Search Results: Titles starting with C from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Portland, OR: Oregon Journal, The Journal Auditorium, 1950. 4to. [24 pp (unpaginated).], illustrated throughout. Textured printed gray softcovers, maroon lettering front & back covers (minor age toning, shelfwear), still VG bright copy, from library of Wright Lewis, former owner of Green Dolphin Books in Portland, OR. First edition of this nicely printed exhibition catalogue for the “first showing of family-owned works by the well known Northwest artist.” Price was a pioneering American expressionist, who drew upon his experiences traveling by covered wagon to Wyoming, and homesteading in Alberta, Canada. Portland Art Museum held his first retrospective exhibition in 1942, and these included a number of his WPA projects, including some proposed for Timberline Lodge, Multnomah County Library, and others.

[Renton, WA: Pacific Car and Foundry Company, ca. 1948]. 4to. [Approx. 250 pp (each catalogue & supplement numbered separately)]. 100s of illustrations, plates, diagrams, tables, charts. All preserved in original flexible softcover black 23-ring binder, w/ embossed & raised red & yellow lettering on front cover, rounded corners, yapp edges (minor edgewear, some staples interior, numerous pencil annotations for pricing and features), still VG copy. First editions of this informative collection of service & parts manual catalogues assembled by Pacific Hoist & Derrick for their CARCO customers, focusing on their hoists for Allis-Chalmers tractors, International, Carcomatic & Caterpillar tractors for logging operations. Pacific Car and Foundry during the Mid-20th-Century saw a tremendous demand for logging equipment, caterpillar tractors, sulky’s, yarders, construction equipment, and and related equipment. The Pacific Car and Foundry Co. was originally founded in 1905 as Seattle Car Manufacturing to… Read More

Camp Heppner, Morrow County, OR: Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC, Nov. 7, 1940. One large oblong panoramic silver gelatin photo 19.75 x 12 in., w/ 5 inset images - 3 sized 3 x 6 in., 2 panoramic sized 3.75 x 19 in. (creasing, soiling, chipping to upper fore-edges, some curling), still a good image w/ strong bright contrast. A very scarce image of the CCC Camp Heppner established in 1935 near the Morrow County Fairgrounds, with several companies working on Soil Conservation Service projects in concert with local ranchers. Originally the camp was only to operate for two years, but proved so successful and popular for locals, that the CCC companies completed a diversion channel on Ditch Creek for local farmers, straightened and widened Willow Creek’s flow through town, which was the first serious flood control work in the town in three decades after the catastrophic 1903 flood. This image depicts the Camp just months before it’s closure, and some workers were retained by the local community which… Read More

Oakland, CA: Grahame Hardy, 1951. 4to. 130, [6] pp. Double-page illust. title, over 100 photos, text illusts., colour-illust. endpapers. Brown boards, white lettrng (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), w/ d.j. (mnr edgewear, slght dustsoilng, couple vry sml clsd tears), NF/VG-. Second edition of this lavishly illustrated work on the San Francisco Cable Car & trolley system.

New York & Chicago: Orange Judd Co., 1905. 4to. 8.75 x 11.5 in. [2], 202 pp. With platinum print photo frontisp, from Shreyvogel painting (offset toning to title), numerous tipped-in plates, colour plates, text illustrations, text photos. Publisher’s fringed “Indian smoke tanned buckskin,” cover art of cowboy w/ lariat on front cover, marbled endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners, inner front hinge just starting), still VG copy from library of Frederick W. Skiff (1867-1947), noted bibliophile and expert in Americana, w/ his decorative bookplate by William Fowler Hopson on front pastedown, limitation numbered in red on half-title. First edition, No. 277 of 500 copies, of historical western set against the backdrop of events in the Cache la Poudre Valley near Fort Collins, featuring one of the main characters scouting for General Custer in the Dakotas, and the events at the Little Big Horn. Western artists are represented, as well as reproductions of many historic original… Read More

[Temple City, CA: Automobile Heritage Publishing Co., 1976]. 4to. 240 pp. 100s of photo illusts. Blue cloth, silver lettering & Cadillac logo on front cover, w/ d.j. (slight creasing head of spine, 1 small closed tear), NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this dramatic story and pictorial record of the series of brilliant styling triumphs, classic redesigns, and engineering advances by Cadillac during the 1940s. The author has assembled a remarkable collection of rare, largely original photographs depicting prototypes, production models, interiors, engines, and bodies by custom coachbuilders.

[Detroit, MI Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors, Sept., 1948]. 4to. 9 x 9 in. [20 pp (unpaginated).], printed on colour-tinted paper stock. Colour-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, gray & red, w/ colour Cadillac badge on front cover, small vignette illust. of stylish couple with their 1949 Cadillac (slight scuffing, very light shelfwear, very slight & faint tidemark to lower right corner), still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s brochure for the 1949 Cadillac Series 60 models which featured aircraft-inspired styling in the Post-World War II era, and the introduction of the new Cadillac OHV V-8, a 5.4 liter 331 cubic in. engine producing 160 horsepower. The stylish illustrations featuring well-dressed women tout the Cadillac-Fleetwood 60 Special, the Series 62 Convertible, Sedan and Club Coupe, and even the luxurious Series 75 7-passenger limousine perfect for post-War weddings. No copies located in Worldcat.

[Detroit, MI Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors, Oct., 1954]. 4to. 11.5 x 12 in. [12 pp (unpaginated).] triptych, printed on colour-tinted paper stock, which opens into oblong folio 34.5 x 24 in. dealer poster. Colour-illustrated throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, slight shelfwear, and very slight toning, NF copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s brochure & poster for the 1955 Cadillac Series 60 models which after 1954 featured lower sleeker bodies, new grille inserts, and inverted gull wing front bumpers and tapered bumper guards. The 1955 featured a redesigned grille, new rub-rail moldings, Florentine curve rear window, and the Coupe de Ville featuring a golden script nameplate. The Cadillac Eldorado sport convertible featured wide chrome belt trim, new rear fender design, and twin round taillights halfway up the fenders. No copies located in Worldcat.

[Detroit, MI & London, UK: Cadillac Motor Car Co., F.S. Bennett, Ltd., (Cadillac Motors, Ltd.), 1913.] Tall 8vo. 36 pp. Illustrated title, numerous photo illustrations, text illustrations throughout, green-tinted woodcut-engraved borders. Embossed & illustrated brown textured softcovers, Cadillac badge and Arts & Crafts design motif front cover, illust. of Cadillac in 1701 on back cover, yapp edges, NF copy. First edition, thus, of this scarce dealer’s brochure for the 1913 Cadillac models which was the first year that the Cadillac Motor Car Co. used their “Standard of the World” slogan, which appeared on the vehicle’s Motometer. Cadillac had pioneered precision manufacturing with 1/1000th of an inch as their standard of measurement, and produced remarkable high-quality Brass Era cars which after 1912 featured the electric starter, inspired by the death of Byron Carter of Cartercar’s fame in a freak crank-starter kicking back. The models at the palatial showroom in Pall Mall, London at… Read More

[Detroit, MI: Cadillac, General Motors Corp., 1970]. 4to. One brass-finish coated aluminum plaque, preserved in embossed printed sleeve (minor soiling, edgewear, minor bumping to portfolio), still NF. First edition of this Cadillac dealership sales promotion honoring the Apollo XI and Neil Armstrong’s first walk upon the moon. These were used to exhort Cadillac sales managers to increase their sales, and that if they delivered twice the number of eligible units they would earn certificates, and a sterling silver plated credit card to buy luxury merchandise from Tiffany & Co.

[Detroit, MI: Cadillac, General Motors Corp., 1970]. 4to. One brass-finish coated aluminum plaque, preserved in embossed printed sleeve (minor soiling, edgewear, 1 corner w/ slight bumping), still VG. First edition of this Cadillac dealership sales promotion plaque honoring President Theodore Roosevelt. These were used to exhort Cadillac sales managers to increase their sales, and that if they delivered twice the number of eligible units they would earn certificates, and a sterling silver plated credit card to buy luxury merchandise from Tiffany & Co.

[Chicago, IL: Calumet Baking Powder Co., 1923]. 8vo. 64 pp. Numerous colour plates. Brown publisher’s boards, gilt lettering & decoration (minor wear, rubbing, some scuffing to corners, occasional minor interior soiling), still VG- copy, w/ two typescript “Kover’s Specials” menus laid-in, manuscript corrections, two more leaves of manuscript recipes, former ownership marking on ffep. Third edition, stated, of this excellent handbook designed for wholesale bakers by one of the Carney’s whose bakery lasted through six generations in Wheaton, IL. There are specific instructions on making French pastries, layer cakes, angel food cakes, cookies, cheese cakes, and jelly rolls. The menus laid-in were from Kover’s diner in Yelm, WA featuring T-bone, Prime Rib, Grilled Pork Chops, Salad with hard-boiled egg, and breaded veal cutlets.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., [1927]. 8vo. xii, 347, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates, illust. endpapers by Margaret Freeman (mnr chppng & fryng hd of spine), still G copy. First edition, 2nd printing of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942. 8vo. vi, 318 pp. Orange pictorial publisher’s cloth, illust. on front cover of poison dripping into a wine glass (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrave II (minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, creasing, couple minorclosed tears), still, VG/G copy, w/ former ownership markings on front pastedown. Third printing of this Ellery Queen sleuthing tale, as he unravels a tragic tale of blackmail, extortion, bigamy, and murder.

[Helena, MT]: The Western Press, Historical Society of Montana, [1958]. 8vo. xiv, 147, [1] pp. Numerous photo plates. Tan cloth, red lettering, w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, slight sunning to spine), VG/VG copy. First Western Press edition, No. 115 of 2000 copies, of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

London: Printed by and for G. Smeeton, 1814. 8vo. viii, 163, [1] pp. Engravd frntsp. Quarter plum-coloured cloth over gray boards (mnr bmpng hd & ft of spine, to crnrs, vry slght foxng), still a VG copy, from library of W.H. King, w/ hand-written index tipped-in. First edition, 1 of 350 copies printed, of this scarce and invaluable reference contemporary price-guide providing a survey of mainly British artists and engravers, each with a short biography. These artists include Thomas Geminus, Simon de Passe, Reginald Elstracke, Robert Vaughan, Wenceslaus Hollar, and many others. Caulfield (1764-1826), began collecting engravings & art as a young child, and during the Georgian period his knowledge of English history and biography was unequalled amongst any other booksellers, or print sellers of the period.

Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1959. 8vo. 110, [2] pp. Red boards, white lettrng (ex-lib mrkngs on title, mnr shlfwr), still nice copy from library of mathematician & physicist John. A. Simmons. First edition of this very scarce work including tables of Laplace transforms.

San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Co., [1966]. Tall thick 8vo. xiii, [1], 1069, [1] pp. Numerous diagrams. Light green cloth, green lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght shlfwr), NF/NF. Early printing of this scarce mathematics text designed for engineers and scientists.

San Diego, CA: America’s Exposition, [1935]. 8vo. 76 pp. With text illustrations, photos, illustrated ads, 1 large folding map. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of two Californio’s dancing, Junket Ice Cream ad on rear cover (minor shelfwear, minor rubbing), still VG copy, w/ ticket from the “Foot Relief Station” laid-in, and former ownership markings; from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition, of this guidebook to the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy, which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch, Lost Continent of Mu, the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.” Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, 1933-1934, were re-used for the CPIE. Requa (1881-1941), famed San Diego architect, was one of the founders of the very… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder & Co., [1911]. 4to. v, [1], 72, [4] pp., printed on thick khaki-coloured paper stock. Tipped-in photo frontisp., w/ tissue guard, numerous tipped-in plates, w/ explanatory text below images. Quarter burlap over light khaki-coloured boards, tipped-in plate on front cover of a California Mission, gilt lettering front cover (minor shelfwear, rubbing), still VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated anthology of literature, poetry, and history down the length of California describing San Diego, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Carmel, San Francisco Chinatown, the Japanese tea garden, The Redwoods, and the Yosemite Valley. Authors & artists include John Muir, Joaquin Miller, Gertrude Atherton, Ernest Peixotto, Bret Harte, George Wharton James, W.E.Dassonville, Harold Taylor, H.C. Tibbitts, Oscar Maurer, Arnold Genthe, Harold Parker, and others.