Search Results: Authors starting with C from InkQ Rare Books LLC

Lightly rubbed, stained, and edgeworn to boards; toned to endleaves; small tear to upper edge of front free endpaper; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good. LMM-363. Helen Churchill Candee. New Journeys in Old Asia. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. First edition.  Octavo. 284pp. Publisher's yellow pictorial cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover, map endleaves. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate to each volume. .

Rubbed and edgeworn to spine ends and board edges; front hinge gently cracked; price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed and chipped, with one inch closed tear to front cover panel. Very good. YLG-339. John Dickson Carr. The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition. With Arthur Conan Doyle signature card tipped to front free endpaper.   Octavo. 304pp (indexed). Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket. .

Slight darkening to spine; extremities gently rubbed and bumped; hinges lightly cracked; scattered foxing to prelims, minor toning throughout; binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Very good. JBS-126. Lewis Carroll. Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition, first issue, with "all rights reserved" to title page. 16mo (approx. 7 x 5 inches). 202pp. Bound in blue pictorial cloth by Burn & Co. of London, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, all edges gilt, endleaves in brown. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. .

Gently rubbed and worn, price-clipped jacket lightly soiled and torn. very good. AYW-296. Robert Carse. Ted Trinkhaus, illustrator. The Age of Piracy: A History. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1957. First edition.  With extensive pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride. With additional multi-page ink notes laid-in.  Octavo. 276pp (indexed). Illustrated, with drawings by Ted Trinkhaus. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over black hardcover boards, stamped in red and black to spine, original dust jacket.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Light shelfwear, color faded around edges, gilt lightly rubbed at head of spine, textblock rippled on lower edge near spine with very minor corresponding edge wear to pages; dust jacket with light edge wear, spine lightly faded. Very good. LMM-214. Raymond Carver. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. Octavo. 159 pages. Publisher's blue paper covered boards over dark blue cloth with lettering to front board and spine in gilt, in unclipped dust jacket with listing price $9.95. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Light staining and wear to card wraps, else fine. KWH-377. [SIGNED] Raymond Carver. Robert McChesney, illustrator. Winter Insomnia. Santa Cruz: Kayak Books, 1970. First edition, one of 1,000 unnumbered copies. Signed by Raymond Carver. His second published book.  Octavo. 56pp. Illustrated with color plates by Robert McChesney. Publisher's perfect bound card wraps.

Fine. JBS-327. Lynn J. Cave, ed. Cocaine/Crack: The Big Lie. Washington, DC: US Department of HHS. 1987. Revised edition. Octavo. 9pp. White wrapper with full-page graphic to front cover. With photocopied letter from the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse laid-in.  .

Minor wear to boards and spine, typical light toning throughout. A Very good copy in a fine jacket. YLG-385. Stephen Chalmers. The Affair of the Gallows Tree (A Crime Club Title). Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First edition. Octavo. 289pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in red to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket, with scarce promotional belly band.  .

Light shelfwear; scattered foxing to endleaves; minor interior toning; jacket sun-darkened; rubbed and lightly torn. Very good. LMM-167. C. G. Fairfax Channing. Siberia's Untouched Treasure: Its future Role in the World. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition. Octavo. 475pp (indexed). Some pages remain unopened. With 82 illustrations and 15 maps. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, original unclipped dust jacket. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .   .

Extremities bumped, rubbed, soiled, and sunned, toning throughout, else fine. LMM-219. Geoffrey Chaucer. Thomas Lounsbury, introduction. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1900. First edition thus. Octavo. 877pp (indexed). Frontispiece. Full blue leather, stamped in gilt to spine, gilt borders inside covers, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Lightly sunned to spine and board edges; rubbed, soiled, and bumped to boards; lightly foxed and toned throughout; bookseller ink-stamps to title page. A very good copy of a scarce book, with interesting provenance. NPD-16. Luigi Cherbuni. Cours De Contrpoint Et De Fugue (Counterpoint and Fugue Lessons). Paris: Heugel et Cie, [No date, circa 1889]. Second edition. Quarto. 204pp. Contemporary brown cloth, stamped in gilt to spine. Text in French. Copy of Paul Rey. His book with ink ownership signature and occasional ink notes throughout. Paul Rey (1873 - 1918) provided the text to many of impressionist composer Déodat de Séverac's chansons. .     .

Spine slightly leaning; gently rubbed and soiled to boards; gently bumped to fore-edge of rear board; scattered thumbsoiling to endleaves. Very good. SJK-44. Howard Chandler Christy. The American Girl as Seen by and Portrayed by Howard Chandler Christy.   New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906. First edition. Quarto. 157pp. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, illustrated pastedown to front cover. .

Sunned to spine and upper board edges; extremities lightly rubbed and soiled; minor interior toning. Very good. LMM-224. Tom Clark. The Last Gas Station and Other Stories. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited edition, No. 230 of 250 numbered copies (from a total limitation of 500). Signed by Tom Clark. Octavo. 151pp. Publisher's red quarter cloth over pictorial hardcover paper boards, printed title to spine, endleaves in maroon, original acetate dust wrapper. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Covers very slightly rubbed and bumped. Else a very good, clean copy. HFP-134. Charles W. Clawson. Collector's Guide to Colt .45 Service Pistols. Models of 1911 and 1911A1. Fort Wayne, IN: Charles W. Clawson,  2003. Third Edition. Octavo. vi, 146 pages. Illustrated. Publisher's color illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued.  From 1911 to the end of Production in 1945. Complete Military Identification, Including All Contractors..

Covers slightly rubbed, stain to bottom of front board and bottom of the spine, apparent on the front endpaper and extending into some of the pages at the bottom gutter margin. Else a very good copy. HFP-133. Charles W.Clawson. Colt .45 Government Models (Commercial Series). Fort Wayne, IN: Charles W. Clawson,  2005. Second Edition, Signed Limited Edition, this being number 54 (of an unspecified number of copies). Signed by the author. Small quarto. 230 pages. Illustrated. Publisher's color illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued.  1912 through 1970 Including Super .38 and .22 Models, Plus Norwegian and Argentine Copies. .

Slight spine lean; sunned to spine and board edges, light foxing to prelims; price[1]clipped dust jacket a bit toned, creased, and chipped, with some loss to spine panel, small dampstain to rear panel along top edge. Still, very good. LMM-182. Robert M. Coates. Yesterday's Burdens. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo. 256pp. Publisher's light purple cloth with blue lettering to spine and front cover, original dust jacket. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor soiling and wear to wraps, else fine. JBS-397. Ron Cobb. "Mah Fellow Americans" Editorial Cartoons by Ron Cobb from the Underground Press Syndicate. Amsterdam: A Real Free Press / Arcanum Publication, [No date, circa 1971]. Early reprint edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated. Publisher's illustrated card wraps. .

Minor wear to boards, light creasing to dust jacket, else fine. JHN-192. Stanton A. Coblentz. Under the Triple Suns. Reading, PA: Fantast Press, 1955. First edition.  Octavo. 224pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket with cover art by Hannes Bok.

Fine. JBS-323. Sidney Cohen, M.D., D.Sc. Cocaine: The Bottom Line. New York: The American Council for Drug Education. 1985. Octavo. 43pp. Blue wraps with red lettering to cover, saddle stapled.  .

A fine copy. JBS-299. Sidney Cohen, M.D. Cocaine Today. New York: The American Council on Marijuana and Other Psychoactive Drugs, Inc., 1981. Signed in pen by author, "12/7/84 / Sid" on title page. Octavio, 44pp. Publisher's red wrappers with white lettering, saddle stapled.