Search Results: Titles starting with C from Margins13 Books

Handprint Books, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST Edition Thus (Bing's illustrated version). Full number line in place. A FLAWLESS Volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Fabulous line drawings throughout. Originally issued in 1888 by Thayer, this illustrated medal winning classic will not disappoint. (NO medal on jacket).A truly MINT copy. A must for any young baseball fan. A FIRST thus. Mylar protected jacket.

Simon & Schuster , 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST Edition THUS (with Payne Illustrations), has publishers full number line present. A FLAWLESS/MINT volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket (which mirrors glossy pictorial book boards). The classic poem is given an illustrated life; captivating. Hard to fine FIRST EDITION. Mylar protected jacket.

Berlin: Im Bertelsmann Lesering, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Mid century issue - German text throughout. French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A very clean and tight volume, blue cloth with gilt spine title. NO markings at all. DUST JACKET has no price on flap; extremity tiny chips and creases with a few very small 'scrapes' to spine paper. Published same date as American issue/1956. No other dates. Only a statement of 'Printed in Germany. Possibly a 'pirated edition'. 191 pages. Jacket protected in mylar. Hard to find thus. Collectible. French author is best known for her debut novel, "Bonjour Tristesse".

Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. Vintage Fiction. A Very Good copy with gentle shelf wear to all extremities; corners a bit more so- are bumped and worn. Front and rear cover illustrations have light scratches and rubbing overall. Weak front hinge, but still a sound tight text block. Fabulous publishers adverts to front and rear end-papers. Filled with vintage color (8 plates) and many b/w illustrations . NO markings at all, a tight volume. 412+ pages. Protected in a mylar slip.

Doubleday, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST U.S. Edition (originally issued in England in 2004). "Chaucer" is the first volume in Ackroyd's BRIEF LIVES series. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust jacket. Illustrated with 21 b/w prints. New in all ways. Clean, tight, no markings. 188 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

NY, NY: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Ryan Sanchez. STATED FIRST Edition AND FIRST Printing, with publishers full number line in place. Awesome full color illustrations throughout. Illustrator's first children's book - and it's fabulous. UNclipped dust jacket mirrors book boards. A FLAWLES/ PERFECT copy in every way. A First/First. Mylar protected jacket.

Ayer Company, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. EARLY Edition. A FINE Facsimile edition of important African American fiction literature. Clean, tight, NO markings at all. (No jacket). Bound in orange boards, with black titles. Author was born into slavery in Kentucky and escaped to Ohio (1834). He was a prominent African-Ameican abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright and historian."Clotel" was issued in 1853 in London, later published in America. 245 pages. Protected in a mylar slip. A hard to find early edition.

Penguin Press, 2013. Soft cover. Near Fine. The ADVANCE Proof edition (note date), in Wraps (Softbound) with the "Proof" statement on both front and rear white illustrated wraps (softbound). Collectible. All page numbers are present throughout and on Index pages. A near perfect copy, having a minute crease (shallow) to lower front tip and a 1/2" shadow of a removed price sticker on half title page, else truly perfect. No markings and NO 'reader creases', being unread. A large 'Source/Bibliography' at rear. Great reference material. Protected in an archival mylar slip. Wendell Berry is one of three persons book is dedicated to. LAID-IN is full page interview with author from the NYTimes, July 2021, in its own mylar slip. 458 pages.

Zondervan, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST Edition with publishers full number line present. A FLAWLESS - MINT volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket ( price is on rear jacket - panel). Absolutely beautiful illustrations throughout. Decorated end-papers. Book boards mirror jacket. PERFECT in every way. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Feiwel & Friends, 2022. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST EDITION with full number line present. * SIGNED ** by author DIRECTLY ONTO TITLE PAGE (Signature only). A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket - with just the rear of black glossy jacket gently rubbed. 485 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

University of Texas, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. STATED FIRST Edition and FIRST Printing on copyright page. A magnificent volume, clean tight, NO bumps or markings, in a Near Fine dust jacket, no creases or chips at all. (No price on jacket, as usual for university presses). Boldly * INSCRIBED * by Catledge on blank front free end-paper "_____ Thanks! Oraien S. Catledge, 1-15-92". LAID-IN in a local newspaper obituary of photographer (in mylar slip); AND a typed internal letter from his publisher, discussing and accepting publishing Catledge's volume of photographs. Awesome item. Mylar protected jacket.

