Search Results: Titles starting with C from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

New York: Shorewood Publishers Inc., 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD/FAIR. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents CAVE TO RENAISSANCE: DRAWINGS OF THE MASTERS, compiled and narrated by Harvard Professor Benjamin Rowland, Jr., 141 pages, We start in Pre-History and follow the progress of pictorial art all the way to the Renaissance, when paintings as "works of art" actually began. "The panorama of drawings in this volume provides a necessary background for all who would understand the sources and development of our Western art tradition." 8 1/8" x 9 1/2", 141 page hardcover, with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. 93 plates (most in color). Overall condition of the book is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good: liquid damage to bottom of first 70 pages, particularly noticeable front reverse cover through end of Table of Contents, foxing to last fep and back reverse cover, else very tight, sharp, clear, white, very colorful, with… Read More

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1910. First Edition Thus, First Printing Thus. NEAR FINE. William Hurd Lawrence. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A CHARIOT OF FIRE by Elizabeth Phelps Stuart, who was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife. She also challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women ("Make a bonfire of the cruel (corsets) that have lorded over your thorax and abdomens for so many years...."). Considered a noveletta (45 pages, and 4 1/2" x 7"), A CHARIOT OF FIRE was published literally months before her January, 1911 death. A RARE FIND, this volume was never again printed until the centennial edition a few years ago. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. There are 2 illustrations: one under the original tissue opposite the title page, and one facing page 40. On the title page, Harper's called out the fact that the… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First Pola Negri edition, first printing thus, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Paramount Pictures (photogravures). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First Pola Negri edition, first printing thus, 1923. Very Good. Paramount Pictures (photogravures). HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE CHEAT--a RARE FIND, connecting the original novel to the second of three movies. 1915 = first film version, directed by Cecil B Demille; 1923 = second version starring Pola Negri and Jack Holt (from which photogravures were obtained for this book); 1931 = third version, directed by George Abbott, and starring Tallulah Bankhead. 310 pages, 5 x 7 1/2". Red cloth boards with black particulars. 6 page advertisement of Grosset & Dunlap books at back, including novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Booth Tarkington! No DJ. FIRST POLA NEGRI EDITION. VERY GOOD MINUS. 1923 inscription to owner on first ffep + former price, pages moderately tanned w/ occasional… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the "Illustrated Library Edition" of CHARLES DICKENS' A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND; AMERICAN NOTES; PICTURES FROM ITALY; and MISCELLANIES" in an unusual reprint edition published in St. Louis. GOOD/NP. Between 1861 & 1874, Chapman & Hall added 15 illustrations to their "high quality.. edition of Dickens' works." This is a reprint of that edition from the early Twentieth Century. 5 ½ x 8", 906 total pages (each story paginated separately), this is a plain blue hardback with particulars in yellow on spine only and no dust jacket; on the spine says "library edition", on title page says "illustrated library edition." Gold gilt on top page edges, several instances of uncut pages, Good condition, cover trying (so far unsuccessfully) to separate. No dust jacket.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents No. 181 of a Limited 500 edition of CHRISTIAN R. HOLMES, MAN AND PHYSICIAN by Martin Fischer. Springfield and Baltimore: Charles C. Thomas, 1937. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to Dr. Lee Foshay, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Cincinnati at the time, this 233 page book has retained not only its ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, but also its complete SLIP CASE. 7 5/8" X 10 3/4". Pages (deckled, heavy manila) = Very Good: a few pages unseparated at top, inscription page separated and laid in, slight tanning to top 20% oof most pages. Cover (blue cloth boards with 1/4 leatherette binding, gold gilt particulars both front and spine) = Fine. Jacket (blue heavy paper with black particulars) =Good: top to bottom tear on spine carefully repaired with tape from back, moderate chipping to bottom front, flaps fully in tact. Slipcase (blue, unmarked heavy cardboard = Very Good: Solid, no tears or chips, worn and sunned, 2 marks on… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. reprint of HOUSEHOLD EDITION. Very Good +. Various illustrators. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. The publishers note dated Autumn, 1904 states: "The present Household Edition of Mr. Whittier's Complete Poetical Works includes all the poems published during his lifetime that he wished to preserve, together with those contained in the posthumous volume AT SUNDOWN and in the authorized LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by Mr. S. T. Pickard. They are arranged according to the classification adopted by the poet himself in 1888; the lines have been numbered, and many notes have been added at the end of the volume. Entirely new plates have been made for this edition, and great care has been used in the choice of illustrations. These represent the work of many eminent artists." PRINTED SIGNATURE OF WHITTIER under his portrait opposite the title page. No DJ. ; 5 1/4" x 8", XXI +… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a LIKE NEW, FIRST PRINTING of COOKING WITH FRIENDS by Amy Lyles Wilson, with recipes by Jack Bishop. "Even if you and your friends don't hang out at a neighborhood coffeehouse," this book will inspire you with such recipes as "Chandler's 'Could THIS Be Any More Fattening?' Cheesecake" and "Mashed Potatoes for the Broken-Hearted!" 7 3/4" x 9 1/4", 134 pages including complete index, includes SPOTLESS, AS NEW, ORIGINAL, UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Pages and Cover are spotless as well--as if you pulled this book off the shelf in the 1995 "Best Sellers" aisle. LIKE NEW/LIKE NEW. PERFECT GIFT!

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the 1904 edition of CRAM'S QUICK REFERENCE ATLAS AND GAZETEER OF THE WORLD. 2 ¼" x 4", this miniature hardcover has 105 pages of colored maps + @150 unnumbered indexed names pages. The overall condition is VERY GOOD MINUS, with page edges originally tinted red (little tint left); pages tight, occasional staining, little to no tanning, owner name in front. Cover is brown leather, no particulars, designed hole low on both front & back. It is fascinating to see the geographical boundaries as they were in 1904! Noted appraiser James Beattie has set a value of $32.

Chicago: Arrco Playing Card Company, 1953. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents CRAWFORD'S CONTRACT BRIDGE. "AMERICA'S TOP RANKING PLAYER" in the mid Twentieth Century, as printed on the front cover of this book, was JOHN R CRAWFORD. In this RARE FIRST EDITION of his book, Mr. Crawford explains in great detail how to win at contract bridge. There are a number of reprints by Grosset and Dunlap available, but this FIRST EDITION, printed on the presses of a major playing card company to help promote their business, is RARE. 5 3/8" x 8 1/8" hard cover, 367 pages (including index), with no dust jacket. Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good Plus: lightly tanned, outer edges moderately stained, 1/4" tear on edge of final fep, else tight, sharp, clear, with no marks. Cover (grey cloth boards with particulars and designs in red and black) = Good Plus: spine frayed at top and bottom, spine moderately… Read More