Search Results: Titles starting with C from Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB

Encinitas, Calif: Chimes Publications, 1968. Wraps. Near Fine. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4" stapled photo-illustrated wraps printed in two colors. [34]-[52] pages, four of the issues with a folding flap (containing an order form) attached to the rear wrap. Generally, very good to near fine (the March 1968 and September 1970 issues with some age spots, a few others with some minor rubbing and creasing), with mailing labels (addressed to one George R.Sharpe of Englewood, Colorado) on the rear wraps. Published monthly and bi-monthly between 1942 and 1974 (when it merged with PSYCHIC OBSERVER), CHIMES was, per IAPSOP, "one of the leading spiritualist journals of the period. In addition to news of the movement around the United States, the journal contained a Monthly Children's Corner, reprints of material by famous spiritualists of earlier times, like Hudson Tuttle, and regular contributions by Ron Ormond, Marrie S Miller, Enid S. Smith, Ph.D., Sarah Louise Ford, and other now-forgotten mediums and writers. The… Read More

Franklin City: Franklin Library, 1979. Leather bound. Near fine. Antoni Clavé. Black leather binding with gilt illustrations on front,back and spine, gilt lettering on spine, the "a" and the "n" and author's name are partially obscured, gilt edge pages. Illustrated by Antoni Clavé. 154 pp. First Edition thus. FictionFiction- Classics Classics.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Sage cloth, with faded sun on front, soling to cover, extremities rubbed, end cap has crease but is intact. Hinges starting to separate, spine has slight lean, deckled pages. 239 pp. Laid in are two articles from the New York Times. No discoloration caused to book by articles. 1. Article by Robert Bone, dated January 19, 1969. Review prompted by a Harper and Row paperback edition with introduction by Arna Bontemps. 2. A review by Alice Walker, dated July 13, 1980, of the "Way and the Seeking, A Collection of Writings by Jean Toomer." First edition.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1996. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. Yellow boards with black 1/4 cloth, gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, unclipped dust jacket, some foxing on top page edges. 260 pp. Spine has a slight tilt.

Post card. Very good +. 1. 1 1/4 inches (3 cm) long brass hatchet pendant. Temperance supporters purchase these pendants to support the cause. Carrie Nation was famous for using a hatchet to attack saloons and crack open barrels of alcohol. 2. 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (14 x 18.5 cm), post card entitled, "The Whiskey Crusade 1873 & After." There (5) small photographs, plus, (1) drawing and an illustration of a hatchet with a bow around it. Reverse side has a small description of alcohol consumption and the temperance movement. Printed by Helene Victoria Press, 1981. 3. 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (14 x 18.5 cm, post card shows (a) a logo: "Household Temperance Defender" above a drawing of Carry Nation in a saloon with a hatchet and a man cowering behind a bar with liquid running off of it. This is a reprint of a cartoon published in 1901. Reverse side has a short bio of Carry Nation.Printed by Helene Victoria Press, 1981.Printed by Helene Victoria Enterprises, 1981. 4. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (9 x 14 cm),… Read More

New York: Sylvan Press, 1947. Limited Edition. Pebbled cloth. Very good. Rockwell Kent. Pebbled cover with large gilt illustration on front, gilt lettering on spine, some discoloration to endpapers. Number 183 of 1,499 numbered copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 11 full page black and white illustrations and smaller black and white illustrations throughout. 153 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Second Edition. 1/2 cloth. Very good/very good. Red boards with 1/2 cloth, gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dustjacket. Inscription by author on title page. Some foxing on page edges. 356pp.

New York: C. H. Webb, 1868. Second. Book. Very good.. 7 x 4 1/2 inches (18 x 11.5 cm), blue cloth, with bright gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt illustration of frog on front. Wear to top and bottom of spine, 1/2 inch of cloth on bottom of spine rear is curling up, wear to extremities. 198 pp. Second edition, the first edition was published in 1867.

[Savannah, Georgia]: G.M. Heidt & Co, 1878. Pamphlet. Good. 5 x 7-1/2" sewn wraps printed in red and black. Unpaginated, but [34] pages. Wraps soiled and worn, a few short tears at the sewing stations, a previous owner's name in pencil on the upper wrap and numerous pencil notations on the pages within, and two pages have had advertisements clipped out. This edition is dedicated in its entirety to Simmons Liver Regulator, which will bring sleep to the sleepless, cure sea-sickness, alleviate dropsy, colic, chills, fever, headache, constipation, indigestion, diarrhea, and more. Accept no counterfeits!

1949. Wraps. Very good.. 9 x 7 inches ( 23 x 18 cm),Cream color wraps, staples rusty, some discoloration to cover. Catalog of dog show held in Columbus Ohio on Sunday April, 24, 1949. Listing of breeds with spaces for 1st place winners and points. 99pp.

London: W. & R. Chambers Ltd, nd. Cloth. Good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12 x 18 cm), reddish cloth with gilt lettering on spine, some damp staining on outside cover and prelims. Pictures and descriptions of different dog breeds. 126 pp.

St. Louis, MO: Magic Circle Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Cloth. Very good.. 6 x 4 1/2 inches, (15 x 11 cm), black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, corners rubbed, tight copy. Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper. Many tables throughout. 256 pp., plus charts in the back.

New York: Dutton, 2000. Later printing. Boards. Very good/very good. Gray boards with 1/4 black boards, silver writing on spine, signed by author. Dust jacket very good condition. 323 pp. Novel about the original Siamese twins. (And how they fathered 22 children.).

New York: Charles & Co, 1926. First Edition. Boards. Good +. Green boards with embossed picture image and lettering on front. Boards are darkened, especially on spine and front cover. First few pages show indentation from a paperclip and pages 4 and 5 show rust from paperclip. Previous owner's name is written in ink with date. Consists of price list for foods and sundry items. Also several ads. 292 pp. As of 3/19/2021 we find no listings in the trade or on OCLC.

Stanford, Connecticut: The Dahls, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Linen colored cloth, black lettering on front and spine. Minor age toning to margins of pages, good tight copy. Recipes for large numbers of people. 246 pp. plus un-numbered index.

1964. Wraps. Good. 4 x 8 inches (10 x 20 cm), pamphlet, cover with dark discoloration and part of cover is scraped. "For information of employes only," includes book of rules dated 1958. Includes timetables, division officers, index of special instructions, list stations, and maps. 61pp.

New York: Signet Books, 1962. First Signet Printing. Paperback. Very good.. 7.5 x 5 inches (18 x 11.5 cm), clean copy, minor scratches on bottom page front cover. 96 pp.

New York: Duffield & Co, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Jessie Willcox Smith. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, color illustration pasted on front. Some wear to cover illustration and top and bottom of spine. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Illustrated endpapers, full color frontispiece with tissue guard. Tape repair to top 3/4 inch of tissue guard and to 1-1/2 inch of title page near spine. Stories from: Arabian Nights, Aesop, Charles Perrault, Grimm, Andersen, English Folktales and Myths. 10 full page illustrations. 463 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First thus. Cloth. Good+. Jessie Willcox Smith. Black cloth with pictorial pastedown with gilt. Gilt lettering on spine. Wear to extremities. Pastedown has edge wear. Top pages gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's name on half title page. Twelve color plates with tissue guards. Line drawings throughout. First thus. A few untrimmed pages. 125 pages.

New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. First Thus. Boards. Very Good. E. Mars and M. H. Squire. 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm), pale green boards, with darker green and pink illustrations. Wear to extremities, gift inscription on front free endpaper to "Howard B. Sprague who was a Boston doctor. Frontispiece water color of a little girl in a garden, color and black and white illustration on title page. Illustrations on every page, mostly black and white and many color plates. Good tight copy.115pp. Mars and Squire are a lesbian couple who were life long collaborators.