Search Results: Authors starting with C from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

Sydney: ABGR, 1985. Foreword by R. J. L. Hawke. Pp. xviii+288+xvi+278, mostly printed double column, numerous text illustrations; narrow cr. 4to; dark green boards, lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1985-1987. First editions. *Short biographies (many with photographs of the subject) of persons who were born in or arrived in Australia in the period 1842-1899. A third volume was published in 1988.

London: Preface Publishing, 2011. Pp. xxvi+614, 16 plates, 10 full page text maps, notes, bibliography, chronology, guide to ranks, index; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in silver & blind; dust wrapper, fore-corners of front panel slightly split; edges of leaves a trifle marked; Preface Publishing, London, 2011. First edition..

New York: William Morrow, 1977. Pp. 228(last blank); qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow papered boards, a trifle sprung dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing; William Morrow, New York, 1977. First U.S. edition.

Sydney: privately published, 1972. The life and times of John Cadman in Colonial Sydney, 1798-1848. Pp. 146(last blank), frontispiece, plus 24 plates, endpaper plan, reference notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle spotted; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and creased, small surface graze from sticker removal near top fore-corner of front panel; scattered foxing; privately published; Sydney, 1972. First edition, limited to 1500 copies, this being one of 500 signed by the authors. *Traces the history of Sydney's oldest surviving dwelling, the two-storied stone barrack built in 1816, on the west side of Sydney Cove for the Coxswain and Crews of the Government Boats. With loosely inserted related ephemera.

London: Macmillan, 1992. Pp. viii+280, 16 plates, title page vignette, pictorial headpieces and decorations, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, the head of spine and 3 of the fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, head of backstrip slightly creased; the spine bruise also affecting first few leaves, upper free endpaper faintly offset; Macmillan, London, 1992. First edition. *'Celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts' [wrapper blurb].

Adelaide: N, 1987. A collection of poetry & prose. Pp. [v]+35, 2 text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked; a few leaves lightly creased; Tantrum Press, Adelaide, 1987.

London: The Daily Telegraph, 1914. Introduction by Hall Caine. Pp. 188, black & white frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates (17 coloured, all but one hand-tipped), black & white text illustrations, music scores; demy 4to; cream cloth, lettered & decorated in green, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; bookplates of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, 3 of the hand-tipped plates slightly creased, a little light foxing, offsetting, and occasional slight soiling; The Daily Telegraph/The Daily Sketch/The Glasgow Herald/ Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[1914?]. *A wartime fund-raiser for the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund. Numerous contributors, including Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy and Rider Haggard. Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Harrison Fisher, Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Maxfield Parrish, and others; plus, music by Elgar, Debussy, a.o. The Introduction is dated 1914.

London: Boxtree, 1994. Introduction by Robert Foley. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), further reading, index; med. 4to; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Boxtree, London, 1994. First edition. *Based on the Granada Television series of the same name.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. British Policy on German Reparations 1941-1949. Pp. x+250(last blank), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly soiled, creased bump in lower edge of lower board; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, foxed on reverse; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1986. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Translated form the Italian by Richard Dixon. Pp viii+148; narrow cr. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2015. First U.S. edition. *Originally published in Italian in 2013. 'Roberto Calasso reflects on more than half a century of distinguished literary publishing at Adelphi Edizioni in Milan' [wrapper blurb].

London: Oresko Books, 1976. Pp. 104, black & white half-title page vignette and frontispiece portrait, numerous coloured and black & white text illustrations (many full page), appendices, bibliography; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Oresko Books, London, 1976. Paperback edition..

London: Bloomsbury, 1988. Pp. 104, text printed double column, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendices, bibliography; demy 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in git; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury Books, London, 1988. *First published by Oresko Books, in 1976.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979. Pp. [x]+178, text illustrations (some full page), index; small med. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the backstrip a trifle creased at extremities; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1979. Second printing. *Published for the centenary of Einstein's birth. 'Explains the salient ideas of relativity in plain language' [wrapper blurb].

London: The Bodley Head, 1947. Pp. 62; cr. 8vo; printed papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, browned on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, together with bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the endpapers offset, leaves lightly browned, edges quite foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1947. First edition. New Developments Number 4.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Pp. [ii]+66+[2](colophon, blank), 4 wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, title page vignette; med. 8vo; qr. black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cream cloth boards patterned in red, faintly browned, edges a trifle rubbed t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney at head and binder's stamp at foot of the upper pastedown, plus signs of removal of a large bookplate at centre of same and some offsetting from the bookplate on the upper free endpaper, preliminary blank and (faintly) on the title page, the endpapers also browned at head and foot of gutters; Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1934. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. Chanticleer 99. *The ninth in the Golden Cockerel Press series of first editions by contemporary authors.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Illustrated by Dennis Lyall. Pp. [x]+314(last blank), printed in yellow & black, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; small med. 8vo; dark brown leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; a.e.g.; ribbon marker; moire silk endpapers; edges of leaves faintly foxed; The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980. The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series.

New York: The Dial Press, 2004. Pp. [x]+372, title page vignette, text illustrations; qr. cream paper, lettered in red, cream papered boards, edges slightly bruised; dust wrapper; The Dial Press, New York, 2004.First U.S. edition.

N: N, 1990. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, lightly damp stained on reverse; faint damp stamp to top edge of last few leaves; Tiger Books International, London, 1990. First edition.

London: Aird Books, 1996. Pp. 208, 8 plates, text map; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; AirLife Publishing Ltd, London, 1996. Second edition, with final chapter revised. *First published by Jarrolds, London in 1964. The story of Mike Calvert. With copy of relevant news clipping loosely inserted.

Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1971. Excavation season 1967; Study season 1968-9. Pp. xii+68(last blank), 16 plates, 3 text maps, folding sheet of plans; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, soiled; bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper, some foxing Sydney University Press/The Australian Academy of the Humanities, Sydney, 1971. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on verso of upper wrapper.