithographic plates after Cadolle by Deroy, coloured in a contemporary hand, with some light creasing to the plates, occasional light spotting mainly confined to the letterpress leaves; contemporary quarter red morocco over red paper covered boards, extremities expertly repaired and furbished, most notably to top right corner of upper cover, a very good copy. A fine, complete example of Cadolle's first Russian work, showing dramatic views of the Russian capital during the Golden Age. Published in the year of the Decembrist revolt.August Cadolle (1782-1849) spent several years living in Russia, and published the present work on his return to Paris, in 3 issues; the first two contained 3 plates each, while the final issue contained 4 plates. The rare original wrappers… Read More

London, Macmillan, 1882. . First edition thus; 8vo; frontispiece, pictorial title, plates and illustrations by Caldecott, 4pp. advertisements, frontispiece tissue guard torn; publisher's green, gilt-pictorial cloth, gilt edges, slight lean but overall very good. An attractive illustrated edition of Irving's episodic novel, originally published in 1822 under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.

1969 . Lithograph in colours, 1969, on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 75, published by Maeght, Paris, 74.9 x 54.6 cm. (29½ x 21½ in.)

1965 . Lithograph in colours, circa 1965, on Rives paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 75, published by Mourlot, Paris, 55.9 x 75.6 cm. (22 x 29¾ in.) Although widely known as a sculptor, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was also a prolific printmaker. This lithograph, spotlights Calder's Futurist style, a style that is more closely associated with his sculpture and highlights his talent across mediums. It accurately captures Calder's precision, but also his freedom in terms of composition. Large geometric strokes across the plate, alongside a lopsided palette of red, black and white takes Calder's iterations of Futurism, which are so often found in his sculpture, and creates a print that encapsulates his spirit.Calder received many accolades throughout his life, including the American Medal of Freedom, and deservedly so. His great influence on Futurism, Constructivism, Minimalism and American art in general is widely accepted, but perhaps most notably is the recognition he has received from… Read More

London, Edward Arnold, 1909. . Limited edition, number 7 of 250 copies; 4to; half-title, mounted colour frontispiece, additional plates throughout (some colour and mounted, some photogravure), captioned tissue guards, maps, text clean and bright; later half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover slightly sunned, spine slightly faded, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. number 7 of 250 copies. A 'classic and standard work' (Wood) on angling for salmon in Scotland, here in the deluxe format.

Connecticut, Callaway Editions distributed by the Viking Press, 1980. . First edition, number 30 of 50 signed copies in set II (of IV), each with a different gelatin silver photograph in an edition of 50 (200 copies in total with an additional 16 hors commerce); folio (340 x 278 mm, 13½ x 11 in); black-and-white photographs printed in duotone offset; cream endpapers, natural linen-covered boards; original gelatin silver photograph (150 x 150 mm, 5 x 5 in) mounted on to rag paper, signed and numbered in pencil in the mount, print laid in to the publisher's grey paper portfolio with title to front in blind, housed together in the publisher's quarter vellum over linen drop spine box with titles stamped in blind on spine, fine; [76]pp. Callahan informally began his series of beach photographs in 1938 at Lake Hutton, where his wife's family had a cottage. But it wasn't until 1946, when he started teaching at the Chicago Institute of Design (The New Bauhaus), that he felt he had taken his first good… Read More

. punched photographic plate and book, signed, titled and dated on the backing board, housed in a plexiglass box, overall 15 x 18 x 4 in., 38 x 45.7 x 10.2 cm

London, Samuel Holdsworth, 1838. . Seventh edition thus; 5 vols; 4to; 203 engraved plates, including frontispiece and maps, some folding, occasional offsetting and light foxing; contemporary calf gilt, joints repaired, panels with broad gilt borders surrounding a centre panel in blind, spines in six compartments, tan morocco lettering pieces to second, black numbering pieces to third, others richly gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges, some occasional foxing, a handsome set; [4], viii, 796; [4], 922, [2]; [2], vii, [1], 776; [4], v, [1], 771, [1]; [28]pp. A handsome five-volume set of Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, rendered into English with commentary and illustrations by the engraver and biblical scholar Charles Taylor (1756-1823).Calmet (1672-1757) is best-known for his pioneering exegetical work, Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments, which departed from the custom of giving allegorical and tropological interpretations of scripture… Read More

London, Excudebat Thomas Vautrollerius Typographus, 1576. . First edition printed in England; 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); text in Latin, a few ink marks to title and rear endpapers, woodcut device to title and last f. of text; contemporary English gilt calf, quadruple blind ruled with single gilt fillet, oval centrepiece of interlacing ribbons and tendrils to upper and lower panels, spine with gilt fleurons in 5 raised compartments, crude early repairs to head and foot of spine and edges, old wormhole at foot of lower cover, tightly bound, otherwise internally clean; [28], 742, [134]pp. The first edition printed in England of Calvin's seminal work of systematic theology, arguably the most important doctrinal work of the sixteenth century. Bound in contemporary English gilt calf.Institutes of the Christian Religion established a framework for Reformed Christianity to rival the comprehensive belief-system of the Catholic Church, exerting a powerful influence over the later stages of the Reformation in… Read More

1843. . First edition. 2 vols., 8vo, folding engraved maps, 17 lithograph plates, of which 8 are hand-coloured, some folding, contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, all edges gilt, light fade to spine, a fine set. Lieutenant-Colonel James Campbell's attractively illustrated observations made during his 24 years stay in Ceylon in various official appointments. Includes records of eephant, buffalo, and leopard hunting in teh region of Kandy. Bobins 228; Czech, Asian, pp 42-43.

