Search Results: Titles starting with C from Charles Lewis Best Booksellers

Lancaster, Pa: Stemgas, 1985. Fascimilie Edition. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 24. Fully illustrated. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Aultman-Taylor Machinery Co. of Mansfield, Ohio in America had roots in C. Aultman Co. which was founded in 1859 by Cornelius Aultman and Henry Taylor who formerly was with Nichols & Shepard a Threshing machine builder. They were noted for there steam engines, threshing machines and other agricultural machinery. It was not until 1910 or 1911 that Aultman-Taylor began to produce tractors. They introduced the Aultman-Taylor 30-60 Which became legendary. The early versions had a square radiator, but this was soon replaced by the more familiar tubular one (Looking like a section of boiler). The range of tractors was expanded over the next few years, with a smaller model the 15-30 of 1918 the most notable for its completely… Read More

Buenos Aires: Peliser, 1944. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Demy folio, [36,25 cm / 14,5 pulgadas], tela marrón granate con relieve dorado completo sin sobrecubierta, pág. 3, (Introducción). Ilustrado con 55 medios tonos b-n y 8 láminas en color & ct. No dude en solicitar detalles y / o fotografías adicionales. C. Bernaldo de Quirós fue uno de los artistas más aclamados de Argentina. A los 13 años ingresó en el taller del valenciano Nicolau Cotanda y tres años después ingresó en la Academia de la Sociedad de Estímulo de Bellas Artes bajo la dirección de los maestros Angel Della Valle y Reynaldo Giúdice. Tras recibir el Premio Roma y con tan solo veinte años, el gobierno argentino financió una beca para estudiar en Italia. Allí se perfecciona e incluso recibe una mención en la Bienal de Venecia de 1901 con la obra de gran formato “Back from Fishing”. En 1905 viajó a España y se puso en contacto con Zuloaga y Sorolla, luego siguió a París, Florencia y Cerdeña. A… Read More

Los Angeles: Jung Institute of Los Angeles, 1987. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 36, indexed by Author. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. 

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. New/Fine. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full chrome-embossed quarter-bound brown cloth w/ dust jacket, pp.121 w/ index of titles. Illustrated with b-w halftones and colour plates, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Daniel Mendelsohn is an essayist, critic, columnist, and translator. Best known for his internationally best-selling and award-winning Holocaust family memoir The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, he is currently the Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College, the Editor at Large of the New York Review of Books, and the Director of the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to supporting writers of nonfiction. ... C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems and C. P. Cavafy: The Unfinished Poems, published simultaneously in March 2009. Mendelsohn's translation of the complete poetry of the Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy was a… Read More

Colton, California: Classic Powercraft, Inc, 1986; 1987. First Editions. Hardcover. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Demy table books, [8.75 by 11inches], full gilt-embossed calf-coloured leatherette with colour photo tipped-on front covers, pp. 128 & 128. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone and colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The father and son Wangard team recently celebrated a quarter century as owners and publishers of Classic Boating magazine, which today is recognized as the premier publication for the hobby enthusiast. The Wangards' magazine has subscribers in all 50 states, Canada, England, France, Sweden and Australia. "It's been 25 years now, so I guess it's more than a passing fad," Jim Wangard joked.

La Jolla, California: Howell-North, 1982. Second, -Revised-, Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [28cm/11.25inches], full gilt-embossed walnut-coloured cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 484, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

San Diego: Cabrillo Historical Association, 1982. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with aquamarine pictorial covers, pp. 107 + annotations. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Being a compilation of papers presented at a Seminar held in conjunction with the 440th Anniversary of Cabrillo's discovery of Ensenada and San Diego

Austin, Texas: University of Texas, 1950. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy Folio, [31cm/12.75] full fancy embossed cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 607, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. 

New York: Everyman's Library, Knopf, 2001. First Everyman's. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy octavo, [20.5cm/8.25inches], full gilt,ebony-embossed ensign-red cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. xlii, 1313. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Mahfouz is the only Egyptian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ... The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch Al-Sayyid (Mr.) Ahmad 'Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from 1919 – the year of Egyptian Revolution against the British colonizers ruling Egypt – to almost the end of the Second World War in 1944. The three novels represent three eras of Cairene socio-political life, a microcosm of early 20th century Egypt, through the life of one well-off Cairo merchant, his children and his grandchildren. To Kamal, 'Abd al-Jawad's youngest son, Mahfouz admits that he gives him some features of himself, as they both got a BA… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. VG Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [21.75cm/8.5inches], full blue & white-embossed crimson-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xiv, 474 w/ an extensive index. Illustrated with numerous b-w halftones and 2 maps. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A recent eview in Goodreads noted: "A thrilling insider account of of both sides of Israel's 1948 War of Independence . Carlson, an American-Armenian journalist who's real name was Avedos "Artour" Derounian, set out for Palestine in 1947 from New York by way of England. Posing as an American businessman he contacts a group of British Nazi sympathizers yielding which gives him credibility with agents of the Arab forces in London.,,,"

Pasadena, California: California Institute of Tecnology, 1933. leatherette. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Demy crown octavo, [18cm/7inches],, (Pocket-size) full chrome-embossed black leatherette sans dust jacket, pp. 96, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ...

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 2005. Magazine. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 80, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Features: "Ansel Adams Eucalyptis Tree", "Mud Turtles of San Francisco," L. A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants", and Regular Departments.

Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed racing-green cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 128. Illustrated with colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Donald V. Jewell grew in the Bay area, .Early on he developed a passion for trains and took thousands of Photographs as he matured. Robert J. Yanosey founded Morning Sun Books in 1986 after a 15-year railroading career as an Erie-Lackawanna towerman, Penn Central trainmaster, and Conrail regional official. In late 1978, he accepted the position of Chief, Bureau of Rail Operations for NJDOT, a position that morphed into Director of Rail Transportation for NJ Transit in 1980. Sensing the railroading he enjoyed was becoming a thing of the past, Bob left and created Morning Sun Books as a new career and means to work with and preserve the… Read More

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1941. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cobalt-blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xi, 251, indexed. Illustrated with colour frontis and 2 b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The historic population of California sea otters was estimated at 16,000 before the fur trade decimated the population, leading to their assumed extinction. Today's population of California sea otters are the descendants of a single colony of about 50 sea otters located near Bixby Creek Bridge in March 1938 by Howard G. Sharpe, owner of the nearby Rainbow Lodge in Big Sur.Their principal range has gradually expanded and extends from Pigeon Point in San Mateo County to Santa Barbara County.

Sacramento: State Department of Education, 1948. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No dust jacket. Royal octavo, [26.75cm/10.75inches], full pictorial cloth, sans dust jacket, pp.276 . Illustrated with drawings by Maurice Hudkins and Margery Ragle Wahler. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 2002. Magazine. Fine. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 90 - 176, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Features: "The Ghirandelli Story", "Drake's Brass Plate", "Ramona I love You" and regular departments

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 2000. Magazine. Fine/ . Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 154 - 247, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Features: "George Doulas Brewerton - (Artist)", "Theater Music in Los Angeles", Woman's Dipsea Hikes Marin", and "The 1912 Election."

Sacramento: California Division of Mines and Geology, 1981. First Impressions. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. . Fully illustrated with . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 275. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones, maps, charts &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

San Francisco: California Historical Society , 2004. magazine. Fine. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 98, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Features: "R. P. Effinger's Excellent Adventure from Ohio to the California Gold Fields" and regular Departments.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 2006. Magazine. Fine. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 80. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Features: "Sixty Stories in Search of a City", "governor James Rolp", "1906 San Francisco Earthquake" and regular departments.