Search Results: Titles starting with C from Independent Books

New York: Random House, 1928 103 pp. + 1; HB. No. 562 of a limited first edition of 1,500. Obscure introductory note by Cabell. Inscribed to known collector Thomas Head (his bookplate to front ep), signed and dated by McNeill on title pg. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, f.e. and b.e. deckled; edges tanned, t.e. dusty. Cover: brown w/gilt titles spine; one light mark front, lt wear head and heel. Sample of contents: The Cosmic Conception, Symphonic Poictesme, Paraphrasing the Non-Existant, Reflections--As to Mirrors and Pigeons, etc. An esoteric treat for the Cabell enthusiast. We have an extensive Cabell collection.

New York: COVICI-FRIEDE-PUBLISHERS, 1930 65 numbered pp; HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lightly foxed, eps s;ioghtly tomned, a.e. tanned. Cover: white, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, corners mildly bumped, lightly foxed, lt stain back tt.e. and spine.. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, , cream w/ redtitles front/spine; dampstain spine and joint area front and back, a few tiny closed tears, lt soil.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940 443 pp.; HB. Limited, registered edition, this No. 135 of 1,000. Signed by author on registration page. From the USS Zeal, w/ stamps to eps and a few pp. Pages: generally clean (occasional pp stains), bright, loose, red topstain, f.e. deckled, decorative map eps, frontis; a.e. tanned, eps toned, hinges cracked w/crash showing. Cover: black, yellow titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extremities worn, boards loose, spine covering loose, lt soil.

New York: Random House, 1928 103 pp. + 1; HB. Signed by author McNeill on title page and by printer Ellis on colophon. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, f.e./b.e. highly deckled; a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty. Cover: brown, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, top corners mildly bumped. Obscure introductory note by Cabell. Sample of contents: The Cosmic Conception, Symphonic Poictesme, Paraphrasing the Non-Existant, Reflections--As to Mirrors and Pigeons, etc. An esoteric treat for the Cabell enthusiast. We have an extensive Cabell collection.

Chapel Hill: The University Of North Carolina Press, 1967 Poetry from an author whose life ended tragically early. Condition notes: 46 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, teal eps, frontis; t.e. mildly sunned. Cover: white wraps, b/w artwork front, black titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, modest robbing, back/spine slightly sunned, a few small stains back.

Not Stated: Not Stated, 1883 Landscape orientation. Souvenir album comprising 12 photo-views - artwork reproduced from original photos that appear to be sepia photos - on accordion fold cream paper. In the rear is a 15-page fold out describing each view. Photo pages are clean, bright, and tight; printed pages are well tanned and somewhat loose. Cover: red, with elaborately blindstamped ornamentation, mildly dulled gilt titles front, plain spine, gilt device back; minimal shelfwear. There is a penciled note indicating the book was obtained in Glasgow in May, 1883, and was the property of H.F. Williams. A charming period piece reflecting travel of the time, in terrific condition.

Both ex-library w/ full complement of treatments. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 381 numbered pp (Virgil, 1867), 435 numbered pp (Caesar, 1849); HBs. Pages: generally clean, ivory, tight, edgestain; a.e. well sunned, PO info inked in several locations. Cover: decorative brown cloth w/ gilt titles front to leather spine; modest shelfwear, extrems moderately worn. Two classic textbooks on ancient cultures.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan Publishers, 1992 Unaltered, old-fashioned recipes. Humorous look at how your grandma might've done it. Condition notes: 53 numbered pp; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: turquoise paper over boards, b/w photo front, black titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear.

New York , New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988 216 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, cream eps; v lt foxing te. Cover: black, gilt artwork front, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, a few v lt sm spots front. . DJ: unclipped in Broadart, cream, black artwork and black/brown front, black titles spine, b/w photo back; no defects.

New York: The Authors and Newspaapers Association, 1907 322 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. tanned, multiple PO info inked/penciled eps, mildly cocked, front hinge starting. Cover: green, blindstamped artwork front, gilt titles front, green blindstamped titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn, spine flattened and modestly tanned, front board a bit bowed. Facsimile of hand written manuscript page immediately precedes text.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1940 680 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, 2-page full-color map frontis; eps slightly toned, t.e. mildly dusty. Cover: navy, gilt titles front/spine, mild shelfwear, extremities a bit worn, spine rubbed.

New York: Hasting House Publishers, 1945 713 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, map eps; a.e. tanned. Cover: med green, dk green titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine faded.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1901 Crowell reprint of Putnam original. A first-person account of a 2 month summer tour in 1846 of f Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas partially spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux.. Condition notes - 416 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., green eps, portrait frontis w/ tissue guard, ribbon marker; a.e. tanned, PO info Inked to one of the feps. Cover: green flexible leather w/ gilt device front, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, w/ extrems . a bit worn, sm tears to leather head, spine and edges sunned.

Chicago: Burlington Route, 1910 ca. 1910. 71 numbered pp +1; TPB. A publication of the Burlington Route railroad. Pages: clean, bright, tight, fold out map rear; a.e. slightly grubby, lt stain ffep. Cover: heavy kraft wraps, gilt/green/red artwork front, gilt titles front, plain spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, cover starting to pull away at spine. Of historical interest.

Ramona: Ballena Press, 1972 First limited edition, this is one of 750 copies. Condition notes - 59 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, title page framed in navy ornamentation; 3-4 v. brief bios and autographs per page. Cover: lt blue wraps, black titles front, plain spine; lt edge/shelfwear, edges and spine sunned, faint broad swipe front, foxing front and back.

Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1975 57 pp.; TPB. "Number 23 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members." Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; ep/ffep stuck at bottom. Cover: red yapped wraps, blue titles front/spine; lt shelfwear.

California Alumni Association Vol. LXXV, No. 9, June. Indians of the Pacific Northwest; Indians and Abalone Shells. more. 56 pp.

Portland: Charles H. Belding, 1977 191 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, black eps, frontis; no defects. Cover: parchment boards, black backstrip, gilr titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white, photo front, black titles front/spine; tiny chip front botoom corner, v light edge tanning. Big, impressive, heavy photo book.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938 From the founder of Electrolux and one of the richest men in the world in his day, one of Wenner-Gren's attempts to influence (some would say interfere in) WWII. For a time he was considered a Nazi sympathizer, but eventually that stigma went away. Wenner-Gren established the Viking fund, which was later re-named the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 152 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain; a.e. tanned. Cover: turquoise, brown titles to yellow front/spine pasters; moderate shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, back b.e. corner bumped, spine well sunned, several dampstains to front board and paster.

New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1909 363 numbered pp +6.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. lightly tanned, front hinge just starting. Cover: green, cream/navy titles front, cream titles spine; modest shelfwear, spine titles chipped.