Search Results: Authors starting with C from Yesterday's Muse Books

Duisburg: Gruppe C Motorsport-Verlag, 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Small tear and light scratch along top edge of front jacket panel. 1997 Large Hardcover. 224 pp. German text. The development story of the Porsche 911 GT 1 is documented in 220 color pages with a wealth of phogographic material. Photographer Ulrich Upietz was permitted to photographically document the creation of the 911 GT 1 right from the very start.

Wigan, Lancashire: Picks Publishing, 1990. Reissue. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Sticker on rear corner. 1990 Stapled Binding. iv, 48 pp. 1990 reissue of the work originally published in 1708. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings throughout.

Paris: Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, Libraires, 1805. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Spine a bit scuffed, fore edge corners exposed, lightly to moderately foxed throughout, ink names and stamps on endpapers. 1805 Full-Leather. Complete in two volumes. xliii, 569; 720 pp. French text. Brown leather spines and corners over paper-covered boards, gilt titles and rules. A work of materialist philosophy linking psychology and biology; Schopenhauer was a strong proponent of Cabanis's work. Cabanis was a freemason and early advocate of evolutionary theory whose writings influenced Lamarck.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Top edge of rear board lightly soiled. 1924 Hard Cover. 50 pp. Maroon cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Philip Cabot here gives expression to what has become the fundamental conviction of his life, forced upon him by a remarkable personal experience. Seldom has the belief in immortality been more cogently set forth; seldom have words been compelled to carry such depth of meaning. In a day of religious indifference, Cabot is a new prophet, his lips touched with coals from the divine altar, his whole heart aflame with his message. Such faith will not only bring deeper satisfaction to those who already believe: it must carry unusual weight and suggestion to the hesitant who are still debating the question of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectures is a series of lectures presented annually at Harvard University on the subject of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectureship was established by a bequest by… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Ink name on front free endpaper, light general wear. 1924 Hard Cover. 50 pp. Maroon cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Philip Cabot here gives expression to what has become the fundamental conviction of his life, forced upon him by a remarkable personal experience. Seldom has the belief in immortality been more cogently set forth; seldom have words been compelled to carry such depth of meaning. In a day of religious indifference, Cabot is a new prophet, his lips touched with coals from the divine altar, his whole heart aflame with his message. Such faith will not only bring deeper satisfaction to those who already believe: it must carry unusual weight and suggestion to the hesitant who are still debating the question of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectures is a series of lectures presented annually at Harvard University on the subject of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectureship was established by… Read More

Harvard Library Bulletin, 1953. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Wrappers lightly toned. 1953 Stapled Binding. Pages 73-87, 196-207. "George Berkeley (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne) – was an Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of perceivers and, as a result, cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism. In 1709, Berkeley published his first major work, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision, in which he discussed the limitations of human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not… Read More

New York: The Overlook Press, 2013. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. A fine copy. 2013 Trade Paperback. xxvi, 614 pp. They fought a series of extraordinary battles across several theaters of war that established them as two of the greatest generals of their age. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar--from their shared provincial upbringings to each nearly dying in but emerging from the first World War with glowing war records. They would begin to fight each other as divisional commanders in 1940 and as they came to prominence, first in North Africa, then at the Normandy D-Day allied invasion. Caddick-Adams tracks and compares their military talents and personalities in battle. Monty and Rommel explores how each general was raised to power by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how the innovative military strategy and thought of both permeate down to today's armies.

Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 104x20x152. First edition. Edges slightly worn. 1992 Hard Cover. viii, 278 pp. Women with Wings is a perceptive and highly entertaining celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts. For decades female aviators had to defy social prejudices despite having achieved remarkable feats of skill and endurance. From 1910, women pilots in America performed death-defying stunts, and in England during the 1920s, a clutch of aristocratic flyers were flipping from continent to continent in their private planes. By the 1930s women had produced an abundance of record-makers—Amy Johnson, Amelia Earhart, Jean Batten and Beryl Markham among them. The Second World War recruited British and American women to ferry fighters and bombers from factories and airfields, and produced some outstanding pilots from Germany and Russia. Post-war… Read More

New York: The Century Co, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Ink name and pencil name on front free endpaper, hinges starting, ink stamp on front free endpaper verso, ink notes on second blank and on half-title page verso. 1905 Hard Cover. xv, 513 pp. By means of a series of comparisons of paintings and painters from Cimabue to Monet, with historical and biographical summaries and appreciations of the painters' motives and methods.

Palmyra, New York: Doris E. Smith, 1956. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition, #59 of 250 copies, hand-numbered on copyright page. Faint discoloration to top board corner, otherwise an excellent copy. 1956 Hard Cover. 142 pp. 8vo. A biography of Sir Winston S. Churchill's great-grandfather, who lived in Palmyra, New York, published posthumously from the manuscript written by Gladys E. Caffyn. From the introduction by J. Donald Roe: "Mrs. Caffyn has written an intensely interesting and accurate history of Ambrose Hall so far as the records of his life are now obtainable. Her entire manuscript is based on historical records taken from various County Clerk's Offices and Probate Offices and from reliable historical records and from items in the contemporary local press both in Palmyra and elsewhere. She has given the genealogy of Ambrose Hall both paternal and maternal from the Pequot War to the times of Sir Winston Churchill.

Italy: Pontifical Sanctuary of Pompeii, 1990. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 11x9x0. Minor general wear. 1990 Large Softcover. 202 pp. Collaboration between three friends of the Sanctuary: Msgr. Pietro Caggiano, Prof. Michele Rak and Prof. Angelo Turchini, has given us an authentic trilogy of "popular sacredness." In their own particular fields, each of them has "seen" the popular expressions of Marian devotion in Pompeii in the ex voto sector.

Williamstown, Massachusetts: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2005. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 9x8x0. A very nice copy. 2005 Large Softcover. 123 pp. Surrounded by 140 acres of expansive lawns, meadows, and walking trails in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is home to exceptional collections of European and American painting and sculpture, master prints and drawings, English silver and porcelain, and early photographs. Published on the occasion of the Clark's 50th anniversary, this handsome book combines beautiful images with engaging narrative to capture the unique experience of “art in nature” that has made the Clark one of the country's best-loved museums.

New York: Nan A. Talese / Anchor Books / Doubleday, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. Remainder mark. 1999 Trade Paperback. xii, 291 pp. "The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant conclusion would come in the future. From this insight came a new conception of men and women as individuals with unique destinies--a conception that… Read More

New York: Nan A. Talese / Anchor Books, 2004. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint. Remainder mark. 2004 Trade Paperback. xii, 304 pp. "In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore 'the hinges of history,' Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation—yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad recount a conflict in which rage and outrage spur men to action and suggest that their 'bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons' is… Read More

New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2006. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 0x0x0. First printing. Minor edge wear. 2006 Trade Paperback. 343 pp. After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, medieval people exalted womanhood to a level unknown in any previous society. For the first time, men began to treat women with dignity and women took up professions that had always been closed to them. The communion bread, believed to be the body of Jesus, encouraged the formulation of new questions in philosophy: Could reality be so fluid that one substance could be transformed into another' Could ordinary bread become a holy reality' Could mud become gold, as the alchemists believed' These… Read More

New York: Nan A. Talese / Anchor Books, 2008. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First printing. Edge wear. 2008 Trade Paperback. 343 pp. After the long period of decline known as the Dark Ages, medieval Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today, from the entry of women into professions that had long been closed to them to the early investigations into alchemy that would form the basis of experimental science. On visits to the great cities of Europe-monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable Florence of Dante and Giotto-acclaimed historian Thomas Cahill brilliantly captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world.

Rochester, New York: Citizens for a Quality Philharmonic, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Edge wear. 1989 Trade Paperback. vi, 79, 33 pp. A history of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and its educational programming, 1922 to 1989, with an appendix on radio concerts by the Rochester Civic Orchestra, 1943-1944.

Rochester, New York: Citizens for a Quality Philharmonic, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 0x0x0. First edition. Rear cover lightly creased. 1989 Trade Paperback. vi, 79, 33 pp. A history of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and its educational programming, 1922 to 1989, with an appendix on radio concerts by the Rochester Civic Orchestra, 1943-1944.

New York: Lippincott, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. First edition. Ex-library, usual marks. 1964 Hard Cover. An account of an inspection trip to Australia during WW II by LBJ when he was a congressman on active duty in the Navy. He flew on one mission aboard a B-26 Marauder, an attack on Lae. Saburo Sakai was among the Japanese pilots who attacked the formation, shooting down the Marauder carrying another member of the inspection team, Col. Francis Stevens aboard the Wabash Cannonball. Johnson was to fly on that aircraft, but he changed to the Heckling Hare at the last minute.

New York: Exeter Books, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x7x0. First edition. 2 inch tear and 3 inch crease on front jacket, jacket price clipped. 1979 Hard Cover. 128 pp. An account on some of the most important fighters that took part in World War II, who designed them and why, a description of their development and leading characteristics and their theatre of operations.