Search Results: Titles starting with C from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 52 pages. Hardcover with a white dust jacket, now in mylar. A fresh, clean copy. There is a "Signed" sticker on the outside of the mylar over the jacket spine. INSCRIBED on the title page, "Ever the best / to Lee of whatever is-- / ole Fred.

Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 318 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue leather. Light to moderate wear to the binding. Some rubbing and bumping about the edges. Prior owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf. The fore edge has some spotting or soiling. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated.

Research Triangle Park, NC: Instrument Society of America, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 212 pages, indexed. Blue and white hardback. Light wear to the binding. An ex-library copy with full marks, including a shelf label on the spine and with stamps, pockets, etc., on the endpapers. The text itself is clean and sound. Illustrated with graphs, charts, and a few photos.

Columbia, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 241 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a blue dust jacket. There is light to moderate wear to the jacket, which is bumped at the edges and lightly rubbed. The text is clean and sound. Contains photographs and maps.

The Holy Land: Palphot Ltd.. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. (36) pages. Soft cover bound in blue stapled wrappers Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Prior owner's 1992 inscription on the inside of the front cover. Text is in English and German.

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 145 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in light brown cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Endpapers foxed. Contains two prior owners' inscriptions on the front pastedown and front flyleaf. Text is clean. Text is in German.

London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 256 pages. Hardcover with a black, white, green and tan dust jacket, now in mylar. The jacket is not price-clipped and shows light wear, although the front inner flap is creased. The last page of text has some tanning in the gutter near the top, as if someone had used an acidic bookmark. There is a remainder ink stamp on the bottom edge of the text block.

Calcutta: Asiatic Book Agency, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 184 pages. Hardcover with a grey dust jacket. Light wear to the book and jacket. There is a sticker on the copyright page which has a shadow that transfers onto the title page.

New Jersey: Oak Tree Pub, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Square 8vo. 166 pages, indexed. Hardcover in colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ has light wear. There is a white price sticker on the upper right corner of the front cover. Text is clean.

Columbia, SC: Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto. 193 pages. Softcover in tan wrappers. Binding has light wear. Smudges at lower right corner of front cover. Text is clean. Contains some sketch maps, graphs and drawings.

Columbia, SC: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 145 pages. Hardcover with a red and white dust jacket. Light to moderate rubbing to the jacket. Book is sound and clean within. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Muirhead Bone. 4to. 133 pages. Hardcover bound in teal cloth. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. The endpapers are foxed. The text is generally clean. Nicely illustrated.

New York and London: Street & Smith, 1902. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 246 pages + 6 pages of publisher's advertisements. Hardcover bound in dark green illustrated cloth with lettering in gilt. Covers are moderately worn and rubbed with bumps and fraying to the corners and spine; binding is slightly shaken with a split to the gutter preceding the illustrated frontis. Contents have occasional spotting, and there is some faint damping in the gutter near the center of the book. Illustrated with several full-page woodcut engravings; the first shows a "snapping, snarling wolf" breaking through the roof of a wood cabin. Adventure in the wilds of Maine, complete with wolves, etc.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 546 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue leather or leatherette with title on front covers in gilt. All edges gilt. Binding has light rubbing. Marbled endpapers. Contains red ribbon bookmark. Text is clean.

New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 319 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a green and blue pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar. Light wear to the jacket. Edges of text block are foxed. Occasional light foxing to the text, especially at the prelims. INSCRIBED by the author to North Carolina historian Lindley Butler on the half title, "To Lindley with gratitude for his interest in my work, with all best wishes. / Burke Davis, Greensboro, NC / 22 Sept., 2001." Stated First Printing.

Edison, NJ: The Blue & Grey Press, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 468 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white dust jacket. Illustrated with maps. Book is sound and clean.

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 138 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue and tan dust jacket. DJ has moderate wear, including small edge tears and rubbing/scuffing. DJ is also foxed, has soil marks on rear cover. Spine is sunned. Map Illustrated endpapers. Text is toned.

Dayton, Ohio : Morningside Bookshop, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 704 pages with appendices. Hardcover bound in black cloth. Light wear to the binding. Map endpapers. Appears to be a smoker's copy. Text is slightly toned but clean and sound. Contains a few illustrations, mostly portraits.

New York: Research Department, National Headquarters Progressive Party, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 272 pages. Softcover bound in yellow wrappers with masking tape on the spine. Title of work handwritten on front cover. Wrappers have edge-wear, and there is a split to the lower half of the front hinge (about 5 inches). An inexpensively made but exhaustive political party handbook to be used during the 1948 Presidential Election. Text is toned. There are occasional corrections and other marks throughout text. A scarce item. The Progressive Party (1948-1955) was a progressive liberal party which served the campaign of Henry A. Wallace for President. Wallace had been a Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1946 Wallace was Secretary of Agriculture under Truman, and Truman fired him due to Wallace's public opposition to some of Truman's policies. The party platform included racial desegregation, the… Read More