Search Results: Titles starting with C from The Parnassus BookShop

USA: Bantam Books, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Sheilah Beckett. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Originally published 1759. Translated by Lowell Bair with an Appreciation by Andre Maurois. Illustrations by Sheilah Beckett. Clean, unmarked rappers, tight glued binding, slight wear to edges, no creases. Internals clean, unmarked, untorn, pages toned. The story of a gentle man pummeled by fate who clings to the belief that he lives "in the best of all possible worlds". 122 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 1981, Bantam Books, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A Norton Critical Edition, Translated and Edited by Robert M. Adams. A New Translation , Backgrounds, and Criticism. Clean and bright card cover in orange and white with black lettering with liiustration. Slight wear to cover edges,light crease down hinge, some text red ink underlined up to page 77, doesn't affect easy readability, and on page one, there is text yellow highlighted. Text block edges clean and white. On the first page encountered when opening the cover, there is a type written "Can You Stop Evil" essay on Candide and Frankenstein that is fixed to two pages in front and two pages in back (not on text pages). On the second title page, there is a red ink humorous drawing. Pages are white and text is clear. and clean. Candide was first published in 1759, set out as the work of "Dr. Ralph", not as written by M. de Voltaire, the… Read More

New York: Fawcett Crest/Ballantine Books, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright red, clean and unmarked cover with trace wear to edges. Tight and solid glued binding Pages toned, quite clean, no marks or creases. A story of struggle for empire, and of political, economic and racial currents in this beautiful and hotly contested region of the world. A sweeping tale beginning with tribal conflicts on the island of Dominica, and on to the arrival of Columbus and the establishment of Spanish control and of the English campaign to wrest power away. Buccaneers, Jamaican sugar planatations, the slave revolt on Haiti in 1800, the freedom from slavery throughout the islands, and on up to present day problems. 811 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. 1990 Fawcett Crest/Ballantine Books, New York.

USA: Random House, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Bright, clean, solid, tight, unmarked. volume. Maps on endpapers of the Caribbean area in front and of Jamaica, Hispaniola and Port Royal in the back. A really nice, sparkling book. A story of struggle for empire, and of political, economic and racial currents in this beautiful and hotly contested region of the world. A sweeping tale beginning with tribal conflicts on the island of Dominica, and on to the arrival of Columbus and the establishment of Spanish control and of the English campaign to wrest power away. Buccaneers, Jamaican sugar planatations, the slave revolt on Haiti in 1800, the freedom from slavery throughout the islands, and on up to present day problems. 672 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1989, Random House, New York, New York, USA

Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback This lovely FIRST PRINTING Hardcover Quarto Book and Dust Jacket are in Very Good Condition. 128 pages. 9" x 11.5" tall. Tan cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Book is clean, bright, tight, no soiling, with light and small chipping on lower edge of front cover and a small chip to spine head. Pages glossy, clean and unmarked. White glossy jacket in Near Fine condition with illustration by artist John Porter who combined likenesses of three family physicians profiled in the book with a rendering of the quintessential old-time general practitioner. End papers: "The Doctor" painted by Sir Luke Fildes in 1891-it was one of the most popular paintings in America at the turn of the 20th century. Title page illustration from Handbook of Early American Art. Illustrations throughout of family practice in America in various places and times. A beautiful book.… Read More

USA: Leisure Books, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. Light edgewear, lower front spine corner scruffed. A story of a man born Indian, raised white, who swore he would die a free man. 170 pages. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. 1993, Leisure Books, USA

New York, New York, USA: HarperPerennial, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Dennis Bettencourt. As New Paperback Cookbook with pictorial cover, with fold-over flaps-'French flaps". Lovely sumptuous cookbook, size 10"x10 1/4". 95 pages. Photography in full color, full page, by Dennis Bettencourt. Glossy, coated paper pages. Includes new recipes photographed in full color; a glossary of birds for the grill; how to prepare birds for cooking on the grill; grilling techniques, equipment and guidelines for cooking chicken and other birds safely; special ingredients, marinades and how to add flavor to the fire. 1993, HarperPerennial, New York, New York, USA

USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Sixteen pages of Photographic Illustrations. An invaluable and captivating portrait of a people, a cliche- shattering portrait. Brown half cloth with bold gilt titles, tan speckled paper wrapped boards with Chinese letters on front. Very clean and unmarked, trace wear to corners, Tight, solid and square. Interior is very clean, completely unmarked. Clean jacket has light corner wear with chipping of spine head/tail. Four small closed tears on edges. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1980.

USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister, 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Sixteen pages of b/w photographic Illustrations. Clean and unmarked wraps, spine with light creases, tight, solid and square. Interior is very clean, completely unmarked. An invaluable and captivating portrait of China and its people, one to shatter pre-conceptions one may have about the Chinese. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1980.

Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1911: Velhagen & Klasing, 1911. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Publisher: Velhagen & Klasing, 1911. Poetes Francais 6. Lieferung. 19th century French Poetry in the French Language. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket. 313 pages including. biographical notes on poets included in this volume. Illustrations of some of the poets. Green cloth with black decoration and titles on front and spine. Clean and unmarked with scuffed corners and spine head/heel. Tight and solid binding. Inner hinge cracked. Coated paper, 4-5 pages with pencil notes, otherwise clean and unmarked, toned. 5.2 x 8 inches. Publisher: Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1911.

