Search Results: Authors starting with C from Rulon-Miller Books

London: John Murray, 1955. 12mo, pp. cii, 634; large folding map printed in 3 colors (of India and Pakistan) in rear cover pocket, 20 maps (16 folding, 17 printed in 2 colors); an ex-library copy, with perforated stamp in the title, rubberstamp on the verso of the folding map, and call numbers of the spine; all else near fine. Murray's guide to India was originally published in 3 volumes, the first part of which appeared in 1859. This present edition is the first major revision of it since 1933.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1927. First edition, the Kalki edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 364; original maroon cloth a bit rubbed and waterstained, else very good in very good jacket with slightly darkened edges and spine and small closed tear on spine.

Westport, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. Edition limited to 2000 copies signed by the illustrator Virgil Burnett; sm 4to, pp. xvi, [2], 290; frontispiece and numerous illustrations in color, introduction by Edward Wagenknecht; bookplate on front free endpaper verso, covers are lightly spotted, otherswise very good in original plum cloth, decorated in gilt on upper cover and spine, glassine wrapper, publisher's plum slipcase (worn at edges). Monthly letter of LEC laid in. LEC bibliography 501.

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First edition limited to 1000 copies, small 8vo, pp. 27; original brown printed wrappers, small loss to front bottom edge not affecting text, else a fine, uncut copy.

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. Edition limited to 1000 copies on small paper (here were an additional 99 copies printed on large paper); 8vo, pp. 27; title ornament and initial letters printed in red; fine copy in orig. printed wrappers. The small paper copies have priority of issue over those printed on large paper.

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First edition limited to 1099 of which this is one of the 99 tall paper copies, 8vo, pp. 27; original brown printed boards, mostly fine. Inscribed by the author to Paul R. Garrison.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First edition, 12mo, pp. [6], 214; ex-Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., with their stamp at the bottom of the title page and a lending slip and pocket on the rear free endpaper and pastedown; spine sunned, else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth, t.e.g. This copy warmly inscribed "My dear Mr. Canning, the cordial friendship and best wishes of yours truly, Geo. W. Cable, Tarryawhile, June '99" followed by four lines of verse ("To one than whose calling none fairer / Had been since fair living began / A reader, a writer, a bearer / Of Nature's love-letters to man") followed by "Mr. E. J. Canning, Head gardener, Smith College." BAL 2365; Wright III, 872.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1951. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 177, [1]; map endpapers, frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout by Joan Kiddell-Monroe; fine in a price-clipped dust-jacket. Strange stories of desert demons, brigands, caravans, and the Great Wall of China by a pair of British evangelists who had lived for more than a decade in the Gobi Desert.

New York: Schirmer Books, 1980. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 197, [11]; pictorial paper wrappers; corner and spine creased, very good.

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1935. Second edition, revised, 12mo. pp. 441; 3 colored plates, and numerous black & white photographic illustrations, index, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; lightly toned, minor edgewear, else a very good copy in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine.

Vancouver: Slug Press, 1987. First edition, limited to 250 copies (this no. 130), 7.75 x 5 in., pp. [16]; printed paper wrappers, fine. Slug pamphlet poems no. 2. From the library of Allan Kornblum, a poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

Iowa City, 1988. Edition limited to 30 copies (this, no. 4); 8vo, pp. [24]; handmade paper throughout; the colophon is signed in pencil by the 11 book arts associated with the book; wallet-style binding with string-and-button closure; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. "Written, illustrated, designed, set, printed, hand-colored and bound by eleven of the most talented teenagers in the state brought together in June 1988 for the first Iowa Summer Governor's Institute for Gifted and Talented Students ... Our most sincere gratitude is extended to Tim Barrett, Pat Fahey, Robin Fawcett, Kimberly Liedel, Bridget O'Malley and Annie Wilcox." Iowa only in OCLC.

New York: Brentano's, 1909. 8vo, pp. 88; 4 color plates showing pilot flags, national merchant flags and signal flags, maps, charts; original red calf over flexible boards, cover lettered in gilt; covers rubbed at the edges, front hinge starting, else very good. The text explains many aspects of sailing, such as the compass, bell time on shipboard, the lead line and fathoms, the International signal code and more, but is meant primarily to be a journal of a particular trip. The previous owner sailed on board SS La France from New York, June 9, 1921 and recorded much information about the trip, including places visited and hotels stayed at. Also included are autographs and sketches by people met on the voyage.

Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient, 1958. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [v]-xxvii, [1], 208, [1]; fine in original printed wrappers. Issued as no. 42 in the series Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient.

Saint Paul: Bieler Press, 1982. Edition limited to 150 copies signed by the author, 12mo, [28]pp., lithograph vignette on title by Kathleen Gray Schallock; fine in original French hand-made paper wrappers, paper label on upper cover. Smith 25.

St. Paul: Bieler Press, 1982. Edition limited to 150 copies signed by the author (this, no. 122), 12mo, pp. [28]; lithograph vignette on title by Kathleen Gray Schallock; fine in original French hand-made Richard de Bas Chamois chine paper covers, printed paper label on upper cover. Michael Cadnum's first book. Smith, Bieler, 25.

Woodside: The Heyeck Press, 1982. Edition limited to 400 copies, 8vo, pp. [24]; gray printed paper wrappers; Designed by John Heyeck and printed by Robin Heyeck with Bembo and Valiant Bold type. Cover illustration by Carole Romans. Fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, a poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

Providence: The Book Shop, 1957. First edition, 4to, pp. [16], 320; 2 full-page maps; illustrated throughout; fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine.

Verona: per Eredi Moroni, 1790. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 15, [1]; title-page vignette, 1 folding chart; removed. Accompanied by: Cagnoli, Antonio, Osservazioni meteorologiche fette nell' anno 1790 ed unitamente alle mediche ed agrarie nel 1791 (Verona: gli Eredi Moroni, 1792); first edition, 12mo, pp. 28, [2]; title-page vignette, 1 folding chart; removed. Both very good, with only minor foxing. Cagnoli (1743-1816) was a prominent Italian mathematician, astronomer, and meteorologist. These two works are the first in a series (published for the years 1788-1796) of observations of weather and its effect on agriculture. NUC does not list the first title, and it gives only one location of the second; OCLC lists a single copy of the Osservazioni covering 1792.

New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1982. First edition, 4to, pp. xvi, 302, [2]; 139 grayscale and 19 color plates, two maps; full red cloth; fine in fine dust jacket.