Search Results: Titles starting with C from Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]

Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2003. Soft cover. New/None Issued. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality.. Who ought to hold claim to the more dangerous idea--Charles Darwin or C. S. Lewis? Daniel Dennett argued for Darwin in Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Touchstone Books, 1996). In this book Victor Reppert champions C. S. Lewis.

New York: William Morrow, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. In a speculative thriller based on the premise that the South had won the Civil War, President Spencer Jefferson Lee discovers that his world of very separate races is threatened by DRAGO, a protest group made up of cross-racial lovers and their children.

Madrid: Sociedad De Estudios Y Publicaciones, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Tan patterned cloth (vertical strips) with issued clear Mylar protector. No flaws to book. The issued Mylar cover small tear top spine. Illustrated with b/w and tipped in color prints.

Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Stiff light brown stapled wraps with brown titles. Wraps larger than the 18 illustrated pages of products each with a price. Attached discount slip inside. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Light hand-wear to the wraps. Undated c1920's.. A trade catalogs containing: drawer handles, knobs (handles), escutcheons (hardware), catches, cupboard turns, hinges (hardware), bed bolts, door knockers, inlays (decorations), advertising, business (commercial function), furniture hardware

San Francisco: Howell-North Publishers, 1968. Third Edition. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Photos By Phil Palmer. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Minor, faint damp stain on the lower edge of the last three pages not affecting text or photos.. Color photo illustrated stapled wraps; 6 by 9 inches; 64 pages with b/w photographs and descriptive text.

New York: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.. Retells the story of Caesar in a glamorous, sexually charged light, depicting the downfall of a charismatic showman desperate for power. [AZ]

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1967. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. Book Club Edition [BCE] Bindings are square and tight. Text clean with a hint of toning. Dust jacket has light handling wear with rub lower spine. White of rear panel toned.. Cakes and Ale, or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard is a novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham. Maugham exposes the misguided social snobbery leveled at the character Rosie Driffield, whose frankness, honesty, and sexual freedom make her a target of conservative opprobrium.Wikipedia

Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books Publishers, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear minor spine toning. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 245 pages; illustrated with b/w photos.. A pre-statehood narrative history of Hawaii an eloquent and hauntingly evocative story of Hawaii, a true classic and is an essential read for any enthusiast of Hawaiian culture and history. Decorated cloth.

Ottawa: Photogelatine Engraving Co., 1925. Wraps of limp card-stock. Very Good and Collectible.. Wraps of limp card-stock with photo; Oblong 11.5 by 8.25 inches; with 1 page of text and 23 leaves of captioned photographs attached. Interior without flaw; wraps modest handling and soiling; rub on the top outer corner and a closed 1 in. tear near the top of the spine. Uncommon with only one copy located in institutions: Glenbow Museum. There are a few similar publications with slightly different page counts and titles. [OCLC/WorldCat]. A lovely representation of architecture and city scenes with historical photographs. Subjects: Architecture in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Buildings; Travel.

Boston: The Page Company, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Good/No Dust Jacket. Art nouveau-style pictorial binding with decoration in gilt, yellow, and purple; 9.5 inches tall; 4to; 433 pages indexed & illus; illustrated endpapers; color captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, 72 illustrations [8 in color]; Folded color map.. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean,  the text is evenly are-toned. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbed edges; and heavy rubs along the spine edges with some openings that appear to have been glued back. Two gift inscriptions on the verso or the front free end page.. The initial statement of 'California, a land intertwined with Romance and Beauty,' sets the thematic tone for James' book. Rather than merely cataloging landmarks and itineraries, his travel guide aimed to encapsulate the essence of the entire state. James delved into diverse subjects such as history, geology, climate, flora and fauna, natural resources, education, and the arts. As elucidated… Read More

Paul Tausig & Son Inc. Travel Service, 1956. Fine. Carefully handled. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; with the stamp of a Motor Club from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in the designated spot of the brochure.. Four-panel brochure with graphics and photos with a price list of expense from major US cities and descriptions of activities. Featuring: San Francisco; Los Angeles; Hollywood; Boulder Dam; Lake Mead and Las Vegas.

Chicago: Poole Brothers, 1964. Near Fine. Burlington Rio Grande Western Pacific. Route map, photo, itinerary times and city information, train information and more. 20 pages; 9 inches tall.. Many say the Califronia Zephyr is North America's most scenic train. On its two night and three day journey the Zephyr passes through mountain ranges and deserts. It crosses the Mississippi, snakes alongside the Colorado through the Rockies and traverses the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges in California. Such accolades have the California Zephyr in great company with other North American train journeys.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Unread, Unopened. First Edition, First Printing.. Pearson's latest Southern comic novel finds its form in digression: there is a story, albeit a slender one, but the book's real substance lies in its anecdotes, detours and wrong turns. Welcome to Neely, North Carolina.

New York: Tor Books, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. The continuing saga of Nafai and his family on the planet Harmony brings the hero once more into conflict with Oversoul--the orbiting space station that controls almost every aspect of life on the planet.

Palo Alto, California: Modernbook Editions, 2008. Limited Edition of 1000. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. Photography of Roger M. Eberhard. Signed in silver by the photographer Roger Eberhard on the front free endpage without personalization. This first edition was limited to 1000 copies. Black cloth-covered boards with title stamped in black on the cover and spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Unpaginated (112 pp. ),with 48 four-color plates beautifully printed on heavy matte art paper  12.75  by 9.75 inches.  Text in English and German.. Swiss photographer Eberhard explores the sensuous form and color of his frequent subject: the ubiquitous calla lily.

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1986. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; and even age-toning. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean. 9.25 inches tall; 9.25 inches tall, 231 pages. Forward by Buddy Ryan..

San Francisco: The Printing Corporation, 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. 25 stunning color photographs of outstanding beauty of the City on the Bay printed in oil colors without the use of process color plates. Heavy-stock stapled wrappers, printed in silver, black & yellow. Two pages of text and all of the photos have a short paragraph caption. Oblong 14 by 11 inches; 28 pages; color illustrations, bird's eye map. Clean and bright interior; staples firm; Age-darkening along upper edges; minor water spotting below bird. Only seven institutions have this piece in their holdings. [OCLC].

Canada: Canadian Government Travel Bureau, 1967. Very Good. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Some soiling to the wraps. 9 inche tall 32 pages; Color illustrations. This booklet is intended as a general guide to the species of fighting fish anglers may catch in each of the provinces and regions of Canada, and to help them find good fishing wherever they go.

Canada: Ministry of Trade, 1940. Good. Issued by authority of the Hon. W. D. Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce, for Canada. Uncommon with only two copies located in institutions. [oclc/worldcat] Folded brochure 4.5 by 7.75 inches when folded; opening to 17.875 by 11 inches and highlights Canada's industries. Carefully handled; evenly age-toned. Undated c1935-1940 based on the term of W. D. Euler. .

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Blue green cloth covered boards. Gilt titles and blind-stamped titles/decoration on front. Bindings tight and square. Text clean. Minimal shelf handling. Dust jacket with price has light shelf wear. 28 illustrations in half-tone and 6 maps.. The author invites his thousands of readers to join him in 'a casual, disordered tour across the nation and some of its wilderness' to discover the new Canada.