USA: Oxmoor House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. David Morrison. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Except for minimal library stickers/stamps, book and jacket are in Near Fine condition. 121 pages packed with ideas; projects with instructions, patterns, illustrations; trimmings to fix; presents to make; gifts for children. Fully illustrated by David Morrison, bright and colorful. 9 x 11 inches. 121 pages. 1986, Oxmoor House, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

USA: Doubleday, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Three circus aerialists, refugees from the Iron Curtain, have an assignment to penetrate a fortified castle and find a top-secret scientific formula--action, espionage and the excitement of a circus atmosphere. Clean gold cloth binding, tight and solid, with slight rubbing to some corners. Inner hinge cracked at pp 22-23, otherwise interior is very clean, no markings, no creases. 192 pages.8.5 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday, New York, 1975.

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. First Printing. Large Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near FIne Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 31 color plates and 115 b/w photographs. 128 pages; 9 x 11" tall. Contents include information and illustrations of American clocks and clocks from other countries--France, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland; Renaissance clocks, pendulum clocks, shelf clocks. etc. A beautiful and informative book. 9 x 11" tall. 128 pages with Glossary, Reading and Reference, List of some public collections of prints,and Index.

Des Moines, Iowa: State of Iowa, 1931. First Edition. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback LARGE HARDCOVER BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION--1931 IOWA CODE OF LAW. Heavy, solid, tightly bound book in brown buckram. Boards moderately scuffed around edges and corners and rubbed alone spine edge. Front board shows wear. In really good condition however; scuffing and rubbing are not very heavy. Book is tight and clean. No torn or marked pages. 2,068 pages, 3 3/4" thick. Heavy volume. Priority and International shipping require extra postage.

Chicago, Illinois: The Cuno Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. This Fourteenth Volume of the Annual Christmas Book from Cuneo Press is a blend of early Americana of historic England, a prose pageant of the great and popular stories of various eras. Original illustrations especially prepared for this volume. Clean, bright and unmarked red cloth with elaborate gilt design on the spine, gilt panel with red gothic-type lettering. Board edges and corners are rubbed. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Sewn binding tight and solid. Former owner name on paste-down. Rear endpapers have brownish spotting at lower hinge. Very attractive design with red script headings; each page in the stories has the book title in red on the verso and the story title on the recto, with large margins; illustrations at the beginning of each story, titled in red lettering, each specially… Read More

U.S.A: McGraw-Hill, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. PAPERBACK MATH TEXTBOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. 8 X 11 inches. 455 pp. Covers all fundamentals; can be used with any text or as a self-study guide; teaches effective problem-solving; 1,583 fully solved problems; includes algebra, discrete math, trig, analytic geometry, and calculus. McGraw Hill, New York.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, New York, 1897. Hardcover Small Volume in Very Good Condition. Translated from the French by Rose Sherman. First published 1841 by Macmillan. Prosper Marimee's novel, "Carmen", was made by Georges Bizet into one of the finest of operas. Bound in red leather with blind stamped borders, gilt wreath with flame design on front and spine, gilt titles. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Very clean, unmarked, solid and tight sewn binding. Hinges intact. . Prev owner name/address on ffep and name on back side of frontis. Frontis: illustration of a lady and a guard. Interior very clean, unmarked, lightly toned. This story of Colomba is of a firey lady, the "incarnation of the revengeful spirit of Corsica". She knew the wild marquis, the lurking places of the bandits; her slender hand was skillful with the stiletto--". Colomba is one of Merimee's finest… Read More

U.S.A: Workman Publishing Company, 1991. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Paperback Cookbook is Good+ Condition. Plastic comb-binding. Quite Clean with highlighting on a few pages. Slight cover edgewear. What Every Person Needs To Know About Dietary Fat. How To Beat Your Fat Cravings. How To Put Yourself on a Fat Budget. Over 200 recipes by Bernie Piscatella. 525 pages . 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1991, Workman Publishing, New York, New York, USA

USA: W. B. Saunders Company, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book As New. No Jacket. Bright, clean red cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and on front. Clean, free of any markings, with tight & solid binding. Fully illustrated throughout. 516 pages. 7 x 10.25 inches. W. B. Saunders Company Publishers, Philadelphia, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Sydney, 1982.

USA: William Morrow, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. William Morrow, 1976. Hardback. The greatest convoy battle of all time-a major turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II. Hardcover BCE and Jacket in Good Condition. Photographic illustrations. Blue half-cloth with red and gilt lettering, with blue boards. Light spine heel wear; binding tight, solid and square. Pages clean, clear and unmarked and are all a little wavy. Jacket is clean with corner wear and light chipping to spine head and heel, small closed tear on rear upper edge. Nice solid volume with wavy pages. The German U-boat peril during World War II was a real threat to Allied shipping convoys. During the winter of 1942-43, the Germans came close to cutting the North Atlantic lifeline. 97 Allied ships were sunk in the first 21 days of March, 1943. Convoys SC. 122 and HX 229 sailed from New York headed to England; 42 U-Boats trapped them and 21 merchant ships were sunk in this battle,"… Read More