Search Results: Authors starting with C from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. Book. Illus. by decorations by Frank C. Pape. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Progoma; b;acl s[ome wotj gilt decorated boards. No edge wear. The title on the spine is barely visible. Inside,like new. This is an unread copy, as some pages are uncut at the bottom or outed edges. Stated first impression. Protected in the original publisher slipcasewith the gilt paper description of the book on one side intact, with slight wear at the edges. .

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. Book. Illus. by 15 Pages of Photos. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original yellow cloth with a hint of edgewear.Title in black on the unfaded spine. A red dust jacket that is NOT price clipped and has only one small closed tear along the bottom edge. With endpaper maps. The photos taken circa 1950 illustrate life in the deserts of North Africa, Sinai and Iran. A fine travel book of its time and a bench mark, as these deserts have changed. Pages 186, index..

New York: Harper & Bros, 1877. Book. Illus. by 29 Full Page Plates and 4 Facsimiles, Profuse Text Woodcuts, and Large Folding Map in the Front Pocket. Good. Original Cloth. First U.S. EDITION. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A cornerstone of Africa exploration, the first white man to cross the Continent from west to east, in 1873 to 1875. Hess/Coger 2991. Pages xvi, 508. Published in New York the same year as the first London edition. Very clean and tight inside, with the full page plates complete with tissue guards. Bookplate on the front inside cover is from the "York Collegiate Institute". Archival tape repairs to the back of the excellent, large folding map of Commander Cameron's brave trek from Benguella on the West coast, north and east to Lake Tanganyika, and then east to the coast north of Dar es Salaam, across from Zanzibar, his route shown in red. Contemporary pictorial red cloth, with an outline of Africa in gilt on the front cover. Nicely… Read More

London: Cullen and Co. , 1795. Book. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original boards covered with well rubbed marbled paper. More recent 20th Century brown leather spine and corners in very good plus condition. Inside the title page and next four pages are covered in a preservative coating, as are the last 4 pages, an appendix. Pages xvii, 76, 136, 181, 9. The text takes the form of letters to his son. Campbell, who formerly commanded a regiment of cavalry in the Service of the Nabob of the Carnatic (in India). His travels took him through Germany to Venice in part one; Alexandria, Aleppo to Mosul in part two, then to Baghdad, Basra, Bombay, shipwreck and capture by Hyder Ali, Candapore, Travanare, Madras and Bengal. .

Turtle Point Press, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a hardback binding of the Turtle Point paperback, in terra cotta spine with very pretty terra cotta handmarbled boards and matching endpapers. Bright gilt letters on a leather title on the spine. Very clean inside. A fine British novel about their rule in India, and an excellent read. First published in London in 1922 and it should have created quite a stir, examing the issues that would lead to Independence for India 25 years later.. Only a hint of wear at bottom of spine,.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy, with no edgewear, in a fine dust jacket with no wear and NOT price clipped. The NY Times thought this one of the best novels of 2014. The pain of hidden secrets and the cost of surrendered love. A very good read. Translated from Italian by Anne Milano Appel. Three light-Years won Italy's prestigious Mondello Prize in 2013. .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Book. Illus. by 3 Color Folding Maps, 29 Full Page Plates and 163 Text Engravings. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. First Edition in English. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Description of a Journey into Central and West Africa, Comprising ...Surveys of the Sources of the Rivers Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza and Cuango , and of Great Part of the Course of the Two Latter".. The authors were officers of the Royal Portuguese Navy, exploring in 1877- 1880. This expedition attempted to explore and claim the lands between Portuguese colonies Angola and Mozambique. Pages liii,395 and xv, 351 plus 32 pages publisher ads. Both volumes have been professionally repaired outside on the corners, hinges and spine ends. Now protected in clear, mylar dustjackets. Inside repairs were not needed as the paper blocks are solid, and free of stains or foxing. A RARE set, no other copies on the internet at this writing..

