Search Results: Authors starting with C from Berthoff Books

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 234 pages, with bibliography, biographical note and notes on the text by the translator. Introduction by W.H. Auden. Harvest Book HB108. Trade paperback, crease to front cover at bottom corner, reading crease, light shelf ear, light smudges and foxing to wraps and top edge. Pages unmarked.

Bantam Books, 1972. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 515 pages, with index, bibliography, chronological tables. Illustrated with b&w photographs of artifacts and digs on 16 double-sided plates; also a map and drawings of hieroglyphs, site layout, etc. Book originally published in German 1949, English translation by Knopf 1951. This "Second revised and substantially enlarged edition" issued by Knopf 1967, this Bantam edition 1972 of which this is the 6th printing. Mass-market paperback, wraps creased and worn, edges/end papers/page margins age-toned, a former owner's name written in big letters on fore-edge, notes by most recent former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff in front matter and on a smattering of other pages.

Bulzoni Editore, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 281 pagine, a cura di Paola Cabibbo, Introduzione. Ten essays by seven Italian scholars of American literature, on various works of Melville including Typee, "Bartleby the Scrivener", Redburn, "The Encantadas", and Billy Budd. Trade paperback in self-wraps, spine sunned, mark from a paperclip on front cover and front free end paper, very slight shelf wear, pages unmarked. From the library of Prof. Warner Berthoff (not stated), who was in touch with several of these scholars. Our inventory #WBB-1249 is a pamphlet of English abstracts of these essays.

Bulzoni Editore, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 24 pages. Pamphlet with text in typesript format, being one- or two-page abstracts in English of the ten Italian-language essays on works of Melville by Italian scholars of American literature, published in the book Melvilliana, edited by Paola Cabibbo and likewise published by Bulzoni. Our inventory #WBB-1247 is the full book. Pamphlet c. 6-1/2"x8-1/2" stapled through front and back covers with protective strip over the fold, curled along fore-edge. "Abstracts" in English is written in marker over the Italian "Abstratto". Pages unmarked.

Garzanti Editore, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 93 pages. Three short stories from a collection Calvino intended as I cinque sensi. He died before writing the ones themed on vision and touch; here are taste (the title story), smell (Il nome, il naso), and hearing (Un re in ascolto). 16mo (5" x 7-3/4"), gray cloth with blue gilt lettering on spine, rough-cut fore-edge, light foxing to edges and end papers, in unclipped DJ. Gift inscription on ffep verso, pages bright and unmarked.

Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 280 pages, with index, illustrated with b&w photos and documents (full-page and cuts). Trade paperback, minor shelf wear, binding tight. Underscoring observed on one page.

Capricorn Books, 1973. Soft cover. Good. 582 pages, with index, bibliography, chronological table, detailed timeline of events in 1939-47, eight maps. Cover: "The first one-volume history in English giving the story of all the Islamic states and peoples from the beginning to the present day." First German edition 1939, first Capricorn edition 1960, this edition revised 1973. Trade paperback, edge wear, soiling to wraps and edges, binding tight. Bookstore price and name of former owner on ffep, pages unmarked.

Penguin Books, Inc., 1948. Soft cover. Fair. 187 pages. First Penguin Books edition, translation published in hardcover the previous year. Levi's autobiographical work relates to the period of his political exile starting in 1935, for opposing fascism, to a remote village. Mass-market paperback, wraps worn and chipped, outer glassine layer mostly peeled away, a few pages also chipped along top edge or fore-edge, pages age-browned and brittle. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff written on inside front cover, his underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 15 pages.

Oxford University Press, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 77 pages. American edition. 12mo (5-1/4" x 7-1/2"), green cloth with paper labels on front and spine, the latter with loss at one end; worn at crown and heel, rubbing along spine, boards and labels soiled, former price in pencil on ffep, pages age-toned but unmarked. A strip of pretty, cancelled French postage stamps from 1995, featuring illustrations of La Fontaine's Fables, laid in by former owner and conveys with this book.

The Mariscat Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 16 pages. Translations of twelve raucous love and drinking poems by the Latin poet Catullus into modern Scots English vernacular. First-ever title from The Mariscat Press, Glasgow. Edition limited to 200 copies. Stapled in pale butter-yellow card wraps a bit sunned along fold, light wear and a few spots to wraps, light vertical indentation extends about 2" from top about 1/4" from fold and parallel to it. Pages bright and unmarked.

Verlag Golem, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 79 pages, with index of traditional numbering of the poems and the ordering in this edition. Has "Rationale of the Translation" note on the use of modern idiom. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", stapled in white card wraps which are age-toned and foxed along the fold, no apparent shelf wear, top edge age-toned, old price in pencil on ffep, publisher's name and address stamped on inside back cover, pages unmarked. Reading these translations will likely require a magnifying glass; evidently a miscalculation of trim settings shrank the type to no larger than 8-point.

Editions Gautier-Languereau, 1972. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 64 pages. Further adventures of Becassine, the housemaid from the French countryside. This collection of comics originally copyright 1927. Drawings by J.P. Pinchon, captions by Caumery. Quarto (~9" x 12-1/2"), printed cream-colored cloth with beige cloth quarter, colorful geometric design on end papers, comics printed in color on semi-glossy stock, scant wear, age-toning along top part of boards and end papers, light foxing to fore-edge and title page. No marks within.

Gautier-Languereau, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 62 pages, with index. Reprint collection of French comics starring Becassine, the housemaid from the countryside, during World War I. Original copyright 1915. Drawings by J.P. Pinchon, captions by Caumery. Quarto (~9" x 12-1/2"), printed paper over boards with red cloth quarter, faint foxing to boards, water stain at front top corner, colorful geometric design on end papers, comics printed in color. No marks within.

The Viking Press, 1964. Soft cover. Good. 854 pages. Sixteenth reprint of edition first published 1951. Translated and edited, with an introduction and notes, by Samuel Putnam. From the cover: "including both parts [of Don Quixote], substantially complete, with all omitted passages covered by editorial summaries, plus two "Exemplary Novels", complete, and Cervantes' Farewell to Life. Has 34-page intro and Suggested Readings in English. Mass-market paperback in beat-up wraps (soil, rubbed-away patches, spine age-darkened, front cover reanchored with tape, creasing), names of former owners written on ffep and back cover, old price in pencil on ffep. Underscoring appears to be confined to the introduction and the short Editor's Note, with main text pages unmarked. Printed on the typical high-quality stock for this series, the pages appear free of age-toning. "Good" condition is a compromise between the fair exterior and very good text.

Signet (The New American Library), 1954. Soft cover. Fair. 144 pages. First Signet printing of translation issued by Farrar, Straus and Young in hardback; Italian novel published 1950. Foreword by Paolo Milano. Mass-market paperback, shelf wear, rubbing along spine, edges decoratively stained red, binding loose - text block detached and reglued/taped, brown stains to inside of covers, pages brown and brittle with age. Verses handwritten on inside front cover, underscoring/marginalia observed on one other page.

Simon & Schuster, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 392 pages, with index, frontispiece portrait. First U.S. printing. 8vo, dark navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine, red end papers, minimal shelf wear, corners sharp, light foxing and soil to edges, binding tight, in unclipped slightly smudged DJ with wear to edges and two tears along top of front panel (3/4" deep), vertical crease to front flap. Not ex-library. Pages unmarked.

Oxford University Press, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1743 pages, plus 80 pages of front matter including an Introductory Survey by Harrold; also, Chronological Outline (1830-1901), biographical chronologies, Selected Bibliography. Excerpts from writings on philosophy, social sciences, science by an array of authors including Carlyle, Macauley, Cardinal Newman, John Stuart Mill, Thackeray, Ruskin, Matthew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson. Text is laid out in two columns per page. Royal 8vo (6-3/4" x 9-1/2"), faded blue buckram, faded lettering on spine overwritten by hand in silver gilt, hinges cracked (with tear to last page of book along gutter), edges/end papers/page margins age-toned, bookstore label remnant on rear free end paper. Name of former owner and year 1948 written on front free end paper, underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 25 pages in the Introductory Essay and a few other pages.

The Macmillan Company, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two-volume set. 977 pages consecutively numbered across the two volumes (Volume 1 contains pages 1-500), with index to both volumes at the end of Volume 2. 8vo, blue cloth, slight shelf wear, page-turn soil to bottom edges, Vol. 1 has a few pages chipped or folded at outside bottom corner. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff and "June 1946" written on each front pastedown, pages clean, bright for their age, and unmarked.

Giulio Einaudi editore, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 158 + XXII pagine, Nota introduttiva, Nota bio-bibliografica, Bibliografia. "The Awakening è un romanzo americano che quando uscí, nel 1899, fece scandalo. L'America d'oggi l'ha riscoperto, come libro anticipatore d'una tematica femminista: la donna che non s'identifica col ruolo che le è imposto di moglie e madre di famiglia". Traduzione di Erina Siciliani. Centopagine: Collezione di narratori diretta da Italo Calvino. / Upscale mass-market paperback, light soil to wraps, practically no visible wear, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked.

Einaudi, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 233 pagine, 15 racconti di Kate Chopin (1851-1904). Scelta dei racconti a cura di Erina Siciliani. Traduzione di Maria Luisa Agosti. Italian translation of stories by Kate Chopin. 8vo, light blue cloth sunned/faded to gray around edges, light smudges to fore-edge. Unclipped dust jacket lightly soiled, practically no visible wear. Pages bright and unmarked.