Search Results: Titles starting with C from RC Books

San Francisco : Chronicle Books Llc, 2017. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A history of the card catalog and a presentation of various literary landmarks. Foreword by Carla Hayden. Hundreds of images, most in color. Dust "jacket" actually a 4.5 inch wrap around, Fine as issued. No names or marks of any kind.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the First Edition of the classic novel. Mild shelf wear to book. Some light edge wear to dust jacket. Handsome slipcase has a slight scrap and a small chip, otherwise very sound. Tight and clean with no names or marks. 443 pages.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Definitive biography of 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885. Part of the publisher's "The Library of the Presidents" series. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" included. 307 indexed pages with 11 additional pages of preliminaries. Genuine leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All page edges gilt. Satin ribbon book mark.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Second Printing . Full-Leather. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical/sociological look at China in 1972. Translated from the German. Full, brown leather with gilt designs on front cover and spine. Some soiling to edges of text block. Binding tight with no names or marks. 322 indexed pages.

New York: McLoughlin Bros. Inc.. Cloth. Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date but circa 1910. Contains "A Christmas Carol" and "The Holly Tree." 144 pages. Some rubbing and mild warping to boards. Colors and print still bright. Dust jacket, now protected in mylar has edgewear, light soiling, and some fading. Jacket is still attractive. Most desirable for its turn-of-the-century dust jacket and color frontispiece.

Philadelphia: Samuel A Dalton, 1961. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rey Abruzzi. Number 82 of only 1300 copies prepared as a holiday greeting from Samuel A Dalton with his gift card laid in and dated, December 25, 1961. As issued in a tight, near fine slip case with some fading to edges. Format and typography by Robert Donald. Design and color illustrations by Ray Abruzzi. Text handset in16 point Deepdene. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. 47 pages. A very handsome, limited-edition book.

Downsville, Ontario, Canada: Listen For Pleasure, 1981. Audio Book (Cassette). Very Good -. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Two audio cassettes in stiff-paper cover. Superb reading of five of Poe's best: Hop-Frog, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. One part of inside cover torn but otherwise solid.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Portrait and Twenty-Six Illustrations." Blue cloth with gilt vignette on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Cloth and gilt clean and bright. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. xiv, 480 pp. plus (2) ads. Very mild foxing to endpapers. A tightly bound, beautiful copy of an important work on Uganda becoming an English Protectorate.

Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, Ltd., 1982. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately printed facsimile of the classic work from 1802. Part of the publisher's "The Classics of Medicine Library." Full green, genuine cowhide binding with decorartive endleaves. Cover stampings and all edges gilded in 22-karat gold. Attached ribbon pagemarker. 483 pp. Included is the publisher's 31 page introductory booklet.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Total Encyclopedia Of The Team." Collector's edition bound in genuine navy blue leather. Gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edge gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. Includes history, trades, dramatic events, and statistics and biographies of the players. 623 pages with dozens of photographs. Very mild wear to gilt page edges. A beautiful and fascinating book for Yankee fans.

London: Chancellor Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Various Illustratrors . A well done collection of works form the unique, brilliant Oscar Wilde. First edition of this illustrated collection featuring various artists including Aubrey Beardsley and Charles Ricketts. A light three inch scratch to front cover of dust jacket. Mild soiling to top-edge of text block. Tightly bound with no names or marks. 855 pages.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Madison's own writings as a political philosopher and pragmatist. Part of the publisher's "The Library of the Presidents" series. Genuine leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All page edges gilt. Satin ribbon book mark. 361 indexed pages. The publisher's "Collector's Notes" included. A handsome book.

New York & London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1927. Cloth and Paper. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Charles Cullen. Early reprint in the same year of the original publication. Code C-C on copyright page. 89 pages of gifted American poetry. Age toning to paper. Offsetting to end papers from jacket. Price clipped dust jacket, protected in archival plastic, has fading to spine and light wear to edges. The jacket remains quite attractive with the stunning artwork. Includes "From the Dark Tower." Appealing black and white vignettes from the artist.

Dallas, TX: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1971. Stapled Wraps. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1971 Season outlook. Includes Cowboy history, player profiles, and review of upcoming opponents. 108 numbered pages with many small black and white photographs. Very mild foxing to fore-edge of text block. No names or marks. Tom Landry, and the Doomsday Defense - Bob Lilly, Jethro Pugh, et al.