Search Results: Authors starting with C from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1930. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 291, [1] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine (minor dustsoiling, slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. Arts & Crafts cover art illust. of woman in orientalist-style dress (minor scuffing, edgewear, upper fore-edge reinforced on back), still VG/G copy. First edition of this anthology drawing from such works of Cabell’s as The Silver Stallion, Chivalry, Jurgen, Something About Eve, The Certain Hour, and more.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., [1936]. 8vo. viii, 309, [1] pp. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth, gilt lozenge front cover, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art of rearing horse on pinned page (minor edgewear, light dustsoiling, couple very small closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology assembling Cabell’s prefaces to the deluxe Storisende ediiton of the “Biography of the Life of Manuel” outlinging “the course of prudery among editors, publishers, and the reading public, never sparing an individual.”

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960. 8vo. 320 pp. Text illusts., photos. Orange cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. (couple minor closed tears, wear to corners), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent history of the decisive B-17 Flying Fortress bombing raids on the ball-bearing factories of Germany during World War II.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1947]. 12mo. 121 pp., plus 1 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers (slight shelfwear), still NF copy, w/ neat ownership label of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean War veteran on pastedown. Early Pocket Books edition, No. 443, of this noir mystery, which served as the basis for the 1946 MGM film noir starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, and Hume Cronyn, directed by Tay Garnett.

Cleveland & New York: World Publishing [1946]. 8vo. 258 pp. Black cloth, turquoise-coloured lettering (uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art photos of Joan Crawford & Ann Blyth from the movie, photos on tack cover (minor chipping head & foot of spine), still VG/VG- copy. Early Photoplay printing, of the Warner Bros. movie tie-in starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Michael Curtiz directed. Joan Crawford won Oscar award for role.

[Stourbridge & Birmingham, England: Taylor, Law & Co., Ltd., 1930]. 8vo. 31, [1] pp. Printed & illustrated throughout in sepia and pink, text illustrations, photo illustrations. Photo-illustrated softcovers in sepia & pink (slight shelfwear), NF copy. Second edition of this advertising catalogue and promotion for Tala Works Icing sets for cakes, and cake decorating.

Chicago: Published by the Author, 1923. Oblong 4to. [2 pp]., 60 plates, each with explanatory text of facing plate on verso (most in colour, some tinted photos), [8 pp.], plus 2 illustrated publisher’s ads. Embossed ribbed blue cloth, gilt lettering, octagon-shaped colour plate mounted front cover of decorative cake icing piece (very minor bumping to corners, front hinge starting, edgewear), still VG- copy w/ former ownership signature on title. First edition of this beautifully printed work on Jazz Age decorative cakes. There are cakes for New Years, birth announcements, Easter, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cakes with macaroons, Marzipan decorated cakes, caramel sugar baskets, post card cakes (very beautiful), and many others. The recipes and ads at the end offer the instructions and equipment to produce these beautiful confections.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., [1927]. 8vo. xii, 347, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates, illust. endpapers by Margaret Freeman (mnr chppng & fryng hd of spine), still G copy. First edition, 2nd printing of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

[Helena, MT]: The Western Press, Historical Society of Montana, [1958]. 8vo. xiv, 147, [1] pp. Numerous photo plates. Tan cloth, red lettering, w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, slight sunning to spine), VG/VG copy. First Western Press edition, No. 115 of 2000 copies, of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

London: Hutchison, [1972]. 8vo. 248 pp. Plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght dustsoilng to fore-edges), NF/VG. First edition of this work examining the 19th-century precedents for freedom of speech.

[New York & Hartford, CT]: Equitable Life Assurance Society, Osborn & Betancourt, P.B. Donovan Real Estate & Insurance Agency; Gray Lithograph Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.25 x 11.25 in. [6 pp (unpaginated).] printed on thick paper stock, accordion-style which extends out to 25 x 11.25 in, three raised & embossed colour chromolithograph plates w/ calendars & lettering in blue & gilt (minor edgewear, very minor rubbing to hinges, minor lifting & offsetting on 1 plate), still VG bright copy. First edition of this finely printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States during the Gilded Age. Incorporated in 1859, the Equitable Life Assurance society was known for decades as one of the largest life insurance companies in the country, and maintained a vast sales force. These independent agents actively cultivated clients, and advertised heavily through calendars, greeting cards, brochures, and other printed mediums.

