Search Results: Titles starting with C from Sparrow's Bookshop

Daimon, 1997. Paperback. Near fine/N/A. Revised and enlarged edition, based on the original 1966 publication. Sharp edges and corners, tight binding, square spine and clean, unmarked pages. Only the very slightest shelf wear and rubbing to covers and very slight curl of front cover at fore corners.

Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. First edition. Pages are unmarked but browned with slightly worn deckled edges. Light dampstaining to top edge and some small dents in bottom of text block. Binding is firm. Three corners are bumped and spine ends have softened. Gilt on spine has faded but is brighter on front board. One surface bump to back board.

Gallimard, 1958. Paperback. Acceptable/N/A. First printing of this edition. All text in French. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's name written on title page and about 7 pages in the beginning with minor underlining. Binding is tight, but spine has a heavy lean. Moderate rubbing, shelf wear and edge wear to covers. Plastic coating peeling in some places.

Yale University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American edition. Jacket is protected in mylar. Pages are clean and unmarked and binding is tight. Some softening and wear to corners and spine ends. One discolored spot on front board. Jacket has minor shelf wear.

Bantam Books, 1969. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Thirteenth printing of this edition. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Minor shelf wear and edge wear to covers.

Potter, Ainsworth, and Company, 1874. Hardcover. Acceptable/None. No dust jacket. Heavy rubbing on boards and spine. Top and bottom spine bumped with major fraying. Back gutter torn at top. Front hinge and back hinge cracked. Glue and pages are tight. Soiling and faded pencil marks on front endpapers. All other pages are unmarked.

Random House, 1975. Hardcover. Good/None. Slipcase has heavy wear to one side with stains, wrinkling, a section which has been taped, and some scribbles in pen. Otherwise book itself is in great shape with a firm binding, unmarked pages, and sharp corners. Minor wear to corners and spine ends.

The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Near fine/None. Part of the Limited Edition collection, The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Translation by Tobias Smollett and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. With associated Notes from the Editors booklet. Book appears unread with tight binding and with bright gilt design and lettering to covers and spine. Decorative endpapers are slightly faded and curved around the edges. Small bump to top of boards at hinge. All pages are clean and unmarked, spine is square and gilt page edges are free from scuffing and wear.

The Modern Library, no date given. Hardcover. Good/Good. Copyright 1956, assumed printed soon after. Pages are lightly browned but unmarked with very light foxing along fore-edge. Binding has a lean but is still tight. Dampstaining along spine and bottom board corners but no damage evident on jacket or pages. Bottom corners are also lightly bumped and spine ends have softened. Dust jacket is protected in mylar but is moderately browned and has sunning lines on back cover. Moderate creasing on edges and one closed chip near bottom front corner.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Good/N/A. Translated by Nevill Coghill. A Penguin Classics edition. Rubbing to covers with shelf wear around the edges. Corners bumped and covers mildly curved towards fore edges. Slight spine lean with faint reading creases. Binding mildly split in gutters of first few pages, all remain attached however. All pages are clean and unmarked though mildly tanned.

Franklin Library, 1974. Hardcover. Very good/None. In contemporary verse by J.U. Nicolson. Part of the 100 Greatest Books of All Time collection. Full leather bound with gilt accents on boards and spine, all three edges gilt, silk endpapers and reading ribbon. Binding and hinges firm. All pages are unmarked aside from previous owner's blindstamp on flyleaf. Minor wrinkling / signs of liquid damage to bottom right corner of the first 100 pages and fore-edge, barely noticeable on most pages. Else minor signs of shelf wear.

Signet Books, 1969. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First printing of this Signet Classic Poetry Series edition. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's name faintly written on all three page edges. Binding is tight, but spine has a faint reading crease. Minor shelf wear and edge wear to covers.

Grosset & Dunlap, no date given. Hardcover. Good/None. Assumed printed circa 1930. Photoplay title Her Man. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay Louis B. Mayer presents Reginald Barker's production, a Metro picture. Pages are tanned and unmarked aside from previous owner's signature in light pencil and previous owner's stamp in black ink, both on front endpaper. Text block edges are lightly soiled. Back pastedown has surface tears that appear to have been repasted to board after gashes to back board. Boards are edgeworn, with bumped, worn corners and softened, frayed spine ends. Binding is loose and cracked in multiple places throughout. Pastedowns are separating from board at hinge, but hinges are still attached to endpapers.

Oxford University Press, 1999. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Abridged text. Wrappers are clean, colorful, and nicely intact aside from some minor scuffing and dog-earring at the bottom of the front cover. Binding is firm and the pages are bright,crisp,and unmarked aside from some underlining on the contents page.

Pantheon Books, 1981. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First American edition. Binding is firm aside from a slightly loosened front hinge. All pages are clean and unmarked. Very minor shelf wear to covers.

Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Very good/None. Boards are solid and the spine is square aside from minor scuffing and sunning. Binding is firm and the pages are slightly tanned but crisp, and unmarked.

The Sun Dial Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good/None. Reprint edition. Two circular stains to front cover with other mild discoloration elsewhere on boards and spine wrap. Corner bumps and wear at the ends of spine wrap. Tanning pages that remain clean and unmarked save for pages 240-243 which have some mild brown stains on top corner of pages, which do not obscure text. Slightly loose binding, but text block remains intact.

The Century Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very good/None. Illustrated. Stated, "sixtieth thousand" print run. Darkening of spine with rubbing and mild discoloration to boards. Corners and spine ends bumped and somewhat frayed. Front board mildly curved. Front hinge cracked and several instances of mildly split binding throughout text. Previous bookseller's sticker on rear endpaper. Pages are slightly tanned but remain clean and unmarked.

The Modern Library, no date given. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Translated from French by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. Copyright stated 1929, but assumed printed circa 1956. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's inscription on back of front endpaper. Binding and hinges secure. Jacket shows moderate rubbing, chipping and edge wear. Heavy sunning to spine and large scuff mark at spine tail.

Berkley Medallion, 1969. Paperback. Good/N/A. No markings. Slight spine lean. Reading creases on front and back covers along spine. Top right corner of front cover creased. Minor edge wear.