Search Results: Authors starting with C from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

B. B. Russell: Boston, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A campaign biography by one of the most popular authors of the time. 12mo, 7 2/3” tall, frontispiece + 309 pages, gilt spine titles on brown cloth. A good, generally clean, sturdy original hardcover edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corner edges, chipping at the spine top, slight fraying started at the spine bottom, with fading to the spine titles; binding mostly solid but the center signature pulled, paper moderately yellowed, but with a few scattered pencil marks by a child.

London, England: Collins (England), 1957. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good +. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 510 pages, red cloth with gilt title on spine. A very good, clean, neat hard first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. With a long inscription on front free end paper by a previous owner. In a good+, clean, dust jacket with chipping at the back strip edges, some sunning along the back strip, price clipped.

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Co, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 245 pages, green boards with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, but with a publisher's 'sample' label affixed to the front free endpaper. In a near fine, slightly edge worn dust jacket, some fading to title along spine, with original price.

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2018-01-03. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket, if issued. This volume has a broken front hinge but appears new and otherwise unread. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xi + 253 pages, illustrated boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover overall with little shelf wear, BUT a bump to the bottom fore-corner, and as noted, the front hinge is cracked (likely due to the corner bumping and poor original binding construction), internal binding is tight, paper white. Without dust jacket as issued. A review slip is laid in.

New York, New York: Little, Brown & Co, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. With publisher's review slip laid in. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 248 pages, beige cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, slightly edge worn worn dust jacket, light fading along the back strip, with the original price present.

Arbor House: NY, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 282 pages, beige cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, but light foxing to the cloth at the margins, binding tight, paper a dark cream white. In a very good dust jacket with very small chips at the fore-tips, with the original price.

Boston / New York: Little, Brown, 1965 . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 375 pages, lime green cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper slightly yellowed, and with a touch of soiling to the fore-edges. In a very good, clean, lightly edge worn worn dust jacket, with original price present.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 517 pages, black quarter cloth with silver title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, slightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

New York, New York: Random House, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 337 pages, silver titles on blue cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hardcover first edition overall with moderate shelf wear, minor rubbing at the corners, spine slightly canted, hinges and binding solid, paper just slightly yellowed. Without dust jacket.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Scarce, but sold as a good hardcover first edition only, not truly collectible in this condition. Octavo 7 3/4" tall, 304 pages, decorative endpapers, orange illustrated cloth. With moderate shelf wear, exterior soiling to the orange cloth, spine cloth and fore-corner tips rubbed; hinges and binding solid, paper moderately yellowed, with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. Without dust jacket.

Oswald Train: Philadelphia, 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. near fine/Very Good. Octavo, 7 7/8” tall, 353 pages, gilt spine titles on blue cloth. A near fine, generally clean, original hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read; binding tight, paper cream white BUT with slight foxing at the top fore-edge. In a near fine lightly worn dust jacket with some foxing to the backstrip and with the original price present.

Bloombury Publishing Plc, 2008. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 458 pages, blue boards with silver title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price.

Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 222 pages, blue cloth over blue boards. A near fine, clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear but one corner bumped, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

New York, New York: Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2 " tall, 371 pages, black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, slight soiling at top fore-edge; binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with original price.

New York, New York: Lyons press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 119 pages, black boards with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean hard cover first edition with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, slightly rubbed dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: Algonquin Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 190 pages, maroon quarter cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat, hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with remainder mark (faint) on the bottom fore-edge. In a fine dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issued). Duodecimo, 6 1/4" tall, 353 pages + 10 pages ads, author's photograph on frontispiece, decorative gold cloth, top edge gilt. A very good (minus), clean, hardcover copy with rubbing to the backstrip and fore-corners, front hinge cracked but binding solid with signatures intact, paper clean, lightly yellowed.

New York, New York: HarperCollins , 1991. First Edition, first printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall 405 pages, black quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, but some slight color fading to the spine cloth; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: Crown Publishers, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 314 pages, black cloth with gilt title on spine. A very good+, clean, hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, some sunning to the black cloth at end of spine; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, clean, lightly worn dust jacket with short edge tears at ends of the back strip, with original price.

William Morrow; NY, 2000-10-24. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 290 pages, blue boards. A near fine, clean neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.