Chicago & New York: N.K. Fairbank Company; Lithographed by G.H. Buek & Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.5 x 11.75 in. Six colour chromolithograph leaves, printed on thick paper stock, each with image on recto, calendars & lettering in blue & gilt, punch sewn through upper margin by white silk braid (very slight shelfwear, slight rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this exceptional and brilliantly printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Fairy Soap Company during the Gilded Age. These splendid images of fairies draw from paintings by Gustave Liebscher (1870-1953), known for his figure and cityscapes; Eugene Grivaz (1852-1915), a Belle Epoque artist who exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Switzerland; Charles Schabelitz (1844-1905), best remembered for his Buffalo Hunt painting; Albert H. Sonn (1867-1936), noted American artist well known for his watercolours, and striking commercial art; Walter G. Read (1863-1950), an excellent artist, perhaps best known for his famed watercolour painting of… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, Paternoster Row, 1866. Thick 4to. xii, [2], 239, [1] pp. Woodcut-engraved & illustrated title in red & black, illust. half-title in red & black, red & black frontisp., many leaves printed in blue, red, yellow, or green, woodcut-engraved plates, historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut borders. Contemporary full red morocco with gilt ornamented designs on front & back cover, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (very minor rubbing at hinges, minor rubbing to corners, very slight tidemark to fore-edge of first couple leaves), still a NF copy, bound by Riviere, w/ their stamp on lower fore-edge of inner ruled dentelle on front pastedown. First edition of this lavish Victorian work celebrating the life span of man in the 12 months of a calendar year, beginning with the infant in January, the schoolboy in February, the apprentice in March, as well as the soldier in June, the philosopher and statesmen in September, and more.… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Land of Sunshine Publishing Co., Inc., 121 1/2 So. Broadway, Sept.-Oct., 1900. 8vo. [10], [213]-309, [29] pp. With numerous text illustrations, decorated initials, photo illustrations, plates. Illustrated printed softcovers, yapp edges (chipping head & foot of spine, some scuffing, edgewear), still G copy. First edition scarce magazine edited by Lummis. Of particular interest, this issue features the first installment of the translation into English of the 1630 Spanish original of Fray Alonso de Benavides to Fray Juan de Santander detailing the early missionary efforts amongst the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. The translation was executed by Emma Ayer (1845-1932) whose husband Edward E. Ayer (1841-1927) was noted bibliophile and collector whose 50,000 piece library were absorbed into the Newberry Library. See: Harriet & Seymour Koenig, The Puebloans and the Settled Spaniards, The Benavides Era, 1626-1630, In: Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750 (2005), pp. 116-118.

San Francisco, CA: [H.S. Crocker Company, Official Publishers, G.G.I.E., 1939]. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.75 in. [24 pp (unpaginated).] With photo plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art colour photos of the Exposition by Henry Wachs, yapp edges (very slight shelfwear), w/ original printed mailing envelope (minor toning, shelfwear), still F/NF copy. First edition of this beautifully printed photographic excursion through the Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Photographers included Roberts & Roberts, Gabriel Moulin, and George Grau. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Cal. Hist. Soc., Cal State Library, CS Fresno, SF Public, UC Berkeley, Art Inst. Chicago).

