Search Results: Authors starting with C from Dividing Line Books

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The deluxe signed edition of this collection of mesostic poems, which Cage delivered as Harvard's Charles Eliot Northern Lectures in 1988-1989. One cassette documents Cage's reading of Mesostic IV, the other a Q&A section from one of his lectures. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. First edition. Signed by Cage to half-title. 452pp. 4to. Gray cloth stamped in silver on front board and spine; dust jacket. Housed in a two-piece matching cloth box with two 60-minute audio cassettes in cases, and the original blurb/price sheet. Fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with two very short closed tears at head of spine. Incidental rubbing to one corner of box, else also fine. Nice copy.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961. First edition. Square 8vo. Black cloth, blind-stamped to front board; white and bronze spine titles; dust jacket. Xii, 276pp. Bottom corners lightly bumped/swollen; toning to textblock edges; spot of soiling to ffep below inscription. Price-clipped jacket with edgewear and rubbing, foxing and faint dampstaining to interior. Very good in a like jacket. Inscribed by Cage on ffep: "For Betty Freeman with gratitude for her interest and activity. John Cage (after the California Tour January '65." Presentation copy of the first book by experimental American composer John Cage (1912-1992), as inscribed by him to American photographer and philanthropist Betty Freeman (1921-2009), who was noted for her extensive patronage of new musicians-Cage prominent among them. In addition to being one of his most generous financial supporters, Freeman and Cage… Read More

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed first edition of this 1979 collection of essays, mesostics, and other procedurally generated writings by the avant-garde American composer. The title work is a text-score in which chance operations are used to systematically deconstruct the journals of Henry David Thoreau--a tactic born of Cage's interest in "demilitarizing" language by making it less understandable. Other pieces include a long anecdotal poem relating to Cage's macrobiotic diet, and the "The Future of Music," which was essentially the last of Cage's nonfiction works written in a traditional essay format. Quarto (8.25 x 9.5 in.); ix, 187pp.; black cloth boards, white spine titles, in dust jacket. Neatly signed and inscribed ("For Jo") by Cage, in red felt-tip pen, on the half-title page. Light foxing to edges of textblock and sporadically to interior; boards lightly shelfworn; mild musty… Read More

NY: Carlton Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Scarce work of Black pedagogy, originally written as Caldwell's master's thesis at Columbia University, in which she argues that the prevailing modes of education fail to meet the needs of Black students. Instead, while acknowledging the distastefulness of the position, she contends that segregated schools remain the best hope for Black self-advancement, and the "best means to the end of segregation and the achievement of group solidarity and world brotherhood." First edition. Octavo, 8.25 x 5.5 in. 51pp., with bibliography. Black cloth boards, silver spine titles; in dust jacket. Off-setting to endpapers where it appears a piece of newsprint was once laid in. Unclipped ("$2.00") jacket moderately toned, with a shallow band of loss at crown of spine, and several closed edge tears. A near fine copy in an about very good jacket.

Whittier, CA: Spiraling Books, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Signed copy of these psychedelic memoirs in the form of affable, colorful, and instructive vignettes by a one-time member of Art Kleps' Neo-American Church, now involved with (and perhaps founder of) The Institute for the Advancement of Psychedelic Christianity. Whittier, CA: Spiraling Books, 1984. First edition. Signed by Call to title page. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 6-7/8 x 4-5/8 in. 60pp. Mild rubbing to rear spine, else fine. Scarce; no institutional holdings located via OCLC, nor any copies currently in the trade.

Old Greenwich, CT: Devin-Adair Company, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xiv+108pp. Presumed first (no statement of printing). Full tan cloth with orange spine titles. Fine in a fine, price-clipped jacket. A sharp, collectible copy of the uncommon seventh book by the noted entomologist, ornithologist, and natural philosopher. With a foreword by Charles Walters, Jr. and pen drawings by the author.

NY: A. A. Wyn, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A superior copy of this first collected edition of Capek's trilogy of thematically linked novels. Octavo (8 x 5.5 in.); 460pp.; orange cloth boards, orange topstain, in dust jacket. The barest hint of foxing to textblock fore-edge, else fine in a very near fine, unclipped jacket, printed (per British wartime paper restrictions) on the back of a War Office topographical map of Sumatra.

NY: Crowell, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated (~24pp.). First edition. Signed and inscribed by Carle on the front free endpaper/dedication page to the legendary young adult novelist Katherine Paterson, winner of two Newbery medals and two National Book Awards. Yellow vinyl boards with black titles and front panel design. Very good (+) in like jacket, with light foxing to end papers and top of textblock, as well as the flaps and interior of jacket. 2" closed tear at base of rear jacket panel; short horizontal closed tear at top of front flap. A wonderful association copy linking two titans of children's literature.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Second printing. 8vo. Dark brown textured-paper boards; silver spine titles; red topstain; dust jacket. Xiv, 198pp.; index. Some light water splashing to topstain; mild thumb-smudging to fore-edge; inked gift inscription on ffep. Very good or better in a near fine jacket, shallowly clipped at all four corners but with original price still present; one short closed tear at base of front flap hinge. Attractive reprint of the uncommon UK edition of Carmichael (later Kwame Ture) and Hamilton's revolutionary critique of American racism, which offered a framework for radical Black political reform. Notable, among things, for introducing the now widely acknowledged concept of "institutional racism."

NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. 242pp. Stated first edition. Inscribed by Carpenter with a doodle on the front free end paper. Full black cloth with bronze spine titles. Rear board corners very lightly bumped, a touch of soiling at bottom of textblock fore-edge. In a fine, unclipped "$5.95" jacket with light creasing at the top of spine. Carpenter's third book, a collection of short stories. From the collection of noted New York book collector Burt Britton (1933-2018).

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Collectible signed copy of Carpenter's ninth novel and the last to be published during his lifetime, a dark but honest reckoning with suburban malaise playing out among the members of a fractured family in Marin County, California. First edition. Signed by Carpenter on front fly-leaf. Octavo (5.75 x 8.25 in.); 230pp.; red papered boards backed with blue quarter-cloth, gold spine lettering; in unclipped ("$17.95") dustjacket. Spine mildly cocked forward, else fine in a fine dust jacket.

NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Uncommon proof/advance copy of Don Carpenter's debut novel. Signature-bound in tan wraps, printed on front and rear covers only (spine blank). 8.5 x 5.75 in. 308pp. Forward cocking, scalloping, and some reading creases to spine; binding remains secure and unproblematic. Splash-soiling to front cover and bottom corner of the first half-dozen leaves. Toning to textblock edges. Altogether an about very good copy.

NY: Penguin Books, 1987. Soft cover. Fine. Inscribed reprint edition of Carroll's landmark coming-of-age story, an edited collection of the diaries he kept as a teenager in 1960s New York City. NY: Penguin Books, 1987. SIGNED and inscribed by Carroll, "To Louie," on the front leaf. Perfect-bound in printed glossy wraps, 7-3/4 x 5 in. 210pp. About fine, with only the lightest of edge and corner wear.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Uncommon hardcover issue of this early work by the esteemed American poet, written in the early 1950s while an inmate of the Bloomingdale mental hospital and thought lost for many years before its rediscovery. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.75 in.); xii, 77pp.; gray cloth boards. Shelfwear resulting in slight loss of color at spine ends and bottom corners. Else fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with a shallow band of chipping at head of spine.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. x + 169pp., indexed. Light blue cloth stamped in gilt. From the library of the Fairfield Department of Public Safety, with a library pocket and stamp on the front free endpaper, and some scuffing/tape remains where it appears a library label was removed from the dust jacket spine. Else as new: clean, tightly bound, and apparently unread. A study that "takes a pragmatic, policy-oriented look at a wide range of managerial and legal issues associated with drug abuse by police officers.

San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 6.5" x 5.5". Unpaginated chapbook. Edition limited to 126 copies, this being number 37. Signed by both Carver and Dahi on the limitation page at rear. Fine in printed wrappers. A brief remembrance of Raymond Carver by his brother.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 285pp. Presumed reprint (no statement of printing on copyright page). Green vinyl baords with light green cloth backing. NF/NF. Pushing at spine ends, very light wear at board tips, a touch of dust soiling top of textblock. Unclipped "3.95" jacket shows soiling to rear panel and very light wear at spine ends. A sharp copy of this first complete collection of Cary's stories.

Educational Consulting Service: Orinda, CA, 1971. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. An educational sourcebook written in "layman's language" and dealing with "any and all drugs, their effects, value, legality aspects, and medical use." Prepared by Case under the auspices of the Diocese of Oakland's preventive drug education program, and written with the stated intention of reducing "the number of drug abusers in the schools." The text is permeated with typographical and factual errors (Sandoz, for instance, the Swiss pharmaceutical company for which Albert Hoffman was working when he discovered LSD, becomes "Sondiz"), as well as the expected dose of alarmist editorializing, and a chapter titled "Drug-Oriented Popular Songs," which contains transcriptions of lyrics by Jefferson Airplane and Donovan. An interesting independent attempt to collate available information about drugs and their place in American society at the end of the 1960s.… Read More

Boston: Four Seas Press, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo. 152pp. First edition. Translated from the Spanish and introduced by Mariano J. Lorente. With a preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Reddish brown boards with matching topstain and gilt titles. G+. Light wear at spine ends and board tips, some soiling to boards. Spine gilt somewhat dulled, yet still partially legible. Former owner's name neatly inked on front free end paper. Light foxing to fore-edge of textblock. Internal foxing, yet only on the glossy illustrated leaves and facing pages. Quite scarce indeed.

Chapel Hill, NC: Lollipop Power Inc., 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Chapel Hill, NC: Lollipop Power Inc., 1973. First edition. Perfect-bound in printed red wraps, 11 x 8-1/8 in. 45pp. Printed on orange paperstock, with b&w drawings throughout. Former owner's address stamp on front and rear covers and title page. Light fading and a small spot of damage to spine. Very good. Children's story about a girl who finds a magic hat at the dump and erases a fence that prevents girls from playing with boys' toys and vice-versa. Founded as a nonprofit in 1969, Lollipop Power was one of the first feminist presses to produce children's books that cast gender nonconformity in a positive light. These early titles decidedly uncommon in the trade.