Search Results: Authors starting with C from MLC Books

Self Published, 2015. Elongated soft cover, 8 1/4" by 11 3/4". Fine, as new condition.. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Serapicos, Pedro.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. A West Virginia farmer, his estranged daughter, the wife who left him, incest and murder. Basis for the 1982 movie starring Stacy Keach and Pia Zadora. Gently bumped with a damp stain to the rear gutter. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, corresponding stain, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Macmillan, 1951. Ex-library with internal stamps, pocket or pad removed from the back. Bumped and rubbed with wear to the head of the darkened spine, scuffs to the boards, binding cracking. Good reading copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1979. Spine heel gently bumped with pencil underlining and marginalia, almost all in the first 60 pages (of 225.) Jacket shows light wear at the corners and spine ends, spine slighlty darkened, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First printing. Spine ends lightly rolled. Jacket shows light edgewear, in mylar. Inscribed by the author, dated 6/11/99. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1973. Tenth printing of the third Mushroom Planet book. Ex-library with internal markings and a pocket on the front end paper, no external indications to the book or jacket. Lightly bumped, spine slightly cocked, with tape shadows to the boards and end papers. Hinges a bit loose. Jacket shows corresponding crimps and tape shadows to the edges of the flaps, 1" closed tear to the fore edge of the spine onto the front cover. Small price sticker over the original price on the front flap, in new Brodart. Uncommon in jacket.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Darling, Louis. Ex-Library.

New York: Henry Holt, 1941. The murdered man was dressed like a bum, but had $3,000 on him and had missed few meals. Abelard Voss is on the case. Ray Euffa illustrated boards. Bumped with rubbing at the corners and spine ends, small chip to the spine head. Spine slightly cocked and darkened, binding solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Mystery House/Samuel Curl, 1947. Ex-lending library with stamps and stickers. Bumped and edgeworn with a small chip at spine head. Front hinge loose but not cracked. Jacket trimmed to fit 'old style' mylar cover with paper edges, glued to boards. Price intact, actually better than it sounds. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. Ex-Library.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1989. Computer expert Kidd takes a job of corporate espionage and scrambles to stay ahead of his target, the feds, and the mysterious people watching him. First printing of Camp's first novel, preceding the Lucas Davenport series written as by John Sandford. Spine ends gently bumped with tanning to the edges of the boards and foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

2008. Memoir of a former minister. Corners bumped. Inscribed on the half title page "To Bard Smith from Don, in gratitude for the contribution you and Gert made to my life." Bardwell Smith, professor at Carleton College in Northfield, MN was the son of Gert Behanna, who was influential in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous.. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Black flexible leatherette wraps. Rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown, dated 1931. Original receipt from Harper & Bros. and two 1931 articles reprinted from the Virginia Medical Monthly laid in. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Random House, 1942. Myterious murders and World War II spies. First U.S. edition. Ex-rental library with internal stamps. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, including a bit of loss at the spine head. Spine cocked, hinges loose, remnants of the jacket flaps glued to the pastedowns. The jacket, original but obviously married to this book, is lightly rubbed with just a touch of wear at the edges. Tape residue to the flaps with a neat 3" slice to the lower rear flap, in mylar.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

London: Thriller Book Club, 1940. Reprint. Lightly bumped, sunning to the spine and, unevenly, to the front board. Hinges loose, light foxing to the edges of the text block.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Hutchinson, 2007. DJ shows very light shelfwear, small 1/4" tear at top front corner, now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1928. A nurse, working for an enigmatic doctor, is caring for an aging invalid in the process of revising his will. When he dies, she suspects the death was not natural. Basis for the 1936 movie starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham. Filmed again in 1949 as "The Temptress" starring Joan Maude and Arnold Bell. Reprint, first published in 1928. Lightly bumped and rubbed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1948. Ten short criminous stories featuring Shorty. Undated, first published in 1948. Gently bumped and rubbed with a short tear to the paper on the front board. Spine slightly sunned, binding square and solid.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.A.: J-Press Publishing, 2003. A rookie detective investigates his partner's brutal murder and finds unexpected secrets. First printing. Fine, as new condtition, jacket in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Rinehart & Co., 1954. Inspector Burnival of Scotland Yard investigates the violent death of a heartily disliked doctor at a children's hospital. First U.S. edition. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends. Pages tanned, binding cracked but still solid at page 154. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, light foxing to the flaps, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. Elongated paperback, 7 1/4" by 10". Lightly bumped and rubbed, upper edge of the text block and front end papers a bit foxed. A small area of nibbling to the upper edge of the first few pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staplebound Wraps. Good/No Jacket.

Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 1997. When Delia Cathcart and Major Willoughby both disappear it looks like a middle aged spinster having a fling with a married man. But as the days pass, Inspector Guy Northeast's investigation turns up secrets, and motive. First American edition. Very gently bumped with the fore edge of one page lightly wrinkled.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.