Search Results: Titles starting with C from TristanBooks

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (author of The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and East of Eden) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing - Second State Binding - First State Dust Jacket Viking 1945. $2.00 cover price inside front dust jacket flap. First Printing since there is NO subsequent printing information on the copyright page. Second state canary yellow boards with blue lines and lettering on the front and spine. NOT to be confused with the wartime edition in blue boards. (see edition information below)
Fine- in Near Fine unrestored Dust Jacket. A really nice exceptional copy in dust jacket. The book itself is just about fine with very clean pages. Dust jacket is quite clean and bright at the front, and does NOT have any major tears. Typical edge-wear top and bottom spine and rubbing and nicks to the same and at the corners, and some typical soiling to the back of the dust jacket. Overall a very clean and presentable first edition copy of one of the half-dozen major works of Steinbeck.
Note on… Read More

Carrie Art Portfolio of prints (from the Cemetery Dance edition of Carrie by Stephen King) artwork by Glenn Chadbourne and Tomislaw Tikulun Gloss Paper Folder containing both Color and B&W Prints Limited Issue Cemetery Dance 2014. Limited to 750 signed by the artists and numbered copies, this is copy no. 91. (The original first edition of Carrie was published by Doubleday US in 1978).

Fine Prints in a Fine Glossy paper folder.

NOTE: Most of the pictures are from CD's website except the limitation page.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Road Dahl First Suntup Limited Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket and Slipcase. Contains the original illustrations by Quentin Blake. Also includes images from the original manuscript by Dahl. Maybe the best edition of this book ever published. (The first edition of this book runs about $5000 in fine/fine condition with all first printing issue points.)Very Fine in Fine Dust Jacket in Fine Slipcase as NEW. Includes a matching bookmark. NOTE: Some copies had gold tickets in them. Sadly this copy did not.NOTE: The first pictures of this listing shows the actual copy for sale. The other pictures were taken from Suntup's website.All sales generally FINAL unless there's a discrepancy between edition and condition. In this case there won't be because the book is brand new.

Lot of Three Dan Simmons books issued by Lord John PressChildren of the Night by Dan Simmons (author of Song of Kali, Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Carrion Comfort, Endymion, Rise of Endymion, etc.) Hardcover Signed-Limited Edition Lord John Press 1992. (coinciding with the first trade edition released by Putnam US and Headline UK) Limited to 500 copies signed by Simmons and numbered. This is copy no. 7. Fine in Fine Slipcase without dust jacket as issued.Entropy's Bed at Midnight by Dan Simmons Hardcover without dust jacket as issued Lord John Press 1990. Signed/Inscribed by Simmons. Fine book.Summer Sketches by
Dan Simmons Hardcover Lord John Press 1992. A compilation of sketches,
both illustrations and notes for Simmons' previous books. Fine in Fine
Dust Jacket.NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The picture is the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)

The Citadel of the Autarch (Volume Four of "The Book of the New Sun" which includes Shadow of the Torturer, Claw of the Conciliator, Sword of the Lictor) by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First Edition - First Printing New York: Timescape Simon & Schuster, 1983. Dust Jacket artwork by Don Maitz. $15.95 cover price. Reportedly about 10,000 trade hardcover copies produced. Near Fine in Near Fine- A fairly nice copy, not perfect, with some reading wear and tenderness to corners, and nicks and edge-wear to the jacket, and a slight crease to the back flap. Priced to sell. Special Note: I notice a lot of sellers are offering book club editions of The Book of the New Sun titles for prices nearly identical to trade first editions. My strongest recommendation is to avoid the book clubs except as cheap reading copies. NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers. ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.) NOTE on edition: The Book of the New Sun… Read More

NEW Folio Society UK Edition UK/First Printing of Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin! A Clash of Kings Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire (sequel to A Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin Hardcover First Folio Society Edition - First Printing Folio Society UK 2020. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton.Bound in
three-quarter blocked cloth with a printed
and blocked cloth front board; Set in Vendetta with Esmeralda as
display; 888 pages in total over two volumes; 12 full page and 4
double-page colour
illustrations; Printed in black & gold throughout; 8 illustrated
chapter; openers
and 9 illustrated house sigils; 5 kings in their courts and 8 family
trees in volume two; bound in blocked cloth; Printed endpapers; Coloured
tops; Blocked
and printed slipcase with printed illustration inside.

True
first edition was published by HarperCollins UK in 1996 which runs
about $2500+ followed by the Bantam first US edition which runs about
$650+ Two hardcover volumes housed in a matching… Read More

First Illustrated Deluxe edition of the second volume of the Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. NOTE: This copy is NOT signed and numbered. (I am in the process of liquidating some of my Gene Wolfe collection. I also have a full four-volume set available.)The Claw of the Conciliator bVolume Two of the Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First Deluxe Illustrated Edition Illustrated by Alexander Preuss. Centipede Press 2009. Folio limited to 100 copies in slipcase without dust jacket as issued.
This copy appears to be an overrun copy as its not signed and numbered.
It appears to have the same page as the signature page but blank. Still
an incredibly difficult book to find in any state, signed or otherwise.
(I would probably be asking $1500 if this was one of the signed
examples)Fine in Fine- Slipcase without dust jacket as issued.
Only shortcoming: the "T" in "The" at the beginning of the title on the
spine appears to be partially broken on the right-hand side of the
crossbeam. Slipcase… Read More

The Clue in the Crumbling Wall Nancy Drew Mystery Stories No. 22 by Carolyn Keene (collective pseudonym; actually by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) Hardcover First Edition - Second State Dust Jacket New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1945. Identified as a first edition - second state because the last Nancy Drew title listed on the front flap of the dust jacket is "The Secret in the Old Attic" with no mention of the present title. However, the ads at the back are Beverly Gray. The first state should be Judy Bolton. Also, a war-time edition which furthers the case this book is a first printing. Extremely difficult to find with the first state jacket listing the books without mention of the present title. Also with Nancy Drew with a spy glass in silhouette in red on the front board and similar illustration on the front endpapers with other women.
Near Fine+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. The book itself is quite clean and solid. Main condition issues are toning to the pages (typical of the war-time editions because of… Read More

Der Coethnischen Lieder Erster und Anderer Theil, zum Lobe des Dreyeinigen Gottes und zu gewünschter reicher Erbauung vieler Menschen mit Innhalts, Spruch und Anfangs Registern Reuttlingen: Johann Georg Fleischhauer, ca. 1770, (4) 472 (24). I won't attempt a translation except to say this appears to be a book of German song lyrics dating from 1770 with a signed inscription of 1778 and a frontispiece of David at the harp. Whether these are religious songs or secular songs, I am not sure. Appears to be very good in very good binding, written in German black letter throughout. Complete with an added "register" or index at the end. NOTE: The picture is the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (the front cover has the title "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court") by Mark Twain pen name of Samuel Clemens Hardcover First Edition - First Printing - Second State New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889. Illustrated by Daniel Carter Beard (although appears to be uncredited) NOTE: Webster published "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" four years earlier.
Issue Points: Dark green pictorial cloth boards, original copyright 1889 stated on both the title page and the copyright page, Samuel Clemens named as the copyright holder, measures about 8.5" x 7", more or less a quarto. [16 prelims] 575 numbered pages, Speckled end-papers, frontispiece flanking the title page, but no half-title to the recto of the frontis, lacks "S" ornament on page 59 (first state copies have an "S" between "The" and "King" underneath the illustration), and two unnumbered pages (i.e. one leaf) of ads at the back. Particularly the lack of "S" on p. 59 and the lack of a half-title indicate… Read More

Crimson Shadows by Robert E. Howard Hardcover First Subterranean Press Limited Edition
of 750 copies, 2009 Illustrated by Jim & Ruth Keegan with interior
color plates and b&w in-text illustrations. At the back there is a
section called Artwork by Justin Sweet in which 12 plates are in color,
duplicated from the plates in the middle. Limited to 750 numbered copies
signed by the artist in matching slipcase. This is no 721. Fine in Fine dust jacket and a Fine- slipcase (as NEW).Robert E Howard Hardcover Editions: This Sub Press edition contains many famous Howard stories. There
have been several hardcover editions of the original Howard stories,
none considered definitive as far as I know. They first appeared in the
pulps, primarily Weird Tales, and were never released in book form during
Howard's lifetime. The first hardcover book editions of Howard were
published in the 1940's such as Skull-Face and Others issued by Arkham
House and then the Conan books by Gnome Press in the 1950's, although… Read More

Beautiful Book on Science and Nature from the 18th Century with 10 Fold-Out Plate Engravings
Curious Remarks and Observations Extracted from the History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Science at Paris Vol. II Which concludes the General Physics by Dr. Peter Templeman London: Printed for C. Davis, MDCCLIV 1754. Second volume of a two-volume set, although the first volume recounts a voyage to South America. The Second volume is complete in of itself with 10 fold-out plates, mainly of insects and bees, and other exotic creatures. Appears to be quite rare. There is only one copy of both volumes available for just under $900.
Collation/Condition: Title page; Preface; Contents; Main Text 1-406, complete with 10 fold-out plate engravings. Near Fine pages overall in Very Good+ Binding. Pages and Engravings are very clean and bright, except for some toning on the blank free-end papers, a very clean book. Period binding is very nice, the only shortcoming is the front board is loose but still holding. May… Read More