Search Results: Authors starting with C from Quaker Hill Books

GlasgowGlasgow: , 1755 Full Brown Leather. Good. 2 Volumes. Small 8vo. Former armorial 18th century bookplate in both volumes.Ribbed spines gold lettering faded but still apparent. Covers are rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped, old water stain to end paper of volume II not affecting any text. Text is remarkably clean, hinges o.k. A fascinating compendium of conversations among notable personages of the ancient world (Socrates, Pericles etc). Very rare..

London: Edmund Gibson., 1695. Engraved portrait and 50 double-page and folding maps by Robert Morden; double-column text, 9 plates of coins and antiquities; numerous engraved illustrations and woodcut initials in the text. Recent morocco gilt spine over contemporary boards. Minor soiling and some very light dampstsains and foxing. A beautiful clean and sound copy. (Wing C359); (Chubb CXIII);(Skelton 117). Full Contemporary Calf. Excellent. Folio.

Boston,: L.C. Page:, 1899. Frontis, 243 pp., 14pp. publishers's ad catalogue., t.e.g.. Covers moderately rubbed, small dampstain on lower right corner of rear board. Contents very clean. A strong and very good copy of a rare 19th century golf book.. First Edition. Original Pictorial green Cloth. Very Good. 8vo..

New York, 1895. Presentation. Orig. cloth. Excellent. Frontis portrait. small 8vo., First edition/presentation copy with ALS by Cannon tipped in front cover..

London:: Printed for Sherwood Jones, & Co.,, 1823. Illustrated throughout with 8 large folding maps rendered in color, 3 folding tables also in color, 5 folding engravings and 1 folding table. Contents are very clean. Tears in one map professionally secured all other maps and charts in tact, bright and clean. Small stains on back of title page. Beautifully bound in modern polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Published a year after the first edition (1822) of the larger Carey and Lea atlas. This edition is quite rare and includes The United States, General Map of North America, Pantography of American History, British Possessions in America, View of Quebec, View of Havannah, Chart of the Constitutions of the United States, View of Philadelphia, Mexico (Spanish Possessions), West Indies, Cuba (with St. Domingo, Jamaica and Bahama Islands), SOuth America, Colombia, Brazil, View of Rio Janeiro, United Provinces (and Chili), View of Monte Video (and Plan of… Read More

2 Volumes. Large 8vo.. Original burgundy pictorial cloth, black and gilt, t.e.g., illustrated with folding map and numerous color plates throughout. Custom slipcase. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler. The original book, published in 1842 in London, was written during eight years of travel from 1832 to 1839 and contains many of Catlin's illustrations. The book is divided into letters written by Catlin, rather than chapters, with some letters containing information about the same regions. In near fine condition.

2 Volumes. Large 8vo.. Original burgundy pictorial cloth, black and gilt, t.e.g., illustrated with folding map and numerous color plates throughout. Custom slipcase. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler. The original book, published in 1842 in London, was written during eight years of travel from 1832 to 1839 and contains many of Catlin's illustrations. The book is divided into letters written by Catlin, rather than chapters, with some letters containing information about the same regions. In near fine condition.

New York American industrialist and philanthropist. One page, New York, Jan 2, 1899 to Clement Studebaker regarding the Nicaraguan Canal. In part: "I am deeply pained to read what you say about the Foreign Possessions. Instead of believing as you do that 'the benefit to the natives of the islands, and the advantages to this govenment will justify all the sacrifice, expense and trouble', I believe that the influence of a superior upon an inferior race is injurious to both, and that the greatest mistake that this Republic has ever made is that twhich carries with it the responsibilities of possessions upon a Foreigh continent...our honor is now pawned 14,000 miles away from the Atlantic seaboard, and we shall certainly be drawn into the interminable wars of Europe..." Clement Studebaker and his older brother Henry Studebaker established H & C Studebaker in South Bend, Indiana, building well-made wagons with their name on them. In 1868 the company became the Studebaker Brothers… Read More

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1899. A beautiful, near fine copy in the publishers red cloth with embossed horsehead surrounded by a gilt horeshoe on the front board, spine lettered in gilt. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE TO BISHOP WARREN, with an additional inscription on the bottom of the first free endpaper. Bishop Henry Warren was a noted Methodist clergyman whose strong pro-temperance stand and anti-McKinley sermons made him a close friend of Andrew Carnegie.. Near Fine. 8vo..

London:: Richard Phillips., 1805. First edition. 3/4 leather. Light foxing to some pages and plates, . 11 Engravings. 4to., Bound in 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper boards, with raised spines,gold letters and black leather label. Corners bumped. Moderately rubbed.. Very Good.

New York, 1911. Fine. 3/4 standing pose. A bold inscription: "To Mr. John Brown/Very Sincerely, Enrico Caruso, N.Y. 1911. Trippled matted and elegantly framed..

New York: Knopf,, 1932. Boards with some very light wear. LIMITED EDITION NO.148 OF 260.SIGNED BY WILLA CATHER. Printed on Japan vellum boundin vellum-backed boards.. Limited Edition Signed. Vellum Embossed in Gold. Near Fine. 8vo..

NewYork:: Knopf., 1931. Limted Edition of 199 copies printed on Shidzuoka Japan red/orange Vellum, this being No. 25, 619 SIGNED BY WILLA CATHER. Original light brown dust wrapper lettered in black on the spine. Minor toning and soiling to dust wrapper, remnants of book plate on front pastedown, otherwise a beautiful copy of this scarce edition. Housed in publisher's gray slipcase that shows some wear.. Excellent/Very Good.

New York:: Knopf., 1940. One of 525 copies printed on large paper and SIGNED BY WILLA CATHER. Oringial birght green cloth and the original cream coloured dust wrapper.Top edge gilt; silk ribbon marker bound in. The dust wrapper shows some very light dampstaining. Original cream coloured slipcase lightly soiled. This is a better than excellent copy of Cather's wonderful story of slavery and forbidden love.. First Edition. Original Green Cloth. Excellent/Excellent. 8vo..

New York: Knopf,, 1925. LIMITED EDITION - ONE OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE SIGNED BY WILLA CATHER on the limitation page. A beautiful copy.. Limited Edition Signed. Near Fine. 8vo..

Houhton Mifflin. Boston & New York, 1912. First Edition. orig. cloth. Near Fine. 8vo., This is a lovely copy of the First Edition/second issue..

London:, 1880. This magnificent set contains a profusion of lovely woodcut text illustrations. Beautifully bound by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool.in 3/4 polished blue calf, spines in six compartments decorated in gilt with red morocco labels. Some very light rubbing otherwise a gorgeous set.. 3/4 Blue Polished Calf. Near Fine. 4to.. 2 Volumes.

New York:: Southwich and Pelsue,, 1809. One of the most famous political hatchet jobs in American History. Although at one time good friends, Paine and Cheetham had a serious falling out so at the time of Paine's death in 1809, the love was long lost. Paine had a talent for alienating his friends as well as his enemies. Once the revolutionary visionary whose pamphlets inspired his nation, Paine had deteriorated in old age into an embittered old radical without an audience. His last years were spent primarily in poverty and alcoholism. His death caused a renewed spate of attention and Cheetham, editor of the American Citizen, chose the moment to settle some old scores. A highly interesting and hard to find book showing minor wear and rubbing to boards with some spotting. Covers reattached by stiching at joints. Text is very good with only light foxing and a tiny piece missing from front blank.. First Edition. Original Paper Boards. Very Good. 8vo..

London:: Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope,, 1774. Engraved portrait frontispiece from the painting by M. Hoare. The rare half-titles are present. Full contemporary polished tree calf expertly rebacked preserving the original spine labels. Text of both volumes is immaculate. Bookplate of Sir Alexander Baxter on the inside covers of both volumes. An elegant set of Lord Chesterfield's classic portrait of an ideal 18th century gentleman.. First Edition. Full Contemporary Brown Calf. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 Volumes..

London:: Cassel & Company, 1956. Churchill's great classic beautifully bound by Asprey & Co. in 3/4 crushed, red morocco. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt; aeg... First Edition. 3/4 Red Morocco. Fine. 8vo.. 4 Volumes.