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(GUIDE BOOK) C., C.L.W. A GUIDE TO BATTLE ABBEY. Battle: Ticehurst, (late 19th century). 12mo. Wrappers. (iv), 75, (v) pages, (1) fold-out plate. New and improved edition. Includes a fold-out plan of the Abbey. Spine heavily chipped, wrappers rubbe a good copy.

CABEEN, D.C., and others, (editors). A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. Four Volumes, complete. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947-1961. 8vo. Cloth. Volume I, "The Mediaeval Period"; Volume II, "The Sixteenth Century"; Volume III, "The Seventeenth Century"; Volume IV, :The Eighteenth Century." Comprehensive annotated bibliography. Internally very good. Bindings spotted and priced accordingly.

(CABELL, James Branch). POOR JACK. Richmond: N.P., 1906 (but Chicago: Ben Abramson, 1927 (?)). 12mo. Wrappers. pages. The famous Cabell forgery, adapted from his Love Letters of Falstaff. Cabell denied knowledge of this piracy, which he called "a forgery sadly bungled." fine, unopened copy.

CADELL, William Archibald. DESCRIPTION OF SOME INDIAN IDOLS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY. Edinburgh: P. Neill, 1822. 4to. Later marbled wrappers. 11 pages, 1 plate. Rare item with only two copies recorded on OCLC and none in American librarie A reprint "from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (Read Mar 6, 1820)," which describes and tries to understand the religious sculptures brought from India by Francis Simpson, who had presented them to the Society 1800. Cadell, with the aid of an attractive engraved plate, places the relie of Cali, Suria and Buddha in the context of Indian mythology and compares the with Greek deities. William Archibald Cadell was a member of a family whose business interests were in coal mining, paper and iron manufacturing. This enables him to travel and contribute to several artistic, antiquarian and scientific societies. A very good presentation copy inscribed in ink at the head of the title "Robert Ferguson Esq. from the Author." Robert Ferguson of Raith,… Read More

New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1938). 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, 169, (2) pages. First edition. ``Modern Primitives of Europe and America,'' with contributions by Maximilien Gauthier, Jean Cassou, Dorothy C. Miller, and others; illustrated, with a bibliography. Ex-library copy, else very good.

CAIRNS, Huntington and John Walker (editors). A PAGEANT OF PAINTING FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Two volumes. New York: Macmillan, 1966. Folio. Cloth, dust jackets. xviii, 254 pages; vii 263 pages. First edition. Featuring 255 full color plates of artwork found in the National Gallery of A Along with each plate is "a quotation appropriate to the painting, the artist his philosophy, his period, or his subject", as well as a comment on the work itself by the editors. Very good in rubbed and chipped dust jackets.

JOHN CAIUS BOOKS. MAGIC, THE OCCULT & PSEUDO-SCIENCES. San Francisco: 1992. 8vo. Wrappers. Catalogue Two, with 115 items listed. Very good.

CALAHAN, Sean (editor.) THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. An illustrated monograph. Very good.

CALDWELL, John Edwards. A TOUR THROUGH PART OF VIRGINIA, IN THE SUMMER OF 1808. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1951. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 61 pag Facsimile of the 1809 edition, a Howes item. Very good.

(WEST POINT) (CALHOUN, J.C.) LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.... Washington, D.C.: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1820. 8vo. Disbound. 16 pages, (15) fold-out plates. First edition. ....Transmitting a Statement Shewing the Whole Amount of Moneys Expended, by Government, on the Military Academy at West Point. Includes lists of the num and names of cadets, and the states, districts, and territories from which th came. The fold-out plates show the various costs, and expenditures of the academy. Uncut and partially unopened. Some browning, else very good.

BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. San Francisco: 1926. 16mo. Wrappers. (13) pages. First edition. Van Allen Bradley's copy with his signature. Light cover wear.

(CALIFORNIA) OLD MONTEREY, DOORWAY TO HISTORY. Monterey: Monterey Foundation, 1951. 4to. Wrappers. (24) pages. First editio A photographic survey of doorways in Monterey, California. Ex-library stamps else very good.

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA. INTERCHANGE. Volume II. Pomona: (1989). 8vo. Wrappers. Published by the College of Environmental Design. Very good.

CALLET. NOTICE HISTORIQUE SUR LE VIE ARTISTIQUE ET LES OUVRAGES DE QUELQUES ARCHITECTES FRANCAIS DU SEIZIEME SIECLE. Paris: L'Autheur, 1842. 8vo. Publisher's boards. xvi, 125, (1) pages, 12 plates. First edition. The review of seventeenth century French architecture includes remarks on Delorme, du Cerceau, Duperac, and Serlio. Extremities of spine and hinges chipped; tips worn.

(CALLOW) CALLOW, William. WILLIAM CALLOW, R.W.S., F.R.G.S. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, xxiv, 181, ( pages, 31 plates. First edition. Autobiography of famed British artist with twenty-two colored and ten black a white plates of his work--list of paintings in back. Owner's signature on fr board. Very good.

(EHRET) CALMANN, Gerta. EHRET: FLOWER PAINTER EXTRAORDINARY. Oxford: Phaidon, (1977). Small folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. The definitive biography of Georg Ehret (1710-1770) who had a genius for painting flowers; illustrated with sixty-four pages of plates, many richly colored; with a bibliography of his printed works. Very good.

CALVSEI, Maurizio. LES TRESORS DU VATICAN. (Geneve): Skira, (1962). Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. xv, 216 pages. First edition. Treasures examined are taken from the "Basilique de Saint-Pierre, Galeries et Musees Pontificaux, Tresor de Saint-Pierre, Grottes Vaticanes et Necropole, Palais du Vatican". There are one hundred and twenty plates of which eighty-five are in full color. With the card of Henry de Maillardoz of the C du Vatican tipped-in with a paper clip. There is off-setting from the metal paper clip, otherwise a fine copy.

CAMAC, C.N.B. CLASSICS OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. New York: Dover, (1959). 8vo. Wrappers. Reprint of 1909 edition. Very good.

CAMBER, Richard (editor). COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS. (London): British Museum Publications Limited, (1977). 4to. Cloth. 276 pages First edition. The British Museum Yearbook 2. Well illustrated. Bookplate. Very good.

(TRADE CATALOGUE) CAMBIER FRERES, L. & H. MEUBLES & SIEGES L & H.C.F. (Paris: Berger & Javal, circa 1880). Oblong 4to. Original red cloth decorate and lettered in gilt. 122 lithographed plates, of which 107 contain illustrations, plates 108-122 remain blank (presumably for other items to be laid in as they were added to the range). Rare trade catalogue not recorded on OCLC. In 1880 Emanuel Cambier, together with his two sons, founded a company for the production of furniture similar the famous Thonet furniture. Some of these chairs and seats are depicted on plates 31 to 33 (including several chairs specially designed for children). remaining plates depict traditional furniture used at the end of the nineteen century, including many types of chairs (including an elegant series of foldi chairs); cradles, chairs, and carriages for children; as well as sofas, beds, sideboards, wardrobes, tables, etc. Small water stain at front cover. Blank endpapers slightly browned. One plate with small fault. Otherwise… Read More