Search Results: Titles starting with C from PWK Books

1991 edition of Fresno State's yearbook. Red cover with black stamped on front and blind stamp on back. Copious B&W illustrations.Cover has wear on front.

Early 20th-century pseudo-science at its finest! Determine a person's character from the shape of their nose or the color of their hair! Rely on lazy and offensive stereotypes! "An Exact Science"!Blue cloth cover with gilt letters; gilt at top of text block. Gift inscription dated 1923. Multiple B&W line drawings and 74 B&W photographic plates.Cover is worn and stained, with bumping at right top corner of front cover. Binding is broken with significant cracking at both endpapers. Pages are age tanned with stains and some bent corners. Text has been underlined and in some cases X'd out (when it proved less than exact, perhaps?), although it is still legible.

Theatrical versions of a variety of folk tales. Red cloth illustrated cover, and B&W illustrations throughout.Some wear and stains on cover. Small stains on interior pages, which are also age tanned. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.

Attractive leather-bound illustrated edition of Dickens' work. Contains 21 short stories (not "A Christmas Carol"). Dark green leather limp bound cover with gilt stamping on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printed on "India paper," i.e. thin tissue-like paper. Text block has gilt top. Built-in green ribbon bookmark.PON on bookplate on front endpaper, dated 1917.Cover has wear and bumping, particularly on top and hinges of spine. Small writing on FFEP. Endpapers are age tanned. Small stains on text block. One printer's sheet was apparently a different kind of paper, so those pages are age tanned while the rest are not. Ribbon bookmark is frayed.

A lovely illustrated edition of Dickens' Christmas story. Olive cloth with gilt, red, and green decorations on front, along with full-color paste-down illustration. Five gorgeous full-color tipped-in illustrations on olive paper. Red-and-black title page and B&W page ornaments throughout.FON inscribed on FFEP and small writing on RFEP.Cover is stained with fraying on corners and edges. Spinestrip is entirely gone (see photo). Pages are age tanned.

1957 edition of the Westover girl's school yearbook. Green cloth cover with silver stamped on front. Decorative endpapers featuring the girls' signatures. Copious B&W illustrations, with vintage advertisements in the back.Cover has stains, with a narrow tear on the front. Spine is sunned.

A book designed to teach children French. In both French and English (mostly French), with exercises and a vocabulary list of French words. Illustrated with black, white, and red/orange drawings.Book has wear on jacket corners. Has been inscribed on the FFEP by a previous owner. Some vocabulary words have been checked off, but remain legible.

A 19th-century title about women's lives in the North American colonies. Tan leather over boards with gilt stamping on the front and spine, six raised ribs across spine. Text block is gilt on top with deckled edges. Tan marbled decorative endpapers. Protective tissue over B&W frontispiece is intact. Title page has blue & black print. Charming B&W chapter decorations.Front cover is completely separated from book. Cover is worn, especially on edges, corners, and top & heel of spine. Spine is separating from binding. Papers are age tanned with some stains.

Volume 1 of a 10-volume set, containing a life of Shakespeare by Israel Gollancz, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Comedy of Errors. Burgundy cloth with blind stamping on front and gilt on front and spine. Decorative endpapers with yellow-and-black shield. Red-and-black title page and red scene indicators throughout. All four B&W illustrated plates are intact, as is their tipped-in protective tissue. Text block has gilt top.Former owner inscription on FFEP dated 1907.Cover has wear and stains, with fraying on corners and spine. Text block is slightly loose from binding. Pages are age tanned.

Green paper dust jacket over matching green cloth cover with black lettering and design.FON on front endpaper dated 1923.Dust jacket has wear, small tears, and chipping, especially along spine hinges, edges, and corners. Cloth cover has wear on corners, top edge, and top of spine. Pages are age tanned.

Beige cloth edition with green decor on front and green type on spine. Charming illustrated endpapers. B&W illustration on title page. No dust jacket.FON on front endpapers dated 1949. Book plate with FON on half-title.Stains on cover and boards are somewhat warped. Paper is age tanned.