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

Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1961. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. Both the book itself and dust jacket show slight edge wear, an elegant former owner name on the front paste-down, otherwise is Fine/As New being completely free from all defects, use, and wear of any kind. As pictured.

Ann Arbor: Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House, 1869. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8vo. Bound in full cloth with blindstamped decoration and gold gilt titling of the spine. VERY GOOD. Shows a somewhat loose endpaper with a cursive former owner signature dated 1878, some edge and corner wear with the occasional rubbing mark, the occasional touch of foxing, otherwise the binding is secure, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 5.5 x 8.75in. xxiv. 208pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the corners tapped, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows slight shelf rubbing, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: 25, 1968. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. x. 162pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself shows a former owner name neatly on the endpaper, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows the spine with a hint of toning, slight shelf rubbing, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Duodecimo (12mo). 44pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the corners and spine somewhat rubbed, former owner name dated 1915 on the endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. Paperback. 4to. Unpaginated. Coloring book. FAIR. Shows some wear of the edges with marginal loss, the staples of the wraps have been neatly removed, a closed tear of the front panel and title page, approximately half of the book has been colored, otherwise the remaining panels are blank. As pictured.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Square Octavo (8vo). ix. 187pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows a small bump to the bottom edge, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges and corners, panels lightly rubbed, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright and distinct. As pictured.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Square Quarto (4to). viii. 217pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by John Cage in the form of an original acrostic poem. The poem is styled in lighthearted emulation of several others published in the present volume, most notably the acrostic for Marcel Duchamp. The subject of the poem was Cage's close friend, the ethnomusicologist Fredric Lieberman, who was responsible for arranging many of Cage's notable lectures and performances at institutions across the country and himself a Cage expert. The warmth and wit of the poem beautifully exemplifies the playful genius of the iconoclastic composer. A wonderful association copy. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a hint of shelf rubbing of the corners, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges with the slightest hint of chipping at the topmost of the… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. 90pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. The former copy of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the inventor of the mechanical reaper and prominent American businessman, with his bookplate at the front paste-down. McCormick was named an Officier de la Legion d'honneur by the French government and voted into the French Academy of Sciences. The author of the present volume was the French ambassador to the United States and his handsome calling card is laid-in. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, text-block remains uncut, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Eykyn Maclean, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 35pp. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. Both the book itself and dust jacket show a very small bump of the bottom edge, otherwise are Fine/As New being completely free of all use and wear. As pictured.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25n. xv. 510pp.. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "With best wishes to my old friend, Helen Girble, from L. Sprague de Camp." FINE/AS NEW in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges with a few creases and small chips, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Berghahn, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9in. vii. 202pp. Publisher's printed boards. BRAND NEW/FINE. Flawless. As pictured.

London: John Murray, 1913. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 5 x 8in. v. 283pp. Publisher's cloth boards with black ruling and titling. VERY GOOD. Shows shelf rubbing along the extremities, endpapers toned, a very light suggestion of foxing at the title page, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2016. Hardcover. First Edition. 8.5 x 8.5in. 99pp. Publisher's stiff cloth wraps with paper-covered pictorial board overlaid. NEAR FINE. Shows shelf rubbing of the extremities, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1941. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9in. xi. 391pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, the boards somewhat scuffed, former owner name neatly on the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

Philadelphia: Weik & Wieck. Hardcover. Circa 1860. First Edition. 8vo. 97pp. + 16 plates engraved on stone + 1p. index. Bound in ribbed cloth with gold gilt and blind-stamped decoration and titling. GOOD. Shows shelf rubbing of the edges and corners with marginal showing, a closed split of the front hinge at the spine has been repaired, some loss to the head and foot of the spine, light scattered foxing throughout, else the stone lithographs and text remain bright, colorful and distinct, the binding is secure, and the front board design remains bright. As pictured.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in North America. 5 x 8.5in. [iv.] 246pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the boards and spine shelf rubbed, a former store price neatly on the back paste-down, otherwise remains Fine. The dust jacket shows the extremities and spine lightly toned, topmost of the spine lightly chipped, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. Hardcover. Early Printing. 6 x 8.75in. 246pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows only very marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, two former owner names neatly at the front endpaper, spine ever so slightly tanned, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Horowitz and Harkness, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.75in. viii. 239pp. Publisher's cloth boards. The handsome chess themed bookplate of the lauded chess analystJohn Thomas Head at the front paste-down. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the endpapers with slight toning, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows slight shelf rubbing along the edges, slight toning, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: The American Chess Bulletin, 1926. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25in. 55pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. VERY GOOD. Shows a very short closed split of the cloth at the bottommost of the spine, a very light spot of discoloration of the front board, else Fine/As New. As pictured.