Search Results: Authors starting with C from Brillig Books

Paris: Editions Pierre Tisne, (1957). Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, green buckram boards with color illustrated pastedown. 138pp. plus Table des Matieres, extensive notes and bibliography. TEXT IN FRENCH. Illustrated with black and white photographs of author, studio and reproduced details of signatures. 152 plates including numerous tipped-in color reproductions mounted on special paper. A very good plus to near fine copy with discoloration to pastedown along inner hinges and a touch of dust/soil to outer edges, else fine in original clear mylar dust jacket with some tape repaired splits..

London: Marion Boyars, (1980) Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Square small quarto, illustrated stiff wraps. 187pp. plus colophon. Essays on prepared piano, mesostics, Finnegan's Wake, The Future of Music, etc. A very tight, fresh and unmarked volume. Fine..

Collegeville, MN: Order of Saint Benedict, 2005. Book. As New. Cloth. BRAND NEW BOOK. Quarto (11.5" X 10"), royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt cover decoration and gilt spine titles. 216 pps. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs and full color reproductions and details of the pages of the completely handcrafted St. John's Bible. A monumental effort to create a hand made copy of the bible incorporating both ancient and modern images and forms of writing. This is the story of this complex and monumental project. FLAWLESS and unread. Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. AS NEW. BRAND NEW BOOK..

New York: Frederick Stokes, (n.d.) Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First American Edition. Small octavo, light green cloth covered boards. Edges uncut. 127pp. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with sketches and decorations by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. A very tight, clean copy. Bookseller's tiny ticket on lower corner of front pastedown and a 1/4 tear at inner hinge which is otherwise absolutely sound. One word "Jude" and date on ffep. A very good plus copy, without dust jacket..

New York: Pantheon, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards with silver spine titles. 276 pp. plus biographical note on author. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, bright, tight, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Munich/New York: Prestel/MOMA, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 273 pp. including notes on the individual items in the exhibition. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions. A tight, clean, glossy unmarked volume. Slightly cocked near bottom, else fine. Near Fine..

London: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1983. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, wheat colored cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 301 pp. including index. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs (many full page edge to edge) maps, drawings and reproductions. A very tight, clean, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and fresh cloth in a crisp, very tight, sharp, heavy double fold dust jacket. New Old Stock. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, forest green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 148pp. Generously illustrated throughout with 68 colour plates (4 double-page) and commentary on the historical importance of each map by Tony Campbell. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright, gilt, unmarked and apparently unread in a very tight, crisp, clean, unmarked dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A great copy..

Joliet, IL: P.F. Volland and Company, 1927. Book. Illus. by Gustaf Tenggren. Fine. Illustrated Hardcover. First Edition. Small octavo, blue cloth spine over illusrated paper covered boards. Illustrated engpapers. 128 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout in delicate color paintings by Swedish illustrator Gustaf Tenggren in the manner of Arthur Rackham. A beautiful copy, tight, clean, square, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished interior and exterior with fine illustrations throughout. The most negligible of rubbing to spine ends but this is a niggling fault noted in a volume which is otherwise remarkably like new. FINE without dust jacket. A lovely copy of a lovely illustrated fairy tale..

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small quarto, white illustrated stiff wraps. 611 pp. including index and list of contributors. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Princeton University Press, 1941. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 248pp. plus ads. Volume XIX of America's Lost Plays. Includes "The White Slave", "Fairfax", "The Galley Slave", "My Partner" and the "Virginian" plus an alphabetical list of Campbell's plays. Fine without dust jacket..

Cleveland: World Publishing, (1968)., 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Square octavo, terracotta colored cloth covered boards with gilt title, rules and spine title. Illustrated endpapers. 192pp. including index and glossary. With charming illustrations by Tasha Tudor; many black and white in text and about a dozen full page full color. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with bright gilt and fresh cloth, in a price-clipped dust jacket with one tiny nick at spine, else fine. A beautiful copy of this enduring regional american cookbook. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Scarce in such excellent condition..

NY: Farrar, Staus, Giroux, (1994). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Translated from the German by John Hargraves. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over brown paper covered boards. 218pp. A collection of the notes of the Nobel prize winner. Fine in fine dust jacket. A fresh and unread copy in a crisp, sharp dust jacket. AS NEW..

Culver City, CA: Murray & Gee, (1948),, 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 424pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and movie stills. A very tight, clean and unmarked volume with slight offsetting near front and rear hinges (glue?) in a dust jacket with slightly sunned spine and frayed top of spine. Small chip at forecorner. Despite the defects noted, a very attractive copy of this title. Near fine in very good dust jacket..

New York: Macmillan, 1969. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, black and white photo-illustrated cloth covered boards. 269 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and movie stills A very tight, bright, crisp, fresh, unmarked volume in a very tight, crisp, sharp, bright price clipped dust jacket. A touch of extremely faint and barely perceptible foxin at interior page fold of title page, else fine. Very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. A great copy and almost perfect..

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, dark turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 127 pp. including index, bibliography and notes. Generously illustrated throughout with 94 reproductions of black and white photographs by (inter alia) Marion Post Walcott, Arthur Rothstein and Gordon Parks and other photographers of the Farm Security Administration. A beautiful copy with very fresh cloth and bright gilt, clean, tight, unmarked and unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, glossy unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW..

New York: Platt & Munk, 1941. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. (First Edition was 1937) Quarto, lavender cloth covered boards illustrated with black and white line drawings. Color illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated (approx. 110 pp.) Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and vivid color drawings and games. Many of the color illustrations are full page and the illustration (as on the endpapers) is of the classic early 20th century type with plenty of detail and strongly drawn striking images and colors. A collection of 82, stunts, games, puzzles, riddles, mazes etc. This volume is very tight, sound, clean and unmarked. Very minor bump to top forecorner of front board. a couple of spots of very faint foxing on endpapers, else fine, in a tight, bright, unclipped dust jacket. with a light edgewear, some fading at spine some faint spots of foxing just showing on white rear panel, but nonetheless a very attractive jacket. Near fine in very good or better dust jacket..

London: Hamlyn, 1970. Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small octavo, grey cloth covered boards. 158pp. Illustrated with 71 full color plates and printed on heavy glossy stock. Fine in fine dust jacket. An unread, crisp, clean and sharp copy. AS NEW..

London: Paul Hamlyn, (1969). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Quarto, navy blue cloth covered boards. 141pp. including index, list of Road Racing Champions and list of World Speed Records. Illustrated endpapers. Very generously illustrated throughout with 260 black and white photographs from the earliest days of the motorcycle through the late '60s. A fine volume without blemishes, in a dust jacket with tiny tears at top tips, else fine. Fine in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket..

New York: W H Freeman & Co, 1987. Book. As New. Cloth. Quarto, black cloth covered boards. 698 pp. including very extensive index and appendices. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Top front edge of dust jacket slightly rolled, else fine. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..