Search Results: Titles starting with C from Monroe Bridge Books

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955 This FIRST U.K. EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with light foxing on the first/last few pages only. Dust jacket is in good condition, with foxing, darkening and light edge wear/tear, protected in a mylar cover. 255 pages bound in maroon cloth, with bright silver gilt lettering on spine. During a long stay in Italy, this American couple, unknown to each other, find passion with Itlalian lovers. This remarkable novel deals "acutely and perceptively, with such problems as the mystery of existence, the enslavement of the flesh and sin as an integral part of human nature". BINDING AND HINGES ARE STRONG AND TIGHT.

1906 This hard cover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. 254 pages, with floral endpapers, inscription dated 1908 on fly page. Profusely illustrated with color plates, half-tones and drawings. Color frontis of an American Indian woman with baby. Corners are bumped, edge wear on top/bottom of spine, with small edge split to spine. Back hinge starting. BINDING STRONG AND TIGHT. Interesting and well written accounts of childrens lives around the world.

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1956 This SECOND EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with sunning to the spine. Seems like the book has never been opened. 236 pages bound in blue cloth, with white stamped imprint design on cover. Enhanced by 4 coloured wood block plates by Hiroshige. All four extending plates have captioned tissue guards. Wonderful story of Samurai revenge. CLEAN TIGHT COPY.

Tokyo: Nakanishi-Ya, 1917 This THIRD EDITION, hard cover, is in FAIR CONDITION. The covers are detached, with front fly page detached with tears. Covers have surface grime and edge wear. Frontis is an exquisite extending wood block print in very good condition. 269 pages bound in paper over boards, with gilt stamped lettering. All other pages are intact, and liberally illustrated throughout. This is the direct translation of the play about Samurai revenge. The third edition being more complete that the previous two.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1949 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION. The dust jacket is in very good condition with a few edge chips/tears, protected in a mylar cover. The dust jacket reads "John Wiley & Sons, Inc. of NY" This book is one of Methuen's monographs on biological subjects, written by the former keeper of zoology, British Museum (Natural History). BINDING AND HINGES ARE STRONG AND TIGHT. Previous owners name in pencil, on front end paper "Hobart M. Smith".

New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1947 The woman who makes men her career or the career woman - which one is the clever sister? This paperback is in GOOD CONDITION. 239 pages with 1 page of Publisher ads. MAP ON THE BACK. Cover has some creases, spine is good without creases. Last name of owner in pen on front cover. BINDING STRONG, ALL PAGES INTACT. PROTECTED IN A MYLAR SLIP COVER.

Cleveland: International Fiction Library, 1928 This FIRST THUS, hard cover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. Dust Jacket is in Good + condition, with a few edge chips annd tear, protected in a mylar cover. The page edge top is mottled. This thrilling tale of romance and revolution takes place in the jungles of Latin America. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT.

Printed in Hanzhou in August 1990, 1990 BOOK, SLEEVE & SLIPCASE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. The Chinese Introduction is followd by 120 pages of of coloured drawings of the various face masks used for the many characters presented in the Chinese Opera, with nine masks shown per page. Accordian pages on rice paper, with 2 thread stitched binding, in the original protective brocade sleeve, which fits into the original brocade slipcase, with paper labels intact on front and back. The title in Chinese charcters, on the cover of the box, makes reference to the Chinese Opera Actor "Mei Lan-Fang".

Printed in France: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Prestel, 1999 IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition, in a protective mylar cover. 396pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in black cloth, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Dust jacket in NOT price-clipped, has a 1-3/4 inch closed tear. This Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition June 17 to October 17, 1999, included Nature and the Cosmos, Heart of the Andes, Yosemite, the Poles, the Moon, and much more.

New York: Natural History Press/Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1970 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with no dust jacket. 113 pages bound in black cloth with gilt lettering. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. This book originated from the "Man and Nature" lectures delivered by Margaret Mead at the American Museum of Natural History in March 1969.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1941 A play in five acts, newly translated by Humbert Wolfe. This hard cover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. Slight crack to hinge and there is not a slip case. 133 pages bound in decorative paper over boards, with light edge and corner wear. Binding is strong, with pages intact, enhanced with coloured pen illustrations by McPharlin. No labels or inscriptions.

Jamaica, Vermont: Bull Thistle Press, 1995 One of 298 Copies. Unpaginated, string tied, bound in stiff, illustrated paper covers. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1832 Decorative title, xxix, [1], 378pp, bound in 3/4, olive coloured leather and marbled paper, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, spine label intact, all page edges marbled, binding and hinges tight. Foxing to covers and preliminary pages, light edge wear to covers.

White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001 [6], 58pp, Inscribed by the Author "For Barbara '65 / from / Julia Alvarez / '71 / With Middlebury / Careno" on the title page. Other than the Author's inscription. there are NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The Dust Jacket is NOT price-clipped. Light foxing to the outer top page edges.

Neuchatel: Editions De La Baconniere, 1976 Neuchatel Naturalists of the 20th Century. 137pp, [3], bound in stiff paper covers, with flaps, binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. Previous owner's name discreetly penned on the front free endpaper.

Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1957 273pp, bound in original stiff covers, with binding and hinges tight. Text is in French. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books Publishers, 1945 xvi, 245pp, bound in decorative blue cloth, with binding and hinges tight, b/w photographs throughout. Signed by the Author on the front free endpaper "Stanley D. Porteus / Honolulu Dec. 8, 1945". The covers show edge wear and lower edge discoloration, light foxing on the preliminary pages. The dust jacket shows edge wear/tear/chips, with light staining, now housed in a protective mylar cover.

Chicago and New York: P. F. Volland & Co., 1915 No date - circa 1915. Unpaginated, silk cord binding allowing the cookbook to hang, with 365 dessert Some soiling, with a chip to the lower front cover, and a piece of the back cover missing. The interior pages are all intact and ready for your mixing bowl.

SCARCE. No date, nor publisher mentioned. 226pp, bound in illustrated stiff paper with a plastic comb binding, illustrated. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Sold to Adults only. K/S STAR TREK FANZINE.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934 One of 550 Copies. xiii, [1], 45pp, [3], printed on watermarked Hazelbourn deckle edge paper, bound in half cloth and decorative paper over boards, spine label intact [unchipped], with binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout, includes the two folding maps. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Covers show light edge/corner wear, slight darkening to free endpapers.