Toby Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. STATED FIRST Edition AND FIRST Printing. FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Book boards mirror jacket art. * SIGNED * by author on title page - no other markings at all. Dust jacket has micro (!) shelf/edge wear, still a PERFECT jacket. Author's first novel. Townsend Prize winning author. Mylar protected jacket.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. Hardcover. Fine/Good. A FINE volume, bound in green cloth with gilt/black spine titles. Circa 1970. Interior is clean and tight, NO markings at all. Illustrated with 65 pages of color plates of 119 species and 171 varieties of cacti. A wonderful reference resource, giving an informed introduction to cacti. Dust jacket with original price on front flap ($25.00), is Good only as it has several tape repairs of closed tears and chips and creases. It has done its job, protected cloth book extremely well. Author at time of writing was an assistant biology professor at Lake College in San Antonio. 249 pages. Mylar protected jacket. Very Heavy volume, suggest Media postage.

Cuba: Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A Very Good volume in a Good only dust jacket. SPANISH TEXT. Black book boards have scattered moderate foxing to front and rear prelims - with very light scattered foxing to next few pages. Pumpkin colored end-papers are unmarked. A shadow of a pencil price is on half-title page corner. Illustrated with 170 color and b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket is lacking approx. 1/4" along entire top edge. Also lacking its rear flap; and is tape repaired along front flap and at crown and foot of spine paper. Overall, jacket is moderately rubbed. Full Glossary and Index at rear. 213 pages. Hard to find and fabulous title. Mylar protected jacket.

Walker and Co., 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. A 60th Anniversary Celebration of the Caldecott Medal - with behind the scenes of six illustrators and their books. As new volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. MINT. A First edition with complete publishers number line present. Six children's illustrators and their personal anecdotes. A must for any bibliophile. Includes a two page listing of Caldecott Medal winners from 1938 - 1998, plus a Glossary and Index of Proper Nouns, at rear. 49 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. Hardcover. Very Good -. A possible FIRST Edition THUS, (no other dates listed) A Near Very Good copy.VINTAGE Issue, not a facsimile. Original brown embossed binding with gilt spine title (still bright). Spine crown and foot have an approx. 1/8" chip each. Corners are worn and bumped. Scattered mild to moderate foxing throughout. Tight copy. A wonderful warm gift inscription, on front end-paper, dated 1844 . Engraved frontis of sailing ships, has original tissue guard. This title is not part of a series, but a "stand alone' title. (Abbott also wrote the delightful 'Rollo' series for children.) 180 pages. Hard to find early title. Protected in a mylar slip.

HarperCollins/A Laura Geringer Book, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. STATED FIRST Edition AND FIRST Printing, with publishers full number line present. A perfect copy, in same condition UNclipped dust jacket; filled with the fabulous full color illustrations by Richard Egielski. Blind stamped title on green front book cover with white spine cloth. A METEORITE's story. A PERFECT jacket. Unpaginated. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/New. FIRST Edition and Printing, same date on copyright page and title page, with full number line in place. A clean, tight, Near MINT volume ( only a bumped foot of spine cloth keeping it from being a Mint copy), in a Mint UNclipped Dust Jacket. This is authors debut novel. Mylar protected jacket.

Atlanta,Ga.: W.R. Scaife, 1985. Hardcover. New. A FLAWLESS volume. An EARLY Printing, being the Stated SECOND Edition, NOT the later1989 or 1993 issue. * SIGNED * by author on title page (Signature only). Blue pebbled leather with gilt titles. Illustrated with 25+ maps and several photographs. Clean, NO markings at all. A PERFECT/MINT copy. COLLECTOR CONDITION. A must for any Civil War historian. No jacket, as issued. (Protected in a mylar slip.) ** PLUS, LAID IN is a 1964 'Civil War Times Illustrated' magazine - 'The Campaign for Atlanta' - in its own mylar slip. Illustrated with a few maps and many b/w photographs. Glossy, stapled booklet format, 50 page booklet - not signed.

Minton, Balch & Co., 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Early Twentieth Century children's book. FIRST Edition, EIGHTH Impression stated. Internally, a VERY GOOD ex-school library volume. Spine edges have frayed as well as rear hinge cloth having a 1"split with white library numbers on spine. Rear panel sunned. Four small previous owner stamps (front and rear end-papers and title page)) and a lifted area to front end-paper/paste-down where it appears that a book plate was removed. STILL a absolutely wonderful volume with Six fabulous glossy color Lenski illustrations in Seventeen (17) stories (including frontis), plus many b/w drawings by her. Interior pages are all clean and tight. Hard to find title. 146 pages.