Search Results: Authors starting with C from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: Pantheon Books, 1966. First US Edition/4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In green cloth with gilt to spine. Thin boards with some rippling to cloth and front edge and discoloration to cloth to front board at spine and middle of spine adjacent. Top page ends tinted bright green. Marker ribbon. Scuff marks to page following ffep, otherwise clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with price stamped next to cut. Light edgewear with nick to head of spine and some spots towards heel. In green slipcase with tipped pn title panel. Some sticker marks, light soiling, fading and edge/corner wear. Some nicks to opening - Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American Edition stated. A beautiful copy in orange pictorial boards and black spine cloth with gilt. Top page ends tinted orange. A little wear to bottom edges and light ding to bottom rear corner. Jacket is unclipped with light wear/scuffing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf/Callaway Editions, 1987. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition stated. In grey cloth with gilt with french fold dust jacket. Does not include publisher's promotional print ""Iris"". A beautiful copy with just a tiny faint stain to bottom of front page ends and nick to top rear flap crease. Please not that this book is massive and will likely require addition postage, especially for overseas orders.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Stated First Edition. An ex-library copy in beige cloth with black and copper foil to type. Bumped corners and the usual signs of circulation, adhesive and paper remnants to front pastedown and rear endpapers, stamps to title page, TOC and a few other pages with a couple blackouts. Some small moisture stains to bottom of front board and top page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with call sticker to bottom of spine, edgewear/creasing, a few tears to top edge repaired by tape on the inside and a small rectangle cut out of top of rear panel (approx. 3/4 by 2 inches).

New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First American Edition stated with full number line 10-1. In brown boards and spine with copper foil to type. Minimal wear/marks, otherwise clean with sharp corners and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped and in beautiful shape.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First U.S. Edition stated with full number line 10-1. With some new translations of stories originally published in the collections, Cosmicomics, t zero and Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories. In nice white boards with gilt to spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Light tanning to paper from paper quality used and a few tiny spots to top page ends. Jacket is unclipped with some scuffing/scratches and light soiling - marks and a few spots/small stains. No tears or chips. Light ring imprint to front cover.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Stated Fifth Edition, Revised. Later edition and printing rebound for a library in red cloth with gilt to type and design motif on spine. Frayed at head of spine with call number at bottom. Sticker removal scar to top of rear board and general edge/corner wear. Bookplate to front pastedown, due slip to ffep and pocket to rear pastedown. Intermittant library markings to first and last few pages. Clean interior and solid binding.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Correct First Edition statement for this publisher and year. A beautiful copy in tan cloth with red title panels and design motif and gilt to type. Top page ends tinted red and lightly faded. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise interior clean, corners sharp and binding tight. Jacket is unclipped($6.00) with some nicks and miniscule chips mostly to spine ends with a few to other edges and light scuffing to front panel.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1968. First US Edition Thus/Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Second Edition of this classic work in green linen boards and black spine cloth with gilt to type and design motifs. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Corner of ffep clipped off, otherwise Near Fine. Price-clipped jacket has chipping and short tears/nicks mostly at spine ends and top corners. Wear to spine and flap creases as well as edges. Small puncture to rear spine crease. Spine faded. Scarce in jacket.

Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First Edition/Early Printing. Paperback. Good/N/A. In wraps. Title page states 3rd Edition, rear cover 2nd Edition. Some creasing to spine and foxing to covers and first page inside and out as well as top page ends. Small price sticker to bottom of rear cover. Text block tanned with light foxing. Deckle edge. In French. Scarce printing as stand alone play.

Paris: Gallimard, 1953. First Edition/First Printing.. Paperback. Very Good /N/A. In wraps. No statement of other edition/printing. Faint vertical creasing to spinewith bump at bottom front and three dents to rear spine crease at rear cover. Top rear corner creased. A few spots of foxing to top front cover and a nick at bottom. A handful of pencil marks throughout. Pages lighty tanned with chips/tears to the tops of a couple of pages likely from printing/binding. Deckle edge. In French.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First US Edition/19th Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. In beige cloth with brown titling. An ex-library copy with tape shadows to boards, some spotting to same and rubbing through bottom corners. Stamp to top page ends. Tape and/or tape shadows to endpapers with stray spots. Both hinges split with with mull showing, but still solid. FFEP cut out with stickers and tape shadows to first page after. Stickers and stamps to title page and page following. About 20 stray marks - brackets and underlines in text. Jacket is unclipped ($7.95) and in great shape with light edgewear and a few tiny chips and nicks to head of spine. Sticker shadow towards bottom of spine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First US Edition/14th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In ochre cloth with brown titling and brown tinted top page ends with a few spots. Light ding to bottom rear corner and red ""H"" stamp to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is price-clipped with very small chips at corners/spine ends and a few very short tears. Tape reinforcement to inside of jacket at spine ends and a couple corners.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First US Edition/6th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A very nice early copy in ochre cloth with brown titling and brown tinted top page ends. Nice and clean with sharp corners and tight binding. Only slightest cock to spine, a little wear/fading at heel and crease to one page corner. MCA Artists bookplate to bottom of ffep Unclipped jacket ($3.00) has chips at front corners and a couple to same flap crease. Paper clip mark to top of front panel and tiny staple holes to top of front flap. A little wear to spine ends, a few light scuffs, crease to top front corner edge and tiny abrasion to jacket spine. In extremely scarce wrap around belly bound celebrating the author receiving the Nobel Prize which has creases to inside flaps and tanning at spine with nick/tiny chip at top.

London: The Folio Society, 2004. First Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. First Printing of this edition. In black illustrated boards with red illustration and gilt to type. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Slipcase has crease towards top of rear spine and some dents to top and bottom of front panel - Very Good.

New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2013. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . First Printing stated. In pictorial boards with bump to bottom rear corner and dings to bottom front corner and heel of spine.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by author.. A wonderful novel and winner of both the Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award which was unfortunately made into a lackluster film, despite the incredible cast. First U.S. Edition stated with full number line 10-1. Inscribed by author 'To Lisa' on title page. In lovely cream linen cloth with gilt. Clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($18.95).

New York: Powerhouse Books, 1997. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition stated with full number line down to and including 1. In brown cloth with debossed title. Jacket is unclipped with minor signs of use. Increasingly rare.

World Publishing Company, 1972. First US Edition/Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. An early printing from 1972 or earlier based on gift inscription to title page. Front free endpaper has been carefully clipped out, otherwise a fairly clean copy with bumps/splits and wear to corners and some wear/nicks to spine ends. No jacket.

New York: International Polygonics, Ltd., 1989. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition thus stated and full number line 10-1. In red boards with black spine cloth and silver type which is slightly rubbed. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. With the original illustrations. Jacket is unclipped($19.95) with light wear.