Search Results: Titles starting with C from Bazaar of Books

"The Calendar Epic: A Novel of the Merchant Marine" by James Kubeck. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1956]. Second Impression. pp. 318. Hardcover, quarter grey cloth, blue boards with blue title on spine (spine bumped & frayed, corners bit bent, dampstained to rear endpapers, binding loose, otherwise interior is unmarked). d.w., unclipped (spine worn & chipped, some wear to corners, inside of dust jacket is very stained and inside back cover is dampstained and wrinkled).Good condition.Size: 8 5/8" x 5 3/4" (22cm x 15cm).

The Camera/ The Negative/ The Print, 3 volumes (The New Ansel Adams Photography Series) by Ansel Adams with the collaboration of Robert Baker. Bk. 1- pp. 203, Index. Ninth printing, 1988. Bk. 2- pp. 272, Index. Ninth printing, 1988. Bk. 3- pp. 210, Index. Eighth printing, 1989. Each volume is profusely illustrated. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover, black cloth with silver title on spine. Bk. 1 condition: corners square, faint mark on front cover, tiny marks on top edge, notation on front free endpaper, interior is clean & unmarked; d.j., unclipped: price sticker on back cover, tiny hole to edge of rear cover./ Bk. 2 condition: corners rubbed, faint foxing on top edge with a couple of tiny marks to bottom edge, few lines underlined and a couple of margin notes, notation on front free endpaper; d.j., unclipped: cover is sunned/faded, flaps are toned, top of spine worn some, corners worn, slight wear along front top edge, distributor sticker on front flap./ Bk. 3 condition: corners square,… Read More

"Camera in the Interior: 1858, H. L. Hime, Photographer The Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition by Richard J. Huyda. Toronto: The Coach House Press, [1975]. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies. pp. 55, Bibliography. numerous illus. and 1 folding map. Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, quite foxed on top edge, interior clean & unmarked, ex-library- 2 plates on front free endpaper, stain at top of front cover). d.j. (soiled, small mark on front, black number on front flap, 3/4- inch tear at top of spine, piece of front jacket missing, small tear on back cover). Very Good condition (dustjacket in Good condition).Size: 9" x 10 5/8" (23cm x 27cm).

"Canada One Hundred, 1867-1967". Prepared in the Canada Year Book, Handbook and Library Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Ottawa: [Queen's Printer, 1967]. pp. 504. many b. & w. and colour illustrations. Paperback (some wear to edges & back, piece missing from back cover, gift card taped to front end paper, and previous owner's initials).
Size: 9" x 6 1/8" (23cm x 15.5cm).
Good condition.This handbook was published to commemorate Canada's centenary in 1967.

"Canada's Navy: The First Century" by Marc Milner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1999]. pp. 356, Bibliography, Index. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, blue cloth with silver title on spine (corners square, interior clean & unmarked). dj. (shelf wear).Near fine condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" (25cm x 17.5cm).

"Canada's Flowers: History of the Corvettes of Canada 1939-1945" by Thomas G. Lynch. (Military Journal Special 5). [Bennington, Vermont: International Graphics Corp., 1981]. pp. 100, Bibliography. numerous b. & w. illus. Paperback (toned on spine & front cover, corners worn, few marks on front cover and back cover soiled, interior is unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 10 3/4" x 8 3/8" (27.5cm x 21.5cm)

"The Canadian Collector: Glass, Pottery, Furniture, Firearms of the Nineteenth Century" by Gerald Stevens. With an Introduction by F. St. George Spendlove. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, [1957]. pp. 100. 43 black & white illustrations. First Edition, March, 1957. Limited to 750 copies only. Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine (top & bottom of spine frayed, edge worn, few marks to cover, owner's signature on free front endpaper, interior unmarked). No. d.j. A portion of the original d.j. is inserted. Size: 7" (18cm). x 9 1/4" (23.5cm). Good condition. One of the first books published on collecting Canadian furniture, glass, etc. A classic in the field of Canadian collectibles.

The Canadian Magazine Vol. LV, No. 3, July 1920. Toronto: The Ontario Publishing Company, Limited. Wrappers (covers tattered and chipped, cover missing at top of spine, couple of tears and missing margin to first few pages and the last page, covers toned and some foxing in margins, but text is clear). Size: 9 1/2" x 6 5/8" (24cm x 16.5cm).Good condition.Newton MacTavish was the editor of The Canadian Magazine. He also wrote "The Fine Arts in Canada," published in 1925. He was a trustee of The National Gallery of Canada. The magazine has a number of vintage consumer product advertisements (some in colour) as well as travel advertisements (see photos).

"Canadian Mosaic: Nova Scotia Volume." Compiled by Mrs. W. A. Turner. Drawings by Sandra A. Turner. n.p.: Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia, 1957. pp. 93. some b. & w. illus. Paperback (top & bottom of spine torn, address label on front cover, covers and margins are foxed, interior is unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/8" x 6" (23.5cm x 15.5cm).

"The Canadian Collector: Glass, Pottery, Furniture, Firearms of the Nineteenth Century by Gerald Stevens. Introduction by F. St. George Spendlove. [Coles Canadiana Collection]. Toronto: Coles Publishing Company Limited, [1974]. pp. 100. 43 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, wine cloth with gilt titles on front and spine (1 corner bent, 2 lower corners rubbed, interior unmarked). dw (spine faded, 1 short tear, some wear).Size: 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" (22cm x 14.5cm).Very good condition.

