Search Results: Titles starting with C from Midnight Books

Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first US edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard. Maugham drew his title from the remark of Sir Toby Belch to Malvolio in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" Cakes and ale are also the emblems of the good life in the moral of the fable attributed to Aesop, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse": "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." Per Doubleday's practice of designating First Editions, "First Edition" so stated on title page verso. Conforms to Stott A40. Includes new facsimile dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and age-tanning to text. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Bureau of School Planning, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Mid-century compilation of 25 architectural studies of California schools by architect Claire L. Eatough. Studies include location maps, exterior photos, site plans, floor plans, cross sections and miscellaneous photos, primarily interior views. See attached list for schools included. Valuable historical resource. Comb bound. Scarce. 151 pp. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Simon and Schuster, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Mid-century autobiography of multi-media legend Big Crosby's Call Me Lucky. Collectible first edition, first printing ("First Printing" so stated on copyright page), inscribed and signed in blue ink thus: "To the Pest - | B. Crosby." Signature not authenticated. Early Mary Anne Popin bookplate mounted to front blank recto. Includes original somewhat scarce dust jacket with $3.50 price to bottom of front flap and 32 pages of photos preceding the text - featuring, to no surprise, Bing Crosby and a virtual who's who of mid-century celebrities and other notables. Hard cover format. 344 pp. 8 3/4" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear, sharp corners and very light wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel. Internals faintly age toned. Priced dust jacket with several very short tears and minimal chipping. A very presentable and complete copy of a Crosby collectible. Photographs of or additional… Read More

Robson Lowe, Ltd, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. ca. 1950's collection of (4) gummed sheets of Canadian cancellations for mounting in and illustrating a collection. Over 100 different cancellations. Includes original portfolio. Scarce. Light shelf wear to portfolio. Photographs of or additional information about this book are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Academy of Automobile Design, 1970. Softcover. Like New. General Motors car designer J. Bruce Bollinger's massive self-taught course in car design. 8 volumes complete. Densely illustrated with photos and sketches of step by step instruction from start to finish, including clay modeling, coloring, shading and finished renderings. See attached images for table of contents. Bollinger was the creator of the ca. 1950's Chevrolet Nomad, now a mid-century cult classic, and worked on many additional projects, including the Corvair, Corvette and the first muscle cars of the 1960's. Also includes numerous concept cars and two introductory letters hand signed by Bollinger. Rare. Issued in a strictly limited edition. Presently no other copies in commerce or the WorldCat library database. Hundreds of pages of professional instruction, paginated in sections. All volumes clean, tight and unmarked with no evidence of use. Arrives in original shipping box from The Academy of Automobile Design in Woodland… Read More

Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. Collectible first US edition of noted English war correspondent John Langdon-Davies' biography of King Carlos II of Spain and his reign in the waning, demented era of the Hapsburgs - "a cruel age beset by violence, witchcraft and court intrigue." Includes 12 full-page illustrations, bibliographical notes, index, genealogical trees to endpapers and price-clipped dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. 272 pp. 8 1/2" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear, light chipping to dust jacket extremities and area of rubbing to dust jacket spine panel. A presentable copy of a significant dark-age Spanish history. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Evans Engineering, 1993. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Memoirs of Lewis Monroe Evans III, from his early years in Africa, and a photographic compilation of his visits to countries including the US through much of the 20th century. Densely illustrated with photos of people and places in Wales, the US and more. Widely scattered notations and underlining by David L. McDuffie; his copy and bookplate mounted to front free endpaper. McDuffie family members are noted throughout the book. Tight copy with crisp extremities. extremities. Two small tears to priced dust jacket in archival sleeve. 463 pp. 10" x 8". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Map Collector Publications, Ltd, 1987-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Map Collector Publications, Ltd., extensive compilation of mapping terms to 1900. Illustrated. Full index. Signed on title page by noted LOC cartographer Andrew M. Modelski. 353 pp. 9 5/8" x 7". Tight, otherwise unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Lacks dust jacket. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Administracion Palma Alta, 1899. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Fragmentary works of Emilio Castelar. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Works include: Discursos politicos-Su primer discurso; En defensa de la libertad religiosa; Por la abolicion de la esclavitud; En defensa del sufragio; Su ultimo discurso; Discursos academicos-Discurso de recepcion en la Academia Española; Lucano-Discurso leido en la Universidad Central; El socialismo-Discurso pronunciado en el Ateneo de Madrid; La idea del progreso-Discurso pronunciado en el Ateneo de Madrid; Obras politicas literarias. Historia del movimiento republicano en Europa; Europa en el Altimo trienio-La tumba de Victor Manuel; La Rusia contemporanea-Los nihilistas; Galeria historica de mujeres celebres-Eva; Recuerdos de Italia-Venecia; Un viaje a Paris-Los cementerios de Paris; Historia de Europa en el siglo XIX-Antecedentes Indispensables al estudio del siglo XIX; Retratos historicos-Garibaldi;… Read More

