Search Results: Titles starting with C from Last Exit Books

E-220: Whitney Library of Design. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Whitney Library of Design, New York. 1981. 160 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A leading figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement, Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) could easily have made a career out of pattern design alone, for his ingenious textiles and wall coverings in fresh, clear colors won him international acclaim. By the mid-1890s, however, he also was hailed as one of Britain”s most innovative architects. For the small country houses that were his specialty, he rejected the lavish ornamentation and historical trappings so beloved by the… Read More

E-180. Vellum. Bound in full vellum. 4to. Published by Josephus Cominus, Patavii (Padua) , Italy. 1737. Xl, 608. Engraved title page. Text in Latin. Bound in vellum boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name and bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Gian Antonio Volpi, born at Padua in 1686, studied in his native town and became a good Latin and Greek scholar. In 1717 he and his brother Gaetano Volpi established a printing press in their house for the purpose of bring out correct editions of classic authors, and they engaged for their assistant the printer Giuseppi Comino. This press - known by the name Volpi-Cominiana, produced among others a valuable edition of Catullus with copious notes. The edition was much commended by scholars, and the city of Verona struck a gold medal, which was presented to Volpi" e-180; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-097. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. Folio. C Press, New York. 4 Issues. Issued in stapled wraps. Wrappers worn with some tears and chips present to the rear wrappers of a few of the issues (see photos). Text is clean and free of marks. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the top edge margin of one issue. Binding tight and solid. C: A Journal of Poetry first appeared in May of 1963, edited by Ted Berrigan and published by Lorenz Gude. It became an influential showcase for the work of New York School poets and artists — like Berrigan himself, along with Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Dick Gallup, David Shapiro, and others — it was a predominantly male list, though Barbara Guest and a few others (including Alice B. Toklas! ) made appearances. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB: CSP Co.. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Alvin Staufer, Carrollton, OH, 1965. 351 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in black cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name and bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is the definitive book for the C&O fan or researcher. The text is well-written and clear and provides a concise history of all - and I mean ALL - of the engine types used by the C&O up until 1965. Includes all steam power as well as first-generation diesels and many second-generation diesels. EB .

E-043. Very Good. Hardcover. Porfolio. 32mo. Kuwada Seisindo: Kyodo Matsuwara Janaginobaba No. Higashi. C.1895. Containing 24 mounted, albumin sepia-toned photographs captioned in English and Japanese. Photographs are mounted on heavy board and are contained in an accordion-fold binding of brocade material. The binding is in turn contained in a cloth case. The cloth case has a photo-paste down which states Japan Kitotomeisho Phtographer (Japanese letters) Kuwada Seisindo. Kioto: Matsuwara: Janaginobara No Higasi. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. The 24 photographs are captioned in English and in Japanese as follows; 1: Bridge Sanjio; 2: Hinogomon of Gosio; 3: Exhibition Place in the Mikagos; 4: Nidionosieo; 5: Rokkakudo: 6: Higasi Honouanje; 7: Honguanji; 8: Inari: 9: Sanjusangendo; 10: Daibutsu; 11: Bridge Nisi Otani; 12: Kiyomizu: 13: Kiyomidsu from Kioto City: 14: Steerle? Of Yasaka; 15: Gion: 16:… Read More

E-137. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, Paris, France. 1998. 124 pages. Text in French. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In a world that is cracking up everywhere, it is not enough to be young, intelligent, pretty and a senior international civil servant in Geneva to escape the last piranhas of the Cold War, for whom the best is always the worst. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-220: A L Burt. Very Good. 1904. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by A. L. Burt Company, New York. 1904. Xxii, 231 pages. Reprint. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in green cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. O. Henry stitched together several stories into this episodic narrative, taking his inspiration - and title - from Lewis Carroll. The setting is Anchuria, a mythical banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution always a possibility, "Banana republic" was coined in a 1904 book of fiction by O. Henry, an American writer. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter) was on the run from Texan authorities, who had charged him with embezzlement. He fled first to New Orleans and then to Honduras where, staying in a cheap hotel, he wrote "Cabbages and… Read More

E-279: McClure, Phillips and Company. Good. 1904. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by McClure, Phillips and Company, New York. 1904. Xxii, 231 pages. Reprint. Bound in decorated blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine sunned, rear board is scuffed and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. O. Henry stitched together several stories into this episodic narrative, taking his inspiration - and title - from Lewis Carroll. The setting is Anchuria, a mythical banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution always a possibility "Banana republic" was coined in a 1904 book of fiction by O. Henry, an American writer. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter) was on the run from Texan authorities, who had charged him with embezzlement. He fled first to New Orleans and then to Honduras where, staying in a… Read More

E-093: John Murray. Good. 1842. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by John Murray, London, UK. 1842. Xii, 398 pgs. Illustrated with 12 engravings. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full leather boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Library stampe present to the FFEP. Heavy offestting and foxing present to the text block. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) worked as an interpreter and political agent for the East India Company. He was an accomplished linguist so he was able to don native dress and travel through Peshawar and Kabul. He also crossed the Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountains and visited Bokhara, Astrabad and Teheran. In 1836 he undertook a political mission to Dost Mahommed Khan at Kabul. He advised the British viceroy to support Dost Mahommed on the throne of Kabul, but the viceroy reinstated Shah Shuja, thus… Read More

E-343: Houghton Mifflin Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, MA. 1971. 48 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Price-clipped DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day an accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .

E-137: French and European Publications Inc. Very Good. 2007. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Vent D'Ouest, Paris, France. 1995. 96 pages. Text in French. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A unique look at the society of the 70s. Seen through the drawings of one of the greatest press cartoonists...Since the end of the 60s, Cabu has traveled far and wide in France for the newspaper 'Charlie Hebdo '. By inventing the reportage comic strip, he painted a political and sociological portrait of France. From city to city, meeting readers and local notables, his humor is raging. Armed with his pencil and a pad of paper, Grand Duduche's father sketches his contemporaries. In this volume devoted to the 1970s, readers will discover or rediscover the hippie communities and the first punks, the beginning of intensive urbanization, sexual… Read More

E-295: Kitchen Sink Pr. Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Kitchen Sink Press, Princeton, WI. 1989. 135 pgs. Signed by Mark Schultz on a numbered bookplate present to the frontpastedown. #286 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. From the pages of Mark Schultz's comic book Dinosaur Shaman: Nine Tales from the Xenozoic Age comes this story of a post-apocalyptic world in which dinosaurs return to earth. You may be familiar with the animated television show that was created from this comics; but whether you liked that show or haven't even heard of it, take my word that the comic book is much better. It's sort of like a science fiction version of Tarzan. CADILLACS AND DINOSAURS compiles stories from… Read More

C4a: Rizzoli. Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Published by Tabard Press, New York. 1985. 142 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Gathers photographs of antique, modern, and customized Cadillacs, including hearses, wagons, limousines, and convertibles and discusses changing Cadillac style. Salmieri has a vision of Cadillac as the ur-car that is well-illustrated in this lovely coffee table book from the early 90s. EB; 14 X 1 X 11 inches; 142 pages .

E-231. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Tor Books, New York. 1987-1992. Three Volumes. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Cadwal Chronicles are a trilogy of science fiction novels by American writer Jack Vance set in his Gaean Reach fictional universe. The three novels are called Araminta Station (1987) , Ecce and Old Earth (1991) and Throy (1992). Cadwal is a planet discovered by an explorer who is a member of the "Naturalist Society of Earth". The society decides to maintain Cadwal as a nature preserve and sets up a Conservancy based on a Charter. The Charter forbids mining and other exploitation, and permits strictly limited settlement. Only six "Agents", each in charge of a bureau with a staff of 20 men and 20 women, are… Read More

E-278: Brill. Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. E J Brill, Leiden, Netherlands. 1975. 298 pgs. Studies in Judaism in late antiquity, 7. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The ancient city of Caesarea Maritima was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as a major port. It served as an administrative center of the province of Judaea (later named Syria Palaestina) in the Roman Empire, and later as the capital of the Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima. During the Muslim conquest in the 7th century, it was the last city of the Holy Land to fall to the Arabs. The city degraded to a small village after the provincial capital was moved from here to Ramleh and had an Arab majority until Crusader conquest. Under the Crusaders it became once again a major port and a… Read More

E-283. Very Good. Softcover. Small Portfolio. 12mo. Published by Gray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1985. The black cardstock box is about 7-5/8 inches squared x about one inch tall. It contains two matchboxes filled with wooden matches, a sheet of 49 unused Man Ray photo stamps, a Cafe Photo Card, a June 6, 1985 unfolding interview with Juliet man ray in Paris, a 24 page mini-booklet of photo's, a sealed envelope of appreciation, & 8 different cardstock pamplets of the exhibition. Portfolio box is lightly worn with some creases and wear present to the extremities. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This exhibition catalogue accompanied works by the modernist artist Man Ray (1890-1976) , who produced work in a variety of media and is particularly remembered for his avant-garde photography. E-283; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-384: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1957. 178 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This 1957 novel is little-known and what few words have been said about it are mixed. Powell was, at her best, an astute writer and comic genius. Both of these traits are in evidence here, in her second-to-last book. She was struggling with progressive health problems and changing society by this point, so her writing became quicker-paced, the scenes less dense, the focus on fewer characters. These weren't necessarily flaws. Cage comes off more effectively than her next, and last, novel. Both… Read More

E-283: Damiani. Very Good. 2010. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Damiani, Bologna, Italy. 2010. 48 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Text in English. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For three years, Caleb Cain Marcus has been photographing what Robert Frank calls, in his haiku-esque preface to this volume, "the light of night." The black-and-white photographs collected in The Silent Aftermath of Space explore the silent and haunting experience of walking alone after dark on the streets of New York City. Caleb Cain Marcus savors the strange solitude that follows the familiar crowded confinement of the city's daylight life; amid vacated construction sites, empty pews in churches, parking lots… Read More

E-051: The Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Vanguard Press. 1934. 303 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ernst Reichl DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth with paper label titles present to the spine and the front board. No ownership marks present. Foxing present to the fore-edge. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Vignettes of the South Side of Chicago. Raw, shocking, and overpowering, the sixteen short stories set in sleazy hotels, ramshackle flats, reeking taverns, smoky poolrooms, busy streets, and garbage-strewn alleyways, tells it as it is in the nation's second largest city. ? Includes: Helen, I Love You. --The Scarecrow. --Looking 'Em Over. --The Buddies. --A Front-page Story, --Just Boys. --Honey, We'll Be Brave. --A Casual Incident. --Clyde. --Jim O'Neill. --Twenty-five Bucks. --Mary… Read More

E-100. Very Good. 2012. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Pitstop Books, Zionsville, IN, 2012. 236 pages Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The full story of the brilliant but tortured Troy Ruttman, one of the most successful, versatile, accomplished drivers in the history of American auto racing, who soared despite the demons of alcoholism, injury and loss. At 15 years old, Troy started racing at Ash Kan in California and he won his first race; as a teenager, he conquered the Hills of the Midwest; and he climbed to the top of the mountain by winning the 1952 Indianapolis 500 at 22 years old. His real success was his ability to apply the never give up attitude from the race track to life. E-100; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .