Search Results: Authors starting with C from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1930. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 291, [1] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine (minor dustsoiling, slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. Arts & Crafts cover art illust. of woman in orientalist-style dress (minor scuffing, edgewear, upper fore-edge reinforced on back), still VG/G copy. First edition of this anthology drawing from such works of Cabell’s as The Silver Stallion, Chivalry, Jurgen, Something About Eve, The Certain Hour, and more.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., [1936]. 8vo. viii, 309, [1] pp. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth, gilt lozenge front cover, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art of rearing horse on pinned page (minor edgewear, light dustsoiling, couple very small closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology assembling Cabell’s prefaces to the deluxe Storisende ediiton of the “Biography of the Life of Manuel” outlinging “the course of prudery among editors, publishers, and the reading public, never sparing an individual.”

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960. 8vo. 320 pp. Text illusts., photos. Orange cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. (couple minor closed tears, wear to corners), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent history of the decisive B-17 Flying Fortress bombing raids on the ball-bearing factories of Germany during World War II.

Cleveland & New York: World Publishing [1946]. 8vo. 258 pp. Black cloth, turquoise-coloured lettering (uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art photos of Joan Crawford & Ann Blyth from the movie, photos on tack cover (minor chipping head & foot of spine), still VG/VG- copy. Early Photoplay printing, of the Warner Bros. movie tie-in starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Michael Curtiz directed. Joan Crawford won Oscar award for role.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1947]. 12mo. 121 pp., plus 1 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers (slight shelfwear), still NF copy, w/ neat ownership label of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean War veteran on pastedown. Early Pocket Books edition, No. 443, of this noir mystery, which served as the basis for the 1946 MGM film noir starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, and Hume Cronyn, directed by Tay Garnett.

[Stourbridge & Birmingham, England: Taylor, Law & Co., Ltd., 1930]. 8vo. 31, [1] pp. Printed & illustrated throughout in sepia and pink, text illustrations, photo illustrations. Photo-illustrated softcovers in sepia & pink (slight shelfwear), NF copy. Second edition of this advertising catalogue and promotion for Tala Works Icing sets for cakes, and cake decorating.

Chicago: Published by the Author, 1923. Oblong 4to. [2 pp]., 60 plates, each with explanatory text of facing plate on verso (most in colour, some tinted photos), [8 pp.], plus 2 illustrated publisher’s ads. Embossed ribbed blue cloth, gilt lettering, octagon-shaped colour plate mounted front cover of decorative cake icing piece (very minor bumping to corners, front hinge starting, edgewear), still VG- copy w/ former ownership signature on title. First edition of this beautifully printed work on Jazz Age decorative cakes. There are cakes for New Years, birth announcements, Easter, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cakes with macaroons, Marzipan decorated cakes, caramel sugar baskets, post card cakes (very beautiful), and many others. The recipes and ads at the end offer the instructions and equipment to produce these beautiful confections.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., [1927]. 8vo. xii, 347, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates, illust. endpapers by Margaret Freeman (mnr chppng & fryng hd of spine), still G copy. First edition, 2nd printing of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

[Helena, MT]: The Western Press, Historical Society of Montana, [1958]. 8vo. xiv, 147, [1] pp. Numerous photo plates. Tan cloth, red lettering, w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, slight sunning to spine), VG/VG copy. First Western Press edition, No. 115 of 2000 copies, of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

London: Hutchison, [1972]. 8vo. 248 pp. Plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght dustsoilng to fore-edges), NF/VG. First edition of this work examining the 19th-century precedents for freedom of speech.

Chicago & New York: N.K. Fairbank Company; Lithographed by G.H. Buek & Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.5 x 11.75 in. Six colour chromolithograph leaves, printed on thick paper stock, each with image on recto, calendars & lettering in blue & gilt, punch sewn through upper margin by white silk braid (very slight shelfwear, slight rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this exceptional and brilliantly printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Fairy Soap Company during the Gilded Age. These splendid images of fairies draw from paintings by Gustave Liebscher (1870-1953), known for his figure and cityscapes; Eugene Grivaz (1852-1915), a Belle Epoque artist who exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Switzerland; Charles Schabelitz (1844-1905), best remembered for his Buffalo Hunt painting; Albert H. Sonn (1867-1936), noted American artist well known for his watercolours, and striking commercial art; Walter G. Read (1863-1950), an excellent artist, perhaps best known for his famed watercolour painting of… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, Paternoster Row, 1866. Thick 4to. xii, [2], 239, [1] pp. Woodcut-engraved & illustrated title in red & black, illust. half-title in red & black, red & black frontisp., many leaves printed in blue, red, yellow, or green, woodcut-engraved plates, historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut borders. Contemporary full red morocco with gilt ornamented designs on front & back cover, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (very minor rubbing at hinges, minor rubbing to corners, very slight tidemark to fore-edge of first couple leaves), still a NF copy, bound by Riviere, w/ their stamp on lower fore-edge of inner ruled dentelle on front pastedown. First edition of this lavish Victorian work celebrating the life span of man in the 12 months of a calendar year, beginning with the infant in January, the schoolboy in February, the apprentice in March, as well as the soldier in June, the philosopher and statesmen in September, and more.… Read More

[New York & Hartford, CT]: Equitable Life Assurance Society, Osborn & Betancourt, P.B. Donovan Real Estate & Insurance Agency; Gray Lithograph Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.25 x 11.25 in. [6 pp (unpaginated).] printed on thick paper stock, accordion-style which extends out to 25 x 11.25 in, three raised & embossed colour chromolithograph plates w/ calendars & lettering in blue & gilt (minor edgewear, very minor rubbing to hinges, minor lifting & offsetting on 1 plate), still VG bright copy. First edition of this finely printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States during the Gilded Age. Incorporated in 1859, the Equitable Life Assurance society was known for decades as one of the largest life insurance companies in the country, and maintained a vast sales force. These independent agents actively cultivated clients, and advertised heavily through calendars, greeting cards, brochures, and other printed mediums.

Los Angeles, CA: Land of Sunshine Publishing Co., Inc., 121 1/2 So. Broadway, Sept.-Oct., 1900. 8vo. [10], [213]-309, [29] pp. With numerous text illustrations, decorated initials, photo illustrations, plates. Illustrated printed softcovers, yapp edges (chipping head & foot of spine, some scuffing, edgewear), still G copy. First edition scarce magazine edited by Lummis. Of particular interest, this issue features the first installment of the translation into English of the 1630 Spanish original of Fray Alonso de Benavides to Fray Juan de Santander detailing the early missionary efforts amongst the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. The translation was executed by Emma Ayer (1845-1932) whose husband Edward E. Ayer (1841-1927) was noted bibliophile and collector whose 50,000 piece library were absorbed into the Newberry Library. See: Harriet & Seymour Koenig, The Puebloans and the Settled Spaniards, The Benavides Era, 1626-1630, In: Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750 (2005), pp. 116-118.

San Francisco, CA: [H.S. Crocker Company, Official Publishers, G.G.I.E., 1939]. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.75 in. [24 pp (unpaginated).] With photo plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art colour photos of the Exposition by Henry Wachs, yapp edges (very slight shelfwear), w/ original printed mailing envelope (minor toning, shelfwear), still F/NF copy. First edition of this beautifully printed photographic excursion through the Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Photographers included Roberts & Roberts, Gabriel Moulin, and George Grau. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Cal. Hist. Soc., Cal State Library, CS Fresno, SF Public, UC Berkeley, Art Inst. Chicago).

[San Francisco, CA: Southern Pacific Co., June 10, 1915]. 4to. 15, [1] pp., printed in light green & blue. With green decorative borders, numerous colour-tinted photo illustrations, double-page pictorial centerfold map. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, cover by Wesley Raymond De Lappe (1887-1952) featuring Dutch boy watching Sacramento River steamer sail past a windmill (slight shelfwear, center fold as issued), NF copy. First edition of this very rare Southern Pacific brochure promoting the 125 mile steamer journey up the Sacramento River from San Francisco to Sacramento on steamers fitted with wide promenade decks, cozy staterooms, and excellent meal service. The pictorial centerfold map chronicles the routes and SP RR connections, stretching from San Francisco & San Pablo Bays to Suisun Bay, and the San Joaquin River. De Lappe was a volatile and talented Marxist commercial artist in San Francisco, who is perhaps best remembered now as the father of Pele De Lappe (1916-2007) famed… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: California Oil and Gas Association, 1151 S. Broadway, May, Aug.-Sept., 1929. Three vols. 4to. 449-560; 785-896; 897-1024 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, illustrated ads (many in colour). Colour-illustrated softcovers, photo cover art of oil derricks, and McDonald equipment, Byron-Jackson Co. Oil Tool Division ads on back covers (slight shelfwear, very slight bumping, minor tears to a couple spines), still a VG bright set. First editions of these very scarce issues of this noted California oil industry trade magazine, filled with articles and advertisements for oil derricks, oil drilling equipment, addressing oil drill and oil rigger safety issues, oil fires, and more. A number of articles focus on the development of the oil industry products for aviation fuels, and the aircraft including one article on a trip in the “Rio Grande” Ford Tri-motor owned by the Rio Grande Oil Company. At the time, Southern California was producing one-quarter of… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902. Six parts in one vol. Thick 8vo. [2], 16; [2], 9, [1], 13, [1], 18, 58, [2], 14; [2], 84, [2]; [2], 62, 26, 28, [3]-68, 8; 10, 29, [1], 15, [1], 13, [1], 2, 24, 5, [1], 13, [1], [2], 4, 5, [1], 11, [1], 4, 50, [2]; [2], iv, 427, [1] pp [Approx. 1600 pp (sections & sub-sections all separately paginated).] Recent burgundy-coloured cloth, black & gilt lettered spine label, marbled endpapers (occasional annotations, brackets, etc. in pencil), still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon report prepared of the pleadings, exhibits, briefs, and record of the celebrated legal case surrounding the Pious Fund of the Californias. Originally established under the Jesuits, the Pious fund was to pay for the missionary efforts of the Society in Baja and Alta California, as well as many other territories of the Western United States under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which later became Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Oregon & Washington. The fund had been… Read More

San Diego, CA: America’s Exposition, [1935]. 8vo. 76 pp. With text illustrations, photos, illustrated ads, 1 large folding map. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of two Californio’s dancing, Junket Ice Cream ad on rear cover (minor shelfwear, minor rubbing), still VG copy, w/ ticket from the “Foot Relief Station” laid-in, and former ownership markings; from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition, of this guidebook to the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy, which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch, Lost Continent of Mu, the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.” Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, 1933-1934, were re-used for the CPIE. Requa (1881-1941), famed San Diego architect, was one of the founders of the very… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Harvey, Whitcher & Allen, Publishers to the California Midtwinter International Exposition, 1894. 12mo. 69, [3], d pp. Including the 4 page added “Additional List.” Printed & illustrated tan sofcovers, lettering in red & black (edgewear, chipping, ghosting from old tape repairs, archival tape repair to spine), still G- copy. First edition of this very scarce handbook catalogue to the fine arts on display at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the first International Fair held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, which lists featured artwork from California, the rest of the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, & Spain. California artists displayed included R.D. Velland, William Keith, L.Z. Sleeth, John Stanton, Ernest Narjot, Ernest Peixotto, and more.