Privately Printed, 1924. Softcover. Very Good. Original exhibition catalog issued on the occasion of an exhibition of books containing illustrations by celebrated painter, engraver, publisher and illustrator Jean-Gabriel Daragnes - specifically, woodcuts. Illustrated with an original portrait etching of Daragnes by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, 11 black-and-white Daragnes plates, three depicting lesbian scenes, and an original Daragnes hand-colored engraving laid in showing a husband walking in on his wife in bed with her lover - a scene from Fielding's Tom Jones. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper thus: "Pour Madame Legat | Ce registre d'etat und des infants | qu'un pere demature confie a | l'assistance publingier | le pere indigne | Daragnes." Translation: "For Mrs. Legat: This register of state and children that a father has entrusted with the assistant publisher. The unworthy father, Daragnes." Also signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by an… Read More

Henri Lamertin, 1901. Hardcover. Good. Complete 13-volume set of the Catalogue des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique - a catalogue of the voluminous manuscript holdings of the Belgian Royal Library in Brussels. Bruxelles, Henri Lamertin, 1901. Rebound in library buckram. Over 6,000 pages of entries. Text in French. Includes the following: Écriture sainte et Liturgie, Patrologie, ThéologieJurisprudence et Philosophie, Histoire & Hagiographie, Histoire des ordres religieux et des églises particulières, Histoire des Pays: Allemagne, Angleterre, Autriche, Belgique (histoire générale), Histoire de Belgique (Histoire particulière): Anvers et Brabant, Flandre, Hainaut, Liège, Limbourg, Luxembourg et Namur, Histoire d'Espagne, de France et d'Italie Histoire de Hollande Mélanges d'histoire, Géographie, Voyages, Itinéraires,… Read More

Henle Publishing Co, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x1. Detailed history of Lyon County, Minnesota. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, family histories and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 306 pp. 10 3/4" x 8". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Odor free. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint of Salem Ely's A Centennial History of the Villages of Iroquois and Montgomery and the Township of Concord, 1818 to 1918. Illustrated with photos. 141 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of this book or additional information available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. Topics include cattle ranching, development of a mosquito fog generator, the miniature golf course, settlement of Georgiana, tribute to Emory Lawrence Bennett, Oleander Point, The Recreation Building, Dennis Sawyer (freed slave), duck hunting, Cocoa High School principal memoirs, steamer Swan, state theater, Cocoa - Merritt Island - Orsino mail route, class of 1924 history, Saw Palmetto berries, first public health nurse, the Wild Cat Saloon and history of the Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 84 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. See attached image for table of contents. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 84 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. See attached image for table of contents. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 80 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2003. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. See attached image for table of contents. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 80 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

National Management Service Assoc, 1961. Newspaper. Good. Vol. 1 No. 1, November, 1961 issue of the Orlando, Florida based Central Florida Record. First and only copy issued. Notably, Managing Editor J. Joseph Royale was jailed for passing a bad check to printer Highland Publishing Co. for delivered issues of the never-distributed Vol. 1 No. 2. 32 pp. in 4 sections. News features and period ads. 18" x 23". Scarce. Note on front panel reads: "First and only copy of this paper ever printed." Light tanning throughout. Small hole in first section. Photographs of this newspaper or additional information available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. Topics include Brevard Motor Hotel on Oleander Point, new generation of Mosquito Beater, Cocoa's airfield, First Baptist Church of Cocoa, Catherine Limb memoirs, memories of Cocoa High School, USO Center, Guilda Geiger memoirs, Ann Butler memoirs, George R. (Ole Man) memoirs, mysterious Miss Quinby, history of Indianola, Cocoa First United Methodist Church, history of Sharpes, Mosquito and Banana River Naval Air Station, Cocoa baseball, war torn Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Church of Christ, Phil Eschbach memoirs, Orsino School, life during the Depression, history of Audubon and Bob Cowart memoirs. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 84 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. Compilation of Central Brevard County, Florida historical articles. See attached image for table of contents. Illustrated with many historical photos. Scarce. 72 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.