San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co., Printers, 1888. 12mo. 48 pp. One meteorological table. Original blue-coloured printed softcovers, reinforced and bound w/linen hinges into quarter-black over light green coloured boards, toning to pastedowns (some minor pulling at inner stables, minor offset toning to the covers from the linen tape, small ex-lib embossed stamp on title), still G copy, inscribed “Compliments of the Author, Augusta, Maine,” to Bowdoin College, w/ “withdrawn” bookplate on front pastedown. First edition, signed presentation copy, of this concise 19th-century land promotion extolling the beauty of southern California, the fertile soil, and civic amenities of the town detailing the historic Spanish Mission, the Californios, scenic homes, and the growing Protestant congregations. Of interest is the special advisory that he incorporates towards the end advising “Tenderfoots” from the East to be careful with some unscrupulous land speculators trying to sell fairly worthless… Read More

Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co., [1929]. Nine vols. [12], 452, 3 maps (1 large folding); [6], 413, [1]; [6], 349, [1], 3 maps (1 double-page); [10], 381, [1], 2 maps; [10], 461, [1]; [10], 458; [10], 314; [10], 465, [1]; [10], 322 pp. Numerous maps. Over 100 woodcut plates throughout. Simulated blue leatherette, gilt lettering on front covers, gilt lettering on spine, raised bands, gilt on spines, gilt ruling (minor soiling, some bumping to corners, edgewear, scuffing), still a VG- set, w/ facsimile autographs of California pioneers printed on endpapers. First Gold Edition of the California Series filled with woodcut illustrations specially designed for these volumes by Howard Simon, Franz Geritz, Virginia de S. Litchfield, and Aries Fayer. This set offers an invaluable resource for California history, from the early years of exploration, the colonization by Spain, the pioneers over the Oregon & California Trail, the building of the railroads, the tremendous impact of the Gold Rush, and more.

San Francisco, CA: Southern Pacific Co., Dec., 1949. 4to. 1, 71, [4] leaves, mimeograph, tables throughout. Quarter-brown cloth over gold-coloured softcovers post-binder, nickel-plated screwposts, printed black lettering & S.P. logo on front cover (minor foxing front cover, minor edgewear), still VG copy, w/ former ownership marking on verso of front cover. First edition of this exceptionally scarce post-War Southern Pacific RR in-house document specifying all of the telephone lines, maintenance offices, headquarters, what motor cars and equipment are attached to them, as well as detailed specifications on Main Line or Branch, Pole Miles, Wire Miles, and Offices Maintained. Also carefully details particular District responsibilities, such as clearing the lines through the Sikiyous, or in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and more. No copies in Worldcat.

Pomona, CA: Frashers, Inc., [1943]. Oblong 12mo. 3.75 x 2.5 in. 12 miniature Real Photo Postcards, w/ text w/in the negative, preserved in original mailing portfolio, die-cut window on recto, canceled stamp & address on verso (minor dustsoiling, shelfwear to portfolio), still NF set of RPPC’s, from the library of George Stein (1914-1988) stationed at Camp Haan in World War II, and was a longtime driver and heavy equipment operator for the Clark County Highway Dept., son of Gran Duchy of Luxembourg immigrant farmers, and later builder in Vancouver, WA. This complete miniature set of Real Photo Postcards shot by the iconic California photographer includes such images as “20 Mule Team Borax Wagons”; “Furnace Creek Camp”; “Salt Pool and the Devil’s Golf Course”; “Death Valley Scotty”; “Mushroom Rock”; and others. Frasher (1888-1955) opened a commercial photography studio with his wife Josephine Angel in 1912, with her shooting portraits, and Frasher traveling Eastern California… Read More

Sacramento, CA: Friend William Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, 1912. 8vo. [10], 130 pp., printed in green & sepia throughout. Sepia-tinted frontisp., 13 sepia-tinted photo illustrations, decorated initials, green illustrated borders. Gray-embossed softcovers, raised dark brown lettering on front cover, yapp edges (minor creasing & wear, minor scuffing, minor chipping w/ small loss to foot of spine), still VG- copy. First edition of this unusually scarce conservation work detailing the history and steps taken by the Sempervirens Club members and Redwood Park commissioners to preserve the old growth Redwoods of Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Sempervirens Park Club supporters had actively campaigned against great opposition by logging companies, and industrialists in their quest to save the Calaveras trees, so after Laura White assumed the presidency of the Sempervirens in 1902, she enlisted Phoebe Hearst to bankroll the drive to save Big Basin, and helped secure State Park… Read More