The Canadian Magazine Vol. LV, No. 2. Toronto, June, 1920. Toronto: The Ontario Publishing Company, Limited. Wrappers (covers tattered and chipped. cover missing at top and bottom of spine. covers are toned and some staining. foxing to margins, but text and illustrations are clear, outer margins to first few pages deteriorated and partly missing). Size: 9 1/2" x 6 5/8" (24cm x 16.5cm)Good condition.
Newton MacTavish was the editor of The Canadian Magazine. He also wrote "The Fine Arts in Canada," published in 1925. He was a trustee of The National Gallery of Canada. The magazine has a number of vintage consumer product advertisements (some in colour) as well as travel advertisements (see photos).

"Canadians at War" by Jim Lotz. [London:] Bison Books Ltd., [1990]. pp. 192. 240 illus. (some in colour), and maps. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, pages wrinkled probably from damp, interior unmarked). dw. (edges worn, small hole in front cover & a tear to lower front cover, sticker residue on cover, foxing to inside of jacket).Good condition.Size: 12 1/4" x 9 3/8 (31cm x 24cm).

"Canadian Art" by Graham McInnes. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1950. (Originally published in 1939. This is a revised edition). pp. 140, Index, Bibliography. 32 b. & w. illus. and 6 colour illus. Hardcover, taupe cloth with green title on spine (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & worn, mark on front cover, inscription on front free endpaper, margins foxed, all edges darkened, otherwise interior is unmarked). No dust jacket.Very good condition.Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" (26cm x 18.5cm).

"Canadian Landscape Painting 1670-1930: The Artist and The Land. Text and catalogue by R. H. Hubbard. Essay by Northrop Frye. [Madison, Wisconsin]: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, [1973]. pp. 196, Biographies, maps. numerous illus. (some colour). Paperback (covers soiled with a few marks, front free endpaper has a couple of marks, back corner creased, otherwise interior is unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 10" x 8" (25.5cm x 20.5cm).This exhibition was organized and held by The Elvehjem Art Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and at the Hopkins Center Art Galleries at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, and at the University Art Museum at the University of Texas, Austin.

"Canadian Short Stories." Selected and with an Introduction by Robert Weaver. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First edition. pp. 420. Hardcover, blue cloth with coat of arms, gilt title on spine (spine bumped, lower corners bent, light staining to covers, some foxing to edges, price on front free endpaper & mark, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked, publisher's deboss on back cover). dj. (wrinkled, waterstain on front, back cover soiled & marked, some wear especially to spine, inside jacket- some foxing and marks from book cloth).Very Good condition.Size: 6 1/8" x 3 7/8" (15.5cm x 10cm).

"Canciones" by Antonio Machado. Translated by Robert Bly. West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, [1980]. One of 1,450 copies. unpaginated- 15 poems. Softcover, green wrappers with gilt title & decoration on front cover (corners creased & worn, edgeworn, front and back covers rubbed, crease to lower back cover). Very Good condition.Size: 8" x 4 1/4" (20cm x 11cm).
"The original poems form a group which Antonio Machado wrote in homage to the Spanish folk tradition, & published under the title 'Canciones' in his book, Nuevas Canciones, 1930." from the book

"Carry On: Letters in War-Time" by Coningsby Dawson. New York: John Lane Company, 1917. pp. 133. portrait frontispiece of author. Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt title & illus. on front and gilt missing on spine (corners bent & frayed, marks on covers, spine bumped & frayed, edges of spine and covers are worn, front free endpaper is removed, front endpaper partially cracked at gutter, several signatures on half-title page, some pencil markings in margins mostly erased).Fair condition.Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/8" (19.5cm x 13cm).

"A Celebration of Salmon Rivers." photography by R. Randolph Ashton. With foreword by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. [Edited by John B. Ashton and Adrian Latimer. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]: Stackpole Books, [2007]. pp.237. Numerous colour illus. (mostly full-page). Hardcover, beige boards with black title on spine (corners square & one worn, spine bumped, interior clean, gift inscription on title page). dj. (crease on front both top & bottom, also crease at top on back, 1/2- inch tear at edge of back cover, scratches on front and back).Very Good conditon.Size: 10 1/8" x 10 7/8" (25.5cm x 27.5cm).

"Celtic Mysteries: The Ancient Religion" by John Sharkey. London: Thames and Hudson. [1975]. pp. 96. 117 illus., 24 colour. Paperback (corners bit worn, crease to back corner, marks on back cover, tiny scratches, interior is clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 11" x 8" (28cm x 20.5cm).

"A Century Ago: Halifax 1871- A Picture Album." (Originally published as Rogers' Photographic Advertising Album in Halifax, NS by Joseph S. Rogers, Photography, 1871). [Halifax, NS: The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, 1970]. pp. 108, numerous b. & w. illus. The photographs in this album are reproduced in their actual size, approximately 6 1/4 inches by 5 1/4 inches. The originals are brown, gold-toned collodion prints pasted on heavy card. Spiralbound (edges foxed & spine also, few marks on front cover, couple of nicks on back cover, interior is clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 9 1/4" x 7 1/8" (23.5cm x 18cm).