Search Results: Titles starting with C from Abacus Books

Hard cover. Grey publisher's cloth with silver lettering. Quarto. 237pp. plus 139 b/w plates. Marginalia consisting of cross referencing in pencil to the descriptions, and ink to the margins of the plates by a previous scholar. Very good.

Number 73 of a limited edition of 200 books bound in genuine saddle leather and inserted in a fitted slip case. Signed and dated by author on the limitation page. Hard cover. Quarto. [ix] 1, 55pp. Some fading to spine otherwise near fine in a fine slip case. Profusely illustrated.

New York: Ernst Kaufmann, 1920s. Hardcover. Very good. 64pp. 8vo, Illustrated pastedown over grey cloth hardcover, containing thirteen stories of missionary work in the American south, China, Africa and among the Apache. Collected and published by W.G. Polack, then curator of the Concordia Historical Institute, and notable for a certain political incorrectness. Very good with a pencil gift inscription to front paste down and a little rubbing to edges.

First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover. Octavo.179pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

First Edition. Number 49 of 50 copies on handmade paper. Hardcover. Octavo. [ix] 129pp and 16 plates. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spine darkened and end papers tanned and with some foxing throughout.
A long introduction by May Sinclair. A collection of poems by the author in French with parallel translations in English by F.S. Flint and sixteen b/w illustrations by the author who has also provided numerous large b/w tailpieces.

New York: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest, Inc., 1945. Wraps. Near fine. Small soft cover in pictorial red wraps with silver title and illustration to front, spine and back. 144 pages with photographs and other illustrations. An extensive list of cocktail recipes along with advice for the professional barman on related topics including glassware, measures, bar implements, mixers, courtesy and cleanliness etc. from the author, who was the founder and President of the International Bar Manager's Association.Near fine with a tight binding.

Tall octavo. 127pp. Cloth bound hard cover with paper title label. Sectional map end papers. Facsimiles of early Colorado scrip in rear pocket. Fore-edge unopened. Limitation page is present but unsigned and not numbered. Fine in fine original clear plastic dust jacket.

Denver: Colorado Promotion and Publicity Committee, 1904. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Good. Soft cover. 7 9/16" by 5 1/4" Staple bound grey wrappers with black and orange illustration and title to front. 39pp illustrated with photographs and stressing the diversity of manufactures within the state other than gold and silver mining.Faint vertical crease to covers. Last page torn vertically with some loss. Clean and unmarked.

Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. [xiii] 136pp. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chipping to edges and small loss at top of spine and front edge. Philip A. Fisher, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors of all time, was a pioneer in the field of growth investing. His book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" has achieved almost legendary status in the investment community."I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." -Warren Buffet.

Limp red cover with stamped gilt title. Decorative end papers. All edges gilt. 957 pages of recipes fully indexed. Signed on title page "Best wishes - / Ralph M Hall / Member of Congress / 4th District of Texas and dated 1999. Limp red cover with stamped gilt title.
At 91, Ralph M. Hall was the oldest serving member of Congress at the end of his last term in office, the oldest person to ever serve in the House of Representatives, the oldest one ever elected to a House term, the oldest House member ever to cast a vote, and also the last member of Congress from the G.I. Generation and one of the last two World War II veterans serving in Congress.