Mona, Savacou, 1975. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; 'Miss Girlie' illustration by Lorna Goodison, unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial wrappers, minor rubbing to extremities, else near-fine. Campbell's second collection of stories, published following the success of her first collection, The rag doll and other stories.

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1864. . First edition. 8vo, [xii], 320, [8](ads)pp., folding map, title-page vignette, frontispiece, 5 wood-engraved plates, original purple fine wavy-grained cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear, a very good copy. Born on the island of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland, Campbell (1802-1877) joined the East India Company in 1820. In 1834 he was ordered to Odisha to quell an insurrection among the Khonds (the hill tribes inhabiting the Eastern Ghats), returning there in the Goomsoor war of 1836-7. Having accumulated valuable local knowledge Campbell was given charge of the Khonds, with the aim of suppressing the practices of human sacrifice and female infanticide. Without the use of troops Campbell managed to save hundreds of potential victims, but following the arrival of his successor, Capt. Macpherson, disturbances broke out and Campbell was ordered back to take charge once more. After serving in India for over 30 years Campbell… Read More

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. . First edition in English, first impression; 8vo; light spotting to margins and fore-edge; publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine and edges slightly faded, with the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Edward Bawden, neatly repaired tear to front panel, slight edge-wear, spine ends slightly chipped, some toning to edges, overall a very good example. A very good example of the UK first of Camus' masterpiece. Gilbert's wonderful translation matched by one of its era's greatest pieces of book design. Connolly (100 Modern Books), 94B.

Madrid, 1787. . First edition; 3 volumes, folio; printed in Latin, Spanish and Arabic, half-titles, engraved vignettes (opening the text) and errata leaves present in each volume, contemporary Greek ink inscriptions to front free endpapers of each volume, some very small marginal wormholes and occasional light soiling, overall very bright and attractive condition; contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments within raised bands, red and green morocco labels to spine with lettering in gilt, lightly rubbed and scuffed at extremities. A Spanish orientalist, Francisco Canes (1720-1795) spent sixteen years devoted to the study of oriental languages in Damascus, where he was sent by the Franciscan order. On his return to Spain he studied at the Royal Academy of History. This dictionary focuses on colloquial rather than classical Arabic and was apparently intended for the use of missionaries in Africa and the Middle East.

New York, Random House, 1948. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's tan cloth, red lettering to spine, horizontal line in green to spine and upper cover, blue topstain, with the unclipped dustjacket, very slightly toned at spine, minor edgewear, else a very good example. The first edition of the author's first novel. Other Voices, Other Rooms is a semi-autobiographical exploration of an adolescent's experiences growing up in a small Southern town and his encounters with many of the characters therein, including a tomboy strongly reminiscent of Capote's longterm friend Harper Lee.

New York, Random House, 1949. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, white and yellow lettering to spine, corners slightly rubbed, with the unclipped dustjacket, light rubbing to extremities, one or two small spots to folds, else very good. First edition of the author's second book.

New York, Random House, 1951. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; mild offsetting to endpapers, slight age-toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's oatmeal cloth, titles to spine in dark red, green and black, brown topstain, with the price-clipped dust jacket, mildly tanned, else a very good copy. First edition of the author's second novel.

New York, Random House, [1980]. . First edition, first impression (with Random House's standard number line commencing with '2'), number 17 of 50 special copies for presentation, signed & inscribed by the author, 8vo, original cloth, slightly dulled at spine but otherwise very good, plastic jacket and slip-case. Inscribed by the author: 'This is one of fifty copies designed and printed for friends of the author. No. 17 Truman Capote'.'Music for Chameleons is a continuation of Mr. Capote's concern with developing the artistic possibilities of journalism.'

Bologna, H.H. del Dozza, 1655. . Second edition; 4to (24 x 18 cm); woodcut devices to titles, woodcut headpiece and initials, numerous woodcut diagrams including full-page tables, book label to front pastedown; rebacked vellum, endpapers and pastedown reusing old manuscripts (dated Florence 1743), modern cloth clamshell box, minor damp-staining to bottom margin of last few quires; [8], 160pp; signatures: []4 A-V4. Two works extracted from the first volume of the 1655-1656 Dozza edition of Galileo's Opere, comprising Capra's (1580-1626) treatise on the use and construction of proportional compasses (signatures []4 A-K4) and Galileo's (1564-1642) resulting attack on Capra (L-V4). Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams and full-page tables. First published in 1607, Usus et fabrica was suppressed by the University of Padua following a complaint by Galileo that the work plagiarised his earlier Le operazioni del compasso geometrico militare (1606). The text essentially amounted to a Latin… Read More

Venice, [1703]. . Landscape folio (30 x 42.2 cm), engraved title, dedication to Doge Luigi Mocenigo dated 27 May 1703, 103 numbered etched views by Carlevaris, puncture marks to the centre-verso of plate 103 running through to plate 95, with associated small holes to plates 100-103, occasional faint soiling and browning, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, speckled edges; rebacked preserving spine. The best work by the first distinguished painter of Venetian Vedute and one of the earliest practitioners of this painting type.Born in Udine, Carlevaris (1663–1730) moved to Venice at the age of sixteen. The present work, consisting of 103 engravings, is the most complete survey of the fabriche of the city ever produced and served as a model for Venetian view painters throughout the XVIII century. It is the first series of Venetian views conceived of as a whole and consists of predominantly frontal views of the most important buildings and squares of Venice, particularly the… Read More