New York: Paul S Eriksson, 1970. Book. Illus. by Maps, & Drawings By Lita Anker. Near Fine. Cloth. First U.S. EDITION. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With chapters on Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen, and a long trip to the far north end. Pages xiv, 226 with index and bibliography. Blue cloth with white title letters on spine. The dustjacket has mild edgewear and pictures a cruise ship in the Geiranger fjord, has a few repairs on the verso, and is NOT price-clipped..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Charming literary essays about Sahar Orne Jewett, Thomas Mann, Katherine Mansfield and a friendship with the Niece of Flaubert. A nice copy in pale green cloth, a tiny bit faded on the spine but not the edges. The dust jacket ISS faded on the spine, but has no edge wear except the top of the spine. Not price clipped, and now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original light green cloth, surprisingly unfaded. Gilt titles on the front and the spine. First edition, first issue with "of" on line 19 of the last page. Inside, clean and tight with no prior owner marks. The torn dustjacket has been repaired on the verso with archival tape. Protected in a mylar sleeve. A very nice copy of an early Cather novel that cemented her reputation. . .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This novel and A Lost Lady, purlished in the 1920s elevated Cather's literary status dramatically (wikipedia). Original blue cloth spine with orange boards, slight wear at the corners and spine ends, and the title on the spine is faded. nside, clean and tight with no foxing or stains, and no prior owner marks. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. /This is a reissue of Cather's first book, originally published in 1903. But the reissue has a Part Two, consisting of 12 new poems, some previously unpublished in any form. Pale green cloth spine with dark green title. Board are original printed in yellow, light and dark green. No edge wear, protected by the original dust jacket and that is oprotected by a glasine sleeve that folds over the edges. This copy has never been read, as some pages are uncut at the bottom or the outer edge. Truly an handsome copy of a rather scarce book. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original pale green cloth with the spine slightly faded. Original paper labels on the spine and front board. No edgewear. and clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks. From the library of a fine collector who stored his dust jackets separately. Hence, a fine dust jacket. now protected by a clear mylar sleeve. Cather returns to her Nebraska roots with her notable prose in plain language about ordinary people. The publisher printed the dust jackets with a $2.50 price. Then he decided to sell the book for $2. (depression era prices). So all first edition copies are price clipped, as is this one. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cather, unhappy with her publisher Houghton Mifflin, switched to Knopf with this book , her second short story collection. Original green cloth with titles in dark green on the front and the spine. Inside, very clean and tight, with no browning or prior owner's marks. It has an original invoice from a book dealer noting this first edition as scarce. , .

New York City: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Book. Illus. by 3 maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy, subtitled "An Anthropology of War and Mediation. No prior owner marks, and very clean and tight inside and out. An excellent meditation on Arab culture. The author is professor of anthropology at Harvard University and director of the Center of Middle Eastern Studies..

Nwq Yoek: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. Book. Illus. by fine design binding photographs. Near Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An exhibition catalog from November-December 1982 at the Thomas J. Watson library, at the Met. Original white wraps, unblemished. Inside fine, with no prior owner marks. Abstract art bindings, much influenced by French design binding are bold , imaginative and American. Now SCARCE. .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by drawings, photos and small maps. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth with no stains or edge wear. Inside, as new, with no prior owner marks. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has no tears or rubs. The author is an esteemed Russian scholar, and this is the first work of his translated into English. .

NEW YORK : Pantheon, 1979. Book. Illus. by 5 maps. Near Fine. Soft cover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Appears unread, but the pages are beginning to yellow, which must be true for all copies. Early Communist China rule under Mao's eratic leadership, not a good moment in history to be Chinese. By several French scholars, an excellent collection..

Portland, Oregon: Breitenbush Books, 1987. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. 4th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Long considered to be one of the most important literary works in the Chinese language. Translated and afterword by Sam Hamill, it discusses the joys and problems that face both writer and reader. Very clean and tight inside and out..

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. Book. Illus. by 16 Full Page Plates Including Engraved title/frontispiece. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. All plates as called for in the list of illustrations, including 4 full page woodcuts, 8 lithographs in color and 4 tinted lithographs. A fine exploration of Egypt from Alexandria to Thebes, Goshen, the desert and Karnak. Pages x, 289. Original green cloth with gilt bands along the borders on the front and a gilt palace and palm trees. The spine is neatly rebacked with the old cloth and gilt title and gilt oblisk laid onto the new spine. The front board has some wrinkles. Inside clean and tight, with new endpapers. Protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket..