Search Results: Authors starting with C from Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Paris: Bechet Jeune, 1824. With half-titles. Quarter morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine; sporadic foxing, minor worming and chipping to spine. Contemporary hand-written note tipped in before title of Volume I, pencil annotations on first leaves of each volume and signature of F. Bautros on titles. Cabanis's fundamental work of social ecology articulating the relationship between organisms and their environment, substantially revised and augmented for the first time. This fourth edition is the most complete of the editions published just after his death, containing an extensive list of authors cited, and fifty-seven page index.

Paris: Librairie E. Le François, 1922. Original printed wrappers, bound in half-morocco and marbled boards. Second edition. In the previous edition (1909), Witkowski's name appeared first on the title page, with the slightly different title Gayetez d'Esculape. The present work includes chapters on the wit of famous sick people, the wit of medical celebrities, and wit in literature and history. Cabanès (1862-1928) was a doctor, historian and author of numerous works of fiction and history. Witkowski (1844-1923), a surgeon and medical historian, wrote widely on a variety of subjects, chiefly upon medical history but also upon art and history in general.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. FIRST EDITION. Original red cloth boards with gilt stamped title on the spine and author's initials embossed on the front cover; dust jacket slightly worn along the edges with a small chip to the front top right corner, neat tear through pages 181-206 with no loss.

Portland: Falmouth Book House, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with 8 gorgeous wood engravings by Ralph Frizzell. Original green cloth, author and title printed in red on spine, binding a bit sunned, no dust jacket; minor water stain to bottom of interior. Ownership signature of Leonard Shannon.

New York: Arbor House, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Original beige cloth embossed with the author's signature, dust jacket in very good condition, includes loose errata leaf ordering the change of "On Women" to "Men on Women" on the back panel. Internally perfect.

Berkeley: The friends of the Bancroft Library, 1966. Red cloth, title in gilt to top cover.

Philadelphia: For the Author, 1804. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers. Uncut and unopened. First edition. Dedicated to Dr. William Punell of Belfield, Virginia, and Benjamin Smith Barton.

Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1860. Disbound. More campaign literature, plus a short commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims, as celebrated by the New England Society of the city of New York.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1923. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's cloth; with the bookplate of Arnold Thackray. First edition. Part of the Cambridge Physical Series. Campbell here elucidates the various principles of relativity with the goal "to explain what the theory is, not to decide whether or not it is true."Campbell (1880-1949) was an English physicist who also wrote extensively about the philosophy of science. He worked with the Nobelist J.J. Thompson at the Cavendish Laboratory, and later became a prominent researcher at General Electric.

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. FIRST EDITION. Original boards. An excellent uncut copy. First edition of a significant political pamphlet supporting Wellesley in connection with efforts to impeach him from Parliament for actions taken when he was Governor General of India. The impeachment motion was originally made by James Paull (1770-1808) years before. In his letter, the author addresses three specific charges against Wellesley: his conduct towards two native noblemen and Chief ministers (of the provinces of Oude and Furruck-abad) and the measures taken by the British government against the Zamindars (landowners of two regions). Apparently Wellesley forced both states to surrender numerous cities to the British and usurped the land owned by the Zamindars, imposing astronomical taxes. When they refused to pay, Wellesley declared them "to be in a state of rebellion" and he used military force to establish the British authority. He was ultimately exonerated by Parliament. Richard Wellesley,… Read More

London: John Stockdale, 1811. Third Edition. Both volumes contain a frontispiece and list of plates; vol 1 has 28 illustrations (including frontispiece) and vol 2 16 illustrations (including frontispiece). Vol 1 with corner repair on frontispiece, some spotting, marbled boards with repaired spine; vol 2 some spotting on title page, rebound. Interior clean and bright. New edition, first published in 1802, providing a significant insight into the rise of the industrial revolution in Scotland. Describing many facets of the linen, iron, and fishing industry, Campbell's observations on manufacturing and economic expansion illustrate the development of a skilled working class, which was a direct result of the industrial boom at the turn of the nineteenth century. He accurately captures the rise of Scotland as a major player in commerce and manufacturing, as well as its daily life and natural scenery in northern Britain. This detailed and factual account provides information on everything from rural life… Read More

Paris: Felix Alcan, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Original blue printed wrappers bound into cloth. First edition of this important title. "Psycho-therapy was put upon a working basis in this book on the moral treatment of psycho-neuroses.

Geneva; Paris: J. Barbezat, 1830. FIRST EDITION. Title with engraved vignette. Complete with mounted errata slip. Contemporary blue marbled wrappers, frayed and chipped around the edges; interior with scattered foxing. An uncut copy from the library of Arnold Carl Klebs (1870-1943), the eminent Swiss scholar and collector, with his small stamp on the final printed leaf. First edition of Candolle's inspiring speech, given to the graduating class of the University of Geneva. Candolle aims to instill a sense of pride in his young listeners by tracing a history of botany, especially in Geneva. He lauds the research and developments of his predecessors as well as his colleagues, reminding the students that they are part of an important scientific legacy (in which he himself so prominently figures). An amazingly detailed account, this work is also valuable for Candolle's bibliographical notes.Candolle (1778-1841), father of Alphonse Candolle, was a professor of Botany at the Universities of Montpellier and… Read More

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1955. FIRST EDITION. With 5 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers, front wrapper with minor soiling and rear wrapper and spine with some discoloration, head of spine with small tear; interior excellent. An uncut copy with an unreadable presentation signature dated 17 April 1959 on the fly-leaf.

New York: [Privately Published], 1895. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 3 plates. Publisher's two-toned cloth with gilt armorial decoration to front cover. With author's inscription, as well as numerous text corrections which look to be in the same hand. First edition. The author (1815-1906) served on Gen. Wool's staff. Interesting detail about the war on the western front.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Linen-backed boards, original pictorial dust jacket in fine condition. First edition of Cantor's first novel and second book, based upon the life of Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-67), who graduated from the University of Buenos Aires medical school in 1953. Cantor attended Harvard College, and completed his Ph.D at the University of California at Santa Cruz. His other works include the novels Krazy Kat, and Great Neck, as well as two books of essays, The Space between: Literature and politics and On giving birth to one's own mother. A MacArthur Prize fellow, Cantor is part of the full-time faculty in the graduate English department at Tufts University.

New York: Random House, 1965. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine, dustjacket worn around the edges with tears; overall a lovely copy of this important work.

New York: Random House, 1958. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Publisher's yellow cloth, near fine price-clipped dust jacket with the date code 10/58 on the front flap. Overall an excellent copy.

Philadelphia: By the author, 1793. Third edition. Top wrapper (original) only, though detached; some spotting. Uncut, some unopened. Signature of Robert Bolling on title. Fourth edition of Carey's eyewitness account of the great yellow fever epidemic which enveloped the city of Philadelphia in 1793. "In this little book, which passed through four editions in a few months, Carey left a graphic description of the great yellow fever epidemic in 1793. He gave a good clinical description of the disease, mentioning the efficacy and failure of many forms of treatment" (G&M). Carey's intention was, in addition to setting forth the facts relating to the disease, to satisfy the "anxious curiousity" of the citizenry. Included in this enlarged edition are David Rittenhouses' meteorological observations for August through November 1793 and a 42-page listing of those who died from August to December 1793. This edition has several issues, this being that of 164 pages, with the comma following "subject" on title,… Read More

Pasadena, CA: Trail's End, 1946. FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Illustrated. Maroon leather, title in gilt on cover and spine; lightly worn. In original dust jacket (clipped). Number 71 of the deluxe edition signed by the author. The autobiography of the self-proclaimed last of the lone train robbers.